The New York Herald Newspaper, July 5, 1858, Page 2

2 magnitude of the game that is being played; and if, as not ove here believes, the clergy aud the military were to triomph completely in the interior of the country, the republic would cease to exist in its | Present territorial divisions. |! could state many to convince you of this; but as we have un- bounded faith in the cause of the people, the main | object is to accomplish some positive good by de- stroying the influence of the military and the | clergy in the country. We have not the least idea that the forces now in the neighborhood of San Luis | will ever be deieated, and everything that is being done is for the pw of capturing the ws | = | y Mexico, and holding it until all expenses incurre: this State ore paid, The intention is to oc | copy that modern Babylon, to humble and — chastise it, to remove the capital from that cave of | thieves and cocrtezans, and secure the country | against all fature revolutions, To secure this it | matters uot how many heads may have to be cut off, as the object is to destroy the cause of so much crime and scandal in the countrv. Actuated by these patriotic motives General Vidaurri will endeavor to | present himself in Mexico with such force as will silence all opposition, and make them feel that they | cannot any longer kick up a muss with impunity. ‘The final result of the present straggle will astonish | many who have conjectured so many things | respecting Mexico and her politicians. Time will demonstrate that. Governor Vidaurri_ will pe to the world how much good can be effected y one single man when he is sincerely actuated by honesty of purpose and truly patriotic motives. The paragraphs now and then published in some of the United States journals respecting Comonfort, Santa Anna and other nullities, are really laughable; and without wasting time, in order to strate their political insignificance in this country, I can assert, withont the least fear of being mistaken, that no earthly power will ever restore them to political Iife in Mexico, and that they have both disappeared forever, “unwept, unhonored and unsung.” Peace Comonfort has proved the danger of to their ash s placing political imbecility in power, and Santa Anna is » crippled demonstration of the immense harm that can in society, morally and politically, when a robber and a tyrant is placed at the head of a nation’s affairs. Military operations here continue as if the cam- paign was about to commence.and if we had arms enough it would not be difficult to o1 ten thousand men within the next fifteen days. The five thousand men and twenty-two pieces of artillery, now in the neighborhood of San Luis, are for the present considered sufficient to keep all the Span- iards, the clergy and the military in the country busy enough, and the triumph of the constitutional cause we consider as a mere question of time. As yet no day has been designated for attacking San Luis, as no attempt will be made without the certainty of capturing it. The capture of that im- portant plice will in all probability virtually decide the struggle. The enemy will certainly try to hold it if possible; but if ever the place is attacked by the ay of the north, its capture will certainly be the result Monterey, Mexico, June 2, 1858. Important Military Movements—Capture of San Juan dei Los Lagos by Vidauri’s Troops—Osol- dos’ Arrival at San Luis Potosi—Efforts of the Zuloaga Government to Crush the Northern Con- Sstitutionalists—The Great Struggle with the Clergy, &¢., Fe. On the 22d of last month a force of some 1,500 riflemen and a battery of six pieces were detached from the Army of the North to form a junction with Don Santos Degollado, who, as Commander-in-Chief of all the constitutional forces in the republic, was advancing on the city of Guadalajara, which impor. tant place is held by some 1,500 or 2,000 men under Blancarte, a geveral by profession and a hatter by trade, assisted by Gen. Casanova, who is one of Santa Anna’s bastard sons, and the same fellow who in January, 1853, 80 basely murdered the patriotic Rufino Rodriguez in Tampico. The riflemen reached the city of San Juan de los Lagos on the 27th, and finding it occupied by some six hundred men under the command of the noto- rious priest, Santillana, immediately attacked it,and in less than two hours routed the enemy, capturing the warrior priest, one hundred of his men, one piece of artillery, and some $50,000 that had been depo- sited in the church for better security. Col. Zaazna, commanding the