The New York Herald Newspaper, May 2, 1866, Page 3

> VALPARAISO. The Atroclous Orders of the Spanish Goverament Carried Out. General Kilpatrick and Commodore Rodgers Protest in Vain. + \Prench and English Ministers “Decline to Interfere, All the Foreign Residents Ap- Pealing to the American _ Agents for Protection, ‘she Defenceless City Under Fire for Three Hours. Churches, Hospitals, Custom Houses and Palaces Fired and Destroyed. 2 % - THE CITY SET ON FIRE. , } WOMEN AND CHILDREN KILLED. nes Great Destruction of Private Pro- porty of American, French and Boglish Residents. 1083 TWENTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS - The Spanish Admiral Threatens to Bombard Other Ports. (himeog + E.WPotails of the Affair by Our Special vor- * spospondent in the Bombarded City, &o, &e, ~ &e, —_— Ws wicamship Costa Riea, Captain Bradbury, arrived ME this port yesterday, from Aspinwall on the 28d ult., Bringing intelligence of the bombardment of Valparaiso . ¥7 the Spanish fleet, ‘We are indebted to the purser for forwarding oar cor- Sespondenve and files of Valparaiso papers, The Wolls, Fargo: a Co., $93,457 AE &C. i} Tilton, 25,500 500,000 : eity & Go. 96,300 900 p any 31,782 480 SD icads cs ceed eee seereweeeeey 6 -$1j818,970 x aad Valparaiso Correspondence, - Vatranuso, April 3, 1866. PREPATORY. ‘TWe ropented ouirages of the Spaniards on the west @oact of South, America have culminated in the bom- © Rardment of Valparaiso and the wanton desiructicn of ‘fe and neutral property, Admiral Nuviez has persisted fm the perpetration of this act against the protest of the Soreign diplomatic and consular represeniatives in Chile; and wot content with this indefensible deed, he threatens Me treat in a similar manner all other ports on the Chilean @oast against which he may flod it convenient to array Bue fleet. Before attempting a description of the bom- Bardment it is proper to give an outline of the events mamediately preceding it, and some index of the motives @f Spain in prosecuting the South American war. RESUME OV PREVIOUS OPERATIONS. ‘When the last mail steamer left this port, on the 17th @ March, everything relating to the further prorecution @f the war was ina state of unceriainty. The tone of ‘the Madrid newspapers received by the steamer of the indicated that the Spanieh government was revolved ! devastating this coast, and it was generally be* _Spticipated an carly announcement of a e ‘The refusal of the British Minister @nd Admiral Denman, commending the Britirh squad- interfere for the protection of the property subjects here, and the apparent prepa- ir fleet for Jeaving Valparaiso, in- the apprehensions, It was univer ally that Adniiral Dennen expected a bomusriment, be tptended to leave for the purpose of avo the embarrassing questions which would arise should , he Spaniorts give notice of an intention to destroy this , Whose commerce and property belonged prine pally te Mnglishmen, Avior » day or two, however, it was that the Knglivh frigate whieb left on the ‘27th hed only gone to convoy the mall steamer, and pre ‘vent the Chilenos and Peruvians at inieruediate ports Doarding'the tatter and verzing he “panish b sror of Gaepatetres, who by am agreement betwern the Chien ahd the Speniards wae permitted to travel s Ha $ (Be reid sieamor, The other vewels of the Fnglieh Set vemsinet =f the harbor, and with the @murapee Liat they iid not contemplate an Gatty depertire =the inhabitants have gradually MBit into the belief Phat their apprenensions were jot, if Admiral Nnfiez did rosolve upon atiack Ghe city, that there was #till ® probability thut the squadron would be prevent to interfere, The ited Stator squadron would prevent a bom- Pardinetet wore also til! entertained by the masses, and ‘dhe Chil. Ynos accopted the piehsing faith that the Spaniard mest ove withdraw from bis position. The entire inh let remained at anchor in the herbor; trade (Between all she other poris of Chile continued uninter j the Nilied fleet was undisturbed in ite snag baven at Chi104, am, with the exception of the dulnces of bus- in Valpay ¥ieo, there wothing to indi a state wer. AMERICAN PINAR AND ADMIRAL 48 PRAcHLAK ERS On the 16th Le Chilean government iseued an order ony ¥ which communicated with. the Root from’ entering a port of Chile; but there ho efforts made We fortify any town on the const, t any other prepa Pthous commenced for resisting the iy. During thie the American Miwister, Gene Kiigawick, and Co Rodgers, commanding squadron in the abee yee of Admiral Pearvon at Sen were ovcupied |'y ant endeavor to bring about Detweem the tw be!Ngereute for an amicable the diffcwlties Various plans were mg to the Obiean govefum ent aie! to Admiral Naher ‘4 settlement, Mone of which rere sucepted by either NEW YORK -HBRALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1866—TRIPLE SPzgy or later bombard the defenceless city; and conscious of the terrible consequences which’ would resul}, to human jife as well as to A ’ frow enh an act of barbartem, ne aii Tinted on the 19th, and proposed to the Chilean government that the two belligerents fire a mutual salute and once rt agtempt to settle the matter in @ fnendly way, is wide rejected by Mr. Covarubias, the Minister of Foreign Affaire; and on the 20th Genoral Kilpatrick and the Commodore returned to Val, tg learn if poeei- ble the ultimatum of the Spanish Admiral, “ INACTION OP THR OTHER AUTUORITIRG. During al) this time, it must be remembered, there was no communication whatever between the Chilean government and the Spaniards, latter were an- chered in the harbor, 4nd ap announgement of a bom- bardmep} was daily dkpoc by the officers of tho other voreele-of-wit, Tho diplomatic