The New York Herald Newspaper, May 28, 1854, Page 2

Aust ae OUR MBLBZOURN! /KRESPONDENOB. Mesourne, Feb. 20, from th M Victoria Diggings—The Emigra — Opinion on the Australian Climate —Prevalent Diseases—Potitics, Trade, and Siip New I forward you this letter via Callao States, through Adams & Co.'s }i fields be discovered, and n col 8 will de- now declining in Unless some ne thote before 1c cline very fast in uence of the prosperity, in conseq gradual and con- tinued falling off in the yield from the various mines. ‘The once famous Bendigo diggings are near- | ly worked out,and have been comparatively de- serted for neighboring spots called Tarragower, | McIntyre, and Bryant’s Orange; but we are without authentic reports as to the results, The great ma- jority of the diggers are in a poverty stricken state, audeagerly follow any rumor which promises to | better their condition. ‘There are at least 150,000 men on the Victoria dig- gings,whose individual average gains,after deducting the license fee, do not exceed ten shillings per week, | while it costs them double that sum to command the bare necessaries of life; it follows that a large number of persons are losing money, and there are very few who get atiything beyond a bare living, con- seqnenay: much distress and ey ee g exists, aad the price of labor is reduced below the proper level, although wages are now higher than they | have been for some time past. Immigration has nearly ceased, compared with what it was, the arrivals for the past three months haying been few. There is a good deal of excitement here, caused by the news from Callao. A large number of per- ons, chiefly Americans, have sailed, aud have taken heir passages for t ove port, with the view of their for: i now ele ling, and if the new: sill be a general cl ig out, for there is -haplly a snot disgusted with the uncertainty of be lian gold fields, and with the tyrannies ind robberies to which he is subjected by # corrupt aid dishonest clique of individuals, called the goy- prument. How many innumerable and barefaced lies have ceive confirmation, there been circulated throughout the civilized world | respecting the Australian climate. It is the surprise of every one in the colony how they get circulated and believed. In the face of such a mass of lying, and corroborated and believed statements, T feel diffident in stating the fact, but | know [am backed up by ali the deluded “charms,” and shall be borne out by every candid man who has expe- rienced the Australian climate. climate is one of the worst and most unhealthy in the world, save the Coast of Africa and other similar pine We are soaked with constant rains one halfof he year, and are scorched up by a broiling sun the other half, without a drop of rain. At the time I write there is not a blade of grass to be seen in the colony, and all th tained from the mu heat operates with potent accumulations and the reservoirs, substitutes for sewers. Disease is consequently very prevalent, , and a large numberof persons are carried off by cholera and dysentery vhich have been the epidem- ics here for the last three months. The measles and small pox also do their share towards thinning the densely-crowded and stinking lodging houses and tents. Two or three times a week we are favored with “hot winds,” which generally last for some hours, and resemble in their effects the air from off a furnace. They are conjectured to flow from off some rocky plain or desert in the interior. We have also “‘suyfimer storms’’— violent winds raising clouds of dust, which afterwards fall, and render Mel- bourne, whilst they last, nearly uninhabitable by beings having human lungs. During the present year, up to the 18th instant, 225,264 ounces of gold have begp brought into Mel- bourne—the past week showing the unusually large return of 40,700 ounces. _ The markets are well stocked with goods. Trade is very dull, and will continue so until next October, the commencement of the spring. As the stares in the diggings are sega and the roads during the winter being nearly impassable, very little will be sent up in that season. ffect upon pestilenvial Fine flour continues steady, at £33 per ton; sec- | onds at £31. It is said we shall ant 13,000 addi- tonal tons for the present year. American water-tight pegged boots and shoes are , a8 they are being bought up by the deal- Winter. One or two of the American houses here are giv- business, and cleaving out ot the colony. 4 egislative Council are preparing a constitu- tion for the colony based upon a property qualitica- | tion, The squatters and the rieh convicts having got i nis Council—which does not represent the people of the col or the diggers—are dete to keep all the er to themsely seems to care. Tne political apathy here is ve great. L would caution American merchants against the statements put forth in these colonial newspapers, which exist ¢ for the benefit of the storekeepers and auctioneers here, who prey upon the vitals of the foreign exporter. Every statement as to the prospects of trade and of the gold mines, if not ab solutely untrue, is always highly colored and equi- vocal. The reporters and correspondents are also, geverally speaking, as corrupt as their employers. he steamship Golden Age arrived here last week iverpool, after a fine run of fifty-one days © hours, running time. She has created “ quite a sensation” bere. She leaves for Sydney to-day. { should not close this letter without mentioning that the dyzentery has carried off Mr. Walker, Jr., of the firm of Walker & Sons, of Philadelphia, a merchant, and a gentleman highly respected. arleton, the American Consul, arrived by the Goldea Age. A grand banquet is to be given him. . A.W. H Interesting from Chile. OUR TALCAHUANA OORRESPONDENCE. TALcAnvANA, April 19, 1854. Appoarance of the Port—Barge Whaling Fleet-— s for Trade—The American Consulate— Limentary Entertainment to Mr. Eckel. ‘This port has, for the last two months, presented a lively appearance in consequence of the large nomber of whaling ships that have made it a place of rendezvous. I understand the fleet has been somewhat augmented, in consequence of the high | prices of provisions, the exorbitant charges for ar- ticles necessary for recruits, the large advances to seamen, and the heavy rate of exchange upon | whalers’ bills at the Sandwich Islands. These have formed some of the primary causes which have | drawn the attention of Northwest and Ochotsk whalers to this port, knowing