GD3SON PEACOCK. Editar EVENING BULLETIN. PUBLISHED EVERY /MIMING ' • (Statdaye excepted) at Jiro. Sill Chestnut Street, Philadelphia BY TEM "Evening Bulletin Association." •IBZON PEACOCK, , IERNEST C. WALLACE. 7. L. FETZERSTON, Taos. J.WILLIAMSON CASTER SOURER, Jr., FRANCIS WELLS. The Roma= Is served to subscribers is the (ark at ewee per week, payable to the carriers, or le 00 per annum MAIMIED. - ALLEN—BISHOP.—On Monday. April 30th, by the Rev. 8..' G. Chase. Prank G. Allen, or Providence, B. L, Rebecca M., daughter of Stillwell S. Bishop, of this city. [Providence papers please copy]. MED. • -- - • 33A.711X-rßtiddenly, of disease of the heart, on the nightg of the let Inst., Henrietta H., wife of Samuel .13attin. :The relatives and friends of the fluidly are respect. tally_ invited to attend her funeral.. from her late residence. No. 848 Marshall Meet, on Friday afternoon, 4th inst., at 8 o'clock. without Ihrtner notice. ** CARPENTER.—ApriI 29th,1866, GamL Rr Carpenter; In the 69th year of his age. The funeral will take place, on Thursday. May Bd, at 10 o'clock, A. M.; from the residence of his son, Joseph B. Carpenter, 140. 1824P1ne Street. ROLGATE.—On Gunday, the .29th • ult., Elizabeth, e of Griffith Holgate,in the 71st year of her ne. The relatives and friends of the fatally are invited to attend the ItmeraY. without farther notice, from her late residence. Darby township, Delaware county, on day the Ith inst., at 2 P.M. To proceed to Blockley a 5 31112335HA.LL.--On sd buff, Wallace Marshall. His male Mends are invited to attend his funeral, from his late residence, No. 47 North Tenth Street, I:Saturday afternoon. sth bast.. at 2 o'clock. 'LITRE LANDELL are prepared to supply feral -Ca lies with D Goods, at the lowest prices. LINEN S ENOS, MARSEILLES QUILTS TABLE LINENS, DAMASK TOWELS. /HOUSEHOLD GOODS. MINERAL FURNISHING W f UNDERTAX.Itat, No. 18 North Ninth street. above market. ap2l-Im* SPECIAL NOTICES. ST.PATIL'SP7E. CHURCH—Third street, below , Walnut—Service every Evening this - Week, commencing at fr.; before 8 O'CIOC.k. My2-3trPi IIFHOWARD HOSPITAL, Nos. 1518 and 1520 Lombard street r Dispensary Department. Med tsestumnt and medicines Sunisitted gratuitously Sense Dom Begs EU'FUEL SAVINGS SOCIETY OF THE CITY AND LIB Kari ES 0 et PHI LADELPHIA--Th e Annual Meeting will be held at N 0.409 North TENTH street (second story), on Fifth day, the 3d Instant, at 5% o'clock P. M. Election of Officers and Managers. , B, W Bmw ,, SLEY. Secretary, Rs, THIRD NATION. BANK OP PHILA DELPHIA. May Ist 1886. .1 e Beard of Directors , nve this day declared a dividend of FIVE PER I NT. on the capital stock for the last six months,c ear , f taxes, . ayable on demand. my2-3t/ : e I I e SIXTH NATIONAL BANK, PHILADNL PIRA, May 1,1866. 111 The Directora have this day declared a Dividend of FIVE PER CENT., clear of tax, and payable on and after May 3d. ROBERT B. SALTER, xny2-at enabler. f • - • PENN NATIONAL RANK' PEELLADELitH2A, May 1, 1866. be Directors have this day declared a Dividend 4:,f FIVE PER OE AT., for the last six month!, pay able on demand, clear of taxes. JAMES RllScitrr.r, Cashier. zrty2w,f,m,n- iSEVENTH NATIONAL BANK OF PHILA. DEITHIA, May 1, 1866. directors of this bank have this day declared a , divider d of FOUR PER CENT. on the capital stock, clear of U. S. tax, and payable on demand. my 221.1 E. S. HALL, Cashier. 11? SEVENTH NATIONAL BANK Or PHIL AILitLPHIA, May L 1866. s. meeting of the Board of Direct,rs of this Bank, held this day, the resignation of J. Z. Dehaven, as President. was ,presented ankt accepted, when George W. Hill was unanimously eletted to Ell the vacancy. my2-2if E. S. HALL, Cashier. fl HILADELPHIA EXCHANGE COMPANY'. —At a meeting of the Board of Managers, held this day, a Dividend of THREE PER CENT., clear .of tax, on the Capital Stock, was declared, payable at the Superintendent's office, in the Exchange, on and after May 7th prex. HENRY D. SHERRERD, Secretary and Treasurer PHLLADELPRIA, April BA, 1866. my2-6t IU. OFFlatt OF THE ?AMERICAN FIRE INSti RANCE 0 aMPANY, No. 310 WALNUT Street, April 27th. 1868. E. general meeting of the stockholders in the Ameri can Fire Insurance Company, will be held, agreeably to Charter, on MONDAY, the 7th day of May next, at 3.2 . o'clocic, M.' The annual election for Directors will take place Immediately thereafter. ap27-f,m,w&mysrpf A. C. L. CRAWFORD, Sec. EObTHE UNION STATE CENTRAL COM 2dITTEE will meet at the rooms of the Nations 'Union Club, No. 1105 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, on 'Wednesday, the lath day of May. instant, at three o'clock P.M. The attendance of every member of the Committee is earnestly solicited. PHSLADELPHIA, May 1,1868 VOFFICE OF THE LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGATION COMPANY, PICCE,ADELPIII.A., ay 2d, ISM At an election held May 1,1866, the following named persons were chosen Officers of THE LEHIGH COAL AND NAVIGATION COMPANY for the ensuing _year: PRESIDENT. JAMES S. COX . - JOHN FARNETM. FRA.NCIS R. CORE A ..RICH!D RICHARDSON, FREDERICK GRAFF, ANDW. HANDERSON, P.ISHER HAZARD, -JACOB P. JONES, CHARLES L. ROR/E,_ FRANCISyARNALL, CHARLES WHEELER. SAMIIEL E. STORRS, my2-Btl P. MITCHELL, Secretary. Atrw:RPANTILE LIBRARY lICYPICE. Whereas, Much complaint and great lawn- Venience continue to exist, owing to the crowded State AM' the Library Room on Saturday afternoons and as the President and Directors deem it a duty incumbent upon them to obviatealt apparent and well substan aated causes of disaatisfaction to our stockholaers and subsribers, it is Ilesoired, That on and after the first day of May. 1866, the Library Boom be open from 2 P,.M. to 7P. M on Saturdays, for Ladies only, and that during the said 3iours on the aforesaid day access to the "Newspaper and Chess Room," be had by the door on the front stairway. Arrangements wili be made by Which gentlemen can leturn and procure books, T. MORRIS PEROT. President. spl4-adcw-7trp/ 10. HEALTH OFFICE. PromenzurriA, April 24th,1866. _ - PROCLAMATION. Whereas, The appearance of the Cholera on board of Teasels coming from Europe to the