The New York herald., 1868-04-11

Pr00O make oxCoO0IYe
rivers which form the head waters Of the Amss0z
Last November he was at Iquit0s, little settiement
on the Mayro. six hundred miles nom Lima His
parture for the interior.
A great deal has been said about the gold washngs
S sns sa @ sns
Gently arrived from that district your correspondent
has cleaned the following particulars:EThere y no
large quantities. but the difficulties In reaching the
locality are almost insuperabe. A pass which y
In summer, must be scaled; escaping this, the
country OF the anthropophagi Is reached .
satsfaction IN devoarin9 roasted human beings
indeed about six months since they con-
sumed two unfortunate English engineers employed
on little Peruvian steamer. who fell into their
hands. These savages only armed with the
lance but their numbers 0verbalance the benefit 70
be derived from firearms. Then the distance OF the
washngs from any civilized place renders the trans
pOratiOn Of large quantities OF provisions necessary
and as has been before remarked it requires all hu
energy to transport ones own 0arcse over those
formidable mountains Materials for building ana
seeds for planting must also be carried. These are
the principal reasons that have influenced the Few
white men living at IquiOs from venturing In search
Of the golden prize and the difficulties must indeed
be great that prevent such an undertaking. Unless
the government should send an armed force TO that
section OF the country, anu establish steam commu
nication by water between Iquitos and the gold de-
posits 1t would now be madness to attempt 10 pene-
ment has decidedly too much to attend
to to devote its attention to scheme which would
benefit enterprisng foreigners Immediately and tho
country itself very indirectly. Tnat department OF
by as y any he
seen and only the cooperation Of the authorities In
Lima Is needed to open It's treasures to the world.
Tucker made Admiral OF the Peruvian neet Dy
Prado, has well armed and equipped party. and
has under his command several scientinc men Of
ability. The report which will be made by him will
doubtless be highly interesting but the magnitude OF
the undertaking will delay its conclusion and pub
lcatiOn for year at least
very ineffective, and robberies murders &C., are fre-
quent. On the sth inst a ver terrible murder took
place at the estate of Do Juan Terry, about six
miles from Lima. Fourteen men penetrated into the
room where he was dining, and compelled him to
deliver up the money and valuables which he
house, dragged him to On adjacent field and
there cruelty murdered him. His wife, with her two
little children, had ed the appearance OF the rob-
severity of the Shock This Is but one OF the many
instances of asr0cities every weeK a m 'ie
Peru, and these maefactOrs, II taken are placed In
the pententary and wait patiently for the approach
OF revolution IN which they take part, being freed
TO swell the ranks OF the army. They 40 not, as o
general thing, have to wait long.
The mixed Indian and negro race Of this country Is
essentially cruel and after the death of enemy
victim seem to derive peculiar satisfaction In mang
ling and cutting the body The present Minister OF
Justice. General La Fuente, declares that he VIII
shoot these particular rutfians; four OF them have
already been taken. The General has capital repu-
tatiOn In that line, once during his term as Presi
dent he used to shoot murderers traitors &C., with
great liberality before breakfast.
The yellow fever is still continuing Its ravages and
the authorities very actively engaged in burying
the dead No care has been taken u prevent the ex-
tension OF the pest and very general fears are enter
tanned concerning It, In 1864 1t carried OF about one
half OF the foreigners in Lima.
Business is very dun. No confidence existing in
the power of the government people prefer waiting
for the development Of events to investing their
money in losing speculati0ns
The United States steamer DOkota sailed for Val
paraisO the 2lst. The Wateree and the storeship
FredOnia still In port, but have been placed In
strict quarantine by Captain Brsner the senior onl-
Ger Of the squadron.
In Bolivia everything appears to be quiet. Mel
garej0 Is endeavOring to raise loan IN Chile but does
not appear to be succeeding.
The works of the noted Baron de la Riviere on the
guano deposits OF Mejillones. have been suspended
ported to France about eight thousand tons Of this
Fertilizer which s greatly Inferior to the guano found
at the Chincha Islands.