The New York Herald Newspaper, April 26, 1853, Page 4

QUTICE ¥. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. Wolume XVIIL.........ccececereceee cere MO MS AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BOWERY THEATRE, Queen BROADWAY THEATRE, Brosadway—Jack Cape—Lity ‘?ix TOpDLEEi¥s. TON’S THEATRE, Chambers street—CrviLizatvon —Bracu-Evep Svsan. WATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham street -Awmonen oF @epa—Too Late roa Tus Teain, LLACK’S THEATRE, Brosdwery—Tiwx onsite oan PLAY a THAT Gawe—InisH —o— ‘ST. CHARLES TERATRE, Bowery—Miuit re. eLEcs Wrson—To Pants ano Ba AMERICAN HUSEUM—Aftrrnoon—Aizow Mm re-Aro. m06iex—MILLi vers’ Hor av. Evening —W 1L0Ww Cr sx. Bowery—Hovevuoon—Girer Wor ahem GHRISTY'S OPERA HOUSE, 472 Brondway—Erwiorian Maovies wy Cunisty’s Orxna Trove. WOOD'S MINSTRELS. Wood's Mecical Hall, #4 Broad- sway—Erusorian MineTactsy. @IROUS, 37 Bowery—Equvernray ExTeR rac xMeEnre, @EORAMA, 58 Broadway—Barvann’s Paworama or ‘run Boxy Lanv. ELLER’S SOIREES MYSTPRIEUSES, 5€9 Broadway, OWEN’S ALPINE RAMBLES, 539 Broattrvay. New York, Tucsdey, Aprit-@, 1853. Matis for Europe. THE NEW YORK WEEKLY HERALD. ‘The Cunard steamship America, Captain Leitch, will “Seave Boston to-morrow, st 12 o'clock, for Liverpool. Subscriptions and advertisements for any edition of the ‘Mew Yoru Hunar willbe received at the following places im Europe:— ‘Isverroor—John Hurter, No. 2 Paradise street. Lonpex—Edward Sandford & Co., Cornhill. aad Wm. Thomas & Co., No. 19 Catherine street. Panss—Livingston, Wells & Co,, Rue de la Bourse. “ B. H. Reyoil, No. 17 Rue de la Banque. ‘The European mails will close in this city at one and ‘Maree o'clock. ‘The Weexty Hresrp will be published at half-past nine ‘wedlock this: morning. Single copies, in wrappers, six- “pence, TheNews. By the arrival last night of the steamship Star of ‘the West, we are-enabled this morning to lay before our readers the details of the news from California which was shadowed in advance by the telegraph qrom New Orieans yesterday. The particulars ofthe Woes of the steamship Independence, and the thrilling imcidents connected therewith, form the greater and by far the. most interesting portion of the news: Many a sorrowing heart wiil be left to mourn the Joes of near and dear friends by this shocking and melancholy calamity. The news in other respeets will be found very interesting. In addition to the details of the California intelli- gence, the Star of the West brings us later and very interesting intelligence from Central America and the Sandwich Islands. The letters from our San Juan correspondents embrace everything of interes’ ‘that had transpired in that quarter subsequent to ‘the sailing of the previous steamer. The inhabitants of the towr held an election for municipal officers on ‘the 16th inst., the result of which was the return of only two Americans to the Commun Council. The preceding board of council was entirely composed of Americans. The town was perfectly tranquil, the Transit Company was getting along satisfactorily, ‘the U.S sloop-of-war Cyane was still laying near by, and the British war steamer Geyser was cruising in “the vicinity. One of our San Juan correspondents records the progress of the war between Honduras and Guate- ‘mala, and in so doing gives a short and curious “biographical sketch of the commander-in-chief of the army of the latter country. The recapture of the town of Limas, in Hondurac, by the British, is con- firmed. Those interested in the whaling business, as well as the general reader, wil! finé.many items of impor- tance in the Sandwich Islands.news. ‘he storm yesterday had the effect of materially abbreviating our telegraphic intelligence—a very fortunate circumstance, by the way, as it gives us room for much other and perhaps fully as valuable imformation as could have been transmitted by the wires. There appears to be nothing of special interest stirring at ‘Washington. The hard end soft shell wire-pullers from this State, and the Dnioniste and State Rights men of the South, having mostly gone home, the national capital is fast relapeing into its pristine soberness. Still, there are enough politi- eians and place-seekers left to keep the President and bie advisers quite busy, and the hotel keepers from desponding, as is evinced by the fact that Gen. Pierce has been forced to set aside certain days in the week on which to give audience to applicante for office. The Gardner trial also materially assists in giving the city a lively appearance—the court room being generally pretty well filled by witnesses and spectators every day. We observe ‘that John Carlos Gardner, brother of the Doctor, ‘was among those called upon the stand yesterday. Onur special correspondent furnishes the names of ail ‘the postmasters who have been appointed since the adjournment of the Senate and will require confir- mation at the next session. The extracts which we publish concerning the gossip im Washington, and the salaries of different clerks, under the new classifi- cation act, are interesting. The steamship Isabel has arrived at Charleston, with later advices from Havana. The political news from Cuba is of no importance. Miss Lucy Stone, of Boston, last evening delivered ‘the first of her lectures in this city on Woman's Rights, at Metropolitan Hail. She contended that God had endowed woman with as large a capacity for knowledge as the opposite sex, and that it was His intention that woman should engage in every kind of employment for which she had the intellect. Every species of trade or profession should therefore be open to her—lawyer, judge, daguerreotypist, minister, merchant, &c. She concluded her remarks Dy pointing out that if the fair sex would patronise their sisters engaged in these various avocations, that the result would be the elevation of womankind im the scale of society, and increased happiness and prosperity throughout the world. A lecture on the social duties of the Irish in the United States was delivered last evening in the Tabernacle, by Thomas Darcy McGee. In the course of his remarks he spoke of the necessity of the chil @ren of Catholic parents being educated according to the rules of their church. A brief abstract of bis discourse will be found in another colamn. The Board of Aldermen met agreeable to adjourn ment last evening, and transacted a large amount of routine