Army of the North, on receiving the report of the action, immediately ordered Col. Blanco to execute the priest Santillana and the others who figured as leaders of the forces dispersed. The ue- cessity of punishing with death so many criminals in high places is commencing to be appreciated by such Mexicans as sincerely desire the welfare of their country. On the 25th of last month, also, some 2,000 men under General Miramon came out of San Luis to meet their Commander-in chief, Osollos, who was advancing to reinforce the threatened city with some 1,500 or 1800 men. They formed a junction, and entered San Luis,which place they now hold with over 6,000 men and thirty odd pieces of artillery. This man Osollos is their big gun, and the Zuloaga govern- ment pretends that he will be able to defeat and dis- perse the forces from this State in the neighborhood to San Lals. He may possibly have nerve enough to try it, and imagine that his numerical superiority and the advantage of artillery will give him the victory. To cope with him and his ten or a dozen nerals we have some thirty-five handred men and fourteen pieces of artillery under the command of one Colonel in. Chief, assisted by Fagin colonels. military, the priests an i con- sider the destruction of the frontier forces of such consequence that they have abandoned Guadala jara to its fate, as Miramon did Zacatecas, and if they were to succeed in giving oor forces a serious blow, they would proclaim a new programme with Osollos a8 President and Miramon as Commander-in- Chief. It is now well known that all that keeps the more Zalouga in the presidency of the oky of xico, is the fact of their being threatened by one common danger, and that death awaits them if they are detested and captured. Common danger and the cohesive power of plunder, are what, for the present, keep together this criminal combination of leeches and vampires. The f&te of Guadalajara has certainly been decided by this time, and in a day or two we may possibly receive the pews of its capture. If, as believed, such has been the case, Degollado will then have over 6,000 men with which to operate on San Luis or the city of Mexico. As to General Alvarez’s move- ments, nothing is positively known farther than that they threatened Mexico, aud that his son, Don Diego, has established his headquarters at Cuerna- vaca, which is some forty-eight miles from the | capita: feare hourly looking for an express from the | Chihuahua forces, that some days ago were advauc- | i ity of Durango, which place is the only | hands of the reactionary party in that sec- f country. Should Durango be captured, the forces from Chihuahuas will advance and unite with the Army of the North, in order to continue ope. rations in the interior. Gov. Vidaurri has reliable information that Osollos is fully authorized to treat, and grant whatever be may exact for this section of the cuuntry, provided, of ; course, that be will withdraw his forces from the in- { terior. No attention whatever will be paid to them, | Say that M, Gal . been . yet we, im the federal city, know nota bos Silence and are the or- der of the day. The government is continually receiving expresses, but suffers nothing to trans- ire. } There is no news from the State of Vera Cruz. The siege of Perote does not seem to be much ad- vanced, and the insurrection of the troops at J — to bys on disaffection penne even the army of the Zuloaga government. The bor phir ina ‘the day is the forced loan. Most of the foreigners protested energetically against this tyrannical imposition, but I am to briac, the French Minister in Mexico, coustitutes a marked exception to the rule. This sopapalar representative, who seems the sworn friend of the present usurping government, not only declined signing the wn up by Mr. For- th and the British Minister, but step used au his influence to persuade all the French ts 1a Mexico to pay the tx. 1 Was Semen rors imately of Mexico withdrew their opposition to this loan, rest assured they would be ulti ruined by renewed exactions. ‘The Frenchmen here un- derstand this well enough, and accord- ingly, in spite of the treachery of Count Gubriac, they assembled and resolved peremp- torily to rel payment of the contribution until compeled by main force todo. In this deter- mination they were seconded b: » Ger- mans, . Swiss, Belgians, and even a goodly brag trai In the — of this systematic opposition, the government issued orders to seize the goods in the stores of the recusants, but the latter having declared that they would yield