Note XXV-77 — Chapter XXV · DIVERS PHASES OF SELF-GOVERNMENT. 1819-1863.

At Paso de las capellanías del Rio Chico, or Matapalo. Towns were shamefully sacked by the victorious liberals, and several families, especially those of Guardia and Fábrega, were ruined. Maldonado, Asuntos Polít. Pan., MS., 16; Gaceta de Pan., Aug. 11, 1870. Santiago de Veragua was plundered Aug. 22. Pan., Boletin Ofic., Sept. 6, 1862. The constituent assembly of the state, sitting Aug. 9, 1865, passed an act recognizing that Guardia had lost his life in defence of right, and honoring his memory. Id., Sept. 11, 1865. Correoso, who served among his opponents, speaks of Guardia in the highest terms of commendation, and bewails the loss Panamá suffered with his death. Sucesos de Pan., 3.