Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1881 — THE WAR IN PERU. [ARTICLE]

THE WAR IN PERU.

are .bow all otfegr 94*3, an tentative paopfo. TH# i. Vfcnw«a»to fimistrong eos£no»tiouJarthe fact that a'uuiuber «fl ehSP^X®*fift a faelnty in New Jars«j\ reeeriuy Mruek for higher wages, and w*er«|KepMbed by. “cheaper Apieridhn And all this shows that Dot only <qa the MoogoHfcne disposed to Iftp*?-M hi organizing “strikes,” but Uwfot on good for their woifr. In the ease mentioned h whiles who “out undec’ *< ChMpvok o *tnick for better pay, man” played the “xat,”e Shades of Dennis Kearney ’' 'Zm. ’ \ - A avaoiCJME* in New York, headed by Mr. Wm. R. Garrison, claims to have beaten the combination of Brit Uh capitalist, who have so long monopolized the Peruvian guano trade, and secured said trade for themselves for fifteen years. The fight has been going on for two or three months, and was ended the day before Christmas, by the Peruvian minister at Washington signing the contract with the American firm. The sum of $5,000,000" was planked down in cash, as the first Installment for the “concession.” rhe syndicate say the guano trade amounts to $40,000,000 per annum. Thia is an exaggeration; it will probably reaeli 920,000,000. But Mr. Garrison and bis associates no doubt have a good thing. :> . . c-

The great banking house of the Rothschilds has been to some extent reorganized recently. Baron Adolph, of Naples, retires with the snug sum of $36,000,000. It is claimed that no Individual member of the firm is as rich as W. H. Vanderbilt. But as the . partnership embraces several members, the aggregate is immense: beside, the financial power of the RothschthJs Is ’not dependent alone nipon the ihoney which they’ have put into their banking bqpiness. It is the vast sums.they can draw from the coreligionists at any time when they need the command of more capital, that, in conjunction with their own mtfWM, constitutes them the forenupt finaniTikl power in the world. In the bottoms of the Trinity river, near Dallas, Texas, there is a singular lunatic, who is personating Christ. He formerly belonged to a “nest of Banctificattoniste” (as the local paper •calls them) but becoming deranged, •left the city and “took to the woods.” He is sometimes seen wearing a gennine crown of thorns, loose flowihg robes and sandals of wood. He says he is doing the work of heaven in the wilderness gs this world. These “Sanctifieationists” claim to be the holy family, descended again to earth, to prepare mankind for the end which according to their in the near future. They do not,so they say «eat food of the earth earthy, but profess to be fed on the strawberries of Paradise by invisible hands.

The beadfl ot departments in New ‘ York city seem to be In. nil earnest in the reform movement. By the lopping oflT of sinecures, misnamed offices and of fabulous salaries being received, 11,000,000 a year has already been saved in this way alonej Now, if the enormous steals |u shape of useless appropriations arid the like, can be also lopped oft’ together with the enormous leaks, it will be a good thtng for the people. A ray of hope has a t last appeared in the dark sky, to the overburdened tax layers of that misgoverned city. John Kelly could not find, sd .he testified before a legislative committee, where he could curtail a dollar as .-somptroller Of New York city. His successor has, as we have seen above, ’found where onej million dollars can be saved and he : lias not been in office to exceed one month. Kelly is not a cheap man. He left his economy jn the old country before he migrated to this. But the people have a faint hope now that something will be done in the way of - relief. The debt of the city ranging all the way from one hundred and forty to one hundred and sixty millions, would argue that a reform is demanded.

lama, capital of Peru, near whose gate.’ the Chilian armies must now be encamped, is situated in the charming vwlley of the Rimae, 512 feet above the Pacific ana six miles from its shores. The “City of the Kings” is surrounded by a parapet about yexeu in circuit and it la expected Peruvian» will do some desperate' fighting liefore alwmdoning it to the enemy. Thus far the Chilians have met with mo serious resistance in their lovadiing march. Whether thia is a piece •of strategy on the part of the Peruvians. to draw their foes for from "their base and into a trap, remains to be seen. A writer who ought to know, testifies that “if well led, the Peruvian soldier is as brave as any in the world”—and it does not , seem credible that they will yield

without a determined, bloody struggle* It is suggested that if Lima falls, the great resources of Peru will by no means be spent, and Pierote, falling Lack Into the interior, amid the mountain which mark the mountain alepe ascending to the high plateau of the Andes, traversable only by, A narrow mute paths leading through deep ravines and long the edges of vast precipice*,can defy pursuit, or at least with a small force cheflk any advance upon Cuzco, Pasco or the interior centres. But the occupation o the Peruvian capital would undoubtedly give Chile a good vantage ground from which to extort concessions and indemnity. One side or the other must be pretty badly ynreted, before either will listen to friendly foreign intervention. I