The New York Herald Newspaper, February 15, 1865, Page 8

THE PACIFIC. Arrival of the Steamship Ocean Queen. THE SPANISH-PERUVIAN DIFFICULTY. WHE QUESTION SETTLED. PERU PAYS ALL THE EXPENSES. ‘Wews from Chile and the Repub- lies of Central America. AFFAIRS IN PANAMA, By the arrival at this port yesterday of the steamship @ecan Queen, Captain Seabury, from Aspinwall on the @tb instant, we bave late and interesting inteMigence from he Pacide, which will be found in the letter of our Pa- aama correspondent, The following is the specie jist of the Osean Queen :— Pe, Rene Eu 7000 Wolls, Fargo & Co... amisse Our Panama Correspondence. Paxama, Feb. 6, 1865. SOUTH AMERICA. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamship Peru did not arrive at her anchorage in this harbor untj! Ante last evening, and her mails were not landed until one A&M. to-day, giving but little time to compile the news, Yam indebted to Purser Naim for late papera. ‘The United States ship Cyane, Lieutenant Commander ‘eanel, was at Valparaiso when the Peru sailed. Licut. @ommandér Law, United States Navy, late commanding the United States ship Cyane, was among the passengers ey the Peru en route for the United States. ‘The United States ship Lancaster remained in Callao Jean discover but little of interest from this republic, The Mercurio det Vapor, in ite seview of the fortnight, We have no event of importance to record since The sailing of the last steamer. ‘haracterizing the transition to the New Year begins an terval of repose, in which every one soeks to fly from erdinary cares and court restovative rest. But, notwith- @anding the inactivity of public affairs generally, some ‘evement has been noted in official regions—a movo- peut which has been expressed in judicious measures if Qet dy pruct cally realized results. ‘It has been decided to removo the seat of government ef the republic from Santiago to Valparaiso, the removal being induced by considerstions of public interest, ‘The recent discovery of a quicksilver mine in t! @treets of Valparaiso, and within a hundred yards of tio (principal landing piace, has maintained a spirit of san- gaine expectancy among various speculators; and ‘@ithough the first prospects have somewhat decreased, @till there are hopes that the discovery may prove of ‘walue, The government has ordered Mr. Larrooque, (prefessor of mineralogy in the National Institate, to ex- @mine and report upon the discovery, and the result of his investigations is anxiously looked for. 4 well known contractor has undertaken the opening ‘@€ communication between Chile and the Argentine Mepubic through the Andes. He engages himself to com- Plote the road, the breadth to be five metres, in three years. The Argentine Republic, on its part, has accepted @e proposed basis, and granted the privileges required, ‘with the exception of one small restriction of no imper- ance to the result. Regarding internal enterprise and financial affairs I Give you the following from the Mercurio:— Jongation of the Bouthern Railway from San may bo regard The of State, in its session of the lth of the current presented by Mr. Garland fr. Meiggs, and decided to accept the pro; the former gentleman as the more advantageous for government. ‘The Bank of Valparaiso has just published its balance @heet for the last half of the past year. ral the profit and loss account of the transactions to be a net prefit of have been no losses, and as the valuation of the ‘ggseta from bankruptcy, commissions, &c., has been fixed @ a low rate there de) The account of overdue hills is rather higher than on occasions, owing to the backwardness of a house dation; but, as the bank is amply guaranteed, this does verests. ‘The directors being convinced of the absonee of risk in credits, the profit will be distributed as After the activity figures ea: q@rensing prosperity of this establishment. ‘The market of Valparaiso for the products of Chile had qhown but little activity during the fortnight, and prices Yadicated a downward tendency. ‘enrival of the last steamer, several lots were disposed of; ene of 4,000 quintals at $17, put on board, and others of 2,000 and 2,000 quintals at the same price, also put (m board. The arrival and departure of American ‘vessels during the fortnight was much larger than usual. In copper, before the The sum and substance of the news {from Poru is at the difficulty between