, 1877-02-04
Details Of the Horrible. Outrage
in New Granada.
A Saturnalia of Murder, Lust,
Robbery, and lncend-
iarisnl.
Three Hundred Persons Killed by the
Furious Mob.
Sheffield Manufacturers Compliment American Skill
and Enterprise.
SOUTH AMERICA.

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PANAMA, Jan. ia letter to the Star ond
Herald, giving details Of the recent horrible
scenes ut Call, In the Cauca, says that Gen.
Pena, who commanded the Liberals, was drunk,
and gave his soldiers five hours freedom, during
which they gave themselves up to every excess
Neither age nor sex were spared. Many Con-
servatiVes were dragged from their hiding
places and killed before the eyes OF their wives
and daughters, who met worse fate before
they were killed IN turn:
Eighty-scyen houses in the centre Of the city
we're plundered, and the churches robbed. The
murders
NUMBER sEvKRA1 HUNDRED.
Foreigners lose Sl5o,o0 to 100000 in Cali
alone
In the suburbs these scenes were kept up for
several days, and the country nearly ruined.
Pa1miru escaped the fate OF Gull By pdying
Consul. and Of an American merchant named
AiacCune, were plundered. Fears were enter
tanned that the civil war will degenerate into
war OF races+ The foreigners are flying.
aCrowls OF furies ID the shape Of women OF the
lowest class, in many cases With their offspring
at their heels, swarmed in the streets bounding
on the excited mob to break down all doors
not Immediately thrown open. All house houses
handkerchiefs, table-covers, everything bearing
distinctive cofors Of the invaders. All trusted
to d broken reed for safety. By midday most
of the stores were cleared OF thelE contents
Men women, and children were staggering In
every direction under the burden OF their spoil,
and were in turn maltreated. knocked down,
and sometimes even killed and deprived BY
their fellow-thieves Of the proceeds OF their
robberles. Barrels and cases OF wine and spi1-
its were turned into the streets. and
A sATURSAL1A OF DRCsKRSNEss
began that will never be forgotten by those who
| have had the misfortune to witness the dep1ora-
| bic scenes.
After the first rush Oh the stores had pro-
cured them an abundance of drink, bands OF
| frenzicd men patroled the town. firing at and
| hacking every living creature, but, unsatiated
with slaughter In the streets, they poured into
the houses Of Liberals ana Conservatives alike,
| mostly though the latter, and continued the
| work Of murder and destruction All ConseTVa-
tiyes were ruthlessly killed, and MANY Liberals
who tried to arrest the barba1tans In their prog
ress or to shield friends or relatives anu persons
| suspected Of sympathiziug with the ConserVa-
tivcs, or Of having no decided opinions IN poif-
| tics,
| SHARED THE SAME FATE.
t But all the horrors are nothing compared WIN
the still more frightful excesscs perpetrated IN
the suburbs and on the estates In the surround,
| ing country. There murder. lust, ROBBERY, anu
incendiarism have continued unchecked Tor days
together All small shopkeepers have been de
| prlyel OF house aud home, all estates trnVaeeds
cattle driven away or shot, hedges torn down,
| tsaredells burned, and even machinery Destroy
ed, so as to render it useless to it's owners.
| The Government at Bogota has condemned
| the acts of Gen. Pena, but, owing 70 his popu.
larity and influence IN that region, u was Iouna
| futprarticabe to remove him from his command
| There were no foreigners killed, but tneaz
property has been conhscated In the most shame
| less manner