Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-04-06

received in Salem, Mass, gives the following
terrible story of the awful atrocities committed
! in the Banda Oriental country. The letter is
dated Montevideo, Feb. 6:
/ eve are still in state of civil war in this un.
/ fortunate province. This time there has been
much bloodshed-some 200 lives having already
been sacrificed to the cause of Liberty. (HOw
that word is abusedD
! ''Gen. Dias was defeated, about week since,
some $50 miles in the interior, and over 800
I prisoners surrendered TO the government troops.
| After sending to this place, to the government,
/ to know what disposition should be made of the
prisoners, the President sent orders, hour
afterwards, to shoot % officers, and cut the
threats of nearly 200 of the soldiers.
'Among the officers were Gen. Caesar Dias,
| who has been serving his country all his life
/ time, and was in command of the forces from his
Province when Rosas fell, and man who bore
an excellent character; General Frare, one of the
veterans of thirty three, and his son, Colonel
with other officers of not much lower grade.
"Ths has been one Of the most brutal BUTCH
cries that stained the annals of this country.
/ 1t outstrips Rosas and Oribe altogether. When
/ it was known that the order had been sent out
for this wholesale slaughter, the English and
French ministers, and both Admirals, the Span
| ish minister, American Commodore and Ameri-
can consul, all went to see the President, to
supplicate mercy for these poor fellows, but in
I vain.
''About twenty of the first ladies' of this place
also went, among whom were the sister of the
! Presidents wife, Sonora Vidal, Sonora CaStcla-
nos, wife of the President OF the Senate; Mrs.
Hoqueira, President Of the Charitable AsSUcia-
! ton; tbs widow Of Gen. Pacheco; the widow of
/ Gen. LaYellaca, and indeed all were ladies of the
first respectfully. They went down on
their knees, supplicating pardon for those Orien-
tai officers, but they turned away with iIl-
suit, and the poor fellows were Shot like dogs
'Al of them leave large families, which were
entirely dependent upon them for support It
has placed the whole city in mourning. No de-
cent lady appears in the street without being
dressed in deep mourning Every body, of both
political parties, is horrOrstricken at this awful
destruction of life.
"Thc consequences will, fear, be dreadful.
and we begin 10 see it already. The Cavalry es-
capped at the surrender of Dias, and have been
making dreadful work; they have already visit
ed several villages, and cut the throat of every
blanche they encountered-men, women and
ichildren-and destroyed their property to as
great an extent as possible. This vengeance
does not fall upon the guilty only, but any
of the adherents of the party that did the awful
deed above mentioned.
'Last year we had the yellow fever, which car
ried of about two thousand of the inhabitants
ofthis place. and now this civil war is continu-
ing the destruction of human lives.
''Mr. Hamilton, United States Consul at Mon
tevideo, has sent part of his furniture which he
wished to keep on board the bark Kate, which
sails next week for Baltimore. He expects to
have auction of the rest next week, when he
intends to close up the Consulate, and go to
Buenos Ayres, to stay few weeks with his
daughter, Mrs. Zimmerman, previous to his en-
barkation for the United States.
"He is just recovering from another attack of
sickness, is very much broken down, and very
infirm Mrs. Hamilton is very we'll. They,
| like many others, are completely disguised with
Montevideo, after the recent occurrences.
Business has all been stopped since the dis
turbanceS commenced, and ''1uien sdbe" when
tranquility will be restored?"
| --%s3lesS----
INSURANCE FOR HEAvEN.-The Pittsburg Dis
patch says that among the novelties of the day,
and one growing out of the general religious
awakening, is the organization of the American
Systematic Bcneficence Society in Philadelphia,
a sort of stock company designed to insure
shareholders admission to heaven through the
merit of dollars and cents. The object of the
organization is unohectionable, though rather
startling means are used to attain it. The pros
pectns sets forth that
The AMERICAN SYSTEMATIC BENEF1cENcE So
GETTY proposes to issue Certificates Of Stock, to
tie arnount of TEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS,
divided into forty millions of shares, at twenty
five cents each. Those who pay twenty-five
cents or more into your Sabbath School Charity
Fund, will be Stockholders, and entitled to GER
tiGcateS
The following is transcript of the certificates
of shares:
AMERICAN SYSTEMATIC BENEFICENCE
SOCIETY.
AUXILIARY TO EVERY BESEvoLEwr INSTITUTION
~ THE LAND.
Is TIGNETTE Shares
ONE HUNDRED PER CENT. sToc,,.
TINS CERTrFIEs, that -- is the holder of
- shares in the Sabbath Sch,.a Charity
Fund Stockholders are guaranteed To receive
one hundred times as much as they put in
(Matt. xLx, 29) Those who continue to paw
into the Fund, as much us six cents week, for
THREE YEARS in succession to he Life Members
of the AMERICAN SYSTEMATIC BENEFI.
CENCE SOCIETY. Those who do this for SIX
YEARS to be Honorary Managers for Life
Those who do this for TEN YEARS, to be Homo
rary Vice Presidents for Life. Those who do this
from LOVE TO CHRTSr) WHILE THEY Lrvr
will have free admission, through the yates
into the Heavenly City, Snow white Robe, n
Heavenly Harp, Crown of Gold, and n seat nj
81, = - L.