corps was doing nothing, Millions of foreign property was ex- posed to destruction, and certain death from starvation awaited hundreds of the inbabitants of Valparaiso among the barren mountains of the const range, to which they would be driven by an attack upon the city, There is no vegetation within Wfty miles of Valparaiso, except the stunted thorn bushes and cacta on the hills and that of the little gardens of the peons scattered through the gorges, All supplies are brought from the interior by rail, and there seemed no means of affording relief to the thousands of wanderers who would be forced into the desert, The lives and property of a ‘hundred thousand people were involved, and our Minie- ter, feeling that he would be false to every principle of civilization if he silently permitted a bombardment,’ de- termined to make an effort to avert the threatened calamity, ANOTHER. PEACE MISHION, On the 2ist the General and Commodore yieited the Numancia, Admiral Nuiiez’s flagship, They wero re- ceived in the moat frieudly manner, and with difficulty prevailed npon the Admiral to dispense with the salute, After a brief but agreeable interview shey returned to the Vanderbilt, Admiral Nufies having consented to meet them on the latter vessel on Friday, the 234, for the purpose of discussing the questions between Spain and Ohile, | ROWRARDMENT OF YALPARAISS, oe Map of the City and Bay, Showing the Position of the Fleet and Location of Public Buildings, Forts, &c. is eons? BLO} Gt Lay he nar. NV ALEARAVSY COREIGN VESSELS RICAN SQUADRON » ‘Sa ¥ ADMIRAL NONR2’S TERME OP PEACE, Tn accordance with that agreement the Admiral came ‘on board the Vanderbilt in the afternoon, and, after dinner, preceeded to discuss the situation, He seemed to be frank in his expressions of personal aversion to a further prosecution of the war, and of a desire to nego- tiate for peace; but sid that bis instructions from Madrid left him no choice, He showed his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Spain, with power to treat for peace; but the terms upon which peaee must be made were dictated by hie govern. ment, These terms were in substance as follows :— First—The hilean governinent to pass a note to Ad- miral Nuiiez, stating that Chile had no intention or wish to insult Spain in the actions complained of, and that the treaty between Chile and Spain had not been broken, but only interrupted, by the declaration of war. Chile should also deliver up the Covadonga, her arma- ment, crew and officers, situation; patsing where others of their size had nover passed, up to ihe extreme point of nautical temertity, to place themselyes in the view of thelr encmios who, situated in iat sey well chosen ,and with obstacles which prevented tonebing them, only received such injury ‘as, although considerable, could be caused by a tire at long range. But yet these difficulties, or yet to speak better, these continued dangers of the locality, nor the may be said dai ered cars two half-barrels filled with earth, and containing email! orange trees common to this country, ALL READY IN THB MARBOR. Everything seemed perfectly quiet in the harbor, The American squadron lay close in near the city;and be- yond were the English frigates and the Spanish fleet. i = hich it Sena tr i Spin oul ga tte to | Admire Daman hg gen Commo: Ree tow | Yr Henan gs gh oy Oh Chile that she did not desire to bumiliate Chile or to | 4¢Fstand that he should not permit a bombardment, wont in search ofthe enemy, who, not thinking bimcelf Commodore, in order to be ready for an emergency, had left directions for the vessels to be put in fighting trim. All had steam up, both hatches put on, and the guns ready. The Tuscarora bad her chains stretched along | ber sides to protect her boilers, a la mode de Kearsarge, sufficiently safe In the position he had occupied, had sought salvation In the numerous and ‘ow sinnosities, which formed not only an finpassible bulwark for h who hid behind them, but also rendered if impossil! attack bim with the class of vessele composing the Spanish sqnadron in these seas, seize apy of her territory, but that she had great respect for the independence of the Sonth American repubhes She would also give up in exchange for the Covadonga and the Spanish’ prisoners all the prizes (twelve in num- ber) captured in the Chilean waters, together with att # Conseqent impossibility of getting within gun Chilean prisoners, . and had the necessity arisen our squadron could have | or Or agols guich shelter tvernselvos behind the | vable barri. of locality, and the peretetence of slipped its cables and gone into action in five minutes, ARRIVAL OF ORDERS 10 ADMIRAL NUxez. ‘Thus matters stood on the night of the 26th. Next morning @ telegraphic despatch was received from Co- quimbo announcing the arrival at that port of the Eng- lish mail steamer from Panama, and stating that che brought orders for the Spanish Admiral to raiso the blockade, and confine his operations to maritime war. fare, This telegram was posted in the Exchange, and somewhat relieved the apprehensions of a bowbardwent, many construing the orders, if such were on the stenmer, into direction for Admiral Nufiez to leave this port, and to look after the allied fleet only. Indeed many diecontinued the removal of goods, a firm in San- tago telegraphing to their house here not to ship any more merchandise, a6 this city would certainly .be spared. At seven o'clock on the morning of the 27th General Kilpatrick, accompanied by Mr. Rand, visited the Numancia and informed Admiral Nuflez that the Chilean government had declined to aecept the terms mentioned by him as the basis of peace. Lhird—A reeiprocal ealute of