Washington telegraph., 1850-12-04

IMPORTANT FROM BoLlvIA.-The N. Y.
Tribune has received Lima papers, when
bring the following account Of very
serious outbreak which, had taken place
in Sucre, the capital OF Bolivia, on the
9th Of September last. One OF the papers,
dated the 7th, says:
Yesterday. little before o'clock in
the evening. as Gen. Belzu was walking
on the Alameda with Col. Laguna. Presi-
dent of the Senate, and an aid-de-camp.
he met Don Augnstin Morales, and while
he was talking with him, student named
Juan Sotomayor came out OF group OF
men who had there stationed themselves,
and fired pistol at him, wounding him
in the face, the ball remaining buried
close to one of his ears; he fell OH his
face, and then Morales discharged another
pistol at his head, the muzzle being only
few inches from it,, but which only
slightly grazed him.
The aggressors then, believing him to
be dead, proclaimed the fall of the tyrant.
as they called him, and shouting Liberty"
attempted to surprise the barracks OF the
battalion Iliinaani, but the conmandant
of that corps, Don Pedro 'ViIIamiI, had
been beforehand with them, and tie con-
spira tors, terrified at the UtudS uttered by
the soldiers in lavor of Gen. Belzu, fled
precpitately. The Presidents escape
was perfectly miraculous; Laguna aud
his aid-de-camp having been driven from
| him, he remained for some time in the
power of his enemies. The surgeons are
going to extrac, the ball, and. although
it will be difficult operation, they affirm
that he runs no risk Of his life. This
atrocious attack must have beeen the
result of some vast plan of conspiracy
| Nav it turn out that neither it nor its
director, presumed to be 3alIivian. have
any connection with our country, as is
generally feared.
Bv later accounts the Tribune learns
| that it was ascertaiued that Col. Laguua,
| the President of the Senate, was an ac-
compllce IN this horrible attempt; aud he,
| together with Morales and Sotomayor,
| were condemned to be shot on the same
spot on which they had attempted TO
murder the President; aud this execution,
| as far as regarded Laguna, took place on
the 18th. 4...,
The ball had been successfully extract
ed, and the state OF the Presidents health
| was satisfactory. 1t is presumed that
this attempt was made at the ins.iyation
| of Gen. Ballivian, who was formerly
| President of the Bolivian Republic. and
his partisans, for we see that he left
| Valparaiso. having Withdrawn to Chill,
after his overthr ow on the 12'h Septem-
Der; arrived at Copiago on Tile l4th, aud
proceeded during the night to Atacama,
on his way to Bolivia.
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A MAN SaoT.-We take the follow
| ing from tile St. Louis Republican of the
| 1lth inst:
An unfortunate occurrence. resulting
| from the vice Of gaming. occurred on the
steamer Amazon, near the Island 81,
while Oh her passage from New Orleans
| to this city. From the few facts that
we have been enabled TO possess our
selves of. it appears that two passengers.
| Michael Wnn aud Dr., Crane, were
engaged at the card table, when slight
! difference took place. High words en-
sued, and Crane threw a portion of the
cards into the face of Mr.. Winn The
captain mere intertered, and put stop to
| further violence. Some time after, the
| two gentlemen meeting Oh the boiler
| deck, the difficulty was again renewed,
but by which party we were unable TO
learn. The mate. hearing The quarrel,
and fearing some serious result might EN-
sue, went in search of the captain, but
before either officer could return to the
belligerents. Crane had fired four shots at
his unfortunate antagonist; and when the
captain got to him he was quietly leaning
against the steps, smoking a cigar, and
protested that he was uninjured, and that
Cranes pistol contained nothing but
powder. He grew weak, however, aud
was finally induced to retire to his state
room. positively refusing TO submit to an
examination of his person. He kept his
room most Of the way up. occasionally ma.
king his appearance at the table. Crane
lef: the boat at Cairo, and Mr.. Winn
died OH board the Amazon night before
last, and was buried yesterday. From
all inquest held upon the body. it was AS
certained that four balls had entered his
body in reach OF the abdomen. We
were not able to get more OF the particu-
lars OF this unfortunate affair, nor have
we learned the tenor of the verdict rem
dereG by the jury charged with the ill.,
vestigation OF the matter. .a
Senator Berrien, of Georgia, made a
public speech at Macon on the lst i,ist..