The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-10-02

g.. STEAMSHIP INDEPENDENCE.

frs@ tbs CeEresyssaassee VI tine n. y. Hsrsti.
lOpopsans grom Lima.
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PAxAxA. Sept. 2, 1856.
Having arrived here on the 3lst Of August,
from Csilao, via Psyta, ! take this opportunity
u address you a few items" In regard 10 a rev.
osutioo. or rather q military revolt which
bfoks out ia Lima. on the 18th of August and
also IN reference to our squadron. | tried.
without, success, to procure paper containing
an account OF the affair Ior you in fact. the
only oOe on board Il in possession OF one Of
the officers, who intends sending il 10 the M.
fsonai bteiiigenss,. The accounts are various,
and doubtless exaggerated. 10 have concluded
TO give you the facts Us near a. they could he
arrived Al The insurgent General, Castillo,
commanding the Fort OF Santa Catalina, A.
senblcd his forces, TO the amount Of 500 or
600 men. in the square of the lnqnis,ion, and
dependence square. This took place ut three
A. n. The President, General Castillo, being
informed Of the fact called the remainder Of
the troops in Lma--say GOO or .0O-to arms
and ut daylight skirmish took place, which
resulted in the retreat 0fthc detachment to the
main body in the Inqusition square.
OttEtui Sustlilu i0u SDtuf tlguI Utll
pieces, while the President could only muster
four, all Of which were Of very light calibrc.
A the Gcnsrafs pieces commanded the streets
approaching his square, the President did not
chose 10 attack him until he could obtain re.
Inducements from the vicinity Of Lima. The
General, not having the greatest confidence in
his troops, did not wish TO leave his stronghold
and commence an attack against superior mum.
49,. L.. a
psss unimpr0ved. Proclamation followed proc
lanati0n ON both sides. Intense excitement
prevailed during the forenoon, though the Ieo-
pie appeared TO take no part 10 tho affair, ind
with the exception Of the negroes, very it'll.
interest was manifested as 10 which party
should prove successful One Of our officers
saw some City Of these "colorcd individuals
| whom you remember the President liberated
when he came into Office rush into military
store that had been broken open and arm them
selves then marching out with viva Cas-
tilIa viva Don Ramon ~ they proceeded to
lend their aid to "quell the rioters" The house
tops and all, were crowded with people anxious
to SIC fight" as they would be to witness
bull bait A random fire with musketry and
artillery was kept up during the forenoon, and
bullets were whistling IN all directions. The
firing was generally high "a was shown by the
Aarks on une "sis,
i me Nfuohai Convention mel' ana Passci
resolution directing the insurgents to lisband
and also calling out the National Guards
Previous to 2 o'clock r. NJ, some fifty or sixty
Of the insurgents had come over TO The Presi-
dents side About one half of Castilos troops
were In the fort with him while the remainder
continued in the square. The last limit Of
time l2:3O =: ~ Tor them to surrender Mt dis
cetion having exPired, the PRESIDENTS caval.
~ charged upon Them forcing u retreat and
capturing some one hundred and thirty men
and thirtc'n ofi'ccrs- IN the meantime ten
Castillo and others elected their retreat to the
country. aud viii probably await the arrival OF
the Tresiocnts od eheiny' zen. rch'h'que' DO
lore making another attempt
~ was rnmored y" .ail"" that ia. ohiiinn
government had sized Three oil fchlnnple
vessels, with arms ana stores at inlchuano, and
That the Henerai had gone To Nicaragua 10
consult WIN W aiker. ferhaps ms was only
rn~ Snch - tue temporary CONCLUSION OF n
military revolution when may break out again
very much sooner Than - expected 10y the
tres"ien'' or fa'bef Tue pietator, VINO ~ saiu
10 he very unpopular ~ many parts o' the
country ine hii'ed and WOUNDED Is put down
~ 'or'y though IN hly op'n'on The wonnded
did not exceed twenty-five or th'rty; many oil
whoh' were spectators, u priest ana wo'nhb
were a'so among 'he hl''ed' .eheral 'a'uHa
The fresidentl manifested much GOODNESS and
iorbcarance on The occasion ii's horse was
sho' nhder n'u'' anu As usual Mahan' h"nior
trie' 10 convert th's unfortunate nor" mo
one ki'ieu anu one woao"eI' -,
10 justice 10 The captured soldiers ! should
sia'e 'ha' IL Is fh"'or'u ,ha' ,hoy protest mat
they wei. not aware That they were lighting
against Their PRESIDENT as they had merely
osyeu 'ne'r oincers orders wi'noa. iniailns
three officers were taken, the Others having cone
y .i. " we '''S'''' W '"''e'''' III "''"'"s
One of ,he frs, acts Of Gap.ral Css,;Ilo wos
10 release all the political prisoners. some of
whom had been confined tor several wears.
| find have not left much room for the
squadron, ~ this letter is to bc u short one
Well on our arrival we found the st. Marys
here, on the qu, rire. At last accounts the
Decatur and John Adams were at San Fran
cisco, and the Massachusetts at Puge,s Sound
A court martial is to convene on board this
snip IN Jew aays' 'of 'he .r'ai Oh thfee OF our
iaeafnah's and gcthals .N OF 'eveh one's OF
,nr T , 'oo'n SIceisi ,N'v nave only oeen
,oi "e7,."oas 'io'" WV snip up :" "'e picse"'
' .,ne rea'hs' uaih~rs anu u.Sehargs' aoou'
~ we "S no~ hlnr'y sn''t o. our eonp'e
men'' ~ aou''ou '" uc Ioi aess'''o's a'"'v'