that recruits of all ikinds cau always be obtained, and the rate of ex- change upon their bills never exceedihg three per centum. Great facilities are offered in this port for the transhipment of oil, and the government decree which went into effect on the first of January last, | now places this port upon the same footing in re- gard to commerce as Valparaiso. This will greatly inerease the business of this place, and we hope ere long to place Talcahnana amongst the first, if not the very first, commercial port of Chile. ‘The appointment of Mr. Wm. Crosby as Consul is koown, but as yet his ereguatur has not been received by him, and Mr. Eckel, our universally esteemed reprecentative of the United States, is still acting, although anxious to leave for home ; his friends here regret parting with him, for he has endeared him- self toall by his pony deportment, and by the promptness of his action th any case where the commerce of the United States, or the welfare of any her citizens, could be benefitted, and as a testi- monial of the regard which is entertained by all who know him, a farewell sapper was given him at the Pacific Hotel, which was partaken of by about fifty, among whom were the Governor of the Depart- ment, Maritime Governor, and foreign consuls. The most perfect harmony and good humor prevailed. In reply to the toasts given to his health and safe return to his native land, Mr. E. said, after thanking iis friends for the honor conferred, “ that whatever had been done by him to facilitate the commerce and navigation of the United States, had been exe- outed solely by his convictions of duty, and a desire PN that marine second to none on earth.” closed I send an account of it :— i [Transiated from the Correo del Sur, April 5.) Last night a splendid supper was given bi friends of Mr. Eckel, the States, he bein, tive country. and gi befor Yonsul for the United about to leave us acon for his na- ere Was no want of cheerfulness jumor among those invited, of which , Governor of the Department, Sefor onas, Maritime Governor, and the ls of the United States and Great Britain con ted a port. There were also about twenty-six of Ue whaling and merchant marine ; and » number who partook amouuted to forty- he good things provided by our cific Hotel. the cloth was t nd togets, speeches and songs, toge*her arkilog champagne, enlivened the arty ; , (cent cheers and vivas which follo ved ested to the spectator the exalted opin hk culated the party. 2 inthe Peruvian gold mines. | n ships up, which are rapidly | The Australian | er we have is that oly | r Garra. The excessive | the | pleasant on his y, the speakers showing at the time the feelings of sincere friendship, in ral eloquence, In one of these, Dr. nguished himself by expressing his pure nts, in words of great eloquence, true to na- id without showing the slightest affectation. ould like to be able to give some idea of the of our friend, the doctor, but we find it im- we can oy say that his words appeared native coun they spol words ¢ ract every one by a sort of mesmeric intluence, wnd his hearers kept that respectful silence which is generaily cd ated’ to true eloquence, that they might give applause with greater spirit at the end of the spe When he ie d the real merits of his friend for dcing his public duties, the result of the honorable position he occupied, and when he asked his hearers to judge of his personal merits, always entertained as a friend in private life, his | person appeared inspired by a supernatural vigor, The doctor also spoke of his own counntry, of moral politics, &c., and ended by declaring himself a friend to all nations free in their constitutions, principles, and ideas, e Mr. Eckel replied in a neat and appropriate speech, thanking his friends for the honor conferred done by him to facilitate the commerce and naviga- tion of the United States had been executed solely by his convictions of duty, and a desire to place that marine second to none on earth. Toasts, songs and speeches followed in rapid suc- cession, and, in fact, we can say that we shall al- ways remember with pleasure the time we passed at that supper, aud improve the opportunity to give | the party that honored us by inviting us, our grati- tude for'the honor conferred, wishing great happi- | ness to the distinguished and esteemed person to whom it was dedicated. New Granada. OUR CARTHAGENA CORRESPONDENCE, CantuaGgena, N.G., April 10, 1854, Sjuadron—Claims of the Admiral on the E.cecu- tive—Santa Anna’s Household at Turbaco—The Darien Canal Scheme. The Cyane came from leeward a few days ago, bringing us the agreeable intelligence of Lieat. Strain’s party having made its appearance on the shores of the Pacific.. We hope the news is correct. We have in harbor a French squadron—the Yphi- genie, Rear Admiral Viscount Duayuesne; brig Orestes, and another; with three steamers, Chimere, Ardent, and Acheron—making six altogether. Two claims have been set by the Viscount—one on our authorities for a sailor of the Orestes, wounded by a native on shore at night on the 23d February, first day of the carnival; another on the general government in Bogota, for spoliations or damages on a French merchant in Panama. Both subjects must come under the decision of the executive of New Granada. In the meanwhile the Rear Admiral is gone to Puerto Sares, on Darien, and to Aspinwall, ona tour of promenade, and Business, too, I suppose. The. Commissioner from Mexico and Envoy to nezuela, Mr. Falques, having died on the Magde- lena river, his adjiente or secretary goes back to Vera Cruz by this steamer. The effects and pro- perty of Mr. Falques remain under seal, to await | the orders of the Mexican President. We expect by next steamer of the 23d, from Mexico, Mr. Villareal, the messenger of Gen. Santa Anna, a native of this place; and by him it is to be supposed orders will be received for the sale of the furniture the Mexican chief left locked in his private residence at Turbaco. When he left this for Vera Cruz on the 12th of March, 1853, his policy was avowedly hostile to the United States, and even his proclamation of the first of April partook high!y of those sentiments. No wonder, then, that he kept his eye on Turbaco, in case of his being driven back again by the Yankees, as he used to denomi- nate the North Americans; but as he appears to have changed wisely those feelings, having con- cluded a treaty with your government, and may com- mand a certain handsome round sum of rattling