The New York Herald Newspaper, March 17, 1857, Page 1

= ——— I WHOLE NO. 7503. IMPORTANT FROM NEW GRANADA. Message of the President on the Pa- nama Massacre. The Testimony of the British and French Consuls. . MR. MORSE’S RECEPTION AT BOGOTA. 'The Probable Peaceful Solution of the Difficulties with the United States. Intervention of Foreign Powers on the Isthmus Tolerated. NO NEWS FROM NICARAGUA. SPANISH-AMERICAN LEAGUE MADE IN WASHINGTON, &e. dice By the George Law we bave reocived full files of Bogo- a papers to the 6th ult —beiug fitteen days later intelll- Panama and Asp'nwall papors to tho 6th inst. ‘The news from Bogota is highly important and interest- ‘The Aspinwall Courier of ito 6th says:— schooner Gulf Stream, Captain Smith, arrived om the 4ih inst, from Greytowo. When she left ¢! ‘was BO news stirring of river movements. We sl probably receive some advices per steamer Clyde to-day Or to-morrow. ‘The Panama Herald of tho bth instant, states that no mews had been received there from either Walker or ‘Costa Rica since the sailivg of the previous steamer. ‘The steamer Saladin arrived at Aspinwall, on her s6- ond trip from Liverpool, afternoon of 24 of March, with 1,088 packages of freight for the Pacific. ‘Tiempo, of Bogota, states that among the doon- ments submitted to the Congress of New Grenada with qe President's message, on the Ist ult., was a treaty made at Washington between the representatives of the Spanish American republics resident there, establishing a league and confederation, The MNempoadds that, respect- ing thie treaty nothing has hitherto been sald, and the Executive does not cay a word avout it in his message, @a tt would naturally be suppose’ be should bave done. ‘The came journal, which is radically liberal in its opt- ions, has in another number s violent attack upon Obilt, ‘tn the form of a parallel between that republic and New ‘Granade, in no wise favorable to the former, and winds ‘up with a comparison of the two countries and the two systems, ip theese words and form:— Chili. New Granada. a. Monopoly. Liberty, Equabty. two types— ‘The two systems— Power, Right. ‘Tt supposed that the troaty made in Washingion is Sor the purpose of mating a federative league between @e Spaniah American repaviics, in opposition to the cen- Aralising league lately negotisted in hill by several of ‘Whe Spanish American miniswrs there. OUR PANAMA CORRESPONDENCE. Panama, Marob 6, 1857. * leasag: of the President— Law of \896 in Relation to the Tonnage Taw— Policy of the Government—Report of Sec: wdary Pombo—Reasons for the Present Oowrse of the Governm ni—State of the Republic—Mexican Claim— Sympathy with Cata Kica—Seitlement of an American Claim—Relations wih Great Britain—New Treatia— Improved Rate of the Financex—Unted States Ships of War—British Ships Ordered to China—Specie from Metco Defence of the Istimus, de , dc. ‘The inst mail from Bogois, which arrived bere on the ‘Both ult., brought some vor; important news /elative to tbe questions pendisg between this country and that of ‘the United States, being the message to Congress of Sr. Mallerino, Vioe President of tho republic, and the report @ G&. Linode Pombo, Seoretary of State for Foreign Affairs. These documents refer at length to tho questions of the 16th of April massacre, the postal tax and thy donnage doa. ‘The readers of the Hunstp wil) notice thet the Vico President says nothing of this tonnage ‘ax being in direst contravention to the teraus of pablished in 1635, ‘which, for the purpose of encouraging the formation of ‘an interoceanic communication, expressly declares that and toges it was then #0 ready to grant. Th in high Ume that this 16th of April question was set- Ged, on it is evident (bat the forbearance of our govern- ment is mistaken by these people for fear. Only the other day, when the news of the British equadron being ‘tm Papama reached Bogota the papers there sanounced that 18 was with the objec! of proveating ‘the Yankees’’ from cooupying the isthmus, aibough a few weeks be- fore, when the Britieh blockade wea threatened, the peo- ple exulted in the idea that those same Yankees would fmterfere to prevent it. In fact, thelr policy appears to be to play off one government against another (a1 far ‘es they oan) and to foster j-slousies and national ings that eS Oe eae eon at te ek = E Aiea { i 28 H 3 5g g H . ii! F HI =f ‘i il i i £ t i i i fe e? : = | ? i ‘3 @ 3 : E v5: i # : : ii = tl ey of doe by New Grana da to Mexico, the matter ber ee en ing interest frm Jao Teel a nar cua per anne, $170,000: ‘A new debt, $240,000, fame date at tho rate of 8 per cent por ‘Arosomena, of Panama, wes tho party creditors to make this arrangement, eta a handasme per centage for bis his mensags, next touches on tho state flo xympsthises with that re- to defend iwelf against tho filibuster, to