Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-06-15
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we are Indebted 10 gentleman of thi.
p'"re ivr periuissioa II lay before our readers
copy OF The tullawn. letter received by him
tro'h an oihccr, on board the o. =. ship On ario.
aIhii'e OF this place. hi. letter will we doubt
iJt ne read with interest bv every one il
~ '"rleie with good sense, and evinces that
sac writer, who lest this place an ines perienc-
e'i youth ieY yeais ago has made, rcoj nSo
iinn TrY,n.b., Wv - r,''''
No2yV t'Hrr froH an ebiccr bpurd ihe o. s.
H"F ohiG'"' Z" ms /" this place, dated
y. >. Snip ONTARIO,
annapolis April 18th, 1870
once more. nay dear Sir, liza We safely re-
@fned to " The Land OF The Free, aud the
home Of The Brave"
Nineteen months have rnui.iIv nassau ,,..,.
sec took rave Of my dear county for n
rfRize in tie Pacific Ocean When lo,k
hark II appears as bat "A dav-yet during that
day hHye sailed IN all my Zi.Zay ralni,ie, oyrr
- fifty ihuHsand miles Of old Neptnae'.
Euptre. The many strange places / have
e"Gl', a''d'th- great variety OF interesting OBJ
Jec's presented to the eye may in sprue dc.ree
ACCOUNT LOT the apparent rap,dty of Ola
nHt thStt--but u Is nevertheless meIan-
emory truth, that as our years increase in
n"mner tGcy seem greatly 10 diminish in
wished very much for an oppor,upjty 70
write yon from the Pacific. bat me. with none
lh"t presented n reasonable prospect of your
ever getting Tue letter. could there have III
V.n yon mluci' interesting rewS, if ou feel AS
preSGm every American does, interested IN
."c great Cause Row peudIas l." SOuth Aneri-
The period of OUr arrival i'm Chill was per-
h9ps TIE most eyentiul Oae in the history of
thdt country Sihce The CoIiG ueSt-liut a. Won
nave i"I1 -tuce bern made acquainted through
t"e Mediain of newspapers. with the iinnor-
td"t occurrences OF that day, shall not here
t'oHDic son Win repetition of them bar
pursuing the Iu:pution with which sat down
shdls proceed Ia give Sou a sketch of the
movement, OF he Ontario during her absrnce
from tge UaIed States In doing SO | shall
Iaaee, PTIncIphly, plain extracts from my
J"Stlai and avoid as much possible enter
lh- into particulars. whiciE wound perhaps tire
W"'e ihtn huuSe Nuu Tust here, however
o"SCrfc, thlt shoud you feel no relish for The
6r' rem t'hs Of t sailui journal the papersare
"a your hands aud iGay be easily committed TO
the flames
j hc i!rsi port we put into was Rio Janeiro
'HiAZtiI Whrre we spent but en- DAYS renttjuy
&c Thence directed ourcourse towards Gao
HORN we passed that dreadful point of FER
aOis about the list OF January, 1918. I have
never GeeH in cline so bnistcrAuS and lisa
GreAbie as that about the Cdne-rains and
TtJ'i ns prevail almost incesNdut!Y-Tne sea
Fol.hg ~ mountain waves ; your trembling
o"tN one inoincni scars among The clouds AMI
EiaU@&t sinks swiftly between the foaIni,p
lows as 1t never 10 rise again
II was midsummer when we rassed IL and
fnsG4HH"tiy we mad almost continual dsy-
fhi - the "Gn making hui small sweep b.
