New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-04
FROM CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERIr
5000 People Destroyed by an Earthgua' :,

BY the steamer Northern Light, we have Panama
pagers Of the oath uit.
The Honduras LEGISLATURE has authorized the Execu-
tive TO make certain changes In tie Rail.
road Cons any contract and the Bi'ib debJ s made
PAYABLE out OF the Government receipts.
Numerous transformations and TobbeIes have taken
Place within tie last few months.
In Costa Ria everything remains quiet, but the
present Government is far from popular, and the
Ministers OIL want leader 10 put down the present.
party in power. .o..
Tie coli, e crop this year has not exceeded 81 COZ
qniual aud the price III Punta-A Arena, wac, VI llss
quotations, $l3 80 per quinial. ,
South American dates from VALPARAISO are OF Apru
3, and Call 40 18th.
The town OF Mendoza sifuatsd on the ca tern slope
of the Andes containing abont II 900 inbablants was
dest owed by an earthquake on the 18th Of March.
About IS on that evening shock was experienced
from north 10 soub AID at the sane iime anoIier fro
oath to north, viii lasted a6out live seeonds leav-
Ing ia rnin every daelliug and public edince In the
place aud DESTROYING upward Of ,UUO OF the popus
tai n The aecou,is Of ths dreadful affair are ter
ri LEI whole families were swept away INTO eternity
in Instant, and the few That escaped are et home-
les, max I'd and starving The catastrophe mar thrown
A gloom over the whole of Chile, many OF the head.
in. fan lilies Of Santiago, VINO had gone TO reside as
Mendoza OH account of their pOli les, had persisted.
The commercial community OF alParaho also arc
likely TO suffer heavy lOsses as o large Trade was
carried on between the two llaces.
IL WAS reported thai San juan town Of consider
able snoe, about 80 leagues from Mendoza, was
also destroyed, ard that tie river leaving rs lgina
bed had completely inundated the place. bat this az
well the reported destruction Oh TWO other to"hss
requires ooniirmau u.
lie CONNER ce of Valparaiso is recovering from the
shock of the recent heavy failures, but confidence
siill far from restored
The Australian racket ship Marco Polo, put into
Valpar iso on the I'd Of April, in damaged state.
Size WAS from Australia to Eryland, wi b 30 pesen-
eers and 6,UU0 ounces of gold Dust on boari. When
oil Cage Horn, she ran foul VI hn lceberg, when da'
ma.f led Lei IIred at
Business il dull both in Lima and Callao, and the
difficulty Of procuring exchange causes great trouble
10 &, chants. American gold Is selling nj 81 per cens
premium, and drafts on England ale Lot To be bad
There have been feS foreign arrivals IN Nalpraiso
during tie fortnight, aud business IL very dull Inc
market QUOTA ions rs follows:
B,r Copper, sstpe,er ia iquque, 81 So slser Csn
Coffee. t2S; Odd Barr 80 49, DouOl00a~s
Exchange. London o'lo 90 day. 44d do on Paris -
81 day.. tO do on Tinted States days 10 e cent rrelams
"a ., United States, Slod 81!
From Bolivia tie news ia discouraging, the country
being very unsettled sine the departure Of Lnares.
Peru is in al exceedingly unsettled AID cis0rgaDzed
state with the Loaiy prospec Of another revolt luton
b., akiug out Echenque i still kept close prisoner
at The l. Land of San Lorenzo, without any appaent
charge Against bim ard the treat neDt he has met WITH
in briug refus. Iia has created very i'll feeling
apairst the Government. President Ca,ila spends
tie greater part lis time gambling at Choias, and
it il rarely chance be had to see him except As
the card table.
recent proportion, brought forward ia Congress,
to close the coastiug trade all foreign vessels, haf
been negativeo by vote of b against %. The object
WAS TO throw tue Pacific Steam Navigation Company
ont OF the carry trade In Peru and subs jize
Peruvian line If steamers
Al Lima a company Is being formed again for the
purpose OF working tue celebrated geld dgsings Vt
Carabaya. ,
Sbip John Watt, of Bath, arrived at Callao lith
April, from Melbourne.