Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-06-14
Correspondence oC the Journal OF Commerce.
An 1910

BCENoS AfRES. April ~, l61l.
The federal forces having completely mastered.
and put down their opponents the Unitarass, in the
provinces OF SInia Fe and Enre Rios those Of their
pirty Designated nv tho Others MIsorcas as they
call Themselves, Popular S1ciety, proceeded t. com
init the most outrageous and barbarous atrocities up
on the UuIiarinps, or thos' whom they choose 20
desgnaic rs such, that were living IN the city, ma.
ny OF whom were unoHcnding citizens. and had ne.
YER taksn any part IN .olilics either side. The
MisorcaS themselves. together with sons assassns
being OF the lowest class Of the Gluehos. and others
omJlnyed ny them, began the work Of buIchcry on
tina night of the eleventh Of ApriI (being
the anniversary of Gen Rpsls' iuta!lalion0 They
were at first proving about the street during the
night in plriie, o; from three ten somelim d Of.
tended by police cart. and so'"etimcs on horseback
u ihoy met any those they looking for in the
streets they put an end To them at by cutting
their threats and throwing their bodies into the
carl, which took them ont Of the city If they ii
not meet them in the streets They would tako them
out OF their honses-in two instances respectable
persons were killed in presence OF their families.
while sitting ia their entries Ia other cases where
they had no cart, they trailed the bodies on the
grounl with the lasso after their horses In oiherI
they plu,ed their victims their horses alive and
took them mile ont of the city, aud there dispatch.
ed them and threw Them into bitches or pits, some
TINS leaving them IN the open folds. Some were
taken alive To the barracks and there dispatched.
oHA HphS ind1 hsafd VI as YET were taken 10 the
P,lire.
Oh the morning ofihe 3 n, the heads OF two per
sons were found hanging in the principal public beef
market, having hal blue ribbons drawn IN rough the
no'IrIls aud they were continued there until o..
clock. These by hundreds of people and
Ivy masters Of Orc vessels especially WIN 20 there
for marketing.
Neither the police any Of ;he government au.
IhoriIies io,k the least notice OF these acIs-whch
were Afterwards cornnItie in open day. and on all
classes ~ ctizensfrom some OfIhe wealihiest down
To the poorest mech mics.
o. the q respectable lawyer vas killed by
them IN his office, situated ia the public square
ia front o. the police office.
May of those nssassinauns were acts Of private
vengeance, and there is NJ Knowing To- what lonsihs
they nsht have goae even ING lhem.clves. If At
had not be-n known that some had been killed be-
sides federal,sis.
The Unitarians were escaping 10 MOntov ideo and
elsewhere, n many Of them could. This week
over got OF ~ one foreign merchant vessel o.
ihers were seeking such protection they could got
from foreigners IN the city. By secrsting themseye.
IN Their houses Their courage and spirit seems 10
be broken down, and al though mlny Of them were
well supplied with arms. we have not heard Of a
single instance Ofaay one Of them having m,de IN @
be dragged out II their own houses, led off like $,
many sheep. and although probably from 200 10 800
Of Them have been dispatched within the last ten
days, not over 100 NJ rsorcas s supposed has been
employed in The work