The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-24
VENEZUELA.
Battles with the Insurgcpts-The Government
successfHl-The Archbishop BRnished.

successfHl-The Archbishop Banished.
CARACAS, Oct. S.-General Hernandez, the
commander-n-chief, with 1000 men, defeated
Guzman's troops in the Salazar after sangu-
nary combat, which lasted for thirty-six hours.
On the 18th ult. Hernandez moved with his
army to Banauest meto, and on the following
day he commenced to storm the town, which he
eventually captured, and found 800 small arms,
eight tons of powder, and other war material.
On account of scarcity of provisions he evacu-
ated the town on the 19th previously disarming
the troops and citizens. On the 2lst he des-
patched portion of his forces to attack the in
turgents at San Filipe, where he was defeated
and fell back to Truxillo to attack General Da-
boin, who was at Chubarquin with large body
of men. No news has as yet come to hand with
regard to this fight.
=, A despatch was sent by Guzman Blanco to
Maracaibo to wait upon Hernandez to request
a suspension of hostilities and to acknowledge
him President of the republic, promising Her
nandez that neither Sutherland nor Pulzar should
be made Governor of the State. Hernandez
very courteously stated in reply that he would
not consent to treat with man who is in arms
against the legal authorities, and if Guzmau
himself would not abandon his rebellious pro-
jects that he would fight him to the last, and
that he should be severely handled according to
q drum-head courtmartial, and the deputation
then withdrew, seemingly very much disap-
pointed.
Guzman Blanco requested the Archbishop of
this place, Sylvester Guevaro, to sing the Te
Deu7n at the Cathedral in celebration of the
victories achieved by his forces. The prelate
refused to obey the order, on the ground that he
did not feel justified in so doing under the ex-
isting state of things, and that he looked upon
the prospects of peace as being far remote. He
also stated that he could not thank God in the
presence of SO many people incarcerated and
the desperately unsettled state of the country.
The Archbishop, it may P remembered, occu-
pied very leading position in the Gcumenical
Council at Rome last June. Guzman, forgetting
the consideration due to him, passed sentence
of Punishment upon him and ordered him to
leave the country in small schooner lying in
the harbor bound for Trinidad. Fort Spain. A
popular protest was entered against this tyran-
nical measure, but no notice was taken of it.
While the exile was going to the vessel the
people formed in procession to do him honor,
but they were dispersed at the point of the bay
onet by the troops, who had received orders to
permit no demonstration. The Dean of the
Cathedral is in prison for the same offense.
Guzman has guard over several houses occu-
pied by influential citizens and has cut off the
water pipes and does not allow food of any de-
scription to reach them. He is determined to
starve them out for the purpose of obtaining
funds which they resolutely refuse to give.
Many of the merchants, Joined by neutral par
ties, in view of this state of things are taking
up arms against him on the principle that it
may be their turn next when such injustice is
rampant