port of New York has occasioned much anxiety and alarm among our citizens; and, whereas, it becomes our duty, sa the ;guardians of the public health, to observe all proper mieasurea,ln order to prevent the arrival of this disease In our city; therefore „Resolved, That on and after May Ist, pro's., all yes eels arriving from foreign or American ports, as ...directed in the second section of the Health law of 1818, shall atop at the Lazaretto for a visit, and that all pm senger vessels shall be detained at the pleasure of the board for purification and ventilation. By order of the Board o [Health ap2s-7tril 1102. NA L T O 1 . TORTUDI AND PHYSICAL INSTI- =SWIMMING SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN, LADIES AND GENTLEMIM, BROAD Street, below Walnut, The Swimming Department of this Instution will c en the let of MAY, with increased facilities and ad ditional comfort in its accommodations, In consideration of the prompt and liberal support With which the programme oflast season was received, 220 subscription lists have been distributed for this sea son, but the Manager trusts that all those of his pa• trona. desirous to encourage the same plan for the coming season, will enter their name at the office be. Sore the 15th of May; bearing in mind that cleanliness. segalarity of habits. daily exercise and an easy heart has proved at all times the best preventive against disease. TME TEMPERATURE OF THE BATH WILL BE ALWAYS THAT OF SUMMER HEAT. The Institution will Me open fer v public inspection, from 9 A. M. till 9. P. M. on TH .4IIAY, the Ist of - 31 lay. and its friends and the public are raspectfolly in vited. Regular Instruction to begin on the Weines 'day following , spBe-6Q THE F.REEMEEN'S BunnAtr.—The aggre gate appropriations in the bill reported, yes terday from the Committee on Appropria tions for the Freedmen's Bureau for the =next fiscal year, are 81.1,684,000 e FR. JORDAN, chairman. myl-14t{ HORATIO G. RICKEL, Health Office. NEW PUBLICATIONS. "HONOR 113 the title of a book purporting to be a musical novel, which has just been issued from the hands of Ticknor do Fields. Since the appearance of "Charles Auchester," a work every way deserving of the reputation it has, various efforts have been made in the same direc tion, but not with the same success. The authoress of this work is evidently afflicted with "entriyinusy" for what she, in her crude and innocent way, imagines to be high art. Her aim is good—her earnestness to be applauded; bntare all these platitudes and truisms, all this dreary twaddle about hymns and rondos from La Surma/atm/a and from Ernani, ace., to be taken as gospel? We have had enough of priggishness, and chaff. Let us now try to imagine the full blade of wheat—something that will ripen and grow. "First the blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear." How the bosh and twaddle in this book are going to help the cause of music in this country, we are still to learn; and yet this. volume is published by one of the beat known houses in the country as an art-book ! It is filled with that easy form of enthusiasm called Rhap sody, which is a luxury only to be in dulged in by those who have knowledge; who have known all the joy, and all the sorrow in music, whether it be in teaching, or in playing or singing in public ; who can do what they write about. But even then rhapsody must be kept in abeyance as a dangerous and easy medium to flatter, and so to destroy. It is so much easier to be rhapsodical than to be just. It is best to be rational after all, and then one comes nearer the chance of both being enthusiastic and true. There is too much prating about what is termed Art in this country, especially in l i Boston. • A clever girl now, tolerably fair abili ties, and a glib touch, who can play a Pol onaise or two of Chopin, and by way of be ing classical, the "Path6tique" and the "Moonlight" sonatas of Beethoven, who lives in a young, thriving city, or perhaps in a village of artistic propensities, is called an artiste now-a-days. And so with a painter who makes most faithful represen tations of the medallion pattern of a carpet; a red-haiied girl standing by an open win dow looking out for her lover, drest in her Sunday-best, crimped hair, etc.; an impossible day and a still more impossible sunset—all this is carefully crowded in a square of canvass, glaring with colors (not color). Sometimes a little gold is thrown in (reminding one of the man who &Vas much gold as he could for the money in the family pioture written about in the dear old book, the "Vicar of Wakefield"). So this man is called an artist. His pictures are hung up in exhibitions, where people of domestic tendencies,enthusiastic mothers and lovers, unanimously vote the painter a genius. They do not dream perhaps that it takes a high order of genius to paint the sweetest and simplest forms of domestic life and hap piness. Sincerity and naturalness are two of the most difficult things to be known and un derstood in this world; demonstrativensas and affectation two of the easiest. But this is best. Perfection might ensue, and that would he unendurable. The authoress of "Honor May" should remember one thing, that of all things known, music is the most intangible to write about. It is so much easier to describe pictures and statues and ruins. Great and gifted men and women have made things familiar to all of us luckless ones in Ame rica who cannot go abroad and see these things face to face for ourselves, although we are proverbially a traveling people. Still some of us must be content to peregri nate in back parlors over books of travel, Map out our own imaginary routes, have our imaginary conversations and delights. But have we not the wonderful art of pho tography, which brings the treasures of old Greece and Rome home to our own doors? The sun, which shines on the just and the unjust, gives his beams freely, and without price, for the dissemination of the grand old principle of truth in art; not modern mediaeval nonsense, but the truth as it appeared to men who could create a "Venus of Milo," or an Apollo