St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-23
An American Girl Tells the
Story Of the Great Gillian
Battles.
After the Final Battle 600
Men, Women and Children
Were Murdered.
Shot Down by Scores by a
Mad Hob Of Victorious
CongreSSionalists.
Their Own Dead and Wounded
Left on the Field of Bat
tie Two Days.

New YORK, Nov. 22.-Some interest
ing details i'll regard to the course of
events in Chill following the battles
which placed the opposition in posses
sion of the city of Valparaiso, as well
as Oh some points relating to the troub-
lous times preceding the junta's victory,
are contained III private letter re-
Gently rec, lived here from a young
American girl who has been living in
Valparaiso and Santiago. The writer of
this letter has been a member of the
household of some of the most infiuen-
tial families in Chilli, aud her position
has been such as to accord her ample
opportunity of observing matters.
She was at one time in the fam
lily of Balmaceda himself and at
anOther in that of Lieut.. Edwards. The
Edwards family. as Will be remembered,
was exiled by Balmaceda, and after
wards was allowed TO return to Santa
go. The return of the family was made
the occasion of great public rejoicing.
Following are some of the most signit-
fcant portions of the letter, which is
dated at Santiago, Sept. Is. Referring
to the treatment of the defeated lead
ers of the Balmaceda forces after the
battle at Valparaiso, the writer says:
"Yes, it is sickening to write it, but l
saw that mob fight for bone, piece of
flesh, hand. anything out of the cart,
and six of the officers Of the opposition
on horseback
Looked on and SmjIed
and they kept that cart around in open
view for five days before they threw the
bodies into the sea. What had these
generals done? Nothing but remain
loyal to the government and lead the
armies after the opposition first at
tackled. True they were not good men,
bat what was left to the president but
such men? When they were defeated
they were both found wounded in the
battlefield. When the enemy went
around to make the repaso anglo
Saxon: butchery of the wounded) and
demanded their swords, which they
were still grasping, they an
swered: Generals never surrender
Then they killed them, cut them in
pieces, and drew them around Valpar-
also. Women mothers, with their
daughters-loOked on and said: well
done; so is tile vengeance of the con-
stitutiOnal party. Let them catch Bal
maceda and make roast of him. / tell
you frankly, a little more of such scenes
and would have gone mad. As 1t was
l lost my head, and when one of the
wretehes looked up to me and asked me
to Viva l leaned over and called out:
What bruteS you are.
What Animals, what DemOns.s
and lot more that l don't remember.
Though it had meant certain death, l
could not have contained myself. On
the 2lst the opposition attacked at Con-
con, and after very hard battle the
government troops were defeated, and
then after that victory the government
fell back TO the heights of Vina del Mar
and the opposition followed, and for Il
week they lay intrenched, facing each
other, on the hills near the river Asa
coRtegpa. We could see the tents from
the top of the house. and every shot
from the beginning we heard. Nothing
was done until the 2Sth. but mean
time the government troops passed
over by thousands TO the opposition.
1t was foregOne conclusion. On
the morning of the 2Sth the final battle
of Placilla came, and the. firing for an
hour and half was dreadful. Sudden
ly 1t ceased entirely, and two minutes
later the remnants of the artillery
dashed by as though the devil was after
them. One whom he knew shouted up:
All is lost. In two hours the opposi-
ton will be here TO take the town and
sack it, Immediately Mrs. McCreery
signaled from the top o. the house for
help from the San Francisco and Balti-
more in the bay. In an hour 100 of the
marine corps with their officers arrived.
bG1 Of
IN an uproar. All the church and
Fire Bells Rang MadIy.
The whole population turned out to
receive them, all with red ribbons or
badges. Never was town so willing
from their horses and Rugged and
kissed them. At night the city was
pandemOnium. We went up on the
roof where they were signaling with
electric lights to the admiral on board,
and we counted several fires going on
at once, and spent bullets were flying
around in all directions. We did not
sleep much that night, can assure
you. though we were well guarded.
Next morning they found in various
parts of the city 500 dead men. women
and children. The man-of-war Leip-
sic sent men ashore to guard.
Is ul0 iicE DldleSlN ) SHIP OUdUlplO ana
the French ship Chaplin. But it was
not safe OIL the street. When Balma-
eeda knew of the defeat at Placilla he
handed over the government to Gen.
Baquinida. who was a neutral. to save
the city, If possible; sent his wife to Mr..
Egan's, and then disappeared, no one
knew where. A week ago today we re-
turned to Santiago, and about an hour
after we arrived they came and shut us
up in our house until dark. Mr. Hill
man was out, but suddenly we had the
bright idea of telephoniDg to Mr.. Egan.
and so we got help. They SAD they
wanted to
Search for BaImaceda.
but they were not allowed to, and
had 10 be content with appointing a
guard to watch our going out and com
ing in. That is still there. Mrs. Bal
uiaceda and family are now at her
mothers house, Don Domingo Torres.
Tomorrow i am going TO see them. The
last battle was Friday, Aug. %. Satur-
day the dreadful scenes in the plaza, one
of which l have told you of, occurred
over the remains of Gems. Barbossa and
Alcerreca, and there were others. And
all this time that victorious army
quite utterly forgot its 5000
dead and wounded on the field.
Don't be incredulous-the first ambu-
lance was got up on Sunday morning at
z o'clock by the foreigners of Val
paraiso. They began to bring the poor
fellows in at noon and brought them
all day. At noon | went as nurse for
the surgeons of the San Francisco and