The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-03
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.

JIHE PEACE or COLOMBIA TuREArExKD-BUsr.
NESS IN PERU-oHrIAx MOTIFS EARTH.
QUAKE AT ouAYAouL--IHE COFFEE cLol
IN COSTA RIGA.
PANAMA., May %, 1873
Rumors are currcnt'that Influences arc al work ID
Colombia to interfere with the poace aud perm
IN authority OF tho Trujilo ADMINISTRATION. The
country Is scarcely at peace after sanguinary
civil war when the Church party ugain begins its
inirigues. Tho dsaIectop exists principally IN Gun.
dinamnrc,, happily, wnere General Tru1ilo has II
under his own eye, and will BIO able 10 control It.
MAGDALgyA RIVER OAR.
Tho steamship Alsa OF tho Atlas limo reached Bar.
ranquiia tho other day In safely 1rding dnlcuty
in entering the Masdalena River. There was twenty
four feet OF water on the bar Possibly rain may
have swollen thu river and tho incre used curront
which tho added volume Of water accustomed may
have swept away OF tho deposits Of sand
on tho bur and so decpcned the channel
BUSINESS PROSPECTS PERU fr
Tho price OF exchange IN Peru 10 slowly improving
Government bills deliverable In October hava boon
solo a, 3d. Bulls by last mail tMay ~ sold at 29d
with an upward tendency. Shipments or guano from
the various stations average OF &.I0d
tons daily. Tho production OF nitrates 10
on tho Increase. tho shipments for April DO.
ing 27957 tons. Tho contract Tor the assumption
OF the informal debt Of The country, tho amortization
OF the same, the payment OF interest, &c. has been
tho amount OF s266.0o0 took place 10Th inst.
The crops have ia,iod in Bolivia and tho governments
sary Tor the rslio OF tho sufferers shall pass over
Peruvian territory FREQ OF duty.
NOTES PROM CHILL
Tho Argentine question In Chin IL not settled and
= likely 70 lead TO war. Tho Chilian Minister has
Havo been pcrsmp.ory rejected BY tbs
OF tho Argentine Republic. heavy have pre-
vailed on the Southern coast, and gave rise 20 some
nj In in Ia mi atHh - ami
aowing Of the lido causcd apprchcnsions OF volcanic
disturbance At sea- Tho Valparaiso, was detained al
OF shipping coal In Taca dipthtbcria
has appeared with great viruloncc. and
sons die daily. About nine years ago tho same dis
ease committed great havoc, 60 that IA every street
herc wcrc ten or twelve attacked with u. Tow escap
10 Valid via there has already been three days.
Tho preparatory works at Catapco Tor extracting
gold In large quantities arc rapidly advancing This
anx ,s 10 =, pcap r,c r,n com.
sentative OF tho company 10 Cnsl'. Mr. Burncs, est,
mates that with tho Walks that are 70 operation an
may DO obtained. These arc placer mincs s ua1cd
about forty miles 20 tho ncrthward or Valparaiso and
EARTHQUAKE AT GuAYAourL.
On tho 14th, about GAO r. NJ, severe shock OF
earthquake was experienced At Guayaqul. IL was
proceeded by trcme ndous noiso, and accompanied
by exceedingly heavy winds. At ntne O'Clock tho
next morning tho shocks were repeated with less
CoPYEE CROP COSTA RIGA.
II is reported from tho interior that tho prospects
for coec extremely favorable ana tho next CROP
should unforeseen disaster supervenc, will be tho
largest yet known. fhc figure propncsed by tho
.knowing ones Is $50 900 quinials but some nppro.
henson exists that tbs labor market will DO severely
tried when tho t,mcfor picking and cleaning such
large amount Of Irnr arrives.
GETTING UP NAVY.
A San Francisco report says tho government Of
Costa Rca has purchased tho Coquiiio They
getting up a navy to inimdaic The rest OF Central
America and brighten them into restoring the old
Central American confederation. which expired Win
Morszan and to put rs head General Guardis tho
present President OF q 3sta RIGA