business. On motion of Alderman Tier it was resolved that the old clock, which has recently taken down from the City Hall, be pla in Essex market and there illaminated. The § also concurred with the Board of Assistant Alder- men to pay one thousand dollars to Lieut. Col. Burn- ham in aid of the sick and destitute of the New York Volunteers. The body adjourned until 6 o'clock on Wednesday evening, f The New York Pr <A Very satisfactory meeti few Members were admitted busine “# transacted, The ne. Xt news from Europe wil! | | | | ‘ative Union bad Thirty-seven € amount of be brought by the steamships Humboldt or Canada, both of w ae now fully due —the former at this port, and the Jat ter at Halifax. See the inside pay * for the proceedings in the Foard of Supervisors, ».14 Court of Oyer and Term rer; Police Intelligences Theatrica’ and Mus are other considerations, of Americas The official announcement of the appo' tment of Senator Borland, of Arkansas, as *‘inister to Central America, (after his decline tion of New Mexico,) will give rise to a var‘ ety of opinions and conjectures among the politicians of all parties in this country, an¢, at this juncture of Prevailing peace and *aonotonous neutrality among civilized naticas, will be very apt to startte John Bull from his estimates of Austra- lia to the possi’ole comtingencies of an early (gathering of hostile squadrons aloag the Spanish Main. The question of paramount importance re- garding this appointment is: what are the pecu- liar proclivities and antecedents of Major Bor land in relation to the momentous duties ¢o which he has been thus assigned? And to this interrogatory the Honorable Senator from Ar- kansas has left upon the record a clear and sig- nificant answer. In one of the recent highly interesting debates in the Senate on the Clayton- Bulwer treaty, Major Borland took the boldest and most ultra ground against that convention; and upon the broad principle that the alliance with England upon which it was based was con- sistent neither with sound policy, American dignity, or any conceivable ‘political ad- vantages to us or to the Central Ameri- can States. He declared that he had voted against that treaty because it was utterly irreconcilable with the Monroe doctrine of European non-intervention inthe domestic af fairs of the independent States of North Ameri- ca; and was utterly opposed to the recognition of the validity of the codicil, which so far quali- fied the sweeping exclusion of ‘the first article as to leave to the colonial occupation of the British'their logwood cutting district of Hon- duras. Fresh, then, as must bave been the recollec- tions of General Pierce :of the drift of these senatorial discussions upon the treaty afore- said, and indicating as they did the temper of the controlling democratic majority of the body, and manifest as the fact must be that the.egent assigned to a particular duty is the representative of the appointing power, the conclusion is plain that Major Borland’s views were not only known to the President, in making this appointment, but that they are approved and shared in by the administration. The in- augural address goes strongly to confirm this assumption. Nor does the appointment of Mr. Buchanan to England, or the selection of Mr. Soulé to that most important mission to Spain, interfere in the least degree with the anti-Fill- more policy so distinctly shadowed forth in this mission to Central America. The recent ratification of the Squier treaty of 1850 with San Salvador, so mysteriously held back by the Senate, or from the Senate, for three years, is but another proofof the new line of diplomacy which is to be pursued by Gen. Pierce. At least, with all these developements, there can be little doubt of his policy in the disen- tanglement of the international embarrassments of the Central American States. rendered so perplexing and inexplicable to Gen. Taylor and Mr. Fillmore by the genius of Chatfield and his co-laborers.and their successors. This policy, we undertake to say, it is designed shall ulti- mately supersede Mr. Clayton’s policy of a joint protectorate with England of the general independenee.and local rights of our neighbors. The President and hisCabinet no doubt believe that the election of last November condemned the joint protection established by the Clayton- Bulwer treaty, and calls for the placing of the Central American States upon the footing of absolute national independence. To this end, we therefore repeat, the appointment of Major Borland is of much significance and importance: The disposition of the Senate, at its late ex- ecutive session, to declare the Clayton treaty a nullity, was apparent ; and would, we presume, have been far more manifest but for the person- alrelations of Mr. Vice President King in the matter, and his dying condition pending the late discussion of the subject. But what is Major Borland todo in the practical initiation of the broad principles laid down by Mr. Mon- roe? He goes with a roving commission. em- bracing the full jurisdiction of an envoy to each and all, severally or collectively, of the Central American States. He may treat with them in detail or in the aggregate—but what has he to do? We know that an outrage committed some- time since hy a British vessel of war upon one of our commercial steamers. at the port of San Juan, involved a direct violation of the stipula- tions of the’Clayton-Bulwer treaty. We remem- ber that our government complained of this ontrage to the government of her- Britan- nic Majesty. and that, following an apolo- gy for the act, some further negotiations were entered into to prevent such oecur- rences for the future, in a more explicit definition of the terms of the aforesaid treaty. But we arenot aware that these negotiations were consummated in any form. Subsequently. the establishment of the British Colony of the Bay Islands, and, still more recently, the formal proclamation of the Colony of Honduras, have widened the margin of infringements upon the Clayton treaty, and weakened its basis ofa joint protection with England over Central American affairs. In this view of the subject. excepting the rights and privileges guarantied the Nicaragua Canal Transit Company, we should not be sur- prised if Major Borland were to proceed, under his instructions, to form treaties with each, or a treaty with all the States of Central