Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-12-11
COLUMBUS. OHO MONDAY MORNING. DECEMBER H. 1865
QDBio Stat&;s1rrai'lrr,. 81 ,
The Peruvian FRevOIudiOn-BOw
Lima was Captured by the Rev
OI1ltfOnfatS.

DIDCc ldeU OCUODtT 20, u COUSlutT-
able amount OF skirmishing has taken
place b tween the Government and rev, lu-
tiOnary troops, from their positions in the
valley of Lurin toward Lima, when at sun
rise on Monday, Nov. g. the inhabitants of
Callao were startled by the appearance,
close to the port, of the frigate Amazonas
and the two corvettes, America and la
Union, at present IN the hands of the TevO-
lutionary party. The frigate Apurimac
was sent to cruize off the bay, but DISPOSE
ton to give chase by the opposite party
being perceived, strategic movement was
at once made, owing to the prompt deter
mination of the Commandante, that
brought the Apurimac safe into port
without the loss of single man. vi
Ir the meantime the ships of the reVO-
lutionists sailed quietly into ChOrillios bay
to support their land forces. While every
one was straining his eyes watching the
movements of the ships, great cloud of
dust was seen to rise on the road between
Lima and Callao. Presently two horse.
men were noticed galloplng towards Cal
lao, followed at a short distance by few
cavalry soldiers. After about two hours of
suspense it was announced that four thou
sand revolutionary troops were inside Ii
ma, and that message had arrived from
that party calling for the surrender of CAL
lao within twentv-feur hours. The pre-
feet or governor thought proper to give no
opinion on this subject till late in the even
ing, when it is said he gave orders to the
troops to disperse. or do what they liked,
taking care of his personal safety by en-
barking on board one of the ships-Of-war
in the bay. From nine o'clock in the eve
ming various parties paraded the streets
shouting "ViUd,p coupled with the names
nf In iaf, pf tl,s Ac IL
late the more ordGrlyand quiet inhabitants
retired to rest fearing no danger, as it was
unknown that the town was unprotected.
About three O'clock on the morning of the
18th a large party of lawless rutllans made
| an indiscriminate attack upon the principal
| stores in the most frequented or CONNER
| cial part of the town, leaving nothing but
| the bare walls, and destroying what they
| could not use, or rather abuse, and carry
away. CONSERVATION was on the
face of every one on passing into the
street to see the amount of mali
cious damage as well as robbery. About
six o'clock meeting was formed for a civic
guard, consisting of shOpkeepers, mer-
chants, and others, which kept augmenting
till ten a. NJ, when they were formed into
armed parties of about a dozen each to
search every street or house in which they
ty had been deposited. On finding any
thing it was Immediately passed under
guard to the arsenal, as a place of rendez-
vous and deposit for the stolen goods that
were recovered, and the occupants of such
houses sent to prison. The whole of Tues
day was occupied by the civic guard in
patroling the town and recovering stolen
| property and this appearance OF determin-
! ed men, many of whom were foreigners,
proved that if repetition of plunder were
made those engaged in it must stand the
consequences.
On Tuesday, Nov. L about four P. NJ,
| small portion Of infantry, about fifty men,
and later in the afternoon about the same
number of cavalry from the revolutionary
party entered the town for its protection,
and remained there till early next morning,
when they had to disperse and escape in
consequence of the town being entered on
| the morning of Wednesday, Stii inst, at day
break, by the Government party In torce,
where they have remained since. Large
| numbers of troops have come in from the
! surrounding country to Bella Vista, mid
way between Callao and Lima, from whence
strong body of cavalry has marched upon
| Lima, "'7
The prefect and other authorities resum-
| ed their various positions when they found
the town full of Government. troOps, aud
large numbers of people watched from the
housetops of CallaO the result Of the excit-
ing scene before their view. .gt.t
| In Limaa deal of skirmishing and street.
| fighting had been going on from Monday,
November G, till "Wednesday, November 8,
when the revolutionary party were making
| great efforts to gain possession Of the For
| tress Santa Catalina, the citadel. BY this
| time their forces were much weakened by
the number of killed and wounded, The
Government had the city police aud troops
stationed on the belfries of the churches,
tops of houses, balconies and every a1van-
tageOus position, whence they picked off
their less fortunate opponents. r,t.,,,.'.'
| Outside OF Lima many were watching
the movements of General Pezet and his
troops, and 1t was the general opinion that
he would march in aud retake the city,
which at that time might easily. have been
done from the weak state of the revolu-
4 tionary party, who, by all accounts, could
scarcely have opposed the Government
| troops with one Thousand men. 20 ' i'a-
| 1t is supposed that General Pezet and his
| staff-fr0m motivesof humanity and wish
| lug to prevent unnecessary waste of life
declined to storm Lima, thinking their
cadse already lost, Woodworking the interior
condition Of the city. Q-'' llL L'h cor
The citadel held outu until about five P. NJ,
| when they surrendered to the revolutions
ary party, who took complete possession on
the eveningOf Wednesday, November 8. = H
Outside the city great disaffeetion pre-
vailed among the troops, and entire battal-
| ions disbanded and disappeared as If by
| magic. Gen. Pezet aud his staff retreatedi
| to Callao with an escort of cavalry, arfiv-
| ing there about sunset and taking refuge In
1 the castle, from whence he escaped in the
| nighttime, and took refuge ON board the
| English corvette Shearwater. When the
garrison holding the castle ascer-
tanned in. the morning that their chief
had He'd they wisely resolved to "follow
suit" Accordingly, on Thursday moFh-
ing, November 8, both infantry and caval-
ry were seen escaping in all directions in
order to avoid aeollision with the revolu-
| tiOnary cavalry, which fewminutes after.-
wards patrolledJ the streets discharging
| firearms, making prisoners of or .dispers-
| ing the remaining troOpsOf Pezet and taxi
| ing full possession, as the IRestorers of the
countryn Thusihas ended, for the present,l
one of those parodies ON warfare, which are
thecurse ofCSouth American republics. IA
campaign without decent fight byland
or sea, ending in street assassination, can
scarcely be considered very honorable after
being acquainted with the gigantic strngsi
| gle Of the States of North America, whose
| influence, it Is to be hoped will be given to-
the sister republics Of the South TO enable
| them to put aside all cause OF civil dissenI
eionl and hetyin a new era of DrOQfegs nrOs-