twenty-one guna to be fixed, Chile firing the first gun from one of her fort. resset, and some vessel of the Spanish fleet replying gun for gun. After these preliminaries Admiral _Nufiez would proceed to Santiago, in the capacity of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, for the pur- pose of consummating the new treaty of peace, NOTICH OF THE LXTENTION TO BOMBARD GIVEN, After making these propositions known to General Kilpatrick and Commodore Rogers, Admiral Nuiiez stated that he would wait for a reply from the Chilean govern- ment until eight o'clock on the morning of the 27th, at which time, if there was no answer, he should commence more stringent measures, He algo took occasion to impress upon the Minister and Com- modore that this ultimatum announced\to them Toust not be considered as° an official communication from him to the Chilean government, but only as in{ot- mation to be transmitted yerbally, for the purpose of ascertaining if such terme would be accepted by Chile if they shomd be propowed in his capacity as Minister Plemi- in refuking the @mends justly deraanded of her, impor edt ‘pon Spain thepainfol but unavoldable duty her to feel all tho weight of rigor to which exposes ich absolutely refuses 1 5 duties imposed upon the clyitized wnauity of the universe; and tn this view and for wons of war the cannon of tho: igh squadron will bombard the city oft Valpuraiso and any other which they think an act of Le oe which, altho: terrible, tized by the fi table reasonsgalready uu imacy which will place upon the yovorn the repablic ab paponetetiy of the danas ; may. be J to neutral interosts, for the placing o whieh in thi Irmfety fons days are granted, ot the expiration hich the said bombardinent will take see, : @ frigate Nomaucia, in the bay of Val pF Oe cast MENDEZ NUNEZ, NOMOE TO THe CITY. Upon receiving the Admiral’s manifesto Genera! Kit patrick returned to the city. A Dont at the pame me put off from the Nainancta with despatches for the Con- sul General of Portugal and for the Commander-in-Chief of the military post-of Valparaivo, which despatches were potentiaty, et } The Admiral merdy shrugged lis. shoulders, rewarking | to, their destination through @ur fagsbip the Tr, SPANISH TPRMS DECLINED, that be must carry py ins! ip Solirest to pa following i the Admiral’s note to the General Kilpatrick retuned to Santiago on the ath, | the General the iB manifesto, remarkable | ¢, baw document was in Spanigh, It has been translated by one of the beet Spanieh translators in the world, and this copy is the same as that furnished the Department of State and the English Minister, The reader will probably ba confused in pexuaing it, but had the document been translated literally it would have been almost wholly un-+ aud next moraing wformed Mr. Covarublas of the re- sult of the interview with the Spanish Admiral, The Chilean Minister of Foreign Aitairs, after listening to tho terms proposed, stated that they could not be aceepted, and that all similar propositions must be rejected, There Tlespevarrmns or me Yahannoy ov Hew F Carmoni0 Masnery ix yin: Pacnne the’ vewsole under my command to ‘alparaiso on the Si inst. I have the ope honor to in! a Excellency ther thus comp!y ing. with the @ Baer (an , sothat the the women, the children Rud other non-ebrmbatantd place them Tt devolvigg 0 m Gre ”™ Wwete numerous reasons given for declining the proffered Ives ie segurity. I likewise trust Mat your Excel. terms, the pthnipat oy of which word (oid Chile could | intelligible, The rhetoric of Admiral Nuiiex and the | jonoy roar be pleased to ardar that the hospitals and ‘ reave bombarding are now public property, | other buildings dedicated to charitable porpors may accopt no peace While her sister republics, her allies, ns given for bombarding Dube property, | tnbe Dallgings dedicated 44 Gheriiabie:parzoree way and cannot be apologized for in order vo repel criticism, but the grammar is better than that of the original (which required much patient labor before y thigg like sense conld be made of it), and cannot be properly judged without comparing it with the Spanish Here is the document :— AVMIRAL SUNKZ'S MANIFESTO, Heanguansers or Hex CaTnouc Masvary ix THE Pacino, Masiresto To vam Dirromanc Corrs Rasivest ix TIAGO — The memorandum addressed by his late Excellency ag to prevent them from snifering the rigors of war. were threatened, nor epnld she exchange the Covadonga, ie . God guard your Excellency many days. FRiate 4 prize won in fair aud open battle on the sea, for any number of merchant vessels picked up by she Spaniards in undefended ports, : EXOUVEMEST_IN THE CAPITAL. The intelligence of the Ultimatum of Admiral Nusez and of the rejection of the terms by the gorerninent soon spread through Santiago, The citizens gathered at the street corners, in the hotels and mercantile estab- likhments, and nothing was heard bat discussion upon Noemancra, Varratano, Maron 7, 1806. ign CASTO MENDEZ NUNEZ, To the Caghmandant of Valparaiso. REPLY OF THE COMMANDANT OF THE CITY. To this communication the commandant, Colone! V conte Villalon, sent the following reply :— Heanavanrens, Vatranano, March 27, 1866 I have teceived your Excelloncy’s note of thi date, destined to Inform me that on the dist inst. it will de- volve upon the vessels of your command to open fire the probabilities of bombardment, and expressions of a | General Paraja to the goveramente of the Spanish. upon » a Boalt my pleased to i ce every comat American ublics on the 24th of last September, and | state to me ti 6 information whieh you give i pages p.ocihrtea ee fe sng xen te civetarnel later date of bis Excellency Bon Manuel | in folfiment of a duty