The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-02

fense, and can be made imprePnab'e Commanded
by sen IcTce range Of bluffs, vessels coud not APP
proach within two miles Of the city without Delng
exposed to q conveTging fire at short range, and
with ordinary seacoast ordinance any wooden 1rl'
gate might be sunk in a few minutes, should she at
tempt 10 force an entrance FIVE large batteries are
beng constructed and, when completed viii De SUI
perior in position and means of protecuon 10 thoa
Of Callao,
inero works are intended to be permanent. The
pest engineering skill that could be procured has
been employed in laying them out, and the excaya-
uobe are progressing as rapidly as possible. Ihe
Government foundey at Limachie, on the railroad
between Valparaiso and Santiago The hrst expert
mens In casting guns were mace laSt SSt nofortpnate
iailed In constructing their furnaces theY weIe
compelled to use glazed frebrck, and wnen tn9
metal was melting the glazing scaled Oh anuse'tieu
in the iurLath or .o,o,
A mistake Was also made in the quantity OF metal
requiyed for the cannon and when the casting vas
CONNECTED they discovered that the glazing had run
into the mould and rendered the gun unseIVlcsapS'
The Government having invested zen tnousanu uoI
lars IN the experiment, refused TO renuer lurtner
assists ncc, and the undertaking was aDanuOne1,
Al Lmachie two ri1ed guns have been completed
and tested with good results, They throw shot ot
about two hundred pounds and Il Is contemplated
to man all the ba tories with similar ordnance Inc
maIutacture OF the cannon is progressing Iatnes
slowly now, as the foundry is uncompleted ana
many OF the employees inexperienced, but tne
amount of machinery is being increased, and hopes
are entertained OF soon having cannon a the
next steamer leaves the de here will have pro-
crossed far enough TO be delneated, with their ar
msment, IN a chart of the haIbor and surrounding
hllls; Bsse mMsh 49, | zstl4 -
he vessels OF the American squadron recSnpy on
this coast are now scattered the Pac tic, aud Will
probably not IeuIite Immediately, Admiral Pear
son, with the flagship POtohdtdn and deuble-endeI
WGteTee, is at CalaO. The Mnhonge has gone To
California, anC may proceed as far ss vancouver
The Nydce s at the Chncha Islands, the THscdrord
Is here, and the SaUGHee leaves here 10 night fOI
Callao. Ihe JOcOtdh IS daily expected, she beylnt
lett Mon evideo several weeks sIuce, and will remalI
here some time.
There are also in the harbor the PTussian man-ot
war Vinete aud the British corvette MdtaccG anC
| frlgate Topaz. The latter has just arrived IRON
| Gibraltar and experienced very severe weather oi
tie Plate river where he k st all her SAILS Dut one
| She reports having seen the Peruvian iron'clad
HRdScdr and Ind psadeTteid this side the Straits
| Magellan. Nothing was discovered concerning TN
Spanish feet though the latter had soarclY time U
reach those waters after the affair at Cahao before 10
Topaz came through.
| Ii is significant that nearly every South Ameri
can vessel be onPlug on this coast which changeI
| its flag during the Spamard's presence in the ia
| cific adopted American colors. The English ant
| french flags were discarded almost entirely, ant
the shipping lists of the ports between Panama an
| the STRAITS have q remarkable number OF America
arrivals.