that repubiic and Spain has Serminated without war, but if im an honorable manner te Peru I must leave others to judge. about as follows;—Peru agrees ie claima of | Spain, and, in addition, the of Pinzon and Peruvian forts were to exchange salutes after the packet sailed, Peru to fire the first after which it was to be gun f course, a big frolic in Lima wil half the amount, Is endugh to dimrust hed better disband her army, fron-clads and other vessels-of-war, aod tura If Pareja has as easy a time with the Chflenos that people, how. on the coast may If our war on the th of April last as far advanced towards a satisfactory termins- Spanish ou would never have yet to make her ‘may soon ‘retura as it is now, this liinin YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1865. NEW ANAMA. ‘Thas which bas caused the exettement tn the ey of Pavamea since hore was the launch of the Panama Railrvad 6 Dew steamboat Ranama, ag fi ft bee THs Eeeze ibe egetes : 3 E Hi | e & rooted and exterminated, leaving the Isthmus aD der the control of the se eet ited Staten of North ica. Portobello ta, is as much lost as I would be is if suddenly landed ‘contre of the desert Let any ope examine ais locality, this city of ‘all giving evidences wealth and ity, and then consider what a thing it would be if Panama should become “North American- Fn cpa of Srornlen passes to jenae, impens fore rough wi passes Pnane Haiond, and tink what atrfblethig Ie would rough North American energy justry, any portion of it should be reclaimed and brought under cultivation; let him walk from the railroad stacion walls, instead of intoa sink or sinks provided for the purpose, and imagine what an affliction it would be for the city if the houses of Panama were provided with conveniences that Gi Bens in the United States has attached to it It been my fortune to have travelled over much of this globe; but never have I seen the spot, until reaching Panama, where nature has done everything and the ecckene nothing to render the place endurable to others than those who know no other lo- cality. Sefior Calancha is one of the latter class, Hence ‘we must make every allowance for one whose ignorance of the rest of the world, except from hearsay, leads him to suppose that Panama and its vicinity 1s everthing it should be. What would Panama be were it not for the North American euergy and ppemaoeecenee that planned and carried to cemp| the a Railroad? Why, the owls and the bats would have sole possession, and streets would be as the forests are, impassable from the growth of young timber that would require wore than a machete (large knife used by the natives) to remove. It would be a great calamity for mankind if the native ele- ment here were removed, and North American influence [pyapetoriore= What I mean by the native element the crowd of idle vagabonds that worthless, vi {athe clog upon the improvement of Pauams and its cay in and whas 9 +3 cid be made “pat they, Magen what it coi s are power- Jeas in the hands of the mob, Inave to look ca and witness their best interests without the means to prevent it. These understand what North American influence.would dv for them and their country, ‘and would welcome it under certain very proper restrie- tions; but they have gcarcely.a voice in the matter, 60 letely does the ultra liberal party coutrol every- thing. It will bea sorry day for Panama when this rail- road pases into other hands than those that now control its management; but you cannot make those believe it ‘who hope at some very distant day to fatten off the spoils if the government see fit to retain the ownership. Ican- not foresee what the result will be of this winter's session of the Congress of Colombia as regards the railroad; the company may secure an extension, but many dot are expressed here, on account of the exceeding- b Tr influence that will be brought to bear aguinst e Failroad j..j. lewever, eleven years murt pass and then tive millionsef doliars im geld be paid be- fore there will be a change of owners; and, as we all know, very mt (eovlirapoaersdnonerma pare y boston: 4 close with these very uncertain ents, As hy, it will not be out of place, in connection with what I Late above written, to say that I have at thie dows Cott oui the steneh, ootasioned by” emptying lows to shut out jon emptying filth over the city wall in front of the house; and there 4s no power to