New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-21

holds the last remnant of the regular forces as |
lieutenant OF the Dictator Being strongly posted
there. the ChianS have abandoned their plan OF
attacking him. aud not having been defeated he is
the hero of the war in Peruvian eyes, Caldoron 10
STRIVING earnestly TO secure honorable peace as
further resistance is useless The thinking portion
OF this community aud most Of tic foreigners sus-
tam him, especially those identified with The pros
petty of Peru Ali the other leaders wish Ia d'e III
the ast ditch being careful while, TO Keep at
a safe distance from the enemy themselves. WHINE
their followers occasionally indulge III some desn-
tory skrmshing with detached bodies oil Chilians.
Occasionally they cut oil straggers OF the Chllan
forces who in consequence OF orders from the in
yading commanders to shoot all mOntaneros caught
with arms in their hands shoot them down at
once This method of warfare, however, has
proved so troublesome to the Chilians that they
have withdrawn their forces from Pasco and all
the country beyond the Andes. ircm Chcla and
most OF the towns along the Oroya Railroad.
AT present the Chlians hold only Lima. Callao
ana Santa Clara in this vicinity. The import
duties. 30 per cent al yalorem. police fines, tonnage
dues and export duties of the capital and its port,
together with some dues received from the guano
remaining OH the Chincha Islands. comprise almost
the sole revenue that the invaders derive from
Peru though when these sources fail to supply the
military chest, levies are made upon the wealthy
Peruvians within the Chlan lines. and forays are
made INTO the interior; sugar plantations an all
other available property have to DO abandoned or
fall victims the torch. The municipal taxes are
set apart to support the Calderon Governments
though IT performs none of the functions of Gov
ernment. as ChlIan officials conduct all its depart
ments except tn, legislative. The Congress can
deliberate and leglslate, but the Executive has
really no power to carry out its DEGREES except such
as the Chilian commanders choose to approve.
Chosica u village three thousand feet above the
sea- on the Oroya Railroad has been abandoned. 1t
tho. AZ tbal
of whose soldiers are sick with fevers. There
must have been, therefore, some good reason
for withdrawing the forces The country be-
yond Chosica was infested with some of the
rowing bands of montaneros who upon the apan-
donment of that place, have advanced, and they
are now upon the outskirts of Santa Clala, only
eleven miles from Lima. There they will have an
other fine opportunity to display themselves as
bandtti, in case they obtain foothold. there
are several mills and large English sugar planta
ton in the town.
Payta i'll the north is under the guns of one OF the
ironclas. and it is occupied by a garrison OF
seventy five soldiers. The inhabitants are reduced
to state of great restitution, and at the hands of
their countrymen. it appears. Montero's band.
instead of driving out the enemy, have cut oil the
town water supply, and both soldiers and citizci
are placed upon a limited supply of distilled
water. 1t strange TO Americans that III
their clear atmosphere these Paytans have not
anu simple devices that have been invented tor
dstilling water by of the sun rays inst cad
of carr Jing 1t the backs OF for thirty miles
across desert. The town is an Insignificant little
collection of mud houses, but it IS place of con-
siderable commercial Importance, ana the Chilians
hold it for the purpose of collecting duties there.
its railroad brings it in com nuncation with quite
an extent of interior country. Occasionally Peru
wan gnerillas kill few straggleTs at the various
posts. capture cattle and supplies. and annoy the
garrisms somewhat. but never maze n formidable
attack. The Chilians Ito not advance. being salts
fed to hold their present positions with litle
loss as possible. Thus the begetents stand. being
neither at peace. a state of armistice, nor war.
President Santa Maria. of Chill, who IS to be iu-
augurated in September, is in favor of withdrawing
all the troops to the southern provinces which Chilli
proposes to annex Should such ne he case, and
Lima and Callao be evacuated there will undou6t-
eiy be work for all the foreign men-Of-war here =
protecting private property, for unless kept down
by force, the lower classes in Peru commit all sorts
of excesses from simple appropriation of the effects
of others to the widest butchereS. 1t is strange
fact that the people RELY upon their enemies tor
protection. and dread above all things the approach
of their forces. They would even thy to the
CHILEAN men-of-war for protection from their own
countrymen. With them amis ies
private property from pillage. generally speaking
while their forces burh and destroy what is the
lfe-bl od of the country that is all profitable
industries. Revolutions aud dissensions weaken
them, and they ever more ready TO fight one
another than foreign foe.
The ANNEXATION QUESTION.
As far as can be ascertained, the Peruvans are
only unanimous in a desire to be annexed to the
United States whose prosperity aud power they
glory in aud whose happiness thew wish 10 share.
American names are associated with all the great
works of modern Peru and Peruvians have learned
to respect people and TO admire their gerius.
1t is true there many disadvantages attendant
upon such scheme, but they would not be So dis
astrous to us a, would lie the possession of this
country by European Power. which may eventu-
ally occur If their subjects robbed and NAL
treated. 1t would be far better for country 10
accept this line territory than to allow others to
seize it, BY completing the railroads in progress
and opening up tho Amazon and its branches to
navigation, 1t would give our merchants the trade
OF the whole interior OF South America The noun
tain country produces the finest coffee, while sugar
and other tropical products could he produced in a
climate mud enough foi our people to work in.
There is no place in the world where sugar can be
more advantageously cultivated. There is neither
rain nor frost interfere with its growth; conse-
quently it can oe planted at intervals so as to
mature at all seasons of tho year. and the mills can
run constantly. In Louisiana all the has to he
ground in six weeks and the rlis are therefore idle
the greater part of the year. Besides this advan-
tage, the climate is such that work can readily be
carried on by either native foreign labor as the
climate the year round is very much like the spring
weather in our Southern States When Mr. Chris
tlancy was Minister he was constantly importuned
by prominent Peruvians to his influence W tn
the United States Government to induce it either TO
to establish protectorate over their
country, Could n stable government with wis