of humanity, — that the Yielding to the demands of Spain, ‘The yoeng men of nudex de Castro, Minster of State, twist have well ed, the women, the children and other inhabitants may the city, aristocratic and pnaceustomed to the slightest | informed the corps of whied our Excellency i the pe in Fyrogh Your, Exoelleney aise hopes w organ| worthy dean, of the causes war between in in avoid the rigors of war some flag or sig. wat bed asia gan brings to iasaraggy ranged and Chile, r doubtless must also have pote ge nal may be ‘npon the hospitals and other etifices and prepared for going to Valparaiso, Everywhere the same spirit of devotion to the cause of Chile was dis- consecrato@ to charitable objects, whieh may serve to dintingats to it that |. nature of those causes left open to Spain The defencetera vo other road (amends for the offeuces which constituted played, and the government wae offered from ali quar- | and still coustitute these very caugee having been refused of Valparaizo, ae well an ite Chile) than that of ing to the uliimate authorities, recelyed with calmness the announcement of ters mon and material to prosecuts the war, There was iacckeraie-te thioke anaes en ae Nervent poe peur Ructlloacy proasdecs them; but, yet, however, much uncertainty as to the designs of Wate the dire necessity still existed the government | Mmiting by sy ol ee aay noties which your Admiral Nufiee, and thousands adhered to the belief | of a and jae - ee there herr dang ley been pang give me, it Bate ted wy that he would not proceed s0 far as to bombard the city. | Soa3i.4, generosity natural itn poeple whiom | the wot of your the olte of Valpareise, RPPORTS OF ESGLIGN ACTHORITIER TO SAVE THE (ITy, feola itself noble and great—desired to empioy their | @ purely Commercial centre, incapable of opposing the Commodore De Courey, of the Englieh squadron, har. | moans of coercion with all possible lenity, in the belief | slightest either to a bombariment or to that the superabundast strength of these incans and the other kind of the reach ef the arm of ing visited Semtiago for the purpose of consultmg with geverority with which they were ‘ed being citizens, cannot be ano military post, nor the Britieb Minister concerning the beet plan for averting ‘at one and the same tii the asouts and barmless inhabitants, accnatomed We threatened dortraction of Valparaiso, am Informal has peace, be deemed ar go a u meting of the diplomatic corps was held at the English ier too uehone <i: a. hotel, aud it War Qnally deciled that the foreign minis- Measure distinguishing the hospitals jed to 1@ objects, by tere would proceed in a body to Valparaiso and, if porsi- ble, save the city. Accordingly s special train was or- dered and placed at the disposal of the corp, The meet- my of (he Ministers, and the presence of the American ond Bagleh Commodores, gave color to the report that the Spaniards would pot be permitted to bombard. A great number of the imbabitants lingered about the various lega'sous aad (he hotel for the purpose of glean- ing ome intel gence respecting the condition of affairs, and any one seen to converse with either of the diplo- mals was selatd upon at once by anxious acquaintances aud “pumped of all be knew, THR DIPLOMATIC CoRP® jot) Santiago in the special train, consisting of an engine and obe at twelve o'clock. The party was composed @ General Kilpatrick, Dean of the corps; the Englieh Minister, Mr. Thompeon; the French Minister, M. Flory; (he Pros#ion Minister, Mr. Levenhagen; the Italian Con- eu! General, Mr. Seda; Mr. Rand, the former Secretary of r Legation; General Vickers, attache of the same; Paymaster Parks and Dabney, of the United Btates Jron, and the correspondent of the Hexatp, There Was quite a crowd at the depot to witness oar departure, but no demonstrations were made, From Santiago the railroad stretches twenty miles im a perfectly straight line acroms the fate, and once out of the city the eng! eer opened the val miles an bour, Nearer Valparaiso we wet other traing, all loaded with euch as your lume of the destitute, jose inhabit. ants, at least for the sick and few J I have replied to the note already mentioned of your Excellency without endeavoring to represent the tre. lity which the burning of a defences. the slaughter of ite peaceful inhabitant momate an act of to remind your ile who are about Hon, and that conse. Will bear them with that calm serenity by their historical anteretents VICENTE VILLA) To the Commawonm-ry-Carep of the Squadr Catholic Majesty, PROCLAMATION TO THE CONITRYAR ‘The Intendente, or civil Governor of Valpareivo, at Abe eame time teed the following pro lamation — POMRARDMEST OF VALranino. Tee lxterorere oF tum Province ro Tm Lemarrrente oF VALP AR 180 The chief of the Spanish forces stationed in our bay t* disposed 10 consummate the outrage of opening the fire of his battery upon this defencelont city on the Slat in- want, at eight o'clock A. M. Such i# the announcement isfued by chief himeelf to the commandant of thie lace. - The people of Vi leo, who have given so many proofs of patriotic self-denial, will know how to support with calmoces the mucrifices demanded of them for the preservation intact of the honor of the republic. Thin very people, Who would know how to chastine (ewarmen. jnisters and oenta of it, But it was not Spain, assisted as she was and is by justice by foree to sustain it, to carry her moderation even to the most extreme limits, From the moment in which they were ted by France and England she accepted the good whieh both nobly ten: her to termi- hate the conflict in such ® manner as might leave un sullied the honor of two countries which could only be oa} in wer