The New York herald., 1868-10-30

zon The ornces OF irst and second vice President
In this republic merely constitute two active and
irst Vice President elect, Colonel efencla Zevaos,
10 man. Who ruled wholly by ambition will lose no
Supported BY large portion OF Congress, although
not as yet by the majority he has begun the work Of
dscord, and IL promises TO go brayey on The privi-
an important agricultural town on the coast hum
dred miles distant, granted by the government to
text against the adInlnistration and the Ministers
are summoned almost every DAY TO Congress to ex.
plaln their proceedings and listen patiently to the
purity Is working for the passage Of vote OF censre
against the actual Cabinet and that once enected
the the. ce9sared ah p parties would 30 forced TO re;
Balta and giving the opposition strong lever to
press upon. The motives for thisnoyement are sim.
ply ambition and the natural Peruvian desire TO be-
come partaker OF the wealth OF the churches; and
as the present ministry II far above peculation the
outsiders regard them as SUM unworthy % ol their high
tant, ana with res0lute man Ike Baa In the pres
dental chair his opponents must be wary IN their
OF summary execution and banishmcnt before Us.
These steps OF the Vice Presidential party are greatly
depored by the patriotic and thinking portion Of the
community. Bata has done so well since his acces-
sion 10 supreme power, and has IN so many ways
corrected grave abuses that high expectations are
formed OF him, and hfs fall should II occur, would
be real disaster to tine country. Arequpa, which
has heretofore been the hotbed OF Peruvian revolu
tons, Is far from thinking Of new outbreaks, and
city Is q new guarantee Of peace and security.
Several ingenious raScals endeavored to alarm the
city several days since by buryng large quantities OF
powder In the hill that 0verlOOks the town. intend
Ing to explode 1t. and while the frightened inhabi-
tants, imagining earthquakes volcanoes, &C., were
hurrying to the neghb0ring pGnlpds the robbers
would have had magnificent opportunity to select
and appropriate the most valuable contents Of the
%aturey % and the orsnato 80 Of the idea are denied
the free privilege Of their inventive genus In JAIL
The ground was broken for the railway from Lima
to HuachO, which have already mentioned, on Sun.
day the 4th instant and after the ceremony grand
toasis speeches, &C., were ventilated. The trade
between the two places ID important but the railway
will only directly benefit small number OF induen-
tal farmers, who, by their influence, have carried
the scheme through. The funds are raised by prt-
After a tremendous discussion in Congress, IN
which personalities were the order OF the hour, Ool
one Francisco Diez Canseco has been proclaimed
man IL the brother OF the late President, and his
family, nom the fact OF Grand Marshal Castllas'
marriage with one OF Its members, has Tor many
years been of great importance In Peru. Colonel
CansecO Ii not at all popular however, and the fact
of his securing this position Is more owing to his
negative than to his positive qualifications. He VIII
not be apt to be dangerous opponent to the actual
President, and is understood not to be on the most
friendly terms with the First Vice President, who as
have already mentioned. Is the bu2bear OF the ad-
The United States steamers Kearsarge and Tusca-
rora left CaaO the 9th instant, the former on o
cruise the northern ports OF Peru and to Guaya-
qui and latter proceeding to africa, to relieve the
the battery and all articles of value remaining on
board OF the wrecked Wateree. The Powhatan, flag
shin OF the South Pacific squadron, with Rear Admi-
raj Turner on board, remains In Callao