The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-09-09
From Harper's Weekly.l
The San Miguel Massacre.

Our double-page cartoon, from the Wig
orous pencil of Mast, refers to the horrl
BILE masscre which took place at San Mi
guel, in San Salvador, in the latter part
Of June. San Miguel is town of 10000
| inhabitants, in the southern part of the
| republic, about forty-two miles distant
| from the port of La Union, and the sec
ond city in the republic. A great deal
of discomfort had been excited against
the government by its refusal to allow a
pastoral of the Bishop of San Salvador,
written in tone hostile to the laws, to
be read in the churches. There had also
been considerable hostile feeling among
the lower classes, owing to some
regulations requiring dealers to use
new market-place. .r..
While matters were in this condition a
priest named Palacios preached violent
sermon against the constituted authori-
ties on Sunday, the Goth June. That
evening the mob arose, attacked the
Cabildo, and liberated some two hundred
prisoners. They then assaulted the
small garrison, and took the cuartel,
killed General Espinosa and wounded
General Castro, cut the former to pieces,
and threw the pieces at each other, split
the skull of General Castro and threw
him over wall, where he was picked up
The garrison were nearly all assassinated, i,
and many honorable and respectable cit
liens killed, After this the fanatical
mob set fire to some sixteen houses with
kerosene. 1t fortunately happened that
the British ship of war Fantonae was lying
at this time in the port of La Union. At
the request of the English consul and
the people there, the captain landed his
marines for the protection of the place,
which enabled the garrison there, in
union with force of Honduras troops
from Amapala, to march at once to San
Miguel where they arrived just in time
to put stop to further atrocities and
crimes. 1ltf-r- lta f1-
The eurate Palacios was arrested, with
others that had participated in the out
break, and good many of the inferior
bandits had been shot by order of Presi-
dent Gonzalez, who had arrived with
troops. With the houses destroyed and
pillaged, the damage is estimated at ST.
100000, and commercial failures are
looked for in consequence. The country
was declared in state of siege;and Pres
ident Gonzalez took measures to estab-
lish order and bring the perpetrators of
of this disgraceful outbreak to condign
punishment
After the suppression of the outbreak
passports to heaven were found on the
bodies of the dead rioters These docu-
ments, which were signed and sealed by
the Bishop of San Salvador, read as fol-
lows
. "Pedro, abre las puertas del cielo al
portador, que morio por religion.
JORGE, Obispo de San Salvador"
That is, "Pe:er, open the gates of heav-
en- to the bearer, who died for religion"
1t was known that some days before |
the outbreak there were distributed at
the Episcopal Palace seapularies of the
Virgin of Carmen and the Sacred Heart,
the former being recommended as rem
dering the bearer bullet-proof. An ultra !
sheet, called La Verdad, is ac-
cused of diffusing anarchy and subver-
sive ideas among the lower and ignorant !
classes, the fruits of which are seen in |
the atrocities of San Miguel