such as the world never saw. This is all made manifest to a young people--a people so enthusiastic as to be very wrong headed sometimes, and apt to be musically ,so,too, when they are urged on to it by sueh wiskters as the authoress of "Honor May." We do not wish to deprecate the efforts of any earnest person writing musical works—far from it—or of depicting their sensations at hearing the works of great and wise masters. But in this case we should suggest a little more study, and ,perhaps a little more modesty in calling this work a musical novel to all intents and purposes. We should not call a book about paint ing or poetry an art book, which treated only of crude efforts; and so we must be still severe, and hold music up to be be lieved in, not seen; adored and studied as the greatest of arts next to painting and poetry; the greatest of compensations; but never a vehicle for small minds to expend their "entusymusy" and ignorance upon. "The Queen Mother and Rosamond," by Algernon Charles Swinburne, Boston, Ticknor t Fields, .1.886.—Mr. Swinburne is already very favorable known to the literary public by "Atalanta in Calydon," and "Chastelard," either of which productions would establish a popular reputation for any one as a dramatic writer. The style of the two plays contained in this volume may be described as Shakspeare, colored or .rather obscured by Robe.rt Browning "Pleasant to read, most difficult to follow," , will probably be the verdict of all those readers who regard it as an imposition on patience, to be compelled to retrace their path over some deeply designed passer), the smoothness of whose verse has cun. ningly inveigled them out beyond their depth. The merit of the conception of each character singly in these dramas is very great ; individually they are possible and beautiful, but collectively, we wonder if they can really, oomprehend each other's subtle ethereal conceits and sustained effort to be unlike others in ordinary rapid utter ances. No one who knows Charles IXth, his Court and times, from history en grand et en detail, will recognize any great degree of material mathetic truth in the Queen Mother; infect, with the exception of a " purple patch " of renais • sance imitation sewed on here and there, the scene might as well have been placed at the Court of the King of Bantam. There are few gages in which the author is not superb ly odd, or redolent of deeply elaborated in tensity. This, in Shakespeare, cast here and there, regardless of minor intelligence, is the charm and stamp of his nobility; in Mr. Swinburne it is so "prodigalled " as to sag ' gest self- consciousness and vanity, while in Browning it is simply disgusting. In nei ther play has Mr. Swinburne hit accurately history as it was and nature as it is; and yet in both he has given us exquisite food for thought, and abundant reason to admire his own individual poetic power. As a writer, we feel that there are few—very few —at the present day, endowed with a more enviable wealth of thought, or more gifted with the art of seeing glorious and beautiful abstract visions. He is also a great word-master —so great, that when he shall have passed the last grade, and learned to speak as clearly to the many as the few,he may hope to rank with the greatest in English literature. Of one element, however, which is seldom wanting in the greatest, we feel but little presence. The only trace of humor—the subtle salt of all humanity—in these dra mas, is to be found in a grim, cold-blooded appreciation of certain incongruities and follies masked as truths, or good things:; but therein not a gleam of the almost divine quickening life which, from Aristophanee to Gcethe, has always inspired the poets of humanity. Sensuousness we - indeed have, and we can trace that, as with Baizac,it has had a good part in goading the writer into genius; but like Balzac's, it is a bitter, sor rowful sensuousness, and not the laughing passion of heathen art, unconscious of evil. In short, Mr. Swinburne's gem of genius is a large, fine diamond, cut with entirely too few facets to show its full light. It is very beautiful, but not what it might be. For sale by G. W. Pitcher. Musical Worxso.EN gave the tenth and last of his very successful series of Beethoven matinees on yesterday afternoon, with the following programme: Sonata—F major, op. 10, No. 2. Allegro —Allegretto—Finale Presto. Sonata Characteristique—E flat major, op. 81. Les adieux—L'absence et.le retour, Adagio—Allegro (Les adieux) Axdante spressivo (L'absence), Vivacissim amente (Le retour), Sonata—B flat major, op. 106. Allegro— Scherzo assai vivace—Adagio appassionata e con molto sentimento—Largo—Allegro e Allegro risolnto. The attendance was quite large, and Mr, Wolfsohn's performance of the respective items of his programme was, as usual, noticeable for his careful - attention to the details of manipultation, and an intelligent appreciation of the ideas embodied in the compositions be so satisfactorily interprets. The Alegretto, or Scherco,of the first sonata, one of the earliest of the composer's works, is one of the most exquisite creations that ever emanated from the pen of the master; this beautiful morceau, as well as the finale presto, an elaborate and difficult fugue, was faultlessly rendered by Mr, Wolfsohn. Of the other items of the programme we need only say that:the "Adieux, Absence, et Retour," has never been better performed in our time in this city; new beauties, hith erto concealed to us, manifesting themselves through Mr. Wolfsohn's artistic rendering of this poem for the piano. The last sonata, in B flat, op. 106, is, beyond doubt, one of the greatest of Beethoven's works. "It is not simply the most beautiful of the sonatas," says De Lenz, who although prone to rhap sodize, scarcely exaggerates in his enthusi astic characteriatics of this glorious concep tion; "it is to the other sonatas what the choral syniphony is to other orchestral works. How measure such a work by a comparison with his other sonatas? It is an ode of Pinder, or a hymn of Tyrtatus, reproduced on the lyre of Beethoven." • In