dollars, I am afraid we shall not have the pleasure of holding him in our limits, and of enjoying the pleasure of his company. He gave us life with the 1 aney he Lil before, although there is no like- lihocd, should he return for the second time, be will be weil greeted and received by all classes. The Darien canal is a matter of no weight or im- attracted the attention of three res; tions. Their vessels have left Puerto Fscoses, and = haye here the English schooner Scorpion and brig Es) pen i * Britain was to give for the survey ofa through which the cut was to be made from sea to sea, first, in one hundred soldiers of New Granada, fifty chained working men, a schooner transport, t Nicolasa, = potent! Civil Engineer to the se: t ublic. ontingent returned on the 23d March, with- out doing anything or finding the celebrated pass. The Fiench sent the Chimere and the Orestes; the English the steamer Devastation, schooner Pesala and brig Espiegle; the Americans the Syane. | cet Edward Cullen, the author of the project, haf very strong altercations with Lionel Gisborne, the ish Civil Engineer, and went from Puerto oses to Nuvy Bay in the Cyane, abandoning the scheme. We always considered this as an affatre de Bourse, brought forward by Sir Charles Fox to the notice ot Lord Clarendon, through whom the three nations were put in motion to disturb the Indians in Darien —the new Tower of Babel, whose builders have been scattered. Yesterday, Sunday, the French, English and American crews were left to come on shore. After they rambled about, several of them getting a little and black eyes towards evening. Our police, who have nothing to do here generally, had to pick up the bruised and the intoxicated, committing about twelve of them to the public jail. I have nothing to | add: but Sundays might be excepted, in foreign countries, for allowing war seamen to go amongst the inhabitants. N.G., May 8, 1854. n The steamer'’s unusual regularity obliges me to shorten my epistle greatly. We are again in the midst ofa revolution. On the 17th ult. Gen. José Ma. Melo, commander- in-chief of the forces at Bogota, at the head of two thousand men, overset the constitutional authorities, and declared himself Supreme Chief. The President, Vice-President and Secretary were all under arrest on the 2lst. Congress was dissolved, but many members made | good their escape, among them Gen. Herrera, who, in default of the President and Vice-President, is, le- gally speaking, President of the republic. M. Arboleda and many others have escaped. The dictator, in his proclamation, restricts the press, and declares in favor of the church. . The province of Cipaquira has pronounced in his avor. | Gen. Jos¢ Maria Barriga, with three hundred | men, has occupied Honda. It is reported in town that Gen. Mosquera, of the firm of Mosquera & Co. of your city, has offered his constitutional authority. I have no time to say more, but I shall keep you advised of the turn things take. CaLAMAR. CARTAGENA, April 25, 1854. Sailing of the French Squadron~-Great Excitement at Santa Anna's Late Home—Hopes of the Beople of Turbaco. Our Messieurs, or the French squadron, rear-Admi- ral Viscount Duchesne, is under sail. Our cock market has improved considerably since yesterday, in consequence of the return of Mr. Antonio Reballo from St. Thomas, one of the former favorites of Santa Anna, who was going to join him. We hope you will have—too hastily, perhaps— | opened your-treasure to the hero by the Gadsden treaty, and that he will come well provided with American eagles and Mexican dollars. Turbaco isin an nproar, and the cockpit is pre- paring, so that we expect some fun. God bring him safe here. General Santa Anna will always lose with the sword what he makes with the pen. ' Since he left this, on the 12th March, 1853, we expected | to see him buck soon. His wife will not follow h'm, by all a®sonnts. CantHagena, May 10, 1854. The Grand Scene in Bogota—General Melo's Melo drama—Santa Anna Expected Home—Expecta- | tions of his Friends. We have had apolitical melo-drama in Bogota, entiled the “ Dictature” of General Jose Md. Melo, who ehowed himself on the scone or the stage on the Léth last, imprisoning the constitutional heads, and members of the executive. on him, and assuring them that whatever had been | Lieut. Strain’s Party—Movements of the French | the republics of New Granada, Ecuador, and Ve- | portance to us, notwithstanding the subject had- ctable na- | piegie, which formed a part of the contin- | The co-operation, as far as I learn, consisted of, | excited by indulging themselves, there was boxing | services to the provinces of the coast, to sustain the | Generals Herrera and Mosquerg will soon restore us order, driving away the demon of the revolution, who is without cause or reason. When are you gging to send us back the Mexican dictator? All the game cock players expect him soon. They are extremely sorry you did not ratify the “Gads- den” treaty, ae they to see and handle some of your eagles, mixed with Mexican dollars. On the other hand, as our Saint Don Antonio, Des irremediably to come back to Turbaco, throug] his merits, your grave Peres de Ja Patrie, have done well in my humble judgment, to deny him their ap- probation and their cash. Santa Anna is a good pri- vate man, for he allows himself to be scolded in the silence of the night by his handsome lady, Donna Dolores. But let him be or go loose on the public, | his definition in your paper of the 3d or 5th of Fe- bruary, 1863, “Too much selfishness, ingratitude, self-conceit, deception and ruse.” Our Callao Correspondence. | CaLxao, April 26, 1854, | Prevalence of Disease in Port— Movements of Amer | tcan, French and Rusnan War Vessels—Assault on American Sailors—Progress of the Revolution. The fever sickness, or black vomit, has not yet left us, though it is not as extensive as it was. The ships-of-war St. Mary’s and St. Lawrence ' are on our coast, from Chile to Peru, the former now lying here at anchor and the latter either at Valparaiso or on her way to the north, along the ' coast. The St. Mary’s paid the Chinchas a visit, to see how matters were going on there. | There are also in port two Russian and two French , men-of-war. The latter have laid claim to about $150,000(say $150,000) for damages and value of pro- | pérty taken from French residents in this country, which amount was paid on the 21st, the day ap- | pointed by the French Minister, whose decision and promptness in the