give, he offers bis best 180. mentions that, ‘ran negotiated with Graneda, & treaty of boundaries to the oo ‘Ag the President of vernment of it the provest oondition of Nicaragna, +, indifference on the mation’s part to the matrer would apne YT pa with Ovrts Rica Of Paris have been adopted. we ‘The claims of Messrs. Zachrieson and Riliet, Amorioaa W YORK wr HERALD. MORNING EDITION—TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1857. PRICE TWO CENTS. ot which does not figure in expens regards the interest. The Castom House auties, sait tax, stemp tex ano Post Office receipts have buen prinsi pal items of income during the past year. in conse quence of the a) rangemens mae to cover the debis of ‘the State, the active debt bas been inoreased during the past year four per cent. The nations! balance sbeets jor past years are being made up. Tioso for 1849, 1850 and 1851 will soon be ready, and the Seoretary of the Trea- eury will Jay before Oopgress those for 1864-'65 and 1865-66. The mesesge winds up wish the usual compli- ments to the members of Congress: The r of the Seoretary of Foreign Affiirs ts a long dooument of thirty-eight pages of large octavo, and seven lee pages of appendices in very small type. As it is much ivo voluminous to think of trana! . I send you only tbat portion of 1t which refers to the United States, and also Count de Nolient’s letter, extracted from tho Star and ‘The transiation ls soourate. but por- Seay See ee Rp a. end | have not time to re vise Of iocal news there is very little The ladependence is still here, spd tho Decatur daily expected. Hor B/itennic Maj ‘a sbip Trincomalee is in port, having arrived rom @ silver smuggling trip to the coast of Mexico. Toe sloops-of-war Eik and Tribune, op this station, are ordered to the coast of China. The former, commanded by Sir Robert McCiure, of Arcilo notoriety. is to come bere to ship provisions sent out from Kagiand for her, and to take sume fi"ty or one hundred tous of munitions of war from tbe Trincomalee, which is on her way home. Our town is dull, quiet and healthy. Baginess ts not apparent'y very lively, but merchants say that they are doing a beiter and safer business than formerly. It is rumored tnat the New Granadian government {a about to #: nd elx hundred men to garrison the Isthmus, end that the Comandante General has been ordered to Bo- gota to receive tustractions relative 'o putting the [sth mus in @ state of cofonce; this would Jook as if any at- tompt at force would be mot by force. Ido not youoh for the truth of the report, except eo far as relate to the Comandante’s going to Bogota. ss that ts announced ia the @aceta Oficial. Pieces of the wreok of a ship, anda stern beard marked “Indicawor’’ wore picked up op the Atlantic side of the Isthmus below Aspinwall A bottle containing papers also, was found, but the Indians des troyed them. We know of no vessel of that name trading on the coast. ‘We have no iatenews trom Central America. I send you Australian fies to December 19, which will be later ‘ban last advices via En; ARRIVAL OF MR. MORSE AT BOGOTA. Hon. fs oned as @ special envoy Dd: 5 colump, MP Bowlin hi ble to conduct, the n stpoe, big very, Dts UpOR tbe interoceanic ‘tax law, the Gaceta Oficial, No. 9,088, in which this diplomauc agent exbansted New Granada, Ibisa ‘Satataction to tbe tee ‘ch ae ae Daeg | to be pr ee vat, reover, nt oman is @ person of right jadg- ment ard indepwe dont and callghirnod mind, ane thet MESSAGE _OF THE PRESIDENT OF NEW GRA- NaDA TO THE CONGRESS AT BOGOTA, ‘The two hovers 0: Congress o the New Granadian ro pene gs their session on the lst Febraary. A com- mitice of both Bousre Beviug potified President Malieriao Of the fnot, be transmitiea to Congress his annual mos i: ify fi tn deta out the biil of TATHMUS MAIL TAX The disposition concerning the tax on mall matter Crossing the isinmus, hes alec been the subject of re- ‘The ‘of thie republic at Washington to come to a0 underttanding with the government sod with the ratiroad company, so as to ar- rive @t ao amiosble and comciliatory solution of the quee- Vons rsiset The jastice of our ocanse and the intelii genes of Our Minister inapire me with the bope that rach @li be the case event resobed the ears of the Executive, when he ¢' the strictest orders to p' tained, to rea bh the origin and Was represented as & premeditate ! attack of the people Panama sgainst inoffensive , a aot barbarity, wuose repetition was deemed p waibie, since tt ‘was pretended tbat neithor the nailoval nor State auiho rites bad efficacious means for affording Reece fe the Isthmus trans/t. The complete responsibility of the repudlin, end ive obi'gation to satisfy ihe most exaggora:- ed charges, would result from that view. jaled pvamed Jack liver, having discharged a pistol eta Gra padian fru; desler Theaispute, which