to military force alone, detachments of troops were sent to the various stores while the merchandise of the owners was being coolly seized and carried off. On the 17th the government passed a decree of ban- ishment against every foreigner who refused to per- mit his goods to be seized without the display of military force. The order of expulsion requires them to leave Mexico within three days, and to em- bark at Tampico. Mr. Forsyth and Mr. Otway have, it is said, protested against this unjust and ar- bitrary measure. The fermer has nobly by the interests of his country. His firmneas and bold- ness have élicited the warmest admiration of the foreign residents here, and were it ps of PI them—eg] ly the French— them- selves under his protection. You are ps aware that the French journal— the T'rait d’ Union—was suspended at the request of M. Gabriac, because the editor of that sheet had the courage to defend the interests of 5,000 Frenchmen, and to censure the conduct of the Minister. The death of the Traztd’Union was followed by the birth of the Courier Francais—an excelleat sheet— but having ree an imprudent Sig eer this journal has likewise been suspended. Finally, a Louisianian—Mr. Jules Caire,of your city—started a third paper, with the title of Les Duex Mondes. Hardly had the first number apoered ere it was suppressed by the authorities. Mr. Caire, however, more fortunate than his predecessors, appealed as an American to Mr. Forsyth, and through his influ- ence the order of suspension was annulled. We learn from San Luis Potosi that Gen. Othon has carried the system of extortion to a frightful extent. First, he im) a forced loan, then came the heavy contribution upon capital, and fiaally Miramon, needing money to pay his troops, declared a third loan. The foreigners refused to submit to these exactions, and Miramon, enraged at their ob- stinacy, committed an infamous outrage. He caused Mr. Davis—a hig'ily respectable English merchant— to be seized, dressed in a uniform, and carried him off with his troops in spite of the energetic protest of the British Consul. After humiliating Mr. Davis by a compulsory march of five or six miles, Miramon consented to allow him to return to San Luis. On hearing the facts, Mr. Otway addressed a note to the government. No reply has been made. The Cabinet is again in hot water, and its dissolu- tion is daily looked for. MR. PORSYTH’S POSITION IN MEXICO. {From the Washington Union, Jaiy 3 } The Mobile Register discredits the reliability of the despatch received b; telegraph, to the effect that os Minister in Lyons iad te opted and received is it understan patch to signify “that Me Forsyth had demanded rts for the American citizens resident in Mexico, who had resolved to leave the rather than submit to the forced contribution. It can be pos- sible that. Mr. Forsyth has demanded his own pass- rts. That would be a measure cont to * if not unwarranted by the daty or authority of a minister. The gop and the are, that a minis- ter shall await the instructions of his government before demanding his It is it and customary for him, in such cases as his bs arm require extreme action on his part, to st mi u primp Beh accredited ve ED - aes oa ers of own government ve think it bighly pegbahie, Jedging, by an intimation to that effect in the subjoined letter which we re- ceived by the mail arrived, that this measure has been taken by Mr. Forsyth. It will be that our correspondence is to the latest that could be received from the city of Mexico, at by the ph. The express which brought t! corres] ice for the Tennessee, which left Vera Cruz on the morning of the 21st, had to leave the capital on the 19th, nearly two days being required always for the express between the points.” [From the Ba'timore Sap, July 3.) Wasmrxeron, July 2, 1858. The rumor that Mr. Forsyth, our rin Mex: ico, had demanded and received his on ac- count of the levying of the forced loan, is not con- firmed, h it is not improbable that this will be the result. Mobile tee ——. the re- port to mean that the Minister demanded passports for American citizens who had been subjected to Mexican oppression. It publishes a very interesting letter, however, dated Mexico, Ma 15, which was no doubt from Mr. F hhimnsell, which :—The suspension of all inter- course with the Mexican government will be the probable conseq uences. Shona oe lin bow a Bans Be ut tem; power, a treat; between 1 him phn the United overnment will, no doubt, be concluded, whereby @ farwe cession of territory will be made to the Uni States, in