The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-14

done " order Of til, nsrS,n /, consequence Of sries
having berg said to HAYS reported nst part OF ner csso
Sold 10 reyo-,!crst more yeristls carard vas
gotten UP Not rauake. cartridge had e,i hes Mo
ysr'hsess although the eAssss sD vas 5o.houss lie Of
fered every facility for thorough o,er aau1t t.In
casos party Of Custom House oeess o G
NOR ana protest OF the captain against 80 uncee
monous disposal Of his cargo discharged ,ne or9 ~
mes npes five miles on, another to the artillary
barracks. third en- board hulk IN
o most ponderous proportions ard tina. not
ounce of powder nor single flint had ett the vessel
Captain Janvrn only remained On board lorg enough to
have this fac. clearly proven and Acknowledged In the
presence Of competent witnesses and then formally pro
testing the forcbe seizure Of his cargo, hauled
down Dis dag ana calling his crew together abandoned
the Townsend Jones and her cargo 10 the government Of
Chile
Again and again do tss American residents of Chile ask,
"Why have not al least American OF war on
this COAST" Unless arrives fear she will find
American ntere 10 protect The banners OF Franco,
England and Austria float in the bay over grim batteries,
twill be very Interesting TO learn how the French aud
Austrian naval officers in Valparaiso viii &C. when they
receive the Of the declaration Of war whose pre-
inspires respect for the nations they represent
while the entire Pacific fleet Of the United States-the
Merrimac, the st Nsrys the Saranac, the VAndaia and
the pecataare either lying idly in the harbors Of Paaa
Reaeo, cruising in the peaceful waters Of Central
America in search Of phantom fdbusters The moral ef
feet Of seventy four 10 wonderful For example, tse
English Consul Ut Tacabuano Mr. Cunningham, receives
party OF revonuon:sts, fueitves from governments
mussftry into his dwelling feeds and shelters them and
wheE the government sends an armed party to arrest
them, deoes their right TO violate the neutrality OF
friendly flag submits only TO srperior force aud protests
In sieng and energetic document against she act His
conduct finds no dsfavcr in Santiago.
AT about the date handful OF flytves rou TIE
brutality OF the government troops In varsraeo ny 10
the house of Mr. rrevt the American Consul IN his ab.
sence and beg sdntlarce They Ioo receive 1000 and
shelter The frs. demand made for them Is accompanied
by an entire company Of soldiers, who suryoant the
house and intimate that resistance be made they will
bum the house down. The Conss In brief but respectful
protest. doubts their right to enter the dwelling protected
by his consular Gag and absndors his house to the mill
tary without, resistance What in Mr.. Cunningham
venia ansgresson. becomes in the Consul Of the United
States henous onevoehe Is branded as revout!onis.
his exequaur aaruled, and the Interests OF bis country
deprived OF his protecting care.
The Gauges British seventy four has lain ut anchor
In this harbor for two moths past flying the penant ofthe
venerable and ooury Admiral Baynes, one English sioop
OF st Coquimbo another at Cadera there remain
until the warts over while no American man Of war has
visited this coast since January The very Cheaus are
wondering the strange indifference hat seems to be feu
by the Squadron 10 tie repeated ortraes upon
by their government Our flag has been reat By the bull
made Of target after varqushng their feeble foes on
day Of the geToution our Consul has been insuted
ard received his congo from tee government for sinpiy
slowing hospitality TO distressed iugtives country
men have been robbed, wounded and murdered under
ne eoaa Sas Of cay BY men n the snorI and bearing
without the shsdoS Of preliminary investigation es pa.a
ton and ioaed IN Iiumpa through the feet beneath the
silent batteries o. England, France and Aust-as floating
ortesses BY Chilean OF war, Whose rennant pro
CLAIMS her in conssion sad the little Yankee brs in
consequence prize II u enough TO make the cheek Of
every American burn with shame and his heart
10 fill with bitterness TO witness these daily evi.
denoes Of the profound hatred existing In Chic
towards her sister republic Of the north, aud
Of tie little interest that is felt ST home In the
enf<cement Of respec. towards tie Gag OF the United
States and Of security TO her citizens II Of these
ultra conservatives in Congress who opposed the request
Of Mr. Buchanan in his Message on South American
Affairs, could have resided in Chile-hs7e the tat
tered flag fred upor by drunken and ribai soi6!ery-
the ghasy corpse of poor Horace JONES' With his frantic
widow and seven little ones ciingirg in unrea.zng and
van hope around 1.-THE rufsniy assault made upon O
ady. and that lady the wife Of the American Ccnsuns
ioTcibe seizure and discharge Of American merchant
weasel By the local Authorities, By and With tie consent o.
the general government, and the countless minor yet
grave ou,rages committed and unpublished even uuiu
vesteated; they Gould bu. feel we have felt the
dshonor that such teeds ura.oned for would cast upon
our country, they would perhaps, be awakened to q
sense o. the imperative necessity that exists for large
increase Of naval force upon the coasts d South
America and for aiming the President with power dis
pose OF tia! force upon emergency Ike the present.
without requiring all tie reitapesm Of application to
Congress for authority.
Diplomacy is al very well in is way; bot that big gun
Of the kerTimac is WORTH of official cap and dis