New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-10
soon raised himself to be nanen, or chsf OF the
ar,Dy Of the plass, aud hsd upward Of o,VOJ or

turSd some Spanish Cun-b1dts Oy PlhcDe hlh f"VIu
in hs mouth and swimming HE horse scross the
river, in which act of dsrine be was followed Win
tumultuOas sccamation by bs troops. At one
time he was 80 much reduced that the officers and
soldiers were obliged 10 content themselves WITH
covering Of raw bide.
Bis followers were mostly bslfbreeds spare, tai
and athletic: and, az of the mos, wealthy ana
Influential citizens Of VeDezuela, VINO mas Travelled
~ Jerusalem states resemble greatly the Arabs of
the desert.
The Isst battle Of the revolution was fought at
Carabobo. IN 1873 IEe Spaniards had con.
cen;rated upward Of 1900 men, under Gen.
NOrillO all tue veterans iron the PeDnsu-
lar war. The Patriots were commanded Dy zen:
BOliyor; Gen. Paez commanded the cavalry, and
through his bravery The yic'oly was won. Gen.
Pafz was created Chief Of Venezuela BY Gen.
Bolivar in 1926. In 1890 having disobeyed orders,
be was directed 70 give All account Of his conduct
al Boeota. He refused 10 comply and ia 1880
convention of the principal citizens was held in
Valencia. and Venezuela declared an independent
State Gen. PaeZ was fret elected President 10
1890. He continued 10 power four years and was
succeeded by Gen. SoUDlette, an uncle 81 Serr)r
John De la Costa, of the most Influential and
kip3.hearted gentlemen at pressl. residing IN Boil
var.
DIR. Varqus. civilian and an eminent physician,
was alterward elected President but was driven
out Of the country by the military party after filling
the Office but few months, and Was obliged 10 fly
TO st. Thomas. Gen. Paez was, however, again
elected for four years, and was succeeded By Gen.
Soublette. Dung the whole Of this period, the
country was governed by an oligarchal party, com
posed Of the leading zen of the country, til
Is47. 1t was during the year lS46 the subject
of general freedom began To be discussed, and the
most extreme ideas were entertained respecting
the rights of individuals and the protection OF
property. Revolutionary ideas were the order
Of the day, and although in our owa happy c0un-
fry such things would have but little effect
in Venezuela they proved extremely dsastrOu',
and tie most eminent citizens attribute the suose-
quent troubles to their propagation. About this
time Paez vas induced 10 forward The views OF the
MoDagas family ard consented 10 the election OF
Gen. Jose 7. Monagas (sganst the viii of the bet
ter portion Of the citzens As he was fearful that
MOnsgas would become tool in the hands of the
Olgarchal party, and as President he would not
have vote, and would be kept IN restraint by the
Constitution.
Monagas having acted in opposition to their
views and violated some of the most fundamental
laws Of tue country, the Congress Of 1915 deter
mined TO brig him TO Justice. Antici Jatng their
action, be di-pereed the Assembly with an armed
force, aud shot several of the Senators. Gen.
Paez took up arms against him, but at that time
Gen. MOnseds had the whole mob Of the country
in his favor, the revolution was not successful.
After his defeat, Gen. Paez fed 10 Curacao
where he remained about year, when he made a
second attempt, and, collecting an army OF 1000
men, be met Gen. MOnagas at Coro, who had over
4CC0 men. Gen. Paez was defeated and taken
prisoner. Monages put him in irons, and carried
ho 10 Valencia; from thence TO Carac as and finally
To Cumana, and confined him in dark, under
ground dungeon, where be was treated with the
greatest cruelty for four months, and was finally
banished and sought refuge i'll the United States.
Wine in ,h" Limited States Gen. Paez continued
TO act iOr the advantage of his country, und in ieoo
fitted out the steamer Franklin and large BARK
with arms and ammunition, and sent them 10 d.
Thomas. He purchased the George Law muskets
in relation 10 which there was much mystery
Bv some mistake, the revolution commenced too
soon aud the vessels went To Mexico, where the
arms were sold to the Mexican Governments but
as they were unable to pay cash for their purchase
they were returned to the United States.
Since that time the whole life of Gen. PaeZ has
been one continual struggle to free his country from
the despot!c rule of the Monagas family.
The country finally became so tired of their rule
that as soon as the revolutionary standard was
raised by Gen. Castro, the country rose slmul-
taneously as one man, and over 10000 men iocked
to his standard and marched against Caracas
Secret societies had been held throughout the coun
try for long time; they were thoroughly organ
ized--bad sisns and grlps-and 1t Is supposed they
Lumber over e0,C coo men.
President MOnagas, finding that there was no
hope, resigned, aud was imprIsoned
A Provisional Government was formed, consisting
OF four persons IN each province, invested with dis
cretiOpdTy powers.
The Provisional, Government in Bolivar was COM
posed of SIS. L. Salon, j. h. De La Costa, flOren-
tine Grillett, and CHARLES Marchado.
The Provisional Government ordered the
disarniDg of the troops, and the two Monaglses,
father and son, who were commandants of the
forces, sought refuge from the fury OF the mob IN
the house of Sr. John B. De La Costa. me nber
of the Provisional Government. For ten days
mob law was triumphant, aud il was with diff
Guilty that the Provisional Government could pro-
tect the MOnagas family from violence. Frequent
depu'atons were sent demanding that they should
be delivered up 10 their vengeance, and it WAS
only by the exercise Of the greatest frmness, and
the estimation in which Sr. De La Costa was held
ON account of his attainments and hberality that
order was preserved.
Monsgas remained in Sr. De La COstss's house
three weeks, when the Governor, Salon, ordered
him to be imprisoned in the common jail. Sr.
Dc La Costa was the Governor appointed BY the
Provisional GOyor0mtnt but after twenty days Sr.
Salon was appointed Governor by the Government
at Caracas. Everything, however remains in an
unsettled condition, and the power of the different
officers are far from being well defined or under
stood. Indeed, in some instances 1t is impossible
for one oiiica to carry out the orders of his supe
riOr from fear of the consequences from the enc
mics Of the MOnagas family.
For instance, the Governor Of Bolivar has or
dered the Monagases t. be removed To Lsguayra by
water Intending, if possible, to prevent their
being murdered on the road; but the commandant
of the forces, Sr. Ruiz Tan old enemy Of Monagas
who has suffered from his injustice, and mas Just
returned from ten years exile at Truidad, has not
dared, or rather does not desire TO comply, and as
the sympathes Of the mob are with the coainandant
they still remain in prison.