New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-23

OUTRAGE on THE AMERICAN CONSUL AT
UMBEZ-INTERESTING STATEMENT.
PAYTA, Friday, Nov Il, 1853

PATIA, Friday, NOV. II, lp'b
DrsE SIR: The inclosed statement from Capt. Halgh
ton of tie ship MemnOn is upon which you can piic,
eyery corCdeice lie is a man 10 be relied AMI was
,r.s9rt dring greater uari Of tn tim and eyewitness
to the pofs insults offered to the American Consul aui
feg. - -.
lave obtained from s j. OakfOd, Esq, United states Con-
sul at Tumbcz Who is at present in Payta aEang the
English steamer TO continue his journey 70 Lima ia order
the better TO explain to the American Ister'the proper
Wow Of lie affair.
II ,eems ihat It early the morning of the 2lst Of
October that Mr. Oakord was aroused from his seep by
le GiscbaIge Of firearms and flat almost Immediately
after he found number Of persons entering bis house AMI
iol cirg in the Of Cod that protection which hu
man being and Christian might be expected to give nnlsr
the circumstances. Thee were defeated party mel
upon ard purfuod al sides There was but one Plan
to'obseryo TIC men were in his house without even ms
rernisson end outside mob OF two hundred armed AMI
infatuated soldiers ready TO sacrifice and tear them u
pieces firing in every direction, and only prevented from
Entering by tie united efforts Of Sen0r POrtslanEt anl
the Caefii Having once taken the unfortunate men
M cr h protection, Il would have been wore than bar
baIy to have turned hom out, and have shown weak
noss of purpose unworthy Of the American character
Things remained in this state for some five OF SIX days,
when the Governor Of the Province Senior ID Antonio
BCnoyidCz arrived aud sent for Mr.. Oaord. The Con
srl conn lying with bis request went 10 his house but in
stead Of being met with that civy which il customary
10 give to oil foreign agents. he was received with TOR
rent Of abuse, and language unfit for publication Mr..
Oakford bore all With much calmness as il was possible
b. commend but at last seeing it was rather increasing
tan dnsAing, lie determined to put stop 10 1t al once
lie began telling the Governor who he was that he
had cone there at bis the Governors request to discuss
question not TO receive abuse and that shoald there
be any necessity he would be most happy TO offer him the
attention ana protection that had been extended to
Don Domingo Elias The Governor seeing or fancying
he saw more in the words of the Consul than mere po
eDe.s began to fear he had placed himself in trap, and
that the protection Of the Consul might be personally
useful.
lie real truth was that considerable change had taken
Place in the feelings of the people and soldiers in Iumbez
end tie proprey Of taking quiet possession of the
~ tie Eoyfr IA
INT datey changed his tone, and would in all probability
have passed TO the house of the Consul to occupy
the soo quarters and seek the protection that Don
Domingo Elias had left few days previously had it not
been for the arrival OF messenger from the point or port
of Jumbez, bringing information that the Peruvian
steamer Of war Rmac had jus; anchored With this
rity returned Lis Excelencys vaOr. Such now his
tomory that lie talked of putting the Consul in irons and
sending him to Lima Put this he thought better Of rld
only concluded to order the Consu doors 10 be forced
and mounting his horse quickly possible departed,
and Wat not satisfied until he safely odgedon board
the 'e Very respectfully I yqpT Hs'S'Ri sSSdD
SHIP MEMSoN, PArTA, Tuesday, Nov. l. 1883.
On tie morning OF the 2lst of October Don Domingo
Elias who some weeks previously had been banished
from Peru for having published in the daily papers Of
Lima facts which not agreeable to the feelings of the
Peruvian Government, entered the town OF Tumbez from
Guuyaqui with about 90 to 25 men. They were almost
INN ediatey surrounded and fired upon by the National
Quad 2C0 mem under command Of the Governor Porta
LAURA.
circumstances ard the Governor succeeded in taking
eight or prisoners tho remainder fed to the United
States Consulate begging the protection of the American
ford Esq, Consul of the Unit States for that port.
Among the number who sought this protection was Don
Domingo Elias. They were followed by the national
guard into he house aud yard of the Consulate and
tnutd nrine after the fuetves into the house of the
Consul, killing one man and wOundng two Others, and
endangeing the lives of the Consul and family well as
number OF unortunte females and children who hld lied
10 the house for asylum This party of guards did
cease firing into the house until they had been repeatedly
requested to d,sist by Mr. Oakford. They ultimately re
tire d. leaving thirty forty 20 guard the
sulae but in spite of all their precautions Don Domingo
Ias maGe his escape; one knows how. At last the
affair became so very alarming that Mr. Oakford requested
ne escort his lady TO place of safety, which she per
Cmp.oiy refused saying, like true heroine, that she
would never leave her husband in the time Of danger
Things Cmaned Pretty much in this way unt the
ing Of the 25h October when the Governor Of the Prov
rce of Puira anvedn small vessel or boat from Paya
The party Tat bad sought the protection Of the Consul still
remained in hi house with the exception Of Don Domingo
Elias, who, as before said, escaped.
Between and clock on the morning Of the Goth, the
Consul came into his house, followed by the Governor OF
the town. Scror Poriaausa and raj Peruvian officers
armed. The Governor Immediately demanded OF the
Consul certain supposed 10 have bC1ngei TO several
persons ihtn under the protection Of the United States.
Consul or in Other words The arms OF the Aforesaid men.
These were given up the request Of the Consul aud the
officers i the house with them but within the cOurse Of
HAN hour they retained and demanded the men whose
they had just received threatening 81 The time,
il the men were not given up to fire upon the house n
the Consul The Consul told him be had No power 10
resist their violence but he would not give the
voluntarily. he officers then lett Tho Louse bat there
sill renamed around numbers OF soldiers. When the
oc .ieSEnp III Governor of the province with
letter fron that parsonage TO the Consul he said pre-
sCInC it, The Governor requires an answer in fifteen
minute But he did not return FOR az hour when be
did tie Cor sui told aim il not ready and TO wait but he
declined the honor, preferring walk 70 sitting Soon s.ier
the letter. rather the COrsuls reply being flashed the
eGe dc camp called Tor IT, and carried o aud in about
hour and half the Governor OF the town, "Seaor
"PoItaaUza, ACCOMPANIED 10y several officers, and
ordered tie soldiers up which they di lar as
The balcony As the Governor Of tie town clne H. be
delivered message to the Consul from the Governor OF
the Province to this effect, That he the Consul had
right defend his house but that he the Governor had
right to attack demanding at the same time the in
date surrender Of the in his house which the Con
sui rtsTcciuly but firmly refused The Governor then
stated hat be would take the by force and ordered
Il irOCIs 10 go in and take them. One OF the men
der the COnsus protection said 10 the Governor thai il
useless TO cali up the rools for they had no Of
defending Themselves, and Of resistance in any shape
They then entered inner and seized the meu and
took ths n ovi ioTclhly.
The Governor OF tie Province, 10 r convors alton a; his
Rouse, with The Consul told him ai IL be had the force
he would put hu the consul In irons, and carry him to
Lima. Moreover, he insu,d him in every possible way.
more tseraut outrage hos never been ntted upon
the American tlg. We want hero American man Of
Wal, with scre such Captain In-raham 70 stir them up
Tie ieuviun auhoritCs are this time more insolent
and lees ncaoy parl ofhe world Not day
Ietttui outrage takes pace and If this last Is
Toticcd by Government at home, il viii be impossible
FOX even he CoNsIls 10 rotidc in safety
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