was at first per- sonal ard private, oon became general, as well because it was sought to rescue Oliver from the bands of po lee, as because the natives took the side of their towns man. The tumait increased every moment. Most of tas passengers betpg armed with revolver, thought that they could use them with impunity “the children of the country, whom they lofertor specios and whom they wok jure in maitreating A fight followed, which no human power could have pre vented The adventage in sach a fight was on the side of the passengers, who were provided with arms, wails: De pne Tae Sem, The Governor of the State, accom- panied by the Consul of the United States, presented bis self tn midst of the combatants and succes ded in making tho Granadians ccare firing. Unfortunately the Consul could not 20 suocecd with the passongors, and from the Station House, tc wbic| soy took refuge, the! fired on the Governor, snd even on the Consul himseif. ls then became impostidie to a se the furious muiti- t) ‘cmthey Hatened to no voice but that of vongeanoe, od every means taken to avoid the misfortune was ut terly useless, The Consul reitred, and the Governor, = that bis presonoe was useless, returned jo the catty, Two viry notable (acts appear to be proved in the —=— of the confusion surrounding the ovents of 15th pr They are, first, tbat Jack Oliver fring a pistol at s na- live of the country, without cause or reason, was the {m mediate cause of the riot; and secondly, that the Gover. nO” succeeded in oalm ing the tnhabitants of Pan: end ‘bat the figbt was commenced anew when the suthori. des ana people, crowded together, wore fred on from the station house ad various hotels. Those facts, of tho truth of which nothing but the biindest partiality doubts, prove that the people of Panama, docile and humane at the whole Granadian je, were peithor the aggres- — so ©6They heard the voice of ble tenacity of the parsengers, there would havo been 20 misfortunes nor excesses to lament which the police would pot bave been strong enough to prevent. There were, doubtiess, excess*s, as there always are in al! countries under such circumstanoes—excesses Com mitted Ponama be it said, that merous, considering the general excitement the hour and the egrression. Eighteen men killed im an obsti- Date night coma}, in whiob & blind multitude took part, do not prove ferocity, blood-thirstinese or premedita- ton History telis us that in all countries, under like circumstances, the number of vistims has been tnflaitely eater, ' Since the discovery of gold in Oalifornia, the Isthmus of Panama bas been crossed by an infinite number of travellers and by longo wums in gold was no en g more casy aoe Sey property, had the peovie not been highly moral. moplote eccurity, and tay De ‘sald without exeggere: complete security, ma) at ¢: tion, that tn no ‘country of the world could there bave safely avms of - seourity for making that bsg | The event of the | 5h, an Amerjean, apd by the rashsess and obstinacy of the passengers, only proves that the paiictoe of a pesple stould pot be yused, however bumen, eo wufforing, bospitable they may be supposed to be Panama, an Ip ali the ropablics, foreigners wi'hout distinction have enjoyed not most compicte security, but have Deen the object of the highest benevolence. To pretend ibat any Of those crossirg the Imhmas have a right to fre on the batives and that they should mildiy receive the i REPORT OF THE SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFF AIRS. Seiior Pombo present ; repor the foreig: stairs of New Gracein, Det fa real agi prostedes our It opens with a review of the Panama massaore of th 16:h of April Jatt, and wabbes oh ones the spened that Wao le for that eta was one of the pinces in which ti <bat the number and fury of the \t imposaible to restrain that furious tempest and preven many of fe melancholy conar quences, even thoaga to real of the disproportionate police force, and of not a few (wdividnals, natives and etrangers, and the arducus co operation of the inhabitants of Panama \, waved much life and property. that the four hyores in whion the popular outbreak caused damages and depredations bad served ac a piace of olensive and de'enstye entrench: merionne; and that the number of iract coneeqnences of country, amounted to RINGING OF TAR CHORCA NELLA In support of the mrange*onarge of premeditation of the affair the ringing of the beils of the Uburo® of Sane Ane, immediately afver the pistol shot outeite the walls, pas been brovght forwart, mp) tt to have takeo place bY & preconceried pian on of the circumstance. The Presbyter, Domingo J! curate of Santa Ana, substantially deolares as fol end his testimony i: confirmed by many witnesses who the time of the tumeli tn the Orenega, 1g that it was a fire, ordered at once the ‘occasions. a to he