by @ blindness like that of Chile, ponisha- le by the law of nations, Prior to the breaking out of hostilities, and after their cor extedness of the conduct of Spain and her eonetant desire W re-establish peace. Evidences a# rexpectable ax irre. Paswengers and property escaping from the bowberd- | futable thereof are—in America that which Untted | far) the @nemy who might dare to areail them without ment, and finally, after a run of one hundred and twenty | States can give; in Earope, that which can also be given | the advantages afforded by the dintance and impunity by the other two nations cited. ay the Byanieh forces, is deficient in the ote. miles i@ \hree hours, we entered the station at Valpa- raivo. . RIQTAMENT In VALPARAINO, A (ow (rope were stationed about the depot to protect ments necemary to make the slightest reristance to the bombardment with which we are threatened, but they on the indomitable to hazard a sepultare be- neath the ruins of their homes rather than consent to the humiliation Which Bpain proposes ty on With such antecedents it is impoerible for Spain to carry further her forbearance. Cooptries which haves pm coped of the ee a, and of their wer to sustern it, may sacri the ‘al po yconere Wy may. upon tar of that the property awaiting transportation, and about abun | jepit) of mate desire of obtaining at their own bands With the same deeivton and energy with which we dred persons, aware of the departure ot the perty from | the amends whieh unjustly ie them; but they | acdept the wanton end unjust war Bewe whe Sentingo, were collected im the building, Picking our | Cnnot, by means, pase the limit beyond which therr | voked! un, we ought alee to aeoept the-valoreus mecr¥ase way through the piler of baggage, farnitare pk aaMyne wounded anda prestige eullied, which a | of extermination with whieh we are threatened. #uch ay through wm » and mer. tory each one of whose pager relates « bas | i# the conviction of all, and the sathoritier an well as chaadise, we entered s special car of the street railroad Sonaeree for them, - Byain ian earived 8 ET the citizens od know how to remain worthy of our and proceeded to the Hotel Avbr¥pwhere apartments had necessary, indispenrabie , Camsequently, | anteendeote 1, beniden rerenity iu denger, wo ougit w break with the w t to the world a bere 8 people been secured by tlegraph. There was considerable | deeiends 20 The Gutee When enyitiane, Wanunly destrayed, but het wailed by. the alarm manifested in the city, but mo panic, Carte and ote it, ia ie relations With others; which in | staimapon their repatation for culture and civilization, every other means of transportation were in wae trans. | Yerbret Fe SRST ee sme eomeatien pre. Le ne disorder tshe lace lo thle ony, Which in showt country in internal - to become a t ad martyrdom the ferring goods and household property to places of safety, | crnmemt, since it doen henitate to cause i emtre la the *paner@s, 00d ‘cn on, ana many of the houses were shut up, the occupants | to ‘ie her part; with | be covered oe having already gone to the country, The Exchange and that the “fashionable resteurants, se well sg the club Ss a. ES +S Saturn et camiearee ee roome were crowéed by merchants seeking information ; notified her allied ‘The suthorit es in hundreds of persons were carry ing articles of value through the streets, and many, ‘alarm, were preserving the e ‘wen f Gas Sees a ‘iediTinal eenging off go he Sraves oven cosarstony of tas menney Whew lefty Gatien te covonry cad | their follow citizens. Our recompense will be the ereavert patixfaction which Providence cam foa dispense People, that of proserving spotieus thelr honor. ” 1 RAMON LEAS PREPARATIONS FOR THE BOMBARDMENT, ‘Orders were alzo issued directing that a ‘sma! portion Of each fire engine company should remain in the engine houres, and that the property of the companics should be removed to the almshouse, in the rear of the hospital, where @ general cuartel would be established, Tho official announcement of the bombardment accelerated the removal of goods from the city, but did pot perceptibly add to the excitement, Most of the inbabitants prepared for leaving Valparaiso, and left as rapidly as the troins could convey them to the villages in the valley of Luil- lota, Every kind of vehicle was brought in from the Country, and the streets were soon thronged with fami- lies and merchandise. A Portuguese vessel lying in the harbor, was taken possession of and loaded with pro- perty, and the United States flag hoisted; but no other flags wore displayed except the American fag over the residence of our Consul, Mr, Clark, and the French colors oyer the Hotel Aubry, The immense floating docks in the harbor were caulked and prepared for sink- ing, in order to lower them from the range of the Spanish, PETITION OF AMBRICANS TO COMMODORE RODGERS FOR PRO TRETION, In the meantime the foreign residents at Valparaiso had assembled in public meeting and drawn up petitions tothe representatives of their respective governments in Chile asking for protection, ‘The following petition, sined by a large number of American merchants, all of Nigh standing aud great wealth, was presented to Com- modore Rodgers, and a copy of it placed in the hands of the Minister, tg be forwarded to the State Department at Wash ingtont— ‘To Commodore Joux Rovaers, commanding the United States naval forces in tho Bay of Valparaiso— Sim—We the undersigned, American residents in this respectfully beg leave to represent that, in conse- » of the rumors prevalent, and information ob- tained from Europe, that the Commander-in-Chief of the forees of her Catholic Majesty intends to bombard and lay waste this