New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-09


which would be quite uDknO~n to passing traveller
Ike mysef.
Apc Yet vi.tor fees many things in co1n'ry
Ike tbs Which from familiarity sPpear to e'espe the
notice of I'D residents Alo TO give the MINER
Gus reader. Of THE TRrBusE, some OF these frat IN
pres.ops OF Chile, gathered here during a fe~ weeks
ps.t in this irs commercial c,pital.
The aspect of tie coast, as one approsches Va'oa-
raso from Juan Fernandez the wes, Is no, By
any mears inviting, here in soGh latitude 330i stu
lee, So i. il between tbs and Cailsc TO the north, IN
south latitude I2o; in fact, is mosty c7mpo'ef OF
sterile mountains or arid and elevated table snds,
of which will .end you more particular account
when the Report Of the Government Survey Of the
De.ert of A,aeuus uo~ in press shall have teen
published. Chill has plan, but they are alslevassd.
Ssrtiseo the cspi,sl, and distant bit 20 miles from
this place, lie in the midst of extensive pl'ids-srf
bo.ev.r, by mountains, spurs of the Crilera-. IS
they call the Andes here; and ye, il is not less
than eco feet above the level OF the ses-
This fact will ~ p-in A. once soms OF tns citr'r!-
ties which Mr.. Allan Campbell, who Is from your
own State, SID the EDRIl eer II the rallroii from
Valparaiso 10 Santiago, has bad TO contend With in
establishing said read by a series OF practicable
eraoes. Tki- be accom- ,ished hOwsver, several
years sI c. by sslrg crcnit Of 10 rniles BY the
north slog tbs coSst Add thsn east At h's'; themes
esst up the Rio COncon. ana through the beautiful
ard fefti. Valley of Quiloia-distant 40 rlIes-and
this port is sup piled With is fruits and veg
etsblss ara thence by q pass Of some dif ally,
southeIly and essisiy 10 Saatisgo on the Rio Ms
poetic brspch of tine Mspu. which is the hfs: river
10 tie south OF ali 6raso and distant some 50 10 ~
miles az It's mouth.
have beer thus particular ia describing ,be rail-
ROAD which vet incomplete btcaIse the visitor,
entering this barber would suppose il quite inpossi
bic for railroad 10 any objection sst, avoid
the ami hhes'er cf mountains by which II : nemned
H. ard some OF which are am told 900 f. high.
Ry following ben. he line OF the coas, sOne tan
or twelve mites DOrth to the mouth of the CIncor.
and thence up the same river, tnsGe obstacles at
feet sie b. nsuOersble-hsye been ug,niously over
come; and, N short tine from low the charming
rur.i districts and their sbuDdAnt products. along
this river about Quiilos, will 0e within an hcnr
or two's ride OF this most chNrniog OF South Ansfi
Cor villages.
yslpsJslois a erea, eatrer6, IF the South Pdcji5
trsde Lot only exchanging IN. products of Chile for
those the lslsnds for the gold cust of Australia,
a. il formerly old, aud does to some exeD, With
C-h oint, but receiving vast ani ncrea.i. quto'i-
tea Of goods for he nrtor, rot slone o. Guile, bat
Of the tTaIt aDdins Stzes included ia B1enDs Ayrss
Boliyis sLd Peru This rrsde IS every year on tia
increase, sud the Chile "a Government disp Jssd
g. r move s.mc ab.urd ana attqui Ell restrctoas, 1t
might be- v.fy much iucfea ed. A. tits notice inst
shluep uf spe Gle ana bnliOn % DSymauts fr
IN. goOs -'eved b-Te, and s0ppe1 % the Interior
coes;wise iar exceed tbs products OF tue ich -i
vtr srd copper mines Of the northern pro7inses OF
tbs country.
