Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-31
now LIMA WAS CAPTURED.
4 Characteristic An-Day Fight in the
Streets.

pondent sends the following interesting
account of the capture Of Lima by Gen.
Caceres:
"The night OF Nov. so was passed anx-
iously by the expectant Inhabitants ofLi-
ma. The positive refusal OF the President
Gen, Izlesias, to accept the challenge OK
his revolutionary adversary and go forth
into the open country to measure strength
with him, of course left no doubt but that
another sanguinary scene was TO be en-
acted within the limits Of the capital. The
necessary warlIke preparations hac been
made and most people had taken measures
to provide against the anticipated block
ade OF the markets and provision stores.
At o'clock on the morning of Dec. the
advanced guards Of Caceres' army enter
ed the city quietly by the Maravillas gate,
away up by the beautiful PanteOn or GEM
etery, where to-day number OF them rest
in peace after free indulgence in gum
powder, No resistance OF a serious ma
lure was encountered, for the President
had preferred to take his chances in the
fortified centre Of the capital. Rapidly ira
versing the streets leading toward those
centres. Caceres drove in his few oppo-
nents and soon occupied the district COM
prising San Francisco, the plaza OF Boil
var, the School Of Arts and the Palace OF
Justice, this being only distant three
House, where the main body OF the Presl-
dents troops was securely clustered with
in the massive walls that were first found
ed by the grim PiZarrO. Shots were ex-
changed with the pickets of retreating p0-
hcemen, some of whom threw away their
arms and made for their homes. The
church towers were filled with picked IL
femen, and the broad slabs of stone form
ing the foot pavements were taken up and
o.
spectacle barricades were erected at the
points of four streets leading down di-
rectly or in the neighbOrhood OF the Plaza
de Armas, where the government palace
is situated.
FIGHTING IN THE STREETS.
By the time that this had been effected
it was early daylight, and the firing be-
came animated and general at $3.50
a. N. between the revolutionary forces sta
toned behind the barFicades and in the
loans and those of the government occu-
plying the towers of the Cathedral, the
Church of San Pedro and the palace. Ca
ceres, with his general Minister, Senior
del Solar, and the bulk OF his army, fol-
lowed leisurely the path of his advanced
division, and soon was comfortably rest
ing in the cOmmOdious building formerly
occupied by the School OF Arts, within
stones throw ofthe famous Bolivar square
where, on the spot now hOnored by the
beautiful equestrian statue of the Liberia
tor, Jews and heretics were burned at
the stake by order Of the Holy Brother
hood. The city, or rather the inhabitants
thereof, were now thoroughly aroused.
The whistle of the Peabody and Reming-
ton balls was by no means the balmy
breath of the south wind we are accus-
toned to, but doors and windows were as
tightly closed as are those Of plague
stricken district. There is an eccentricI-
ty in Peruvian rifle practice that does
not commend itself to the mere lockers
on.
s.sas ~, CAPTURING THE LIBRARY.
Caceres gained the advantage from the
very start. In the first place, the obsti-
nate persistence of the President in his
plan Ofdrawing the battle to the heart of
the town, and thus endangering lives and
property of nOn-cOm batants, had aliena-
ted from him the sympathies OF large
number of the people, many OF whom con-
WINGED that their interests consisted In
closing up the combat speedily, buckled
on their armor in the way of shouldering
their rifles and joined the ranks of the at
lacking party. The police station of San
ia Tomas, garrisOned by go men, surren-
dered without firing shot, and the great
towers of San Pedro were captured in an
irreVerent manner by the revolutionlsts,
who unceremOniously broke open the
doors Of the adjacent National Library and
climbed up over the roof OF that resusci-
tated institution. Kinder than the Chill
ian invaders, or, perhaps, less literary in
their tastes, they left intact the treasures
accumulated by DIR. Palma; so that at
o'clock in the morning the scarlet-colored
kepis of Caceres' followers were seen in
the massive window spaces Of San Pedro
and San Frapcisco and from behind their
hastily-ereeted barricades, while the
white havalocks of the government soldiers
shore an the towers of the cathedral, in
those of the Church of San Agustin, in
line with San Pedro and on the roof OF the
palace itself. O..
OPENING FIRE WITH SMALL CANNON.
The Bring wasfast and furious. but it
was simply duel between the occupants
of the different towers. few OF Iglesias'
troops stationed near the Rimac bridge
and & mum Der OF Gaceres' new allies, the
people, who striDging bits Of red ribbon
around their hats, wandered here and
there, depending a vast amount Of ammu-
milton and doing little damage save 10
street lamps and oyerhanging balconies. l
suppose that with the advantage of expe-
rience almost anyone may become accuS-
toned to anything, with, perhaps, the ex-
ception of earthquakes. Certain il is that
the residents OF this city treat revolutions
in the coolest manner possible, and while
the balls were whizzing over the house
tops, the window glasses ringing down on
thegstreet in a thousand fragments, the
woodwork Of the balconies splintering and
flying in all directions, the great majority
of the families satdOwn quietly to break
fast and enjoyed the succulent dishes of
vans yellow pOtatoes), the most deli
ciousspecies OF that delicious root; rice,
meat and red pepper that had been pre-
pared by their proyident cooks. About
lunch Time they were startled, however,
by an almost entirely new element intro
duced into Peruvian Observation-Disclosures
OF field pieces placed on the streets-small
4-pounder gums, and firing most disa-
greeable little shell, which, when explod-
ing, brought terror 70 the hearts of the
householders and extreme joy TO the gla-
zier and carpenter portion OF the commu-
nifty. These were used from behind the
barricades against the cathedral and by
detachment OF the government troops
against San Francisco and the barricades
Of the Conception, raised at the corner of
the beautiful house formerly occupied by
Mr.. Henry Melggs, and now the private
residence Of President Iglesias. The
family OF Gen. Iglesias had time TO es-
cape from this perilous neighborhood and
took shelter with the good ladies OF the
Sacred Heart, branch OF the Manhattan
VILE institution, who have their estab-
Gehn,ant npyt 10 the Church OF san Pc