The New York herald., 1868-05-07


ing interesting items from South America:-
The North American Steamship Company's steamer
Guiding Star, whioh arrived at Aspinwau on April
10, with cargo for san Francisco, sailed again for
GreytOwn on the 2lst This company Will In future
abandon the Nicaragua transit and run two steamers
monthly on this route.
arrested suspicion OF selling spurious gold dust at
Panama, but as the dust had been shipped he has to
remain In jail ffy days until proof OF his guilt can
be had from Europe. The United States Consul has
the matter in hand. .Llt -tN
Within the eight days preceding the departure Of
this mail fourteen steamers arrived at and sixteen
sailed from Aspinwall and Panama to foreign ports.
Hereafter there will be sea going steamers
entering and the same number sal ing from these ports
steamers trade direct with nearly sixty different
ports. The dry season holds out remarkably well,
no rain OF any importance having fallen yet. The
range of the thermometer during the dry season,
from eight oclock A. NJ. until three r. NJ, has aver
aged about eighty degrees. t NJ
In Peru yellow fever II spreading IN Lima and Cal
lao. In March there were four hundred and sixty
victims-two hundred and fourteen natives and two
hundred and fOrty-siX foreigners and from the st 10
the 10th of April there had been one hundred and
fifty deaths in Lima and two hundred and sixty in
CallaO from the disease a H.
Our Peruv. an correspondent writes under date
Lima April IA, 1S6S.-Ihe yellow fever Is daily as
sunling greater proportions, not less tnan thirty
victims being buried here daily and fifty In CallaO.
The government Is taMing the most elfcacious
steps TO check the epidemic. The works on the
canal have been suspended and the labOrers are
employed in buiiding new azaretto. Upwards Of
GOO victims were buried in CaaO IN March.
COOnel Balta returned to Cal.ao on the MeteOrO on
the 3lst, alter having disarmed Cniclayo unresist-
ingly The elections may now be considered ended.
Tue hero OF Chclaye viii be President. but 1t ls yet
difficult TO say who wiz be Vice President The capi
tai IS perfectly quiet.
The Iron-cads Huascar and Independence and
the corvette Tumbes to sail from Chorrillos
morrow taking on board for africa the commission
who brought up the remains of the Grand Marshal
Castillo.
BY decree issued on the 9th Colonel Prado has
been dismissed from the army, and those who, un Ter
his administration discharged the offices OF Secre-
tary of State, Genera-n-Ohief, Inspector General,
Secretary General, Prefect and Commander General
OF the division OF the army Ond naval forces.
In Chile the principal topic is the discussion Of the
Arman-Rivicre swndle tue particulars OF which are
now coming to light in print.
The Santiago ana Valparaiso Railroad netted
$l00,S74 81 in the month OF February last, according
to the superntendents report handed in to the gov
ernment
A woman named Juan Pasten died recently at San.
tiag0 at the advanced age OF $50, having been born
In 1887. She was twice married and leaves sixty de-
scendants, twenty-five children and fOrty-eght
grandchildren.
Damian Gavez, the murderer of the Italian
Valente, suffered the extreme penalty OF the law
the 3lst ult At the first discharge four balls
entered his body. but 1t was found necessary to
fire five more shots into hin before life bec@ne cx-
tinct. .r