Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-15
" VOL. X',X.,,.XV. &
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FROM PANAMA.
Correspondence of the Ohio statesmsnl

PANAMA, April 1, 1868.
On the 25th ult, news reached Pan
anna of a revolution in Chiriqui. A
Government Commission has been sent
to see what the revolutionists want, but
thas not yet been heard from. Mean.
while the militia here have been placed
under arms and the steamer Bolivar
fully equipped for any emergency.
| A destructive fire occurred in Aspin-
wall on the night of the goth. 1t broke
out in long wooden shed of the rail-
road company, in which there were
thirty-two freight cars loaded with Cen.
trail and South American produce, be-
sides alarge number of other cars, every.
thing was destroyed, loss upwards $780,,
600. ? oz'7oi,lF-, go ~ = -
The village Of Hatchachin was par.
TALLY, burned the same night q =
The weather continues very fine and
dry, and the sanitary condition of the
Isthmus never was better.
| The Bwenos Ayres STANDARD, of the
5th of February, says: Official returns
give the number of deaths in the city
and province of Buenos Ayres since the
reappearance of cholera in December
last at 10000, which we believe must be
under the mark. s3
The greatest trade going on at present
in Buenos Ayres is in ballast, there be-
ing some thirty vessels in port loading
ballast. This may be taken as genu
inc sign of the times.
The Chile Consul, at Mendoza, under
date of the 2sth February, says: The
cholera has notably diminished in Buenos
Ayres, and its ravages are only felt in
the country towns. The province Of
Catamarca, where it had just appeared
is suffering terribly from it. At San
Juan it has also broken out in most vi.
olent form. Between the 10th and 24th
of February, 14S fatal cases had occur.
red, and the deaths were daily ON the in
crease. An armed force had been sent
out by the Governor to prevent persons
flying from San Juan entering Mendoza
without rigorous quarantine, which
place, fortunately, the plague had not
reached. % =grr l-f
The Brazilian press is clamorous in
its demands for the adoption of more
Vigorous measures in the prosecution Of
the war, owing more particularly to the
serious aspect which affairs are assum
ing in the allied Republics. 1t is not al
all improbable that internal troubles
may yet oblige Uruguay and the Argen
tine Republic to withdraw from the
struggle, in which case Brazil would
| L. L IL
The Valparaiso Custom House returns
for February were $503,000.
A large number of vessels were load
ing wheat for England and France a
the port of Valparaiso, and the demand
for that grain was greatly increased.
I It is still feared the wheat crop in the
South of Chile will suffer terribly from
the heavy rains. Gf raT .t
Col. Batta is still the most popular
candidate for the Presidency Of Peru
The yellow fever has fortunately made
little headway in Lima. The authori
ties are, however, taking all possible pre-
cautions against its spreading. II
Callao it is more fatal, about twenty-five
deaths occurring daily.
i ~ Ecuador is also suffering from tint
yellow fever. The monetary crisis il
this State is daily growing more distress
ling. There is but little hope of speedy
Improvement in the finances, as the Gov
ernment has failed to effect the contem
plated loan of $500 900 from the Banl
of Ecuador, through some stupid legis
lation.
|
The newly appointed Archbishop o
Guatemala has been installed with grea
pomp.
The sugar crop of Salvador promises
to be very large.
The agent of the North American
Steamship Company has made contracts
with Guatemala, Honduras and Saliva
dor to run line of steamships on tn
Pacific coast of Central America, witt
the privilege of extending it to Sal
Francisco. f....