Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-14

aud, in a..Word, ALI that belonged to
the Peruvian nation is now our prop
erty." This. declaration, certainly
'couched In terms far from ambiguous,
clesrly defines che pojition OF Peru
and expresses r-howi completely the
country is At the feet of her conquer
or. It seems strange that in this CEN
Ptury such things should be, but we
ere experiencing the sad reality. ~ s'
The government, presided ever by
Mr.. Garcia Calderon, appears to be
gaining ground every day, in so far
% the Icy mpathies Of tho people are
eoncsrued. Nsw1 manifestations Of
sortiiala adhesion and support have
been received from other, Important
cities In tho northern depsrtmentA
and Id the interior, and the ex-dicta-
tor, Don Nicolas de Pirdaj is still in
activerat, Jaaja, ssver3the frat line Of
the Cordillera, where, with a discon-
tented body,gpard Of about one hum
drsd desPerxts men. he has made new
enemies by 'his exactions aud severity.
kSsversl of ibis mQstJ prominent sup
porters have left him aud are in Lima
ready, it Is stated, to give what as
sistaiice they may to the new admin
istration. s,aArequfpa isi the most
doubtful point, for that dangerous
city, holding the emily organized Peru
yiaurf forcesyet in the field, some six
,er eight thousand men. has not yet
decided on its future course. 1t would
be folly to attempt to prolohg the
war from such position, since the
Chilians hold the sea coast and pre-
vent, gil, supplies Of arms and ammu-
milton from reaching the town, snd
In point Of fact the enemy need not
tevsn entertain the 'idea OF proceeding
sgainht Arsquipa, ~ in all probabi.i-
ty the forces there eneamped, unald-
ed and isolsted, will eventually dis
l,perse. Mr.. Calderon, who is native
OF Arequipa and one of her most dis
tinguished .sons,i 10 Of opinion that
the popular yoioe. will soon be de-
| clared III his, favor. But until such
manifestation bS made he does not
deem his government established On
anufacisntiy' strong basis to warrant
1.-The. opening al. official diplomatic
communication, with the representa-
tives Of foreign governments here,
aud consequently Chill alone has re.
cognissd sths legal existence Of the
new administration. sIt seems likely
that the diplomatic agents Of Europe
| an powers In Lima will immediately
acknowledge Mr.. Calderon ss the
I properly constituted ruler Of Peru,
Esince their custom alwsys. has been
to reccguize de tacto governments in
these republics, but the United States
have from time immefnoriat awaited
the establishment de jure administra-
tion before authorizing their minis
ters to finally recognize them. In the
present instance this tardiuess may
be of benefit to Peru, for the cabinet
at Warrington will have the oppor-
tunity of sending an able, energetic
man, snjoNing some degree Of social
prestige. TO replace the present eccu-
pant Of the American Legation. a.
1t is understood that Mr.. Caideron
1is busily engaged in preparing GER
taiu. DEGREES regarding. taxes and i'm
posts, from which he hopes to obtain
the $500, 900 in silver due to the Chiii-
ans az the remainder Of the famous
I contribution which was referred to
st length in my, last' dispatch. The
nature Of this new, system for rails.
ing money is still unknown, but will
soon be made public-too soon. iii-
deed, for the convenience of many
pockets. The mode which it is sup.
|posed will be followed will be to ex-
act from every; Peruvian resident one.
fourth or one-half of his monthly
revenue, and Foreigners doing bust.
ness in the country will pay an en-.
hanced PGtente or license. eaa. =.
A curious conflict is now going Oh
at Csnsts, about q, hundred miles
south OF Lima, where some of the
finest sugar estates on tho Peruvian
coast are situated The negroes and
half-breeds. of the vicinity taking ad.
vantage Of the general confusion
consequent on the capture Of Lims
and the desperation Of the Peruvian
armies, broke out in open revolt, ans
being pretty well armed soon man
aged to destroy much valuable prop.
erty, numbering all who oppose,
their progress. On one OF the estates
that 'known 6s the Casa Biansa, be
longing to Mr.lHenryrSwayne, gen
4 tleman Of Scotch @ descent, but o
Peruvian nationality, were large
numbers OF Chinese work men brough
to this country in the times when tn,
: coslie traffic fleurished; and the he
'groes and cholos, as the half-breed