New-York tribune., 1866-05-02

the ruthless destruction Of their homes and propertyto
witness the ruinaton Of the wealth of ares.
Ats o'clock q the is: ,urr y-as ssy ,,sr The city.
: 9. Saw" TIL" hanaa a"d -i.isd 4 the custom
warhouse Accompanied by the cry Of ''; ing Two tn
| Queenp the firing become geneTa For % hours
the bombarimcn continued. Not an opposing shot
fired in defense Of the ciyi not band was Lifted III
opposition 20 the Sr nsh squadron. With The means at
be command II useless for the Chians to resist the
attack.
The destruction Of property was immense. The
warehouses; containing millions of dollars worth
Of foreign merchandise, were almost totally denoi,
shed. II Is here ihat tae ne sonDaTament anecren a
pnvate buildings were completely ruined. The Hotel
de Ia Union was fired by red-hot shot and all that
portion OF the city in its immediate vicinity consumed
by the entire eonGagatOn To complete the entire de,
sction of the custom warehouses; fire broke out about
Has o'clock n. M. which speedily enveoPed the whole
Of them in flames. Nothing was spared by the enemy
within range of their guns. Public property and private,
hospitals aud churches wharYes egd heu appuEteuances
were each and all made On object Of attack. -
After firing between @0oO aud 5000 shot and she'll point
.lank into the city the flagship Numalsle gaze W the ssns
to Withdraw. Tie last slot was fired at 2;3O O'Clock
p m The fsga;cs Immediately GOT under way after the
firing had ceased, and proceeded TO rhe anchose % ,'p
sumod theI old positions, and the water everything
soon bore lis usual appearance A.
Immediately after tie firing ceased, the people on the
hghts shed into the city and stroye TO check the cona-
aon In which they partially succeeded. Owing to the
fact that nearly all the Inhabitants had left the place the
number Of killed and wounded was conParauVey sH'"n'
The exact figures have not been given
II not known what the future lans OF nun9z might
be- but it generB believed that he the
coast and proceed oher cities what he had done
at Vaparaiso II was feared that Caldera Coquimbo and
other places would in turn al victims 10 the 'anaa'm
Of the Spaniards.
rho English residents Of Chill are highly indignant at
,b o,,sr,, o. their Minister ~. o. Commodore Denman
of ,ho 1r;iish squadron. Before the bomealqmenti
moc,ine ,as he,d b .Le former and the following resou
tons which damn their representatives and praise
~. .ho a, fat. -, ,Lo r,no,
this day by Mr. Hague be hereby adopted true and i'm
partial narrative.
atng conduct OF Rear admiral Denman IN having given to
the British community Of Valparaiso positive that
he oGd interfere bg force pecesay to prevent general
bopbardmen and aerward ferietng the same thus cans
ng the los. of much vsIule time winch nign. lave Deeh
prosieby employed ecsrls Ss,S @ condemn
Denmans conduct inconsistet VIZ % eui6o ~ ia
Thla n nc n; stated - Ss S sad ' nmuHity OF vapa
raiso the protection OF the frces under hs G h
not hesitate 70 deaeh one Of the ships Of has sq in Pc
rlyan waters, who eft Valparaiso for the North LII TIL w
steamer hence on tie l7th inst.
That Hear admiral psnhehs pea OF Wans OF snnei'ti
oppose the Spartan Is hanaung 10 bis cgnirymen
and nexcusabe consdesus tlal Vie CO onon Of power
f United States squadron was pressed upon BIN by rs con
mhderf snJ that ths meeting cannot express in sufficiently
strong its Indignation tnat such atroclty the
barlmcn oi deieseles town WIN population o. oVDl m
habants should b. permitted IN the presence of British
s. That tho absence Of precise naruesons rpm tie English
Government with eefd 10 tao Threatened b0nbaranent
accounted 10y tsppOsfSOn on B tbat
difficulties have come % coneilso leaving therefore unio
seen c1kcaon to be solved BY the good judgment Of ts
appear to consider duties Of neutrality inconsistent with
any action in those Interests witch specially
hded 10 lis proiseol ana when under eA'as eiro"aA
TbsP IL matter OF regret that between the British
lrge al~es and this community. there has bong existed
an which has rendered INN unfit 20 ts
,es,s and that Jn the pesoat emergency the disadyan
e uag thefeom have been sensby felt ly his
passive submission 70 tie abuses OF the Spanish squadron,
~
s,.,cs Msister Gen Ki3ntriek and upon Commodc<e
Rogers md express 20 then behalf of this neosg its
hs appreciation OF teir earnest ende,yors 70 pieTes 10y
deeply regreting tai those etdeavors had not been
- That these resolutions ard documents referred
tlcm be laid before the British publie. , ~, - e,,,.
