The New York herald., 1870-01-06
PERU.

Tho Drcyfus Lonn Exciiemcnf-The Arc
qaipu Rnilrend-The Or0yn Line-rhe
United States ship Nyack-Ecr Mission
Estimates.
Lima (Dcc. 13) correspondence Panama Star and
HeraldI
The warfare waged against the Drcyfus loan con-
tract continues to be sustained with unabaeed vgor
or rather fury. Tho Concrete and tho Nact0na,
our two daily, or, speak more correctly ni1hlly
papers, are replste with most libelous articles,
which, II brevty be said to constitute the soul Of
w.t. are decidedly barren of that colcomItant-in
fact 1t Is matter OF dsculty at times to extract
gram or Two OF sense from the Leap Of char daily
winnowed through their columns.
A few days ago the house OF Dreyfus was uotined
bv the government to ho.d the half yearly payments
In readiness required for the service Of the feruvlan
loan Of lo65 IN London These payments are 10 be
made TO the Peruvian Financial Agent III London on
the 18th or June ana the l6Sn Of December and taey
amount In the ABSENCE OF precise aR-res, to aL0at
E,4UO. 900 more or less per hall year.
General news from the interior or along the coast
there Is absolutely none the advent OF the SoItber
steamer tnat ..sweet hope" to your Luna cores
pondent In days apparently gone by, excltes no
more interest now than that OF u guano snip from
the Chincha Islands. earthquakes revolutions, vel
low fever and the like disalrceaDlc e.cetcras one
wont t0 hear 0f appear Lhings OF the past, and
the country is decideiiy none tie on on tnat
account. Ine great railway from Arequipa t, tho
coast rapidly progressing aud may be expecsed tO
De finished Ia another fifteen montns. The line pro-
Jected from Arequipa to Puno taoou. $50 English
miles, hitherto considered Us somewhat probleniatI-
Cal II IS said will be commenced III rsal earnest very
sn0rlly, and 80 Is tne Still more necessary Uno
from Lima to tho Croya The construction OF
both these lines has been, or Is to be, conceded
TO Mr.. Henry MelsCs. lhc contract Tor this
latter inc has not yet Deen signed, but 1t Is known
that Nr. Mc,ggs' tender IS accepted. Inc de.ay that
mas been caused rs atCriouGed TO the Weddlins VI the
Arcqu pen,ans, who insist on having the iine from
but ne o and is Mose ue or e
Department are 1uy alive TO the Importance OF the
road hom Lima 10 OroJa and finally to the head Of
the river navigation. whiol would open up the
Whole country Tor emigration and p,Ogress. The
Arequipenans maintain tnat the openin or railroad
traffic with BOLIVIA Is OF greater importance to Peru
tnan that from Lima 10 the mead OF river navl.a
I0n which IS a theory tai aciols Oh the lace Of H.
Tue orUya line, conacctInl iae navigation of The
Ucayale and AInazonas TO the Atlantic cannot lai 10
develop icru anu he productive VI more commerce
and Immigration than can ever Dc attained through
Bollva.
ON Tuesday tho 9th instant, President Bara ac-
compane0 by SeflOrcs Dnrauo, Elmore and some i;i-
nuent,ai gentlemen pald an oIilcia visit 10 lhe
Presidential, party was most cordially aud
hospitality entertained. The Eyack mas goue
order to take formal possess Of the same IN the m
name or the United states government. This wants
however some connrmauon. Inc Galapagos group
belonging 10 Ecuador, although sterile aud VI no
commercial va.ue might however. III the event OF
the Darien canal project being carried through,
hgnly available for sort OF naval station and Is
can scarcely DO supposed thas the Ecuadorian gov.
crnment Will be allowed to give tue N up.
Scnor Dr. Don LUIS MeSoaeS, ldttiy appointed
Peruvian Elv0y to Brazil, lett for Ro Janeiro on
the stn inSt Valparaiso ana the Straits OI Mage
ian. From statement made IN the papers It appears
that Counsellor Felipe Don yos fareird ea has neen
appointed Brazilian Minister 70 Peru under ua.e vi
13n Oc0Der last, aud i5 likely to arrive se.0r
BarbOya. the BRAZILIAN Minister, accredited osens
by to Ecuador, but who has nxed his residence here
Is to lake charge VI the Liazian Legation NJ Cara
cas-, Venezuela.
Sehor y. Pedro Galvez, appointed Peruvian Minis
ter to London and Paris. VIII most likely leave for
bis post on the 2sih INST. ON Tuesday iast he gave
larle dinner party, AT WHICH the diplomatic corps
resident here were present.
be estimates tor the biennial term OF 1880 10 have
been published IN book form, and the revenue IS set
down az amounting 10 Inc respectable sum of
4L723, 100 SOS nearly nine millions stcrling) CI
this nearly threefourths-viz 81 3D2 50s--s on ac-
count Oi guano aOne-reaiy an enormous figure:
Whine only 1913 600 tine Daiance) results from Gus.
tom houses anu all oLer cnannels. One cannot help
asking the question: what wi be the state OF tnn2s
wnen guano will 1al, as 1t surely must at iast I
Rcpy-Apres nous te usiu0e.