rong Waual manner On Leyes © amor bom were various North oricams oo voneny wane alarmed, frightened crowd £00 ontalde, dat being traaquillzed, they toom the cor, from the oburou, with the inteast m © burying It. ome womes then mady thelr gopsarancs, ited out that the Americans aud the natives wero » om Aber lo she Cienega, aud all dis versed, \oav- ing corpee by itself, whieh wae roturned for aad buried at midpight by the mouraers. LOB? OF CONBULAR CBRTINOATH The loss of many Consul “4 whieb wero trerrmittes to this office, whioa lost ta tne ship. Wreck Of a mail on tho Magdalena, is muoh to be regret ted, aa duplicates have not, up to the present, been ceived, bat three which were saved, those of tho Gyn: of Regine, Franoe aud Esvador im Panama ovottrm olsively what I heave explaized, exovpt pis Sapte ana, just roterrod to, whigh they do uot mention. ‘sojoin s translation, as an example, 0! thator tho Froach Consul, Court de Noilent, and I call atieation to it. TESTIMONY OF THM BRIVIA CONSUL, According to these a. tucaments, t wasa North American who the fires pistol abot, without aby motive or exourc, The Engiiesh Qoneu!, Mr. Perry mentions bim by name, which cow «¢ know Jack Oliver ane he says dnat be »imsclf, walking througo tho stroot ‘n company with bs daughter and tne Cheuceiller of the French Consulate, ¥. ce Varieux, met the said mao arurk, who came up to joem in rude manner, and tha\ bey wiih diMoulty avoided nim, ‘the said Consul remarks 4 many of the passengers were armed with revolvers Ho positively does not believe in premeditation, and ob serves that if \t bad been the object to rob, they wonid Dot Dave attacked the ; assengers coming from United States, who are g:peraily of the poorer class, but those returning from California laden with gold Nor does he believe in the masked persons, nor did he ever hear them spoxon of, and only Goosul Ward refers to & Woman baving been violated by ao ‘The Governor, sa well ax tho police f io eee ground, but Mr. Perry considers the opaer to attack the station house, given by tee Govegnor, as un Decrssary, avd an excouted with military violence, be coure uotoriously the passengers were badiv armo1, and there were in the station wany women and objidren He arsvres us that firing took place from the innido and cnteide the raiload depot, and saya, ‘that there can be pga that the disobasge at ihe Governor took piace rom there ?? He co'ncides with the French Consul in affirming that ihore who committed the o.:rages wore privet pally from other parts of the country (lorester: %s ‘tne greavor of whe Bad been emaloyed b: jailroad Com, a8 laborers ‘I havo lived noariy fitteco years in Pa nama, end | can bear testimony to the good disposition of the tives, who looke@ wito horror and shame on the terrible affair of that night. Dae uliowance should bo Made from We state of excitement on the part of the popalace, from the copatent acts of brutality tacy bave reoetved from the jower ciase of the Catliornia pes ntions the Mibusters lately arrived as a cause of a eee some of them as belog active participants in the aftalr, He potices the want of the service of the police forse »bicb tbe railroac company sheuld have organized Finally, he eays ‘the lose Of the oompany cannot be very covaiderabie, for they only tok @ email quanti:y of mosey, and the damage cai to the dopot was vory wifling ” WITNESSES IGSORBD BY MR CORWINH ‘og Committed formerly according to his idess so! or tault, or for baving furn'shed erms to thetr country men on the }5th of April for the purpose of repriling ‘oree witb force, and making aoourding to his own ideas ois own bistory of the affair, Mr. Amos B. Corwine arriv- ed at very difierent ovpciusions frum the foregoing, in report which in the obaracter of investigating Coan sioner on the part of the governmont of the United States, and dated July 18, he made to Mi Stato, Those who, with their mi seed and compare the statements bt. i TUN 8THMUS TRANAIT SAE Tho tragedy of the 16th Aprii and recent events, ao cording to the expression of President of the United States in bis messsge jo Congrp@ on the 3d of Decem er ‘ast, Dave made, or oausod Ii t@ be cons dered that it had pablic order tw Insecure. In this statom: nt Begroes. lost mo time mirapgors accustomed to disrespect everything, to abuse of the revolver end bowie knife, comm" attsoke om tadi- viduals, Bothing ts wore natural than thas those indivi defend cals should \bemecives before the proper autho ritles can inertere, @nd that in defence, or urged on by feelings Of trdignation, they shoul inem. iF i | li fi ! a tf Governor The foreign critioa! days for tbe disembarkation of the two vessels of war in the bey, and tt ‘erras ging that sald foros should be stationed roed siasion; but the coverpment, withont seid popular hostile movement, enforced respect by