SAN SALVADOK. 



725 



of the first three of these exports, in 1869, 

 were respectively $2,447,550, $507,793, $250,- 

 232, and $40,000. 



The total imports of the republic, in 1870, 

 amounted to $2,551,560; and the exports to 

 $3,810,910. Those for the third quarter of 

 1872 were $613,828.45 and $544,916.89 respec- 

 tively. 



The movements at the port of Acajutla, dur- 

 ing the year ending September 30, 1870, were 

 as follows : 



ENTERED. 



Steamers, 25, with an aggregate of 29,507 tone. 

 Sailing-vessels, 14, with an aggregate of 4,288 tons. 



CLEARED. 



Steamers, 25, with an aggregate of 29,507 tons. 

 Sailing-vessels, 14, with an aggregate of 4,288 tons. 



The commerce at the ports of La Union and 

 La Libertad was nearly the same as at Aca- 

 jutla. 



The following is a statement of the revenue 

 and the expenditure in 1869 : 



REVENUE. 



Customs duties $461,395 



Internal taxes 143,310 



Monopolies 155,560 



Sundry receipts 70,106 



Total $830,371 



EXPENDITURES. 



Administration $158,457 



Army 228,066 



Public debt 68,151 



Sundry expenses 



Total... 



. . $802,802 



The public debt, in 1869, was (September 

 30th) $705,800 at 60 per cent. Annual amor- 

 tization, $24,557. Floating debt, $84,264. 



The railway from the capital to Acajutla is 

 progressing rapidly. M. Bueron, the contrac- 

 tor, reported to the Government, in February, 

 that the road had been graded for about one 

 mile in length, and 5 yards in width. Some 

 300 men were at work. 



Several deputies presented a proposal to re- 

 ward the services of Mr. Arbiza, the present 

 Minister of Foreign Affairs, with the sum of 

 $20,000. 



A treaty of friendship and alliance between 

 Guatemala and San Salvador was approved by 

 the Congress of the latter country. 



The republic, though at the time enjoying 

 complete tranquillity, was nevertheless in con- 

 tinual apprehension respecting the plans and 

 plots of the reactionary parties in the neigh- 

 boring states against all forms of liberal gov- 

 ernment. As a proof of this, one of the lead- 

 ing journals referred to the discourse of the 

 President of the Legislative Assembly of Hon- 

 duras, in which authority was offered to Presi- 

 dent Medina to declare war against San Salva- 

 dor, if the latter does not pay all the expenses 

 of the difficulties that took place the previous 

 year. 



"With respect to ex-President Duefias, it was 

 thought that he would be delivered over to the 

 civil and military tribunals for trial on all the 

 points on which he was accused. 



Early in July a conspiracy was formed 

 against the Governments of San Salvador and 

 Guatemala, but proved futile. The Govern- 

 ment of San Salvador was warned that on the 

 6th and 12th of July a revolution would break 

 out in the capital, in San Vicente, Cojutepe- 

 que, and Sensuntepeque, under the influence 

 of the reactionary party, among which the 

 most prominent personages were Archbishop 

 Pinol, the Jesuits, and a part of the San Salva- 

 dor clergy. These notices agreed with what 

 was rumored -in Nicaragua, as having been 

 spoken of by Pinol and the Jesuits there, and 

 had been communicated to the Government 

 of San Salvador. The conspiracy was believed 

 to have many ramifications in Guatemala, its 

 object being to overthrow the Governments 

 of both Guatemala and San Salvador, known 

 not to be friendly to retrograde measures. On 

 one of the days fixed for the attempt, the In- 

 dians of Cojutepeque made an unsuccessful 

 assault upon the garrison of that city. A large 

 force was sent thither by the Government. 



In view of these disturbances, the President 

 issued a decree prohibiting the publication of 

 newspapers, pamphlets, etc., until a copy 

 thereof should be presented to, and approved 

 by, the Government, and prescribing a fine of 

 $100 for the first instance of omission to com- 

 ply with that order, and suspension for the 

 second offence. 



Ex-President Duenas, imprisoned for politi- 

 cal offences, was released on bail ; but, on the 

 outbreak of the troubles above alluded to, was 

 again deprived of his liberty. Early in Au- 

 gust he was expelled the republic, together 

 with sixteen Capuchin friars, and proceeded 

 with them to Panama, where he embarked for 

 Europe. 



Bishop Ortiz Urruela was banished from the 

 republic, where he had been residing for a 

 time as a political refugee. 



In September President Gonzalez issued a 

 decree inviting the people of the republic to 

 name thirty-six representatives for the Na- 

 tional Constituent Convention. The elections 

 were to take place on the 8th, and the repre- 

 sentatives were to meet in the capital on the 

 25th. 



That decree was followed by another in re- 

 lation to the assassination of the Vice-Presi- 

 dent of the republic in the capital. The event 

 was declared to be a national calamity ; and it 

 was ordered that all the national functionaries 

 should wear mourning for nine days. The 

 assassination was believed to be an act of re- 

 venge by the reactionary party. . 



Amnesty was granted to all the Indians who 

 had taken part in the rebellion in the city of 

 Izalco, in August. 



The San Salvador minister to Italy sent $100 

 to the Government to be applied in aid of the 

 widows and orphans of soldiers killed in the 

 Honduras campaign. 



The Provisional President of Honduras com- 

 municated a vote of thanks to the allied forces 



