The Portland daily press., 1875-01-23
A Strange Revolution.

The late revolution in Buenos Ayres, which
lasted just seventy days, was certainly Gu
rious affair. Files of Buenos Ayres papers
just received, do not cast a food of light up
on it, bat give some entertaining gossip con-
corning the insurrection.
The revolt began with every prospect of
success. Gen. Mitre was the most popular
man in the Confederacy. He had majority
of the Army and Navy with him, command
ed the respect and confidence of business
men and foreign residents, and enjoyed the
favor of nearly if not quite half the people.
He shut up President Avelaneda in the cap
ital and besieged him there for several days.
Suddenly for some reason that does not ap-
pear, he withdrew to the interior, was pur-
sued by the government troops, was defeated
in one or two battles and finally surrendered
with all the honors of war The victors re-
frained-from jubilations on the field of victo-
ry for fear of mortifying the enemy. The
rebel soldiers were all sent to their homes,
while the leaders were held as prisoners of
war. There was talk for time of sending
of his supporters into exile, but nothing seems
to have come of it, and for ali that appears,
these men are as unmolested as any of our reb-
els. The government has been astonishingly
generous. A proposal has even been made and
favorably considered, to honor tine requisi-
tioDs for money and provisions made by the
rebels, and to reimburse the unfortunate far
mers for the sheep and cattle taken by Mitre
and his men.
Gen. Mitre surrendered on the 26th of
November. Certain of his followers kept up
the contest for two weeks longer, the last
rebel chief surrendering on the 18th. of De-
cember. According to the Buenos Ayres pa
pers the revolt was blood-curdlng affair. We
are told that in certain battle one regiment
was nearly annihated. In another 65, POS shots
were fired in two hours. In another squa-
dron was cut all to pieces. In all the soldiers
displayed wonderful gallantry and the officers
accomplished prodiges of valor. Several
Generals drew themselves proudly up, and
said in very loud tones that they would never
neutrality-suspicious. because they were never
asked to. But nobody appears to have been
killed. 1t is true we are told in one place
that no fewer than 10000 horses were
''swept Off by the rebels in the brief cam
paign; but we are left in perplexing uncer-
tainty as to whether ''swept off, means sto-
len or slaughtered. The rebel chiefs are de-
scribed as being of gigantic stature and fero.
cious aspect, but they seem to have had
strong aversion to taking human life.
The Republic has evidently been left in a
sngularly fortunate condition by the sup
preston of the rebellion. The whole cost of
the war was but S4,oOO,O0O, so the public
credit was not seriously strained. The dimi-
mutton of population must haye been slight
indeed. Commerce was of course prostrated
for time, but has revived with wonderful
celelity. The magnanimous course Of the
government has done away with all bitterness
in the hearts of the defeated, and nearly every
one appears to be well satisfied with the is
sue of the struggle. The quick stamping out
of the insurrection has demonstrated that the
day for pronunciGmentos has passed in Bue-
nos Ayres, and that hereafter party chiefs
who are defeated at the polls must submit to
the popular will, instead of as heretofore fly
ing to the sparsely settled interior, and main
tanning brigand warfare for months. The
Buenos Ayres journals attribute this change
of situation in great measure to the rail
roads, which allow the immediate concentra-
tion of troops at certain point, and which
have rendered the old practice of guerrilla
warfare utterly useless.