their own maene, and established tranquility, whiot bas not since been disturbed WAY THe QUBETION 1 BXAGOERATED ¥4 3 i 3 i i : THR TONNAGE DUMB ABD MATL TAX Aa the Beorovary of the Treasury will ronder an ao count 10. Congress of the ciplomatio controversy relative being masters reqairing oe. periment, { will ouly say 1 fnere bas been mas, parmucd as the daliven pay whe Seaides, each (mpoat has Desn'aaloulated at about: ‘00 when it will not exceed $60,000, piles to letters or laclosed documents, nod watter, Aa to the tonsege imp et. rd consequently annulied aot of the Legisisture of rams, passed in bas been confounded wih tbe ‘ticoal law of 1856, by compenrnt authority * * A Bal Y SUTPLEM BST POMBE rroment sapeta! common’ forthe aangoment overni . a ar’ n of the questions to which | bave just referred. they de treated with calm ard perfect good fai h, the solution will be speedy and satisiac ¢ LETTER OF THE FRENCH CONSUL. ‘Comme. ars of FRawon iv Pawama, of .he Inet, the wndersigred thinks {i « cuty to cause bis pro- round convictions to penetrate in tbe minds of those per. tons called to pare sentence in ired'ctory versions coliected together and pub|isbed reia- tive to thie aitair Tre Consul of France has pot been a personal witness His deciaration will be. therefore, tne re nid gations to Which the andereigned devoted { many cayeameng the many etrangere ander bis protection, Vrened. |. Pledmentese, Austrians and Spaniards, without entering Leto the recriminstions, always preje- Grged. of the two partios Toe vadervigned knows and oven aversion tbat animate the ot the against all those hom they call colieotirely Americans. Snob rentimente have their explanaivon and exroage fect, the persone who travel scrose tbe country, with few the most tegraded lat 00 cern patereiizetion they oat cently sequined. are morping end night; they carry with each other's hives” and ageinnt the fret tndivicual, , does not ipatantiy comply with the caprices. oe chlett of the administration of the ralirond, with a ean svirit of badly nncrrr 4 apecuistion, appears to baditants Of Panama agains: thetr nation They work openly for the ruin of city by all the means they are \s0e0 in poaremsion of, ow! to the i Fates neo who wamvaiooce the lamentable contract with Ip regard to laborers on the ind, the Railroad Oom- pany hed procured maoy negroes trom Jamaion and Oar thegene. There Inborers bad been sucosestvely dismies- ‘eat tho ond of the last year without the company’s thetanding these causes of irrita'ion, tho gentle ness, {ndifterence and apathy tha omuatry ott, for a I regrinala Kao provoked tue and Dot & Dative Of the country, fired the pina! only cause of the dissstrous Ocourroaces tb sequen’ on asic proceeding With bim this ao certainty, when corrodoraved by inform the declaration given im the Consulate th: lowiug day by «& Frevchman, M. B eros the house of Bernard. fgor & Co, of San Fi ‘Th Frenchman arrived frm New York; ho was ger in the [iNinois; be was also ta the trate in whl American Who committed the ox sees travelled; oo had been @ witness of ali tho events of tne n gut, aad ne had remalved for more than ap hour taking retuge lo tne company’ssta'ion house My, Bernard has assured oc undersigned of baving seen the pistot shot fred by xo American; the same man, baforo, on the same morning. ad threatened meny times t 4 sens & negro, without provocation of apy &:! ip, the ory to arme, tho ri; shouts for ven 100, al re oe, the fatal eruption of a fooling Of eportese: te tndiynetion 10d repels all idea of premeditation or cn spiracy on the part of the natives of thecountry. Aooord- tng to his optoion, the first results of the might of the LOth were for the me causes which in preceding hed vieod Santo Domingo and theYpbord of ys followed the attask— terrible vergoanoe iraly—but it never has preosded 1%. After tho sound of the pistol shot the efforts of ths a= tives were directed for some tinie to the capinre of tne Assnenin, At the begivuivg of the scene ibe negroes were net armed whieh ts an inoontrovertibic fact; the stones were the only waapons of their passios; but, the aseaenin, having retreated to the intorior of Maarland's hotel, he was de'endid by many passengers, who deed many shots on the crowd From that moment it was \bat the force of the two partion were reriouriy oom promised. ana from that time appeared vegrosa, to cor tain bomber, armed with machetes It war at this moment also that the Governor of the prenentec pimself tn the middie of the far trom baving fled from the go himee't in priva'e inetant in going to givo orders polos. ard *hon in preceading to the ¢ of the tumult accompanied by some friends. Ths Governor arrived at tbe scene of the tumult bofore the United states Consul, before eveu the police theme! tnd to by personal intervenvon and bi» tau: ¢fforts is cue the