Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-19

AnssAef oeeupaaSeo.
ALEXANDRA, Sept. l8.-The Britial
hove occupied T0nfahu.
ADoehe1 lean.
CAIcuTTA, Sept. 18.-The Indian Gov
eminent announces the issue Of . LOAF
OF 100000 rupees, to meet the ex
penoA OF the Indian contingent d
Egypt.
1otOoS U0Decesoagy 0u1e..
L0aDoN, Sept. 18.-The plan for th,
utilization Of the ten thousand mulel
purchased for E9ypt at Aucleous u
spain, foR the formation Of permanent
transportation for the First Army CoFpe
VII receive serious attention from tn
Wsr Department a. regards what dispo
sition shall be made Of them.
Peruvian NewA
PANAMA., Sypt. IA Gillian corres
pOndont 1ritee: Il il learned that tn
Chilian forces have left Tarma and ,
large majority Of the Peruvian families
we're allowed to accompany them in or
der to escspe the deprsdations Of theil
iswles oountrymen. Only some for.
eiRn families, believing guerillas would
respect them, decided to remain. Fully
nve hundred women followed the enemy
Just hve hours after the troops left i'm
mense hordes Of Ruerillas poured in,
There were GOO armed with rifles and
equipped !lkc regulars, who enteeed In q
formed column, followed By about SO
RueEillas armed with sticks, clubs, lanes
and samilar Weapons who entered pall.
mel, shouting vociferoualy. On il Do
ing known that al weu-to do families
had left town, the fury Of tho Indians
knew no bOundA ResidenOee were
stripped and those of many foreign res
idents shared tho same fate. 0suy as
sassinations followed; among the vic-
Tins were eighteen foreigners. In the
midst Of the orgies the town Vas re-
duced to ruins With the object Of burn-
ing the properties Of foreigners and
ChiliAns. Tarma and all the towns were
burned. The cities Of Janja:and Husu-
oajo shared the fate Of Tarmx, The
names Of some foreigners assaseiuated
are given, as two Italians named MAT
toes, and two Germans named ST Rino
and SchoIk. Among the slain we're
four soldiers aud six fueitives. Perm
vians were frozen to death in the Cor
dilleras. At Conception the Chilian
garrison made q noble defense aQainst
h0rdes Of indiana, and when the aIumu-
milton Of the Chilians gave out the
aseailants secured parafne, and fred
the barracks, sburning some wounded
soldiers. Captain Pinto and few sur-
vivors Of the garrison made a sally, cut
down the enemy, and cleared the front
and sides of the barracks, while the men
inside extinguished tho flames, and re-
moved the wounded to q place Of safe-
ty. In another sally Captain Pinto was
shot dead. The Indians again fired the
building, and sallies were organized bv
Lieutenants Moult, Cruise and Peiaz. In
one OF the earliest Of theee the firNt
meut.0 0aed. officer was mortally wound
ed. Subsequently sub Lieutenant Peiez
fell wounded, and in another sally a
young officer vas immediately pounced
upon by horde Of Indians, Who lanoed
him to death.
At this hour five fFiafs from the neioh-
bofhO0d convent Of Olspa appeared on
the scene, and with cruciix IN hand
commenced to incite the Indians 70 re-
newod attack on the building. At 10
o'clock, Of u Chiliapa composing the
garrison, only /, and Two Of tbsm AM
WO0AA0O0f ACAA40l4A00 " Vu0B I08N8kROO0.
the others being either dead or diving.
The building was now ablaze in eyerv
direction. -Four women, the wives OF
soldiers, were eyewitness Of tho death
of their husbands. Ono of them. ~
companied BY her son Of Eve years. and
another By an infant who had come into
tho world since the commencement Of
the attack, after the removal Of the
wounded from the burning buildino.
went out in the square, hoping their
lives would b spared. They had berelv
stepped ontside the buildine, whom they
were set on by a crowd Of yelling, drunk
en- sava9es, and horribly butcherod.
Tho five year old boy had his throat cut
from ear to car, and was barbarously
mutilsted. and the body Of the new born
child vas found pierced BY nix lance
wounds. Sub Lieutenant Cruiex and
the surviving soldiers were also sur
rounded. and they fell one after am
other, but not until they had sold thelr
YES dearly. When tho other Chilian
eroOps arrived, few days Afterwards,
they found in the square and adjacent
streets 29l Of the enemy's dead. Tho
wounded were double that number.
and were carried Oh into the hills. The
Chiliau dead weee collected and buried,
Ehe city was burned, and everybody inn
plicated In the massaore Who could be
bound was summaIily executed.