The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-19
The Troubles in Peru.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE PARIS LA PArRIV.
:, SR-Counting on your impartialhy, take the
in TnE New YoRK HERALD, relating to the arrest of
my father, Don Domingo Elias, which you repub.
lished in your issue Of the oath inst.
Mr.. Elias, far from being one Of the leaders in op.
position to the President of Peru, has always been
one Of the warmest supporters Of the government;
but foreseeing the disastrous consequences of Ger
tain financial operations already adopted, aud others
about to be 80, he considered himself bound to
tighten the ministry and to stop, it were possible,
His letters to the President Of the republic, which
have been published in the Peruvian journals, are
not intended TO depreciate the securities there, and
influence the exchange IN London for specnlations
in which be had never taken any part, either as
yender or purchaser.
The President himself thought it right TO reply to
the first letter, and the answer to this-an answer
founded on public notoriety-hss wounded the sns-
ceptibiity of certain persons Of influence who, by
th sir in,rgues, have induced the President to i'm
prison my father But from the 18th Of August, the
day Ct his arrest to the 18th Of September the date
Of The last news notwithstanding all their endeavors
to find him guilty be had not been indicted for the
offence OF which they accused him.
My father, who has been raised by his fellow citi-
zeDs esteem to the highest rank, has never figured
been absrd q say that the Peruvian debt am united
to 1851 OOO, OOO BE show, that it might reach
shat figure, il certain measures, AMY wnlch .as
Wlole country was then exclaiming, were carried
ont ard had the courage to make himself the organ
OF pubic opinion. But he cannot deny what every
bocy knows, that the natural sources OF Peru inie.
pendenty OF the guauo Islands for which he Is not
she contractor but official agent, suffice, Under ord
nary circumstances, and with an honest aud economi-
Cal administration, to meet all the necessities of
debt which Goes Iot now exceed s4S, 100000.
My father may have pursued an erroneous course
but his Intentions we're pure His letters afford ample
evidence OF the fact The sole cause Of his imprison
meLt was the injured interest ofsome high function.
aries.
think have said enough to prevent public opin-
ION ID France from going wrong either on the na-
ture OF the facts In question: the character of
my father to whom full and entire Justice .nnot fail
TO be ultimately rendered ANTOINE ELIAS
PARIS, Wednesday, 26th October 1853.
AN INTERESTING CASE or LIFE INsrJR AsoE-A
very peculiar Gaze (says the Rochester Usion) ari
ing on life policy, has recently been adjldicated
in that judicial district. N. Osborne, ESQ., at tue
instance of the ete II. B. Williams, Esq, procured
policy Of insurance upon his life for some $4,000
under these circumstances:-Se risks had oeen
taken prior to Mr. Wilt ans leaving for California
by al insurance agent in that city, and prior to the
appl:ah n OF Mr. Osborne, which was declined. Mr..
Osborne then made an application TO a New York
agency OF a British company, the application and
certificate of the state of Mr. Williams health being
dated September 9th. The risk was taken by the
company in question, and the policy dated ,toper
7h. ltso happened that on the evening Of the very
day on which the policy was issued, Mr.. Williams
died on The lsthmus, OF cholera, Of which he had
been sick several days. The company refused to
pay, on the ground that Mr.. Williams was not well
ut the time The risk was TAKEN Suit was brought.
and the court held that the policy WAS granted on
the state Of facts existing at the date Of the appca
ton, ard that the company assumed the rsk invoved
in the subsequent lapse of time. Mr.. Osborne reco.
yered the amount Of his claim end the company
has paid IT..