FILIBUSTERING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4341, 17 February 1875, Page 2

FILIBUSTERING.

(From the Nciy York Herald.) THE ENGLISH PLACt USED TO COVER THE MARAUDERS AMD BRITISH CONTRABANDS. Lima,, Nov. 10. 1871. The story of the. present rebellion, headed by Don Nicolas de Pieroia, against the ■ powers that be in Peru is becoming exceedingly interesting, i The Talisman, a steamer of 134 tons register, was despatched from Glasgow on the 30th' of July last for Cardiff, and after having taken -on board at that port 1030 packages of merchandise, cleared for Montevideo, under the English Sag. Her cargo consisted 'of rifles, mitrailleuses, sabres, bayonets, powder, uniforms, and other articles of a warlike nature. A swift voyage across the Atlantic brought her safely to Montevideo, where she remained for a day or two, taking in a little coal and landing a couple of passengers. From thence she steamed onward to the Straits of Magellan, passed through that now frequented highway between the two great oceans, and quietly dropped anchor In the harbor of Coronei, in Chili. Here she rested for a month or six weeks, the crew and captain enjoying themselves after the dangers of the sea. But suddenly orders were received from a MYSTERIOUS INDIVIDUAL to whom the ship was consigned, Mr. Bnlwcr, to proceed immediately to Quinteros, a minor port about fifteen miles north of Valparaiso, where the conspirators, to the number, of forty-seven, embarked and the Talisman took her final clearance for Vancouver,: with permission to touch in Caldera and a Peruvian port. At Caldera the ship was again supplied with coal, and now the real and active work of the expedition began. PERUVIAN OFFICIAL ACTION. It must not be Imagined, however, that the Government of Peru was unaware of the movements of the suspicious stranger. On the contrary. President Pardo’s agents in Europe and Chili had provided him with such accurate details regarding the Talisman that even a duplicate invoice of her cargo was in the hands of the Minister of War, in Lima, before the filibuster had reached her first resting place on the west coast. NATAL PREPARATIONS. The Huascar, Independencia, Chalaco, Union, and, in short, all the available ships of the Peruvian navy were stationed along the seaboard, while the monitors guarded the entrance of Callao Bay. Troops Were sent to the north and south, and the prospect was more than indifferent for the expeditionary party. EILIBUSTERO VIGILANCE. The filibusters apparently paid little attention to these preparatory measures. Early on the morning of the 22nd of October the Talisman entered the Bay of Pacasmayo, about three days’steaming from Callao, and hoping to find there some adherents or sympathisers, Pieroia sent the, captain of the ship, an Englishman named Haddock, on shore, under the presence of requesting permission to repair a broken , piece of machinery* The movements of this officer 'were so extraordinary, and the fact that ho was instantly interviewed by, a well known revolutionist from Cajamarca, the head quarters of sedition in the, north, caused the captain of the port to detain him*; after having discovered that the papers of tho Talisman were not in order. I In short, she had no'right to even lie pff the harborof .Facasmayo,wherQ.,only coasting vessels oro admitted, without first displaying a signal of distress. Nothing of-this was done. The chief authority of the port;. Captain Torres Ugarte, then vislted the Talisman, .followed by a launch load; of soldiers. :The-Talisman still had the-English Hag at her masthead. - No sooner had he reached her.deck ' ■