prevent jt. Sefior Calancha, who is my op neighbor, must have it alao; but’ as it is part of the ‘native eloment,’’ he will not consent to have the nuisance removed, for it might lose him avote. Pana- ma was well named when termed ‘The City of Stinks,” aa I know from experience. ‘We have an Important document from Bogota on the oul ofthe passage of troops across this transit. You will recollect in a former letter I gave you an account of the trouble in regard to the of French seamen from Aspinwall to Panama. Well, the matter has been brought to the attention of the French Minister and he demands the same privilege as the most favored nations, meaning, of course, the United States. The result is an order prohibiting the passage of ali armed or un- armed, @ translation of which, from the Star and Herald of the 4th tnst., I here give you:— To te Pxusipant or run Stats or Ps — “a nove bus been received. at Whit oiflee from the French Minister, calling the attention of the Executive to your order of the 284 of Oo st, prohibiting the transit across the Tathmus of the marines, who came to replace the tn- valids and discharged men belonging to the frigate Pallas, at the same time offering no chatacle t United Uiates troops ox thetr way to Califo The Minister complains of such preference, and asks that the necessary orders shall be given to avoid thisin future. The Bxecutive accordingly deems ft necessary to exprens to Zot that the prohibition of allowing foreign iro cross ¢ Isthmus sball be absolute; consequenity no distincten ter is vettied by a epecial convention, which has been pro- Poned to thas Chest; bot im the meaitima, the rule ‘ought to yer in order that you may proceed with more certainty in ‘any event, it seems (o me desir dle fer you to know that the Executive ts of opinion shat all must be ‘considered as troops who are organized according and subject to military laws, aven If they ure net positively armed. RO VALENZUELA, Bogota, Dev. 10, 1864. What will Unclé'Sam say to thie? W lI he submit to sueh treatment, when at any time, und: treaty, he is Mable to be called upon to meleiain ‘ ‘th integrity of ti tranait ? Are we to give eve: be allowed nothing for our services? Under ti: ler Do reinforcement or Felief can crows from ocean i) ocean, and troops or seamen to and from San Francisco uinst go via Cape Horn, as in times of old. Major General D. F. Sickles is still with us, and I have no information whatever as to his movements for the futuce, It will be as well to state, however, in language euch as is generally, used im market reports, that since his arrival there has beén a ‘marked increase of activi ty” with some of our United beyerendl rAbebe ge officials hereabouts, who imagine that the eral may not be alone travelling for health. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The Panama Railroad Saeer’s steamship Pavkers Captain Rathbun, from New York via Rio Janeiro and ee eeeceee ele damn res tesaugtn ote metior sevent or eight stoam- a edge ply ted ‘when we consider that podbe Ae ok the old ‘Parker Vein’ built to carry coal between Baltimore and New York. wit pos one pn ae more coal te drive her ‘The Park spoke in the rae ‘ee Magellan th e pe woop-of-war Narragansett, Comman- def Woodworth, bound to New York, and supplied her with cgal; and als spoke pihooner Petrel, New v Theseus from New York om the’ low on e 234 ult. strived at Amiel a6 FM. he Ta Toa her om- and mails Crossed the next sloop-of-war fired o national salute, and Tatoateee Our Lima Correspondence. Law, Jun. 28, 1068, Setloment of the Peruvian Dificulty—The Position of Spain and Peru, ae. The capital of the country and a principal port have experienced jn past days an unumal degreo of oxcite- ment and agitatian in consequemce of the apparition en the morning of the 95th, in the hay of Callao, of the Spanish Aémjral, with his sguadren of four large Srigates and dne small steamer, axl who breught up at anchor within a mite of the batderies, though up to the presemt moment they are si{ll under steam, as woll as the Peru- ‘view @hipe-of-war, which remain at anchor inside. " ly, however, probably fer all cox the Admiral comes net with tre deve tonne ste Gilation, but reasserta the preposterous demands of Spain, im the shape of an witimatam, which he sent on board the Peruvian flagship two hours after his arrival. It appear by the return of the government