matter brought the thing to an | early adjustment. We have just hada disgraceful row at the boat landing, between English and American sailors and the boatmen of this place; and I am sure! speak within bounds when I say that there were ten Peru- | vian beasjs (the boatmen and the ne; police and police officers,) to each sailor, and the poor sailora | were awfully beaten with boat hooks, oars, swords, &c., and kicked and cuffed, and after all sent to pri- son. The row commenced between the boatmen ard four sailors; the latter were embarking their | Inggage in the boatman’s boat, having hired him to take them on board, and, instead of the police pre- venting the interference of allthe other boatmen, they aided them, first in beating the seamen, and | then carried them to prison. The revolution is still going on slowly, but ®ot the less sure, and the overthrow of the present in- famous government will, I presume, soon take place. Many otters haye turned over to the Elias party since last ‘month, and Gen. Castilla has issued a procla- mation, and offers all the navy, army, &c., forty days to resign or change to his favor. There is not the slightest hope of the present government hold- ing out against Elias and Castilla, and no one ever imagines it probable. Arrest ofa Suspected Slaving Crew. | The Kingston Morning Journal, of the Ist of * May, contains the following piece of news, extract- ed from the County Union newspaper. A cerres- pondent on whom we can rely, sends us the follow- ; Ing:— Granp Cayman, April 10, 1854. | On Friday, the 7th Ape a small sloop boat ar- rived at this island with 18 men, all of them Portu- ruese. The American Vice Consul, Mr. Eden, Jr., Esq. went on board, and inquired the nature of | their visit, and directed the captain and mate to appear before him at his office for investigation. The following is the statement of the captain, who calls himself Sebastian Desilva Martha—‘ That he | commanded the schooner Olavero, and 17 men, and sailed from Rio Janeiro on the 23d February last, | with a cargo of coffee and sugar, bound to New Or- leans. A few days after the vessel sailed, he found | that she was leaking, but not a great deal, until on the 29th March, about 5:30 in the evening, 60 miles W.S. W. of Cape Cruz, the leak rapidly increased, and apparently one of her planks must have start- ed,and she instantly sunk. No opportunity was af- forded them to save books, papers, or anything else. That he, together with his men, saved the twosmall boats of the veesel, and proceeded to the Cays, and arrived 30 hours after at Boca Grande, where he fell in with some fishermen, with whom they exchang- ed their small boats for the sloop which they now ow the fishermen also supplied them with provi- stone. The Bench inquired why he did not go te Trini- | dad, which was much nearer to him than Grand Cayman The reply was, that he tried, but in conse- quence of the north winds prevailing heavily he was | 'o bear up for Little Cayman, and from there | land, in hopes of getting a passage to New ( The Bench also inguired forghis log book, | and to whom he cénsigned himself hen he got ! there. He replied that he had no time to save his log Lock. The. mate, M nuel Japire, and one seaman, Zacha- Trius vere also- examined, and both their statements c borated that of the captain. | They were then dismissed. Mr. Eden very properly told the captain that, although they were dismissed, it was his opinion _ that they were the crew of a slaver, and no doubt that a man-of-war was in pursuit of them, and they had escaped. ‘ i Tunderstand that their small boat is offered for | sale. They intend to take passage for New Orleans in one of our vessels. I might have sent you a more | lengthy statement, but our linguist being a half Spaniard, we could not understand a great deal from his explanations. | It is our wish that a man-of-war would visit here a little oftener than they do. | P, S.—Since writing the above the captain and nine of his men have taken passage in the schooner Union, and sailed on the 15th for Belize, Honduras, and from thence to New Orleans, baer Ml beta agen res! - | Broapway Turatre.—The nd spectacle | “ Faustus,” in all its original splendor, will be pre- | sented to-morrow evening. The cast embraces the names of all the principal artists attached to this establishment. The scenery is said to be beautiful. There will be a full operatic chorus, besides a corps | de bullet. The farce of “Antony and Cleopatra” will commence the amnsemepts. Bowrry Tararre—The tragedy of “Fazio, or the Italian Wife,” will be presented on Monday te | moirow) oe. Miss Ellen Grey will make | | first appearance in the character of’ Bianca, and Mr. | R. Johnston as Fazio. The new play entitled “ Sal- yator Rosa” will conclude the entertainments. Mr. E. Eddy’s benefit takes place on Wednesday evening | next. Ninro's Garo B An entertainment of a very amusing characte: nounced for to-morrow even- ing by manager Niblo. ‘The military comic panto- mime called the “ Four Lovers” is the first feature, after which fhe and ballet pantomime of “ Bella la Paquerette,” Mile. Yrca Mathias appearing as Lubin the Savoyard, Bella the Savoyard, and Bella the wife; assisted by the Ravels, Leon Javelli, and M. Brillant. | Narionan Treatre.—The popular melo-dramatic | actors, Cony and Taylor, are re-engaged for six | nights, and will appear to-morrow evening in the erama of “The Cross of Death,” and the pantomimic drama of “La Perouse.” ‘The ‘light and amusin; extravaganza called “The Fairy Light Guard” wi | also be performed. Wattack’s TaraTRE.—Three pieces are selected for to-morrow evening's amusement. The first is Buckstone’s comedy of The Scholar,” Mr. Wallack as Erasmus Bookworm. The petite comedy of “M | Aunt” will follow, Mr. Wallack as Dick Dashall; | and the pleasures of the evening will close with the farce of “A Pretty Piece of Busincss,” Mr, Blake’s | benefit on Tuesday evening, ‘ | Amrnican Mvsrvm.—The amusements selected for to-morrow afternoon consist of the farce of “Away with Melancholy,” and ‘The Fairy it Guard.” The comedy of the “School for ‘4 | will be performed in the evening—Mr. C. W. Olarke ¥ Se Surface, and Miss Mestayer as Lady ‘eazle. Canisty’s 5 ay Ansett favorite melodies are selected for to-morrow evening; among them are the ‘‘Rose of Alabama,” “Lill: Bate” oe “Jer “y Jane.” The “Concert a la Jullien” will also be iven. Woon's Mrxstrets—Negro melodies, the ‘‘Con- cert & la Jullien,” and the operatic burletta of “Unzle Tom's Cabin” are among the leading fea- tures of to-morrow evening's concert. Buckiey's Orgxa Horez.