The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-07
Our Panama correspondence.


Our Panama Correspondence.
PANAMA, Jan. 81, 1864.
SOUTH AMERICA.
The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steam.
ship Chile Captain Swell from Valparaiso and intorme
date ports arrived in this harbor nine O'Clock the
evening OF the 10th inst Her dates Valparaiso.
January Coluimbo Caldera a. Cobja, Iquique, 6;
Arca say. s. Chnchas and Pisco, 10; Calao, IL, and
Payta 10 The only cargo for New York consists OF sixty
Eve packages OF goatskns She has 1891 1875 specie
for England TIE Chile is the FIRST OF much larger aud
finer OF steamers being constructed FOR the
Pacific Steam Navigation Company, to the route
between this port and Valparaiso She Is about eighteen
hundred tons burthen and is reported DO OF great
speed She accomplished the passage from Liverpool to
Valparaiso 10 thiry-one days, and made the from
Payta herc-l distance Of eight hundred and sixty
mesn seventy four hours, the Of eleven and
twothrds miles per hour. She sailed her return trip
On the 25,h inst.
Tue by the Chile is Of great interest and import
ance We have further particulars relative the late
terrible accident At Santiago, and, what surprises
more than ALL the Information that peace has
maliy declared between the United States OF Colombia
and Ecuador thus ending useless and very silly
CHILE.
The feeling runs high in Santiago, the capital Of Chile,
regarding the late terrible calamity that has fallen upon
its people, The female portion Of the community appear
70 side entirely with the Priesthood and insist that their
rsS % ~ nus sns not 10 any manner DC inter
letter per Ariel containing an account OF the disaster
shat the government had issued decree ordering tho
demolition OF the Church OF the Compania which the
terrible accident occurred Since then another decree
has been made, forbiddipg any church services after
dark Tue latter order has met with the most terrible
opposition from the women who have presented petitions
OF the most formidable length the government asking
that evening services-ther fayoritc amusement-shl
not b. dispensed WITH It has almost become OF
the sexes The weaker, being completely undor the nfu
10 every acts that may tend 70 weaken or
their power and. being bgoted in the extreme, they
have taken up ths cause o. the Church % woman only
Knows how and Il remains 10 be what tho result
will be. The men, however appear be equally deter
mined and say that the tomfooIery and long
families. shall cease, and that practices worthy OF
tho days OF The Inqu,ston shall be forever ended.
The priests are terribly alarmed for fear that the power
they have long welded Is TO be taken them they
have succeeded by just such idolarous exhibitions as
caused the accident In keeping the people completely
under subecton and they know II their influence is
gone that they sink INTO comparative insignilcance No
one 10 a Protestant country can understand how
pletciy tho people in country like Chile governed by
the priesthood Tile Church there appears TO be pow
Isabella and this is singular when consider that Chile
Is in all other respects the m st prosperous and enght
ened Of all the governments Of south America am led
70 believe however, that tho late accident VIII great
measure cause the scales to drop from the eyes Of these
deindei people and make them in religion liberal
they are IN regard to other matters. II 1t has this effect
may congratulate ourselves that the terrible calamity
was not without its benefits not only 70 the people OF
Chile. but 10 the world large The Almighty may have,
BIZ this awful lesson, taught these people how wrong
they have been the course they pursuing. The
pun shmcnt was terrible Bat lesser one might have
been 0. avail. 0Gt OF evil sometimes coneth good,
aud we have reason 10 hope that such will be the
case IN regard 70 this AFFAIR and that Il will be Of Lasting
benefit 10 otherwise happy and intelligent people.
The number Of lives lost on the occasion more
than first mentioned. 1hc superintendent Of the
cemetery REPORTS having buried two thousand
hundred and bodies This does not include those
who have since died OF their injuries ana the charrcd
that could not be distinguished. II s safe say
that less than fco bousiRd fpe Lundtd per- per
ishet Ia that connagraon list OF two thous nd and
thirty names Is published that knovD TO have per-
isaed Others VIII be discovered from time to time, and
many will remain unknown.
notwithstanding the warning given oy THIS nrst catas-
tophc, another almost exactly like " came very near
occurring M another church IN the same city only
twenty. three days after 90 TIE 3lst q december,
while services we're being performed in the Church Of
San lsiro some artificial flowers became ignited from
one OF the candles on the altar OF course when the IRE
was discovered an immediate rush sor the do RS took
place Women, screaming an! fsnting tel 70 every drcc
ton the doors became CHECKED and exit was almost inn
possible Provdentay the Are at extng ushed,
should have had repetition OF the Sth Of necem
Der. Tlc confusion great that the church at
once closed aud the remainder OF the dispensed
with As the FIRST instance nearly all the congrega
tion, or by FAR the greater part, we're women.
Iquote the following Interesting paragraphs from the
kercarfo OF VALPARAISO of the LIST inst
"Tbe events consequent upon the horrible tragedy
OF the sth OF December, which was the solo
pubic mind during the close of the last month
The ptopc Of Santiago, exasperatcd almost 70 an
demolition Of the fatal church OF the lesus. assembled
througs whose aspect almost menacing, at noon
the f4th OF December In the open place IN front of
those ruins but happily at that very moment the gov
eminent with the consent OF the metropolitan Ct santiago,
issued decree ordering tho destruction ~ those walls
that eernazed the memory OF the hearreudng pecta.
Gle THIS cdicious measure aayed the popular excite
meat and the citizens retired peaceaby 10 their homes"
"Ffom uumbcre melancholy episodes and sterile com
three results OF great importance 10 our social lie
have beon eliminated. The first Is statue respecting
tho external regulation OF churches This presents wise
called for legislation upon the construction and ad1rn
ng churches snd the number q their doors, prcscfbe
al internal screens and excessive illumination, and re-.
strcis the exercise Of public worship 70 the dsa'on Q,
daylight, whose disappearance should be the signal
for the closing Of all Churches The opporncness 81 inc
lrst o. these regulations and the full right OF the Zorro
ration 10 dictate he recognized by alt but with re-
gard 70 the last aud most important doubts have arsoa
as much from the press that Corporation not OF It's
advantages, which ndispuable but OF the authority
oil the latter 10 legsate In that matter. Sumo opne that
that Jurisdiction exclusively 10 the Metropolitan, and
others think II knotty question to be adjusted by
genera law Of this latter opinion has been the Ario
number d The ladies' 81 ssstnrc enrcssr Tho sysTn
mcnt TO veto this statute, being circulated Numbers
of those ladies' admirable al home efr proper spheye
tau, peasor oilers hare sought me fresdent If ns re-
public, inspired BY the same idea and, generally speaking
an trm,statdbls ogdtitn hos sesed plen our female
oriordcy after nc connection, cafca almost reached
snsprrectson on The part Of he men, he prevdling er
cepsen. has taken contrary direction IN tie fair
although predict The sd OF ne unnatural
osocen the serss, epey cns can trace Us bepsnnnp from
that dark and coudrdly rrcrd which uses csdk con
Tdin2 Woman the tool % force srpsraion and tyranny
on The World
Tho second result Of the catastrophe the creation OF
new journal destined 70 the support OF rel'sous into
several dov0tees OF the capital This new champion is
announced 70 appear at about the middle OF the present
month ine tnma eveas We ailvde 70 ,ne es,ao u.n