America. similar to the liberal treaty lately ratified with San Salvador, totally omitting the recognition of any sort of protectorate with England. Should such be the practical line of instrue- tions to Major Borland, we may readily perceive the interest which will attach at home and abroad to his comprehensive mission, and parti- cularly in England, whose intentions in regard to Central America evidently embrace that final colonial cceupation of those parts of that confederation which will command the highest naval and commercial advantages. Waiving indeed. any spec hedule of instructions, the antecedents of the administration, and the de- clared princi of the democratic party, in h the extreme anti-British senti- ments of Major Borland. are pointment, c sufficient to disturb the qu etude of the British Cabinet, and the unive: peace party of the London Stock Within the United States, among th vatives and neutrality men of al connectior respecting his ap- connected with this appe av Merceting fom Texas; Cuita . ‘en ia Buty Cureéna; Pinanciel ond Commercial Reyawry ee. | give come uneasiness. Major Borland is said to be a nervous, impulsive gentleman le to bes come unduly excited where coolness and self. ; | Poeression are most requircd. It will be said Lat CLOG, Upod a light provocation, ie h Lerates Pocte and pummelled eee a Hon. Solon Bortand and the Mission to Cent eq) Pennsylvania avenue ; and that upon another occasion, in the ante-chamber of the Senate, he broke the nose of Mr. Kennedy, chief of the census bareau, upon an equally frivolous mis- understanding. It will be said that a man of such belligerent propensities is a dangerous minister for the hot clinmte and kadtty diplo- macy of Central America. Other mischief mak- ing Individuals will cay that t&is redoubtable Ay&ansas major does not owe bis commission to ‘tris known fidelity te the Menroe doctrine, but ‘to the reason thet he was an unmanageable yarty man in the Senate, and constantly kick- jing out of the traces. He opposed the extra pay to Father Ritchie; he resisted, tooth and nail, ‘tke giving of the public printing to the Union; and the orthodox members of the Senate have, therefore, aided to get him out of the way. These trifling matters the party may settle among themselves. We have to deal with this mission in its larger and graver aspects. Major Borland is an ultra believer in the Monroe doc- trine; and in this capacity, at this interesting crisis in the affairs of Central America, he goes down to lengthen or shorten them to the Mon- roe standard. Whatever his personal qualifica- tions, (and he isa man of no mean abilities,) his political and diplomatic views and sentiments are of the right stamp for working out a com- plete revolution of the joint protectorate neu. trality policy of Mr. Fillmore. We shall look for great results from this appointment. In connection with it, the next step is to strengthen the navy. Let us be ready for action. Tue New Orera Hovse.—We have received a copy of the act of the Legislature which passed the House of Assembly on the 10th of April, 1852, incorporating the New York Aca- demy of Music, and constituting and declaring its stockholders and subscribers a body politic. The bill describes the institution as designed to encourage and cultivate a taste for music, by concerts, operas, and other entertainments, which shall be accessible to the public ata moderate charge, by furnishing facilities for in. struction in music, and by rewards or prizes for the best musical compositions. By this bill, James Phalen, John Paine, Reuben Withers, Cortland Palmer, Wm. C. H. Waddell, Thomas E. Davis and Charles A. Davis, are appointed com- missioners to receive subscriptions to the capi- tal stock of the association, which is limited to a maximum of three hundred thousand dollars, and a minimum of two hundred thousand dol- lars. The latter sum has been already subscribed, minus twelve thousand dollars, but the eom- missioners do not anticipate any difficulty in disposing of stock to the value of the full amount. The stockholders—who shall be en- titled to one admission gratis to every exhibi- tion or representation given in the academy— have paid in twenty-five per cent on their shares, and the next measure will be to proceed. in compliance with the act, to elect directors and other officers to conduct the affairs of the corporation and enact by-laws. This election is advertised to take place on Saturday, the 7th of May, after which the business details will be managed with all possible activity, so as to carry out to their fullest extent the objects of the association. In the meantime, however, the general plan of the society is sketched out with a sufficient- ly distinct and intelligible outline. A very eligible plot of ground has been secured for the. erection of a suitable edifice for the academy or opera house. This site—which was obtained for the sum of sixty-five thousand dollars—is onthe northeast corner of Fourteenth street and Irving place. It extends two hundred and four feet on the former, and one hundred and twenty-two and a half feet on the latter street and contains .a superfices of twenty-five thousand square feet. Both streets are very spacious— the one being a hundred, and the other eighty feet in width. Between the projected building and the New York Medical University. east of it, oa Fourteenth ¢treet. there is an open lot of twenty-eight feet wide, designed to admit light to the Jatter, so that the Opera House will occupy & full block or square of the dimensions named. making allowance for an alleyway of seven @ half feet wide on Irving place. On this site it is proposed to erect a magni- ficent edifice for the purposes of the association. The exterior is designed to be in the highest style of architectural beauty. and the interior to be fitted up ina most elegant, comfortable and convenient manner, and calculated to ac- commodate with seats from four to five thou- eand persons. A covered carriage-way will be built. and proper regulations adopted to pro- mote an easy ingress and egress. The stair- ways will be constructed onacollogal scale. and a large number of doors provided, opening out- wards. The house will also contain a grand saloon for promenade and refreshments. cou- venient rooms for depositing coats and cloaks, good greenroom, and comfortable dressing rooms for the artiste. To guard