MADE PRISONER by the people oikboard, and the troops ip. the launch were ‘fired forced toretecatr.-Now com-, mences the story of. Ugarte.The captive says that as soon as he placed foot bh .the quarter-deck he was astonished, and nveh alarmed, at;the apparition ot ft. number of armed men, who, :prc?cmtimrpisfcola at bis head, threatened'his instant dcith'if the captain of the steamer, then detained oh shore, was not delivered over without delay. Fortunately for Ugarte, a tewm the more humane portion of the revolutionist interposed and prevented their comrades from murder. Ugarte, forced by the pressure of stances, wrote a note to the commander of the troops rstationed in the port-; a document couchecldn terms so evasive as to have reflected honor ; himself, suggesting that the relpasc be advisable. By this time the train from Sin PedrO,-. an-interior town, but a short -distance off, wherc..tiie . main body of the government troops were quartered, had arrived at the port, and the'reply of the Colonel • commanding, Santa Maria, was to the effect that liepreferred the presence of the hostage to the society of Ugarte. Profoundly disgusted at this unexpected, tdrn of events, the chief of the expeditionary party placed the second mate of the vessel in charge, ana STEAMED OUT OF.THE HARROR of Pacasmayo at the rate of eleven knots-per hour. _ Great anxiety was then manifested by Picrola and - , ins companions as to the condition of affairs in Peru ; the feeling of the country generally regarding the M : . ministration ; the military, force at the disposal of the President, and interrogatories of a similar nature were. made to Captain Ugarte. The answers evidently werenot'satisfactory, for a council of war was instantly 'held and the ship was headedsouthward... Ugarte says, that on board a good deal ot pretended exultation was displayed—uniforms, epaulets, grenadier boots and; high-sounding titles were the order of the day. Plenty of delicate food, abundance of fine wines and liquors, cigars -and cards helped to- alleviate the languor and monotony of the trip./,But the prisoner was simply a witness of thess delights. Before the ■open door of his cabin ari armed sentinel paced up and down. Down steamed the Tallsmaii to the south-ward,--passing-carefully the-greater ports, far out to sea, until, on the 30th of November, she was according to reckoning about sixty miles .off .the harbor of 110, ths coast terminus of, the Moquegua, Railway and within thirty miles of the - famous port of Moilendo. Hero ■ 1 1 THE FILIBUSTERING CRAFT was subjected to much annoyance ; Imr fires, were banked, and every steamer that passed within sight was looked upon as'an enemy.': alt peaceable passenger and cargo ships, desirous of giving a wide berth to hny-questionable vessel. After mticlf deliberation it'was dctcrmlned to effect a landing at Pacochas, a small town on the beach two or three miles .from Ho to the south, on the morning. Of the 2nd inst. The point was reached and about one-third of the cargo was disembarked, when the smoke from the WAR RAM HUASCAR was seen in the. oiling. Sduve qui peitt J was then the cry. A moment sufficed to disperse the few soldiers guarding the port, another was enough to enable the party to load a conplc of cars with their and ammunition, and, disabling the only remaining engine they could find, the road was, clear to Moquegua, a city forty miles in the interior, to winch point they proceeded -in the train without even going through the current custom of paying for their tickets, Ugarte was left on beard the Talisman with the boat's crew captured at the same Time he was made prisoner. THE BRITISH FLAG AND ENGLISH BAILORS. ’ ’ The Huascar steamed down upon her prize with her great guns loaded and pointed ; arriving at a reasonable distance from the Talisman, boarding parties 'were called away; and the smaller steamer soon flew the Peruvian colors over those of England, which she had systematically, carried. Although the conspirators had escaped, the Huascar found on the Talisman nearly two-thirds of her r-cargo; about thirty, British seamen,, who were j loud in their protestations of innocence and ignorance, and the unfortunate Captain Torres Ugarte, who'made any ijumber'of explanations and excul•pations. • ' ' ,

The Iluascar placed a prize crew on board, and sent the Talisman off to Callao, with instructions to commnnicate with the prefects of Arequipa and Tacna, at the ports of Mollendo and, Arica. , This was faiths fully performed, and those functionaries have assured the Government that their departments are to be depended upon. As [the Herald was informed in my. last dcpatch, of thcGth inst., the Talisman arrived at Callao on the evening of the-oth, and the next morning was honored by the President, together with the curious in great numbers, with a visit of inspection. . . s , . She is now ready for sea;’but as a prize court is busily engaged in determining whether .she is . the property of the nation or whether she belongs to tlui gallant captain .of. the Huascar, proportionately with his crew, her departure from Callao is a matter of conjecture.. . , r GUARDING AGAINST SUDDEN SURPRISE..^ As soon as the Talisman, bringing the intelligence of her own fate and that of the movements of Pierola, arrived in Callao late on the evening of, the sth.of this month. President’Pardo, with his customary activity,’lost no time in preparing his measures. At twelve o’clock meridian r tlie next day, the Pacific Steam Navigation Company’s vessel,- the Panama, left Callao Bay for the ports of Mollendo and 110 with the battalion Pichinta, 600 .men. rank and file, a detachment of flying artillery (pieces of four pounds weight projectile, made expressly for mountain and'mule-back travelling),' and 150 men from the regiment garisoning Callao, the Second de Mayo, commanded by Colonel William Z. Smith, an officer, English by descent, but Peruvian by birth, who has notably distinguished himself on many occasions. This detachment of men, numbering in all 050, will immediately proceed to give chase or battle, ; as the case may be, to the followers of Pierola, and we have news of the safe arrival of Colonel Smith with his troops at Mollendo, whence he will take passage to Arequipa to reinforce the small detachment under the orders of the Prefect, and of Colonel Ilivarola, senior officer of the battalion Pichinha, at the same port, where he only stopped for a few hours, his destination being 110, the Government having directed him to attack the expeditionary party and to cut off their retreat from the sea. THE PERUVIAN OFFICER'S REPORT. On Board Huascar, Pacocha, Nov, 2, 1874. Your Excellence, — At half-past eight a.m. to-day X captured the steamer Talisman in this bay, with the English flag flying, and a portion of her cargo of munitions of war. Pierola, Escobar, and the others have escaped Iby seizing the trains of the Moquegua line and carrying off all the engineers immediately they sighted the Husacar. They had succeeded in landing a portion of the cargo. I I have given Lieutenant Sanchez charge of the prize and she leaves to-day at eleven a.m. for Mollendo to communicate with the Prefect of Arequipa, and subsequently for Callao with this despatch. lam about to leave for the south to communicate with the Prefect of Moquegua.—Yours truly, ■ Miguel Grau. To his Excellency the Minister of Marine.