The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-13

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skint.
Meteor returned recently <som cu'se along tho
~rn co-s Of this reyalbhc and the Straits Of Magellan
were Startled by glimpse oi ~ 'long, low, black
SCHOONER bearing h1sc nvesrxta stars and stripes at
her masthead and cruising tlrc'cnnes Of the Straits
Thcy neither boarded nor hais~d her. but having sie
else relate, reported her upcs their arrival here
pirate occupied pisnderng abandoned vessels in the
stssats The Cserrte, Of Valparaiso, which responsible
For tho story nidUkses in rsnlry achrymose remarks
upon the probable tate OF Ho British ship Anna Baker
which went ashore Cape Pillar thirty days
VINCE and whose captain is here seeking aid get
fer on fearing that the aforesaid pirate may take away
the most prccsoas part Of her cargo The pirate was IN
all probability the schooner Sea Witch, an American mer
chant vessel. Information was received here about
a month since that the Sea Witch, from Mon
'cvtdeo for Valparaiso, encountered British bark
nifty Of Tire Straits, and transhppng her cargo,
tarned with it TO Montevideo This may be piracy in
Chile but countries recognizing the institutions oi under
writing and insurance call Il salvage.
Young Whitehead, who lost an arm in a tustle with q
sentinel on the day oi the revolutions has filed claim IN
The Engh Legation at Santiago Tor 100000, and Henry
McIvor who simply imprisoned on suspicion for
Your weeks, has tiled another in the same office for
$40 600 And yet there those claiming to be Ameri
cans, too who dcnounce extorOnate the claim for
$50 900 $50 900 OF Mrs. Horace Joneshe widow OF
rho American SO barbarously murdered in his dwelling
"a the 2Sth Of February-he mother OF eight orphan
children, left utterly penniess and unprotected
A resent trial upon the Southern Railroad of Chile from
San<iugo Naca between American ana English loco
nosives crowned with the most brilliant success for
sss former condcnse the following interesting account
The affair and its results from communication in the
Eantiago Fr0 Cdrr the press OF this country being
bitterly preudced against everything American that
riey will not record industrial trumphs and
Aavc passed in silence facts which any other
civilized country would have been gladly published TO the
world fer its instruction
Fireplace of trial was upon twelve miles of the Southern
Raread from the Santiago station 70 the top o the high
grade just beyond ST Bernard.
The locomotives Mont and varas are English, the san
sAgo and ST. Bernard, American, tho first and the two
utter having four driving wheels, The Varas having SIX
The weight upon driving wheels being much greater IA
che English greatly N their favor as seen by the FOL
Rowing table,
Aen,i, English passenger engine, ,s. ......... 46r22
Varas, English frgh. engine. ............ "a ,06d
santiago, American passenger engine 1856
~. Bernard American freight engine 80, r60
The first have been auaysmanaged since their
into the station by English engineers and the later
by Americans All the remen English that OF the
Mont, who is Chilean. The two latter have up ~ the
present required but Slight repairs the two first have
frequently had TO go to the machine shop for that pur
ipose.
weight IN rails of 5s7 snglsh) and the passenger
engines 10 cars with 1872 tons EACH all limited TO lilo lbs
of steam
The trial began on Tuesday, July 49, with the smallest
engine, the st. Bernard (amercan). She reached s.
Bernard az miles, in 30 minutes, and the top Of The
grade in 5:50-totai Al: 60
On Wednesday, tho varas ensish) started. She went
three minis in ten minutes, and stuck fast. She then
backed the starting place got up fresh steam started
with the game train, and could get further than
nd half mile She again returned 70 the station left
fifteen and starting with only twenty, with load Of
$40 tons went four and half miles in fourteen and
half minutes, and again stuck sas She again got up
steam, and went i've miles in thirty minutes.
she again stopped TO get up stean and went l, miles
minutes. From ST. Bernard the train returned
the station It would have been temerity subject
to the proof OF ascending the grade with twenty cars
The ST. Bernard consumed lbs 9S 100 of fuel for each
car per mie-the varas ios. 6610o. So mach for the
freight engines.
