The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-04-26
LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE STATE.
CIRCULATION IN THE CITY.
The spaniah-ohllian war.


- BY the arrival Of the steamer Arizona from AS
pinvsll, at New York, We haveIater. dates from
Central and South America.
In Chill and Peru preparations continue to,
be busiiy pushed forYard TO- receive the Span
isrds.s Esht sOrpea0aes Tefos ready fer aae in
! The steamer. Uncle Sam arrived at Valparaiso
on the 14th, and is reported to have been taken
possession Of by the Spanish squadron.
PRoaREss OF THE SPANISH -cHtLIAN svAn.
From tie Valparaiso Patrta del Vapbr, RarcA 16.I
In, our last review we announced the sailing on
the Blanca for the Southern waters, and that they
had been seen on the ,2lst off. Talcahuano.u y They
Wero not in very. great hurry to reach .Chiloe,
be doGb in thirty.six hoGrs. The Object of this
expedition, commanded personally by, ,Mendez
avenge the calamity or Abtao. In Chloe the
Spanish commander was anxiously looked
s ont for, and precautionary measure measures were
tend with the formidable iron-clad at lesser
disadvantage. Our oonjectures did not prove er-
arsssv Two
fin6at Of those composing the enemy's sqdadron-,
the Numanoa, on account OF her size aud armor,
thsmthese I'll two vessejs % With thsf a
creased by men from the other ships, we're seen
on the 1st instant the eastern side Of the ISL
Blanca anchored at sixty metres from the the shSre orc
In crock named Tubildad, the iron -clad rem ain
ing at greater DISTANCE of. Without doubt the
confidence by the. circumstance that this place
10 but thinly Inhabited; but In this he was
Iniataken. In Huite two COMPANIES of national
captain. Of the line, Mr.. George, Wood,
a. son of" one OF the Oldest English born
officers in: the Chilisn service Captain
the poaition taken up by the spaniards, on &C!
a'nently under darkness q the sght msrshsd
cadei at daybreak he opened deadly fire agahst
aii those on the deck Of the frigate Blanca caas-
ing them heavy losses and obliging them to take
refuge the main deok, in the greatest confusion
and disorder; after 80 doing, he spread his men as
sharpshooters 40 as not to expose them en- n,asse
e hs s6Gs and Ss d tho NO ssse Tasz
hEhey then retired, making sail for the anchorage
Of the allied squadron. AS soon as they arrivedin
and returned to the faand Of Santa Maria, near 70
L.ota and Coronel When there heyseized the Brit
iah MeroHaht steamer, Packet ot Manle. boupd for
NontaYids6, with one hundsedsHhd twenSysthree
pEsBengers, the italian bark Des 'Hsfm amos and
the Prnssian bark Union, loaded with coal. The
steamer is supposed to have been seized under the
war, and the barks for having on board coal from
the mines of Corpnel, which article Mendez Nu-
nez has DECLARED as such. So it, seems that the
sighting, at aneho:, the vessels OF tho allied
squadron, and that even the sanguinaTy combat
ofNabidad wag notS s1fiq qislt I'd urge fthefnfto
oacsiESlmsAkurSs They8havs The hyepgsd thsmseEybs
l1or the combatof A6tao by seizing merchant yes.
eels belonging to neutrals. u
We understand that. the representatives Of the
nations to whom belong the captured vessels will
bhy, bringing in. the| two prizes They lhaye
csent on shore the crew Of the steamer, retaining
the passengers. This is all that has occurred
with respect to the war. e. .
A. remarkable proclamation Of the President o,
Bolivia announces to the people that he will soor
sign the coalition against Spain. Tho same is ex
peoted from Colombia and Venezuela. There il
no more spoken OF mediation.