The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-20
The gscyoiution tn Peril.

Dates are received from Peru as late as
July 2sth, and give interesting particulars of
the bloody revolution. The people seem to
have been little less than fends. The ac.
count says:
On the 22d arevoiution broke out In Lima.
created by Thomas G,itierres. Mlhisttr Of
War. President Edlti Was seized and thrown
into Prison, and Gutierrez declared himself
dictator, He WAS supported only by the
army. A reign OF terror followed the i'm.
prlsonment of Balta. Pardo, the President
elect, made, his escape to the fleet. Suddenly
the troops deserted Gutierrez, company after
company, with vivas for Pardo.
Callao, up to the morning of the 2Tth. was
the scene of anarchy. Firing went on indis-
criminately IN the streets, and 1t Is impossi.
BILE to estimate the number of killed. Some
of the bodies still lie in the streets. Sylves-
ter Gutierrez, a brother Of the Dictator. was
shot at the Lima RAILWAY station YESTERDAY.
In the evening IN nrtuE 10 avrhge fiis death,
AfarTlRino :GutierrcZ, another brother, dc.
liberatCly shot and killed President Balta i'm
his bed in prison. The ex-Pre.idrnt re-
ccrcd ten wountlS. Soon after this Thomas
Gutierrez himself and another brother were
killed, aud the dead bodies &c tie three
brothers .we'r huHg in the plaza at Lima
4himedatcly on receipt of the news OF
the murder of Balta the steamer Limeni left
at midnight to look for the fleet, which Ind
sailed for Callao oil the declaration of, the
dictatorship. The Linena ret,tnsd about
l o'clock ?. n. OIL tie eth. followed by the
Peruvian irnn-clad Independeucia. with Par.
do on board. He was received with rapturolls
cheers by the people.
THE BLOODY DICTATORSHIP
lasted about fo,r, dag; aid the dictator nov
hangs Oi the plaza between his two bro.
theirs. a fourth brother lies with seven
wounds, and is not likely to recover.
i HORRIBLE SCENE.
The fury of the pcorle against tie Cutter
rez party r;ili be Judged by their yesterday
taking the naked bodies of the three Cutter
rez brothers from the lanp-posts to which
they had been hanged and hoisted them ly
means of pullcys to the tower OF lhn latht'
disl. At the hciyht tf iii1: hundred feet
they were let go. They we're then satlls,-
ted with Kerosene and buried on the plaza
in front of the Cathedral. The house and
furniture of Gutierrez were entirely de-
molished.
A proclamation has been issued by Balta's
first Vicc-President, who has temporarily as.
sumed the Government.
Juan Francisco BaIt;t, brother of the muir
dcred President, who recently arrived from
the South, took refuge on the English wal
steamer Reindeer
THE EX-DICTATOR KILLED.
EX-Dctator Gutierrez was trying to escape
in disguise. He rushed into drug store in
Lima after the murder of Balta, followed by
the people, and was at once killed, Tho
corpse Of one of the Gutierrez brothers was
cartcd thrpug. :hG streets OF Callao hclnrt
bciig sent to Lima to | e hanged and burned
The COmer7Io, which had been suppressed
r;appcared on the 2Ith in Lima. The tS0uI
Pacific Times had suspended publication lol
Il day or two. The office III Calao was fireG
into and nine pounds of shot fell into .tht
*itting-room Of Mr.. Lawton, proprietor. Tho
foreman Of the paper, named Montagnac, wa;
| shot dead with riie-ball, and Mr.. Lawtol
was conducted under escort to the American
flagship Pensacola. The Times expects tt
resume on the 30th of July.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
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