Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1839-05-25

VERY FROM THE PACIFIC.
By the arrival of the ship Na,chez, Captain
Haynes IN the very short passage of sixty eight
days from Valparaiso, the editor of the New York
Gazeite has been put IN possession of Valparaiso
papers 10 the goth of February He is also iu-
debted to a mercantile friend for the annexed
extract from letter of the ID of March.
''FALrARAlso, March ,. 1899
"A few days since We had report from an
outpost IN Perue that battle had been fought.
IN which the Chlliians were victorious, but il re-
CURED confirmation. Last evening the Bozer
arrived from Caao with Lima dates to the 5tb
altmo, stating that action had taken place a,
fungav, on the goth January, bewteen the Chill
ian and Peruvian armies of about 5000 men
each, In which the latter was totally DESTROYED !:
SO completely had been the defeat that on, Lima
friends consider the confederation at an end
General Santa Cruz escaped with some of his
officers, and has gone 10 Bolivia for the purpose
OF raising another army; but he IS fallen we
think he cannot rise. The castles of Callao are
IN his possession, and commanded BY his favorite,
General Moran, who has in them 800 men, well
provisioned, 1t IS said, for five or six months
The Chillians were daily expected in Lima
Admitting that Santa Cruz has lost all Peru we
still fear i, will be the sceue of civil strife for
some time TO come, for already the party now
coming IN are querreline among thensev es
The foreign property had been taken out of the
castles, and deposited board vessels in the
bay OF Callao, ready to be entered at Chorillos
should that port be opened during the siege OF
the castles, which will probably take place. Thus
stand affairs in Peru at our last dates; no bust
ness, OF course, was doing, nor would there be
until affairs settled.
Tho following is the official account of the
battle fought at Yungay, between the CHILEAN
and Peruvian armies:
Colonel ID Pedro Urriola, commanding the
battalion Colchagua, which took distinguished
part IN the battle of Yungay, has arrived here
/ the bearer of communications which, announce
most glorious triumph of the arms of Chill
Col Urrio;a left the field of baltic ten hour
after the victory.
! OF artlllary, the commissrIat with more than
10000, the equpages, horses, &C. of the Pro
tectors army, the fruits of this victory. Gen
erals Moran and Urdninea were killed, the first
in the battle of the 9th. Generals Herrera, chi
ros, Bermudes, Otero, and Armaza, are prisoners
the last mortay wounded. Santa Cruz escaped
with twenty men in the direction Of Junin. II
is believed that his intention was to make for lea
and embark at Pisco. but company Of CHILEAN
carblneers with horsemen, who had been kept in
reserve, followed rapidly TO overtake him. The
pretended protector abandoned the field an hour
before the close of the battle.
! General Lafuente would march 10 Huachc
with two squadrons Of cavalry and two Peruvian
battaions, and would be in Lima and Callao or
the 18th and 2Sth January. General Gamarrs
would march on the 22d January for Junin anc
the south of Peru, with division of the restoring
army and the general in chief would follow witt
the remainder, leaving Gen. Lafuente the chic
military in the north of Peru"
There appears also to have been naval en-
gagement, of which the following account
Translates
''rhe naval combat of Casma has terminate
in manner equally happy to the arms of Chill
Four vessels armed by General Santa Cruz al
tackled the division of commandant Simpson
consisting of the corvettes Confederation an
Valparaiso and the barque Santa Cruz, VIII ic
= we're completely defeated, with much damag'
and the loss of the brigantine Arequpeno, wi,
crew of 70 men. The enemy's vessels wer
, the Edmond, of 90 guEs, barque with IS, I'll
ArequIpeno, of guns, and golette with
, swivel guns
Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.
4 VALPARAISO, March ,, 1889
D We have inst received advice from Lima
the total defeat of the army of General San