suspension of the tumuit juet to deny to the Governor ti aise hich *qually due to the Conent of the United States and to Mr Theodore de Sabla bis Sosretary, for the valuxbio mea suves these gen lemon took, throwing thomeeives un- Py aa the middie of the Aight te prevent toa ciluston ‘The Governor of the State bad obtsined from his coun trymen the suspension of hostilities; the megroes hat obeyed hia; rebbery been comamitied § There fore if the Consul of the United States could word fmorg the Americans the same suspension of ar: bis Iaudebie efforts ano those of his eccretary had ob isined the s.ooess that was due to the loyal 00-oporation of @ valiant officer. mutliated in the Meld of naitie, rat bcee conciuded But when sa'ie the obe tense of bis people, the Governor of toe Siete foilo a 8 certain distance the fovtst ps of the Consul of the United States and his Secreiary, who advanced towaris the group of armed Americans; 8 general discharge prosce 1,04 ‘rom tre group of passengors sesembied in front of the rail road station came to ipterpose am obsiacle, pow tosur mountable, toali paridcation. The discharge took effec: iu the direction of the street whore the United States Copeul, bis Gooretary, with the Governor and nis [rienas, were exposed In consequence offbis disorarge & proyetile struck the batof the Governor, apoiher penctratod the bip of Hr Pedro Obsrrio, and @ third, et the same time pavend Kt bes seem the ali projectile wore The royorige ths Gasouls ot the Uolred davon de aon form bor & distinguisulng marke! avy Cleese, @ olrocmetence which expiams ‘he Ditad blood thiretiooe: of tbe Americans, who, thinking w icjure the Goveroor and bie party, foanéd that’ wey bed wouaded their own country men lLcan be announced, then, om the best evisence, that for from the aieck having been pre} piow-es oF pre. 08 ts mebooe the affair by the rat pistol a pative about @ piece of fruit of the value of a dime; and susp bY 100 of the Combat the wore was theirs f renewing hoeiliies by the genesal discharge made againat the Governor. ard could ts be otherwige? The oventng befere, an American st-emer, the Cortes, bad let loose qiibw the ame, eighteen oF twenty filibusters, who Fr At one of 14 (Capt Bol) to attempt pasange pole. ‘been frustrated in tho aitempi sre fiilibuaters cou/d n’¢ let the occasion pass, to disanarge ‘hew revolvers apd give @ proof of tarir bigh prowess he presence: of some of these adventurers hss been proved nears Repteny srs | warty, aod many of them ith thet: erms, were found dead witbio the presto of he railroad stai-ion, their hands and foreheads blackrerd with order. Alier a renewal of the deplorable hostilities whore hor- to festcres ond lamentabie coaseqaenoce shou t ‘riputed to we Am: ricaps, all was fetaliy abandoned, by ‘1D tD parties, to the chance of the combat, and & ihe sole ireotion of & few eubordipate cilicine The Uritea 8 ates Copec!. seeing bis powerieesaces with b's country men—bis Secretary seriously retired to fe of the Governor bid been threat flowed the bicod of one of hie men There did wot exit, wereiore. any proba peoty the minds: the {Intervention of tne gotho ae impoasiole in the midst of wnhridid pewions house & bad ofnnon lowed with at qa occupy the sMtion, and he retired The Comeul, for bis part, took -efuge in bie use. The police obeyttg the orders nat bad ww them, ‘brew themselves on the proviocts of tiation bouse, which wae immediately taken at ihe pola of the bayooet Now, tbough {1 ia true that the poilce followed by a mob of armed patives, were reocived oy thy passengers with « volly of revolvers, in the ever of the undersigned, wotbirg cab, peveribeleas, legit'msize reprieais that took pisoe within the —— end to the roome tntide, after bo condrmned M Uurote, & Freuch swhjrct, perisbed is ‘ba! confusion in gcing to ase'st a woman who nad taxen retuge im the house The Consul of Franoe, th Clastifies in two very dw tir et perta ibe eveote of the (61h of April. Firat, the stiack twice repeated, on tho part of the Americers the | gitimete eo «nce on the part of the oa tives, without apy ect of plat der or robvery before tue Coeppation of tbe station nouse. Bot cn tre aroond. ipeviated aesaselmatinns, asvassipa eps withees combat sirocions bicodinirsinese deat bodies trompled op, mangind, depo ed, robbed after dew; devesta.ton, areauli, robbery of the company's store, and of the three American hotels pear the station pours ‘As regards the men ia masks spoken of by the United #taree Coneul, the Consul of France \cnorant of this oir. oumstence, and does not berieve ia i. Decease nome of 1 10 bide thetr depredations The rod Plunder coptinved during part of the 16th in open day ‘That ihe police were 100 few to restrain effectively said pavege now, worthy of the least olvilised bords; that the robber ea the ploncerirgs and