The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-03
Interesting from South America.
OUR VALPARAISO CORRESPONDENTS,

VALPARAISO, March Is, 1855.
A Steam Line Bet,ceen Panama and Valparaiso Adco
cotGd-Fdilures of the British Line-Detention of
american Mails and Observation-Disclosures Of a
Trade scih Ch,li-Yankee Navigation Of the Bio Bio
Riper-Stages from Valparaiso to Sdntiago-AnnerG-
hon--7he Allied Pacific Squadron-Peropanloos
and Sebastopol- for the Czar-7he Immaculate
Conception Faror--The United States Ships of War.
Can you not persuade through your world circu
lated HERALp the esta ,lishment of line of steamers
along the Pacific coast from Panama to Valparaiso The
last two steamers of the British royal mail line have failed
to connect with the steamer from New York to Aspin
wall notwithstanding that the railroad finished
the thmus makes the time of travel from New York to
Panama only nine days. The British steamers wait at
Panama until the morning Of the arrival Of the Ameri
mail at Aspinwall steam off two or three hours
before its arrival at Panama. and confessedy with the
intention of obgipg the United States government to
appropriate some fabulous amount of their surplus
funds to the carriage of our mail bags Our cores.
pondence waits the Tsthmus fifteen days, between
steamers, that all American merchants-and their
name is egonand others along the coast receive their
letters fortnight later than they would the policy
OF our Anglo brethren little more liberal.
The British line is of slow coaches, and occupies
twenty two days in the voyage from Panama to this port
Any line Of vessels North river tugs could do
it in sixteen days, stopping at all the principal nterms-
date ports This, with nine days to New York would
be but twenty-five, and Tith nine to Liverpool,
ten to Paris correspondents would receive their letters
&c., in thirty dve instead of fifty days. not at all the
former term always occurring and the latter sufficiently
frequent to make connection at Panama, and the
regular recspt of the mails the exception and not the
rule As to whether such scheme would be profitable
or not, win give but nge item in proof of my opn
ion that would be- The price OF provisions all along
the route is less than with you. Coal is not high
The present price of passage from Panama to this port
is two hundred and seventy four dollars and with extras
less than three hundred and the
capnot in any respect, compare with any Of
steamers Now that the railroad is completed there
will be much greater travel by the Panama route than
tent, and most gladly throughout Chilli, and par.
ticuarly here where all Disguised with the
tire proceedings of the present undertakers Throw oat
hint, GEAR HERALD, in your omnipotsnt columns and
1t 1t be taken, anxious and glad Thousands will thank
you with cheerful gratitude.
The enterprise of Charles Minturn of your city late
Of California for the navigation of the Bio Bio river in
this state, is progressing successfully Another Aaeri
enterprise worthy Of mention, the establishment
Of line Of four horse stages from Valparaiso to San
tago the capital and another from Talcahuano to Con-
ception. Being Santiago last week. saw one of them
in. The four horses few along the street. and
it drew up in front of the hotel crowd collected
talk of Yankee enterprise and some Of annexation.
Your capital articles, by the way, on the subject OF
the Galapagos Islands to have given the Chileans
hope that their time Is not yet close at hand Pho
to crown their satisfaction old Kamehsmshs the Third
succumbed to rum, and it blazoned out to the world
that "Cror onhotonthologos, the King, dead, aud
the Sandwich isles You'd the eager grasp of the
barbarian North American. They have made up their
minds that, he chooses to do it, the American eagle
has omnp potent ezzard with which he digest any
thing, South American republics and after rolling
them two three times in his cspacious NAV,
turn them ont good and respectable lawaoidng aiti
zens-and they even further and are assured upon
authority, that the aforesaid gzzard should be
worked and give out, Congress will vote him another.
Great bird that, by Jove The Chile journals continue
No dreams Of replying to them They prognostcate
everything that TERRIBLE and the assigned for
downfall too much like Gratiano'a in the Msr-
chant OF Venice to occupy in reply the time patience
off, predicts early revolution there 900
paupers in New York without employment
Several French and British vessels OF have arrived
lately their way to Honolulu, there to rendezvous
ows, which they all to consider the Sebas.opo Of
the Pacific H. B. NJ Is steamer Brisk left yester Jay.
Great excitement exists here concerning the
The Americans be in favor of our friend
the Autocra to whom the Chlians compare eagle in
fight Bets are freely offered Of five hundred dollars
that Sebastopol viii not be TAKEN One of that
| was taken at the club few days ago.
Chill has been in fervid state OF religious excitement
during some days past owing TO ths Papa decision Of
the immaculate conception, and the clergy who have
much, too much influence in state affairs, only
awaiting the arrival Of the papal bull to show the world
OF lockers in Vienna their intense appreciation and
their boiling Satisfaction at learning beyond all sub
lunary doubt the snless condition Of their virgin pat
Bonres and rockets theatres and PROFESSIONS
gun firing and flag flying will be the order of the day
when the important docu is Published the world
penden: Commodore Merwn's flag ship Captain Tat
nah, commanding. The commodore gives q ball on
board this evening, and will leave in day two for
Talcahuano. KY