Mr. Hovey to Mr. Seward
No. 90.]
Legation of the United States, Lima,
Peru,
September 22, 1867.
Sir: On the 11th of this month a portion of the people of the city of Are-quipa endeavored to destroy the platform from which the new constitution of Peru was to have been read.
From this a serious riot occurred, in which the government troops were entirely victorious, and succeeded in re-establishing the public order.
About two hundred persons were killed and wounded in the affair.
I have the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient servant,
ALVIN P. HOVEY.
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.