The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-04-24
The Assassination of General Flores.
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week after the Punishment of Colonel
Flores, General Flores deposited in the hands
of the Legislative body the extraordinary
powers granted to him, and was about TO set
out for the interior with the intent'of pacify
ing it and of putting down any armed parties.
Unfortunately for him, he had allowed his
friends 10 induce him TO break his resolve not
to be candidate for the Presidency of the Re-
public ard this the Blanca PAL ty could not
but look upon as destroying their hopes of re-
gaining power. On the morning of the 18Th
OF February n forged letter was delivered TO
him purporting TO come from Sc 1ator Varella.
President OF the Senate and acting Governor
requesting his presence at the Government
hOuSt. Accordingly he set out in carriage
with three members of his former Ministry,
ana on the way Jour men armed with dageers
threw themselves on the carriage, killed the
coachman, and then General Flores, with
eleven stabs, wounding besides SeIors Fianoi-
nj and Eriscat slightly. The as:assi then
took to fiisht, ard two escaped in the general
conSter' alton. A panic ensued IN the town
when the news spread, and Don Bernardo Ber-
70, with toriy-five Blancos, proclaimed levo-
luton, eapturs d the fort, or Government
house, after killing the commander OF the
guard, and wounding and killing some others,
and called on the people to Join him, his par
ty meanwhile hnrrahing for Paraguay, aud
CRYING, Down with the Coorados, the Bra
z'lans, and the Alliance" After a little while
however, the indignation of the people arous-
Gu Illell " anu tllc Governments, nlu-
ing themselves supportel !, took prompt meas
ures. Two of the assessing were captured,
tried at drum head, and Immediately shot
The iolt was surrounded, captured. and most
Of the revolters thrown headlong into the
street Berro was seized and examined but the
people tore him from the authorities and killed
him and one OF his sons with siabs and bullets
Military ID lynch law ex Acutions coniinu5 d
all over the city, and at Pantar OF General
Carabado took revenge for QuinteroS by q
nfn rtyn
u body OF hundred men found in arms Tue
general feeling of reprobation of the airociouS
crime perpetrated against the man who had
governed so mildly aud fairly gave the Color
ADDS complete comm md OF Montevldeo. even
his political opponents taking up arms to fioht
against the Blancos IN revolt. The conspir;l-
tors had counted on being supported by the
armed battalion garrlsonihg the CITY, but.these
also promptly obeycd the orders of the Gov
ernmeDt Varela appointed D. Heitor f..
Varella Minis er OF the Government al For
eIgu Affnrs; D. jose Candida Bustamante
Minister of War aud Marine; and D. Emete-
RIO Reaunaga Minister of Finance. The Ma
tonal Guard and many of the ct zens were
pat nnder arms, and thus 40C0 men were
+ ady Toe the de1e &c Of the city, and foreign
5 tipping also landing some marines for the
guard If the Cd>fom- house, the banks aud
consulateS. The Republic was divided into
three military depai nrnt~, and nieasur-s TAX
ken to r Use orce- ia them TO keep down lisin@s
of the Bllncos These hal cut tn, telegraph
wire D. Manue Flores, brother of the mu'-
de ed Gen raj, died suddenly upon the 22d
AMI net lever h II siXteenothers OF the leia-
/ ons AMI trends died at Che same tim
The rerort ran quickly through the city thai
they had been poisoned by the Blancos. aud
the ColorLdOs were pro eding to take revenge
upon their opponents, but the government I'M
medaiely took strong M assures to arrest the
disorder, and ordered that any man caught sal
tiating his private enmity should be tri sum-
mariy and Immediately shot. With these
and other prompt aud tranquilizing measures
the quiet of the city has been maintained.
The strangely sudden aad multaneous deaths
of SO many friends an0 rel ttives OF General
Flores is cert inly mysterious and accusatory
when taken in connection with the assassina-
ton OF that General; they occurring, howev-
err only among tlose wlo were present al
the embalming of hi, body or aSsemb ed round
cIstern ut the spot, thirty of whom
were attacked with sickness, it is believed the
exhalations of the cistern, or Of the medica-
mentS used i'll The preservation of the body,
were the real origin of the mortality. The
elections Tor p >ident took place March first
Don Lorenzo Ba tie, formerly one of Flores
Ministers. was ell. c5rd Presd 9nt. His Minis
Try consists of Dol Emrtcrio Ragunaga, for
the Interior; Don jose Z. Earr Tor Foreign
Affairs Don Jose Gre.o.io Suarez, for War
aud Marine; the M n,stry of Finance was not
Yet filled. Bustemente and Varula resigned
IL favor of Baetal, and ON the violation taking
place Baetal and Suarez each received TWEEN
ty-one woes; the election going in favor of
B1etel 10y the vote OF the President of the
Il ectoral A 'semby 3 letei is said to be
moderate Colorado of pacific principles