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Show CENTRAL AMERICA--- WARS, EARTHQUAKES, ETC. Aspimvall, Oct. 2-3. The insurgents ! under CarrciMza retreated from before Panama on the night of the Slh. and, being pursued, sought safety by flight ; into tho bush, abandoning cannon, j some ritlcs. and several boxes of am-1 munition. Two insurgents were cap- j lured, and four of the government! troops wounded in the chase. r i The seamen on boaixl the United J SUttcs vessels at Panama arc sullering ; greatly from sickness contracted while! guarding property on shore. During the recent political disturb- j anccs, while Lieutenant Santas and a ; equad of soldiers were conducting1 Procapcs Soland, of Costa Rica, to prison, on the charge that he was a deserter and rebel, Soland made a remark which displeased Santas, and the latter immediately ordered the men to kill their prisoner, which they promptly did by knocking him insensible in-sensible with tho buls of their rifles and then emptying their rifles into his both'. Panamn, So. The latest news front Honduras shows that country is still disturbed by Palacio's party, who occupy oc-cupy some of the towns. Government troops were on the inarch ngaintt them. President Barrias, of Guntamala, has decreed that marriages between persons of dillcrcnt' religions shall be legal. Nicaragua lias entered into a treaty, defensive" and offensive, with San Salvador Sal-vador and Guatemala. Honduras is to be asked to join the alliance. The Congress of San Salvador has approved of "the proposition to make a treaty with the United Suites. Two recent fires in Valparaiso have caused a loss of 300,000. While celebrating, at Argol, the anniversary of the national independence, independ-ence, some fire-works and powder exploded, ex-ploded, killing and wounding eleven persons. An carthouake w;vs felt all over the Isthmus on the night of the 13th. Nc ' damage is reported. Owing to what is characterized as the deplorable condition, suspectet morality, discredit, and administra 1 tion anarchy into which Honduras ii 1 fallen, it is proposed that tlje othc; Central American Suites apportior teat country among them, and thu; restore general credit. |