concluding our brief notice of the last of these very interesting concerts, we take the opportunity again to thank Mr. Wolf sohn for his earnest efforts in behalf of the highest and best in art, and congratalatp him on the very gratifying success with which he has been rewarded. And here we would mention what not only Mr.Wolfsohn but the musical public in general will be glad to know, that on Saturday evening next,, a complimentary Beethoven concert will be given to Mr. Wolfsohn at the Musi cal Fund Hall, at which a full and carefully selected orchestra, under the able and volun teered direction of Mr. Theodore Thomas, will perform the "Egmont" - overture, and the Second Symphony, in Drand when Mr. Wolfsohn will also perform the Concerto for piano, in E L-;flat, op. 73, with orchestral accompaniment, and with Mr. Thomas, the forever enjoyable "Kreutzer" sonata, for piano and violin. With such a programme, and such artists, and with the the price of admission at the low figure of one tiollar, there can scarcely be any doubt that a crowd will greet the beneficiary on this occasion. MBEI. MARY SAS CHEZ died in Baton. Rouge, La., on the 11th instant, at the ad vanced age of 110. She was born at Galves ton, in East Baton Rouge, on the 16th of August, 1756, and, with few exceptions has never in zthe course of her long and peace ful life been beyond the parish lines. Dur i ng her life she witnessed the elevation of he Spanish, French, English, American and Confederate flags oiler the fort and city of Baton Rouge. walcpiar, SOUTH _AMERICA. THE SPABISH-OHILEAN WAR. BOMBARDMENT OF VALPARAISO Interesting Account by an English Cor respondent of a Philadel phia Rouse. GREAT DESTRUCTION. OF PR 0 PURUL Y. Most of the Loss Falls on Foreigners. Gen. Kilpatrick and Com. Rogers Ready The British Admiral Refuses to Join We are permitted to copy the following extracts from an interesting letter from an English correspondent of a prominent firm in this city : VALPAIIAISO April 3, 1866.—The past fortnight has been one of the most harass ing we have known during our experience. Rumors were afloat that the Spanish fleet would bombard this port in case the Chileans did not give them satisfaction. Day by day the alarm increaaed,and,on the arrival of the steamer, merchants and people of all ranks commenced removing their most valuable goods. On the 28th ult. the Spanish admiral notified officially that he would bombard the city on the 31st at 9 A. M., and then the excitement reached its highest and our streets were crowded, day and night, with people moving. Vehicles and animals of all descriptions were occupied in carrying furniture and goods out of every house and store. Several meetings of British and other merchants took place, and the British Minister in Santiago refused to interfere in any way. The British Adrniral (Hon. Joseph Denman,) . at first promised the merchants that he would interfere, but next day he retracted, and finally at the last meeting after the deputation of English merchants had exhausted all their argu ments and he had gone on refusing on ac count of strict orders from the English Gov ernment to preserve a strict neutrality. in the question between Spain and Chile, 'he said _that "if he had more force at his command he might act differently;" having then the first-class frigates Leander and Sutlej, and corvette Desolation; while tha American fleet under Commodore Rogers,. had the monitor Monadnock (alone capable• of clearing the bay) and steamers Vandev• hilt, Powhatan, Tuscarora, Mohongo and Adele. The American Commodore asked tee British Admiral merely to send him a letter saying thot he approved of interfer ence and he would take all the fighting on himself. There is a universal .burst of indignation on the part of the British against the changeable and cowardly conduct of the Ad miral, and if our government does not dis miss him from the command he so unworthily represents, we shall be ;ashamed hereafter of calling ourselves Englishmen! The bombardment commenced at eight minutes past nine o'clock, A. M., and fin ished at eight minutes after twelve, exactly three hours of cannonading a defenceless port. Balls, bombs, shells, red hot shot and congreve rockets were fired indiscrim inately amongst us, not excepting hospitals over which the white flag was flying. One half of the custom house is destroyed, with upwards of 7 0,000 packages of goods. From 25 to 30 houses were also destroyed by an other fire, originated by the firing from the Spaniards. The loss is estimated at at least $15,000,000, of which half a million is government pro- perty, and the rest is the property of Eng lish, American, and other foreign subjects. Not a single shot was fired at the Span iards by the Chileans, and the greatest or der prevailed on shore all the time. A more despicable and cowardly act has not been committed in modern times, and we feel convinced that England will call them to account, as this is a purely mercantile city, and half of the property belongs to English subjtcts. • [Correspondence of the New York Tribune.] PANAMA, April 2S, 1886.—The steamship Limena, Capt. Bloomfield, from South Pacific ports, arrived on the 20th lost. Her New York freight list Is very light. By this arrival we have dates from Valparaiso to the 3d, and from Callao to the 14th of April. The news is of thrllhng Interest. CE. Valparaiso the important HlL and enterprising commer cial metropolia of the western coast ofElouth America, is, I regret to say, in ruins. Matters, which upon the clepar to re Of the preceding steamer, were In a decidedly precarious condition, have since culminated in the almost total destruction of the business portion of the city of Valparaiso on one hand, and In eternal infamy and irrevocable disgrace on the other. The report that Admiral Mendez Nufez had received orders from his Government to earnestly inaugurate the war under contemplation so long, was well founded. - On the 27th of March, Admiral Nunez informed the Chilean Government that despatches bad been received from Madrid, appointing him Minister Plenipoten tiary, vice