the asesesinations tp ood b ocd have bern committed by the nexrore of Carihagene and Jamaica; ‘bat tbe popsiation of Panama have thet: bande unstained with the innocra! blood, with these d veetstions and with those robberirs, the be- Neves as ® most carta n thing, but after an anawer to the causes of said horrid reditio: Mle Bie duty also to make Known the efret of It, and to J» 1 wo ope the due share tha\ Melonge ty them tn wald oruel catastrophe. COUNT AUGU4TUS DE NOLLENT. News from the Sandwich Islands, A PRW CTRAGER BXPROTED—AHIPMESTS OF OLL AND BONE —TREIN ATION OF THE SHIFTING ASON —— VALUABLE RUSSIAN CARGO—THBATRICALS—THE PRATHER. Our fies from the Sandwich Islands ave dated at Hono- le 210 of January {ho Commercsal Advertiay saye:—Wo are pleased io learn, among the few iteme of nes in town that advices were recetved by the inst mai) frem New York from his Kxreilescy KE A Alen, sud from Wm. H, Webb, the weil }nows shipbuiider in that city, to cemareel 0 preptas ennee We ment for the eam of £56, ‘The vessel is to be of 309 tons burthen, end srcommodadiors for Dative, with room for one hun dred bead of cattle and ail the [reight that may be of- fered. ‘The same paper, of Jannary 18, publishes s table show: ‘og (he amount of she of! and bone the! has left the isisada for the Uolved States since September lest. Tho total, jroloding original cargoes and amounts taken on fretgnt, ia 8 789 Darrele sperm, 116,299 berrols whale aed 3 10 712 pounds bone The tabie is not perfectly correct, wai the sdeertier, Dot as near fo ne can make it by ‘Tre Roseian ebip Nicholas | , from Honolala for Cronetadt bed a cargo of fare valued at $100 000, belonging to the Rossian American Far Com- pany ‘The Adrertiser baa commenced the publication of # se ries of articles up wm the ports of the Sandwich Is lamdis. aur wcre being made to suppress dance houses at polete. ‘The eeason for the deatruotive caterpiliars to ravage th country bes retorned; thoy are very numerous in som Places. Last week, cays the editor of the Ades | riding over the Waikiki plaina, we notioed could not take @ step without killing a eoore or more ond the army wore spparently burry ‘ng along for some more plentifui + “ip the sere and yellow ma’ port, and their exponditures are eary repairs. IN goon be posture The Polynes shipping seasow at Honolulu te i pg teal.’ Bat fow ships rs- Matted to acces. and our barbvor will again coumet flat, ‘alo aid amprofitable” ap- pearsnoe With tho Fanny Major for California, the oirous troupe Most of the perform nie. oe theatre had leaves on fonsiy left by the Yankee, that im the time of ee mente Honolulu will have ingy oped. Judge Leo's health was impro The Gorman Brothers bad had « fire\ bewellt in Homo. ‘Tee Commercial Advertiser ot 16th of. Jam@uary sayes— | The weather for the past (ew days hea calm bot Legg oon the soatherly wind boca unusually sot im. Di the day time it bay been excessively warm aud quite at night ‘be atmosphere clear about the telende ts rarely se From D.emond Head, tbe whote of Mototal aud and Lana), even to the summits pa peer ge be seen on Mond , and the entire out (Brat muat be at leagi one Dundros MARRIED, On the even’ Ur ied States, ta walat, wan distinctly visible eed sume of jul) with @ bei of darts Glouds strotob- The sumantt niles rom Dia- f{ the isa of Ja vary, at the Logation of Hesolola, by key 8 10. Damon, Cant, Wisinen Babooct, of New Londo». Ob, to Miss Oornclia A, Hamlin, neice of the American cc mmisstoner at tne [ehaas. DikD. At Koloa, January 34, ur Agar T. Bhate, aged 96 years. The deceased was from Bridgeport, Conn. + Nows from Australia, SKVENTEEN DAYS LATER INTELLIG PBIC COMMUNICATION —P. IPF AbPIMILATION—PUBLIC Epoeca- TION—THE GOLD PIRLDS—FINANOES OF MRM LOUBKE- A HAIL STOBM—TASATKICAL?—MAm KETS, ETO. We lave files from Austraiia dated at Sydney on the 16th, and gt Melbourne op the 11h u! Desemoer land, New Zealand, news is dated on the 2641 ber. amber of Bocember The repars of grajblc communication with ¢ was held L A, for prevontauion to Arsembiy 2 ‘Dbat bnes extending ov the conpecting pointe Auok- ol Novem. general meeting of the members of the on she 17th of select committee on tole- the Login ative Whee investigating the mater, the ocommistoe ascer- tained— 7. ‘That in the neighboring colony of Victoria tines wre ad- ready ettablirhed to the exient of About 265 miles nearly 50) mlles to cmbrase the adjuinivg colunien (Bew Howls Waies aud :outb Australis) aze decided npoe ad under sar- vey (hefr ultimate extention. bowever to the above naned pointe being contingent on the continuation of thaw lines be the veapective governmenta tasyiney and Ad laude) 3 ‘That in addivton to & survey bas heea made of @ Ince to ConLest Melbourne aud Launceston, the goverument of Lermenia having already mitisted meamres for the cowetres- How of one from the latter place to dobant fown & ‘shat the cost of construction in Vietoria hae hitherto var ried from about £)0 to £80 pee mile (exeiust ve of tnetrumemte nnd station?) 