The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-07-21
CENTRAL AMERICA.
San Mcgucl The Scene OF u
Dreadful Religious Riot.
General fSp'nOsa Is Captured,
Out 10 Pieces ana the Pieces
Made Playthlngs of.
The Fanatic Mob Furnished
with Passports 10 Hcayan
In Case OF Death.

NEW YORIi, July 20.-AdvIcos from
Salvador to the Sth Instant state that n
dreadful riot took place at San Miguel,
town Of forty thousand Inhabitants,
IN the Southern part OF the Republic.
A great deal Of discomfort has been OK.
cited against the government by liz re-.
fllsnl TO allow pastoral Of the Bishop
OF Salvador--wrltten In tone hostile Ia
The laws--t0 be read In the churches.
There had also been considerable hos
Tile feeling among the lover classes,
owing to some regulations requiring
dealers To use new market-place.
While matters were In this condl-
ton, II priest, namd, Palaclos, preach
ed violent sermon gainst the con-
stitnted authorities on Sunday, the 10Th
ult. That evening the mob arose, ut
lacked the Cadillac, and liberated some
two hundred prisoners. They then
proceeded to assault the small garrison
and took the Quartet. They killed
Epinosa and Castro, cut the former TO
pices; and threw the pieces at each
other and split the skull of General
Castro. and threw him over wall,
where he wos picked up by his
mother and died In three days. The
garrison were nearly all assassinated,
and many prominent citizens were
killed.
After this the fanatic mob set fire to
some sixteen houses with kerosene.
Before the town was entirely destroyed,
it happened that VI. b. M. ship Phan-
tom was at LaUnion, when she landed
her marines, which allowed the garri-
son there, united with some troops
from Amapala, in Honduras, to march
to the relief of San Miguel, and put
down the mob.
The curate Palacios, at last accounts,
was arrested with others that had par
ticipated in the outbreak, and good
many of the inferior rioters had been
shot by order of President Gonzales,
who had arrived with troops. With
the houses destroyed and pillaged, the
damage is estimated at one million
dollars, and commercial failures are
looked for in consequence. The coun-
try has been declared in a state of
siege. g.
Gonzales is taking measures to es-
tablish order, and bring the perpetra-
tors of this dsgraceful outbreak to
punishment. The Diario, official j0urn-
al of the State, and all the public prints
abound in indignation against the par
ties who were the instigators of this
savage and sanguinary affair, the Cap
elutar Vicar, for the edict published by
his order, and Jose Manuel Palacios,
ex-Canonigo of the Cathedral of San
Salvador. The municipality of this
city has asked to have said Palacios
removed, but Guerra Ecclesiasists has
'aid no attention to the petition. He
Is continually exciting hatred be-
tween the well-to-do classes, and the
result has been described.
One curious and incredible discovery
was made after the murderous affair
was over, and that was that on the per-
sons of some of the dead rebels were
found passports which read, when
translated, "Peter, open to the bearer
the gates of heaven, he has died for
religion" (Signed) George. Bishop
of San Salvador" and "sealed with
the seal of the Bishopric of San Saliva
dor.u