[XXV-22] Costa Rica recognized the independence of the Isthmus, and entered with Obarrio into a convention of amity and trade. The boundary question was left open for future settlement. Gaceta del Istmo, Oct. 20, 1841; Costa R., Col. Ley., vii. 234-6.
[XXV-23] This was acknowledged on the 16th of October, 1841, by F. W. Byrne, acting Brit. consul, in a note to Sec. Arosemena.
[XXV-24] Meantime José Agustin Arango, sec. of war, had been engaged in regulating the national guard. Id., Sept. 20, 1841.
[XXV-25] It is understood that the commissioners were not even clothed with sufficient powers; but the chief men surrendered the Isthmus to them. The men of the revolution, José Obaldía, Pedro de Obarrio, Mariano Arosemena, Cárlos de Icaza, José Agustin Arango, and others, now left Herrera to the consequences.
[XXV-26] Gen. Herrera fell in battle, not in the state of Panamá, on the 4th of Dec., 1854, in defence of liberal institutions. The legislature of Pan., Sept. 22, 1855, decreed that several of his portraits should be placed in official halls. In Oct. 1857 it appropriated $3,000 to bring his remains to Panamá; in May 1868 a monument was decreed. A statue of the general was placed in the cathedral plaza of the city of Panamá. Pan., Gaceta del Est., Sept. 29, 1855; Id., Oct. 15, 1857; Pan., Boletin Ofic., Jan. 8, May 12, 1868.
[XXV-27] Gen. Tomás C. Mosquera, commander-in-chief of the forces on the coast, Aug. 1, 1842, at Panamá, granted in the name of his government an amnesty to the revolutionists. Again, March 15, 1845, congress passed a general amnesty law, including all persons who participated in the rebellion from 1839 to 1842. Pinart, Pan. Col. Doc., MS., no. 31, 183-5; N. Gran., Ley. y Dec., 1-2; Seemann's Hist. Isth. Pan., in Pan. Star and Herald, May 14, 1868. The rulers of the provinces of Panamá and Veragua in the following years are given in continuation: Gov. of Panamá in 1843, Miguel Chiari; in 1844-5, Col Anselmo Pineda; in 1845, Joaquin M. Barriga, with José Agustin Arango as government secretary. Intendente gen. de hacienda in 1848, Mariano Arosemena. Gov. of Veragua in 1840-2, Cárlos Fábrega; acting-gov. in 1843, José Fábrega Barrera; in 1843-5, Antonio del Rio; in 1845-9, Escolástico Romero; in June 1849, Diego García; in Aug. 1849, Ricardo de la Parra; in 1850-2, J. Fábrega Barrera; in 1852, Francisco de Fábrega; in Oct. 1853, Eustasio Fábrega; in 1855, Agustin Lopez; May 15, 1855, Francisco Fábrega. Appointed gov. Aug. 1855, Agustin Lopez. Pinart, Pan. Col. Docs., MS., nos. 17, 21, 31, 53, 57-8, 68-75, 79, 105; El Movimiento, Dec. 29, 1844; Veraguas, Recop. Ordenanzas, 2-66; Pan., Gaceta del Est., Aug. 28, 1855; N. Gran., Ley. y Dec., 1-3.
[XXV-28] Aug. 1, 1849, the electoral junta chose one proprietary senator, Antonio Villeros, and his suplente, Nicolás Lopez; one deputy, Domingo Arosemena, and his substitute, Gabriel Diez, to the national congress; seven deputies and an equal number of suplentes, to constitute the provincial legislature. The first local legislature met Sept. 15th, and closed the session on the 24th of Oct. From this time the new province had the following governors, namely: July 24 to Dec. 20, 1849, Pablo Arosemena; Dec. 20, 1849, acting gov. Juan Man. Gallegos; June 1850, P. Arosemena again in office till Aug. 1851, when Rafael Nuñez succeeded ad int.; Sept. 1851 to 1852, Francisco Esquivel; Sept. 1852, Escolástico Romero; 1854, Santiago Agnew; Aug. 1855, Domingo Obaldía, against whom complaints were made of abuses of power. Pinart, Pan. Coll. Doc., MS., 2-11, 31, 46-8, 83-93; U. S. Govt Doc., Cong. 36, Sess. 2, House Ex. Doc., vi. 41, p. 59; Pan., Gaceta del Est., Dec. 1, 1855.
[XXV-29] The first official doc. I have found with the name of Fábrega in a decree of the gov. of July 25, 1850. Pinart, Pan. Coll. Doc., MS., no. 89, p. 59-60.
[XXV-30] Chiriquí's capital, David; Veragua's, Santiago; Azuero's, Villa de los Santos. The first gov. of Azuero, receiving like the rest his appointment from the gen. government, was Juan Arosemena, in 1851. Antonio Baraya became gov. in April 1852. Gobn. Prov. Azuero, in Pinart, Pan. Coll. Doc., MS., no. 43.
[XXV-31] Annexed to Veragua. Sac. Daily Union, May 18, 1855; Veraguas, Ord. y Resol., in Pinart, Pan. Coll. Doc., no. 6; Pan., Gaceta del Est., Sept. 15, 1855.