New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-16

other engine has aseended a. yet The summit oi
Mount Sommeripg N the Alps OF Austria, travers.u
by the Vienna and Trieste Railway Is SUPPOSED r. 2 y
the highest point ever crossed by ioconCtiIr i"'
summit j. about CO0 feet above the level OF the ga
The pnss Of the Blue Ridge. in Virginia. traverel %
the baltimore an! Ohio Railway. = supposed 10 faA
next; and has an elevation Of 100 feet. ~, ..
The highest point in the railway toplsPo blahoH' o.
about two miles from the pre- terminus, nas an .e
walton Of 40 feet above the level oi the -ea' u
fore the celebration uf the next annver,hTE o I' i
dependence Of Chill, the seaH-engne VIII haFe
that hight, and the locomotive shIin "nls''e ."
awaken the echoes amid the Atacama Mountains, az
nm elevation of 400 to 800 feet higher than ID any
other pert of the world. This fact is worthy OF beng
mentioned in the history of railway progress ana eus
the speculative mind TO believe that the tune ! nV'
very FAR distant when the locomotive vii hni pain
across the Andes opening new channels OF commerce
and wealth 10 the nations on botn sides.
There was a report in Valparaiso, for which, now,
ever. we cannot youch, that Gen. EcnenIque h'.u
started on another revolutionary expedition 10 feiu'
II appears he had not been for many days PRIOR
20 the sailing Of the steamer: and II was SAID that ms
friends had purchased for him the cargo of ehihuh
tion ON board tie American brg Townsend Jones, ana
uor in Peru TO lard il there. This s not at al m
tkelv but W. hardly think the General Judging from
his past condrct, has pluck enough to oust "oid
Boots. - -,
We learn from a gentleman by the New-Granada
that the extension railroad from Copspo Ia Chanar.
cello has been opened for fourteen miles and the ria
trip ft the whole distance with locomotive ana car,
was made days prior TO the sailing OF the steamer
from Cadera. The trip proved highly satisfactory
The road has an average grade Of loJ O feet 20 te
mile and makes All elevation Of 4, IA feet above tue
level Of the sea. The engine carried pressure oi
steam Of o. pounds, and rounded cnrve OF 5n ieet
radum, ascending AT the steepest grade ~ ieet TO
the mile The COpiapo Road is now one of the most
profitable and successful the American continent.
From Peru we have received nothing OF Importance.
Our Arica correspondent writes that trade is very
depressed there account of the unsettled state o
Bolivia and that the Tscna merchants refusing to
sell on credit. The new mole at Plsco Is progressing
yery sa.sfactorily Already ls9 feet ha We been
peted II is to be 1900 feet in length and built on
iron.screw piles imported from England. II will, when
finished be- the largest and probably the finest work
of the kind on the Pacific coast. Gen. Castillo con-
tnues to govern the country President aud general
trauouilty existed In Lima everything Is qul-t and
trade dull There were forty-one vessel, loading at
the Chncha Islands, and fory-two lying IN the harbor
OF CallaO.
SorAR ECLIPSE Is PERr.-When the Pacific Steam
Navigation COmpany's steamer New-tiranada passed
Pa,ta on the 10th ut Lieut.. James ~ Gills, United
States Navy, member of the Smithsonian Institution,
was there having satisfactorily completed his obser
yations of the total eclipse of the the Ith u
In order to obtain an advantageous position he pro-
ceeded TO point elevated goo feet from the level OF
sea and about 300 miles distant from the above-named
port. As the object of his visit to this coast was
solely for the purpose Of making these observations
we trust the public will be favored with minute re-
port of the result which, confident, Will from
the pen Of that intelligent and scientific gentleman be
exceedingly interesting and instructive. II the
intention Of Lieut.. Gllis to proceed by the first
steamer south to Lima where he will remain short
time, and perhaps continue his voyage to Chlli.
Although astronomers were expected to arrive from
France and England, it that other was
present ON this interesting occasion, except Mr.. Macs
ter German astronomer from Santiago, sent 20 Join
Lieut.. Gillis, by the Government OF Chill.