Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. III, No. XVII, October 1851Various
History
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. III, No. XVII, October 1851
Various
American literature -- Periodicals; Civilization -- Periodicals; Culture -- Periodicals
The arrival of the steamer Georgia, on the 7th of September, put us in
possession of later news from the Pacific coast of South America. In
_Guayaquil_ a military outbreak, excited, so far as appears, solely by
personal resentments, has resulted in a complete change of the
administration. The President, Gen. Neuva, left Querto on the 17th of
July for the purpose of visiting his family at Guayaquil. On approaching
that city he was met by a military cavalcade, ostensibly for the purpose
of escorting him in: but he was immediately seized by them, and hurried
off to sea in a vessel lying in the river; the destination of the
vessel, and the fate of the captive were unknown. Gen. Urbina
immediately entered upon the administration of affairs. In _Chili_, Don
Manual Montt has been elected President by an overwhelming majority. He
was understood to be in favor of internal improvements and of a more
effectual promotion of education. The Copiapo Railroad was to be opened
in September. Congress was in session the last of July, but no important
business engaged its attention. In 1850 the public revenue amounted to
$4,334,314, and the expenditures to $3,610,837, including over three
hundred thousand dollars remitted to England to pay interest on the loan
contracted there. The whole English debt is now about seven millions of
dollars. A very severe storm swept the harbor of Valparaiso in the early
part of July. The damage to shipping, both Chilian and American, was
very considerable. In _Bolivia_, the decree allowing foreign goods to be
entered at a lower duty from vessels that had not touched at other
ports, has been revoked. In _Peru_, Congress was still in session. The
legislative and executive branches of the government are represented as
being on the best of terms with each other, so that affairs are
conducted with a good degree of promptness and efficiency. A bill has
been urged in Congress for the greater extension of the freedom of
trade, and another to prohibit the circulation in that Republic of
Bolivian money. Several bills of decided local importance engaged the
attention of Congress. There has been during the past year a very large
export from Chili, chiefly of wheat and flour, amounting to two hundred
thousand dollars more than during the previous year. In _New Grenada_,
it is said there are new disturbances. The government levied a forced
loan, and further decreed that the friends of the government should be
exempted from its payment. In several provinces the decree had the
effect of converting nearly the whole population into a government
party; but in Bogota and Carthagena it had the opposite effect.
Arrangements were in progress for an extensive revolt, and it was said
that it had commenced at Bogota, but with what result is not clear.
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