The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-13

Peruvian correspoudent says the Dicta- /
tor has made an offensive and defensive al
liance with Chill. and has declared war
AGAINST Spain, and it was hoped thai Lima,
and fhe other South American Republics, es-
nscialIv Colombo, would accede to the
To Peruvian frigates and steam coryet-
tes had Eeft to effect junction with the
Chilian feet
THE Spaniards residing in the province Of
Lima were ordered not to leave the country,
and have their names registered for survell-
lance. The Peruvian Government has also
taken other precautions to have reprlsals at
hand in case the SPANISH feet takes posses
sion of any port on the coast or otherwise In
aicts heavy damage. 1t is reported the
Spanish feet is concentrated thoroughly at
Valparaiso, and that city is probably block
AIDED and will perhaps be attacked by the
Spaniards.
An attempted revolution in Panama had
been frustrated.
san FRANCISCO, Feb. 9.-Australian adj
vices saw oil has been struck near Hartly, IN
New South Wales, and the wells yield I4O
gallons of crude oil per day The company
expect to refine 10000 gallons per week,
when they get into operation, and supply
customers at 43 cents per gallon.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10-The Panama cores
Dondent of the Herald says the combined
Peruvian and Chilian fleets arc under orders
to commence immediate hostilltleS against
Spain. Callao is strongly fortified The
monitor Victoria and the ram Loa are IN
mort, and some of the batteries are Oticered
! by Americans who had experience IN the late
| war The Peruvian war steamer CaIIao Is
| repairing at Panama, and will soon leave to
| join her consorts.
/ before a declaration of war, Will either at
! tack Cuba or carry the war to Spanish ports,
| n,,J o++apaY,t ha destruction of EerrOl, the
| naval arsenal
! Gen, Fitzpatrick has left Callao for Valpa-
raiso, in the English mail packet
Anumber of expatriated officers had been
engaged for the Chilian navy, and ten had
lIetf for Chill in a Chilian war steamer.
The TrIbune's Panama correspondent says
/ that torpedoes add other internal machines
! for the destruction of the Spanish fleet had
| arrived at Callao.
Catesbv Jones, ex-Confederate navy Off
Ger. leaves Panama for Chili,i where he Will
I have a naval commission.
The Paris correspondent OF the Herald
! saws: The opening of the French Leglsla-
| ture was remarkable from the fact that the
| Prince Imperial occupied place at the night
| of the Emperor: Prince Napoleon occupying
a seat on the LETT Napoleon asked an Amer
| lean gentleman, who is greatly IN his con
| fidence, what was the feeling among the
! Americans regarding what his speech Sald
about the United States, and being informed
| that it was highly favorable, he said he was
| very clad for it was his intention to assure
the United States Government that his feel
! inrs towards it were of the most friendly
| nature.
The Paris Constitutional says the EN-
peror Napoleon could not give an eXplana-
ton in regard to the internal admlnlstra-
ton of Mexico, for which the Mexican Gov
ernment is responsible. The United States
cannot call resistance by plundering adven-
turers, war, after refusing the title OF belhg-
erents to the CODfcderacy.
The Birmingham, Eng, Association for
the relief Of destitute Freedmen OF the
United Strtes, have just contributed another
cargo of goods to Gen. Howard for dlstrl'
button The Secretary of the Treasury has
ordered their admission duty free.
A Buenos Ayres correspondent writes that
the loss of all the Paraguayan troops that
had invaded Brazil by crossing the Paraguay
river, was followed by precipitate retreat
of the remainder to their own territory, of al
their forces that were occupying Corrlentes
| The work of concentrating the allied land
and naval forces had progressed SO that OF
January 25th they would make grand com
bined attack with fOrty-tive thousand troops
and thirty war steamers on the Paraguayar
stronghold Huawatic, on the Paraguay river
This is place of immense strength, mount
ing over one thousand heavy guns and ren
dered difficult of access by chains extended
across the river; they are supposed to have
submerged torpedOes, and a Paraguayar
| army to back the stronghold of ten thou
, sand or twenty thousand men and a conSld
| erable fleet. The march of the allies pur
suing the retreating Paraguayans across the
Province of Corrientes to the Paraguay river
for three hundred miles through an almOs
uninhabited country, is described as one o
the greatest difficulty and suffering; hund
reds of the troops persisted on the way whil
| others deserted.
! European advices say the news of tn
capture of the Spanish steamer Covadonga
!, by the Chilians, caused the most violen
ferment, and warlike address had beel
voted by the Cortes, and instructions ha
q been dispatched to the Spanish Admiral t
= avenge the national honor.
: The Madrid papers abound with rage
The recent Chilian meeting in New Yor
called forth lively fears of Spain for tn
safety of Cuba, and the general excitemen
was augmented by the appearance of tw
| ironclad frigates, supposed to be rams II
= Gently constructed by Laird, for the Chilia
! | Government.
{ The London Times says the war is Nc
. | only with one or two Republics, and wa
! | merely against a Confederacy of all Sout
and Central America, but it may soon hav
| to be waged with Spains own subjects
q the Antilles, and the Yankee sympathizer
: of the North and South, who if they canno
| embroil their own country in a war in SUI
:. port of the Monroe doctrine, viii place me
! and means enough at the disposal of Spain
= enemies to make them more than a mate
!, for Spain's power
! 1t is possible those two ironclads in Spal
ish waters, may be only an earnest of whf
i Young America may do in the way of energ,
i spirit and enterprise.