The New York herald., 1870-02-23
CENTRAL and South AMERICA.
The Treaty for the Ship Canal Acrox
the Isthmus Of Darieu.
Destruction Of the Towns Of Crete
and Carmen by Fire.
AFFAIRS IN CHILE AND PERU,
COLOMBIA.

The Darien Canal Trenty-DeIny In SignInG
It-Iow the People Regard the Under
tuking-The Presidency-Agricmltnre re-Ds-
structive C0nia xratiOns.
PANAMA, Feb. o, 1870.
The Liverpool steamer Mexican sails from Aspin-
wall TODAY for Key West seeking cargo. ! avail
myself 0I the opportunity to send niue days later
news and to forward the HERALD's dispatches
rom the south coast, received per steamship Payts
on the 81 inst.
The mall from Iogota (the captaD Is lust In with
oates to nth OF January. The new treaty between
the United States and Colombia for the excavation
Of a cana; across this sthmus had been concluded;
but, owing 10 the absence IRON the capital
for a few days Of General Hurlbut, the
United states Minister the treaty was not
signed. All was, however, ready, awaiting
the signatures. The commission who acted on the
part OF Colombia were DR. JnstO Arosemena, u this
CITY, and senator from this State and Dr. Jacob
Sanchez Senator IRON The State OF Cundlnamarca.
Tue details OF the treaty had not been made public
when the mail left Bogota but persons in position
to know say II IS very favorable TO Colombia All
me stpularlons mfavorably criticised IN the for
mer one OF the lith or January 1863, have been
modified. A gentleman holding high position In
Bog0ta writes this subject as foliows:-"FrOm
the important concessions made TO Colombia by the
American Minister, well as the state OF public
opinion about this matter, have reason to believe
Congress will bring to a determination question
whicA for 80 long "A time past has occupied the
minds OF public men, IN ali OF when we see 0 nope
fu foundation laid for the future progress OF the
country"
Congress was Ia meet in BOgota on the 1st inst.,
ana the first and mosL important question to come
up Tor consideration Is that OF the canal treaty.
There Is hardly doubt Dut will be acted upon Ia
voraby.
IwO officers connected with the Darien surveying
eXpeditiOn--Mr. SULLIVAN, chief engineer ana Mr..
Aosman, asfronomer-arriyed on the isthmus per
steamship Alaska on the 30tn ult., and are now az
Aspinw All engaged taking the 0Dserv at0ns neces
sary ascertain correct latitude and longitude
OF that place Il base for future operations
The election OF DR. Eustorgla Salgar as President
OF THIS republic Tor the coming term is saa TO
be decided beyond a doubt. The people or Cundl-
namarca anu Iolima are giving great deal Of aten-
lartery 20 the cultivation Or ln1igO In these TWO
States alone TWO hundred establishments for the
production OF this valuable dye exist at present, and
the number ~ RAPIDLY increasing.
The town oil Crete, in the state or Bolivar, was
entirely destroyed by fire on the l4th oI January.
owing to the lntalnmaDle material OF which the
ana nothing was saved. A like calamity befel Tie
city or Carmen on the 10th ult. Some one hundred
ana seventy houses In tine most important part OF
the city were destroyed
Ine steamer Taiona, running on lne Magdalena
river to santa Martha, met with serious accident
the 2ist OF January. Her boiler exploded, nrinR
seriously 1--WE persons and destroying the forward
part oil rne vessel.
Matters tue Isthnus continued very quet and
business IL not in any way improved. The intro-
auction OF gas for the lighting OF this city Is pro-
crossing rapidly. The pipes are all laid and The
lamp posts erected within the CITY, The contractors
expect to have the work completed III q rev weeks
more. slight shock OF earthquake was feit on the
sthnus AT ve inmates past two z. NJ on the ID INST
No later news has been received rom Central
AMERICA or Ecuador.