The New York herald., 1865-02-06


dred thousand dollars per for ten years 70 line
OF sissmss N run between Europe and Chile through
the Straits Of Magellan grand scheme for settling the
territory Of the republic by European immigration
projected. quicksilver mine has been discovered in
the streets of Valparaiso The authorities OF Panama
mad commenced SELLING the goods Of foreign merchants
who refused to pay the commercial From the other
South and Central American there little OF
Importance. The Congress- OF Republics st in ses
son at Lima but appeared to DO doing scarcely anything
The Costa Rica brought TO this port nearly ono million
dollars In gold
Our Buenos Ayres correspondent furnishes US with
very interesting account Of the progress OF tho war DO
tween the empire of Brazil and the republic Of Uruguay
Paraguay an ally OF Uruguay has also declared war
against the Brazans who have their allies the Uru
guayan rebel forces under the revoutions Flores
estimated that up the middle OF December last
eight thousand Brazilian and an equal number Of Para
guayan troops marched into the territory Of Uruguay
and fighting between them was imminent The country
desoated in the tracks OF the different armies, all
alike driving or immense herds Of cattle and sheep at
| their viii and pundering tho Inhabitants AT
Montevdeo the capital trade completely parayzed
Brazilian naval forcs and body Of rebel troops under
Flores had attacked the town Of Paysandu Uruguay and
reduced heap Of ruins but at the date Of latest
accounts Its bravo garrison s held out and reinforce
hurrying their relief Rat Island, at the
mouth OF La Plata river which commands the town Of
Monevdeo had been seized by tho Of The King or
Italy under claim OF the lease Of It for ton years Thus
Uruguay both internally and externally beset with
despoiiers fearful explosion occurred In Of tho
magazines Of the garrison of Buenos Ayres tho 9th Of
December by which about hundred and thirty Of the
troops killed and wounded.
Our Washington dispatches state that the Supervisors
committee from this city have not yet been able to OBJ
tai n Marah Fry \
answer TO the manner in which quota undor tho
last call for troops raised from about four thousand
to twenty -one thousand
Five Of the fleet OF vessels which Collector Draper
is loading the cotton captured at Savannah by General
Sherman arrived at Port Royal, $. c., on the 2Sth ut
There twelve vessels Of the nect and when all
had arrived at Port Royal they would sail for this city
unde rconvoy Of several revenue cutters.
The people Of Florence Italy, have lately been some
what excited the theory Of the eye OF dead rson
retaining image OF the last object presented to II in
life The Florentincs became interested in this idea
which Is not . new ono from examining
larged photographs taken Of tho eye Of murdered
woman In which discerned mpresso
resembling the dim outlines Of human face,
and many anciod they could readily recognize In 1t the
features of who has been arrested charged with
the murder But many scientific and artistic gentlemen
who have carefully examined the pictures their
inability to arrive at such conclusion 1T will be re-
membcred that in the of the Burde murder in this
city the idea Of applying the test agitated but
nothing satisfactory resulted from It,
The skaters compelled TO take q rest yesterday
least far the Park ponds concerned Though
the ice apparently firm enough II rough, having
bscome very much cut up continuous for many
days, and therefore skating prohibited. No doubt
after the cold weather Of last night II will be in fine
condition to-day.
The February of tho various law courts in this
city commence day. In tho Supreme Court, circuit
before Judge Leonard the of Luther G. Tibbots
versus W. H. Fogg and ftye eight others, in which the
plaintiff lays his damages at fifty nino million dollars, is
on todays calendar also that Of Brgnol Grau
colored man named Abraham Ricks was yesterday
locked up await the result Of serious wound alleged
to have been inflicted by him with carving knife on
oolored named Catharinc Almann, during aquar
rel between the two Saturday night in basement,
10 Nelson place.
George vidto was yesterday committed TO answer the
charges Of violating the Enlistment law, by taking
young named Benjamin F. Oakley out Of this city
and enlisting him in New Jersey and appropating to
his money entrusted 10 him by the recruit for
delivery 10 his father.
Counterfeit ton dollar bills tho PittsGeld Bank, Of
Massachusetts,, are In circulation.
AT the fire at North Adams, Mass, tho morning Of
the Sd inst, four persons seriously injured and
property valued at So, 900 destroyed
John c. oliver, who the night Of the 25th ult was
picked up nsensibe condition in Of the streets
Greenpont last Saturday caused the arrest Of Wal
ter H. Holmes, living in that place, whom ho charges
with being tho person who committed the assault
him He says that Holmes beat him very severely and
robbed him Of seven hundred dollars In money and .
gold watch and chain worth three hundred dollars
The smshp Port Prince which left here for Port
lact ioa
evening" having board the Of the pilottoat
Favorta which the steamer into and sunk yester-
day morning, or Barnegat All those the piloboat
saved their ves, but lost everything else which they
had board.
We have received the particulars by the arrival here
yesterday from Bermuda OF Captain johnson and four Of
his crew. Of tho loss Of the brig Ganges from Cadz for
Boston, which was abandoned at sea- in sinking con
dition, on the 7th Of January. All on board of her
were taken or by the bark Sacramento, and landed
Bermuda.
The ice gorge in the Mississippi river at Brooks Point
gave way Saturday. sinking two steamers and leaving
several aground or the two sunk-the Southwestern
and David whte-tho former Is expected to be total
loss
passenger train the Marietta and Cincinnati Rail-
road last Saturday morning prccpitaed distance
Of lfty feet into Leor creek sixty miles east OF Cincin
natl by the middle pier Of the bridge being carried away
during the preceding night by the leo and high water
Ten twelve persons killed and number seriously
injured.
A train on the Central Ohio Railroad Saturday
thrown down embankment near Newark Ohio No
person killed.
The steam transport Ellen s. Terry, Captain Chaplin,
from Newbern, c., via Fortress Monroe, arrived here
last night
The Late Peace Con fe rencc-A Dipl0mati
issance-What Next
The late peace conference, according to the
special correspondence which we published
yesterday on the subject, from Fortress Monroe,
from the steamer Thomas Colyer president
Lincolns conveyancel, and from Washington,
assumes a larger degree Of importance than