5 That no dificultion exist to prevent the construction of #imiinr limes tp thia colony. and although the by cnry and aloury ie, for the most conatrs hetwoom love favorably coe vert, cumetarced, ae regards imber ‘and Labor, thea Vicwria, tea eatin ated cost of sane mentioned » us not exceed by mush the rate Legiaattve Counctt op tho 17h ult « peutes preserted by Mr. Jones relative to the sholitioa of reii- gious ep Cow ments, was ordered to be printed Wr Alien pressed o pelican from the Preebyvertam body egevnat railway Deas Thomeon laid oa the tabi & report of the of the North Australian exp diiios, ‘or. Gonersi end te ‘The boro gh of Maitland wee to be duly Iuoorporawd. A Di'l te amend the laws relsting to svesm uaviginen “< before the Vietoria Legisiasare eo assim! ation of the tarifs of im eg otieviens fo" colopies of Now South Wair Destiates to ade Lon to the comeiceration of the new Pe for 10 Sowth Avetralia that th« Governor of toa onoag it, and prefers to remit the whole yous vthment, whet ‘LL BOL weet Hl the middie of the year (867 ‘The etch annoe) ¢xamtaetion of tne obiliren the patiopal schools, 87 Iney rnd Ite viciulty oomcannd on Teesoey, 16ch, gad wea to termina “4th December. 6 from Seem Ome iDgs tema over aden fo: a Tucedey, tee ey Herald of the 16% of loember ooousan he diggings: —Me, two ago from o vial: to the Pitzg raid he email pernel of god ng eh wars Dugget we gting 8% Onno pe ards one Dundred moo a work, Weno re ab Hae of ny vad? re adout forty digeers, al! of whom jh their lat. While; present, too wie of gold for thety day's x Of O'ggere tO stony Urrok hes iat terly tekem place tp consequence of several ‘ Incky Gade” Deving cocurred of iste, and the dowg well. a Thipas copunne pretty stationary at the and the ds, cor ance he for ones of the minora vary bet in ‘aver flootaste much = The bands op the Turon are confide: Mouneurne:— sietement lo the Foure of Ameecbly. From wh ‘bat the revenue of this enlony is to £0000 at the ead of the year. made 'p the various goverament but slowly, alchovgh the most ox; foviowipg remarks respecting the Gnases of 1 tre #(b inet the Colovial Treasurer made hie the starement tt now epenoiiurt. ned that thers will bea sarclas of Large redactions hare beam estab ishmeot aod more wre contemplated in the oveuirg year The revenge and ox. ver diture for ¥ tare ® PO lese than mat ea iat al b cont . po oa Re ic works, comes of taree lonem, mores. soe Gcettons 0 the Ausivasen museum was jectmen of grantie, trom Seok wel! ki bg AS whl be respectively aneut £3 30.000 isand, New were auipped of thor ery stores were weighed and were tound uupore The vory wees ber of the ball © eversge am The #74) Herald of 13th of December, s:ve:—~The elavers beta Coy a: Victona teaire inet Pym bee J ell a ed and enibusiastio ou = © clever tl eeque of: Cinderella Toe « oth greet express, ~ que suscoetel, and so counted for re} Lt me of commendation oo reeves 1 ¢ Mire Slark made their appearance at the Lycee sire last evening in the populer play of “inge- Of Mr. Mark's Icgomar #0 bave sookes former oonssions. sad The following potion wae porte In tydney:— 1, Jehn Wright, of Mudgee, intead in the eouren of & month we married tonperecn of the name rt tusan Brown who Al (ne cine wee A masried wana cered wall ead void. MARSETS. Sypwny, Dee 17.—Moeurn, Purkis ther mart ac very Jas ge aver swirtied The total amount the here waa a large lot of olkmen’s siorea and rent retes dimposed of in addition. The prices of augare— liright counter ise Veswu. at £42 4 Ny nowdrop. wt £4 108. 4 te 66 w £43 Ife. do; lily white white crystal Vesoa, at £40 Ife do ; #t £41 10 do Tad Lae ps4 shoes, vaety ind Toe Bad Utrecht of G6 ounces ad ia the since the establishment Gold Pill becoming & law, will come Into operation year Gold will then be worth Be 6» i fi at the commer cemoat i pt sities i nome market tban at present, and beiders will do weil to sell betwre he current year exp Price of gole from 78a 3d to 768 per of Mr Sith, of Pizgeraid Swamp sold tralia on Wednesday inst 7) res , proc fog on hie lend among w! ined from the bed of iq D forms va that he pnrehased von Oreck Ggger. 9 very veautitil lot of tole bs ecnaia ng of one oumget of 3 one, fod owe of 10 omt., and the remainder varyin to Lom News from Utah warded br escort thie week cant ot be sacertained {he vo retura from Solais and Money Creek , he r3 ome has parchaed 50 om, Mr Curtia LL papel fron hich Was 8 very fine from the ry Jigeings, siso some wa" ore. & hen from the dr Piggings tone are now locared upon this field, all of whom were . oe ire ( b Prees, Dee 10 tom the Baihnrst Pree 29 Lasany there tee . Oroaker «in sine down,