, 1877-02-07

1lhbous and .strcarners, matte ,n"! VIII,
drink, al thirstiur for locd n1ni csl1. sa.'...
t!on While fsw we're we're, ,ts rs9G,,ag ;,s,,. .nwm M,,o
Ind brcn taken OIL the 18th Of DesciHlnr wglu
confined, The majority. tpreal IL cyrry direction
In scnrct, Of plumber. ln0nlrntary elct u iIw-
ss"ea y a loa sxvos'' was IS n,w M
creased tcl,.Iold by the slrIcfs Of thu prisoners
ia that thnttltng.. y soon appears ti,at the Con-
scryatlycs, anticipating tl'c pr.,fnbt!lty ot tc-
and hurry Themselves ami their n'lVcrsar'es ~ |
tic ruins. Most fortunately for the tow!!, olty
few boxes u e.rtrtlgss lgn,tcdi siit!i, tne
siluck blow out oIc side u the Atlnictl'alisy,
deliberately fired tic train. As these events |
wcre takfnY Mace, (sen. Fena rtHit iii niter MS
men. Like them, be- WA ti.s worsc Inr dr,nK, H.
saekcd giving iIs lmnfittI lire hours License to
stav, to rob, and IT, outrage the dc!csisrless m
hnbltan,s nt discretion. II. is needless 70 Soy
his orders wcro but too enthusiastically obcyCu.
TIE sckNR or TERROR At ITs HEIGHT.
BY this time, crowds Of iurics In tic slapo nf
women Of thu lowest class, In many cases with
their offspring At their heels. swartnca the
streets, ht,uH,llnE Oh tho excited tnos' 10 break
down ai the do4rs TINT wcrc not Immediately
thrown open. The scrnc Of tcrror was nt lts
height. All tho houses were l'c1izenctl With
rcd rags, aawla, l,autlkcrcllsefs, table,covsrs'
tirvttys ts,lu!s Of the '.nyetlvrs were re9u!at-
tionc.l and displaycl over floors and windows.
Such foreigners us could boast Of nuga among
their e[rcrls also hung them out; hut It spesl
safely. Lung before tho plaza was taken, thc
work ot plumber llnl alTeady begun ~ We s1c'
streets, md some Of the sturcs IN thu pnza "
scIi were broken into ant! ftftpca VI tcsF so!'
tncrria street, out Of Twenty that existed before
The attack only lour sesna!n n,1d In otacr parts
of tho town two or tlrcc, ~ pn!e
accident, escaped the EcseIa ,,atne. LII,
Little rceketl the n,nrauAcrs Whetncr
thu owncrs wcrc Liberals, Conserva.iyes, or
| Foreigners. Property destroycH bGlonEanS 10
the luttcr AMOUNTS 10 about SlagHsJ q su,'
o among Eq's, Gc15an 1 t,. ana H., taisni Inn H. Il.
ecnsetl by General OF the COLOMBIAN nepuo.
lie, aud why should ne pilnueEess spare ,,y5 Tny
uuu wllcu all were elual!Y at thelr ,nefcyt Ing ny
frou, whlcl, II will never recover. A fsw mer; =;
cllants, favored by tue cxrcptan'a posta1m t. 2.
their premises, and y the assstahee oi at1Vs ts,s
anlnng the tnvadgra, succecdGu IN sav'hE LIEN ,
Ind III Their possession; but tn THO majority oi
cases the mere attempt caused thc lo's ~ u mnny
valuable lives W midday most q s"S t,,"c n,"rss
| wcYc cleared OF thctr contells aleu-, WosAeN,
| and children wcrG seen staggering III esct5 ",
rcction unucr the buruch ot t!eir spo!!' a.u .i
were IN turn nalireated khocKei aoxn, NV ~.
solneiines even kl1ca aio uclIeu ~ ra,, ~
their fe!low-thieyca OF tile proceeaS Oh thc'f soo'
berries. -.....-.....
AMoD or pnuyKEE F1EHDs:
1t happened tint TIC plulnlcrcl stores con-:
taircd large quantities of lqiors' Darrcls md
euscs Of Wine and srtrits were turned into tho
etrccts, and q saturalia Of drunkenness hcs''n
that viii never he forgotten br t!osu who tlavc
had tho misfortune 10 witness tic dcpiorab|o
scenes il orIslnatsd. The destruction continued
removed, OF was not thought worth removing.
was destroyed, el,opiled a,ld hacked to picees,
or burned. THUS u!any unfortunate merchants,
anl among them ssvera! ioFslgneTs, rot on,y
were destroyed. The bark also, whose ptcs-
crvation was Ut tho utmost Importance to tho
Guycr1lEnent, anti To the cxisteDcu Of etatu
where pothnr but unpcr-uloncy Ind circulated
| many securities. und OF a largo sim III notcs.
II must not Lc supposed Tint tic private
houses were oil this tlilsc neglected. After Tho
ilrst r,ls on tlo storcs had procured tltcu. at
abundance OF drink, bands Of frenxtc1 men "a
trollcd tue town, rrcng, shouting, firing, mt
llacliiug at every living creature iley met q
ticlr way; but, sti|l unsatatea wlth tic El.,,,Eh
Of Liberals aud CONSERVATIVES alIkc,. nlostlt
, thapgh t,t the latter, aud continued tho woet
! Of ro6byry, murder, null destruction.
All the conscryatlyc. thsy met were ruthless
tls GarlasIa,,s III tilcir progrcs. or to shirii
friends Or sciutvet, n,A persons suspected D
liz no decided opinion In pulit.rs, shared til
sRit,c tate, Neither age, nor sex. NOR fnf1rmtt
copatitutetl tho least safeguard. The furius kO
> hold OF Ur. Vincpne Uorrcru, one VI the ilrs
K Prcsldents uf lilo Conventions Of Columbia fu
: Independence, arca % yrars, and hl!nsl, usass
linn kurcl, and discharged their tircurtns at ,lI1,
= Must Uf ttlo Conservatives, thinking, perl,np
:, loo rasllly and sc,l1siiy, Tint tic pcrsona
:, men nlona wcre IN .la,lgGr, had abandoned the
io,Ics, leayiu: in then, ul!Iy TIC women Of lllc
: households. Othcrs, when tI,o risk grew III
= Miunt, Ind cnticay0rcd to lido themselves II
doors, md wcro dragged out to 10 slain uiltlp
thc ysrY cyys of liz Terrified we,ns1,. Oh III
. ot!,er hand, tllu umforiunatu wives md daugl
tcrs 0f tlr Conservatives wera pitltcssly hunt
y Iron, hOu,p 10 bousr, meeting wIth Inn mn
sbuiccss outruscs 1t Tic flpnds OF their tlcr.lis
y = p1rs1lurt, lii tic ccttre n[0ne Of the tow
" " cgty-seyun houses have bcun sackell, g1lttc'
!, and turmoil Into sl,asl!hfes, and tue owners le
- tlcrcd dependent un curity for their Ilasnctl'n
~ suplnrt. Nothing has been lufa sacred, III
!, cvcia tho churches, slnvc they also were robbc
md tlsir ysry n,tars ataiS With blooi d, y
y lie still lloru frsght!,la cxcrtscs pcriwtr:.tcll
!. tue aut,utbs anl au tho estate. tn tho surr,uu
~ Ing country. Ilcra murder. lust, robbery. Il,
hnpR ri