New-York tribune., 1866-12-26
3 Chill
VALPARAISO
SOCIAL AND MORAL CONDITION or TIE LowEl
ORDERS = SCARCITY or MANUFACTURES = iEDo
LBHCK OF THE PRoPLE-EMBARRAsSIH0 CONDITION
OF THB EATIosLL FISAEcBS-ITBMS.


LBSCE THE BPEoPLE-EABARRAsSING CONDITION
OF THB NATIONAL FIsAEcBS-ITBMS
From Our Special Correspondent.
vApAE,IsO Chill Nov II, 1865
The most alarming and perhaps dscouragng feature OF
these South American Republics is the social and mora
condition Of their lower orders. North American,
believe remarks It. contrasting 1t does SO dire
fully with the condition Of the humble, though thriving
poor OF his country Tho squsor that wo SEQ every
where surrounding the poor in other countries Is invested
hero with such nsoent eOntenment and so little perse-
verng effort to escape from it, that an ameoratcd future
for thcm seems impossible There being the system
of land monopoly here as existed before the war IN our
Southern States the poems NO future iDdePend
ent propretOshp look forward to- They have no long
cold Winters TO prepare for and the sPontahoy and
luLuranc9 with which everything grows WIN theif
limited necessities combine 10 make them the most apa-
thoc and thrless people that exist unless NO except
tho class in Italy. The scarcity OF manufacture
which furnish mplOyment TO both and Nil ages mas
bad doubtless an influence in pepeuatng TINS condon
of things There has been effort the part OF the
Government, introduce them with view 10 the ad-
Of the country and this class OF It's people Dy
offering exclusive privileges to manufacturers lot Term
OF years. but beyond the manufacture Of the ponchos
which, though woven In the dest looms possess some
qualities which the French and English goods have never
beon able to attain and the coarser materas IN god ana
silver and other metals the country knows little OF this
branch Of industry A manufactory Of silk, an eX-
ceedingly sna scale has been recently established in
Santiago by @ Frenchman, and within the past week
have been shown specimen of glass mado here which IS
said rival In white1ess tho best et present manufactured
in the world. This is encouraging earnest OF progress
regret 30 find, though, that tho improved educational
adyantages which the country within tho last ton years.
has been striving afford do not 10 have reached
tho lower classes aud, therefore, they cannot expect TO
exert Ike the corresponding class OF the United states
III corresponding class can bO said TO exist any posPoc
influence upon tho political and social condition OF
their country through the medium Of their educated
children The state of morals seems no less grieVous
high, conscientious line Of life does not appear compre
hsnsble them To mendacity they add theyory and
far my observation has extended all foreign and re-
gous influence has been futile in eradicating those pro
pensitos They besides the strongest prop Of the
church, and tho opposing current TO all religious brty
and conOclasm, and so long as their Ignorance anu supo
son obtain religious reform wnch the highor and more
enlightened classes hayo endcavored TO effect, ulst DO
gradual.
since remarked but man. out Of scoro or moro, AZ
work The greater portion OF them-hale hearty and
ahlctc-were stretched at full length upon tho ground
sleeping under broiing midday sun, while other sina
groups Of mon and women wero lohng about SMOKING
thcir egauos and playing at game Of balls similar TO
billiards VARYING il occasionally with the national dance
the ZalsaeEeoa-a all in the midst Of the dlrest hlth
poverty and squalor The dirt and destution with thcr
concomiiant OWLS dogs and children, together with the
soth and Incidence. presented picture which, not being
isolated but on the cOnrary presenting itself throughout
the whole country induces the belief that there can DO no
noble future for any country win such an elomeht
also observed what would have been lost upon other than
Yankee, and which was richly suggestive OF NoS-En-
gland papermills the immense amount OF old rags and
waste paper which here thrown IN ne que6rado anu
picker and migration Of them, am suro would not DO
prohtloss. .
washng is never done In the flmy consequently that
weekly terror American paeT famiiias tho washing
day IL unknown here. Every little stream about the city
Is converted into laundry and IN riding along from my
TO hundred women may DO seen squaited upon tho
ground pounding the clothes between stones end after
ward rnsing them IN wooden bowls. In this country
this comprises the dreadful modHi opsraHd To those
whose purses are moro valuable than their personal COM
fort, the 81 stem existing In ours is preferable.
The condition Of the National finances Is shown TO be
embarrassing and how overcome II Is the absorbing
question Of the day The Income Tax bill Is again un-
der discussion and j. looked upon with so much as
favor by large portion OF the people, II viii probably be
rcscndcd and the old Santa Maria bill with q Tow
modifcaons which have been made by the Finance Com
mittee inrstcd with examination and revision Of ~
adopted II proposes OF per cent upon all capi-
tai and be regarded as moro just aud general
Tho southern Railroad Is completed as lar rs
Curic6. connecting the latter place with the Capital
Tbere ia at prcsont indication OF any immediate
movement the part Of the allied feet Maraschal as,
ila the EIPrcsidont OF Peru aud recently Danished
o. this country by ado arrived steamer of tho lth
Another member Of the United States Military Lega.
ton has been captured by Of the fair Scnoras Of
Santiago IIe leaves with his bride tho steamer of
day lor bis home IN Philadelphia.