New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-06
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From Our o,va Correspondents
WASHINGTON Thgsday Jan. 5 1854
startling report OF hIdbusCring in a ne" quarter has
rcseh,d me You well know that Peru and Bolivia are 4
war proposc has beer s;srtcd to at out large steamer
sIled With men end well provided with Psxhaa gaas
rab.s ruskets cutlasses Colts pistols and all ohere
nrov,a instruments OF war which shall proceed direct tho
Peruvian Coast hoist the Bolivian ag and at oaea capture
or eN;eruinate the small war vessels OF Peru lay hsais
mon her uerchlntmen and ooece them into service to A
in the purposes Of the expedition These are to take INN.
aate osesson OF the Lobos Islands AID begin rapid de-
nletion Of their immense stores OF guano
II IA nronossd that large fleet Of our own and foreign
merchantmen shall be chartered to follow the armh force
sra n !, calculated that sufficient quantity Of this rich
dpo can be at once taken from The island to fully rein
buse the expenditure of the enterprise and leave immense
,oruncs 10 lis projectors This scheme IL said to be ~
cnrdcd with great favor by the South. whore the use q
euano Is extending with extraordinary rapdiiy SO much
So that Il is supposed that tho ordinary supply iron ne
Chincha Island annually dolcd out by Peru VII stOany
INADEQUATE in future 10 the wants of the Southern oan
The immense increase Of its application to cotton lands
the foundation Of this apprehension Three years ego n&
a hundred tuns were used for these lands This year
al least ten thousand viii DO required The whss
project sayor OF romance butt Is understood TO be sns
lated ard urged on by exacerbaed feeling growing out Of
the tliuNtfb OF oDetluiNg u Ahu
adjusting the claims Of the Benson and Jewetl expedition
based on Mr. Websters famous LobOs letter
Carpenters portrait OF the President poases him much
that he has employed tho artist other subjects and espe
CHILLY in producing a portrait of his lost from d,
euerrcoiype.
The project Of colonlng the Mosquito Coast lately sta
ed in New York is stated be wholly Southern in il par
poses The design Is to transport slaves ihher and
iablsh slave State within the territory The grant the
parties in queson is made by King Gallnppcr Of the
Mosquito Indians and is raid TO embrace 300 niles Of sea
coast II remains to be whether the Administrators
will look quietly and ts airoious project consun
meted.
GEnRu SMITHS speech today on the Koszta uhsr vAs
more eloquent Than his former effort WasasgSys
speech in favor of the annexation Of the Sandwich Islands
was one Of the best OF the session.
The Herds and Sofls intend getting up opposition cole
bratioDs on the sth January.
Consider bic interest Is manifested in regard to the Com
mieo of Nine the Pacific Railroad to be announced on
Monday
Mr. CUTTINGS defeat is only temporary, a. many iiards
were absent
senator FISH is busily engaged with the EGgsns Bill
The Senate have confirmed C. G. Allen as Nsy Agent
at Washington.
Capt John Benrdaley, Of the Eighth Infantry h' re
signed
The special teegraphic statement of treaty with MsIi
having been made by Mr. Gadsden considered hoax