Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-05-02

tor and leader of a civil war in Peru, and
each banished his country.
Early in 1887 measures were taken by
the Gillian government to raise an expe-
dition br the invasion of Peru; but on ac-
count of the delays experienced in procur-
ing troops end transports, it was not finally
equipped I'LL a period much later than
originally contemplated. The expedition
sailed from Valparaiso under Gen. Banco
in October and the troops effected de-
barkaton without opposition the same
month at Quilca "a small port on the
coast of Peru, about four hundred miles to
the south Of Lima.
Here instead of being received with open
arms, and supplied by the Peruvians as had
been confidently expected, the Chilians
found the town abandoned by all the better
class of citizens and themselves not only
destitute of supplies, but, surrounded as
they were by an extensive range of barren
sand hills, without the means of procuring
them.
They were thus very soon compelled by
the circumstances of the case to leave the
sea coast, and retire to the agricultural
regions of the interior where the army might
be sustained and where before CONNER
cling active operations, they had hoped to
gain over to their interests the southern
departments of Peru
In this measure, however, they were i'm
successful for. but few weeks had elapsed,
before the Protector concentrated the
Southern division of the confederate army,
and, leading it in person, Gu; off their re-
treat to the coast, surrounded them, and
forced them to an unconditional surrender.
The CHILEAN army amounted to upwards
of three thousand, and that of the confed-
Grafton to nearly six thousand.
On The nth of Nov. a treaty of peace
was ertered into between the Protector,
and Gen. Blanco, who appears to have been
authorised so to do by his government, and
the iieading army was permitted to return
home without sustaining any loss or injury.
On the arrival of Gen. Blanco, however,
theChlian government, for reasons which
appear futile in the extreme, refused to
ratfy the treaty, aud resolved still to prose-
cut the war. The terms of the treaty
wee in all respects liberal, and highly
Favorable to the commercial interests OF
Chill much more so indeed than might
have been expected when taking into ac-
count the circumstances under which they
were formed and are now before the
world as monument of the liberal policy
and magnanimity Of the Protector.-Thus
resulted the first expedition. j. I. II.
The following sketch, from the Atlas, re-
specing the recent election IN New York,
will show the reader, "Ao'0 it ,0as done. %
| Early IN the winter Ex-Governor Marcy
made his appearance in our city as the
plenipotentlary of the Powers that be at
Washington and the Powers that used TO
lie at Albany = He called a meeting of the
Chiefs of the Faithful-the Sachems OF the
Tammany tribe-at his quarters, and COM
municated the orders from headquarters
tina. She city must be carried. lie found
the disciples cold and distrustful At
length, they concluded that if aaron Clark
was renominated for Mayor, they might
rally the foreign feelings of hostility to him
personally, the antipathies of the great
number who hate law and order, and detest
MIR. Clark for the energy with which he has
vlndlcated both during his term of service
and by adding these to the proper reliable
strength ofthe party, they might hope for a
favorable issue; but if any other than Mr..
Clark was nominated, it would be useless
to attempt serious contest.
Their measures were taken accordingly.
And as soon as it was evident that Mr.
Clark would be the man, preparations were
made for desperate contest. Marcy still
offciated as Field Marshal and Commissa-
ry. He summoned ten of the most noted
and opulent chiefs of the party to meet him.;
assessed them $3.50 each, and dismissed
them. He then called second class,
taxed them 800 each and so on, until
he came down as low as five dollars a
head. The sinews of war we're thus OBJ
tanned in profuse abundance. Every de-
vice was put i'll operation, in addition TO
his personal arts and opportunities to win
hack the Conservation, E,a.,, o,o;po