New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-09-22
ILater ffron central and south Anariea

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iater from Central and South America
The steamship George Law, from AspiinwalI on tie
5th INST, arrived att New York on the Ia It'll.
BY this arrival We have received AspinwaH ana
Panama papers to The "a from which we ex
tract the following items !:
The Legislature and atorsa1 Election
The Panama Star and Herald says " @ 8
The Legislature met yesterday all Til. members
we learn, being present he some
days in deciding who is to Gil the cair
Sr Gaivofas now IT'S Yotes Of 1aajoritv H, The
State, but the Diaz party the strongest I'M tie
sembly, and it is therefore probable that the latter
will be elected 889
The supporters Of Daz have publicly given notice
that the Fabrega party will not il elected be-
allowed to take his seat in which there WILL very
likely be- q collision, and general row among the
two parties. ss s $HSs s$s
sr. Mariana Aroseraeria has been elected President
pro tenn of the Assembly Sr. Urrutia Amino, Vice
President J; Sr. Figuer0a, Designado; Sr. Mataeo
1tnralde, Secretary.
# they should have fight we hope they Will have
sense enough to keep their fingers off the foreignefs
The Pesideistiaz Election.
The same paper says ~ s.355ss gs n
The vote for President on Sunday last in tlis city
stood thus: For Thos. G. Moaauera 81 for M Murillo
Tolo Is. The election was held very quietly.
The Flag Ship InIepende ence. i7 ssss5
We learn from the Panama Star that the United
States ship-of-war Independence, bearing the broad
pennant Of Commodore Merwin, reached that port on
the morning of the 31st utimo, having made the pas
sage MP from Callao in the remarkable short time Of
fourteen days. Annexed Is q list Of her officers:
Commodore, Wm. Merwin. Lieutenants, T.B. HUI
Eger, Albert N. Smith, d. A. Dermit James 4,
Green, j. w. Hester, w. III sIeCan Fleet Surgeon,
w. S. w. Ratchengerger Purser. Lewis Warrington.
Passed Assistant Surgeon, T. N. Gunnell. Chaplain,
Fitch W. Taylor Master, Treyett ABBOTT. Marine
Officer, Captain Addison Garland. Second Lieutenant
Adam n. Baker. Mdshipmen, q. o. eldridge, ~.
| Miller, J. NJ. Stribblng. Carpenter, George w. Ell
/ lot sailmaker, James R. Chlds
e. sr From Nacarag za. "A;
The Royal West India Mail steamer Dee arrived at
Aspinwall on the 21st ut from yto8n with dates
I to til 18th inst. Z sgH lt y. S38.8
| The following runlors were current at GreytoWn,
4 but must be received with great caution 5a5s
/ Guatemala is said to be advancing with four thou
sand men under Cafrera, and Costa Rica has notified
her intention Of again trying her fortune under the
4 same commander. Rivas still holds his position at
/ Leon with seven hundred men, and is fortifyi it's
ontposts. If deserters are be believed Walkers
position at the present very critical to the least
n The harsh measures he has adopted towards the
whites lighting with him has rendered him distasteful
7 to them as commander. Provisions and money were
both scarce at Granada. Walker tried senior officer
shot him !; lie belonged to the Riyas party.
Il 49, q South America. r. l7.25
Il rs We learn from the Panama Star that the Panama
Mail steamship Bolivia, Capt. Henry Wyld, arrived at
that port on the 2lst ult, bringing dates from Vlpa
i raso to the 1st, and from Callao to the 11th.
y Tie news from the Coasthas little or no interest
being more barren than usual.
In Chill the elections going on, but SO far there
had only been one vote against the return Of D. AZ
!. Montt as President of the Republic. .s5
II 1t has been decreed thai all merchandise introduced
from the Argentine Republic, and deposited in the
Valparaiso Custom House, after the 10TH OF May
obe exempt from duty as expressed IN the new
< treaty. .s s5E ,Tis.@ "A @ Il &saas
The treaty Of friendship and commerce with sar
dinia has been concluded. ~ S;554sa.
project to construct railroad from Conception
to Talcahuano by Luis Cousinp was about being sub
mitted to Congress. The works on the Valparaiso
! railroad are actively going on. sssL n.
: The Republic is very tranquil. Business is no
: brisk, arrivals being steady
Itmay be said that political agitation is the norma
: state of that Republic. The National Convention
k proongs its session without any success the contr
is far from satisfied with its constitutional labors
y Government has not gained popularity by the pro
vsory state it has already maintained during nineteel
s months.
+ Government was considerably alarmed on accoun
of the Peruvian refugees rumored expedition, which
: it is said they We're preparing in Chile, and whicl
: had lately acquired senblance of reality, the Pc
TuVllll
paraiso the steamer Fosforo with dispatches to hi
Government, stating that Generals Echinique, LA
], fente and others had sailed to the Peruvian coast
in order to head the reaction which to take ac
e there. This announcement may have given rise tt
some troubles the to be regretted these gen
tlenen still in Valparaiso safe from the dangerou
n projects attributed to thenl This steamer will carr
to foreign parts the Of the consequences Of
information as also the results of Deputy Gayero
attempt to arragn the Minister Of Finance before th
4 National Convention
From Africa and Iquique we have the followin
s commercial adviees: II
6 Commercial operations during this month Gully,
3 have been extensive. The market has been we
u stocked with merchandise by the last mportationt
Il and considerable sales have taken place. Beside
this all fears Of disturbance in Bolivia had ceased
J and spectators had acquired great confidence.
n 300 ~ rs Bolivia. .is
q Nothing new has occurred in this Republic. Thel
5 has been q rich discovery of gold diggngs in tf
II river Choquemata, which were beginning to produt
n n some sensation in the country. We have not ha
Il further Details butw will be careful to reprodut
u whatever may be known on the subject. The COUNT
le was ina tranquil state.
Sc THE BhITlsH BARK REsoLTuE-The New Yor
lie Times, of the 18th inst, says:
III The British bark Resolute, which, it will ber
re membered was abandoned by Sir Edward Belcht
~ while on a search for Sir John Franklin, and disco
" cred by the captain and crew Of the whaling bar
George Henry, of New London, Connecticut, on, Il
r. 10th of September, 1866, arrived at the Brookly
d. Navy Yard on Saturday morning, where she is to
"a put in condition to be returned to the British Go
- ernment. In accordance with the act of COngres
ne appropratng $40 900 for that purpose she has bet
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