Admiral Pareja, accompanied - by instruc tions to insist upon the fulfillment of the original' terms of settlement prescribed by his predecessor, or, in lieu of which to bombard the city of. Valparaiso. He also notified the Foreign Ministers of the course be was directed to pursue. From the Ciulian authori ties he was met with the reply that the Republlo would never bumble herself to the required degree. She would not be compelled to salute the Spanish flag, nor to apologize for imaginary offences against the Govern. ment oilier Catholic Majesty, Upon the reception t:if the :may, Nunez immediately notified the authorities of Valparaiso that he would allow them four day's time in which to remove the non-combatants; pre paratory to the bombardment of the city. He notified the foreign residents to save their movable property In the interim, as nothing beyond a compliance with his demands by the Republican Administration could change bis determination as to the time of the attack. It could scarcely be comprehended by the peacefill inhabitants of the place that NUSSZ would execute his plan of destroying a defenceless city—especially one in which - Property held by foreign capitalists was so largely predominant. A meeting of Foreign Minis ters was immediately held, and a request sent by them to Nunez that be would reconsider his determination and allow the city to "still exist." His reply was firm,but courteous, Ilia orders were explicit and could not be disregarded The American Minister Gen. ifilpatri rk, . was indefatigable In hie efforts to bring about a recon ciliation between the belligerents, but his labor was thrown away. The following is a copy of a letter to Mendez Reflex from Kilpatrick. which Is indicative of the desire of the latter to prevent the loss of life and property: LEGATION Or THE UNITED STATES TO CHILE, VAL- I'ABAD3OI March 28, 1856, — The undersigned, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, has the honor to acknowledge the re ceipt of the note which his Excellency the Commander in-Chief of her Catholic Majesty's Squadron in the Pacific, and her Plenipotentiary, addressed him on the 27th Met., transmitting to him a manifesto addressed by his Excellency to the representatives of foreign nations resident In Chile.- In this document, his Ex cellency is pleased to state the reasons which. In his opinion, jtuitify the employment of extreme hostilities against the port of Valparaiso and other ports upon the coast of ladle by the Zeroes under his command, to Interfere. Them, &c. lallowing a term of four days for the purpose ofplacing L, safety the old, the young and the helpless. - The undersigned Mae transmitted copies of that manifesto to his colleagues of the Diplereatic Conris For Mamie he does not feel cal ed upon fo examine Into the causes of the present war, (trot the failure of the attempt hitherto made :to bring it to a close, by conciliatory measures or by force of arms; lone he dove feel himself called upon earnestly to remonstrate, and eolexuly to protest against the destruction of a purely mercantile port, almost exclusively the property of unoilending neutrals. His Excellency states, that - upon the establishment oft he blockade ofthe Chilean coast, it was conducted with lenity, and that neutrals were courteously dealt with; that finding this course unavailing to obtain the a esired *eeds from Chile, theforces under his com mand made two distinct attempts to obtain bycombitt the satisfaCtien Spain dernanded,and finally, that fail ing to do so on account of insuperable neutral obsta cles. It is his duty to cause Chile to feel all the rigors of war, and that he will consequently fire upon Val paraiso and upon any ether ports he spay deem pro per with the guns of his squadron, as a terrible act of hostility rendered legitimate by the reasons set forth by Lim. and which place the full responsibility of all the evils thereby reused to neutrals upon, the Govern ment of Chile. These reasons fall to satisfy the un dersigned, as they will adi to satisfy civilized Nation., that his Excellency the epanisheAdmiral, is audited. in retorting to a species or warfare - which he himself most truly Quetta - es as terrible, in order to punish an enemy which he has thus tax failed to punish by legiti mate modes of warfare. While belligerent rather permit a recourse to ea t/erne messurim for the carrying on; legitimate mili tary of erations, they do not includli the wanton deee Unction of private property, where no remit adventsgee= to the lawful ends of the war 'can be attained. International law expressly exempts from destruction purely commercial communities such as Valparaiso, and the nadersigned wculd beg his Excellency to cen• sides most earnestly the immense lims to neutral resi dents. and thelmpossibllity of removing within the brief term allotted to them their household goods,chate tels and merchandise. - If howgver, his Excellency persists in his Intention to bombs the port of Valparaiso. in spite of the ear nest remonstrance contained herein, it only remains for the undersigned to reiterate, in the clearest man ner, in the name of his Government, his most solerna protest agalastAhe act as unusual, unnecessary, and in contraventMb of thalami and customs of civilized nations, reserving to his Government the right to take such action as it maydeem proper in theprendses. The undersigned haa the honor to r to his Ex cellency. the tkimmander-in•Chief of her e Catholic Mee jesty's Naval Forces in the Pacific, and her Plempo tentiary, the assurances of his distinguished conside ration., - J. KILPATRICK. To his Excellency the Commander-In-Chief of the Na val Forces of her Catholic Majesty in the Pacific, To thanthat remonstrance the inevitable reply was re turned. Plans of settlement were proposed, the most feasible of which was that the epwaish flag should be elevated over - the barracks at Valparaiso, the Chilean flag placed at the masthead of the Admiral's ship Nu •ma ncia, and a simultaneous salute fired to both. This question disposed of, the others would have been of easy ef solutian. The