The New York herald., 1866-02-26

one and sixty The Chilean Minister In feru
celebrated the ratification Of the treaty Of alliance be-
the republics by banquet which all the Eu'
ropean diplomats though invited declined TO attend Cap
tured papers belonging to the late Spanish Admiral farea
show that by the instructions Of his government he was
authorized to lombard Valparaiso The governments Oh
the republic Of Ecuador etl allows supplies ior 'he
Spanish squadron 10 be shipped from the port Oh
Guayaquil
An interesting description Is also given by our Lima
correspondent OF recent trip across the Ahdes 70 'he
famed quicksilver mines Of Huancavcica, exceedingly
rich in their deposits and once worked 80 as 70
Weld immense profit which now in dilapidated
condition operated without system and rendering not
tthe of the wealth which is stored in their recesses
The Madrid Epritu Fblico reports that two Monitors
built in England the government Of Chile, and which
we're already sea- had to put back into English pors
on account of tho weight Of their armor and guns
Iae news from Mexico and the Rio Grande border Is
furnished in our Brazos letter General Sheridan ana
General Comsock the latter belonging to General Grants
staff have both recently been on visit TO Browns
vile, Texas and conferred with tho military omcers
there and though the object OF their movements was
not made public, they supposed to have related TO
the difficulties caused by the manUuvrngs OF the op
posing republican and imperial forces on the opposite
side OF the river, and to the delicate duties
thereby Imposed army officers. In the
recent fight near Matamoros between the two
republican chiefs Cortna and Canales, before
ported several persons stated to have becn killed
and wounded Mexican desperadoes have rendered GER
portions Of the Texas side Of the Rio Grande almost
as bad as their own country they and at
WILL robbing and numbering at their pleasure and making
the roads actually unarmed travellers Two
coin countereiters with all the materials and imple.
ments of their trade lately surprised In the chap
arrai Brownsville and arrested. Tho imperiass
still deny the report that the republican General Escobedo
has recaptured Monterey and threc four
cent republican defeats the vicinity Of that city
The Texas Constitutional Reconstruction Conven-
tIon which met the 7th and organized on the Sth
inst has done little yet resolution to the effect
that State has right to secede was offered on the
18th, but referred TO a committee
The Senate OF the Georgia Legislature on tho 18th inst
adopted preamble and resolution complaining that.
notwithstanding their State has complied with all the
quirements of national government their towns
still garrisoned by negro troops and providing for
commission to proceed to Washington and request their
removal Hersche " johnson has accepted the position
OF United States Senator from Georgia
table prepared the Office Of the Commissioners Of
Emigration and which be relied upon correct ap
pears In the HERALD this morning, giving very in
teresng figures in regard to European emigration and
the destination Of passengers arriving here from across
the Atlantic From 1t the information is obtained that
during the past year immigrants reached this
port OF whom SOL went to Southern States, 435 to
Canada Cuba South America and other foreign places,
while 99 s3 for time at least remained in the city
State of New York In addition to fund Of other nfor
nation importance s attached to the report from the
fact that 1t plainly exhibits the increased emigration TO
tho Southern States since the closing Of the rebellion
Before the the number OF people from Europe who
went to slave States to settle was comparatively small
when placed alongside OF the number going to Western
and Northern States This held good during the war,
and until the month Of May last when few immigrants
began to find their way to Tennessee and Arkansas and
other partially constructed localities and from that time
to the present this movement has continued to gain
numerical strength As the former saveholding States
bccmoe quiet and orderly, welcome strangers 70 their
lands ard give them work to do, 1t may be confidently
expected that arrivals upon shores will be
couraged to flock thither in still greater numbers
Henry A. Wise, Of Virginia, has written letter to
friend in this city, pathecay appealing for some words
OF comfort cheer the patriot heart" and urgently
requesting to be informed why, the having ceased
he and his rebel companions have not this had all
their former privileges restored 10 them The old rebel
exgencral 10 deeply concerned not only regarding the
South but the fsse Of the republic and civil liberty
well, and even fears that the constitution after having
w,hstood years Of carried by himself
and comrades for its destruction now In danger
He has earnestly looked to tho President to Congress
and 10 the national Judiciary for light his path; but
Of them have degncd to shed it, and he is still
veloped in darkness The Of the rebellion itself he
regards merely It'll, innocent experiment to test
state sovereignty, which, though terminating unsuccess
fully for those who instituted It, should Of leave
them well of they before they began II not
a little botter.
The manner in which the South Ia being Yankeezed,
that the and slavery Is cxterminaied, Is
graphically described by Of our New Orleans
pondenis. Men from the North and West in large
bers many of them lately generals, colones captains
eutenants and prvates In the national army have set;
tied that city and entered into business of all kinds
and nder their energy and industry the
old creole metropolis fast losing its former French and
Spanish CHARACTERISTICS notwithstanding efforts Of the
regime 10 taboo the Mortimer in trade we'll
social matters Yankee enterprise is too much for these
latter gentry and regardless Of their opposition, is push
ing its way rapidly, ready to apply hand wherever
hand needed and is fast developing Of thrift
and wealth which, under the old order Of things,
allowed TO lie dormant and unnoticcd.
great revival Of business Charleston and general
mproyeme nj Of trade prospects is recorded In our cor
rcspoudence from tha. city. Planting operations, toe,
and affairs generally throughout the State begin to wear
a very promising aspect. The sagacious of the
South Caronans said to be already able to perceive
that free labor will be q great benent to them.
continuation of the narrative OF his journcyngs by
the Herald correspondent In Australia appears In our
present issue containing, among other very interesting
matters description Of his visit to the gold fields and
the Murray river further regarding American settlers
and miners and American enterprise In that distant
gion remln OF the visit Of the rebel pirate
Shenandoah Melbourne, and plan concoc,cd by the
Americans there for her destruction
Advces from Cape Town, Cape Of Good Hope, 70 the
18th OF January TINT the Basuto still conn-
ued. The Free State army however was being rapidly
diminished by disease aud the states prospects
dscrbcd very gloomy The Basutos have learned In
years hghting 10 fortify themselves in such
as TO render their positions unsssaabe by any but
trained troops and all their important mountain strong
Lola. mara haina ,hn. foriinad Theu Ind