New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-01-11
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ne E.---sIEzsl5i tied several
murders, he was sentenced to death along with
his brother, and other deinquents Accord
ingly, the whole party were brought forth in
the Plaza of Santiago and shot. Benavides,
who, though terribly wounded, was not killed.
had sufficient fortitude to feign himself dead.
The bodies being dragged off, were left without
burial to be destroyed by the gallinagos,
species Of Tulture. The sergeant who superin-
tended this part Of the ceremony was person.
ally ininical TO Benayides, for numbering some
OF MS relations; and to crafty his revenge,
drew his sword, and while they were dragging
the body OF his foe to the pile, gave it u severe
cash across the neck. The resolute Benavides
bore this also without finching, and lay like a
dead man amongst others, until it became dark
he then contrived to extricate himself from the
heap, and in a rnest miserable plight crawled
to a neighboring cottage, the generous inha-
bitants Of which received and attended f,in with
the greatest care.
General San Martin, who was at that time
planning the expedition to Peru, and was look
ing for able and enterprisiug men, heard Of
Benayides being still alive; and knowing his
talents and courage, considered him a fit per-
son to serve some Of his desperate purposes in
those trying times, when, to gain the great OBJ
ject in view, there was little scrupuloasness
about the means. 1t is said that the bold ruff
fan himself gave information of his being
alive, and invited San Martin to hold secret
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great square Of Santiago. The appointed
signal was to strike fire from their fints three
times; mark sufficiently conseieuous for the
purpose of distinction, yet Of a nature calcu-
| lated to excite no suspicion. San Martin ac-
| cordingly, alone and provided with brace Of
pistols, went to the spot, where he encountered
benavides similarly armed. After a long coz
ference with the desperate, whom he finally en-
gaged In his service, he settled that Benayides
shoulu, ior the present, serve in the Chillial
army, employed against the Arancanian In
dIans in the south, but should be ready to join
the army IN Peru, when the expedition sailed
This was i'll Judged in San Martin for Bena-
vides soon quarrelled with the ChilIian general,
and once more changed sides Offering Ills SER
vices to the Indians, who were delighted to ob-
tain so brave and unrelenting an associate. In
a short time, his experience and coneeniaI
ferocity gave him SO great an ascendancy among
this warlike race. that he was elected comman-
der-in- chief.
In this capacity he took various ships and
their crews prisoners; for Benayides, though
unquestionably feroeious savage, was, never
theless, man of resource, full of activity, and
OF considerable energy Of character. He con-
verted the whale spears and harpoons into
lances for his cavalry, and halberts for his scar
geants the carpenters he set to building bag
gage carts, and repairing his boats; the armor-
ers he kept perpetually at work, mending mus
kets, and making pixies. He treated the Off
GERS too (prisoners) not unkindly; he allowed
them to live in his house, and was very anxious,
on all occasions, to have their advice respecting
the equipment Of his troops. On one occasion,
, when walking with the captain of the Herselia,
he remarked that his army was now almost COM
plete in every thing, except in one essential
particular; and it cut him, he said. to the soul,
to think OF such deficiency; he had no trump
cts for the cavalry; and added that it was ut
terly impossible to make the fellows believe
themselves dragons, unless they heard blast
in their ears at every turn and neither men
nor horses would ever do their duty properly,
if not reused by the sound of a trumpet in
| short, he declared that some device must be hit
on to supply this equipment. The captain, will
ing to ingratiate himself with the pirate, and
: after little reflection, suggested to him that
trumpets might easily be made out of the cop
| per sheets nailed on the bottom of the ships he
r had taken. Very true, cried the delighted
Q chief; how came not to think of that before ,
9 Instantly all hands were employed in ripping
/ off the copper, and the armorers being set to
s | work under his personal superintendent, the
d whole camp, before night, resounded with the
warlike blasts of the cavalry. The captain OF
the ship who had given him the brilliant idea Of
the copper trumpets, had, by these means, SC
|, far won his good will and confidence as to bt
e allowed a considerable range to walk in. He
a Of course, was always looking out for some plaI
g. Of escape; and at length an opportunity oc
se curing he, with the mate of the Ocean, anc
a. nine of his own crew, seized two whale boats
g imprudently left ON the banks of the river, ane
IS rowed off Before quitting the Shore they tool
le the precauton ofstaving all the other boats, tt
prevent pursuit, and, accordingly, though theil
is escape was Immediately discovered, they sue
le ceeded In getting so much the start of the peo
? pie whom Benavides sent after them that the,
| reached st. Mary's Island in safety.
4 This astonishing man was at last taken, an
y, H. LII 4.
to follow the deeds of blood which men of his ma
Of ture commit. In pursuance of sentence passel
h on the list of February. 1922, he was dragge
f. from the prison, In pannier tied to the tail 0
mule, and was hanged in the great square
IN His head and hands were afterwards cut off, il
s. order to their being placed on high poles, b
IL point out the places Of his horrid crimes, SAINT
Juana, Tarpellanca and Araneo
is A MODERN PRoMETHEUs Us-Alexander Dumas
is the Great, has published daily paper in Pari
is called the -nousquetaire. As may be imagined
le 1t is written entirely by himself and is intende
of as q medium for conveying his tales, novel:
10 plays essays, critiques, etc, etc., etc, to tn
to world. He is, moreover, going to have thes
sr tire built, in which nothing but his own play
GO shall be acted; and it is more than probabl
n, that he will give new five act drama ever
y, night. Where is this to stop A boundles
id space bursts upon our view that we can neithe
le grasp HOE comprehend. DumaS creates paper
n, and theatres, which he writes and fills. II
e. Lives twenty years more, he will build
e. city, in which he will be government, new
sd banker--in short, every thing. Anotht
L. twenty years. oingt ans apres % AN
I'd he will create world, and people it with bt
in ings who shall read nothing but Dumas TIL
at present population of our eaath will have bs
en- come too limited to peruse his works; they wi
he be swept away by a new deluge of romance
r. and a fresh race will spring into existenc
Id modelled after the heroes and heroines of the
ss thor himself The gentlemen will kill ever
body who looks at them, and cheat every bod
who trusts them. The ladies will be eontinr
in ally falling in love with handsome cavalier
al without penny, and be continually abducts
Mt violently by ugly fellows with lots of none,
ss Religion will be epgrammatized, and the du
es sanctifed. Such will be the great Dumas Mi
#. lennium. Montgomery 8 Pictorial.
nt The RUSSIA TRApE.-During the past year twen
o. American and two Russian vessels bound to the Unit
ed States left 0ronstad the principal place of shipment
ST. Petersburg. Of this number six American
were for New York all the others for Boston, Burir
IT the period nineteen American vessels with frgf
ns and one in ballast sailed fer ports in Europe of wht
far ind A