The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-07-25
by TELEGRAPH.
IMPORTANT FROM CENTRAL AND
SOUTH AMERICA.
TO THE DAILY PRESS.

NdcGt Engagement near GxGyGqatiJ, Ecao-
dor, and Defeat of the Insurgents Rebel
lion In Peru Gaining Ground-Capture of
Government Vessels By the Insurgents
Capture of Ec-President Bas1ios of SaIva-
dcs'-Wrecl: Of British Ship Iaoersassl and
Suffering of the Captain and Cyesc.
New YORK, July "a.
The steamer Ocean Queen has arrived from
AspinwaL, bringing important news.
At Guayaquil, Ecuador, the President. Gar
rice Moreno seized an English steamer of the
Pacific Steam Navigation Company. which was
loading at the mole, drove the officers and crew
ashore at the point of the bayonet. placed
troops, cannon and munitions of war on board
and steamed for the mouth of the river where
the revolutionists were lying at anchor in the
vessels seized from the government. She was
run INTO by one OF these steamers, cutting her
amidship to the waters edge and sinking her.
After a short engagement the Others surren-
dered, the bulk of the people on board, includ-
ing the leader Urbina, making their escape in
to the woods. The prisoners were brought to
Guayaquil and twenty-seven of them instant
ly shot.
After this Moreno started for Tupebus,
where he expected to capture more victims,
and 1t so they would share similar fate. At
ter hisfreturn to Guayaquil Moreno returned
the steamer to the Captain, who received her
900 for the three days services of the vessel.
The seizure is still an open question, having
been referred to the manager of the company
at Callao. The President holds that under
some old law spoken of by Pattee he had
right to take the vessel, and the British Con-
sui appeared to agree with him.
The q. S. gunboat Suwanee had arrived at
Panama with news from Callao to the 9th
inst. ~ 81 s&4tGS
The rebellion in Peru appears to gain
ground. On the 9TH bloody engagement oc-
Cured six miles from Lima, between $4,000
rebels and 5000 government troops, in v hich
the latter was successful, taking 125 prisoners
besides the killed.
A few days previous to this battle mutiny
broke out on board the flag ship Amazone,
which was blocading africa. The mutineers
gained possession of the ship under the direc-
ton of the officers of the dock The Admiral
General Panic was shot in the cabin and af-
forwards hanged from the yard arm. The
mutineers afterwards dec0yed the captain of
the Amazone ON board and captured his yes
sci. This is the ship recently sent out from
England. They afterwards captured the
Tumbus, leaving the government with only
two vessels of service.
Chila is still in trouble with Spain.
Business at Valparaiso was unusually quiet.
Copper was improving and nitrate firm and
advancing 9af
From Central America we hear of the cap
ture of ex-President Barrios of Salvador, who
left Panama recently in small vessel, expect
ing to find the party successful who revolted
in his favor in Salvador. On reaching Fensica,
however, he found his party beaten and dis
banded and endeavored to return, but stroke
of lightning happening to shiver the masts of
his vessel he was obliged to run into Realego,
where the vessel was confscated and all on
hnn I'd ~l,o1,1-
be handed over to the Salvadorian government
and summarily shot.
The schooner on which Barrios embarked
is Ecuadorian built, but having been bought
by naturalized American, and having procur-
ed papers from the United States Consul at
Panama and Guayaquil, it is claimed that she
is entitled to American protection. The au-
thorities siezed her on the ground that she had
no legal maratime papers, that the papers she
had were forgeries, as the signatures of the
Consul at Panama attached to two of the doc
uments were in entirely different handwritings,
and that the vessel had contraband of war and
suspicious characters on board, in all of which
the u. 5. Consul at ReabegO conceded, and in
consequence refused to acknowledge Captain
Losada or his vessel as entitled to any protec-
ton. -
The 4th of July was becomingly celebrated
in Panama and Aspinwall
There was slight shock of an earthouake
at Panama on the 18th, doing no damage
The British ship Inversaul was wrecked
in May, 1854, on desert island, when eight
days out from Melbourne for Callao. Six of
her crew were drowned at the time and nine
teen saved, including the captain. All the
provisions secured were four pounds of bread
and three pounds of pork. They remained on
the island year and ten days, living on shell
fish and roots One by enc died until none
were left but the captain, mates, and one sailor.
At last the Lillian from China to Callao, stop
ed at the islands in a leaky condition, and res
cued them w