against acci- dents. in case of fire behind the scenes, it is in- tended to have large reservoirs of water over the stage, and a sheet iron drop scene. so as to completely and effectually isolate the stage from the auditory. The edifice. in all its parts, is to be constructed in the most solid and en- during manner, and it is expected that it will be ready for public opening by December next, and that Mario, Grisi, and other renowned ar- tiste, will take part in its inauguration. We exprese our sincere gratification at the efficient measures taken by the promoters of this measure to provide for New York opera on a grand scale, and to indulge and create a taste for music in this great commercial metropolis. And we are pleased to learn that the operas to be presented on the stage of the new building are not to be confined to the one language, but that we are to have them in French and Eng- lish, as well as in Italian. It has been, aleo the wish of the projectors studiously to avoid any- thing which might tend to make the opera house exclusive; and in that they were wise. for nothing would so much ensure the failure of the whole Evcuwa Anisrockasg Commo To Our Wortp’s Fain.—We learn, by a letter from a London correspondent, that the Earl of Elles- mere is coming out to this country, to represent England at the World’s Fair to be held in New York. He brings one of his sons, and his daughters, the ladies Egerton, along with him- Although among the highest and wealthiest of the English aristocracy, and also prominent in the literary world, they are represented to be among the most amiable, unaffected. and unpre- tending. Lady Bulwer, wife of the ex-British minister to the United States, and Lady Ouse- ley—who, by the bye, is an American—have given them letters of introduction to several of their friends in this city. We trust they will be greeted with a frank, generous, dignified, and, above all, unostenta- tious hospitality. Let them especially not fall into the hands and guardianship of a cer- tain set, whose obtrusive vulgarity. and im- pertinent, selfish, fidgety, would-be-fashionable exclusivencss are more disgusting to real good sense than even the coarsest manners of the genuine “ b’hoys.” The Countess of Ellesmere, it is understood, accompanies her husband. She, too, we are told, like’ the other members of the family, is remarkable for kindness and entire absence of pretension. By Dod’s Parliamentary Companion, we perceive that the Earl of Ellesmere was former- ly Lord Francis Egerton, having been raised to his present dignity in the year 1846. He was born in 1800. His second title is Viscount Brackley. He is a privy councillor and a deputy lieutenant of Sutherlandshire. was in the House of Commons in 1846, as Lord Francis Egerton, and has been a Lord of the Treasury, Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Secretary at War. He possesses four princely residences in England, and is a member of the Carlton and Atheneum Clubs. Sire For a Minirary HospiraL—Searca Re- NEWED.—The old Hero of Chapultepec having failed to locate a suitable site for a military hospital during the last Presidential campaign, the search has been lately renewed by Generals Twiggs and Jesup, and Surgeon-General Lawson. They visited the Blue Lick Springs of Kentucky, together with Harrods- burg and Drenon, with the view of locating the asy- lum; but whether they have met with any better suc- cess than the Old General has not yet been made public. We cannot consent to have it located at any other place than the Blue Lick. Talk on ‘Change. Owing to the inclemency of the weather trade was not very brisk yesterday. Cotten continued dull, with sales of only about 500 bales. There was a disposition to await the receipt of later foreign news, now supposed to be near at hand. ‘There was considerable conversation regarding the de- struction of the steamship Independence, and sincere re- gret expressed for the melancholy loss of human life. Great responsibility rested somewhere, and it remains to ‘be.seen on whose shoulders it would chiefly tall. The telegraphic accounts were contradictory; yet, with solarge a number of passengers, the wonder was, that amidst the elements of water and fire, with an explosion, s greater number of human beings had not perished. The statements made on ‘Change concerning the unfortunate vessel were contradictory. One was, that she was a transient boat, owned chiefly by Wm. H. Brown and Mr. Schuyler, and had been hired by the Nicaragua Transit Company fo fill gap inits line. Another report was that she, with all the other boats of Mr, Vanderbilt, had beon sold out to the Nicaragua Transit Company for the round sum of $1,300,000, and that their earnings had reacked as high as $90,000 per month, net. It was said that Mr. Vanderbilt was not in the habit of insuring his boats; but that the company, it was supposed, had ob- tained policies on them after the transfer, either for a partor for the whole. It appeared that the Independence was built by Wm. H. Brown, in 1850, and was estimated to be worth some $80,000 to $100,000. She was rogistered at about 750 tops, and steod on the underwriters’ books as A.2. It did not appear that there was any insurance on her in Wall street. If such were the case, it was unknown to the principal offices. The plan of overcrowding California steamers with human beings was again severely condemned. Five and six hundred passengers could not be kept together ins single steamer in a healthy state ina hot climate; andin case of accidents the lose of life would always be pro- portionably greater, as some would perish through the panic of others. How many were on board the Inde- pendence was not very clear. It was said that four hun- dred left here to meet her ; but it was probable she re- ceived an aecession of one or two hundred from New Orleans; and it was by this route that she obtained her St. Louin passengers, who were known to be om board. The Independence was said to be leaky, and in a mea- sure unseaworthy. If this fact was #0, and known to the agents of the Transit Company, why did they allow 400 or 500 human beings to be packed on board of her? It seemed that one of the passengers had relied more upon the favorable state of the elements than upon the safety of the boat. Why did shego ashore? Was it the result of accident, or was she ina sioking condition, and had scheme as the idea that it was an aristocratic and ultra-fashionable concern. A regular grade of prices will be fixed, according to location. so as to place within the reach of those with the most moderate incomes the means of gratifying cheaply their musical tastes, The average charges for admission will not exceed a dollar Established on such a basis, we may ir ) the hope that opera will cease to be and uncertain visiter in New York henceforth it will have to be recogn among the most firmly fixed and prospe stitutions of ovr metropol casual nd that mas ine Tre Honer Teape.