New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-11

OF THE DIFFICULTY BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND
TIE GOVERNMENT.
From SPECIAL Correspondent
LIMA, Dec. Il. 1866.
The charges against eX-Mmister OF Finance senior
Prado. and Senior Barrada, Peruvian Minister ut
Wasbinton. and malfeasance in the transaction OF
the Peruvian Loan with the firm of Thomson
Bonnar d Co., London, appear TO have been we'll
founded. The eX-MniSter, in "A letter published IN
the morning papers here pleaded guilty 10 some OF
Them and as TO the rest BoGardus, the accuser,
claims that he can subsantate them and insists that
the impeachment shall be brought before, and tired
by the proper courts OF justice MS senior I no
objects to, attempting thus 10 fail back upon the
friendship of the Dictator and ms Ola ColtdLu'S III
order 10 obtain from them the substitution OF com
mission 10 investigate the matter IN place oil Juu
cia investigation At first the Cabinet were disposed
to shield PradO and Barreda, and the Minister OF
Foreign Affairs, SenOr Pacheco IN ms over Hedi mas
published letter in defense OF Irado ana Baila III
which he declares that the Dictator does not believe
fine charges made against his Ministers, and that 1t
would require very strong proof 10 convince MN
| that There was any peculatOn on the part OF the
accused and that he Pacheco lndOrstd the NleWso on
his chief. This voluntary defense on the par Oh he
Government did not however allay IN the least the
growing curiosity of the public, but has had CON
! trarv effect Those who doubted before are now
| convinced that there Is something rotten IN Den
mark and any attempt at quaSAlhg me lhNes!lelloii
demanded will fail. Congress upon ITS meeting VIII
call the Cabinet to account torfayo1iSm on Il alIeI
of such tranScendct importance on t' lhdH'tS "u''
! credit of the Republic. by singular coutldchce
Senior Barreda is accused OF having paid price and
CHARGED the Government another tOT the two steam
crs iuiI i'm France forthc ConfedeTates by Armand q
Fills and sold by them TO Peru and who are now sued
by the United States Government for The proceeds OF
I the sale of said vessels. We shall know upon the
trial what really was paid for them, and whether
there was really any ground iOr the alleged pecua0n
| in the purchase of the vessels
Sundavthe 10th being the annversaryof the naval
fight between the forces Of Spain and Perm at Abao,
occasion was taken of the presence OF the Chllan
| corvette Esmerada. captor Of the Spanish gn-bOat
/
i'm boats and lighters, with music flags, &c TO the cor
yete. The officers Of the EsmeIalda received their VS.
listen patiently to long speeches and answer them
with short ONES. During the whole OF the afternoon
! visitors were continually gong on board ana we
Judge from what we saw IN the evening That visitors
! and the visited were all highly gratlfed
! The English ship Aracan from Arden, arrived in
the port OF CallaO few days ago, with the Captain
and All hands down with the scurvy and in a fearful
condition. -Four of the crew have since died, and
there are very poor hopes of the others recovering
Bad provisions and water are the causes added 10
| long and tedious voyage.
For the first time in Lima has the press conde-
| scended TO translate and publish IN their columns
| American Correspondence" from Europe. The Peru
Wan public last week treated 10 a very able
! translation in the III Concrete Of The 1RBUNES
letter from its Special in Venice giving that I'M
| equaled description of the evacuation by the Aus
| TRANS Of the Quadrilateral and Venice.
| The 18th Of December being the Dictator's birth
day all the COnsuls and public offices had their flags
hoisted in honor of Perus chcftan. Vessels Of war
and merchantmen were also prOfuse III their display
of bunting. SalyOs of artillery were hTed at noon.
During the day the diplomatic corps called upon Col
/ Prado. At II IN. the Cabinet came from Lima, ac-
! companed by the CHILEAN Minister of Foreign
Affairs, senor Corray3mbes, and staff, and nd
| the Project Of the Province, who accompa-
MED them TO the cars of the horse railroad
| that conveyed the whole party to the Iunta.
/ Upon their arrival they Immediately proceeded TO
! the hotel where the Dictator Is residing, and after
the usual fehcitations, they, were invited by lis
Excelcncy 10 splendid lunch that was prepared for
| them. There was excellent band OF music pres
| ent which entertained the outsiders with the Ma
| tional airs Of the American Republic and we were
! favored for the first time here with Rally Round
/ the Flag
The difficulty between the heads Of the Church
and Government i'll reference 10 the right of the Civil
Government to interfere with the religious fcasts of
the Church. has been finally settled The Church,
OF course proving victorious, as might have been
! expected they Immediately commenced the inter
dcted missions or Teyvas that had been conceded by
special Bull from the Pope for the benefit of the
| Catholics Of Peru, and opposed by the Government.
/ For some years past many of the leading men in
Peru have been gradually inclining TO religious toll
Grafton, being convinced that il would be an import
ant step toward inducing voluntary emigration of
useful members of society, and at the same time
tribute TO the sOppage Of that almost criminal i'm
pCrtation of Chinese labor that has already begun TO
show its baneful effects upon the lower class. The
clergy became alarmed and took effective steps to stop
any such heretical proceeding. Hence these grand
reyivas that have now been carried on for the past
three months and have had the desired effect. The
missionaries have preached 20 sermons III each OF the
parishes of Lima, and all good Catholics who have at
tended the course IN JhcI own parish, ana nave con-
fessed and received absouhon, are 10 receive 1000
days indulgence and the POpe's benediction. During
the whole time that these Teyiyals have lasted, the
churches have been crowded almost TO suffOcation,
principally with the gentle sex. The missionaries
belong to the order of Barefooted Monks, and have
the reputation Ofbeng the best orators of the Church
and very justly So / have had several opportunities
during the last four months of hearing them, and
must admit that their reputation Is well deserved
Many OF the principal foreigners resident here were
nightly seen mt the sermons
The first division Of the Allied squadron has sailed
from Valparaiso and is reported TO have gone to the
island OF Juan Fernandez and would be absent IS
days The squadron Is composed of the following
vessels, under the command of Admiral Tucker:
Huscar, Independencia, Union, America, Mapu
The second division Of the allied fleet will COM
prise the following vessels Apurimau. Esmerelda.
Tumbez, Loa Monitor, Victoria, and the three qun.
boats now fitting out in Chill. The works mon the
Notifications are being pushed ahead with viRor and
we can see nothing yet that indicates peace and so
far as Peru is concerned she is ready any day for
fight with Spain: No person here talks about terms
and everybody feels confident that the Spaniards
axuhfp in