New-York tribune., 1868-01-29

iting great skill especially in the manufactnfo OF
beautiful cloths The manufactures pf me whites
consist principally Of co tons; ne pcst oI Wnlch nio
made al OYopesr. almost exclusively ny Wolhen' no
cnuutrv is divcrs,feo the Andes forming for con,
siderable distance the boundary brtWeVh Doi,N m 'i'
La Plata. and presenting success SOD oI .s
peaks and selrated ridges, win numerous NaiI'9''
sucL as can scarcely hc found eiscw efe. lhe COM
inerce is IncouSidcullc, lhclc htinS Tut one ga
poYt The town Of CohJa, Mhich l@s = lu'I"u"l
tf only $50 and is almost inaccessible by Id'l La
paZ the chief city las population of fjCN. In it!i
the revenue amounted 10 S>4UCN. ana the eNlc',"'-
tnre was s. 45CC10 The puhlic dplf is very small
Chill with population Of 2t~,i:.ij has an area on
f70OCO square miles. Agriculture Is sill III PACK
ward state rcaping being done by means of sickle;
hut cattle breeding Is carried Oh 10 soe extent ana
is very important branch OF Inc luiil li""sliY'
Chilan manufactures. too are not rdyanced, calt,-
enware being the principal article made; ahl,
although the coasts present coed fishing rouhd; hnt
little attention j. paid 80 the hshcsies. Most W INC
foreign trade is With Great Britain. In 1868, the eN-
ports amounted 10 - 2G1 pasers, AMI tie imports
10 u Z4O,"16 riaSteiS a numlcr ot laIhC1Cs n"be
been constructed in Chin dulrg tho last lev !calS;
and there IS considerable Internal trade. copper ana
silver ore The principal articles of export Ot ~
mining, 1t Is common rcliiaiKin Gill; thi % .ii
gent man working copper nlDe - sure to gam; ,''"t
he who opens one of silver may either gam OF Nie'
bnt fiat il ile mine DO OF goid he Viii corah{ ut
,nined' The pullic debt amounts 10 ;.,,u. neon.
SOOOOO00 The budget iiXcs the public expenditure
in 1896 ut Qc93G piastors and III lc,I at IOe44'OOo
piastcTs Tho revenue is mostly iiOnl customs
duties, and nover exceeds II 1t reaches, The amount
Peru, tie most important Of the States forming
this new alliance with Mexico has an area OF $500
square miles. The population, which consists piinci-
pay of native Indians, Spaniards and negroes, hni-
bers 25CGCC0. Agriculture. as in most South Aleri-
can States backward The prime pal article OF eN-
port is guano. but bullion s likewise an important
article of Peruvian wealth and export. In leCo ana
1866 the importation mostly of manufactured goods
amounted 10 $;i.O0.C(0 for tho two years, nnd the
expectation TO S7G,Q0OO0. The public debt reaches
about s5OOO0OC0 and tho annual receipts and cxpcn-
Giturcs about S30CCQcC0, though there is often q
deficit Mt the end OF the fiscal year. Peru like nearly
all The old Spanish colonies, has been involved ~
cmtI Iged from war with Spnn which kept her peo-
pie in constant fear. The religion Of tho State ~ 10
man Catholic, and no other is tolerated. Some attei-
ton is now being given 10 education, and WITH peace
the material and intocCtuil interest Of her reopo
may become progressive, especially if the present
alliance should plole an element of stIeh&'h whIeh
nouo of the South American Republics possess IN
themselves, to q decree necessary for national pros
periiy and Happiness.