The New York herald., 1869-08-25
TIE Peruvian MONITORS.

Voyage 10 the Saint Is'ands-CeOGraphy OF
the I,.auds-EreRch COnvicfs ut Ganymns-
Reforma,ory Observation-Disclosures Af-
fairs.
PERUVIAN MONITOR FLEET,
MARANHAM, Brazil, July ~, 1869.
The feet sailed from Demerara On the 18th ult.
and arrived at salut Islands, Cayenne, on the
2st, all well. The transport Marranon, formerly the
Havana, was there found to be so badly broken
down, and her boilers leaking SO freely, that 1t was
declared she could do no more towing for the pres
ent or until after undergoing extensive repairs. SO,
after coang, the Pachitea, formerly Arago, with ner
monitor, the Mansa Copac. came on to Marannan,
leaving the Marranon to repair boilers and the Ata
hualpa to await the return OF the Pachitea 10 tow
her to this place. Our two vessels left Salut Islands
on the 27tn ut and arrived here on the Sd inst. on
the mouth OF the Amazon river we found 100 miles
current In twentyfour hours, setting northwest.
The Pachirea starts to-day alter the Atahuapa at Sa
lut Islands.
For the information OF your readers would state
that the Salut are three small islands on the coast
of French Guiana ABOUT thirty miles from Cayenne
They are used as prison for french convicts, both
from the old country and Guiana. They are fresh,
green, pretty looking Islands, and le rom each oher
in the form OF triangle about 500 yards apafs.
IL Known of these islands among shipmasters anu
the Information might be valuable to the captain q
here he can have good harbor with four 1alhoms
water, where he can procure from the goVerIment
store coal and all other supplies neeaea. ahsre y
allows outside work done at reasonable price.
There is now about 1000 prisoners on the Islands an
men. guarded by about 800 French soldiers. Tae
prisoners are healthy looking and seem to be ad-
nliraoly managed There but three ladies on the
%aas wives Of the principal Ser M the Many o. e
(or good conducp allowed to go to the man Mnd
and start farming on small scale. The Frencn
ola
from the houses Of correction and reform
schools OF France, sending over about thousand
year OF those women who wish to come, either to
run away from their characters at home or avoid
further Imprisonment. Some OF the descendants OF
these queerly aianced people will no doubt figure
n the luture history OF this country, perhaps as
presidents OF the future grand republic of Guiana.
The port Of Maranham LOOKS almost deserted at
present. and everybody is complaining Of hard times
lhe paper money has deprecated greatly, and gold
goes up aud down, as at home.
No enc seems to take any interest IN the Para
guayan care for ls results though AL agree
In thinking Lopez very smart man. SO many slaves
have been taken from This part OF Brazil and sent as
soldiers to the that the crops have fallen on ana
al kinds of trade with IL. There s no American ves-
| sci here ut present.
! cers-Captain Aretes and two lieutenants-who nad
been sent out from Peru via 81. Thomas TO JON the
| neet. expect we shall have some more new ones
in RIO JanerO II we are ever lucky enough TO reacn
that port Another towing steamer or transport s to
meet us there, called the Chaac0, from Peru. The
nen boilers s were burned before she t New
York. All the tubes were taken out and replaced by
| new ones at New Orleans, and now the bottoms OF
| her boilers are burned as thin as brown paper. Her
engine, too is terribly out OF order The report In
the neet here is that the good people OF Peru are
much dissatisfied with Mr.. Garcia the late Minister
to the United States, and others who managed the
Duying ana fitting out Of these monitors and trans
p9G the moStors and trnaspors badly out of ord
| are still far from Peru. They are satisfied with
present senior officer, Captain Carrel;o aud his
assistants In the fleet, ana lay the entire blame Oh
| tle buyers and managers in the United States.