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Show Till! U.MUIMN llUtSIHIV Dlll'ATClim from New Vork and Washington contain significant particular! par-ticular! In relation to Vemzuela. Ad-mini Ad-mini Walker,on board the man-of-war "Chicago," Is on the way to lhat country, coun-try, armed with plenipotentiary ower to reprisent the Unite 1 htitei. It Is stld that he will make a lormal demand de-mand for the return ol the six political refugees taken from tho etcarucr "Car-accas," "Car-accas," a vessel Hying the American Ha;, abuut two wteks ngo. Theso were Venexuelans,and members of Congress under 1'ahclo. Their forces were vanquished van-quished by Crespo and they sought this vessel then In the harbor, and engaged en-gaged I asuigo to New Verb, tihortly after tlulr embarkation Crisio'4 sol dlers buirded thu "Caracoas" and took the Veneiuelans away by form and agiloit the protest of tho Atncriuiu captain, Vcnciuela has been tho scene nf civil waralnceMarch last. It lsdll.1-cull lsdll.1-cull to trace tho real origin of nlltlcal troubles In these Houth American countries, I ut as near as cm be ascertained ascer-tained Hie present disorder originated somewhat ni follows. Anduexzi l'alaclu was I'resldent of thu republic. Last March his term of oRlce expired, but he rifuatd to vacate his ofllce. He was a man of largo wealth and raonal Inlluuncc. He succeided In rerouting the ruicnibllug of a legal quorum In Congress, aud thereby brought ou a doidlock. Finally n majority of the Congress was brought togilher. It denountid I'alaclo, bud orderod a dissolution. Crvspo wna thin a member of the Heualo chamber. cham-ber. Ho o iosed l'alaclo'i roelhoili front the II rat. Ho became laid of u party calling thcmtelves Legalist!, Legal-ist!, and orgaulrsd an army. Ho succeeded lit, driving I'alaclo nnd many of hla loading adherents Irom tho country. The six refugns nbovu insutlouud wcra I'alaclo men. It looks as If Crespo bad the law aud Iho Constitution on hla sldik And the fact thai he called himself a I-tgallst shows lhat he bellevus himself right. Though Admiral Walker Is slid to bounder Instructions to dunand the return of the refugees, yit It Is thought that the inalti r will be aettlid umlcab 1). There Is another little trouble on the tapis In lhat country. 1-vcr slncu 1&S7 a rolsundirstaiidlDg has existed as to the boundary lines of llrlllih (lulana. l.tiglaud claims that Us xs Biaslon comprehends what la now re garded by Venizuelaua nsn largo tract of their country. Hhorlly before Mr. lllalne retire I lie was askid to help Vemzuela In Its controversy with Knglaud. Owing Ow-ing to tho disturbed state of the country for Iho past six mouths I.ng-land I.ng-land lias been projatlng to absorb what she claims la hers, and It la thought ahe la behind I'alaclo In some of hla schimes. Admiral WaWir will acquaint ac-quaint himself of the real situation, and act accordingly. In 1S31 (lulana produced ;5D ounces of gold, that Is the Venezuela frontier of It. Tlill yearovir liJ.OOOouncn have been taken out, and tho ludlca tlons nre that very rich mines exist further lu on Hie Venezuelan lirrltorj. |