—The amusements at this es- | teblishment are to commence with various melodies and | | instrumental solos, after which the burlesque opera of ‘Sopnambula’’ will be given, Miss A. Eleanor appears as Dinah, (Amina,) Mr. Percival ay Dan Sucher, (x. | colpho,) and @. 8. Buckley as Gumbo, (Elvino.) is being a new feature in negro minstrelsy, there can be no doubt but that the hall will be crowded. Svrimx's Concent.—We are pleased to learn that M. | Jullien intends giving his prinvipal artists com x tary benedts. To-morrow evening is od to that matebless performer on tho cornet a-piston, for whose benefit a eplendid progri ia prepared, in- eluding two quarteties for brass instruments, led by the rofessor Limsell: he also performs his great solo in the farewell valse Modems Wallace Bouchelle will sing two | of ber beautiful bellads, and M’ile Anna Zerr sing Watlace’s Happy Lirdling, which, with some of the great works of the old masters, and choice cullings from Jul- | Inaves nothing to be desired by the 'r. Brough, who has many claims on @ ——_ ag an old favorite arvist, takes his benefit on | | Wednesday ev , when, no doubt, he will have a , bumper, OUB ACAPULCO CORRESPONDENCE. Acarutco, March 23, 1854. Notes of the late Military Movements— Position of the Armies of Santa Anna and Alvarez Previous to the Bottle. Since my last no movement has been made on the part of the troops on either side. The partisans of Santa Anna, to the number of 3,000, are posted at Chilpalcingo, and General Alvarez at the pass of Peliquiro, where they will remain until Santa Anna thinks he has a sufficient force to pass. Chilpalcingo, the headquarters of Santa Anna, is near the capital of the State, on an extensive plain, and about half-way to Mexico. Peliquiro, where General Alvarez is stationed, is 4 Ingh mountain of that name; the pass is of great length, and not more than twelve or fifteen feet wide, on one side a perpendicular wall of rock, and the other a stupendous precipice. ' Acarutco, April 22, 1854. March of Savta Anna on Acapulco at the Head of his Army—Way-side Skirmishes—Encampment near San Diego Castle—First Combat in the Tcwn— Negotiations, and their Failure—Bloody Intentions of his Serene Highness. On the 13th April the troops of Santa Anna, in- stead of passing the Peliquiro,which I have described to you, and where everything was prepared for his reception, passed further down the mountgin, at a place called Cacillo, where he met with but a very slight resistance from a part of Alvarez’s troops under Billa Eal. General Alvarez, in the meantime, retiring on their fort, and arriving at Dos Anoyas, where the two roads meet, only an hour in advance of Santa Anna—in fact, so close that Alvarez’s rear guard had a slight skirmish. They also had a slight skir- mish at La Venta, about three leagues from Acapul- co, after which no resistance was made on the part of Alvarez, and on the 17th of April Santa Anna in reson, ‘at the head of his five thousand men, en- cred the environs of Acapulco, and encamped »hout two miles from the Castle, where he still remaius. On the morning of the 19th a party of about 120 men entered the town under cover of the houses, and for about two hours the streets in the neighborhood of the Castle were the scene of a skirmish. They retired, | ig only three dead, while on the side of Alvarez one was killed and three wounded. After this negotiations were opened between the two parties, Santa Anna peso ae pay all forced loans, to spare the lives of every iy, and give them their ports and $40,000 to divide among them, that they might not leave the country beggared. ‘This is the report of Comonfort, who has command here, who has rejected all concession, and has even gone 80 far as to fire on the first flag of truce hoisted in Santa Anna’s camp. It is said Santa Anna has threatened to strew the, Calsada with dead ; there is no doubt that when he takes the Castle he willsnot spare the heads, and there is no manner of doubt he will take it, for what can even the Castle, with 500 men badly armed, badly fed, without. discipline, and, it is said, discon- tented, do pyran bine regular troops, such as they are, even jf with 1,500 Indians. Thus the affair stands at present. There may be an attack to-night,as I have noticed movements all day in the camp of Santa Anna. The port has been in a state of blockade for about a f ight. ACAPULCO, May 6, 1854. Retreat of General Santa Anna—Sad Memorials of His Presence—His Lossets—His Retrograde Route —Disbanding of the Troops of Alvarez—Paper Decrees of the Great Dictator. Since my last we have been deprived of the plea- sure of the vicinity of Santa Anna. *On the morning of the 25th of April, we arose as usual, to look at the camp of Santa Anna, but to the utmost surprise of everybody, no camp or troops could be seen-—everything had disappeared. To convince us of the fact of their having been there, they left the bodies of two prisoners, shot and tied toa tree. What may pe the meaning of this movement it is difficult to see. All sorts of reports are afloat—revolutions, in and about Mexico, dis- | affection in the camp, &c., &c., are the most recog- nized and probable. For myself, 1am at a logs for any other cause. Santa Anna had 5,000 good troops to act against by no means an impregnable fortress, and 400 or 500 undisciplined men, and (to give the largest report,) 1,600 Indians, ander Alvarez, in the mountains about Acapulco—godd men to hang upon an enemy's rear and torment a retreat, but better to run when turned upon and faced boldly. Santa Anna has suf- ered much in men and officers and mules, from these cee “ but this is only report, and I am inclined to loubt it. Santa Anna has retreated parens nega es and, it is reported, will take up his quarters for the rainy season in the fertile sale shadt Equala, where he will have several large to depend upon for supplies. Many of the troops of Alvarez have been dis- banded and returned to their homes, and but a small Ivarez is, as some say, in the mountains Zar innnebe tm @rscee. The utter anarchy which ha Sage the eal in the Turkish provincss nearest the Greek frontier—and the piratical atroci- ge ties perpetrated in the Greek waters—may all in great part be traced to the habit of white ies,” which weak but well- and meaning diplomatists are so apt to indulge in. From anearly period in the epee century till 