[XIV-62] May 13, 1862. Nic., Boletin Ofic., July 19, 1862.
[XIV-63] Barrios was said to entertain the plan of partitioning Hond., which was not effected because of Carrera's disapproval; but the murder of Guardiola had afforded him an opportunity to harness Hond. to his car. He was likewise accused of scheming with the aid of Máximo Jerez to control Nic. Barrios, El por qué de la caida, 3-4; Nic., Gaceta, March 23, May 23, June 6, 1863. Barrios claimed that he was striving to secure the rights of Salvador, supporting at the same time the patriotic aims of the Nicaraguan liberals to establish a government in their country.
[XIV-64] The Capuchin friars had also been expelled.
[XIV-65] The course of the Salvadoran govt was not to the pope's liking. Arriola, Rep. del Salv., 2. However, the bishop, at papal suggestion, offered to return to his diocese, and was told there had never been any objection to his exercise of episcopal functions. Barrios, Procl. á los Pueblos, 1-8.
[XIV-66] A treaty of alliance was concluded with him by Samayoa and Dueñas, both Salvador refugees, acting for Guat.
[XIV-67] Notes of E. O. Crosby, U. S. minister, Feb. 2, 1863, and Geo. B. Mathew, Brit, minister, Feb. 8, 1863, to Pedro de Aycinena, minister of foreign affairs of Guat. Barrios' Manifesto, 44-52.
[XIV-68] 'Il ne vit dans cette dernière lutte qu'un duel d'homme à homme.' Belly, Le Nicaragua, i. 118-19.
[XIV-69] This was on the 24th of Feb., 1863. Salv., Diario Ofic., Apr. 8, 1876; Belly, A Trav. l'Am. Cent., 119-20. Barrios, in his Manifiesto, 32, asserts that his own force was 4,000 men, and Carrera's 6,500.
[XIV-70] The army was in three divisions, two of which were under generals Zavala and Cruz.
[XIV-71] Nic., Discurso ... prim. aniv., 3. The Salvadoran contingent in the action was 1,117 men under General Eusebio Bracamonte; but Jerez had the chief command of the allied force. Nic., Gaceta, Apr. 18, May 9, 16, 20, 23, June 6, Sept. 12, 1863; Nic., Boletin del Pueb., July 11, 1863.