— In the’ portion of oar article on the Hore trade, whieh treats of the horse market at Ball's Head, the types make us say that the number sold there is two Lundred per day it rhould be two hundced a week “tich it te average number, When there lv a crest de and for berses, ae weny ae thee DuMiied Luaye mies otlo ln OMe week, to be run ashore to prevent her going down with all on board at sea? These were grave questions, which fuller and more accurate accounts could alone answer. Obituary. MRS. GEORGE WASHINGTON P. CUSTIS. Mrs. Mary L. Randolph Custis, wife of George Washing- ton Parke Custis, Esq., died at the family residence at Arlington, Virginia, on the Potomae, opposite Washington city, on Saturday, the 23d inst., after a brief illness. Her age was nearly 70 years, and she leaves but one chila— Mrs. Lee, wife of Colonel Robert Edward Lee, of the U. 8. Army, (now at West Point.) and son of General Henry Lee, of Virginia, a distinguished oficer of the Revolution, who died in 1812, Col. Lee hae an interesting family of seven children. Mrs. Custis was of the family of Randolph, s name conspicuous in the annals of Virginia, She married Mr. Cestis in early life, and her associates were in the leading circles of the tidewater counties of Virginie. Her promi nent traits of character were those of kindness, courtesy, ard hospitality. She was inclined to favor the emanci pation of slaves, as opportunities were presented, and her husband's views in promoting the objects of the Coloniza- tion Society, it is believed, met with her cordial appro- bation. The Custis family aro objects of peculiar interest to the American people, as being the connecting link with the family of Washington. The only surviving male of the INTERESTING FROM NICARAGUA, Affairs of the Transit Company at San Juan del Norte. Organization of a New Provisional Government, Sic., Bier, dies ‘The steamship Star of the West, Capt. Tinklepangh, arrived last night from San Juan de! Norte, whence she sailed on the 16th inst. Our correspondence embraces a history of events at San Juan since cur previous advises. ‘The Transit Company have completely established their ehain of boats on the river San Juan. The new steamer Ellen L. Hunt was adaed to the line on the 14th instant. She made s trial trip round the harbor. Her movements were very safisfactory, and attracted the notice of all. While passing the sloop-of-war Cyane those on board gave three hearty cheers, which were of course return- ed by those on board that vessel. The United States ship Cyane remained in port—her officers and crew all well. Her Britantic Majesty’s steamer Geyser has been in port twice recently. Something must have turned up latterly, for the English now express their willingness ‘and determination te sustain the Cyane in her movements against the authorities of Greytown, and protect point Arensr. There has evidently been a great deal of humbugging between the British commodore and the representative of her Majesty at Washington, as that officer, acting under secret orders from his government, resolved not to act on the Crampton despatches sent to him by that gentleman, atthe same time that others of the same tenor and date were forwarded by the late lamented Daniel Webster to Commodore Parker, both having for their object the protection, by vessels of both nations, of the Accessory Transit Company, their employees and property. The commander of the English steamer Geyser came to this determination on the 30th of March last. ‘The Prussian charge @’ affaires to the government of Central America and New Granada, in company with General Montenegro, commander of the Nicaragua forces, visited the United States sloop of war Cyane, and was tendered every politeness which the the commander and officers of that ship know so well how to extend. They were saluted with eleven guns, and landed on shore in one of the ship’s boats. The people of Greytown held an election for city officers on the 15th inst., P. G. Martin being re-elected mayor without opposition, having received all the votes cast. The British consul had previously notified the British residents that if they voted at the election they could not expect any protection from his government, as they would become citizens of Greytown. Our Nicaragua Correspondence. San Juan Dex Nonre, April 15, 1853, The War between Guatemala and Honduras—Anticipated Battle—Some Account of Gen. Carrera—The Recapture of Limas bythe British—New Provisional Government in San Juan. The war between Guatemala end Honduras seems to be prosecuted with increased vigor, for on the 18th instant the Guatemalian General Carrera had encamped to await the arrival of the Honduras General Cabanon in order to give him battle. TheState of San Salrador has retired from the confederation, and has promised not to aid Honduras against Guatemala, Carrera agreeing not to in- vyade San Sa'yador. A few years since Carrera was an Indian boy, whose mother was a fruit dealer in the streets of the city of Gustemala. He entered the army—speedily rose to the post of commander, and subsequently became President of the State. He is a man of no education, but of great energy of character, and an unscrupulous warrior, not hesitating to burn and destroy, regardless of humanity. This war is the result of anold grudge, which, since the independence of Central America, has frequently broken cut, and has as frequently been patched up. I notice in the late newspapers from New York that the recapture of Limas from Honduras, by Great Britain, is discredited. I advised you of this event a few days sub- sequent to its occurence, aad you can depend upon its truth, for my sources of information from the coast are of the best possible character, and Iam careful in my cor- respondence to separate rumor from fact. A provisional government