1830, the Greeks naturally excited considerable Smpee throughout Europe. There can be no doul Rog = neon mon with most of the other subject races, were cruelly dealt with under the old Turkish régime, and the associations which lite: Europe attaches to ancient Greece predisposed the inhabitants of the West to take a more lively interest in'its modern inhabitants than in Armenians, Kurds, Arabs, and other more alien tribes. There is, more- over, som: fascinating about the Greek as among addiction to fe ‘deo he is a kindly creature, vivacious, graceful in the intercourse of society. The e party Pro, over all the continent devoted to the cause of Greeks those aspirations and efforta which were so sternly and relentlessly repressed when directed to reforms at home. A pro- pisancies sprang into active existence in France, way f and England, and was connived at by the ce, a8 @ sort of light conductor to danger from their own heads. of At last came the Greek revolution, the internecine strife between Turks and Greeks, the throughout the Greek inacta Tt soon beeamme apparent soon apparen’ Greeks vemer amenable to the reason. foug) and evinced a fight the Turks to the last gasp the last man ; but to bring them to submit to civil organization or military discipline was found to be impossible. A ‘ted butchery and the final extinction of the Greek race mpneered be the only postible result of their revolution. From such a con- summation the humanity of Europe shrunk aghast; ard the consequence was @ determination on the art of its its to intervene in behalfof the lien and opposed ‘parties. was srocseary: of ‘he alien an was 8 liberals, as represented by the Canningites, who had broken loose from so many old tory prejudices; and of the Holy Alliance, as represented by the then reigning ‘Masty of France, , and the powers of Central » En; could not be brought to tolerate the perversion of Philhellenism into a means of extending the power and influence of des- ; the continental monarchs were equally reso- jute not to recognise any liberal ciple of govern- ment. Thetwo ies, aeneed, erefore, to take up a neutral ground in their intervention on behalf of the Greeks. They alleged that their commerce in the Levant suffered from the piraces which sprang from the endless strife; and they insisted upon the A | Porte’s allowing the war to be put an end to, either vassal by recoy AsO Gieece as a tributary State (like Wallachia and Moldavia,) or by ing it as a free, independent State. The result is notori- ous: the establishment of the kingdom of Greece, not by the reason-guided valor of its inhabitants, and not in accordance with their republican aspira- tione. The Consingtics and whigs of England flat- d themeeives i they had achieved a master- ke of policy, in thus creating an independent Greece, at the trifling cost of keeping silence re- garding the great principles upon which national lependence ought to based, and areigning as ethe sole motive of their conduct a ample regard to the security of their trade in the Levant. gland and Europe are now paying the penalty for this “ white lie.” The battle of Navarino gave birth, not to a Greek nation, but to a Greek monarchy. The excitable and impractical Greeks have been withheld from all means of educating themselves to act as a nation. A Greek government, in which a silly German king and a vain, romantic German queen constitute the nucleus around which all the mercenary intriguers and ru! of the Greek race have gathered, has force is kept under arms. Everything is quiet—the | people are beginning to occupy their houses. The vessels of the blockading squadron have not made their appearance for some time, and, I think,.hgve also deserted us. Santa Anna has abolished the department of Guerrero—stricken its name from the republic— dividing it into four portions and joining them to the four neighboring States or departments. | ts rey hi peceeet he Saco robber | oe mrss tin been upheld st its suicidal follies by the strong hands of fore! governments. France (since the three days of 1830) and En, id have acted in good faith, though often with little wisdom; Russia has assiduously fostered the Greek bureaucracy as the ent staff of an organized Greek insurrection thout Turkey, whenever the time should arrive for ing a clutch at Constantinople. The Em- ror Nicholas it ines that the time has come for burking the “ sick man,” and taking jon and his Athenian condottiert received instructions to complete their levies and prepare for active service. The Athenian bureaucracy are ready enough to respond to the call ; their imbecility, corruption, and avarice have exhausted the resources of the luckless kingdom of Greece, and they are eager to add to it new and unplundered ces. The “ white lie” which was made the pre for establishing the dynasty in the name of which they rule has not been Tig eae ae reason with themselves thus:—“If Bari made us rulers of the kingdom of Greece as a bri! to put down Greek piracy in 1830, Europe may add Thessaly arf€ Epirus to our territories as a bribe to Fs down Greek piracy in 1854.” Upon this hint they ave acted. Throughout the whole of the kingdom of Greece the jails have been emptied of the felons and brigands pent up therein. ‘These worthies have been regimented, and their ranks filled up by levies from the Klephts in Greece, Thessaly, and . Some detachments of them have been sent across the Turkish frontier, under the command of officers who recently held commissions in the Greek army, and others have been allowed to resume their old maraud- ing habits in the waters of the Levant. The Porte and its allies, while engaged in repelling the Russian invasion from the banks of the ube, have their attention distracted and their efforts partially neu- hordes and Epirus, and clearing ¢he Archipelago of pirates, both of whom find re- cruits and a refuge in the territories of indepen- | dent Greece. The authorities here suggest that they had better | conquer it first. ington Territory. . OUR STEILACOOM CORRESPONDENCE. Srercacoom, W. T., March 30, 1854. Capsizing of a Boat and Loss of Ten Lives—An Officer of the United States Army, with Eight Soldiers and a Citizen, Drowned—Names ef the Deceascd— Government Neglect of the Army. Never has it been my lot to have to transmit such a piece of painful news as what I am now about to make known; and I trust, yea, fervently trust, that it may be the last time. You will please to give it a place in your columns, so that it may