The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-14
Affairs In Chile.
OUR VALPARAISO CORRESPONDENCE.

VALPARAISO, May /, 1858.
Ecclesiastical Inolerance-7he Catholic archbishop and
Protestant Church, Trip to the Inteior-Ertraordi.
nary Fertility of TIE Sol and Beautyof tie Scenery
Mineral Products-Foreign Encrprisc and Native In
dolence-Bdnls and Fynances-Case ofhe Ship Sports.
man--7rade and Wa9es-An Actic Police AagistraS-
Speedy Punishment IF a Rogue, &c.
know whether his Grace the Archbishop Of Chile
ID prompted by sinister views but do in his conduct
the combined characteristics Of rashness and weakness
He first minister Of the church, by his station entitled
be bad pleased, to maintain a certain official
serve to his intentions, and bound, he did break
through that reserve do 80 In measured and even
cautious style Of expresson-be, say, sounded hasty
alarm and s'rushed headiopg into print in terms
violent and offensive than Of your most violent West
ern stump orators would have thought 1t either good
taste or good policy to do.
What had happened to disturb the legal protection
which for near centuries the Roman Catholic church
had euoyedS This only-the Proestants residing VAL
parAso erected small private chapel out OF the
way HILL and from the outside dsiingushabe
from any other private building His Grace urged 60
yernment 10 the destruction Of this "audacious agges
sonn Government declined TO interfere His Grace Joins
the opposition and defeated and his pastoral letter
vested over the country Not content In the columns OF
newspaper his then attacks the Protestant Bible
false and fraudulent and few days ago he published
Professionalism" and promised eighty days plenAry ndul-
gepce 10 all readipg the rhapsody OF tho august author
Without taking calculation any farsghted and com.
prehensive exercise satesmanshp, conf TENT his
greatly mscacuated the character OF his country
men, and the plain OF the people looking 10
the immediate Of this ecclesiastical fare up This
state OF thpgs-which his Grace would necesstaie-hAs
gone by; those times long past, and bis Grace re-
mains
Full Of sound and fury,
signifyng nothing
The Affair OF the ship Sportsman fair way Of set,
Element The President Of Bolivia has envoy ex
uaordnAry here demand Joint mission for running
the boundary line between the two republics, and the
party at fault TO foot the sportmans bill Of sms Our
President, like Nick Bottom, after roar "as gentle
any sucking dove, not 70 fright the ladies'" has
agreed 70 the Bolivian proposal.
have Just returned from journey 70 the southern
81 he esnspsn renders 4 peculiarly una for commerc,s
pursuits- Except the haule, there are 10 nsvisable
rivers and the roads are in the most wresched condition.
In many parn nine months In the year i'm ossssble.
The country generally very mountaiDous, but In tho
interior ssvey productive The Agricultural pro-
really defy the imas naton. Not only all vegetables Of
your cline thrive here 10 their primary but
here IN their normal state: LINES, lemons, oranges,
Almonds chestnuts, ngB, olives, mulberres, &c. &c
grow BY millcps On the hills surrounding the valleys
frrihened with the abundant harvest q cereals
mineral treasures equally abundant: iron, lead,
sy r, Coal here; but the character Of the people
permits all these resources 10 sluuber There neither
enterprise industry In the country Sach artificial
ways needed especially 10 convey The rich pro.
ducts 10 the seaeors though,
Of The primitive or cart Is yet the ooiy conveyaoes
from the the shore nj rate averaging about
ter miles per dAy sed a. an expense o. ron one 70 two
ley from the Mediterranean find In our ports ready sale,
though the barns Of farmers csnno, bold The abuu
Of aat harvest which, for want OF speedy aud
cheap trsnsportatou, reach ports The
high rates OF all pecesssree Of lie in sesports
mainly caused BY their dependence only upon The lees
productive lands bordering the coast
Sne tenths Of the trade In Chile In the hands Of for
eisners, who ster having realized MODEST Competence
invariably return W their native country such foreign
popuAhcn cares little indeed for Internal improve nent,
the Chlesrs in general are not an inventive and think
ing people Workmen know only their special work,
other; they without the least versatility and
thrown out Of their csua occupation they starve beg
and the latter often 90 horseback.
Their educstkn has yet reached up 70 the heal
the lover classes (pconsI make good held laborers At
twenty Eve cents per day and the wealthy citizen either
spssges In politics or wpiles his away. The m1dle
mostly engaged ss mechanics or retail traders,
and follow the ZANE routine in business as tnetr great
great AndfstheTs Lad done before them, and with
the tame tools used n TIE times OF Ferdinand aad
Isabella
oar winter seaeou hes set in In earnest We had some
very heavy rams, sneht shocks Of earthquakes snd
the usual northers.
rcsn contractor is nearly finished, and one OF the
greatest ornaments of the 7vn, add Of the most sub
sisntial structures Of the Kind IN the world.
The United States storeship Freiopis cd minute gans
IN honor 10 the memory % Comm sdore Perry
During the last fortnight several OF our large expor,
houses, mainly presided over BY natives ave sus
penn ed tu they have entered into satisfactory
s<stge men's vh thsr crst0rs, and In most cases an
extension q from fifteen W eighteen months granted.
The intrinsic value Ct coins constantly ociustes with the
supply o. the metal couposng them aud since, hereore
the true relative vs'ue 81 gold end silver y always
changing, Is q absur5 10 find arbitrary legal relative
value We have over valuation Of The gold, and the
result y that silver coin sought for expectation st
premium and Is purchased BY exporters 10
Il becoming very ncoDveneDt 70 those having payments
OF wages other small gums 70 make Government has
provided very incOnvensnt remedy, snd has pct 10 cir
cuIaton immense auCunt CT copper cenH, and u Ia
often The thai yos receive 10 change Tor teo dsil
gold piece three or fosr hundred copper CON
Will conclude ttss letter with scene experienced
few days ago In one Of orr criminal courts gave an
few evenings ago " servant 10 be len at
freads where Iluended 20 spenotbe evening 20 a. 10
returning home neither servant nor ovefcon
appeared stating se case 10 police officer the man was
arrested few Gays later and received summons 70
appear court wfness Saang the case 70 the Judge
be prisoner asked FOR his defence He denied all the
facts The Court stated that be would not con ess he
would order bin tv epty Eve sshes, be protested denying
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