No. 45.
Mr. Reynolds to Mr. Fish.
La Paz, Bolivia, January 14, 1875. (Received Feb. 17.)
Sir: Nothing of special interest has transpired since my dispatch of the 6th instant (No. 30) in the matter of the attempted revolution in Bolivia, except that General Quentin Quevedo left this city on Sunday, the 10th instant, with about seven hundred and fifty troops, with the avowed purpose of meeting the government troops under the command of General Daza.
It is reported that a battle is expected to-day.
It is further reported that the President and his ministers are with General Daza and the army. The troops under General Q. Quevedo left the city after the “solemn mass” was attended in the open plaza, which was participated in by at least fifteen hundred persons.
A general feeling of relief is expressed in the fact that no battle is to be fought in the city, yet I fear this hope is hot well founded, for should General Quevedo be defeated “in the Altos,” he will, doubtless, fall back to make a last defense by barricading the city. The leaders of attempted revolution in Peru have just arrived in this city, (General Pierola,) having fled from Peru.
Yours, &c.,