New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-14

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ceiyed Q copy Of the Panama Star and Herald,
from which We extract the following intelli-
gence 49, 7t4g5
.s On the17th ult., the Government convoked
Congress for sn extraordinary session The
matter for consideration consisted Of project
OF civil law, the treaty celebrated with the
argentine Republic, the Consular Convention
WITH New Granada and with Ecuador, sup
piernenfary estimates Of extraordinary e1-
penses, etc. E4 7f %
The treaty with the Argentine Republic and
the Consular Convention with Ecuador and New
Granada were approved. [s2s
me new code Of civil laws was first discussed
/ IN the Senate and approved. It is to come into
operation on the 1at Of January, 1857 (?) The
extraordinary expenses are for the purpose Of
enlarging the school Of arts, and for COMPLETING
the outfit Of the steamer Esmeralda, already
launched in the Thames. 5a 5.1
Itwas expected that the session would ha q short
one. On the 29th November the treaty Of auity,
commerce and navigation between Great Brit.
ain and Chile was duly signed and exchanged
at Santiago. Ts,.s55 .5s> y 1
.i1Ak p s '51i Peru. ztE
Our private adyices inform us that every
symptom Of another revolution is apparent,
Castillo is fast losing his influence, and the
ing for " something to turn up TO try their
chance once more, Arrests are made nightly
| in Lima of persons supposed to be inimical to
the Government, and every one feels that Cas-
| tilla's rule will soon come to an end. C.t ry
| The splendid new frigate Apurimac, just ar.
| rived from England, was got on shore in the
harbor, and with some difficulty hauled off by
the steamers in port. s. E, t,sas d Id A. l.d
The Herald publishes an interesting lette,
from Valparaiso, from which We extract ths
following interesting statements
This town continues to be in gold fever, and
hundreds are rushing to the diggings, which art
about fifteen miles from here.
We see almost daily the old familiar sights o.
San Francisco, and gold washers, cradles, lons
toms, ETC., are toated along, as well as picks
crow bars and selves. The sailors even sre Of
to the mines The southern diggings near Con.
ception do not turn utso well as those in thi.
vicinity, and consequently we hear southern
prospectors are coming this way. n s,se.s j 4s
Considerable quantities Of quartz gold have
been found, and some nnggets. The quality o.
the gold is fully equal to Nny ever saw either
in California or Australia.
Several vessels have sailed from here fol
Australia with samples Of gold, and in sin
months time We may look for small increase
Of our population, which will astonish the ma
tives Of this Republic. A person to dig has t
pay some three or six dollars for site, and tht
mining laws Of Chile are so liberal that miner
if he has any reason to believe that gold exists
even in gentleman's garden or in his cellar
can lay claim to dig there by paying his thret
dollars and taking out his certificate of ths
location. "-
To give you an idea Of the vicinity and reality
of the gold, I would state that we'll know
merchant Of this city, offered to bet five hundred
dollars that he would leave Valparaiso at A
NJ and return ct 6 P. NJ, with an ounce o
his own digging. From what can see of th
diggings, it seems to me that companies 0
determined men cannot fail to do as we'll as il
California, if not better. I'