Worcester daily spy., 1861-12-06
Bloody Tragedy in BoiiviA-The Terr"rS
of Revolution.


| Bloody Tragedy in BOiiviA-The Terr"rS
+ of Revolution.
From the New York Times.
PANAMA, Nov. 2j.--'Ihe state OF Bolivia
| has just exceeded all other states III the thof-
NIFTY and atrocity OF her crime. ~ year ago,
OF thereaOoul, Dr. Linares, who had succeed
ed 10 the presidency Of Bolivia, after thnly'sM
attempts at revolution, was III luin lhlusl Aslue
| by military cous piracy headed by General
| Acha; the cousprdtOrs, scarcely ~, hHuf oe'
lore thry drew the sword against Liilares, nav
| ing broken bread III his laDie. he eX-presl
| dcut went To Valparaiso, and dItd there only
| last month. Gen. Acha, Of course, on his ac'
! cession to power, found eN-Presldent Belzu,
/ eXPresident Cord1va, the son IN law of Inc
| latter and the friends Of DR. Lnares, all
eagued against hun, and melting the people
| to revolution. But having organzed quite
| large military force, under the pretenco lhat
Bouva was TO be attacked by Peru, he was
| able to suilocale easily all rebe!iUns, and
to defy his enemies. On the morning OF the
3Uth ut September last, one Of these al
lenpts against Acla was made by the friends
OF BelIu, at La Paz, but was not very well
supported, and about forty OF the principal
meu OF the city, VINO were charged with being
the leaders, were seized and thrown INTO
prison. La Paz, a city Of 6OOOO inhabitants,
was dee AIRED III state OF siege, and Gen.
Pacido Yanez appointed military command
ant. The city became ira, quii again, but,
nevertheless, good deal o. dissatisfaction
existed among the friends OF the prisoners,
that they should be kept in confinement.
without trial. and there were undoubtedly
threats made that they would be Violently
rescued.
Gen. Yanez, it is charged, wishing to get
rid of these leaders, instigated Il sham eateWe
in the vicinity OF their prisons the object beng
made to appear to rescue them from the
authorizes. Accordingly, at lZ2 O'Clock ON
the morning OF the 23d OF October, Il cry OF
ViUd Cord0Ua!" was raised i'll front OF his
prison, when shaI p fusiiade was heard for Il
few moments, and then all was sIl. Sixty
of the principal men OF Bolivia had been muir
dered-some OF them in tEeir beds, and all
in II defemceess condition, without arms, and
one hundred and eighty poor Indians, or
ChOlos, us an eXSuse iUr tins massacre, were
shot down like dogs in the streets Among
the prominent men assassinated, aud who had
been identified in the Pantheon, :ere -
francisco Bezu, nephew OF the eX president;
Senior La Riya Generals-Jorge C0rdOya,
ex president OF Bolivia; llermosa, Ascarrus,
and Alcoresa. Colones-EspejO, tile Two ld.-
mas, Silva, Larriva, Luciano Mendzabel, Ber-
nadine Mendizabei, Bslmonte, Caideron, aud
Lieut. Col Sardon. MajOrs-U rbina, Vega
Bishops and PrIests-Ttjada, Zeyaos, Va:-
gus, Asin, and Huachaila ; Dean, Cimeros,
just from Europe. Doctora-La TapIa, La
guirre, Burlios, and Cordero, and 70 others,
not yet recognized, besides $50 persons Of the
cholo class.
Gen. Cordova was in his bed. The two bull
let wounds he received, running vertically
along the body, show that lie was shot While
in repose or asleep. Dr. Augustin de la Tapia
and Lieut. Col. Balde roma were taken from
prison by the police 10 be carried toward the
public plaza BiderrUma undertook 10 escape,
but was caught near The bridge, conducted to
the place ol butchery, and was shot III front
of the house OF Sanan, where Iapla had
suffered only a few moments before. Lieut..
Col. Espeio was wounded i'll the door OF the
University, tone OF the Prlsons.) but ran to-
ward the public fountain, where lie was shot
dead. Col. Vega was presented to 1aneZ by
the guard who mad seized HIM, and in front of
the house OF Bengura, aud by the order OF
Yanez, was shot in his presence. Many OF the
other prisoners, priests, and doctor, were taken
from their beds, forced at the point of the bay
onet from the doors and shot i'll the streets
half naked, and, in their desperation, running
wounded AGAINST the bayonels which incIosed
them.
There was scarcely person in the streets
when tile great fire was heard. The plaza, on
which is situated the University, where most
of the prisoners were confined, mad not a sin.
gle person in it at that moment except The |
governments guard. A letter from La Paz,
written by gentleman OF veracty, says:-"A
horrible plan was prearranged 10 xiii all the |
prisoners, against whom nothing could be
proved. The prisoners numbered titty-two
Among them were four churchmen, four gen
erals, including the legal president OF Bolivia |
the others were coonels, doctors OF law, SC, |
the flower OF the county. Gen. fanez in
the morning eooiiy posted a bulletin in the
public places, boasting of his horrible exploit
but late accounts say he has been compelled to
fly from the city. The people OF La Paz,
when the mail lcit, had not recovered from
their CONSERVATION. Almost every wealthy |
family was in mourning, with the doors closed.