The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-11-04


some opportunity of judging Of the extent
to which mushroom culture is carried on
about Paris, not only for its own vast wants
in this way, but also for other countries,
for they are successfully preserved and sent
in quantity to England and other coun-
trie5.-Gdrdeaers' Chronicle.
The PANAMA REvoLUTIoN.-Th follow
ing details of the last revelation at Panama
are taken from the Sta. and Herald Of
September LIST:
The Provisional Government naugurated
on the 9th of July by a revolution headed
by General Ponce, supported by theBataL
lon Sdntande1', breathed its last on Satur-
day after an eight weeks reign, during
which time it succeeded in spending every
dollar that the treasury could raise, break
ing mp business throughout the country,
sinking the State as deep as it could in
debt, and leaving it at present in the ut
most disorder and restitution. A more
impotent or incompetent administration
never attempted to rule the State, and
therefore no regret can be expressed at
this untimely end. Nursed in revolution
it broke up in rebellion, and its leader now
not only finds himself forced to resign his
position as President, but is, we are told,
deprived by the General Government of
the more honorable post he held as Gener-
al in the army of the Republic, on account
Of his unjustiiable course in aiding the rev.
olution of the 9Th of July.
The ill-feeling which existed between the
Battalion Sd,italder and the Panama Mill
tia broke out on Saturday morning last,
when the former were disarmed and dis
persed by the latter, who took possession
Of the Quartet and now remain in command
of the city. During the .frdcds which oc-
CURED in front of the Quartet de las Mon
jas, Capt. Uladisao Mesa was killed and
Sergt. Amaya wounded; they were both
Of the Bdtdilon SdRtdndey'; the former
was shot by q revolver in the hands of
Captain Rafael Aispuro, whilst he was at
tempting to arrest Mesa. After the mill
tia got possession of the Quartet they fred
some twenty shots in the most reckless
manner, seven of which took effect in a
cottage belonging to Mr.. Boyd and adjoin-
ing his residence, the balls passing COM
pletely through it into his yard. The oc-
cupant of the cottage narrowly escaped
with his life by throwing himself at full
length on the ground whilst the balls pass
ed over him Three balls entered the
house Of Mr.. Vallarino, and one was picked
up in Mr.. Shubers parlor. The timely
interference of Gen. Correoso prevented
further bloodshed, and, after two hours of
intense excitement, matters QUOTED down
and tba olorrnaA iphahffanN, falN -
extent treasured and safe. During the
time all this was Transporting President
Ponce and General Mesa were returning
from Aspinwall where they had gone to
meet General Acosta. On arriving at the
station General Mesa was arrested by
order of General Correoso and placed in
the guard-house of the militia outside the
walls, where he still remains prisoner.
Mesa being out of the way no further
opposition was made to the breaking up of
the Battalion Sdntonder, and although
President Ponce issued very weak and
unmeaning proclamation in the afternoon
stating that what had occurred was merely
a disturbance among some of his officers
at the barracks, and that it partook of
nothing official, he handed in his resigna-
ton the same evening, finding he could
retain his position no longer, and on the
following day General Correoso, who was
named his successor (priDlero deSignado) !,
at the installation of the Ponce admins
tration, took possession of the Presiden-
tial chair, and is DOW Chief Magistrate of
the State, having formed his administra-
ton as follows:
Governor of the Department. Senior Juan
Mendoza Secretary of State, DR.. Carlos
Yeaza Arosemena; Official Editor, DIR.
Mateo Iturradale.
How long the new administration will
last it is hard to foresee, but we trust it
may be successful in maintaining peace
and placing the Isthmus once more in
prosperous condition.
The Star has the following farewell shot
at the Battalion Sdntdnder:
The Battalion iSmtdnder, which from
its first arrival in Panama has been con-
stantly bringing disgrace to itself and mis-
cry and ruin TO the State, has at length
been broken up. During the four years it
has been stationed in Panama it has assist
ed in getting up more than dozen revolu-
hOno, otedkiuB-u up oOlut udu uOZeu pedcc-
ably established and legitimately organized
administrations, and squandering hundreds
of thousand of dollars Of the public money.
Most of its officers have displayed an al
most inconceivable amount of political cor
ruption, being always ready to turn round
on the government when the slightest
chance offered for making anything by the
move. Their last act, headed by General
Ponce, was the disgraeefulaf affair Of the 9th
of July, when they capsized the Diaz adj
ministration and threw the state into dis
order, Gen. Ponce declaring himself Pro-
visional President. His short-lived rule
shows how incompetent he was for such a
post, and on Saturday last General Cor
reoso's militia disarmed and broke up the
wretched remains Of the Battalion, making
a prisoner of General Mesa, and few
Others: and President Ponce at once sent
in his resignation, and will, we understand,