steamer early nm the morning of the same day, with General Vivanco om board, that, after baving been received {0 Zeeen's dodeaaion of the Teh of Peru ball planations made by May, to wit:— vO a count the ex- Spain with regard to this title being Lo prvy=} multions of dollars indempity for ‘A simultaneous salute of both flags. THOMAS. My, J. J. Dawson's Despatch. Camo, IL, Feb. ®, 18665, sus COURT MARTIAL ageemble to-day in General Paine’s case is Major Generals Heintzelman and Hunter are Jhawe waiting the arrival of General Carrington’s'sucees- having beea relieved from that ‘@aty—and, until bis arrival, it is not known whether it ss here or at Paducah. Colonel Dunn acts as judge ‘fadvecate. One of the charges preferred against General Paine is for allowing guerillas to be shot without proper military trial while commanding the Western district of Kentucky, which district, since his removal, has been in- feated with guerillas, more leniency being shown them ‘endep General Meredith, who relieved General Paine. COLONEL CROGSLAND’S BRIGADE OF REBEL CAVALAY ts mationed along the Tennessee line, watching events in that district and conscripting. On Tuesday Crossland in Graves and Ballard every man he comes eir homes, and much already been experienced, Last night a Ballard men came in on foot, having forced-to leave without money and almost without Crogaland had succeeded in con- ns, and swears he will have ithin a week. He takes all the he comes across. mbus was thrown into THE DANO-REBEL RAM SPHYNX. Full Description of the Formidable Rebe Iron-Clads, the Sphynx and Cheops. Outline of One of the New Rebel Iron-Clads Reported on Their Way to America. THEIR SUPERIOR SEAGOING QUALITIE? Their Armor’Believed to be Unable t« Resist the Fifteen-Inch Guns of Our Monitors. Their Ordnance Not of thw Heaviest Character, We published several days ago the startling announer ment that the rebel iron clad rams Sphynx and Cheopt- were on their way across the Atlantic, destined, according. to the best information, for New York city, and im yee terday’s Heap we gave a corroboration of the atory by our Paris correspondent, We have received ana now publish further details in regard to the character of these formidable vessels, and give in this connection an am rate outline of one of them. The accompanying cies cription, by a gentleman who visited the rams while they. were being constructed, will be found very interesting. ‘Mr. Arman, of Bordeaux, France, is the constractey ot the two iron-clad rams. When our informamt.saw thot ‘ene was on the stocks, and the other, the Sphyux, was launched. She is a full rigged brig, with very large ‘wooden spars, not at all adapted te her purpose as e vessel-of-war, but of the greatest value in enabling lie to croas the Atlantic. ‘The ram of the Sphynx is of great length, sbows thirty five feet, and is a prolongation of her keels it/te heb low, heavily plated, and its end consists of a posideron forging of excellent workmanship. pierce the side of an armored adversary beneath %t» plating. Its hollowness will give it buoyancy, and & riges with a gradual curve, until it is lost in the forwart tarret, which forms the bow of the ship above wai, @ moveable Qowsprit being rigged out from the tap guddenly made his eounti gad io coneering qothing. Yesterday scripting about forty citive them with his bes, pv money, clothing and hi ‘coLUM On Tuesday last Colu Botonel Hicks hed his tates ), to ix miles of theircamp. Upon arrival they were fired into by the rebel pickets; but they soon fled in con- fasion. followed them to asmall fort, where they taken refuge. Upon our forces com! Tom illag wo ion aad capturing one captain, one jm, wo men Ing one or ant, twe and n rebels thirteen then made good th { colored troops charg: sergeant, twolxe It is intended: 1 useless to follow with infantry. Maj urned at seven o’closk next morning, with twe slightly wounded, SHENANDOAH. Mr. Charles H. Farrell’s Despatch. ‘Wivenserar, Va., Feb. 11, 1865. LARGE NUMBER OF DESERTIONS FROM THE REBEL ARMY IV matum was, however, reconsidered on the night of the ‘25th, and at two o’clock in the morning, after a long and stormy debate, the law of the 9th of September, which prohibited the government from treating with the Bpan- fards previous to the disoccupation ef the islands, was virtually abrogated, and power given tothe Executive, by sixty-seven votes to fifty-seven, to