The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-21 00:00:00

MASSACRE AT CARACAS,

A letter from a resident at Caracas confirms the account
previouly received of the barbarous massacre which took
place at Caracas, of which it gives the following particu-
lars :

" On the opening of Congress, on the 25th of January,
serious quarrels commenced between several members;
high words drew a great crowd : daggers were drawn, and,
it is said, a member from the city (hon. llemeregildo
Garcia) stabbed a member from Maracaibo (hon. Antonio
Salas). The scene that ensued was terrific; those that
could fled, and when the alarm reached the street the
citizens fled in terror. A body of soldiers rushed in front
of the hall, tiring several volleys indiscriminately into the
windows. Several members reached the door and were
cut down like dogs. The wounded member, bleeding,
was not recognised by the soldiers ; they fell on him, his
left cheek and ear were shot away, a severe cut over the
head, and his head nearly severed from his body, and his
body terribly mangled with bayonets. The hon. Julian
Garcia, of caroms, was shot through the head, the
ball entering one ear and passing out at the other, all
the fingers on the left hand cut off, and sixteen wounds
in other parts of the body. The Hon. Juan Garcia had a
sword run through his body and fell dead. Colonel Smith
was badly wounded with a bayonet—several others killed,
and some wounded. Those who could not escape in front,
wrenched off the iron bars of a back window, and, by
means of a sette, made a bridge to the top of a wall, where
a few poles were found, and with these they escaped over
several walls, torn and bruised. The whole square was
soon surrounded by the troops, and the hon. members
were made prisoners, some with scarcely clothes on—some
without hats, boots, or indi;pensables : some few shared

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a better fate. The crowd rushed into the hall, destroying
the furniture, and cutting to pieces a large portrait of
Bolivar. In half an hour thousands of vagabonds were
parading the streets with all kinds of weapons; every

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house was instantly closed ; all the foreigners who had
flags unfurted them for protection ; every few minutes
the harsh challenge, quien vire, or the rush of cavalry
broke on the ear; night soon closed in darkness, and a
deathlike stillness prevailed during the night.

" On the morning of the 25th the citizens crept cauti-
ously out. About noon the dead were interred without
ceremony. At one o'clock the Members were escorted to
the Hall, and compelled per force to pass several resolu-
tions. A Lando was issued, requesting the citizens to re-
sume their business, with an assurance of protection.
" On the 26th the Members met again, the President
and_ his guards being in the Hall with the Members.

while several resolutions were passed exonerating the Ex..
ecutive from all censure, and a general amnesty pro-
claimed.

" In the meantime, the first day's butchery is spread-
ing to the interior, and the question is asked in an under
tone, will General Paez come ? All eyes are now towards
the plains. If the great chief comes with two or three
thousand Llaneros, and the soldiers have courage enough
to face their swift. horses and sharp lances, we shall have
some bloody work among us. The President is now rais-
ing a thousand horsemen. A few days must determine."

Her Majesty the Queen of Naples was safely delivered
of a Prince on the Gth instant.

as reported

Paris on Saturday, that an insurr
xt Leipsie, and that the city had bi

tion had taken

declared in a state of sic

The news received this week from Switzerland is of no
particular interest. Of course we have a good deal of
the " enthusiasm" with which the French revolution had
been received, but the country was tranquil. It does not
appear that Prussia intends to interfere with the late
movement at Neufchatel, so that it is possible the Repub-

nay stand

NEW .lEaONAuTtc SHIP.—A letter from Rotterdam,
dated the 7th instant, states that M.F.L. de Ruijter has
invented an aeronautic, a machine which is far preferable
to that. of M. Montomagor, of Madrid, as M. Ruijter's
construction, instead of requiring the power of the bal-
loon, rises into the air from the impetus of its own work-
ing, with a weight of about 200,000 lbs., with immense
rapidity, and can be steered at will. M. de Ruijter will
soon exhibit some experiments with a small model, 1 ell 5
-hes in breadth, 83 ells 14 inches lon,-

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• IMPORT.V.,..TT FROM ITALY.—The following important
news is given in the Leila Italian, of the 11th inst. :
" The King of Naples has consented to the constitution
of Sicily as a separate state, having for Viceroy Admiral
Ruggrero Lettimo, president of the provisional govern-
ment. The constitution was expected to be proclaimed
at Rome on the Ilth inst. The same per confirms the
report that a political league has been formed between the
Pope, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and the King of Sar-
dinia."

RitvoLuTioN Oberlantler Bole (a
German journal) contains the following important cow-
ninnication Hungary has declared itself independent
of Austria, and has proclaimed a republic." A letter
dated Vienna, March 9th, states that " on the proposition
of Prince Metternich the Supreme Council of State has
pronounced the dissolution of the Hungarian Parliament.
The Hungarian Chancery was convoked to-day to devise
sure, which may be attended

leans of executi►:g that-me
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the Chamber of Deputie

picsburg, has

voten an address to the Emperor, in which tne WHOM
system of policy of Prince Metternich it' openly con-
demned."

COUNTERFKIT Cots.—lt is evident that :noel) counter-
it money must; of late have !teen put into eiren'ation,

tor during many da” the
anti oilier sett-t•i:lt a
look-onf for nothing but a bad sovereign.—Panch.

is at Dover,
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