The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-24

TO TIE EDITOR OF THE LONDON HERALD.
PresumiDg on the kincness you have already shown Ia
publish letter recently received BY respec ing
the Argentine Confederation take the liberty Of asking
cn It vss there stated that the railway now in pro-
cess Ct formation under the auspices OF the President
Don Justo Urquza has been carried the foot Of
STATED that the railway at Parana, and
terminate at Corcova, distance Of 900 miles, By this
ParaLa taken advantage Of for purposes of traffic
the railway then connects he iowa Of ParanA with the
INTERIOR and in its penetrates nearly the
which this of Communication win open not only
to all emigrsnss seeking the interior but to the
n s III. sS
Horn may be thus avoided, ard the opposite
shores OF the South AM srican continent ultimately
completed to Cordovs IL will be extended rapid
the foot Of the Andes in the direction Copiapo The
passage Of TIE Cordiler. At this point is awsys prsc
town, not only of Chilli but perhaps of the entire CONT
nent the export sof the precious metals from Oopispo
alone amounting to f3,000.000 per annum. The pro-
vince If Copiapo is STERILE BY Of the frequent
dror Rhts and therefore IL dependent land remain
90 upon the imports Of provisions from other countries
The means OF commuI ieation TO which have referred
will open to Copiapo the rich province Of ST. John,
whence grain cattle, wines, and every production
ss1y to the support of human life be procured
great abundance, and at difference in pense which
almost ncredibk. These opportunities, the
cia advantages they offer have not escaped the iats-
President Don Salvador Core who the original pro-
jecters OF the railway enterprise in question.
The early Spanish settlers in the province Of 81.
John CT ntented themselves with raising from the
sell about them sufficient for their consumption
They had no trade, and they did not seek it, At length
ever Don Nicholas Vega became President OF that
province, and generalin-chief of the army Don Vega
applied bnsef to the development of the
the province be governed and In which be possessed
and still possessee INN estates His plans were In
progress when the the solcery
OF Rosa arc Don Vega, after desperate and successful
battle, was treacherously by General Quiroga
and condemned to be shot, His betrayal escape In
deed, would form excellent romance: for affe the
battle he made bis prisoners partkers OF hts hospitality
aIo while they were actually enjoying 1t Quirogs
trved to introduce body q troops who surprised and
overpoweIed Don Vegas party aud made them all p-i.
Andes, took refuge in Copispo where with character
tic energy, he eet about establishing trade between
that place and the PROVINCE Of st. john With that
tject in view he purchased the estate Of ROmac ella
city miles in extent the only district in the province
Of Gopiapo where water and tim ger fund in
abundance By means of the resources thus o.
ed he established the land referred
TO- and brought the produce Of the province st.
down to Puerta Cadera on the Pacific at short dis.
railway will Of course supersede the traffic thus orga-
nzed and carried by Don Vega and the Of
Chill has 30 far seconded the enterprise of Don Vega
grant bin permission TO form tram road to the
Puerta Cadera with Copiapo by which the
OF articles between the two places is rendered cheaper
ar expeditions.
During the tyrannicsl OF Ro,as the Soanards in
great numbers abandoned the territory OF the Cones-
ration ard lew of the Europesn emg, ants when they
beesguered by the forces of the President
Numbers Of the French and Genoese remained ut that
ated the interior and settled there with that advan
sge the coustry which always attends the COLOMBIA
iop OF that energetic people myself have witnessed
the devastation occasion ed by the late war and since
left Brazil have watched with the deepest interest the
pr gress in commerce. il civilization and the arts OF
peace hin the Confederation which has followed the
expulsion Ct Rosas and the excellent rule Of Don Justo
lrquiza.