Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-04-10

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u S. Schooner DoLpIly.
Cdttao Bay, Jan. l3, 1895
You viii be sorry to hear that an at;cnip, has been
made for another Revolution in this miserable country
nN few words, it thus: The last few weeks heinz
'he Tune Tor electing new President. every thing
going on fairly until few days since. General La Fu-
ene (who was banshcd from this country for m sconduc
about ten months sincc) returned from Guayaqui and
took refuge on board the u s. ship Fairfield He il ono
OF the principal candidates for the Presidency
On New-fcars morning, at sunrise we were not
little surprised to see the American flag hotcd on the
Castle and salute Of % guns was fred We shortly
learned that revolt ad taken place in the Castle in IA
vor of La Fuentc-the revolt being headed and carried
on by an Ensign, young fellow about -. He com
menccd the affair by going TO the of the Capan
commanding, and asking him if he was for Gen l.,
fuente; to which the Captain replied, No. but
ann Tor the Law. lie was shot IN, instant,
The Governor, and all the officers of the Castle
were then seized and confined. The Ens;gn went
immediately on board the Fairfield, offering the com
nand OF the Castle TO General La Fucntc and three
hundred troops for his disposa which La Fuentc re-
iused probably from motives of deep policy)-and re-
quesed the young to liberate the Officers and re-
store Things to order But lac knew that he had gone
too Tar TO rctracc his steps, and he told La f. thai hc
would hold out TO the last and only give up with his
HE The General of Marine and Captain of the Po,t
were then sent off to beg La Fuentc To come ON shore
and take command, the inhabitants of the town fear
cd mat The soldiers would sack it and commit ali man
ncr OF ourogcs; but La Fucn;c still persisted in his
determination not to interfere. The General of Ma.
rncs and Captain of the Port were told that they cond
not land without la Fuentc. About II o'clock the sol
dlers IN the Castle understanding that General Sa-
avery was about embaTlSng for tine Mole made rush
with orders To fire all that should he cmbarknp:
and most unfortunately Just that moment my friend
Mrs Barton, IAN English ladyD Miss Scalcy (dauoh-
ter OF te English Vice Consul) and Mrs Moss were
on The Mole, Tor the purpose OF cmbaikng i'm tho gr
Of H. H. NJ snip Satellite, the Capt and second Lieut.
assisting the ladies' But the brutes of soldiers werc
aiming al the GdicS Mrs Il. tainted and fell i'm the arms
OF Lieut. Drammond; and as he lifting her from The
ground, he (leut ID received shot directly in the
L"ee-P', shserng the whole knee in most dreadful
hummer. He immediately fell with Mrs b. INTO the wa
ter Miss Sealy and Mrs Moss both ret overheard
vprnln
kled and nlang led-Poor< Drun,llond aIsL ~
ladies were taken to Mr. cartons house. The Surgeons
OF e snip were sent for and in ttcei,J minutes Drum
nond had the ampuation peri .ued, almost without
groan. lie stood it noby. lie was one of the finest
looking fellows IN The squadron We all felt for him
most sincerely Shortly after the firing all the soldiers
returned to tic Castle, and all the respectable ladies' Of
inc place went on board the shipping and men-oEwar
Gen. SLAVERY Commanders Chief of tho arm, \
came to the Castle walls to hold parley with the e
VOTERS They, however, would not listen to him bnt |
ordered him Off and before nc had gone hundred PAGES
things now began TO look bad The Commodore sent =
communication 10 our Minister at Lima and at the same
he La nente wrote to the Government, saying that the
c'Vii authorities OF this place had put themselves at his
command and he requested permission to take command
oil Tie Castle with the hope Of bringing the men to
scnsc of their duty, and then Immediately rcsigp tLe
command to the Government; but the Goyernniemt re-
FUSED to listen to his proposals. That night at o'clock
Salavcry commenced all attack the Castle which |
was Kept up by brisk firing both sides until dav
hgh 10y winch time the poor wrctclcs in the Castle were
exhausted, and then Saavcry made n grand assault and
gained The Castle walls Buthc able to hold on
IN e afternoon INC Commodore sent pot-fres for sip-
nalS, To all the American merchantmen in cnse tIev
were IN want Of assistance fearing that the ountaneer
might Come down to rob Our schooner waa oncbored
Vey necr IN, and about two hundred yards from the
Castle. The musket balls whi2zed by us in no small
numbers and we got ready to slip in the large shot
came 100 ncar.Abou II o'clock at niglt the port
were burned The Capt ordered me TO the boat and
render all the assistance in my power the shin that had
made the signal In moment / was alongside the |
feaf but she only wanted assistance in gettinp ont
hndng her berth rather too warm with the shot 1vinc,
ABOUT IN all directions, and it was the wost yano1
hrihg tha bafbarians could be guilty of on board
nc TcaFl but about twenty nInutcs,-thouph by that
lnc all The shipping had made the signal aud boats from
an lhc men'oi.war were sent 70 their asssance took
lc snip Oneida IN tow shortly after which heard shot
striRe the snip The Mate (hcr Captain being at Ina0
sung out to give way strong in the boats Fe ne At mo-
Inrnt saw shot strike about fifty feet from the beam
oil my boat, and in instant wiiiz il wet over The
bow and struck boats length the other side of ma
Ugan to tnk that the rascals ashore intended making
game Of every thing.
Though several shot made that deljgLtGJ vbi,,;, b
u.s. we were most happy 10 have them pass at n little
more respectful distance than the two first Some oftbe
boats made most narrow escape. The LIST cutter orhe
f'eiu had spent shot Of ~ lbs. 90 through her side
and lodge in the boat against the other side But frt
nacy none ofour officers were huri-thonoh all
hands most confoundcdly tired when we oot abroad
All ihe siuppng slipped their mornings and droppcd ont
near the CTmadcn,and the shot began to piss t,ro'
our rigging sc thought it most prudent to be little
further OIL as al the fun was 10 be side According
~ at ihrce h we slipped and dropped out bat only
one OF two shot were fred afterwards
wlil end the yarn ian short The next morn.
ing, about eight O'Clock the Castles were given up and
possession taken by Cen Saaycry, and thirty prisoners
were taken, numbers having deserted in The carly part
% the morning The thing then all over and t,e
Ensgn was takcn-andh he fool for it, as there was
no hope for him, and ~ the magatno there was an inn
mrnsc quantity Of powder. The top of which he ouylf
TO have put himself amd touched the ruscl-and then
nc womb not have been brought out the next day and
s" With fifteen Of the miserable creatures he had /
been the means Of leading asay. If the Ensign lad
t'uchci the magizne, vas generally expected dc
explosion would have been Tremendous Tho town /
Wlo completely dcwrtcd Many of the houses hav been
mnch injured by the shot The house in which poor
DNmmonds leg was amputiicd and where bc had 10 /
remain ihe FIRST (and only night Of The row had eipht
"r zen twenty Tour Founders strike within about ten feet
"i where ne was lyingi and in fact it is almost pity
h"i one dd not take The good fellow cut Of pain and
spafe im al that he has suffered since: Tor now IL h
reared lhni he VIII not live through The day We an |
lc' VIC most sincere aympitY for his bard lot The
he3i day tranquility being restored we returned 20 our
on anchcia4" ana ia Fuente ordered a. leave he
country in iwcHiyour hours lie sailed for Valparaiso
q iew days since Every thing is again lranquil
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