city and &ll towns upon the coast of ( we are under the serous apprehension that tho tives of ourselves and families ag well ag our property are in im. minent danger, We fail tocomprehend how, in this century, euch in etructions, so destructive to the interests of progress and h yay could haye beep issued by the Spanish ‘ahinet. When wo consider that it bas required a period of about thirty years to raise the majority uf these towns on the coast from insignificant hamlets to their present im. porlanes, mainly through foreign infu ot look upon their wanton auuilil of ow hag’ 4 interests, wit t failing to bring complete 1s Of neutrals a3 well a9 delence- loss women and children, Wo avail ourselves of this occasion to inform you that, in our opinion, even a partial bombardment of this city, though limited to the bonded warehouses and other pub Kc bnildings, would result in incalculable loss, both of the tives and property of neutrals, as such would proba- bly lead to an extensive confagration, without available Means at hand to extinguish the kame, The bonded warehouses alone contain merchandise to the value of 5,000,000 to 000,000, exclusively the property of of the maidifestations of the government of (holic Majesty, through thelr Commander-in-Chiof, that this war upon Chile is not for the parpese of con quest, and being eonvineed that there is not on these Waters at ()'s tise a gufficlent Spanish toree, able to be landed ool nent to the bombardment, tov any other purpose thy» to commit overt acis of pillage and mor- der upon ti encoles# inuabitants, we cannot regard it as else legal, rewinding us forcibly of the buc- caneeri ions of a former age, and which, nx it appears to We mot to be recoynized ns authovized by the pr de of warfare between civilized ua tons Wo there citizens of the United States of Ameria, ¥ uted in this bay by the navel force |, Knowing that our goverpuent bay inactive in watching and for- warding the progres usiry and civilization, cannot permit ourselves love for one moment that the forces of two civilized countries naw here will qnietly remain a8 mere spectators of auch an atrociouk a the bomberdinent of this defer . Relying npon your yood offices in Our bebalf, we have no hesitation in exproesing our honest convievion that whether you act with the co-upemtion ef the Lritist! squadron or independent of same ia p: ohm calamitous event, your proceedings will moot with the cordial approval of the civilized world We would take this opportunity of securing you of venting our ¥ rm personal appreciation of the veluab endered by you in your earnest the fruit avore to effect an ainieablo arrangement, honor- I partes intersted, and, with your perinixnon, would highly gratified o forward to the Hon, Waa H. Seward, seerotary of State of the United States of Aiverica, a copy of this representation. We romain, sir, very respectfully and truly obodiont worvauts and country POQUHET OF THE TAMBURG CONSUL FOR sear Taxon, ‘the fuollowmg tras sto received by Commbdord Rodgers frofa the Consul General of Hamburg: — services your raost he German C Hamewre & Orne, } AL PAIAINO, h ge, 1 j Sin-+] take the Mberty to wolicit your ald and protec tion for the Hamburg’ subjects resident in wily town, whose representative I ato, in the event that the Span: ish Admiral should carry into effect bo unba: of this olty, as he ment of « defone utter ruin of each and every one and certainly mist be considered donted severity, not in conformity with the 0d international law to which ali eivi Boing Without the proper means the tea: fare. I hereby make free to protection the Ih idents, cond r Property of the tl favor them with the same aid which fo the citizens of your own country. 1 ven ope (has you will be able to prevent the cou of neutral property, aneuring you the Senate of Harabrirg most grate. i) acknowledge the ald afforded to the Hambro I have the honor to CARL TENE CRSTRAL KILPOUICK'S REQUEST TO THE EXOLIME ConeUL TO INT RMR, The mail sieamer arrived during the day mails brought no confirmation of the report tel: graphed from Coquimbo, She came to the weust anchora ircharged her — passengers—composed principally of persons from the intermediate porte but the and the conviction finally setiied in the mands of the people that there war no hope of the Spanish Admiral changing bis purpose The apertments of the foreign Miniwters who bad come down from Santiago were besieged by the foreign temdeut:, who implored the diplomats to interpore the protection of their governmenta between the millions of neutral property thick could wot be removed and the Span lard After an informe! discussion of the anbject by the Min laters, General Bilpatrick, as Dean of the @plomawe corp, invited that body to meet at bis rooms. The fot lowing communication, addressed to the Englich Min also sont to the Freuch, Prosslian «nd italien there being no others in Chile, except thew South American Repubtics, who, by the alliance Minister from of their governments with Chile against Spain, were 4e barred from participating ia the meeting: — Aware of thie, I suet the government of Chile some day» since, unofMeially, « ght to know whe'ber thers hot some terms vpon which peace would be pomn bie, ‘That government expremed a doxire for peace, but could suggest no practicable mode of obtain “1 upon the Spanish Admiral, and ascertained fo wtated to ine that wer © goyeroment address & note to him stating thet there wae Win vie of Chile bo Jetention of offending Hpain in the actions rompixined of by her, that he wae williog to reply io the eae spirit; that an exchange of prirex and prisohers might then place, snd a wimalapeous salute te fired by the two belligeromts, Chile