, 1842-04-16
NUMBER PAL
Great Battle in South America

Great Battle In South America
HE PRESIDENT OF PERU KILLED.
Our readers are apprised that Pris-
ident Gamarra, of Peru, sometime
last autumn invaded the republic Of
Bolivia with a strong force, IN order
to put down a movement which had
taken place there in favor of Ex-
President Santa Cruz. formerly "Pro-
iec,or OF Peru md Bolivia" who was
dcp's ed and driven from the country
BY a CHILEAN invading army aided by
a por'Ion of the Peruvians at. tie head
q whom was Sen. Gamarrf. This
tool of the Chi ians was then raised
to the Presidential chair, as successor
to President Santa Cruz; bis jurisdic-
ton, however, being confded to Pc
ru. as it was a leading object of the
CHILEAN invasion 10 sunder the union
which had been formed by Santa
Cruz between Peru and Bolivia
During this expatriation, the Express
ident has passed most of his time in
Guayaquil, under the protection of
Gen. Flores, President OF the repub.
lie of Ecuador. Both Santa Cruz and
the Bolivians have evinced an anxious
desire 10 re.establish their former
relations; and several Instructions,
more or less general, have taken
place for the accomplishment of
this object. 1t was 4 movement
of this kind, as we said above, which
led to the recent invasion of Bolivia
army commanded by President of b.
livia on seeing his country's territory
thus violated, delared war against
Peru, and the result Of the conflict
has just reached US, via Panama and
Jamaica. The news was brought
to the latter place by her II. B. M.
Schooner Hornet, from Charges,
which arrived on the 9Th ult. Vic
tory declared for the Bolivians, who
repulsed the invaders with great
slaughter. The battle, it is said on
ly lasted so minutes, vet there killed.
wounded. and taken prisoners, Of
the Peruvians. about 5000 men. out
of an army Of 1000; while the loss
of the Bolivians, killed and woun-
. ded, was only -f5c. IN. bUstvial
o fierce amounted to 1000 men,. Dur
ing the action, the Prerident Of Peru
l. Gen. Gamarra, was shot. This, VI
presume, will put an end to the wal
> or be the signal for the restoration o
. Ex-President Santa Cruz to his for
is mer dignity. The Chilians may pos
siblv interfere TO prevent it. but
it they do, there is an even chance tina
they will share the fate of Gamarra
dI-[Jour. Com.
u ANOTHER NATIONAL DIFFICULTY
n France has assumad a serious tom
D towards TeXas-and demands repair
alton fer an insult offered the KIM
through his late minister to the younI
republic. This insult was a persona
>, indignily. in fashionable parlance-'
:. thrashing" to the vulgar-inflictet
o upon VI. de Saligny. the French min
e ister to Texas Court. by a Mr.. Bull
! lock. n citizen of Austin. We pub
. iished an account Of this affair whsr
It occurred.
o As well rs we recollect, the minis
h ter who had boarded with Bullock
- and had some difficulty with him
: took adjoining house to him. From
j., this contingency many little events oc
CURED that tended to keep alive ant
! fan the embers Of hostility between
them. The final the overt act-tht
tragedy we may say, that brough'
d the billegerent relations TO a crisi!
may be stated thus: a family of young
porkers. belonging to Bullock, made
an incursion into the garden of the
|" minister and devastated several bed.
S of fine vegetables. In the midst o
e their destructive progress, the minis
i ter's gardner made a descent upor
them, and enraged at the manner ii
which the fruits OF his labors hat
been destroyed, spread each juvenile
e grunter with a pitch-fork and hurled
him over the partition wall into hi
0 owners premises. This Wholesale
slaughter CT the tile squealers tha'
had so often "pigged in together the
{ same truckle bed" put Mr.. Bullocl
: into a towering passion. and he tool
measures for chastising their murder
er. M. de Saligny made his entrance
+ at this interesting point Of the drama
! and endeavoring to protect his mar
u himself became the object Of assault
and retired with a black eye,a pile
botomised nose, &C.. &c.
Nj. de Saligny demaded Of thu
4 Texan Government the immediate
and v punishment Of Mr.. Bull
: lock, on the ground that he had in
e suited and OUTRAGED the honor anc