The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-23
COLOMBIA.
rhe Panama Revelation.

The Panama Mercantile Chronicle OF July 10
pays;-"An unusuAl quiet pIeVaIIs in Panama
nolwl hstaudlng the city has been declared IN
'.tate O. war; Busn ss is dull, indeed MAJ be
exptessIvely described ss 'stagnant.' This
coudluon of thugs Is not confined TO any par
ticular class of persous, nor 10 any TtIcular
br9no OF ,rade, but is general, Tue streets are
alm, ST deserted; and, in concealment, the
natives seek to escape the perlls OF conscrlph)D,
having no extraordinary thirst tor military
glory. TIE Provisional President, among other
dectees, has ordered large augmentation OF
the militia, and recruiting is going on ~ltr
alarming aIacrIty. Men canu t pursue their
Ordinary daily avocatiobs WI hDut the dreaa of
Icing pressed INTO the service, and the iDcoD-
vtni-Dces arl ing from their secllsioh may well
be compreheuded."
The Chronicle, OF the l2th, contains the fol-
lowing ltems:-
The drat has ceased by official proclamation.
much TO the relief OF those Who dreaded the
res rcuons Of camp l1fe, or the terrors of the
march. The battalion required hv the Presi-
dent has been formed. Peaceful persons in the
community NAV now resume their ordinary
oCcupauols without the fear OF encounterlng
the recruiting officer.
Yesterday General Ponce, the Provisional
President, ISSUED circular inviting the heads OF
eight of tue prlDcIpal hrms OF this C ty 10 meet
at 4 o'clock IN the afternoon, at the Government
Bouse, on the subject OF Dunhc interest. Tne
object CT the NEE ing vas not specially stated
in the circular, bat it has been ascertalned that
i, was to induce The advance OF cont trlbutlNnS to
the ex ent OF $o00U Tor the purposes of Govern
mtnt. The inv IOns we're not, we understand !,
IN any Vav c r0lalIN responded 10; leW II any,
of those invited attend no.
Tue following appears we'll authenticated
Geueral Go't,, The ne Wy appointed Governor OF
the Department Of Los nos, has been taken
lr,soDer and ''pIacpd in The slocks.n All the
fficer, of the old Government had been reIn-
stated, and 1T IL SAID. that the troops under
mmsAd of Goiu had gone over to the Consti-
1u,ICnallets.
D,sas,rous state OF Affairs ON the Isthuus
Today the friends Of the legitimate Govern
frpa1 IN n n thp
United States as the ouly way of saving the
country; and now that the oulk OF the troops
are ~lthdra Hn from this city II Will not be sur
prlslLg If We have an uprising here as well as IN
so IMPOVERISHED has the State become by
these col slant oubes thai its treasury Is worse
than bankrupt Every cent that could be raised
for Nears past either by taxes, forced loans, or
sales OF properly has been spent 10 aid certain
polt Cal clques and keep up large standing
army the Oulv use OF when ls to assist in over
throwing the Governn ent The cattle estates
through the interior are nearly all ruined and 1t
j. very doubtful whether, " thin t To Years from
this time. sufficient stock will remain to supply
The wars OF the inhabitants. The result OF
the pUlit cal squabOlPsi is that the commerce of
Pal ANA, almost exclusively In the rauds of
foreigners, is over aXed to ruinous extent,
bus,n.ss is cona antly disturbed, AMI debts due
BY The people OF the interior are unpaid Toe
whole state Of the coun rV is tepoIlg towards
ANARCHY and ruin, aud unless some change for
the better takes place soon the Government
cannei exist. Such a change rs scarcely likely
TO occur urder IFS present rulers, and the mere
replacing of one political party by another only
ca T. for extra ,axa ion to commence fresh ope-
Iations With. Such is the condtlon of Panama,
and such 1t must remain SO long as it is under
tne guidance Of the existing race.
OFimo Rampant.
The HcrdlFs correspondent of July IA SAYS
yesterday afternoon q negro named SegunIo
met colOred brother Eamed Crtol III tue
catheOral, lev, leo a muaEet at him and shot
him through the head, killing him on the spot.
The deceased WAS the thiId man Segundo had
shot az within an hour. He deliberately loaded
up his gun after the murder and went Oh IN
search OF fresh game: but the weapon was finally
taken IRON him just as he WAS in the act OF
levellpg it at aDo her victim. he murderer
was one of the indiv iduals promoted o the rank
OF captain the cav previously in the Battalion
Panama ana the murdered mau was q sergeant
In the same corps. The proceeding csused very
hrle excitement, particularly among their
brother officers. Another man was shot do gn
b. q soldier couple of days ago because he
tired to aVo being made a volunteer o.. These
volunteers are generally Ioped in o the ranks
with the aid Of lasso, or as the point OF the
bayoAet.