The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-01-20
News from South America.

who leave New York by the North Star, on
the Goth inst, will have the pleasure of
making the transit from ocean to ocean be-
hind the iron horse The completion Of
this road will obviate the hardship and dan
ger formerly deemed inseparable TO d transit
across the lslhm,ts, and will render the Jour
ncy from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast
mere pleasure jaunt.
BoGorA From lle scat of Central gov
crnmenl, the news is important. MILO and
his party were totally defeated at Bogota on
the lth Of December, after an obstinate Ie-
sislance Of two days, in which the loss on
The side of the revolutioniSts was very great,
and that on the part Of the constitutional
army comparatively small. Melo and many
OF his lcading partizans were taken prison
erS Castro was still at large, but it was
anlici ipatcd that he would not long remain
so. The re- OiCings Of the cOnstitutionalists
were tempered by the loss of Gen. Herrera
and Gen. Mendoza, who were both mortally
wounded. The following details we copy
from the Panama Star:
The final engagement between the two
armies, which ended the revolution, took
place in the Plaza Of San Francisco. where
lha dictator Melo was captured. The con.
stitutionGl party consisted of 10000 men,
and their loss is calculated al 500 men, be-
sides Gems. Herrera Cdmilo Mendoza, com
manlers ID. G. Caro-, and FIR. Olarte, and
,nsigns Urucharlo and Navaes. The revo-
uliUnary party lost 400 men, and among
those who We're taken prisoners are Melo,
ConSuegra. Berinas, Acevedo, Jimines, Con-
grra Ordaues and Gachama.
From letter published in the Pdnameno,
we learn that the final engagement between
the conslitutonalists and the revolutionists
lasted two DAYS, in which The former Were
succt ssful. More than two thousand of
Mclo's party have been taken prisoners.
The late lamented General Herrera was
shot in the groin on the morning of the 4th
instant, at 6a clock and expired "a o'clock
Oh the morning OF the following day. His
remains were accompanied to the grave BY
upward of thirteen thousand people.
PinU.--In Peru the government forces had
been completely defeated BY Don Domingo
Elias in ID battle which lasted fourteen hours,
on tie lst of December, at Arequipa. TheI
Panama Star furnishes the following particu-
lars, compiled from the published accounts
and private letters:
After the engagement between the forces
of Don Domingo Elias and Gen. Moran, on
I'm, heights of Condo, the former tired with
the remnants OF his army to the city Of Are
oupa. where G,'n. Moran determined to fol.
ting his forces with those Of Gen. Nivanco,
but owing to not being able to BRING up his
vanguard in time, Vi>anco, unsupported.
had to stand an attack made by force sent
out from ArequIpa, in which he lost 800
muskets, two cannons, and the ammunition
belonging TO them.
Notwithstanding this reverse, the two
generals resolved upon making an attack on
Arrqupa, which was accordingly done, but
,he forces in the city made determined re-
sStance. and committed great havoc among
the government troops by firing on them
from the houses. The battle lasted all the
night of the 30h of November, but about
eight in the morning the government soldiers
began TO give way, owing TO their ammuni |
ton falling short, whereupon the cavalry and
the citizens pursued then. In the meantime
Gen. Moran had taken up position at the
country house Of Landazuri, whore he held |
out against his attackers for some time. but
being outnumbared and assuiled on all sides,
he was at length forced to surrender.
The rctrrating government forces were
then pursued on all sides, and the greater
number taken prisoners; and it is said that
only three officers and fifteen men escaped,
the rest, consisting of 800 men, having
been killed, wounded, or missing. General
Nivanco was seriously wounded, and by last