New-York tribune., 1875-12-13
GENITAL AND SOUTH AHERIC4
TIE PERUVIAN GOVERNMENT BANIRrPr-T1Yh
THOUSAND sKrLEToNS DISCOVERED.


THOUSAND SKELETONS DISCOVERED.
PANAMA, Dec. 2.-The steamship Honduras
arrived from Central America On IT, 1Gt hlst ond
brought news to the following effect:
Plenipocn;iores nom tie i've States ere 10 meet at
Guatemala in January to diseuss basis for th'ir
union.
Padre Paacios. The priest who wac the caufe Of the
outragcs murders, aud ncendaT'Sm at san miguel III
Salvador, has been condemned to death by military
tribunal
The Government Of Guatemala has suppressed IT. Le-
cation in Beleun and retired from Don Carlos Gutierrez
his credentials as its Minister PlsuipOeHt!ay both there
aud ia switzerland.
Henry Martin "a merchant and American citizen doing
busiucse At GreytOvu, Nicaragua Who was arrested b.
an order OF the Governor General, was 1ua!y sent 10
Granada, and was only released on heavy bail being
given.
The political tempest IN the United states Of Colombia
has in measure ceased President Perez al Bogota is-
sued decree the lth ut declaring the state cf eegs
10 e suspended and order established in the Federal Pc
public The people IN Panama glad to have the siato
of siege abolished though douDtng very much TIE good
faith Of President Perez.
The United States steamer Omaha left here for Peru on
tho 26h ult The United states steamer Shawmut Isl st
az Aspinwau. The United States steamer Richmond,
aaQ-ship was 10 sail from CalaO NOy - for Valparaiso
In Ecuador the election oxcitcments stln continue
The greatest number 81 vOtc had been eered la favor
OF senor Borrero, the liberal canddatc and there was
little doubt Of his election Pirate letters from Guay
aqui speak OF the expulsion OF The Jesuts from the con
try Dy popular demonstration against them.
The news from Peru TO the 2lst nit, in financial
point of view, IL OF the most gloomy description The
Government and tho banks may be sd to be virtually
bankrupt The negotiations at Paris for the sale OF
1000 900 tons Of gu4no were not accepted by The Gov
The Societe GtneIae would by the guano, hut only hnd
sei t. satisfy the claims, interest ad snkihg tund OF
atr, lQ
is that in Peru silver and gold con nave agdn reached
premium OF ID per cent lhe COY, rrnelt Is nhewise
rendered bankrupt since IL is unable f. ini s
mont with TIE banks, wherein II snp-lIGd 10 dehyora
Sertan sum ~ etelNng e1fhaosc 10 Seae uhutHon-' n
pag.4t,ey exhausted vaults The Treasury ccnhcalta
OF de5odness aIc rapidly depie'ia,.n ~ are Ahe@i,c
s;ioniatcd hat AT disa rcenous should be settled by
tSe o, Of paris i'm iis of thuse J Lima basine ther
An Opposition is forming against Gen. Prado, who Is
vet absent In Chill Congress will have 10 decide he
tween ho cDntcudinR candidates. - .
boat race was H. take place at CalaG the 23d nit
between he boats Of the United states steamer Richmond
Ind those OF ths Peru an IhanOi"uT lluascu', t"o
miles distance, I2.Oared cutters, aud $1,000 pn2e.
There b.s been great hro al Mt'arogo Smallpox is
Tho OJfsfoa Sqci1nai p Lima, 81 Nov %, says, 1--WE
informed that te day before yesterday an lInnensc
quantity 81 human remains Vsic t,heh rom one ol lIe
walls Of the old san Audrtas Ho-lnia. In con.erncncr
of icuairs being m"dc became necessary 10 iur""
down Of tho walls OF the mes3 Wrd which adoinS
tie department named oar -14d{ u nefcy, ana u'
iaboTcTs thclr surprise, found tsat Tie wall was mol
low and hled with human romans. As was 20 be eN-
peccd work then pushed on more rapidly ana OuI
Informant ay that Ou nat day alone eey"iu hundred
ske removed, ANA tLat the dresses - al r.
manned in good condition Gu the following DAYS thc
work Of removal continued, aud We arc informed
that already between 1000 and 1000 skeletons have
bceneiseOyefcd IL gears moNpcahlc 70 us bow tic
walls Of cdre OF TINS Kind could Dr converted into
cemetery Less rational dDe IS apeag tdgt this ndSs of
bones should be tho shocking traces Of some ho.Ti-
bic human hecatOmb, a. wctiniOTOCd gentleman has
suggested The san AndIeas Hospital was bit Ia l5J7,
under the protection OF the Marquis a. CdIeie, Don
Andres HurtadO, aud the instance ant 10y the al ice
OF Spanish priest named Molina. Since then mp tO
the present time t has been employed Tor the eAalabi
and humane purpose for which IL was constituted and
for s reason the present discovery IS the more renak
able How one imagine that IN IN establishment for
the preservation OF lac ah such mass o. bones could IN
tentonally be 1Ulatodt On the other iad, bow
can account for the perpetraton ot gigantic crime
OF vich trace remains III addition 10 the abnvc,
we may aid tna the impression generally prevails tIAt
these DOnos belong 10 victims Of TIC lnquisiOn They
appear 10 from so to 300 years old and nom the
appcarance lead b. the belief that the bodice were
thrown into the opening between tho walls. Al the
skeletons appear 10 be clothed and dr. boots, aad
shoes are found mixed with large quantities of women
hair portion Of a sp nis nss has also been found.
but nothing OF aay value
On the I'D OF September Last The treaty between
Bolivia and Chih ratnCd The Guan0 s To be WORKED
ia In the territory between ~ and @' oi sSnt
latitude Any questions artink oa oi lpt btas a'' H.
be eubiuitteG 10 aTttInti"H.