The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-01-28
Bloody Tragedy at La Paz,


Another bloody crama has been enacted At La
Paz. | wiute YOU In my last that Gen. Fer
nan Hel one If Pr, ~d.ut ,ht'- Ministers, was
generally charged by tno people with being re-
sUotsIbic for ia" m ,sstCro. tulorcd hy Con.
linez Of the 2id O.tvh,r, In Shr 10 persons
of uoto, II cuding cX Pr, .Idcut e. riuvI. fell,
beside large number ct ,holos lhi' Fcfnan-
dcz motive IN this mqsSacrc WAS fret to clear
the coast oi "A COED many Influential men, who
might stand IN b Is way, then to overthrow the
Government Of Acha, AMI step into his tho 81.
Fernando was not long IN verifying this osti-
mate OF his plans In conjunction with Mo-
ralcs, he prorou' ced against Achl IN tho
South while Col. Bahia, who commanded in
L. Pa, was to pronounce aga nat lin in that
city, Acra being absent at Osuru. Ba'll and
several other officers, on demand Of the peo-
pie, had previously been dismissed by Pee j.
dent ACha, on account ~ their completely in
the ldue1 massacre, and llncl himself hat
been ordered to trial. So, the Il -iN, ct,l cit
cers'having joined Bahzt, at 4 j o'clock On tie
morning Of the 23l November, ba.talisn No.
3, commaIdod bv BIhIa, attacked battalion
No. in the sttcrts TIE fight WA fuipus,
and lasted Eo'Il, four hour, hen Blhzt v'n.
wounl cd aud defeated, with the l,ss 0f a VI eat
many men, and sought refuge in tho hous 4
Mr.. Carer, the GHi'od S'ate7 Minister w.
rc2, ia the meantime, hal btrr.cidel him.
in the palace, e. Il AZ the head OF forty nor,
resolved 10 Il, ',-d himself aglins' ths nopu-
lace who were outing ir hs head fhp -
lace was lssaulJ,d with fury Many sbu T.
were exchanged, until cannon wo-o d..., ed
and poiLtsl AGAINST the yates. DrspIi' htvirS
s-iz e. upor llnol, Dee seated himself IN The
corridor, gui ordered h.s soliiors 20 remsin
tranquil. Then bars Of iron wcra brought
ans. tie doors by zone, while others, from
neighbour 3 roofs, lrod At intervals thrlu h tho
vii doWs, whence l. vas thought he m .hl try
30 escape. A. last he doors were forced aud
lroz armed escaped from the palace TO Il o
i,o' # the police building contiguous. shout
IT "lpntH announced That he was Scen 10y
the popuacc when two shot were fired A. him,
and he fell from height du arly genty yards
90 the roof oi the printing III 20. From thence
hc was drag- cd q tho Plaza, IN tine mi si of
thousand, oi people. Placing HIM before tte
door oi the lufcfO in which h' hat ordered the
mssacr, Of tx Pr,siio7t Co'dova, the crowd
forced him to kis5 the Stone steps, yc' red with
the lloO! # Co,dJya. Then he was stricken at
by all who could get near him, even won
taking Part in the vengeance. After the boy
hal lain a time eNuosrh IN the street. il was
plar d in cart, aLd followed by \ va'' crowd
to The cemetery, ami ST The laughs tho rers d
curses q thousands. Then Leopul'o D.Nill lis
Lieutenant, who r.cl the mourning won n
who came TO the lorDto To sock for murdered
husbands and fathers, month before was
siczed, brought to tho public L aZI. and torn to
pieces, a young Indian woman coLclud ny tho
shocking perform arCe by puu,hiu., our his eyes
with pointed 4 * LiauI. { H. Sanch,l was
killed IN the coach house Of th3 hAl.c-. Many
others fell during the morning inclu ling ji
Cholos killed anil $50 wouud.d, H. the midst
Of the excite meut, one Of the prisons was broke
open, and 10 criminals increased the terror oi
the people ly the clankng Of their chains
throu n 'te streets. Bl', wonderful to relate,
no robuorios or Outrages we're committed by 'ho
people, after they had 7atcd their vo1g gaauce on
tie a,slssin- Of O.toler, bu. the ten thou9lnd
Cholos qaio'ly retired to th'ir houses ard the
civ Was ~ ytill "a il was be'orc the outbreak.
At the las, accounts, President Aoha had re-.
turned 10 La Paf and resumed his authority.
The military comm M Wa In the hands If q N.
Pero2, who had the entire confidence of tn p,o.
pie. A force had been sent against FaTnIndcz
and AlDral,s, who were in the neighbour lDd Of
Iu.ucI or SurTe.