consideration of the release of Mexieo from all claims of American citizens, and the pay- = wd afew Foghat ag geod a in an- ticipation of possession wer, sent a muiieter to this government, with? fall powers and instructions to negotiate a treaty upon any terms, providing only that he shall receive a sum of money, wherewith he may for a while his government. bag | from the RioGrande and Northern Mexico je Victories of the Liberals—Vi- daurrt seeks « Loan. [From the New Orleans Delta, June 265 | hy wre received files of the Brownsville Flag to the 21th ult. ° ‘The seat of government of the State of Tamaunli- pas has beeu removed from Victoria to Matamoras. ‘The Monterey Official Bulletin of the 29th pub- lishes the news of another gained by the constitutionalists over their enemies. The fight oc- curred at San Juan de jos Lagos, and is said to have lasted three hours, when General Blanco found him- self master of the field, with some one handred —- with the cquipage of the enemy. General Blanco, it ix said, ac as | rough orders of his supe- rior, had shot all the chiefs, among whom were San. tanilla and @ reverend priest of the church. The ey papers from Montgomery to the 12th instant. Boletin Oficial of that date contains engthy circular from Gov. Vidaurri to the capi talists of the State, informing them that his dearest asthe patriot Vidaurri is fully resolved that the question shall be now decided forever, whether the | ople or the clergy and the military are to govern | ie country. The sooner this is kiiown the better | it will be for all parties. The constitutional party asks no quarters, and will certainly give mone as | respects the generals and other leaders of Zuloaga's 80 called government. Should Zaloaga’s armed minions carry out their threats and shoet any one belonging to the constitu tional party, the heads of General Nava, and forty- four other officers now in Governor Vidaurri's hands, will be the forfeit. These men are all here | duly guerded, and the reactionary xz, has been distinctly informed as to their fate if they continue outing unarmed men simply because they are be opposed to the clergy and the ‘mili- ‘The next express from headquarters will certainly pring intelliucnce of moment, and without the loss f time I will endeavor to communicate the same | you Newspaper Accouots. | Correspondence of the New Orleans Tse } Maxico, June 19, 1858. Siege of Guadalajara—Hiness of General Uxolloe — | Movements of General Miramon—The Forced Loan— Newspapers Suppressed — Outrages at San | Luis Potosi, &. | You will perceive by the papers that for the lad cight of ten days Guadalajara hae been besieged by the combined forces of Santos Degollado, General in-chief of the Jnarez government, and Blanco, ome of Vidaurris lieutenants. The place is defended by Generals Casanova, Yanez, Blancarte and Cardena. | ‘The besiegers at the last accounts had got possession | of the important point known as the Hdifice of San | Francisco, but nothing farther i known of the pro- | grea of the siege. Onollos having fallen dangerously fil of a brata fever at San Unis Potosi, Gen. Miramon is the only commander. He has left San Lais at the head of 5,000 men, evidently with a view of succoring Gua dolajara, bot it is impossible that Zaazaa wil! suffer him to pass, and « decisive action between the two mies consequently cagerted. Janna is a fine t.tician and provided weil disciplined troops ™ voung and teeve, but headstrong and ttitmk be will be defeated by his ry. The battle may already bare | desire has ever been to see efficient arms in the hands of its citizens, that they might be thas prepared to repel a foreign foe, chastive their savage enemies or meet a domestic difficalty. He tells them that in keeping with this wish he bad negotiated for, and had now in Brownsville, arms and ammunition amounting in value to $100,000; but before he could bring these arms out of a foreign country it was necessary that the holder should be guaranteed for | their payment. To do this was the object of his circular. He ad- dressed it to varibus of the wealthy citizens, asking from them a loan in accordance with their means, on six months’ time, for the purpose of paying for these ai The letters seem to have had the desired effect, as all the addressed ded that the money shail be forthcoming. The « Jitor of the Bole- tm publishes the letters of many of the gentlemen responding to this call.and gives a list of others who patriotically came forward without personal invi tion. The greatest promptitade seems to be mani- fested