not only be for the subscribers of your very valuable journal, but that it may come to the ears of some of the friends or relatives of the deceased parties. Intelligence having been received by the com- manding officer of the military station near Steila- coom, that some white men had been killed by In- dians on the Sound, he (the officer) ordered an officer and fifteen men to proceed immediately down the Sound for the purpose of bringing to justice such Indians as might be legally accused. In obe- dience to such orders a party of fifteen men and one officer left the station on the 10th of March, and pro- ceeded tothe place in question, where they arrived on the 13th. This detachment was joined toa party of volun- teers who were commanded by his Excellency, J. J Stevens, the Governor of the Térritory and Superin- tendent of Indian AfMirs. In about fourteen or fit teen days after leaving the garrison they met a canoe ontaining the officer in command Brevet Major ©. H. Larnard, Captain 4th Infantry U.S. A.; Cor- oral J. T. Barlow, Musician McIntyre, and Privates Bons Clarke, and Fitzpatrick. When they left us, which was at Port Ludlow, the entire party consisted of the tye and Corporal Barlow; Musician Mcli , and ivates Charles Ross, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Fitzpatrick and Fita- si ha ag A., 4th Infantry; ny C., Hamilton, who had command of the boat. ‘Twoonly, Sauer nford and Owens) of Company A. 4ih Infantry, were saved. This dreadful cat he hae Daa on Monday — the 27th inst., the boat ig struck by a winter and an open boat is unfit for men to travel in, especially on such waters as the Sound, and it is the belief of every person here that govern- ment is very much to blame for not having a suffi- cient military force on the Sound, as the number of enlisted men stationed here for the protection of the settiers on ali Puget Sound, a very large does not amount to more than about forty men; the government should have a sufficien six or eight companies—stationed on Paget and algo @ steamer of such dimensions as would ce about one hundred men and the necessary luggage, and have proper arran; for cooking, and becs for the men to sleep at ni, This would be greatly to ovr advantage as well as to that of the sider, because it would not occupy'so much time in going from place to place as it would in a boat or schocner, and the government would only have to employ an engineer or two and a captain, as the crew, &e., hee be wenn the military sta- a placed on @ A ater t cre long we shall have the pleasnre of recing a neat little United States steamer ploughing the waters of Puget Sound, and To prove that this is the realstate of affairs in the Morea and the surrounding mainland, isles and waters, we need not now refer to the reports of pri- vate individuals, It is unequivocally and foredbly declared in the letter of the French resident at Athens to the Greek Minister of Foreign Affnirs, which we published lay. On the authority of the French Consul at Chalcis, and the Admiral Bar- bier de Tinan, M. de Forth-Rouen explicitly declares that the sweepings of the Greck jails, let’ loose by the Greek authorities, have been countenanced and supported by those authorities in making marauding incursions into Turkey, in capturing and plunder- ing merchant vessels, and in threateni: e our own rockites and ribbonmen of Ireland) the French i ng ek the peaceable British subjects resident i ‘ Though the marauders have experienced a check in Turkey, their machinations Sirougion? the Mo- Tea, Attica and the Greek Islands, and their robbe- ries and murders at rer a i ge on the in- crease. How much credit is be pihey to the reports that the SS at Athens has openly en part with , & short time will show; but the growing audacity and activity of the insurrec- tion: committee at Syra is placed beyond a doubt. A lan vr been ai ited wy their emissaries on the island of Samos, cnt an English merchant vessel has been found at sea, plundered, without a living soul on board, its boats on deck, and its scup- pers drenched with blood. This state of things can- hot be allowed to continue. The resuscitated Con- rads and Wey tag ee Greece must be put down. But how? ie mind recoils from Le idea of undoing what has been donc—of giving the Greeks no opportunity of elevati themeeclves to the dignity of a nation. An yet the Greek government cannot be trusted, and under its misrale of well nigh @ quarter of a century the Moreote and island Greeks have become more inveterately and profoundly demoral- ized than they were before 1830. To allow free ac- tion in_ these circumstances to a Greek government is out of the question, and there seems ‘bn even in trusting the people. And yet the experience of all history tells us no people have ever become fit for self-government under foreign domination. This perplexity, in which we find ourselves involved, isthe and nai og! fruit of the timid potic; and “white oe the li of 1830. It is ns least evident, that their it not: to be sponte aaa ee racy, W now ‘0 @ head, Place, the land, and then to appeal to the common sense of le of ini Greece, and by bestowing on them a national and Po government, Seen Senne no ot itself, the experiment ought to be tried. (a to the Rothschilds. the Philadelphia Ledger, May 27.} ‘rom It is did, nbrond, that Palestise has’ been mort: gaged to the Rothschilds, as security for a loan ad- vanced to the Sultan. The rumor her asserts, that, among the Be gprs of the future, is the erection of Palestine, on the conclusion of a peace, into a Jewish kingdom, under the craaat of the Rothschilds. 