has been organized at this port, with the consent of the commander of the Cyane, which consists ef the former|oficers, they having been requested to resume in view of the proximity of the con- stitutional period for the annual election. ‘The Accessory Transit Companyrhare presented to Gen. Chamorro, Supreme Director of Nicaragua, » magnificent sword and scabbard, valued at $12,000. ‘The company’s steamers were placed at, the disporition of the Bishop of Nicaragua, and he was travsported throughout his dio- cess, and every attention shown him. In return he pre- sented the agent of the company with s valuable diamond ing. Sothe Bishop’s aecourt {s balanced. Thotice that somebody at this port, signing himself 4g, wely writes you that a brick building, be g to Geo. W McCerréa, on the disputed tertitory, royed by the authorities. Now be it known not one brick building was ever reared at this port; and be italso made known, that the ‘valuable property”? belonging to Capt. Mc., raid to have been destroyed, consisted of two sheds, covered with palm leaves, costing, at the ntmost, one hundred and fifty dollars, which had been erected on land outside of the limits of the revoked Mosquito lease. This ssme correspondent also informs you that the British Consul had advised the agent of the compan; to apply to the Cyane for protection from the auth ties. truth “is that the Consul upon being ap- plied to by the agent, referred him back to the local au thorities, and commented freely upon the immodesty of applying’to him, when carcely one year sineo, in Prometheus affair, the company deprecated all interfer- ence by Great Britain. At’ this time the Cyanc had nol arrived, and upon her arrival and interference the British Consul was at Bluefields, and did not return until three deya subsequent to the abdication of the gorernment, when he took possersion of the own in the mame of Mos- quito. So much for the cause of truth. Ihave this moment received the returns of the annual election, and it has resulted in the choice of only two Americans into the council, while last year that body consisted entirely of our countrymen. This is cause and effect. UNITED STATES. San Juan Det Norre, April 16, 1853. Additicnal Intelligence of the Affair with the Transit Com. pany and the Sloop of War Cyane. By the steamships Star of the West and Pampero we re ceived late dates from New York and New Orleans. Ino- tice that the difficulties here have ereated, as they na- turally should, some excitement at home. The New York papers are filled with accounts of them, and the Heap and Trijune of the 2d instant comment severely on Cap- tain Hollins’ actions.—“Magna est veritas et prevalibit.”” When the government and people of the United States ar- rive at the correct version of the difficulties between this town and the Accesory Transit Company and Cyane, I trust they will do this little government justice. A slip from a New Orleans paper contains a letter pur- Forting to be from an officer cf the Cyane, dated San Juan, March 18 My only reason for doubting its alleged authorship is, that the letter is dated from on board the “United States steamer Cyane.”” Now, although the com- mander and officers of the sloop of war Cyane have been much deceived and led astray as to the character and his- tory of the people of San Juan, and their difficulties with the company, yet I know them to be very clever gentle- men, good sailors, and fully aware that their shipis not a steamer. However, let me point out a few of the misstatements con- tained in said letter, as well asin several others I have seen, The writer says:—‘We were compelled to put down a mob name ef Custis, we believe, is George W. P. Custis, Esq. It will be recollected that he is the grandson of Mrs, Wash- ington, and was one of the family circle at Mount Vernon when the General died, in December, 1799, Mr. Custis was then about eighteen years of aze. He has attended the inaugurations of all the Presidents of the United States, from Washington down to our times, Hon. Jaeon Mary died in Belgrade Me., on the 9th inst., aged sixty-four years. Deceased had frequently repre- sented his county in both branches of the State Legis- Jature. Axprew Rowas, only surviving brother of the lite Judge John Rowan of Kentueky, died in Ohio county, Ky., oc the Sth inst., aged ninety year Personal Intelligence. Arrivals at St. Nicholer—Ex-Prevident Martin Van Bu- ren Martin Van Buren, Jr, Kinderhook: Hon. J. M. Cook, Ballston Springs; Gen. Twiggs, €ol. Laweon, Lieut. Comings, Lieut. C. H. Davis anc family, U.S. Al; Hon. W. Pavir, Alabama, At the Astor—H, Churchill, Rochester; J. H. Kennew, St. Jobn, N. B.; Orden Miles, Washington; Lieu Newton, US Eng.’ H. Tomlivron, St. Louis; Hon. Ed. Stanley, Buffalo, Hon J.S. Parver and family were amongst the departures from tLe Astor, eu route fur New Hampshire, Mr. Alfred Bunn, 0 long ¢ hed as the enterpris- ing manager of Drory Lane Theatre, Loudon, and still more distir guished by his toany literary productions, will deliver a lecture this exening in Pitts on the Genius avd Career of Shakepeare. ong the recen! nitival> at Willard’s Hotel, says the gton Kepullic «2 t 1 inat., we notice the | es of the followirg gentlemen:—Hon Greene) Bron- | , Collector, New York, Hon, Erastus Corning Albany; | Govercor Ceorge B Butler, General Stephen Van Kepsselier, New York, Nathaniel Iawthoroe, con- sul to Liverpool, Chancellor Walworth, Hon U A. Bokee W. J Staples, Wats ab, New York Governor An- thony, Khede Island: ex-Governor Bouck, New York; ister to Central Ameiva; Hon, Hon Solon Horland, or, New York; John Cochrane, Hugh Maxwell, ex colle New York. Hon. Peter Rowe, formerly Mayor of Schenectady, and a nomber cf Cengiecs from the I'ghleea:b Gougros: 4 in town. ob bis poste home. | yard Som Warkington, aud is stoppicg at the Americar, by force of arms—one day’s longer delay would have been attended with the lors of over $200,000 worth of pro- perty, to say nothing of the loss of life whish might have resulted from the attack of an infuriated mob of free- booters.’ This is all nonsense, or, as Byron termsit, “‘en- tousymousy”—and if it does come from an officer of the Cyane, as an American, I shall attribute it, as I said be- fore, to a want of proper information. Why, it is an un- disputed fact that the company have not fifty thousand dollars of improvements on the whole Isthmus, from the Carritean to the PaciGc; and as for their buildings on Peint Arenas, they consist of three miserable shanties and one shed, all rudely constructed of odds and ends, and covered with palm leayes—buildings which any carpenter here would be willing to contract for at two thousand five burdred dollars. Another lette: writer deliberately in- forms the world that ‘a valuable brick building, belong- ing to Captain McCerren, was destroyed.” This must be a startling pieoe of news 10 that gentleman, whose build ing was a rough shanty, of the same class as the others. ‘There is not and never has been a brick building in this part cf the country. Inquire of disinterested persons in your city, who have traveiled over this route, they can telyou ¢f there valuable improvements, Do not form your opinion by letter writers, who metamorphose, with the power of A'adcin s lamp, log shanties into fine brick buildirgs, a marshal quietly reading a writ with two car penters, into ao infuriated mob of freebooters, anda com munity of peaceable citizens into a band of piratss—grim reeions “ving, dark Janterns and slouched hats, cut pwn! The letter feom ( * metamorphose, s that this mob bee: furious that they hauled dova their flag and dem: their own city government; nud that on the arriv the British consul, “he told'them they wera a set of fools, oné that Captain Hollins’ course hed been pertectly cor ordered them to hoi-t their flag again, which did with twenty one guns.’ Thia is little worse than norsense, cr ‘ entousymousy,” for it puts words into the mouth of the British enngul ‘and impates to him sen tutus ond acts which that officha! smpbatcally denies. There in ous important. fret of whieh I vee no meution mace by ihese letter writers—a fact which eanuot b 5 ahke Hil il E = EB *4 ih ie i aE i And now, witkal, what have these freebooters done? What excesres have tiie infuriated mob committed? Why, during twenty days, while there was no ament—no authorities, no law—everytbin; aaitt, sed not. an act was committed which ‘best community could: find fault with; and on the 15th inst., as a preof of their ition to maintain the semblance as well as the- ity of order, the , with the consent, and, ag- they understood, the = of Captain Hollins, formed a provisional government. If further proof be wanting that the course eemmenced. by ander of the though justified: by his instructions, was intended to produce: the result already detai'ed, viz: the dissolution of the loeal \- ‘ment, and that with the very least regard that could: have been shown, had they been all that they are de- scribed, I have only to allude to his subsequent acta, #0 entirely in keeping with the first law was, if not proclaimed, atrletly carried ans, 0 peeve which if is but necessary te add the follor tion, and to explain that the violence therein mentioned trifling altercation between two individuals, grow- ing out of a previous dispute, and resulting in a slight blow, with open hand:— TO THE CITIZENS OV SAN JUAN DF NICARAGUA, Inasmuch as no competent authority is in existence inthe town of San Juan de Nicaragua to protect the persons, and property of American and other citizen and information having been lodged with me that an aseaul ‘Was committed upon the person of an American citizen by some person or perconsin San Juan, I hereby warn all per id town that in case of any further molestation of 8 Arenas and San Juan de Nicara~ gua Ww under my comman (Sigs GEO. N. HOLLIN: 01 'S.. shi United States Ship C; Harb SToan as W ostagen, D ates Ship Cyane, Harbor San Juan de Nicari March 14, 1863. er Mr. Everett, in his speech in the Senate, March 21st, 1853, in speaking of San Juan and its difficulties, said:— “But as I bave sald before, these may be unfounded re- ports, and I should not like’ to pronounce a too decided: opinion upon ex parte information. I trust that, as the new government is organized upon popular rineiples, it will,by wise administration, be « credit to such an 27 He quotes an extract from Mr. Boone, late United States commercial agent at San Juan, in which that Official says that on his arrival there he found the gov- ernment placed in the hands of a corporation, formed principally, if not entirely, of Americans, but that there seemed a decided preponderance of British influence. Mr. Everett considers “that influence natural,” but ho must also bear in mind that this was on the 3d of June last, nearly eleven months ago, an important era in the istry of: gorecnment n months of age. The present commercial agent of fe United States was a member of this government thirteen months ago. I need scarcely ray tha- the people here are I anxiously for the decision of the United States, and ear- Zestly hope for an opportunity “to do credit to thelr esterday, the 15th inst.—the day fixed by the con- stitution for that purpose—the election for the officers of” the government took place. There were several hundred Californians in town, yet the citizens went quietly to the Ballot box and deponlted their votes—no fighting, no- mobs, not an angry word. |The fact that but two Ameri- cans were elected to the council, when last year all were Americans, is a proof of the lukewarmness and of the- effect ced on them by late events. Several leading officials, and other Americans, withdrew from the canvass. Let it not be supposed. however. that there is a feeling of hostility on the part of the Americans here toward: Captain Hollins and his officers; on the contrary, the; take pleasure in receiving them kindly when an opportu- nity is afforded, They think that their local government has been badly treated by the Cyane, and they wish to- know if it was done by the instruction of the Department, and if co to have some redress. As the HERALD says, the matter between the company and the people was a legal question between Americans, and why has the executive urm intervened? HL The Recognition of the New Provisional Go~ vernment of San Juan De Ni i. CoMMERCIAL AGENCY oF THE U, 8, OF AMERICA, San Juan Det Norte, April 1, 1863, To tux Hon. Mayor, anv CouNcL oF SAN Note: Gxynixmzn—-I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of a communication of this day's date, advising me of the Sri Sian ofa ‘Provisional government” for this port: and city. Itgives me much pleasure to congratulate the citizens upon the re-establishment of law and order, and, at the same time, to