Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-10


and Varied NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in
Venezuela and Threatened War in Uru~
quay.
Advices have been received from Panama
to May 18th, including advices from South
and Central America.
CENTRAL AMERICA
DIR. Cardenas, who has served as Secre.
tary of Foreign Relations in Nicaragua
since January, 1850, has resigned He is
candidate for the Presidency of the Re.
public.
An agent left Nicaragua lately for the
United States and Europe, to purchase
material to continue the railroad from
Leon to Leon Viejo, on Lake Managua.
1t is expected this section of the road will
be ready for traffic the latter part OF
February, 1888.
Nicaragua has entered the Universal
Postal Union.
The Indian instruction is at an end in
Costa Rics.
The Government of Nicaragua is organ
iziug two colleges for young ladies-one in
Leon and the other in Granada.
COLOMBIA AND ECUADOR.
Smallpox has diminished and is disap-
pearing from the isthmus.
The Senate of Colombia has approved
project of law which prohibits the gather
ing of mother-of- pearl in the Archipelago
of Panama by means OF machinery. The
object is to protect from complete extinc-
ton the fisheries.
An excursion was recently made by Off
cers of the Canal Company from Aspinwsll
TO Portobello. The old city of Portobello
is, perhaps, the most interesting ruin on
the Atlantic coast. Once rich, populous
and prosperous, it is to-day poor, deserted
and mass of ruins. In 1865 it was taken
by the buccaneer John Morgan, and sacked
and burned.
News received in Bogota OF fresh viola
tions of treaty rights of Colombians in
Ecuador, and new acts of oppression and
wrong committed upon men engaged in
peaceful industry in that country, have
aroused deep indignation in the capital,
and war is threatened.
Manta, in Ecuador, suffered disastrous
fire on the DIST of April. The losses are
roughly estimated at Sll0, 900. The center
Of the city was destroyed, with its best
places of business.
VENEZUELA.
On the night of the 10th OF April all the
political prisoners in the jail at Caracas
escaped, carrying with them the garrison
and the arms which they guarded. The
greatest number of the escaped prisoners
are men Of prestige, courage and boldness.
Other columns OF Republicans, as the
disaffected style themselves, as opposed to
the friends Of the actual Dictator, have ap-
peared in all the departments of the State,
and it is said several encounters have taken
place between the forces of the Govern
ment and the Revolutionists.
The telegraph has been rendered useless
In various places, and the commotion is
profound in the whole country. Great ex.
citement reigns throughout Barquisimeto
and Yaracuy, and the Republicans of both
States have appealed to arms. In many
cases the Government troops have begun
to indorse the revolution, proclaiming re-
publican principles.
CHILE AND PERU.
Two Chilean detachments at Acotambo
and Nahuapuquio, Peru, have been re-
peatedly annoyed by the Montoneros, as
sisted by mass OF some 10000 Indians
armed with lances and sings. April 9th
skirmish took place lasting about two
hours, and terminating in the defeat OF the
Monteneros and Indians with loss of 20
killed.
DEGREES have been issued increasing the
number of Courts in Lima and Callso, and
suppressing the military tribunals which
have hitherto taken cognizance of all
criminal cases.
A party of twelve Araucanians has ar.
rived at Santiago under the leadership of
Painevilu, principal Caique of the Maque-
hau tribe.
The tertiary fever has made its appear.
ance in an alarming manner at Matilda,
Chile. Out of the entire population of
1 900 inhabitants GOO are down with fever.
Brigandage is rife in Chile, and every
paper is full of accounts of murder, rob-
berry and outrage. Cecilio Guajsrdo, who
had murdered Luis Labarca Astaburuaga,
was lately hunted down and killed by
friends of the murdered man. Guajardo
killed several of his pursuors, and only
surrendered when his body was riddled
with bullets.
THE ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION.
A Congress of Pedagogues is in ses-
sion at Buenos Ayres.
The La Plata Herald says that the Capt.
tai of the Argentine Republic is becoming
great gambling metropolis. Lotteries ia
Brazil. Spain, Uruguay, the Provinces of
San Luis, Rioia and Santa Fe find favtr
there.
The Buenos Ayres Custom House is CIV
ing good returns; the returns for March
surpass $500, 600. The Treasury is in an
enviable condition and the people pros
porous.
A dispute in April between the italian
Minister at Montevideo and the Uruguayan
Government has terminated. The Minis.
ter at Buenos Ayres was ordered to Mon.
tevideo. The two italian subjects who
had been ill-treated, are to receive $1,000
each, whilst the officers connected with
the affair are to be prosecuted and pun
ished. The Minister OF Foreign Affairs is
to be removed.
Later advices announce that many Bra
zilians have been maltrested by Uruguay
ans and Brazilian forces are concentrating
on the Uruguay frontier. Uruguay is
gathering men on the frontier to resist in.
vasion, and is taking measures to fortify
Montevideo.