treat with the Spanish Admiral, on condition of upholding the honor of the flag and submitting the result to the approbation of the Con- gress. General Vivanco was, therefore, again sent on board the Spanish flagship, with instructions from the government to reopen the negotiations; although the result is not yet known, it iscertain thatthe terms of the ultimatum expired without any outbreak of hostilities, and hopes are entertained that some reasona- ble arrangement will be entered into, and thus prevent a im South America, the end of which it is dificult to foresee. In the meantime the rienced a complete exodus of families, who ima, and people have been get- ready their valuables to send y ntly agree in refusing the in, and are willing, it would sovereignty. It is to be hoped, however, that some of the prom! ef the new government be fulfilled, and that in cul- neither country may ‘This turret has three ports, one directly ahead, thin other two on ite sides; in these ports are pivot plates, ‘and on its afterpart is a large door, cut down to the desk. ‘The turrets are of oak, about two feet thick, and wil have four and three-eighths inch solid plating, Th¢- plating on the bull is about four inches thick. Unies the wooden deck is a thin plating, not more than thres- eighths of an inch thick. ‘The after turret is about thirty feet from the stern, end ig much like the forward one, but has two ports om esab tide, and a door both forward and aft. Between the tu» eta and abaft them are large pivot porte in the bulwark, @10a6d with iron shutters; but the after turret eapnet fiyo directly astern, as there is a small poop. cabin about sist ey | can they hope to make a oor now coveting their nati is retained, rel ¢ Peruvian and Spanish abips-of-' sent inthe the bay the frigate Lancaster, and corvette f ‘Nothing new in commercial rary cal affairs, which jury. ae HA ‘alteration in the exchange. News: i Accor ‘The Spanish Peruvian question seems to ing ite solution. The events that have take the past few days have brought matters to conditi which a solution of some sort must neceasaril; It was genorally believed here that etal Parga woud produce saatatactory result wot luce a satisfact resi rasteried thal the conditions had already . The Bolivian Min- Deserters from General Early’s rebel army in the val- Jey continue to come within our lines almost daily, ex- pressing their entire disgust with mattersin the army and the confederacy generally, expressing a desire toreturn to thetr fealty to the Union, take the oath of allegiance, and again become good, loyal and ind represent the braggadocio of the tion as entirely fictitious, comparing it to the boy whis- to keep up his courage. This dissatisfaction is fast and it only requires prompt, nts of the Union armies to arising from the above mentioned politi- may yet be ¢leared up without further ous citizens. They 1 press on the situa- ‘uing spreading in tho rebel arm: active and determined mov: give the quietus to the bogus confederacy. The rebel army in the valley is scattered at various points in the upper valley, at a distance and at such ink seoure against any force General eridan might send against them during the winter sca- son. It is said that upwards have left the rebel army within th fied to the woods and mount < ‘The Sphynx has two screws, and, as it were, two stezat). for abaft the mainmast are two keels and two separ stern posts, with a wide space between. There ip arud) der on each stern post, but our informant eould net lesra the arrangement for steering. The double sarew wilh give great facility in turning, and the double sters wit increase the stability. This double stern is net pesespt Die above water, and would not be suspected: It exivtt also in the sister ship, which was stil! om the stoci, when our informant examined the Sphynx. ‘The engimes are said to be of three hundred and &ky the negotiations en- therefore, the government, in 9 of four hundred deserte! ight marches, into our re entered upon with Admiral hoes 1 and that should at once EP eR o e The armor of these vessels could mot resist the erudi- tng effect of the fifteen-inch guns with which our‘ fron-clads are armed, nor is it believed, from the'stae the pivot plates in their porta, that they were imtemdot to carry the heaviest ordnance. ‘The spars of the Sphynx are of wood, and not of ine, while those of the wooden vessels at St. Nasaire, befle under the same auspices, are of iron, offering a mash smaller target for an enemy's shot, For a trans-Atlam't> ff : rial of Bernard Fricry for the Alleged Murder of Harry Lazarus—A Jury Ob- tained and Sworn—The Case for the Pro- seoution te be Opened To-Day, dée., dic. