Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-12-25
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Drawing Near.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24th.-The
Star and Herald of Panama has .
letter from Lima dated December
LIST. The writer says that al
though the Chilians are scarcely q
hundred miles of, this melancholy
fact attracts little attention. There
can be no doubt of the result II the
army and the reserve fight well.
They are we'll armed and In q gen.
erai engagement should outnum.
Der the enemy by at least two
thousand mon. The first division
of the Chilisn army continues al
Piscoa, waiting the arrival of the
second. These two divisions will
consist, in ell, of eighteen thous-
and men. They have occupied
Tambo de Mora and Chincha,
whilst thirty-tive hundred of them
have paid visit to the town of
lea, where the customary scenes of
pillaging occurred. In Piscos the
troops were allowed to do as they
chose, and innumerable outrages
were com mitted. The Chilian
Minister Of War and General Ma.
turana are at Lambo de Mora.
General Villageran and Com
mander Lynch were in Plscoa. The
Chilians are re-issuing the 10 sol
notes seized on board the Islay.
They pay their troops with them
and the soldiers force their accept.
ance. Several sugar cane planta.
tions have been destroyed. The
ChiIians expect to march from
&c, 600 to 81, 1000 men against Lima;
and, with this force, hope to cap.
ture the city. An unlimited sack
is promised the troops in the event
of victory. The Gillian forces en-.
samped In the vicinity of Taona had
to be marched through 1t unarmsd,
they having demanded the privi-
lege of wrccking 1t entirely before
leaving, on the ground that, after
their departure, the Psruvians
might re-occupy 1t. The Peruvian
army 10 increasing daily In mum.
bsrs. Several battalions have re.
Gently arrived from the interior,
the one from Csjamaraca having
marched 800 miles. All the cap
tains of the foreign men Of war
were In the meeting In Lima with
the ministers respecting the hulks
In Callao Bay. The Psruvians or.
der them out, whilst the Chilians
say II they move they will seize
them. All are foreign property
and the greater number have been
fitted up to receive women and
children during the fight and tedi-
Gus time evidently coming.
AZ soon IS the whole Gillian
army arrives In the Vicinity Of
Lima, DIR. Pedro Joie Colderol will
be invested with the Dictatorship,a %
Pierola intends to devote himself
to the army, Of which he 10 the
Commander-in-Chief. La Patria
asserts that the war can be carried
into the Cordilleras and waged
there for years to como. The losses
suffered throughout the Republic
are leading many to seek = safe
Judgement for their valuvbles. II.
B. M. irenclad Shannon went to
Anticon and took ON board specie
and other articles In silver soles,
which were shipped unsecured.
They would not be exported. She
received 600, 900 pIros. Most Of the
foreign vessels will be requested to
accept storage Of . similar charac-
ter. The principal families Of
Lima are leaving precipitatsly,
taking with them whatever they
can carry. The better dwellings
are being stripped Of their more
valuable furniture, which issblp-