The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-28

left for the mne yesterday. Among them were
some we know TO be good, practical hard working
intelligent men, and capable Of much usefulness
wherever they are located. There is fair prospect
OF their doing well, and keeping tolerably well.
We have not heard any news items from the Escr
banos mines for several weeks but we are told they
are doing pretty fairly.
SHIPMENTS OF WHALE OIL ACROSS THE IsrHMUs
From the Panama Herald, July 49,
We are informed by the United States Special
Inspector OF Customs at this port that the whaeshp
owners in the United States have addressed com
munication to the Secretary of the Treasury at
Washington, desiring to know whether their oil, if
shipped across this Isthmus, will be admitted
into the United States on the same terms as
II sent round Cape Horn, to which he has
replied that he has given the Special Inspector here
instructions in reference thereto and that the OIL If
landed here by the vessel to which it originally be-
oDged can be sent the Isthmus, reshipped at
Aspinwali, and entered at any port in the Uuited
States on the same terms as If taken round the Cape.
No transfers at sea, however are allowed, as that
would give British and French vessels an opportuni
ty of placing their oil on board of American vessels
and entering it in the United States on the same
terms as American vessels. The Inspector is here t,
examine all the oil thus landed at Panama brand
the casks end certify, under SEAL to its disembarka-
ton here and reshipment at Aspinwall.
There are now five hundred American whalers en-
gagged in the Pacific; and it is calculated that one
third of these vessels will send their cargoes
this Isthmus.
ACCIDENT TO THE PACIFIC NAIL STEAMER SANTIAGO.
From the Panama Herald, July 1871
We regret to announce that the Pacific Steam Ma
vigation C0mpany's steamer Santiago, which sailed
from CallaO on the 9th June, for Valparaiso met
with rather q serious accident ON her way, and was
obliged to come up to Panama for repairs.
The vessel, after leaving Callao, touched at the
Chinchas and Pisco, and after sailing from the lat
ter port, she ashore on Point Santa Maria about
eight o'clock on the evening of the 29th from what
cause we have not heard, and was got Of with con-
siderable difficulty. As she leaked very badly 1t
was deemed advisable to bring her back to Caao,
where by means Of divers, (the aly means procura-
BILE there) the leak sufficiently stopped to ena-
BILE her to come up to Panama, and she b now under
going thorough repairs at the island Of Taboga
1t is most curious fact, and O digrace to the 60
vernments of Ecuador, Peru and Chile that along
the whole line of coast from Panama to Cape Horn
there is not the slightest accommodation for making
the most simple repairs to vessels of any considera-
BILE size, the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's
works at Taboga being in fact the only establish
ment of the kind south of San Francisco, and they
have been erected and are supported by private en-
teTprise.
We should suppose that from the trade Peru pos
sesses in foreign shipping, that government wonld
have long since found to its interest to have erected
asuiable place for repairing vessels Of any size and
to any extent Had ii been possible to effect the ne
cessary repairs the Santiago at Calao instead of
bringing her here, her owners would probably have
savedyabout $4,000 in the expenses of the trip
alone, independent Of loss Of time, wear and tear.