Gring the fire gue, spon which he, os Miniter of pen, woold deem himself satiahed. and ae Admiral would withdrn with his forces, Chile has dertined thin proposal, conviders it inadmimible. I have today informed Ad miral Mendez Nahex of thin refusal, whereapen he hex of whieh I have the heuer t matic corps resident In Kentiago of bw intention to bom bard and destroy sil the public property of (tir in Valpareieo, giving aterm of four days for the ewape’ hon combatants, To prevent the copeammation / # act so cruel aod inhuman; to Prevent the are bon of a city compoued almost entirely ane and Americans—a city which is to-day totally de onwlans, and that thrqugh the advice of foreign represeciativer— I feet wmy-daty i} upen you to asst me. OF the enent diMeulties between Chile and Spain we, Of course, ve nothing to way; Wot ax the representatives of en: lightened nationalities we have mock « say why & help. Jom City, not the property of ether « the beiligerenta, should not be laid in ashes, thousen's of helpless women and children driven from their homes to @ aiid the Gerert bile, and why ety)! (Dis comes eh vaid fot be set bark to au inden ity I therefore cordiatly invite Jou to meet with rock members of the diplomatic OOPS are &t prewent in Vaiparateo, at my room, (WOR, M, today, w take into coneideraiion the Calmeor@inary ‘manifexto of the deh Admiral, end the QutMeroGR petitions uf the for. iden of 18 POR, and to take \mmed ae wetion ta tbe premises honor to remain, your obedient servant. Mance, 77, 1666. J KILPATRICK, Tee EPeLem « FRET CTIA Crow WEik EERO Ueth thie time the Bngieh ond Vrench Munters had been [rank in expremions of a determination to aver, if pomble, the destraction of Valparsiso They bad given the other members of the diplomatic op © weed thet they woul take the leed in Wb eMinir, and, the Engiieh Admiral heving Feerated Vive after ime bie eretimente remperting (he Onermity of yp vues Byeened by Admire Noses, | REO erg ge r + the public looked first to the English fleet for aid aa the period drew near for decided action, however, the Knees of (he Englishman and Frenchman commenced to Weaken, und at alte hour they replied to the letier of General Kilpatrick, and asked that the meoting be postponed until something further could be learned @oncerning the truth of the report telegraphed from Coquimbo, The Prussian Minister—whoe® talents and diplomacy have won for him an enviable reputation in the past—and the Consul General of Italy, vainly en- deavored:to get the weak-kueed diplomatists to act. The English and French Ministers acknowledged the horribie nature of the threatened attack, and unofficially denounced the course of the Spanish Adiatral, but lacked inanlinees enough to say whether or not they would do anything. Tho afternoon wore away in this manner, aud at night it wey rumored that the English and Preach ministers were preparing to run away from the responsi bility, aud would probably leave for Santiago at sold bight. PNGHISIL RESIDENTS DENOUNCE THEM OONSUL AND ADMIRAL The Englieh roviduage, aboudomed by thelr natural protectors, called & meeting, addressed commu nications to the English Miner amd English Admiral denuueiatory of their conduct, and promising to appeal to their respective governments for the removed of officials who had not courage to assume even the responsibility of protesting against the @x- pected bombardment, It was alleged by the English officers that thelr countrymen here paid no tribute to England, and gonsequently were not entitled to the pro- tection of the English flag. This sentiment was evi- dently shared by the Admiral and Minister, the feel. ing entertained among Englishmen at the knowledge of thi, bellef imay be inferred from the fact that, with one or two exreptions, the Englith houses here were but branches of eetabli#bments in London, Liverpool and Manchester, aud pay enormous taxes annually to Bug- land, AN RARTHQUARR, Night came on with an air of gloom pervading the city. Places of business were all closed, except where the mer- chants wore hurriedby packing thelr goods, and the mrees Were full of fugitives—men, women and children—hasten- ing in silence to a refuge, they Knew not where, During the evening a number of the foreign Consuls and other oMicals vieited the partments of our legation, still clinging to the hope that something might be accom plixbed towards bringing about a peaceful negotiation between the Spanish Admiral and Chile; but no feasible pian presented itgelf, By midnight mot of the visitors had left, Nothing deduite had been heard from the Englieh and French Ministers, and a small party of ut seembled In (he hotel parlors, with gloomy spprohensions for the city, At five minutes to one, jost os the Pruswian Minister bad left us, we heard the strange low rumble which pre- codes an earthquake, @ud in @ ge¢omd the bnilding quivered with the stock. There were three waves or vibrations, not more than two seconds apart. The vensation was indexeribable, I bad felt a slight shock on the morming of the 1th, and regarded it with a sort of ctriosity that de- sired 4 repetition of the phenomenon; but this convul fon, coming under such peculiar clreumstances, tm pressed every ove very reriously, probably more vo than it would have done at any other time, The whole earth d to sha chill, The chandeliers aif inan swayed Wo and Cro and the Wemulous building felt to us as if it were ainking, The mysterious subter yanean rurmble, with the subdued rushing sound through the air, like the surging of the autum- nal min in the night, pawed away in a breath. Soon after a Leavy swell rolled in from the sea, and wo could tell by its long roar on the beach