Vslpsraiso certainly has BOT an Ansric1n aspsct.
as use tbs' word ia the UI'sd States; but rather
SpsDish. or Mediterranean lock- with iis narrow,
or, obed stree'e tile Ioof-, grated sindows, and
heavy, numbering coOrs. ind clumsy architecture
gspers1y. MOst of the stores sno dseliogs arc two
sorss Ia bighL notwithstanding the dread of
qusk,s, winch ere by no .ars rare IA Chile rns
lsst Of these, Of any mCms NJ ste- le22 took place
il Apri srd May, 1851 dong ranaZs IL this town A.
sm Informed IL the extent Of al 900 900; TO which
$4,000 should aoced TO cove: D1ries done by The
rei.s Immediately succeecDG 1t. Sauta5o, st that
rime suffered 10 about the exient Atmos Jhecic
CHI ges are thought 10 follow shocks OF eart5q1aks,
a. they eid in May Is5l which il "a you kooS near
the ginning q sin,tr in this portion OF the hem-
81 here
ne oersus is NOS: difficult matter 70 reach here;
Hd the exact population Of Valparaiso, SIS CT Chls
is 4 believe az known TO any one Al American of
Thirty ye:s re-ldet &c here, sssu'e1 me- tina, there
wer, tsioe the people now ia this cty tnst there we're
ten years sgO End he supposed thele mus; 30 900
souls htr low, probable moe.
The lofty lights Jiog All ABOUT the town are every
sts T ton OF ee ana e S e c-a &
Ell intuces ~hicn to~er aopve them, pre- led with
swuus Of Inhabitants. Ole woG4 reAdly soppss
that IL earthquake, the structures Of tue Wealthy
mefchaD on NJ jay lie slsv atoms 80 Jls
the city, might sls c0me topping down upon tho
cabins Ut t1e poor poems beneath, or fall 100 the
waIehGpses 10 front. p0Ier air from the b A. not
less than the attractions At rep,se add fre ecenery,
however sluIe may Of the higher class to seek tns
nights tor ttsiceIce.
The civilization Of Valparaiso is OF tbS' peculiar
kind Indicated by it, motley habi,sDts. Foreigners
ostiy give tobe 10 more polished circles ana fore
most eDoDg these msy be placed the numerous El-
lli.b, Scotch American aud Germ II merchants con-
Gus sc who have mace lbeir residence here for
mtry years past 10 these m4y - added various Of
tceIs of tie Government, who are 4" to the manor
born and who, II gives me great pleasure 10 SAY,
ere generally gentlemen of most agreeable manners,
ard highly esteemed by Ell who tnoy them
The ponce, though At hrst repulsive to Ameri-
Il n frH.s fuetr Il
ing a. Trey 60 shry shistDg about the streets az #
i'll boy ish tpol every hour OF the night, an or
oeTly body Of men, eDd usefu suppose, 10 thar
way. Inoeed, have seldom seen less riot and con-
fusion I'D By CRY OF 20 large a pcpsl.ton as this;
ana especially s this remark able when the ma.ses of
the people ale, should say, of The lowest coGdi-
toD, a. fere. NLetenhs of the people here are csr-
sluly in as hun bic position 10 society in fact, as
The lowest negroes in New York or in phia.
What motley ey lake they at once spend and thus
they live fIom bal TO mouth generation after gen.
Grafton, better in know Lot what respect THAI we're
THEN progeDitors who subjects of the Incas OF
Peru to which CHE was OF &c attached province.
Our Navy hos mace hne display 10 this naroor
the past La b. curing which the fne 81. amer. Sus-
quettrna and MisessiPpi have vis ed here on ta-r
return from JspsD; the Massachusetts and the John
Adams, on the way nNth; and the frigs'e 81 Law
renee has beeB relieved, sfer three years sbson "a
90 ihs tion, by the arrival Of the razee ILdepen
derce.
The prefer C. of nearly all these men Of war here At
OF e, week two since, taken ia connection With
the IeEs Of the GalLpsgo purchase, flliou.tersm,
SOule, war in Europe, sLd trouble in-the camp gene
quite overcame the weak nerves Of the geatle
MT who visld the pen for The MnsGjero, ~ tbs
capital, and The MeTcuri0, 1T this place. Several
flaming issues Of tbose jouI nss appeared In success
sou, and the thing Was echoed ab0ut most Gconti-
nenty. 1.-The Yankee in South America" q " Goa
''gress Of the States, Plo,ests, Ministers Plen
poteLtiary, csnnons, blood force ana arms were
Ia ked Of and bsIoied about freely. II ~.s quite
usrg 10 American 10 note the ignorance add