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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.
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In consideration of the prompt and liberal support
With which the programme oflast season was received,
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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.
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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.
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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. •
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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 _