Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-11-09
WELCOME IN VENEZUELA.
Crespo is Pleased With the Recognition by
the uuied States

CARACAS, vcnezyla, Nov. s.--Assur
aures received from the United States that
Crespo's Government lal h,en Recognized
bv the Washington authorities were warmly
welcomed here. II would rather, says
Crespo, have that satisfaction Than the
ledge that ALI the rest OF the foreign
powers had acknowledged me"
THE United States has ever been ready
to lend the Southern republics helping
hand and with It's acquicscensc IN our plans
and measures we can well afford to 80
ahead and deyelope our country, so rich in
all that is required to make us prosperous. -
said one of the leading senators.
Ii is said that the proposal 10 give to the
United States the property IN the eastern
section of the country over which England
has had dispute for number of years
has been very favorably considered. Little
can, however, be done in this matter until
some more definite arrangement is made
with British Guiana or, in other words,
with the home government in England
The section of the country referred TO con-
tains the richest mining districts in Nenez-
uela.
The arrival of the steamer South Port
land from Trinidad and the capture of Bar
celona and the few remaining Troops still
under arms in that vicinity against Senior
Crespo are the chief military topics that
have been under discussion here for the
past week. The South Portland is no
doubt by name familiar in the United
States She was at one time seized for
having warlike material on board TO assist u
party in rebellion against a government with
which the United States was at peace. She
was released and allowed to clear from New
York for the island of Trinidad. Mr.. Con
salez, Venezuelan, who negotiated the
bargain for another steamer from the Uni
ted states, and disembarked at Curcao with
the intention of going over to Trinidad, n
distance of almost 800 miles in small
schooner. severe storm arose, and moth
ing has since been heard from Senior Con
salez SO it is feared that he and his frail
craft are lost,
Cant. Smith of South Portland, having
remained as long rs he dared Mt Trinidad,
left for La Guayra, where lie arrived about
10 ,lays ago. Just what Ia do with his 1000
rifles his Gatlings, and his 500, 600 ear
trdges was quite question, as the bill was
a big one. the war was over, and the chief
party in the deal was not on hand. In
view, however, of the possible trouble in
the spring, when another uprising is prob
able, it was finally decided to take the arms,
store them in the custom house at La
Guayra, and have them handy. II was then
proposed to use the vessel as a transport to
take troops to the eastward where in the
Maracaibo district, there is still more or
less opposition to Senior Crespo's rule; but
the agent of the American Red ID Line said !;
..No one steamer can do all the transporting
that is necessary, and the money for such
work is ours by right, us we pulled Crespo's
party through and established il firmly in
its present position And so ends the mat
ter of the South Portland.
In the Barcelona district, which was one
of the last of the eastern divisions to hold
out against Crespo's authority, an Indian
general was in command. His prowess and
ability were such that he WAS greatly re-
spectcd as an antagonist, and II was not
until troops outnnmbcring his own four to
one had been sent against him that he was
subdued. When he was finally defeated
and taken prisoner Crespo sen, a dispatch
saving that his life was to be spared and
that he was To be sent 10 Caracas. as he,
Crespo. was extremely DESTROYS of taking
by the hand a man whose yalCr and wisdom
were admitted TO be of the highest order.
A new trouble has recently been devel-
oped at Bolivar, which is some go miles or
more up the Orinoco River, right in the
heart of Venezuela. II seems that II for
mer United States consul Mt that place,
Mr.. NORWOOD has gotten into such seri-
Gus trouble with the local authorities that
the presence of a United States man-of-war
has been deemed necessary and the cor
vette kearsarge will leave almost immedi'
atelv to investigate the difficulty. This Mr..