Show SPANISH AMERICA FROM SEVERAL SOUTH AMERICAN STATES the san francisco chronicle of recent date has the following accounts of late events in south america ECUADOR sometime since at guayaquil Gu ayaquil a priest was adjudged guilty of some offense against the laws and disallowing the priests plea of immunity from punishment from the secular powers by reason of his sacred office the authorities sentenced him as though he had been a layman the clergy retaliated by excommunicating those responsible for the execution of the sentence which ca caused sed great e excitement on the of january a public meeting was held in the theatre to protest against the action of the clergy not withstanding the lat fact that the people who met were unarmed and the constitutional provision that alkindi visuals can meet in public provided they are unarmed 11 the clergy ordered the meeting to lo disperse and on the failure of those as assembled to comply tae clergy ordered the soldiers to fire on the crowd the order was obeyed wid five men fell mortally wounded two days later the peo ae prepared to bury the victims when ae me following order was issued to the custodian of the koman catholic cemetery demetei y an order was issued a few minutes ago to prepare five graves in san augustin Augu atin but as the money has not been paid you will not allow the interment of the bodies LIBE RiTO the guayaquil Gu ayaquil globe of january 26 th gives the following account of the funeral roday a large number of citizens assembled in ricaurte square for the purpose of following to tile the cemetery the remains of the victims who fell at the hands of soldiers who were inspired by the jesuits awu e evenings previously the bells of the itie churches called upon all to unite in praying for the repose of those who had been assassinated and few indeed were those of the clergy who opposed this public tribute to the memory of the deceased one of the priests however in charge of the jesuit monastery attempted to prevent atals exhibition of public sentiment but the te people forced the doors open an soon tue bells of san jose joee Li wre vre also tolling at a little attle after noon the people proceeded to the house in which was lying the body ol 01 one of t e victims senor victor coronet sarmiento and which was carried thence to a house in which the body of senor manuel A franco another victim was lying luence the he procession headed by a crape flag defiled through the streets and bearing with it the bodies of the otier other victims senors senora bique izo lopez and cerda the cuffins were vere borne on the shoulders of leading citizens and the greatest order was wa s observed on arriving at the mereca church the doors were found to have been intentionally closed then the crowd forced some of them open thus inducing the clergy to open the others with difficulty diff culty the funeral services were then performed by clergymen who volunteered their services and the rev dr calderon caderon delivered an eloquent discourse the procession then proceeded to the cemetery where the live five bodies were deposited with much pomp in their graves the rhe crowd then marched back to the city and in answer to their cries of down with cordero Cor deru who was le ie pon sible for the shooting they informed that he had been removed from office and that lie he would be tried the greatest order was observed tue same evening however a crowd collected broke into the house of benito cordero and smashed aalthe all the f furniture ura iture and eff effects acts f found in the residence among amona those arrested and who are accused of having led to the assassinations ina which have so excited guayaquil Gu ayaquil are manuel elinan pablo botio nicolas conde moses romero komero jose maria segovia and virgillo alvarado telegraphic communication has at length been established between bogota and quito COLOMBIA th the panama star and herald of feb contains we the following items of interest latest communications received by us from bogota report that the leeis dative council is carefully debating the new electoral law tae law provides for the elect election lan of deputies senators bena tors president and vice prebi presidents dents the water famine at colon continues conti with unabated abated nn severity and in fact increases as tank after tank gives out but jt at is minimized and little attle or no privation on account of the wa way y in which the panama railroad supplies it twice a day an edict was issued to the effect that all owners ot of lots the cily should nave aade hiis dug therein before february tae reason stated is that in the event of a fire fir a occurring currin 11 there would be no ito difficulty in obtaining ont the supply of the it fire re engine dig where one will in colon water will oe found not water fit for consumption pe chads not even fit for washing purposes but water quite good eno enough ugh tor for the bhe object meant to be secured seen red affairs in continue conti Doe to look gloomy the government seems to be unable to cope with the situation and its vacillating vaci lating policy has in many malty instances rather aggravated than relieved matters the question of the paper currency after many contradictory decrees and after producing serious disturbances tur bances remains unsolved no one cares to receive this money at any price and no other obedium medium of circulation having been provided silver be ing eveia everywhere where scarce and in some borne provinces nut not to be had at all the difficulties of trade can well weli be imagined virtually the paper is annihilated the amount in circulation is variously es to and as these bills may be easily bought UR up at the rate of or more to the so sol it can be seen that about sols sol would wipe out the debt if only some of the rich peruvians abroad who made fortunes in the good days and now live in europe were possessed with a proper spirit of patriotism they could easily subscribe that and relieve the distress of their country to enhance en nance the distressing financial and political situation of the country there are now the general and deeply rooted thought and feeling which are scarcely corice concealed aled that the nation is menaced trien aced with invasion by its neighbors it is believed that the advent of arce to the presidency of bolivia and his dec lection tion is looked upon as certain will pe followed by an armed occupation of the departments of arequipa and mollendo Mol Mul lendo which bolivia covets as a IVen kentana ventana Ven tana it al pacifico and in whick usurpation she is said to be encouraged and to have the promised support of chile chile it i ff also believed encourages the views of eucalor on the rhe north of peru and the late trip to bolivia of the Euc adorian minister in peru is supposed oseo to be connects connected with this scheme whether real or un founded this dread prevails in peru and among the intelligent classes the feeling is that unless the grace arani bar contract is approved we the country lias has but little cliance of overcoming the troubles the general impression is that the contract with some modifications ficat flat ions will be ratified it has been reported in lima that the basis of it was agreed to and signed by the government a few weeks ago the government is proceeding cautiously but surely in the matter of appropriating appropriating the various railroads and ara are now at are quipa cuipa trujillo etc making inventor s arid and studies of the lines wagon roads area are to be built between auli and juticalpa alpa la paz and autu buci san pedro sula and santa rosa and santa barbara and gracias A lar large ge a urther nui aier of mastodon remains its are be being ing found in various localities they are mostly im bedded in alluvial drifts accumulating in the valleys of the iner interior lor portion of honduras A complete mastodon was excavated some years ago by the government geologist in tile the neighborhood of daull the departments of copan santa barbara and comayagua Comay agna contain many localities cali ties where mastodon remains are found the mastodon of honduras Is of a larger size than that found in the state of new york near cohoes now new exhibited in the ans museum L um of natural history at albany N Y VENEZUELA the treasury recently paid the value of the passages of european immigrants brought out by the amora the siglo recently published the following lo 10 1 we are authorized to state that the government is in receipt of official communications which state that the boundary question between venezuela and england is in a fuir way of settlement and that all rumors to the contrary eire are entirely false A rail and cart road has been opened between la gudyra guayra and caracas un on january the first train I 1 left guayo with a cargo which would be placed in carts at the boqueron coqueron Bo queron the formerly tedious voyage is now effected in five hours BOLMA BOLIVIA the election of arce in bolivia appears certain in the municipalities the ane votes were largely in his bis favor it is thought that general camacho the very popular rival candidate may raise a revolution should he be be defeated at the hustings |