Chileanssurreed to this mode of settlement at once; but the haughty Spaniard would iot retreat one Inch from the position he had taken. It soon heealne evident the/ nothing short of absolute foreign intervention could avert the threatened ca lama,, and the non-combatants and most portable ar ticles of merchandise were then.removed beyond reach of the enemy s guns. Seeing that all peaceable efforts to save Valparaiso were fruitless, Gen. Kilpatrick provesed to the ling ' lish and French Charge d'Affaus to see what virtue there would he' in shot and shell from the men-ofteer of the several powers then lying in the harbor. The a merican Commodore, Begets, and our 'ela Mister, jointly proposed to anchor the different Meets between the Spanish squadron and the city:and 1 ita c tt e Itlicl:tiHtriteiVicrireetegTbra -they also agreed American men-of-war would assume all farther re sponsibility. Britieh interest in-Valparaiso Is much more extensive than American, in fact itis four times as great. and our representatives were unwilling to as sume the entire responsibility on the part of the American Government alone. ships o proposed thee the American and English firesimultane ously on the Spaniards, Ana together compel them to desist, But to each and every propo sition to this effect, a-negative reply 'was given. All foreign opposition to the Spanish having thus vanished, Nunez prepared to attack the city. Early on the morning of March SI (the Lear days' grace having elapsed) he notified the foreign squadrons to withdraw beyond range of his guns. The English squadron was the first to comply with the notification: while, at the laat moment, the American ships slowly end sullenly moved irons their anchorage to a aster place. The Monadnock, a mcnitor, which alone could have totally atunkilleted the entire enmesh squadrsn, b, ens bt op the rear.and as she passed by the attacking fleet her ftepoundere seemed to dare the vandals to a trial of strength and akin. Shunt, before 8 o'cicelt A. M. the enemy's vessels began to ix auteuvre_ The Nuruancia, ReSaiticlol3, 17.11 a de Math In. Blanca, Vencedora and Paquete de Maule were under steam. she flagship latunancia took up her position immediately in tront of the mole, and about a Mile from shore, .At 8.10 A. M. she fired two blank shots, as a warning to the non-coca batants of the city that the attack was about to com mence The latter, taking advantage of this circum stance, left their houses acid posted themselves on the heights overlooking the place, and out of range of the enemy's gins. follothe Interim the Spauish frigates were putted as ws—The Resolucion,fronting the railroad statism; the Blanca and Villa de Madrid, before the custom warehouses- and the Vencedora opposite the Calle del Cabo. The .Numancia remained outside the line thus fo‘ med signaling orders to the attacking yeesels. By aro everything was In readiness for the attack, so early bad the preparations begun and so rapidly had they been completed. The destruction of property was Immense. The warehonses,containingmillions of dollars worth of for eign merchandise, were almost totally demolished, it is here tt at the bombardment affected foreigners so generally. All the public and many private buildings were completely ruined. The- Hotel de la Union was flied by a red-hot shot, and all that portion of the city In its Immediate vicinity was consumed by the entire conflagration. To complete the entire destruc tion of the custem warehouses. a fire broke out about 11.45 o'clock, A.M., which speedily enveloped the whole of them In flames, Nothing was spared by the enemy sange of their guns. Public property and pri vate, hospitals and churches, wharves and their appurtenances, were each and all made an object of attack. A fter firing between 2,C00 and 3 000 shot and shell point blank into the city, the flagship NI/mends gave the signal to withdraw. The last shot was fired at 12,30 o'clock*, P. M. The frigates immediately got under way atter the firing had ceased, and proceaaecl to the le chorsge from whence they came In the morning. The foreign teats resumed their old positions, and on the water everything soon both its usual appearance. Immediately atter the firing ceased, the peop,e on the heights rushed into the city, and strove to check the conflagration, In which- they partially succeeded. Owing so the fact that nearly all the inhabitants had let the place, the number of killed and wounded was comparatively small. The exacifignres have not been given It was not known what the future plans of Nufles might be, but It SL9 generally believed that he would ravage the coast, and proceed to do at other cities what he had done at Valparaiso. It was feared that Caldera, Coquimbo, and other place% would. In turn. fall vie tiros to the vandalism of the Spaniards. The English residents of Chile are highly indignant at the conduct of their Minister, and of Commodore Denman, of the British Squadron. Before the bom bardment. a meeting was held by the former, and the following resolutions, which damn their own repre. gen tatives and t raise Ours, were adopted: Berotredo. That the statement of facts read at the meeting this day by Mr. Hague be hereby adopted as a true and impartial narrative. 2. That this meeting cannot too severely censure the vacillating conduct iof ;Rear-Admiral Denman, in having given to the British community of Valparaisq Positive assurances that he would interfere byorce, if necessary, to prevent a general bombardent, and afterward retracting the same; thus causing the loss of much valuable timewnich might have been profitably employed in securing safety to life and property. S. That this meeting cannot but condemn Rear-Ad miral Denman's conduct as inconsistent with correct ideas of that neutrality which he stated he had strict orders to observe, inasmuch as while be deniers to the British community of Valparaiso the protection of the forces under his command, he did not hesitate to detach one of the ships of his squadron for the protec tion of Spanish Commissaries, contraband of war In ye t i:man waters, who left Vulparaiso fbr the North in the mall steamer hence on elith inst. 4. That - Bear- e dmiml an's pies of want of sufficient force to oppo the Spaniards is humiliating to his countrymen and inexcusable consider!" g that the coroperation of a powerful United States squadron was pressed upon him by its commanders, and that this meeting cannot express in sufficientlystrong terms Its indignation that such an atrocity as the bombard ment of a defenceless town with a population of 80,000 Inhabitants should be permitted in the presence of a British squadron. 