A bitter feeling is said to prevail throughout Chill |
scajnsi the Engi.h. British commercial Interests
tfo.4t 10 have suffered rcparabe INJURY, whAe the
plea IRE with which a olasses and paTnes commend the
action Of tho Amcrcans bodies much good " the Inter
The ercuriO of Valparaiso remarks that IL s at loss 10
see how the English and French charge Atares can
insiA themselves 20 their respective GoyornmeSs fos
having calmly and Ind Serenity stood by, while the
sganaIds burning eighteen OF twenty m.ons worth
OF property belonging To their oountrymcn possessing as
they did, al pie means TO prevent It.
PERU.
Tho Penivans were wild with excitement over the
of The bon bArdment Il NGlparso Great tars were en-
iorta,ncd the safety OF foreignersand especially of
Suauar,s-rcsidiug H. Lima; terrible tie exste
Of the lower classes that they threatened an indis
cmirato massacre Europeans and did not spare
Americans IN their cnunciations. The feeling was soe'
shat alcvaicd by the and imprisonment, IF all the
Snanlr I'm the city. Yet, fearing repetition Of the
terrible following the overthrow Of Pezei the au
th0riios used every pIecautiOn TO prevent r. and the
arrest OF tho SpsuaFds removed the pTetex for an out
break.
At Caao al was confusion. The warehouses were be-
ing relieved OF their contents, merchants were sending
their goods 70 Limo and IN fact every one seeined TO be
possessed h the insane fear that Calao would be the
next place Of attack. Bu the chances are that Nuez viii
tu his attention toward easier and less dangerous work
before he approaches that city. II they possess the
requisite bravery, the Penyians haye the means OF re-
tafning hard knocks for those received
Admiral II, irson had arrived AZ CAllao, but Immediately
sailed in the Suwance for Valparaiso.
CENTRAL AMERICA
By the arrival Of the steamship Guatemala, captain
Douglas, We have later news from Central America
Everything was quiet IN political circles An ehort is
being made in Costa Riea to contract with an American
for the construction Of an lncr-Oceanic hai
road An British aud French projects aiming at that end
have proved To be sad failures, aud now the Central
Amere,ns want 20 give Yankee ingenuity and skill
tral carriage road is projected between Guatemala
CITY ard San Salvador Tho ordinary session OF the
Ncaraguan Congress closed the 10th ultlino but was
opened again in extraordinary session on the 18th.
From Our Special Correspondent
SANTIAGO CHILL March 81 ls56.
The United States Minister Gen. Fitzpatrick, and the
United States Commodore Rogers, have been doing their
utmost 70 effect peaceful solution of the differences be-
tween Spain ND Chill. Long conferences have been held
on board the Numancia.
The published but unofficial result Of Fitzpatrick con
ference with tho Spanish Admiral is this, that
l. The Spanish and Chile flags should be unufled upon an
United States ship andeccye mutual salute from the Deg
erents.
TO recprocay deliver up the prizes and prisoners made
including the Coyadonga.
That the Chill Government would declare that she
intended injury against the Queen of Spain.
II is said that the part of the Spanish Admiral he in
tmaed that if these terms were not agreed to he would
lombard.
II is generally supposed that Chill has refused these
conditions since she viii not treat with Spain, unless her
ships be withdrawn Even yesterday noon within less
than "a hours before the bombardment TO commence
renuous efforts were still being made to eject peacabee
solution of the question: but Chill would not treat with
the Spanish Admiral unless he would withdraw the threat