The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-02-05
FOREIGN NEWS,
THE CIVIL WAR IN CENTR
AMERICA.



PANAMA, February "a letter of The
ioth9 OF January 10 the Star. Herald, giving
details OF the recent horrible scenes af
Uali, in the Cauek Valley, says: General
Pena, who commanded the Liberals. wRs
drunk, and gave his drunken soldiers i've
hours freedom, during which time thew
gave themselves up to every excess
Neither age nor sex were spared. MSnv
Conservatives were dragged from thai
hiding.places and killed. before the ewes
oil their wives and daughters, who
met worse fate before killed in turn
., houses in the center Of the city were
plundered, churches robbed, murders 10
The number Of several hundred. Foreign.
eTs, loss Sl0O,OO0 to $20O, 900, in Cali
alone. In the suburbs these srenns wnra
Kept up for several days and the conn,rv
nearly ruined Paluere escapcJ the f",,
Of Cali, by paying $4,000 ranSom ,rHs e
houses oil the Italian Consul and an Amer.
lean merchant named Mcclure, were
plundered. Fears are entertained thNt
the civil war " i'll degenerate into war
oil races The foreigners are flying,
LATER.
The massacre continues: crowds of
lnrles, in the shape women of the lowest
class, in many cases with their offsprinvs
at their heels, swarmed the streets, houn.
ding on the excited mob to break down
all doors II not Immediately thrown
open. All the houses were bedecksj
with red rags, shawlS, handkerchief. In.
bic covers, petty cOats and everything
bearing distinctive colors OF The invNd.
erS. All trusted 10 broken reed for safe.
ty. by midday most OF the stores were
cleared Of their contents. Men, women
aad children were staggering in every
direction under the burden Of their spoii.
and we're in turn maltreated, knocked
down, and even killed and deprived by
their fellow thieves OF the proceeds Of
their robberies. Barrels and cases oI
wine aud spirits were turned into the
streets, and a saturnal OF drunken
ness began that will never be forgotten
by those who had the misfortune TO
witness the deplorable scenes. After the
hrst rush on the stores they had pro-
cured an abundance OF drink, and bands
ot trenzisd men patrolled the town, firing
and hncking at every living creature, but
with the slaughter in the
streets they hastened into the houses OF
the Liberals and Conservatives alike.
mostly though the latter, and continued
their work OF murder and destruction.
All the Conservatives were ruthlesslv
Eilied and many Liberals who
tried to arrest the harbariaus
in their progress, or to shield friends or
and persons suspected OF svm-
palhi2ing with the Conservative, or oil
having no decided opinion in politics,
shared the same fate; but all these horrors
are nothing compared with the still more
irlghttnl excesscs perpetrated in the sub.
nrbs aud in the estates in the surround
ing country. There murder, robbery,
lust and incendiarism have continued
Tor days. All the small shop-keepers
have been deprived OF house and
home, all the estates ravaged, cattle driv-
en- away, hedges torn down, corniields
burned, and even machinery destroyed, 80
"a TO render it useless to its owners. TL
government at Bogata has condemned th
acts OF General Pena, bui owing 10 HE
popularity and influence in that regions
It was found impracticable to remove him
rom his command. There were no for
eigncrs killed, but their property has
been contlscated in most shameless man.
ner.