[XV-59] Chiefly in Nacaome and Choluteca.
[XV-60] Nic., Boletin Ofic., Jan. 25, March 22, 1862. This deed was said by the enemies of Pres. Barrios of Salv. to have been instigated by him. Id., Boletin Pueb., July 11, 1863. There was no ground for the charge. The government of Guat. proposed to other states to recognize no administration of Honduras until the criminals, who had been arrested, should suffer punishment. Costa R., Informe Rel., 1862, 24.
[XV-61] Nic. despatched P. Zeledon as mediator, but the motives of his gov. were bitterly denounced by the press of Comayagua.
[XV-62] Feb. 4, 1862. Nic., Boletin Ofic., March 22, 1862.
[XV-63] Castellanos declined going to the capital, and Medina went to his residence and formally surrendered the executive authority to him.
[XV-64] This was the result of the defeat of the troops of Salv. and Hond. by the forces of Guat. and Nic. on the plain of Santa Rosa.
[XV-65] This decree is signed by Medina as 'presidente de la república de Honduras,' July 20, and rescinded Sept. 8, 1863. Nic., Boletin Pueb., Aug. 9, Oct. 9, 1863.
[XV-66] His senatorial term having expired. Nic., Gaceta, Feb. 13, 1864.
[XV-67] The election of Xatruch was afterward declared unconstitutional, Feb. 26, 1865. Nic., Gaceta, April 1, 1865.
[XV-68] Its sittings lasted from Sept. 7th to Oct. 29th. The sovereignty of the people was recognized. The catholic, any other kind of public worship being forbidden, was declared the state religion. The executive authority was vested in a president for four years, with a council of state consisting of his two ministers, one senator chosen by both houses of the assembly, and the chief justice. The legislative power rested in a senate and house of deputies. The existing political division of the republic was left unchanged. Id., Nov. 11, 1865; Camp's Year-Book, 1869, 527; The Am. Cyclop., viii. 790.