The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-11

in the matter their petition was refused. The
contract OF Dreyfns places the finances OF Peru
exception OF that or tile United States the
different guano coDsgnnents have received a severe
blow. The matter, however, Is by no means ended,
since the Peruvian proposers, having the most
dent justice on their side. have carrie the mat
ter before the Supreme Court and il Is almost
beyond doubt that the legal authorities will give
decision IN their favor and thus wind up the Drey-
that the packers OF Dreyfus viii for moment think
OF entering into an arrangement not finally decided
BY legal contract but on the contrary before the
being entirely Overthr0wn.
Tue government Of Peru as informed you in my
Island OF Cuba and the Official existence Of the adj
ministrat0n OF Cespedes, who Is regarded here as
but second to Washington and Bolivar in his strug-
giles to llberate his country. The following decree
Issued by the President In regard to the matter
this rssSS1s p: Cuban
increased as INCLUDE tho s ~ Of
And since Peru il the instance declared herself
shSaia CUBAN sDSSs sad
and since take place until the legality Of Che Gu
Z deosed that Peru recognizes Cub. a. Independent. of
''i Given NH in i LIMA tho 18th August 1852
Peru has, az It will be seen, followed the example
given to her by the republics OF Chile and Bolivia
The justice Of the proceeding Is evident II Is 70 be
milton are not equally manifest
Two important propositions are now before the
pe Lima ana e
made by foreign company, that desires only the
monopoly and certain guarantee on tho part OF the
government the actual cost Of the enterprise and
The second proceeds from the National Telegraph
Company. who assert that with the protection
already Afforded BY the nation they have 1t In their
power to lay the line at an insignificant cost to the
country. This company has already erected line
running n0rthward from Lima nearly 800 miles, and
in ali q their operations have shown the greatest
energy and psrseyeranHce ,u and a. law u in
mn = nf n Avtn
where the proposed conditions are nearly or
quite equal there is but little doubt OF the
lult to imagine why such line should be LAID. The
commercial relations between Peru and foreign
countries are OF snch nature as not to require the
government can likewise be perfectly carried On by
post and the half dozen enterprising newspapers In
pensive method Of obtaining intelligence.
The attempt at revolution In Arequpa, mentioned
of les supposed chief, Colonel Gamio who after his
arrival at Caiiao as prisoner was set at liberty BY
the 0rdr 81 ne M the nca Is wen rs
factory reports are sent IN by the Projects respecting
the tranquility and order Of their departments This
expectations Of the people at large concerning the
public Improvement policy Of the administration,
money peacefully rom contracts and suo.contracts
than to en0eavOr to steal 1t from the national trea
sury sword In hand 1t Is Wen known fact here
that the poverty OF the inhabitants OF The interior
of Peru has nearly always been the motive
power In revOltS This poverty arose. not from any
want Of real estate Indifference to LABOR but from
the impOssibillty OF exporting products at paying
prices since the communications from the coast to
the interior have always been nearly impossible.
Now, with the hope Of railways connecting their
vast and productive FARMS mining and grazing dis.
trcts and forests with the ports Of embarkattOn,
the people ore content to remain quiet preparing
to welcome the time when their labor may be made
lucrative, and their subsistence will proceed from
themselves and not from the uncertain result OF
revolution.
BY the last steamer from Panama arrived Mr..
Gerrlt g. Backers OF the chief engineers OF this
government, and q gentleman whose professional
labors Ia Peru have added greatly to his already
enviable reputation In the United States. As the
experimenting engineer on the part Of the govern
ment OF the line now being constructed to the city
Of Arequipa he has been the recipient of many com.
pments for hts zeal and Intelligence. The govern
ment has issued decree authorizing It's representa-
tive In France to contract for four the services
Of six OF the most distinguished engineers to be OBJ
tanned in Europe. Two or these are to be military
tention to the laying out of the ruined cities OF
been felt and the services OF the military engineers
will be required In rebuilding the fortinc cations of
africa, destroyed by the earthquake Of August last,
and in laying out the defences the government de-
siIes to erect on the Peruvian head waters OF the
Amazon, in order to be on an equal footing with
Brazil, who has recently been terrifying in that
neiRhbOrh0Od. These officers are to be engaged in
Europe; first, from the fact that better can he
secured there for less salaries than In the United
States amt secondly from their presumed acQuaint.
ance with the language OF this country.