8. That the absence of precise instructions from the English Government with regard to the threatened bombardment can only be accounted for by the tempo eider, on Its part, that our difficulties have come to a conclusion, leaving therefore unforeseen complications to be solved by the good judgment of its representative, who to the great regret of this meeting would appear to consider the duties of neutrality inconsistent with any action in favor of those interests which we speially confided to his protection, and which, under existing circumstances, are so seriously compromised. e. That it is a matter of regret that between the Brit Ish Charge d'Affaires and this community there has long existed an estrangement which has rendered him unfit to represent its Intel este, and that In the present emergency the disadvantages accruing therefrom have been more sensibly felt by his passivesubtaission to the abuses of the Spanish squadron. while other neutrals have been placed In much more favorable positions through the exertions of their represents tives. 7: That a deputation be appointed to wait upon the. United States Minister, Gen. Kilpatrick, and upon ommodore Rogers, and express to them on behalf of his meeting, its high appreciation of their earn , at en deavors to Jsrevent, by co-operation with the British iorces. the bombardment of this city,deeply regretting that those endeavors had not been more successful. 8. That these resolutions and the documents referred to in them, be laid beibre the British public. A bitter feeling la said to prevail throughout Chile against theßnglinh. British commercial interests are .thought to have suffered an irreparable I ..„"tury, while the pleasure with which all classes and parties cola. F. L. FETIRRSTON Pubithor mend latteribn Of the Atneticams. bodes much Mee to the The Mercurio o.f Valparaiso r.mar that it is at a loss to see how the English and Francis Charge d'Affaires can justify themselves to their re apective Governmenta, for having calmly and ladle. erently stood by, whlie the Spaniards were Winning' eighteen' or twenty millions worth of prol.a.n.y belong ing to their countrynuem.possessing t as they did, ample means to prevent it. PERU. The Peruvians were wild vrith excitement over the the news of the lambardment of Valparaiso. Great fears were entertained for the safety of-foreigners—and especially ofSpaniards; residingin LimeatoteniblewaS the excitement of the lower classes that , they threat ened an indiscriminate massacre of Earopeana. and did not even spare Americans in their denunciations. The feeling wa y s some • bat alleviitt.d by the arrest and. Imprisonment of an the Spaniards in' the city. Yea, fearing a repetition of the terrible scenes following the overthrow of Perot, the authorities used- every pre-. caution to prevent it, and the arrest of tne Spaniards removed the pretext for an outbreak. At Callo ad was conftuslon. ar were being relieved of their contents, me rchants were send-. in, mei, goods to Lima, ano, in fact, every oneseemed to be possessed with the insane fear that Callao would be the next place of attack. But the chances are that Nunez will turn his attention toward easier and lms dangerous work before he approaches that city. 11 they possess the requisite bravery, the-Parevrati nave the means of. returning hard knocks for those • rece 'god. Admiral Pearson bad arrived at Callao; but imam... di..teiy Ladled in the Suwanee for Valparaiso.' AtetEitics.. By the arrival of the steamship Guatemala, Captain Douglas. we have later news from Central America. Ever3lll• g.was quiet in political circles. An effert. le being made in Costa Bice to con tract. with an amen can company for toe construction of an inter-"aceanic Itailroaa. All British and Preach prejects aiming at, hat end have proved to be sad tenures, and now-the' Central Americans want to give Yankee ingenuity and 140 U atrial. .a carriage road is projected between. Guatema:a City and ran, Salvador. The ordinary set lion of the Nicaraguan Congress closed on the 18th. ultimo, but was opened agahrin extraordinary aesaitin. on the 19th. - • • SANTIAGO DE CECII,E, 3tareh,3l 186a.—The United- States Minister, General Ellpatfleir and the United, States Commodore, Boma. have been doing their ut most to effect a peaceful solutiotrof the differences be tween pain and Chile. Long Oottrettitlees have bees.: held on board the Numeric's. The published bat unofficial remit of BliPatriceir . conference with the bpanish Admiral is this, that 1. The Spaniel' and Chile nags should be unfurled , - upon a United States ship and receive mutual salute , from the bellgerente. W'l o reciprocally deliver up the prizes and prisonens made. including the Covadonga. a. That the Chile Government would declare that she never intended injury against the Queen or it is said that on the part of tbe Spanish Admiral he- Intamattd that if these terms were not agreed to, he wow d bombard. _ . . It is generally supposed that Chili has refused these cone 1. ns, since she will not treat with Spain, unless h,r 'hips be withdrawn. Even to yestartuly• _noon, within less than 24 hours before the bombardment wag s° mmence, strenuous efforts were still being made, to effect slt , eseeabLe solution of the question, but Chile would not treat with the Spanish Admiral unless he would withoraw the threat of bombardment. The property of British subjects amounts t 05180.009, too in . Valparaiso. The French interest is much less, but much more than the American. AR you know. the United States squadron, under catnmaDd•Of Commodore Rogers, Is now In Valparaiso. The toreign residents petitioned the C, immodore to in terfere with his squadron. H. would have done this if either of the great lowers would have joined him. The English residents have held an indignation meet-- lug, severely censuring the British- Minister, the Hon. ]tr. Thompson. He claims that his instructions will not allow him to interfere. • - - The Bombardment. 