by the pose of his State, and there is little doubt but that the money will be forthcoming. The following isa part of the material to which Governor Vidaurri refers. It will be seen that it is of the best quality, selected with great care, and that, in the hands of such men as @hose of the fron- tier have proved themselves to be, is like to be very efficient: — One six-pound battery, complete, consisting of four six-pounder brass guns, three twelve-poand howitzers, 4x gun carriages, six caissons, one bat- tery wagon, ore travelling forge, fourteen limbers, six extra wheels, nine boxes harness, nine boxes im- plements, forty-nine boxes muskets, 153 boxes fixed ammunition, seven barrels db, eight boxes iron shot, ten barrels do., one box fases, 250 kegs of powder, 148 cartridges, one box muskets, one do. cannon caps, one do. spare parts for Sharp's rifles, four do. swords and collec, one do. pi holsters, two do, carbine stings, one do pistol balls, one do flasks and capa, one do. Sharp's carbines, one do. haversacks, ome, do. ball moulds, and one box gatta percha packets, This woukl seem to be sufficient to fit oat and put in the field quite an f three important arms— mer cavalry and infantry. Bat we are assured UHRA it is only a part of that expected. An express had arsived at Mata: from Mon- terey. It brought letters stating that Colonel Zonzea was progressing flaely, aad all things were NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 5, 1858. favorable to the cause of the literals. A rumor has it the Zuloaga faction have made overtures for Governor Garza and staff arrived in Matamoros on the 18th inst. His arrival was welcomed by salvos id pone manifestations of joy. Him- of. an self and other aids are busil; mgngre 5 be ii for an active campaign agataat the . Taman. lipas has already a army in the field under General Carvajal, Cols. Capistran and Garcia, and ere the month is out there is every reason to be- lieve this force will be more than doutled. The Flag says :—We have just seen a letter Monterey, which states that the consulate at that im- it place had been closed since February last. Consul, Mr. Walsh, has been absent since that time, leaving the archives of that office in the keep- ing of a British subject. Our Pennsylvania Correspondence. Easton, Pa., July 2, 1853. Trip to Easton—Andrew H. Reeder's and Kansas Grievances—The Law Courts and Porular Amusements—Independence Day to be a Great ings—Prospects Ahead, §c. Thave resolved during these sultry days to com- municate with you, and detail the events observed by a wanderer. The pine clad summits of the Key- stone State, located in the counties of Carton and Northampton, oft have I clambered; along the pebbled banks of the rippling Lehigh stresm hours have I wiled away angling for the finny tribe; the balmy atmosphere of Lehigh valley have I inhaled during “spring's roseate morn, sweet summer's evehing hue, still autumn’s noon.” Few are the hotels in the above region at whose festive boards I have not feasted, at whose bar I have not sipped the mountain dew, and in whose halls, with boon com- panions, I have not been reminded of fleeting mo- ments, and oft startled by the melodious strains of the robin, welcoming the approach of morn, fear- lessly piping his notes in honor of Him who walked with Daniel, also to gladden the hearts of those who, implement in hand, sought the subterranean passage to disembowel the wealth of Carbon, or, axe in hand, entered the sylvan bowers of old Northamp- ton, to fell the oak which had braved the storms of sixty winters. The Washington Hotel, unexcelled for ventilation and cleanliness, entices the daughters and sons of our land to tarry, # not for LP oes certainly during the sultry days of summer, and there eat, drink and be merry. ‘Astrew H. Reeder, Stringfeliow’s vanquished champion, whose speedy nocturnal retreat, habited in the outer garments of some aged dame,and whose person doubly secured in a score of furs, which in by-gone days shielded the same nuniber of roving buffaloes from the severity of a Recky Mountain winter, with a kK of political followers, convened at the Court House an evening of last week, and amused the intelligent portion of the inhabitants of the town with the same sifly song, hypocriti- cal Kansas weeping and wailing address so genial to the flighty imagination of the self- esteemed orator. In my humble opinion the philan- thropic institution created by a wise Legislature, entitled a “State Lunatic Asylum,” located at Har- pen Pa., would be a suitable domicil for