assure you of my sincere appreciation of the gocd order and security. to person and property, which has been characteristic of this town during the: past twelve months. Ihave the honor to be, respectfully. yours, HENRY L. STEVENSON, (Signed) United States Commercial Azent. Juan Barmsn CoysvLaTs, Greytown, April 1, 1853. GzxrizwEn—I bave to acknowledge the receipt of 2 notification of this day’s date. signed by the Mayor of this city, by which I sm given to understand that a Provi- sicnal government has been formed by the citizens for the maintenance of law and order, and also including a list of the officers elected to carry this into effect. Ihave been authorized by the Commander of Her Ma- jesty’s ship Geyser to mention his acknowledgment of the jurisdiction and limits of the aforesaid Provisional: government, to the same extent and in the same manner as that previously in force. ‘On my own part, and on behalf of the British govern- ment, Talso hereby ire the authority of the Pro- visional government as before stated. I have the honor to be, gentlemen, your most obedient. humble servant, Signed, ’” JAMES GI H. B M Consul. To the Worshipful Mayor and City Council ef Greytown. Sandwich Island News. TWO WEEKS’ LATER— STURMS—CONVOCATIONOF PAR- LIAMENT—WHALING NBWS—FREIGHTS. [From the Alta California. The brig Fiza Taylor arrived from Labaina, by which we have the Polynesian to the 5th of March. A northeast storm, accompanied with rain of as great reverity an ever passed over the islands, wan experienced at Honolulu between the 25th and 26th February. Great inconvenience was felt in discharging ships and trans- acting other out-door work; but no serious damage reported to have been sustained by the shipping or pro- Mite clipper berk Pathfinder, Captat Macy, of Ogden he clipper "a ler, in of & Haynes’ Ortental Line, arrived at Honolule on the Sore of February, fourteen days from san Francl:co, aud railed ogain on the 24 of March for Hong Kong. King Kamehameha has issued a convocation calling & meeting of the House of Nobles and Representatives of the people on the first Weduesday of April. ‘We are happy to state that the smallpox, brought from California by the Charles Mallory, baa not extended be- yond the single ease on board that vessel, and the wubject of that care ha. become convalescent. The whale ship Beteey Williams arrivedon Wodnesday from Valparaiso, having fled to ship her oll at that port for the Unitea States. We understand that the Niagara, Capt. Clough, will aleo return here for the same reason. Fiom present indications there are not merchant ships enough here to freight all the oil that will offer this spring,. and some whalers will be obliged 19 go to sea again with their cargoes on buard. The following vossels are now loading with oll:— Clipper ships Onward, Syren, Charles Mallory, and ships Eliza Warwick, Huntress, York, Stephor Lurman, and Orpheus, The Onward, Capt. Cott to-day with 6,000 bbls, of oil and fifteen passengers, for New London. All the above ships will obtain fall cargoes, and others no doubt could, were they now here, or could they arrive during this mouth. A large clipper ship passed this port at one o'clock yes- terday, but was not near enough to be spoken or to leave her name. I; was blowing a gale of wind ut the timo, and she had sky-rails set fore and aft, fore and main top mast studding-sails out on both rides, and was going fif- teen knots at least.—Polynerian. March 5: The brig Judson, which sailed on the 3d inst. for San Francisco, returned yesterday, having encountered severe weather in the Molokai channel Being very deep, she Jabored heavily in the cea, and leaked, though not very badly, and returned unt! the weather becomes more moderate —I0, Two ships, the Chariot, Cupt. Brown, and the Heroine, Capt. Hempstead, are owned and being fitted eut from this port, and will oon sail for the summer crutse in the ic. ‘The sale at auction on Tuesday, of the store premises of Swat n & Clifford, at the corner of Queea aad Kaahumann streets drew ont considerable eompetition, and “he pre- mises fold for $8,055, LAwarxa, Mani, March 2, 1853. Timprore the opportunity afforded by the sailing of the Lipper brig Eliza Taylor to send you a list of the ships that have arrived this spring. Thus far the ships have not taken zs, much ol as usual, between seasons; the best cut being on the lower const of Calivornia last No- vember. The spring ships from home a:e now due, and we hope will bring a good report with them Our market offers little inducement just at present, there being no provisions on hund, bat'we shall have & supply from the ships leaving home last fall produce, the potatoes of the last crop are allin; but we shall have the new crop in by the midile of May.’ Plenty of good red potatoes at ray 1340 to 23¢0. per ts pump- Kins $10 per bundred Fruit will be in season by May next—ananas, melons, ke, No political news of importance.—Youre, &e. , waile Experiments IN Exeorniciry.—Dr. James Swa'm, of this city, has for some time past been inves*i- gating the subject of electricity, and we haye recently ed the pleasure of witnessing reveral truly interest~ g experiments. In one case we stepped into the press- room of the Ledger building, and there saw several gen- tlemen touch a gas burner tach with the ond of a finger, ond light the gas, as if the contact had been with flame. ‘the electric fluid was collected and condensed from the belting of the machinery connected with the presses, and this was passed through half a dozea individuals to the gaspipe, which was lighted as above stated, and greatly to the astonishment of all who were present. This ex- Jains the modus cperandi of vhe experiments thit have heen much talked of recently and by which individuals have len able to light a gas burner with the tip of « fio ger after having walked briskly over @ woollen cirpet, and thus charged themselves with electricity. May not fore of the spirit rappings and table movings of Yet be sccounted for, on a principle quite as sim Surim bas also discovored that sufficient electricity exists in the ordinary gas and waterpipes of a building, to afford the motive power for a system of telegrapha throughout the establishment, and for a eonsiderable sis- tance in the neighb rhood. ‘This experiment was il irate! yesterday in the Liquirer offies, aad w snooest, ard too without a baitery.—, Inquirer,