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS, Before Recorder Hoffman. 4 i cee fas ‘The trial of Bernard Friery, indicted for killing Harry Lazarus on the 3d of January, in Houston street, was ne- sumed yesterday morning. Over five hundred jurors were called, and about one hundred and fifty swern and examined before the requisite number was selected. At i git. 5B i £ iH three make the islands too hot for to keep such «force there as mhile to do, .4¢t may be mene elena wh Pe Spain know more of the pared to her own, sho would, show a little more & r HE E E i E | a if [ f z i ifteen and a half millions there are only thirty-four thousand two foreigners; and the annual increase o! Jess than one-half per cent. In 11 jon of her colonies, she plater, Seventh ward. Fifteenth machines, Twelfth ward. Chasies F. benipman dnye poe ye pe bnwies 8 cou! ent wenty peremptory exhausted before a § i Mr. Bedford will open the case for the prosecution this ‘adjourned to meet at eleven o'clock. f ; im Peru, one to forty-' bec poptlation oan eel Feeney aie etn for bull Sg y in 1860 the ox; of Spain Imillions of dollars, while eight times inferior, exports one-half when the republics were colonies, sixty-nine millions; bat in 1860 it bad increased hundred and aixty-nine millions. The in 1860 was almost im the samre year. The ni and retired list of Spain I : E E tt f wee es Police Intellig: ce. A GANG OF YOUNG BURGLARS BROKEN UP—SEVE- BAL OF THEM ABRESTED—AN ALLEGED BSCEIVER IM CUSTODY, EEC., ETO. During the last three months a namber of very myste- rious burglaries have been committed on foundries, iron shops and dwelting houses in the Eleventh precinet, and for a time the police were completely baffied im their ef- forts to arrest the offenders. A few nights ago the cop- bi i ie Li i i of u tH i j i Hes is ii < s & Be | 2 PEE eeseesesee i & & z g ry 4 Z seeseuessessssssshssssse i iii i Ej SESSSEESEEE 1 F LE if f & & On the 21st the treaties’of i H commerce and al! twoen the ministers of time the treaty of alliance and union American republics was approved of by ET ORS meeting of the shareholders of the directors declared a dividend of tw per cent, besides six per cent of Vali produced in six months Ofty, or seven per cent outside of reserve The ex of saltpetre in tho aiaue, were 1,004,160 quintais of 100 honor. While we write, the General Vivanco to co! of the Villa de Madrid. Whatever events the responsibility can in no manner be laid that country has at all times manifested a sincere Fg it again instructed with Admiral Pareja on board ( = e E 3 ig E z 3 2 Ee 5 3 sh a to arrange the pending differences resolution or measure Pang EE ire a) may iP ri & 4 = ‘adopted in matters of = “ Se GCC neaaae BEYSSSESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSESESS E yee BF H & La F 3 arising out of her the was busy with ig and the ten year consus of her jon; a telegraph to the inkans nual subsidy of five thousand every resistance to thy with Peru; nevertheless, ration i ics represented in the veel 3 5 g werious ep! Chi. Valparaiso had entered in 1864, in ali, 1,076 shi had exported 6,607,000 kilogi wheat, ° in Ag ‘The port of in the Republic of Uruguay, had been bom- destroyed by the revolut ¢ barracks had bean de wo companties - 1¢ steamer Cleda, be- port about one bi she struck one rock while E In Buenos Ayres one of lery sol who A LIGHT FINGERED OPERATOR IN THE MUSEUM. Charles Hampe, residing,at 695 Ninth avenue, was in Barnum's Museum on Monday evening, and while view- fing the curiosities felt some one tugging at his vest BRADY'S PEOPLES’ NO" LaTTaE PRIOR TWENTY-FIVE CENTS EACH. ob i eet iii north of Callao. It ‘eover,” in cee te county. TWENTY-FOUR KINDS NOW BRADY. JA0K NIZEEN; crime, whether tical oF aera Bolra tereteueniogt’ ate had his own nranoee gue Being.number twenty-four of the series, ta laswed thie Gaga. h threwn out charactér ot PRICE TWENTY-FIVE CERTS. £ —s and by Generals nerale Flor and via, sutaining @rament of General Aché, in the southern Poteai and Tarija; and now that revolutions Lo hen donrge end, on sooount managed by discontented