On Thursday the English passenger engine MONTH
redeem the honor Of the vras, and TO ST Der
nard in IS Minutes and TO the top OF the grade n mi
nutcs IS seconds Total, IS minutes 45 seconds.
On Friday the American passenger engine Santiago ran
ST. Bernard in "a minutes 40 seconds up
IN minutes SO seconds Total u minutes IL seconds
There times during This performance in which She
went at the rate OF mile anute, and was necessary
These trials we're witnessed by Mr. Evans, an Ameri-
can Superintendent OF the southern Road, and by Mr.
Bales, Engishman, Superintendent Of the Santiago
and Valparaiso Railroad, who accompanied the engines
note book in hand The above figures consequently
perfectly reliable
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS.
Congress continued in session, but without making
much progress in the public business.
The Indians OF Arauco, Southern Chile still continue
their outragcs. Lately injecting Of the Cacones took
place to burn all the frontier towns
the R0bo, but it was thought government would
prevent such a catastrophe.
very rich copper mine has been discovered the
AZuear miles north CnanaNal dc los
Anmas British captain has been surveying the port,
and reports to be good one we'll sheltered from the
south, and danger in theay of entering it. He says
ships anchor within Cables length Of the beach,
which is Of sand
The Minister of the Interior reports that colonists fem
Northern Germany have established themselves in the
Straits Of Magellan and steamer is to keep up regular
communication between them and the Island OF Chloe
The steamer Neteoro lately sent down there, brings
accounts thai the Rrh schoSrcr Charles Touper with 4
cargo California had been detained in the Straits from
having grounded there The captain OF the Meeoro says
haan mn
the Straits Of Magellan with an American flag, and that
the vessel has other object than rob wrecked vessels
The Meeoro encountered this vessel and she was at the
Zine loaded with goods from wrecked schooner and
bound to of the ports OF the United States Is sds
schooner and taken ri from her s. 900 in money! which
she known to have on board The Metcoro does not
give the Of the vessel nor tell low the Captain be-
came possessed of this information.
railroad track through the city of Valparaiso,
from the to the Custom house, TO be drawn BY
horses, is in contemplation
The semi annual report Of the Valparaiso Bank had been
read at the general meeting of the Shareholders and pre-
scented satisfactory results The balance shows pro-
t of $39, SOL notwithstanding the crisis brought about by
project has been brought forward in Santiago to open
bank which has met with enthusiastic reception.
Owing to the scarcity of the supply OF coal, occasoned
y the recent heavy rains there has been experienced
difficulty keeping the copper oundries in the north
work and consequently the produce of copper has been
diminished but this is merely temporary interruption
An important political prisoner whose arrest some short
snc since caused great sensation in santiago has turned
out to be bankrupt in the cum Of 81 and has
SSeeded in escaping from prison.
report current that the British Minister had de
sanded the presence Of British menof war at Val
yarafo in the event OF four American steamers arriving
1are, (which were expected TO settle the difficulties With
<llelby force; but we place reliance in the report
The line Of the southern Railroad is expected TO be
ready for opening Payne the 18th September,
and to,bc finished Rancagua the end OF the
present year.
The works on The Santiago and Valparaiso road were
progressing iavorably and il is now expected THAI the
line Will bc completed in four years.
Business was dun, but had been little better than the
preceding two weeks. The markets had received large
accessions Of goods, and were well supplied. The crops
promised to be good. In products -four main
iaiucd N price. II selling at from 81 IL TO 81 81 per
guntal c2ah copper, in bars, $1S per quntal silver
$40 81 per mare American Carolina rice So rs: bailey
81 sc the lanoga. American brown shirtings were in
demands. Frcghs Europe averaged Tor copper and
fros coast ports, f3 Sofe vessels taking
Hour to Melbourne III Sc
PERU.
Fresh attempts at revolution had been made at Cuzco
nd Arenuina hut su0ncaicd The nnonlc in the