~ tie horizon, where lee remained unIy f,e
iirN ai.d half, lett us a t,vi hi n his ~
zee. which, had The weather been clear
"'td have been equal to the tnI noon-'rhe
"iher was not so coIdas hal expected
'Mid 81 even at that season, in so hirha Iati-
tu as % degrees SOuih---tle mercHry StOnd
atom ~ To - degrees of Fdhrenheit's Their
mecter-AtteS butfeting the storms for ifty
a. d"F!n= which Ne lost one man over
ood and carried away some of our Gpht
sPH "s cast ancholin lie Bay of Valparaiso,
Viaraiso is small i'll contrived. dirty
t"W~tHck against the side Of red CLAY nill
s""tArce affords herbage for . goat-The
nous are generally very snail meaDly
""'tUh brick h1drs aud tiFe rOofS--It, po-
''ahl Is from soar to 1--we thousand SOaIs-
ihcy'e very easy Ia their manners aud hos
p't"b'to strangers. afier Il STAY there of
&!A "F We sailed tor Lima PERM where we
a! fSen twelve DAYS we gave tie vice kiup
o. refine hr,t lhtormdtiOn " the defeat Of
hi- az al tie famous battle of Natoo
"inch ipDled The naughty cdshlian tlai he
hot oar eCsived us WItii d decree of resDect
which us uOi in the habit 81 paving turriru-
v1s b"tt the request OF Captain b he g,ye
~ "h orr addressed 10 the Commodore Of
.'s 'qd"'on. on Valparaiso, TO permit all the
Nh'I''dHefcltanf vessels then it HAT port
l" tFOctt TO sea without Interruption, Ihi,
very lmiittut OEderrPndeIed II nccess nv for
me Ohtdb to return imme diateiy To yalpa-
T'ISo a. tire were I'VE ydludblt, vessels III n
p,cPdTin2U Sa'i fOI China Can't b. cons nj
ga =" tdker 3Jard commissioner from the
wee fidG . negotiate with ihc Chill gogprIi-
"'InSrii ~ z capacity Of medittOT. Ga Onr
trtHfu TO flpafaI-O had iiip pleasure to ac-
company ibIr gentlemen to SANTIAGO (tle ca
4t'd1, dbOni he hnLdTed miles la the interior }
tH "ir dfr'~l 80 the suburbs We were met by
40 0iHcrT OF AstmctiOu at the head OF CORPS
OF didgSOhS JlicH paid Capt - military hp-
H"'' ahd eScttcd Il, To quarters that had been
prepared Tor dpt,Iu T. and most splendid,
nf'ed up 10y ndrrOt the Supreme D,rpctOt-
during our st'{ thrte our table ,Sas every .iav
snriIted ln tif mISt .uin.duous unanncr-tl,c
Ttcoesi wines .Tu'tS and dplic0cirS OF every
dfS'upliUr W'fe crowded NOON il iu the ,rc..i-
fSI pFutu~luH in short. eytts Tpspprt and AZ
trH'i"I wa, pad rs aud we we're Sufre,d Ia
bc ~ no rSptue whatever In confederation
"UppDNc. Of us, the servants vybo yetc al.o
government property frlt thpH;s,Ivr, - ,ippI-
- Ia puriJin every thug iheN cOuih ity their
hhri< on, aud thet certainly dvarIrI 1hrtu-
4cis. "t every ,ppOfiunUy ~ cArrrisp fiat
Tieht --oue utth, spldtcfs Of lie ru trd 0Cho.
noi ia c'corfrt "a, back To the porf dolrmv
sword, epduirtte aud cuaPPdu d. bras winch
had been gwen iudl tu cary
Ntu' ihrO ~ laadsou" regular aud well
hut' ciy --has from tIirfy 10 furts uionssud
i"l' ,Dltaut 49, { has several verv tj,h churches.
aud 50 ~ 90 Hrr ritgtut public bti dug< ptF
t'cu riN e ni.t winch unnk ~ not snFussss
ct f"qu ord b, ANY bal ling Oh the - hole
E"" .i''rin u 'nrticd u y tour hundred aud
e'gh $ tCett ppt Two Sto'ie high AID cvety
wf' tHrtc 'n duo pi0aOdiou, n u built oiav ~
h"e "'hle ice fiene. ~ spsnt six Galsin tAs