Note XXVI-10 — Chapter XXVI · FURTHER WARS AND REVOLUTIONS. 1863-1885.

He belonged to the liberal party; a well-disposed man, and a friend of peace, which he endeavored to foster, by trying to heal dissensions. He made himself popular among the better class of the community by his just proceedings, and efforts to better the condition of the country, though not a native of the Isthmus. Maldonado, Asuntos Polít. Pan., MS., 20. It has been, however, said of him that he appropriated considerable amounts from the public treasury, and placed them in London through the agency of a Jamaican who lived in Colon.