Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-05-16
THE TELEGRAPH.
B Al Il. M E.;
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY le.
Correspondence of the Telegraph
u. S. ShIP NORTH CAROLINA,
Port of CnJL,o Iur. 1898.

U. .. CHIP NORTH NiAROLlNA,
Port Of CalIao, Aug, 1888.
While Peru was threatened with invasion
from abroad, the clements of disaflection
and disunion, were ermentlDg at home. =
Gen. Nicto, at tho head of small division
of the army in the north declared against
the Confederation, and took up his line of
march for the seat of government, with the
view, as subsequently, proved, Of eflecting a
revolution, and of cooperating with the
Gillian army, whose arrival was daily eX-
pected, in the warfare against the power OF
the Protector. On his arrival at Lima, he
succeeded in gaining over 70 his interests,
the v President of Peru, Gen. Orbegoso,
who, during the absence of the Protector
in Bolivia, had been left in the admiaistra-
lion of the confederate government; and
had prevailed on him to declare, also, a
gainst Santa Cruz.
Otbegoso, accordingly, on the 3lst Of
July. declared the confederate government
ut an end, and at the head OF the army, pro-
claimed himself President Of Peru. Con-
fusion now cnsued, and business transact
tons of every kind, were at an end. But
the new government was soon organized,
and put into operation;-the Santa Cruz
party, in Wing phraseology, was reformed
and tile Offices thus vacated, filed out OF
tie multtudes that are ever ready to shout
oiuas for any body who will Gil their mouths
with pap. Public confidence, however, was
not restored, and mercantile business, still
langushcd. The aspect of affairs, looked
gloomy on every side, and forboded only
evil.
Nicto, it appears, lad long been in cor
respondence with the Chians, but had 50
successfully conducted it, and so complete
ly concealed his treacherous plans, that
Orbegoso, seems to have had no suspicious
of his fidelity, and placed in him the utmost
confidence, as an ally in support Of his own
pretensons. BY such iDtrigues, the new
administration was destined soon to come
TO an end, and another, more tyrnnical, and
almost as epheineral, to succeed it: for in
less than ten days after the revolution, an
other Chilian expedition arrived on the
coast, under command Of Gen. Bulnes, and
four thousand five hundred troons were de-
barked at Ancon, a small port few miles
20 the north of Lima and, notw i,hstand-
ing it had been long expected, Orbegoso,
with characteristic supineness, permitted
the enemy to land without single effort
TO annoy or oppose them, although it is be-
lleyed, that had prompt measures been ia
ken, debarkation would have been rem
dered extremely difficult, if not impossible.
Such had been the flatterng prospects
held out in the correspondence of the trea-
cherous Nicto that Gen Bulnes, had an.
ticipated welcome reception, on the part
of the Peruvians; and consequently, on his
arrival received with great disappointment
an order from the President, to re-embark
his troops and leave the country. The or
der, however, he declined to obey; and
having given few days refreshment to his
troops, took position on the plain, between
Callao and Lima, with view to effect an
Arrangement with Orbegoso. Several days
having been passed in fruitless negotiations,
Bulnes selected an encampment on the
bank of the Rimac, near the city ostensi-
bly, for the purpose of being nearer the gov
eminent, but in reality, it is believed to
force the President into an alliance. Ac-