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quired the news from Guatimala, and bought from them 

 several copies of the " Parte Official" of the Supreme 

 Government, headed " Viva la Patria ! Viva el Gener- 

 al Carrera ! The enemy has been completely extermi- 

 nated in his attack upon this city, which he intended to 

 devastate. The tyrant Morazan flies terrified, leaving 

 the plaza and streets strewed with corpses sacrificed to 

 his criminal ambition. The principal officers associated 

 in his staff have perished, &c. Eternal glory to the In- 

 vincible Chief General Carrera, and the valiant troops 

 under his command." They told us that Carrera, with 

 three thousand men, was in full pursuit. In a little 

 while the demand for sixpences became so frequent, 

 that, afraid of being supposed to have mucha plata, 

 we walked to the plaza to present ourselves to General 

 Figoroa, and settle the terms of our surrender, or, at all 

 events, to " define our position." We found him at 

 the cabildo, quite at home, with a parcel of officers, 

 white men, Mestitzoes, and mulattoes, smoking, and in- 

 terrogating some old men from the church as to the 

 movements of Colonel Angoula and the soldiers, the 

 time of their setting out, and the direction they took. 

 He was a young man — all the men in that country were 

 young — about thirty-two or three, dressed in a snuff-col- 

 oured cloth roundabout jacket, and pantaloons of the 

 same colour ; and off his warhorse, and away from his 

 assassin-like band, had very much the air of an honest 

 man. 



It was one of the worst evils of this civil war that no 

 respect was paid to the passports of opposite parties. 

 The captain had only his San Salvador passport, which 

 was here worse than worthless. Don Saturnino had a 

 variety from partisan commandants, and upon this oc- 

 casion made use of one from a colonel under Ferrera. 



