The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-05
Interesting from Peru.
From the Burlington (vt.) Free press, April 2sl
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would drop you occasional line when there was any
thing Of interest TO communicate but only wish
that could reverse the contract and obtain few pages
OF news from your own pen, for it seems 70
one just arrived from the land OF newspapers shut out
from the world and left to speculate upon the truth OF
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we have dates up to Feb. 20 from the States, we
have one INV YORK BERtID OF that date. But there IS
abundance Of excitement in this distracted country for
us who have not been accustomed to regard revolutions
and battles every day occurrences. well as much
can forget roLtcs and the fact that II Is nscas-
sary to carry pair OF revolvers If you wish TO
go on an antiquarian excursion. OF the present
political condition of Peru IL Is peculiarly hard to
speak for the administration de fao takes particular
pains TO mstiy every report that comes from the nsur
The itself professedly blcan but really
a AIRY despotism. Don Domingo Elias, who with Gen.
formerly Governor q the cSnchs sonas ander the
pres, administration He recalled being charged
with Of public money and severely repr
manded and degraded exasperated by which he reored
upon the government by exposing some Of its dis
honest proceedings As the Of the people we're be-
ginning to be opened to the fact that they received
any benefit from the immense guano trace at the Chin
cbas and various other of revenue the state
ments Of Elias easily accredited, and the admins
ation catching the alarm construed his charges into
treason and imprisoned him. He made his escape and
went by hand 10 Tumbez with few of his partizans and
being closely pursued by body Of troops
took refuge in the house of Dr. Oakford. United
States Consul at Tumbez, representing himself and
followers TO be innocent men, pursued by band OF
lawless marauders The troops arrived and fred into
the house while the United States flag flying, kill
ing two of Tas's The remainder with their leader
made their escape The consul deemed this in ;ut to
flag and has applied to this for redress
through his Excclcncy J. Randolph Clay w. s. Minister
TO Peru. This demand has been denied, and the affair
referred to our home government The Amerc IN cit
here very indignant that such outrages this
and that of the bayoneting Of the American ship
masters at the Chincba Islands, long since should
remain unsettled The Peruvian government pretend t.
be constantly receiving dispatches from their represen
tatiye at Washington saying that both these affairs
being amicably settled; but strange to say, des-
patches communications of any kind in regard to the
matter have been received by minister. The Ameri
shiImssters arriving from the Chiuchas with
guano express themselves most bitterly in regard to the
insults they subjected to there and threaten to take
the law into their hands If something is not done
But to return to the revolution Elias went from Tum-
be- by TO Psco and gained Gen Castillo
veteran q great favorite with the people, to his
They raised an nsurgent force, but owing to
their want Of money, unable to the numbers
which ocked to their Standard and have to depend in
great upon the SLOW but method of gaining
rel elton
The provinces Of Arequipa Puno Moquegna and Tacna
declared for Castla and the is that Elias is
in Lima with numbers Of his partsans preparing to rise
when the proper time shall come. He does not aspire
to the pres dency himself but supports Gen. Castillo
The present administration is evidently the decline
distracted it is by the with Bolivia the north
frontier and the rebeious provinces the south
Some time since all the government specie, amou ting
10 millions of dollars together with State papera
OF Importance removed from Lima and placed
boa the Peruvian steam rigate Anazona for security
ard since have been transferred board the British
storesbp Naad under the protection of that flag The
last from the rebels that action took place
the 4h Of March at Caamarca between body of GOO
government troops and 800 rebels only 500 of whom
armed and they very poorly The latter said
to have been totally routed, with loss of thirty killed
Gen Castillo remains strongly enrenched at Arequpa in
position from which it is said that it win be impossible
TO dsodge him.
Peru is literally suffering under war; pestilence and
famine The Monteneros, black robbers of the
tains have strong and bold since the breaking
out Of the civil war; that they make descents upon whole
towns along the coast 1t Is unsafe to make short
excursion into the country without being well armed,
instances of highway robbery under the very walls
OF Lima are Of every day occurrence.
We somewhat surprised the other day by the sud
den arrival Of one hundred and Atty Of fellow citi
zens in emgrant ship from Australia They started
with the intention Of going to the head waters of the
Amazon but their ardor has much cooled during the
voyage from Australia that only twenty five Of them in
tend keeping to the Amazon while the remainder
intending take the next st,aus for Panama. some to
at gold digging more in California. They report
twelve other vessels having been chartered for this
place by americans at the time they sailed and taey
not less than five thous and Americans
tLer way from Australia to The head waters of the
found several yermonters among the number of
TO make straight tract; for the Green Mountains and
stay at home when they get therep
The fever, which has been raging with great violence
IL Callao and Lima is abaed in great measure, and it
Is hoped that it soon viii be entirely gone Strangers
ard unacclimated have been the prncip4
ers and many poor fellow within the last months
has laid his bones the lonely island Of San Lorenzo
The barbaroUs laws Of Peru deny burial the main
land TO Protestant foreigners.
Tie bay is crowded with shipping, prncpais Amcri.
cans this Is the port Of entry for the Chncha Is ns
There cannot be less than eighty American vessels
lying here and there reported to be above nm
cred Mt the Chinchas The arrivals and depart
OF American vessels at this port average three
day Besdes these vessels lying here are
fritish Gillian and Peruvian craft and the following
men-of warbler Majesty's British frigate Trincomsee
Capt Houston; French frgate LE1rydce; Gillian sloop
of-wcr Constitution United States sloop-of-war st.
hary's Capt T. Bailey; Peruvian steam frigate Amazo
MIA Peruvian steam brig, and her British Maiestys
soreship Naiad The United fgate ST. Lawrence
tie flag ship of Commodore Duany Is expected here in
the course Of Month, from Valparaiso.