that it had wept beyond the Hinite of high water, Thiv was fot lowed by leseer waves, and in a few minutes everyting was quiet PROTRRT OF Ui ELE ATIION, ext morning, the 28th, Commodore Rodgorw received petitions from the Consuls of Belginm and Denmark, and fein one hundred and sixty of the principal German rew- dents of Volparai-o, asking interference, Ten o'clock AM. Leon appointed for 4 meeting of the diplomatic at General Kilpatriek, the Pryssian Minister and the [illan Consul General were the only owns in attend. ance. It wax then found thet the English Miniter had backed down «llogether, He hed gone on board the Mnglish fag ship he evening previowy, waked for « poulponement of Ue di © meeting from nine @'elock that night UH ten next morning, in order to enn. ble hin to Jook over li lelters and despatches reenived by the mail; end, in violation of his word, ut the very hour when he promined to moet the other Miniucers, he took the fee id Feeneh Minwter under hin arm and ran away by the train to Santiago. This condact wae rendered more Jour by the fact that he bad bored the Intentente of tie oity until after midalyht with tum portonities for 4 spedel treia to carry him off im the dark, Mie 4 althoogh intenddd by him to be ry tly, did not esoape the notice of th ine dand> number of whéte, including many Ring chants, hited him as he entered the car, ‘The efforts of the remaining members of the diplomatic body having failed, Gencral Kilpatrick addressed to the Spanish Ad miral the following protes Lacatios oF tee Usreen Stare ro Cone. Varranann, Maret 28, 1866 The undersigned, Knvoy Extruordinary and Minister Menipotoutiary of ‘the od Atates, ban the honor to acknowledge the reeeipt of the note which bie Kxoel lency the Commander-in-Chief of her Catholic Majesty's mquia in the Poeifie, end ber Plemipotentary, ad- dreamed Lim om the 27th et, transmit ae Maniforte, uddromed by hiv Kxeellency ta rope sentatives of foreign patios resident in Chile. In thie docerment bis Excellency i« pleased to pate the reasons which. in his opinion, jemtily (he employment of extreme hort tier agalnet the port of Valparaiso and other ports spon (he coast of Chile by the forces under hi» com. man, allowing a term of four days fur the purpose of placing in safety (be old, the young and the bey wey The undersigned has tranrtaltted en) of meni festo to his colleagues of the diplomatic Yor him Holt pen not fev) called upon to examine into the of the preseut war. or of the failure Of the at- hitherto made to ring it to 0 close by coneill. atory mesures, or by force yf arma; but he dows feel himself called wy earnently Led poom nm M1 Protest re oe, ee oe oped tnpioantile port, slmot excluxty ue ~ y property ates that the wt epon ert wt eau tempis Ks the tlachese of toe Cbilvan comm it was and thet newtrele were lew i conrieocusty wun: Tading thin crane mearailing 10 obtala the denred Chile. the forees hie command made vettort lita ps to obtain by Combat (he setiefertion Spain demended, aud tally, that to 40 60 om ae coma! of \aweperable maturel obstacles, 16 ie bie duty to caunt Chile to fool all the rigors of war, and he will conseqarmtty fire pon Va — and 7. a her deers ub ne of his equadron, oe at of how fy veneered by the reasons net forth by him, and whieh place sibility of tt the ew the government the underau! taoy Wil Goll to mately civilined na- bat bie Excellency the Mpauish Admiral ie justi Ged in resorting to « epecee of warfare whieh be him wt troly qualifier ax terrible, in order to panier #0 enemy whom Le law thus far failed Wo pannh by tirr ate trodes of warfare. the Dile belligerent right perteit a recourse to extreme mesrarer tor the carrying owt of legitimate military operetions, they do oot imeude the wanton destruction of private property where no ant on to the lewful onde of the war can be sc ened. Tnternational law *apromly emempte from destrection purely com. teeretal comm smlties eaet FM omy 4 aod the onier mgned would tog bx Rrcelleney the immense low ty neutral iupamubiiny of ) (heir booewhold goods, chattels end I bewerer, bo Eteelioney perviete io Nis intention to bombard the port af Valparaian, ta of the earners rein ns (tinned bere, only remains for the * cc! (Morse le he Creare manner, in the rane (he QOVerRtOOnt, hit tort eoleme prevent = CRURGR, GnEecemery, 204 in a h aod Comtome of elvilined reserving to cuverumnent the right take such - my dome proper \n the prem ines. The under-igned has the \o renew to his Eacet. Jeney the Commander-tmd bet Cathobie ions Trem prawtiaty, ms naval forces in (he Pecifie, ond her er urancee of Lis dietinguabed comsderat 4 KILPATRICK. To bin Excolieney the Conmamonn tm of the paved forces of wer Catholy Majesty in the ae rae OF Tn PORmOy CIN TO Otm Lorre Doriog the forensen of the Bhth the foreign conwule © Valpareino, with te exception of the Engien ona Freach, waited ja a boty om Genersl Kilpatrick, and formally (hanked bine for hin efvrta and thom of Comes tuodore Wet gers vo bring about o precefal edjustew ot of the JiMBer Iies between Rpein and Chile, Beveral delega hows of Rngiith and other foreign residents else caling for (he me porpees, Wet Bo further mops were stee to Prevent the betnbardment, PReOvRG THE rRsttarTs ‘The regular reins on the ralirest t Santiago werp Hopped, tnd all the trepepertelice that could be broaghe ito ane was employed In remor ng the Inhabitants ang property. Povery cart that cout + fouad im the out. rounding comsiry wee sent for, (he Owners obtaining prices musging from one w (hres hundred dollars per day. reeset of Tet CONRTLOS @are Nert dey the following prevent of the coneular im Vaipafainn was cept (> Admired Notes wa Om the Amervas (vasul —