Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-18

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Ntw YoRK. January Is The 9Th Psnnsyiva-
MIA colored regiment, probably i ,2f0 strong.
passed through here 10 day, en- route 70 General
Bsnks' Department 80 r. ar e q
A. the evening exchange on Saturday. there
were considerable transactions in gold 49,. =.
The steamer Vanderbilt arrived at the navy
yard this morning She returns for repairs to
her boilers, which are in bad condition After
leaving ST. Thomas. aud when off Nassau. she
gave chase to a blockade runner, but was obliged
70 give up the chase on account of bad boilers
Subsequently she picked up fifty bales of cotton
which was thrown overheard by the chased
steamer. r-s-si aIf srcsI - e t.c-Il1 l-r
The steamer Vanderbilt arrived here to-day.
The Ariel from AspiBwall brings S356000.
Revolutionary movements hare broken out in
the States of Antigua, ,Santondce and Bojaco.
New Grenada is under the auspices of the Con-
vention party. -...
Two engineers from this country we're expected
in Costa Rica, TO make surveys for a railroad TO
the Atlantic. a.ll. .loari trsr 81. ~
The steamer America from New York, Oct.
30, arrived at Havana, January l.. She brings
news from Valparaiso that the Cathedral in San
tiago. Chilli caught fire on the l4th ult, from an
explosion of the gas pipe Ii was densely
crowded. and the doors we're soon closed by the
press of people. The interior OF the building
was decorated with light, infiammable ornaments;
these caused the flames to spread rapidly. The
roof of wood soon fell, and buried the mass of
beings under It. One thousand nine hundred and
fifty dead bodies, mostly women and children had
been recovered from the ruins.
The South American mail steamer reached
Panama on the 5th with S9l5, 900 in treasure for
England, and brought confirmation Of the above,
stating the number killed at over 1000. The
church contained 10000 lights. from some Of
which fire was communicated to the drapery of
the gigantic image Of the Virgin. In an instant
sheet of fame rushed along the festoon Of
lights to the roof and directly spread to all parts
of the building. The people rushed to the princi-
pal door and it was soon blocked up. Most of
the men escaped by the side doors.
But a few minutes elapsed ere the lights sus-
pended so plentifully from the roof poured
river of liquid fire on the people below, and in
less than Is minutes over 1000 persons, mostly
females. were blackened corpses.
The new steamer Chill had arrived at Valpa-
raiso, 81 DAVIS from Liverpool. --..-.-.--.--
The Times special says the House Committee
on Territories will soon report bills for the adj
ministration of Colorado and Nebraska. The
new Constitution of Nevada has been recorded,
aud will be adopted by Congress. The Com
mittee is also perfecting bill for the erection OF
a new territory of Montairo. composed Of por
tons of Idaho and Utah Three new States
will enter the Union in 1854, viz: Colorado, Ne
yada and Nebraska. rE-r
There was another destructive fire last night
A FIVE story marble front building on Duane
street was entirely destroyed Two iremen
were killed and several injured by the falling of
the walls. The loss is estimated at over a quar-
ter of a million. Some adjoining buildings were
damaged 80 ~ ga
The Herald's Army of the Potomac dispatch
SAYS there are indications that the rebels are pre-
pairing for a movement somewhere.
The Herald's Washington dispatch says r. J.
Perkins has been appointed Postmaster of San
Francisco nF t.,F