, 1873-08-09
PERU.

=. PERU.
,rorriblo Rain-storm and NTos4 r,tans,
~trous Oonsequnhcup-.,Nho Oltv az
Lima NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IuulR II
Million OF Dollars.
Lima Jufv 10, correspendenes g29rs Of tho keU For1
A provorb has long boon popular in poru that
In this tradition, and their namo waa Logion,
wero painfully disappointed on tho night Of tho
9th instant, whom tlo cltios of Lima and Oallao
wcro falrly. flooded by tho drinpinga from tho
clouds, which foil In euch qnantitos % to cause
~ that wlon piznrro landed in Peru ono Of
tile officers In Ills train pretended to
corthln CO, knowledge Of architecture, and to
snpposing that Linn was exempt from
advised hat sne Roots q s Tho dwelinRa
SHOULD be constructed as lightly as possible, n
oraor 70 aMoIa froo ventilation, no fears boing
ton WAS adoptod, and tho houses woro covered
with blight canoB, on which WAS placed q compo-
sition Of mud and refuse, technically known as
"torta, }" ard through tho intorsttcoe Of which
ties Of tho fanily circle. This compound offor
no resistance to the rain, and, Indeed, no barrl-
cndewaa deomod noccssary.
At about O'Clock r. IN. on tho day l havo
mentioned the sky assumed q. throatoning a.
bore eloquent evidence Of tho strength
Of tho wstorfall. pooplo might bsvo
boon soon in oyery. quarter OF tho town
hurrying to thoir dwellings, or from thonco to
cloth and ohor Ga mpormoa6io as ID % But fo9pee ot ne
avan tho rain poured down, causing as much
constornntion as would snow-storm in the
Havana; the fragile roofs Immediately con-
fesscd themselves vanqulBhcd by tloir unox-
fnHn nt,4
up tho sponge had they POSSESSED that desirable
object, for tho preservation Of tho goods thoy
wore supposed to protect. Tho magnificent IN
tosior OF tho Lima houses, furnished, as pos
with tho most, e1trayaganf products Of tho
looms Of Brussels and tho nost expensive erti-
cles from Partisan factorios, Hpoodily assumed
dishoartoning aspect: Tho wator rushed unin-
terruptedly through tho fragile defoncea the ac.
on tho volvot carpets, tho silken curtains, aud
tho ormulu furniture of tho old PALACES, raised
in accordance with tho suggestions OF tho con-
quorora nrchitect. Fathers, mothers, aons, aud
daughters, aidol by tho inevitable Hcathon
Chinoo, an exotic plant tlourishng flnoly in Po-
ru, orgnrizod into bntta1ionB for home dofouso.
md the instruments used agaust the foe woro
lallghablo enough. Undor tho streams of wator
falling on thoir devoted hoads were placed bath
bowls, washstantla, mats, aud extraordinary
looking objects Of Chinawaro. Bols and bod
ding woro Of second consideration. First tho
family crneihx, Or eatnt, vas removed to
md niono wars nlncod ,,mdor 3ior ~ and iaats
.ae ntnoted k,o nuao pt paoo aaot bhau nl'o !hssy
snu, snu ~ tha. tnnto W. ~ oes.oM
a,,a,.to., VI wv u snoa'
Thn cimrn6 ho;1a to,1od o,,t .ho ,,,e,,,; ~ .,,o
- Ifaa,,e 3es ~. .ne & VI td
,oaIon ~ to rna,,io aal ~ " = .no uln ~.
ho po6bua .g ueen.s %
have boon hailed III relief to such an infliction.
out at,.. siu n5"soun ,l,,, ago';lou p1'uoss.
oonnn1 r1 tha a., - x,;sa1'a ~ aelaEs
~ ".,. % .11 w. t'iu aut u
fst u 1ex , ~ ~. W. .o aos1 ~ coha-
ioTS Ill., toi ,nom ~ ;atf tnuf pods; % ,,.,
oa!, no n,o' A1g unHo nea,tu aaa
eods an conrs ara s
nv 1lo piaso ~ smo "orio 's more 1ata1 ZOE lung
sufferers .1,,,a T.. tnan h1nla. i,ns,,,, ,a, ,, -
ihe ln]nty W nouaenolo sooos ~ etnpehaoas.
!hauy HaIh were y m1uoIilineu a5a 1en 70 snS
gfouna' hn1ylug VI 9oneatn tno aonris. AL,
IoTtunatoly, uoes not lmpay loss OF n1e; IN one
oslaphshnons aons, tnat u omo oo o. 1oo tIo moss
Woa.shy pa.aels U. tmo c.ty, Sau'oog "ofth OF
aae no naco @ ~ i mnerG 1no supreme ana
ouIo.io;& sII.a & Io e., w 1 H. ~, ,:4i"b' ,:4ibs' wan LII
selsou sto thAu, an4 9na sno nstts naso oeen
.if I W .1ou sanA +wen. 4uaatuA 4:
.n - ep ~ i,s,:aoo o0"6'A AVA |n' so'''A"
a'tnGe mI VI % sno .:1.nn,. nun.nees. d., zun,7
,o1t = IT, hnttor, ao,roa Ma1
Jns " " W. .".naa ta.; nt H. .1 1n
toru ~ por ara ,,a,H h,,t ,,,n sass - .xnriosa
The etreots were intrapsitablo, and oyou ut
tho present moment 1ocomotion is dangerous
over tho muddy and slippery BtoneB. Peoplo in
tho United States, provided against such events,
init In