The National tribune., 1891-05-14

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feet above the sea; it is in climate the cOun-
terpart of that Of Italy, and has large Ger
man, English, and Italian trade. In point of
cleanliness, however, there Is no comparison
between the two cities; for in Genoa one
finds
MESS AND DIRT
everywhere, while Valparaiso is now one Of
the cleanest seaports in the world.
One of the most noticeable things on en-
teTing Valparaiso harbOr is the tremendous
military preparation TO be seen on all sides.
FOrtiticatiOns and heavy armaments are
upon all the hills, and Peruvian, Chilean,
English, French, German, and American
War-yessels are anchored on every hand IN
the spacious rOadstead. At every hour Of the
day you hear the roar of cannon, the morn
ing guns on the hills and forts at o'clock,
until the evening salute at 9.
Recalling these war-like scenes in Valpa-
raisO haTbOr, we are reminded that it was
once the theater Of most bloody and fierce
naval battle, which shed luster on the navy
Of the United States, and was witnessed by
the entire population Of Valparaiso standing
upon the hills back Of the city. This naval
engagement is the theme of many poems in
the literature of Chile, and wins great at
tention in all Chilean history.
j refer to the naval battle in the harbOr
Of Valparaiso between the United States
frigate Essex, Commodore David Porter
1.-THE father of the late Admiral Porter, and
the English irigates Phoebe and Cherub, on
the 2Sth day Of March, 1914. The fight
began at 4 O'clock In the afternoon and
terminated at 600 o'clock.
The Chilean histories all say that the
Yankees fought like lions, but were whipped,
and in two hours the Essex lost 127 men Of
the 30 that composed her crew. There Is a
fine monument now erected 10 the memory
Of those men, and bearing all their names, III
the cemetery at Valparaiso. At this
MEMORABLE SEA FIGHT
there escaped with his life boy Of II years
Of age; the Spanish histories describe him as
Of small stature, bright-eyed, strong and
active. We heard OF this boy after he be-
came q man, at Mobile Bay; his name was
FarraEut.
Mr.. NiCuna McRenDa, one Of Chile's most
noted writers, says in one Of his histories
that in the year 1866 lie had the pleasure Of
meeting Admiral Farragut in Washington,
aud that the Admiral then told him that he
had never in all his life seen fight as fierce
that the fight in Mobile Bay was mere child's
play in comparison.
The distance from Valparaiso 10 Santiago
we found to be delightful journey Of 1l0
miles upon a supeTbly-e railroad, the
grades and curves Of which are nearly the
same as those on the Pennsylvania Central.
We passed through villages containing an
aggregate population Of -, 1872 people. The
to la
and productive, and going up the mountains
from station TO station one is afforded q con-
stant succession of the most varied and
beautiful views. The cars are surrounded
at every stopping-place with girls and boys
selling all kinds Of frnit, and even freshly
cooked fish from the mountain streams.
Arrived at last in Santiago, we found it to
be a large city, with many square miles OF
substantial dwelling-houses, fountains, and
bridges. 1t is much larger than Valparaiso,
but not so cosmopolitan. There are, how
ever. quite number Of German, French and
Italians there in trade also few English
people. There may be 40 former residents
Of the United States in the city; three or four
of these are wealthy dentists and one Of them
is avery prosperous photographer. There IS q
FEMALE COLLEGE
established there under the auspices of the
Methodist denomination Of the United States
in which the teachers are young ladies from
our country.
They have fire department in Santiago
/ something after the style of our old-time
volunteer fire department.. II is considered q
high privilege to belong to this organization
| and only the better classes, the sons Of -ich
and influential families, are fremen. The
! fire companies are called bomberos, and theiI
/ entertainments aud exercises always have 6
prominent place in the daily papers Of the
city.
! Sunday afternoon is frequently taken VI