8 A. 31.—Two cannons are firedvrithout ball, to Orr warning. aso A. 3L—Firing has commenced. Shots are dr— reeled. w:th considerable accuracy, against public budding's. lo A. M.—Some shell have struck the eastern House. The population are all on the bill observing the work of destruction celow them. 11 A 11.-21 any balls tall upon the °overrun:eat rail road station. Several fires have brokea out in the principal!-treet. 12 M.—The Exchange is nearly destroyed Sheila and balls are directed to all parts of the city. Here. is Santiago there is much excitement, and this moment crowda have gone to the President to urge him to con fiscate the property ofSpaniatt reshients. 12-M P.M —The bonthardment has ceastd. • _ Loss of Property. .A ran. 2.—The damage to Government property Is cot very serious—not over $1,000,00 Part of tae Casa torn House storerooms were burned. in this fire the }Yen ch lost, pet hays, 515,t0u,000. The tntenaencia. ch an ge and :allruad station were Injured. but are lett standtng. la the street Planchada the Ossas balks. Templeman &t Co. ono others lost their houses and gooca. In street Cochrane. Herrera. °ass. ct Thompson, and Watson staffrred much loss from fire. Reid & Xdwartis bad hou .es burned Pire at first threatened to take:great prOportiona, but by theactivny of the fire companies of , antiago aed Valparaiso, the fire was pat out in 18 hours. They worked all night heroically. and shells Fired. Of the 2..000 thrown by the Spaniards only. 250 did execution. Their calibre was at or 35 and 68 pounds. Loss of Life. - One man and one woman killed and four soldiers wounded, on the Chile side A JERSEYMAN,ABLIEVED OP las MONEY. —An individual. residing In New Jersey. came to the city on Saturdaylast, and in the evening fell into the company of three fellows in the neig: hbornood of Eighth and Chestnut streets. The party then got inn, a carriage and were driven about the city to - see the sights.' After separating, the Jerseyman found him self minus cf hich his companions had relieved him. 'Yesterday afternoon Charms Bailor and John Coley were rested on suspicion of having been con ned in the robbery. None of the stolen money was recovered, The prisoners had a hearing this Morning before Alderman Beitier, and were held lull.= bald to answer. STEAMS G CITY PROPERTY.—A number of t legraph poles belonging to the city. which have been cut down, have been stolen remit= parties who convert them into 'kindling The police are on the lookout for the thieves. iMPQM.MATI_ONS. Roported for the rnuaaelphia zvemng CIENFIJRAOS—Brig Fannie Gordon, , Gordon_. 'aids sugar :14 tea do Geo C Carson & Co. 7nTMWMTNIMTII ISM Marino Balkan on .211ird Fags, AlturvxD nue Dia% " Brig Fannie Gordon (Br). Gordon, l6 days from Cienfuegos, with sugar to Geo C Carson at Co. r'chr Magnolia, Chase, 6 days from Boston, with mdse to Crowell & Collins, srl,r L C Paine, Howes, 6 days from Boston, with mdse to Crowell & Collins. Schr S T Garrison, Chase, 7 days from Boston, with linseed to Barclay & Barclay. Schr S B Harris, Wilson. 8 days from Hampden,lilis. with potatoes to B. S Dyer. Behr Geo Hilborn, Norwood, M days from Eastport, Me. with laths and pickets to D Trump, Son dt Co. Scbr Baltimore, Dia, 16 days from Calais, Me, witit, laths an, pickets to I) Trump, Son & Co. Schr .1" 111 safteld, May, from Saugus. • Scbr N &H Gould, Crowell, from New Bedford. CLEMI,ED TECCEI De Br a ig J H DlllSngham, Mudgett,Matanzas,Joim Masan Co. Brig Annie (Br), DPland, Dunkirk, E A Bonder t CO. Behr Z A Paine, Jones, Boston, do Bahr Lucy Church. Adams, Nantucket, captain, • Bchr Choctaw, Mayo, Providence, Sinnicksort at Co. MNIKOBANDA. Ship Edw O'Brien, Oliver, hence at Callan 13th arr 11th. disch'g. Ship Crimea. Baker, from London fer this port, was spoken 16th ult—no latotc. Ship Westmoreland, pecan, for this tart, was in the river. Liverpool, Sist ult. bound out. shi n ironaides, Tapley, entered out at Liverpool 17tts ult. for this port. Ship S L Tilley. Cann, fbr this port, entered out at Newcastle 16th ult. Ship Coringa, Bogart, from Boston, at ,Rio-Janeleti 24th March. Ship Euterpe, Arey, at Callao previous to 13th tilt. from Cbinehas. and Balled for England. Ship Commodore, Otis, faom Chinchas, at Callao 13th nit. for a port In the II States next day. Steamer Louisiana (Br), Thomsonfrom Liverpool 13th nit, at New York yesterday, wit c h 778 passengem Steamer Julia, Sanapson,from Boston, at Rio Janeiro ..:; 19th March. Steamer South America. Tinklepaugh ora Rio Ja— neiro April 8, Bahia 9th. Pernambuco 11th, Para 7Bth. and St Thomas 25th, at New York yesterday. Steamer Cortes, Sampson, cleared at Bostdu yester day for Havana. Bark Sea Eagle, Julius, hence at Rio Janeiro Mb !larch. Bark A W Singleton, Guest, for this port, was at Leghorn 17th tilt, _ Bark Olivia Davis, fillionrds, sailed from Rio Sandra 29th March ibr Baltimore. Bark Agnes; Thompson, at Rio Janeiro 26th Mari* from Baltimore. Bark Campanero (Br), Speights, al Rio Janeiro SOth . March frgm New York. Bark Lord Baltimore (Br), Lorsberg, sailed from RIG Janeiro 29th March for New York. Bark Wm Van Name, Cook, at Gibraltar 11th ult. from Messina. and cleared for New York. Brig Eliza Mary, Foster, sailed from Leghorn letla ult, for this port Bchr Ida L Howard, McDuftle, hence at Portland yesterday. Bohm Ocean Bird, Kelley: North Pacific, Webb, and Paugussett, Waples hence at Boston yesterday. Behr War Bogle, Kelley, hence at Providence SOth ult. Schrs Jas S Watson, Little; F P Randolph, Risley. and Brandywine, Corson, for this port, and Cohassett. Gibbs, Pm Delaware City, sailed from Providence 50th NAVILL.—The U S steamer Dacotah Thompseg, Nit lived at Rio Janeiro 2fita Ate _