New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-10
VALPARAISO.
Passage Of the Uncle sam-tatharine Hayes-Life
In NaIparaIso.


and - days from Rio. 1t that she might have
made the trip three days shorter had she been more
successful in finding her porte. 1t seems that In ap-
preaching Rio. sic was some 200 (twelve hundred
nies) east BY seven miles south She also passed
about a da, sail 10 the southwark of the Straits Of
Magellan, through which she aferward passed. She
asO went about 10 miles nOrthward OF the port OF al
parasO which distance she was obliged TO retrace, en-
terng tie habOr from the north instead OF the south
In the Straits of Magellan, boat put of from the
shore evidently seeking to speak her she stopped.
and passenger who deck at the time describes
the interview as follows
Tie boatmen appeared H. have been fishing, and
we're in very rough dress On seeing the boat approach
The Captain had ordered the side ladder lowered as
tbey approached however be ordered the ladder raised
NJ ain but Just as the men commenced raising 1t
tie officer of the boat put his hand on the lower step
and sprang upon it, saying. this is an American mail
"steauer. believe" Yes" replied Captain Mills,
what do Won want ?" ave are in need of a spar"
I'VE have no spars" replied Capt Mills The officer
on tie ladder then explained that his boat belonged to
the English big Isabel fitted out by Lady Franklin to
seek for her husband Where are you bound =
asked Capt Mills "To Behring's Straits" /" Then
what the ID are you here for ~ We put in for
water and TO Get a spar" Go ahead" said Capt
Mills, and the steamer went one way and the boat
another.
energy Of VIM. L. Hobson & Co, to whom she
consigned and will be ready for sea tonight, but viii
not leave till tomorrow at I2-because she is adver-
tired to sail at that hour She takes with her of
our most esteemed merchants Mr. Richard Heatley, Of
the house OF Heatley, Harker Co.. who is returning
10 England.
Miss Hayes still continues the idol of Valparaiso :;
she gives farewell Concert tonight; she goes hence
to Santiago, thence to Capapo and Lima and when
her engagements there completed she VIII 20 to
Australia Life in Valparaiso is very different state
Of existence from that in NewYOrk and few people in
tie United States realize the difference until they
experience it, Let US follow an Englishman or an
American through day II he Is an early riser, he
mounts horse at sunrise and rides to the
or otter rendezvous perchance makes short trial of
petd with some friend and comes back to breakfast at
o'clock or bali past T. and then 70 business mercan-
tile house leie, il generally rather an agency than an III
dependent establishment and the heads OF such houses,
Lre MIGHT rather be called confidential clerks than
chants albeit there among them men who Tor know-
edge of the laws If commerce and the currents OF trade
have no superiOrs in the old weird. Clerks IN almost
every house board with their patrons and have an ad-
ditonal salary The number OF clerks ID each house
varies from six to ten of which, by far the majority
are English and German Their salaries, exclusive OF
board vary from $3.50 to $4,000 per annum They al
mott universally keep horse, of which plenty well
trained can be bought for from $50 to SOD 1t is very
1ale that 80 HIGH as hundred dollars is paid for horse
The hotes are generally small, active, hardy, trained
or tie saddle almost exclusively to pace or to canter,
fed, to trOt Business III CHI Is, OF course, IN
principle, the as every where else but IN Chill the
inst leading feature is delay; the second delay and the
HffNU y
Americans would be finished in two hours, will here be
potIacttd for a. MANY months This is rare place for
rlactiCng patience. After business hours, that IL at
about o'clcca 7. NJ. comes dinner at o'clock, and
after that 10 majority OF foreigners well as natives,
coumtncce hf Gates are crowded yeljcheS are in
demand 10 me from one extreme of this long slender
cit, to the other In hundreds Of small houses, not
l,astne more than room aud half YOU hear the mo
touous drumming OF the guitar TO the air Of the Sam
ba Cu.qre pr nomced SANTA QaGLer) with the doleul
li.i l.X al he
cauUt be called Of this national dance Every naive
dances it, Lgh or low, rch or poor and that female Is
in very low grade of education who cannot play 1t
upon tie guitar harp, though on the guitar II con
siss entirely Of tickle and whack repeated in the
,per tine Masquerade balls (publc are given eve
~ SATURDAY evening to which Young men Of every
Grade and Of women none but "Cyprlans," resort
These Keep up till morning, ANA the scenes OF fun
pLt and dIml erncss. At these balls every third
dfIce il he Snba Cucque for not only is il capable
of calling cut the utmost grace and beauty OF attitude
and notion but il also capable OF displaying the utmost
vclupiuousncss aud in these balls is carried 10 the
highest d,gIee of in prCpri,ty.
Auolle very peculiar feature IN society here Is the
lelity with which they view the stopping o tcrdy rom
an 10 foHg as Goldsmith last /, isno dfgace next
TO none tits not considered genicc for Cilenos OF good
tan lily to work. even though they be poor and they
have pretty daughter OLA years or they would
in many instances rather sell her Ia bachelor for from
$50 10 SGT, ard a certain monthly allowance, than
q
does Nv no mcans tsboO them from society. The oil
spring Of such connections must be supported by the
father and inherit part of his estate One oi our
weatliest merchants lived many years in similar
connection ard raised large family Of worthy child
r,n and finally married the mother of them that they
might be made legitimate.
Ii is striking spectacle of morning to see crowds
Of ladies', old and young, thr0pgng 10 church, between
seven and eight o'clock, each dressed entirely in
black, with black shawls drawn smoothly over their
leads showing their faces crcumscrbed by this oval
black border from forehead to chin. Probably none
ale more regular attendants at church than the
"Cyprians'
Tie Protestants are not allowed TO build churches in
Chill They must meet in dwelling houses, or in build
ings Joining 10 dwelling houses. There are only two
Protestant congregations in Nalparaiso-an English
Episco palian and Connecticut Presbyterian. They
arc however thiny attended, though the pastors are
both worthy men,
Ihad intended TO give you in this letter account
of the Goveument policy toward foreign settlers here
but shall be obliged to defer it 10 another letter.
The trade of the months of June July and August is
usually SO small as hardly TO be worth reporting, and
have nothing TO say on those heads. ALPHA
SHsGqg Morning, Aug. Last night Kate Hayes
sung az benefit given by the merchants
Of Valparaiso They paid all the expenses OF the the
alter and something more The house was crowded
At the coe of the rstpart some halt dozen gentlemen
sepped upon tie stage and ut the same instant green
fse foated across over her head. having the IRISH
harp surmounted by tie Chill star, and the motto,
&C. Ern 20 brash, h."
at the bottom The gentlemen carried large purple
velvet cushion Gu which rested magnificent diamond
bracelet which they clasped upon her wrist, amid
long continued shower of heavy bouquets and hne green
leaves they then retired and our benny hate stood 10
receive the dcaenng cheers that ever resounded
in the walls OF the theatre.
At the close of the Concert the boys OF the HOOK
and Ladder Company waited with their ropes to draw
Ter carriage home which they did in gallant style.