The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-30
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PERUVIAN BLOCKADE AND IT'S coSsFQrKycEs-w,E
TEEiING % rnF rEOriX--HvKpEE 81 - ITALIAN,
AND DIPLOMATIC fNIERf EEESoE--AS AMERICAN
WAR saiP WANTED.
The port Of cuayaquil s, bloclded by the Peruvian
naval squadron The English mail steamers arc permitted
to enter and clear without d.scharsug receiving
freight, bot other vessels allowed pass the block
AIDE. The war spirit high IL Ecuador con.
trastcd with Peru hut, unfortunately, a difference has
arisen between the President aud Congre reference
the raising Of 70 rcp,l INVASION, a. which II
removed, Will have bad cact appears thai Congress
in rurs a. the I'D article of the constitution pissed
law 18th October last authorizing the Prcsden,
take personal command OF tn land and naval forces o the
country, and 70 negotiate loan not 70 cxcccd S3ooooo
with power " make other contracts al home abroad
and ~ mortgage the property q the nation " secure the
payment Of The principal ami interest 81 the oan. which
10 be employed 20 defray the expenses attend.
ing the defence Of the territory. This law was
approved the i4th Of the month But the ID
of Move nher Congress passed another bill reyokny the
former the ground that The seventy fourth article
of the constitution DID not allow such extraordinary fscul
ties 10 be exercised by the executive unless there
imminent danger 81 al invasion flom abrold, which u
was coniendcd was not then the case On Tho 9Th No
vembcr the President vetoed this bill, assigning. among
o,her FOR dong that the perls to which the
country exposed far greater then thtn v
% te l2 q october nasnuc1 az the country was only
threatened then With invasion whilst now war hi become
reality by the blockade Of 'her ror's, nc BY the Peru
Wan naval forces
The President clearly rich, this Of subject,
and Congress, 4 seems 10 me viii have 10 rccede.
on the night u the 3oth ut an Italian was killed n
Guayaqu BY the ropulace which event produced Cons
derablc excitement IN consequence ~ the action taken IVY
the French Charge d'Afaircs Consul General who
claimed 10 exercise protection the murdered
Ic = sad 10 have highly cxaslerstc and threatened
a. have the Donbardc respiration not made for
IL outrage
Hon. g. r. Iuosaew. rni,cd states Minister Resident
~ Quito, has requested the ias officer squadron IN
TIE Pacific to send vessel war ~ GHaya.ull 10 look
after american interests during the continuance of the
hockade n that port " is reported that the house ~
American resident of GugyagU has been fired nj. and
thai another resident has forced his family
nom apprehcndcd danger. II this be true, time should
b. lost nd.pstchng american ship Of tlerc-and
/ have no Doubt the wishes Of mister viii he com
pied with Flag Officer Long appri.ed 81 these
occurrences
Hon John Cotton smith. United states Res en Minister
10 Bolivia Was IN Lima the 10Th November ROUTE 10
j. paz learn that he have left Lima the 18th.
Mr. Dana whom he ia tosuccced writes that Ne viii leave
Bolivia FOR tho United states IN January.
Information has reached here that John r. ifnpsa,
tive II France. but many years resident og Tlcna
rofu abscoBdrd from there IN October last deeply In
dcbtcd American and other foreign merchants " the
pace. taking with him, IL supposed, not less han SEQ
Uuo' BE s known 10 have arrived at rnnama on 2lst
octobs IN the English Bolivia. al traces o.
lima have been since be len here lie supposed
however 10 have gone 10 Franco The creditors NJ the
abscondng debtor have sent M. Thomas Hodgskihs, Of
tscna IN pursuit of him Mr. ~ arrived ~ the last hsg
lh scaner from the West Coast and 20 ft fnr England
ou the 9TH inst, in thc West india NIT steamer "
&, NM W with son ~ nuVas who presumed ~ know
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