The New York herald., 1866-04-21

Our Panama CorTesponAenee.
PANAMA., ApYsl IL, 1859
The Pacific Steam Navigation Conpaay's s,aamship
Psc,0e, Captain wocott from Valparaiso and inter
nsias ports arrived the Sd inst Her dates ore Val
paraiso March III Coeuimbo 18Th x al ERA 10TH Coha
and Iqaique, 2ist africa, 22d; Islay, Esd; Gala 2sh
and Psita, 30th a..
am indebtSx to Purser Dicke,-Of The Pacific for the
prompt delivery ofsAe HssAIDs ssusA Coast rcspon.
.sepce snd for Ties Of late papers. &c.
ma a. year ss.rAsro.Aesfs al yspara~~s end
Anao cover all matters OF ippsrhpce nom chile and
Psru. They, however, can tell but tho Chilean and
Peruvian sdo of the story for nothing ese is made pub
iw here Ihave here, howaver, the means Of obtaining
she Spanish story and Is bh fair that both sdes should
be gwen Ihave been assured by those who have every
means Of knowing that the allied squadon did receive
very serious damage in the affair at Ancud.
The partissns Of Chic claim that because the Coya
ssnga csmo out short distance in the direction OF The
spannh vessels This s positive proof thai The Allied
sesi onerd battle. IL wac evidently only ''aeiiing
sprst catch keel or, In other words, placing
smA bai, in order 10 catch big fish The gong ogi a.
tho Covsdonga with the hope that both Of The
Spanish ships would chase her in when she would have
ssd them INTO place from which they would in al pro
liability returned; but tho spanards were too
sm trout 70 be hooked By any such bait, and wifely
TIA, The commander Of tho allied ships did no, out
and offer battle 10 the Span sh fgates s under the
epnsanccs The best possible proof Of his prudence and
jsdcmen, Had be done otherwise he would b." h'on
considered foohardy thus risking the sacrA be
vsssels in q conflict with superior forcs
CHILEAN spAuGH
ne epsrnrds are beginning TO nnd that doing auy
A,~s With she shilesns sbsse q, win thob
ph sAips even Is thsskless ios, al certain 10 be
sssuSsA With fatal results and disastrous defeat IN ny
,ss rave you report that shs Bias,s had bsep ve'y
ssosy handed By heavy gun which The Chiiesas had
ssseesssA N placing point muanalns her scsss
1Ass heavy gun appears 10 have been two oomps' 90 Of
a.a.Alxy, saAsAe attach wan noss admiralty uAnssss.
In very many places Of the coast Of Chile ths water N
deep close up 10 the land; where this the case the
shsrs 10 bold high cliffs overbsns the channel
~sy 20 ,hs, vessel may anchor In position thai when
sAs sv nes her stern will be Almost touching The ano,
ard prisons hty yards shore ono Of these .Iifs
can look down almost perpsndiculsry upon her decks
This the with the unfortunate Blanca she on
ssorod In Just such spot and the Chiiesns ON Shore
seeing her position anl knowing what advantages save
n.m moved during the evening tvo companies OF IN
sn,ry the point overlooking the vessels and piAcns
them n smbascsds. waited for daylight so close
we're they baa the commanding officer gave orders 10
n, mep To rost thor musken and Gre with deliberate
On board the blsnCs hothtnR was tuspfcttus ~"
s tho nsuol hour the morning the hsmmocss were
'pped up and while her we're in crowds upon
,ha de slowing them mnrderous ore from over two
hnnJrei mus.e,s poured pon them 81 almost with
IN ,hn range ordinary pistol of courss pane
as created a. the killed and wounded fell on all sidos
and stampede took pisoe for the lower dccys From
s-r position The sAp could no, brng gun to bear
.~,b.r could the Nuusncs which lay iusi outside,
a. ount of the -svstos rhs only thing TO bs done
a. re, out of the way quickly posiblt, and there
spp.Ars TO have been 10 delay this movement Atbcy
moved on aud VI. angie Of elevation became less the hs
openod With chen snd grape shc, bui The cover Nhs
very good thsi lhe Chilean commsnding onieei epor
cot having man nlnrcd- rhus ended the afsr, pnd
ssporf thai The Blanca had oriy OF ber cfheen snd
men plsced M d. Drhcf ~ y, which tbins vers
prt bable The .spsneh coiomodors, 1ndng " mposh-
Me 70 get ipstds at ths allied nect win hts bg ships,
especially ~ben he found that vefs had bren suns In
shs channel wav rnte hs hrst visit ~ the VIVA 10
madrid and Blanta returnsd 10 valpsrsto Ths,s ne
arrived on the lt;h ah.
,pr r.sTuss or fas cEIisAs rtissrosr news ts
uauLa
cannot MRS the chance Of giving yol The few iouow
yrc lines from The vzlr prts Csrf ~ NArcb To-
~ Il corroborstef iii that have aid cor'onns ds~
vtsy force and shows fully The dctcru nation ~ The
usnder Of he allied Hcct no' 70 expose hrneii 70
.dss 70 vsry an,a po.'.n - w.n. z, zoe sm.y VII 5.
fsunf interesting
,cme dsys consa.se snfi.iy ~ss fs here ief Too
~, 81 Toe allied See, they have nohns Which could COZ
II proved, however ,ss, ~. .r.. .rp,ains ,h., ,s'
epsp,d. weuA rsiarn "a force had ,hsnsea ,se
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