4 That ious territorial alterations will grow out of the pending war, is incontestible; and this suggestion regardl Bi vee of success; but absurd. ‘That Palestine should fall into the possession of some other péople than the Turks is desirable, on many accounts, Situated, as it is, at a distance from the central government, and liable continually to the exactions of Pachas, or the infiiiference of Governors, it offers no sufficient inducements for capital to settle there, or industry to remain. It is avicslture a neglected, tae, Rds litle. to sap: Agricu: neg) A 'p- port it, and ignorance, superstition and vice dowi it them trial, seems | evil presenting | ng. ‘alastine, however | | visionary it may seem, is, therefore, not quite y, which they suffer, wherever the would be an additional inducement for them migrate to Palestine. e A Jew in Russia wear a beard as he wishes, cannot ap; in certal® bey cannot import even the Hebrew Sorip ires, cannot enjoy the common rights of a citizen When we consider the adventurous character of th’ race, and recall the great Jewish exodus which i even now on, we cannot see difficulty ii a Nagrghapen oy ase ag would re the way populate Palestine ina re are difficulties the Bahama re tr pecs eae. ea af Britis schooner Dread Not, it. Demerit. we are in re ceipt of our files of Nassau papers to the 17th inst. ‘orty-two and a half per cent had been awarde: as salvage on the forge the ship R. L. Lane, pre sonaiy Seber as having been on shore at th | rry Islands. The Bahama Herald of the 29th ult., makes th | following remarks relative to the position of th* crew of this veasel:— j The crew of the American ship Robert L. Lane shipped on her outward ma , are pus bt | situation so very peculiar that we feel it right t make a few remarks, with the view to some reme dial steps being taken by the English and Americg: governments in like cases. 4 From what we have been able to learn, the ma ter of the Lane was unwil nay, actually refused to take the crew on board. It may be necessar; however, to state that when the ship was strande at Berry Island, there was little or no hope of he being got off, which was, n , eventu accomplished by the exertions of the wreckers While she lay in her critical situation the crew we sent to Nassau by the master, and the U. 8. Con provided them with board up toa certain day afte the arrival of the ship and master at Berry Island On that day the master refused to have them board; and on the same day, upon being asked the U. 8. Vice Consul if they would go on board they refused, the master having previously refused them; wherefore their board was sto] , and th crew have ever since been depending their ex) istence upon the good nature of their acquaintance) We do not intend to call in question acts o the Consul, but simply to point out the apecial case in which it appears although the crew, or th great , claim to be Americans, the Ame! PAE Be provides for them in no way, not evei yy finding them a passage to their home. The B tish government is not bound to, nei does, thi ither law make provision for the maintenance of seamet of a foreign port thus circumstanced. They may come under the provisions of the vai grant acts, and suffer accordingly; but it would b exceedingly hard to punish men as vagrants, who eft in a strange country, without support, have ennlenneet F there were a huge commerce with this place, th crew might s prokabty, ship in different vessels, they are shut out from 80, inasmuch as all the veseels in have a full complement. i Make this an extreme case, and we ask, are thes4| men to starve, or must‘ they be a burden upon thd| country in which they happen to be? | ‘The Matanzas correspondent of the Bahama Herald under date of the 11th ultimo, informs that journai| that so great is the intimacy now existing between the te eer French ‘governments, that the French lat that city notified the merchant on the 10th ultimo, that by an agreemeut between the two governments, it was d that when on pity 0 had a Consul, he should act for the om ving none, and that he had authority from each government to disc! the duties of English Consul | The Nassau zette of the 10th inst. learns from Ina; Wak oe Boer $ rain had fallen there, which had the salt raking prospects eo probabl, next ies e COM) acargo at 24 cents and another port had sueainca 21. ai The cargo materjals of the French bark Saint Pierre, lately wrecked there, had been sold thew Town, and 50 per cent on the cargo, and Lf on the , had been awarded as| wage. The Nassau Guardian, of the 10th instant sa; that it is rumored about ‘that a bishop is to be a pointed forthwith for the Bahamas. _ The schooner Sarah dane, Capt. Sweeting, ar rived at Nassau on the evening of the 10th instant re — port, after the unusually short passage o ree days. ‘Fhe government schooner President, Capt. Ram. say, arrived at Nassau on the llth thet. rom her usual route. She brought, however, no news. with the exception of the fact that the rains had bee pretty (pom throughout the islahds to windwar4| The Naseou Gesette learns by an arrival at tha’ port on the 16th instant, from the Bahama Bank hat an American ship had been on shore on the Middle"Ground, and was got off by some of thel wrecking craft, for which services they receive twenty cleht hundred So aay Pree ¥ and family, took thei final departure from Naseau on the Tith fast, in th fos act ine Lady Ogle, for Halifax. The Guardiar “Mr. Murphy has resided in this colony, a a mer chant, for upwards of six years, ond during that] time has conducted his business with the utmost in tegrity and straightforwardness. Mr. M. takes with him to his native land the good will of all,” The militia of the Bahamas haye been called ow for drill and exercise. Being so remote from the scene of action, it is not probable their services wil to defend the island, yet the authorities} be reanized deem r to be prepared for any emergency. nditure ofthe Bahamas for te for quariacs eel A for four Ing the Slat of March last: Revenue. Ei liture. June quarter, 1853.. £3,268 6 0 09 40) Sept. quarter, 1864.. 7,743 7 2 6,132 2 3} Dec. quarter, 1853.. 6,884 4 3 5,490 12.0) March quarter, 1864. 6,740 18 5 *7,663 6 9 Total......seeees £28, 16 W £25,795 i aes oO n° Excess of revenue for ¥ A. Sa £2,841 6 10 * This amount includes its under two Propriation bills, the ‘one! for 1858 having ‘ae carried, Ireland, THE CAPTURE OF A RUSSIAN SHIP corer 4 The following account of the capture the Rus. sian in the Cork Constitution of] Argo a) May Toth;—On ‘Thursday the revenue cruiser Elisa, Captain O'Malley, put to sea to watch Rassian vos- seis that might put into the channel. On Saturday abe: dull, to with a fine Russian bark of 58¢tons, ca and 7 the vessel belongs to Abo,| on the coast of Finland; that her master and crew are Finlanders; that ehe sailed from Matanzas on| the Ist April, with a cargo of molasses c rece to the frm of John Kirkland & Sons, Liver-| — and that she was to call at Queenstown for or- . The Mayor and Jobn Besnard, Esq,, J. P. ize comt and Mr. Beanett, actuary, wi! Roa a court this aay, ond take evidence in anew to queries furnish by the jovernment, andell th documents will be to London, w! hd decision will be made as to whether the vessel and] cargo are to be dealt with as prize. The crew the present remain in custody on board the . P., prize actuary. It a