Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-07-19
CENTRAL. AND SOUTH AMERICA.

The Pacific Mail steamer Granada ar
rived at San Francisco Saturday from
Panama July lst, via way ports. From
the Panama Star and Herald the following
summary is taken
CENTRAL AMERICA.
1 Nineteen expelled Nicaraguan Jesuit
priests arrived at Greytown in the begin.
ming of last month. The Nicaraguan Gov
ernment. it is said, trcsted them WELL
paid their passages and gave them 81 COO
or so TO meet their wine bills, and other
little things necessary to comfortable
voyage. The Jesuits were expelled because
they are believed to have melted the
| recent occurrences in Matagalpa and
Leon. One was a rebellion of ig.
norant Indians, and the other was an OUT
break Of fanatics against pub institu-
| tion supported by the Government and de-
voted to she education of the youth of
Leon. 1t is asserted by many shat the
ultimate object OF these vioiences was
the overthrow of the Governnent OF
General Zarsh and placing in power one
Pedro Balladares.
Permission has been granted for sele.
graphic cable on the eastern coast of Pan
anna, to connect with the lines of Mexico
into the United States.
There have been made discoveries Of
magnificent forests Of the quinia tree in
Santander and feline, ss veil as of caucho
in Cauca.
Many cases of smallpox ere reported in
Nata, Aqua Dulce, Benome YoSri and other
places in the State of Panasaa. In Nata
there are at present about swenty cases,
and two or three deaths are recorded daily.
So many have died there lately as compared
with the ordinary mortality, that the cem-
etery has been enlarged to accommodate
the increased number of new comers to tSe
IS city of the dead"
Serious work has hoen begun on the
Panama Canal, although no excavation has
yet been made. 1t will be readily under
stood that in such an gigantic enterprise
the preliminaries must occupy ti.ns. Since
January the most perfect osganizs-
ton has existed on the Isthmus, and large
amount of necessary preliminary wsrk has
been accomplished.
Five hundred and three tons of bsnanas
were shipped from Aspinwall to New York
by the Colon on her last voyage.
CHILLI AND PNzu.
The Federation of Peru and Bolivia is
announced as fixed fact Montero figures
as President of Peru, Calvo of Bolivia, and
Don Nicholas dc Pierola as the Chief Mag
istrate of the Confederation. Gompero is
assigned to the ch eff command of I" "todos
los ejercitos of the great Confederation.
El Did, of Callao, Of May 3lst, says the
transport Rimac, sunk in Callao Bay by
the Peruvians to prevent her falling into
Chilean hands, has been successfully
raised, and viii soon be in good sea-going
condition.
The following ports of Peru and towns
Immediately inland are officially declared
to be occupied by the Chileans Callao,
Lobos Island, Lambayeque, Pimentel,
Eten, Chiclayo, Pacasmayo,. San Pedro,
Pisco, Salaverrry, Chicama, Moche, HUI
anchaco, Asoope, Trujillo, Huaoho, Chan
cay and Supe.
Two banks-the Nacional de Pera and
the Callao-have reopened their doors in
Lima for general business.
The erroneous report that the Chilian
authorities intended evacuating Lima and
fixing their headquarters at Callao, caused
considerable alarm in the former city, from
the fears of an attempted rising of the peo-
pie ON the departure of the garrison.