, 1866-05-03
SOUTH AMERICAN WAR NEWS
The BOmbardment Of YalparaisO.

AnaertHf1nE OHclM1 DfApAtcA from Coul.
Enodore HodEcr&-1Ie offers to Sink Tho
SpanaAh 1ron.clad lnAldc OF thirty
nfnutes-Co.yar yara1Iy Conduct OF the
English Adn1irat-Thc action Of the
American Consul Loudly Applauded.
MAfntSeToy, May a-1he following dispatches
telAuye to the bon;9ard@entot Valparaiso, have
UNITED bTATEs STIAXsH1P YANDERnlLT,
YA1PARA1ao, Masch 81, 1868.
stn: bare the honor to announces that upon
ny arrival IN this port With The equsdton under ny
had informed me that. be Intended 10 pse,,
Seu,a ea5y snass i a,te. nnpls no,,ee. 70 70
matter, sought the oceaslon the next d1J to say
that would 10tn him In permitting any tuudcn
bomtatdment md that woald also 70 a. much
mock could take caro- Of the Nauaneis; that Hom
,he naany cxper:rcnu1 bad Witnessed, was 1b-
sonelT eelta,n tnai IL non lesa than thirty seconds
he1telt entirely uu1,s3sted, would le1ye un:y 1he
nast-heads Of The Numaneta atnvc< xate-, and
that cur wooden yeasel., Ensli.h and
the Spanasds. In Tins Offering to 60 bcyoud the
letter Of mJ tnstruct!ons to observe ftr4ct ncu-
t!alny se1sa gon .se s119ot,ion 5has t,ity
efforts to keep the pesce amc.g them .hst A. q
white, another is suffering from the IN.
sy asd nsy Ges nee " a foes ,o p4sat t9 q ns 1at
iloa ol The laut-a murder TOR examp'e-eo na-
tun. Witnessing tie like disturbance among her
eat I'LL tisst4e neats.aty rs,sS, xete:Dets III
force II necessary to keep the operations Of b:;e
rrutT a: least within the law for sba protection or
nm aware thar action IN the .p!ru,ises Oh cur
ptt aesoss Gsst nSt had a1 5S,ea
1dmia what ih.ve written a1a s.1t'y sassa
sh.s his ~ +, 9S eoa az Sn,'n 5aen n =
be had more 10 er1cr in consequence OF Al rupture
V1,h Spain. be had also mofc 70 RE.ssyeby inter
tands. while ouss were only hundreds: u,
The English Admiral Ea.d at arst that he wonld
30 ~1lh nc. Tor plainly DECLARED that would not
chestnuta ont Of The are, and then hare ths power
1tcvcd ianghisz at NJ ansed ps.r. "hie lney
liz English Admiral anally dssst@!n:a to.shrcw
| the re:penftbtllty on the Ensh.h MiniAef, who
s.5 ses;s e n n sss II 1sss no ssp.r..
ac1on on nv pat vas aiken, ~ none had been pro
posed. have use1 such measures a. 1 eonld to
ttiue about m accommodation, but without sue
I'll; fits morane, at nine o'clock, The Spanish Aa'
p,.sal ope.eu upon the town With shot and shell
"a &c siers s1ases
baJmcI' ot s.ro hours and my minutes, the frtnQ
c.ased, uad ..as, Spanish Admiral withdrew hi:
| -Four Of the ztonc buildings connected With the
Custom Honse ~rre eutifply destroyed, with thefl
fsms PURPOSE, % Tsss 1aIy a,nsh Injured The W v.iat
9mased q some s., ,ou 0M. Tie Goyelnaen
wrse d.maged % Considerable extent
Set.:sl1y and inevitably the parts Of the ct,
Enieh n Spanieh ADMIRAL declared he DID not ID
t1oa 70 itlu.s received many Of his mis- Scr
"a bloets .. Isa.e buildings wcre destroyed b,
" anq tram d *o1yeat; md ho:pitas wef
| more tt1n eight or ten.
enclose herewith, cople OF the letters addrcsses
to nc BY the tore!gn res'asat: Of ya1pa1s!:o, Fl
IT, 81 Ghlittendom, psaine Il odassal 81 c6siscsei
wi.h copy Of my answer; aiso, e,oies Of the mar
1--we VIZ II Gas s.safea 1as thnt the Eaish Admir-
vas determined no. 10 resist homhardeen., Ical
| Cd upon him and raid lhat as l did nottsoc.e
d1tfl into collision where had no purpose Y GO 2
| Spsnish way. This intention I commuDsate
. verbally to lie Spanish admiral.
came neteesary to lake tonc part, felt nasnt
, nnx1etT to know whether the one TOOK meets vii
, | the appreciation Of The Government. In ny who
/ course have conferred freely with our Mfnfste
. Gen. Kipa1r1ck, and desired the benefit Of bis a
sIee md assistance. Ia all have done ot offered
do he has been consulted, and+oe has inIly cooeo
J vas becanse did not wieh to break the conttuui
Of my uazza,iyc. and not because an Watnon1
e,zons sense Of OBLIGATION toz his g Operation.
: hayb the honor to &C. I'll, JosH obt aefT't
. Joua RnooEna, Commodore.
i To Hon. Gideon Welies: sec'y Of Navy. :,
t Furhet acyfces Erotu Rio JaneIro ray that
Allied army supported BY the neek. had crossed Y
Pa.aas, md wtse preparing 10 attack Fort Il
Msita.
ed S 10 & % se1y bad Sustaining daii1 los oi fTo
) | 140to 1G9 men, They had to tubsist wholly {
bran, which was dealt ont in rezy insufficient qua
c titles.
/. The action Of the spanla.ds in BON harding =
e The p1ess: The ae,ton Of Gen. Ki,pau,ck anu Go