such chameleon minded persons. Six rovers of the briny deep—sons of Neptune— visited the town, and ina skiff, he light of the “lady of the night,” treated the citizens to a scientific display of feathering the oar, much to the edification of the many lookers on. A special court was held last week; nothing of im- portance transpired. Great preparations are being made to celebrate the ensuing Fourth of July ina gorgeous manner, and quite a commotion be expected. The Delaware division ot the Pennsylvania canal is not doing within fifty per cent the business it transacted this time last year, owing to the large amount of coal on the Lehigh Valley, North Pennsylvania and New Jersey Central Rail- Commercial and mechanical affairs are in a torpid, stagnant condition ; no better times. Easton contains it 12,400 inbabitants; buildin; number about 4 000, brick. The only edifices worthy of are :— Ist. The Court House,erected in days of yore (1752), located at the intersection of ‘Third ‘and Northampton streets, in the only public square of which the borough can boast. 2d. Lafayette College, not so world-renowned as Harvard, Yale, et a! (merit is not ofttimes rewarded is constructed of brick, built on an elevated | aap called Lafayette Hill, commanding a view of surrounding country for miles. The beautiful water and mountain scenery there displayed the best pair of optics cannot scan in a day. One can enjoy said feast only by ascending two hundred and twen- | ty-five feet of stairway. | $d. Odd Fellows’ Hall, at the corner of Third and | Ferry streets. a large, magnificent structure, sixty | by one hundred feet, style Gothic. For durability, | splendor and value it is the mansion of the town. Pecuniary difficulties—“ want, the harsh, hoary bel- dame "—deprived the society of their idol, and Theodore R. Sitgreaves, Esq., purchased the same ; and allow me to say that he is one of the most en- terprising men to be found within a mile of the neighborhood where the meandering Lehigh mingles its waters with the more majestic Delaware. Twelve capacious buildings belon; to different religious denominations, for the adoration of Him | who registers the fall of the swallow, this town cont Easton, from ita ‘ical position and wealth, | (for fortune has lavished her favors on some six pense Eastonians,) mre it water power, and enjoying every trad or ca- nal, direct to cities of Y amd Brotherly Love, its commercial standing, its reputation as a Se ret, should be ter than any in- terior town of Pennsylvania; but those who possess the wealth (exceptions few), are penurious, cautious, non- speculative, and do not belong to that gowhead, far-seeing portion of the communi 1A ae follow the path, the plans, the rules and regulations pur- dsires. Should an agricultural implement of modern discovery and great utility be displayed for their serious delibera- tion, or an improvement ina flour mill, decidedly beneficial, be offered for sale, the reply would be, “It is good for nanght; my father had it not; unknown to my : it is useless to me.” Easton reside many honest, highly esteemed, talent- ed and devoted citizens—men “whose rts are a in the correct 5] ‘men whom God has en- wed with gigantic intellectual faculties, matured by a collegiate education and experience—men com- petent of performing the rhost ardaous mental and physical tasks, creditable to their country, their aa- sociates and themselves. The mountain scenery that surrounds Easton having been neyo by others possessing masterly minds, it would be the best evidence of my arrogance to attempt it. Mvaper on Boanp a Scnooxer.The Holmes’ Hele correspondent of the Boston Courier siys:— The schooner Cameo arrived in charge of Mr. Davis, a Vineyard pilot, he having boarded her to-day at 12 M., at the mouth of the Vineyard Sound, with colors flying in distress, the stat that there had been an attempt at mutiny, in which he had killed the mate and wounded two men. Capt. Estabrook reports on arriving here that the mate had previous- ly threatened to kill bim, and on the morning of the him say to the men at the forecastle Who be headsman’” and imme came aft and went into the cabin. The cap- tain followed, knocking down the man at the wheel and the cook on his way, and found the mate armed with two pistols and one bowie knife. The mate soapping ove of the pistols at him, he (Capt. Esta- brook) struck the mate in self defence. The crew stated that the captain was kind to them during the voyage; that there was no attempt at mutiny, and that the mate did not arm himself until after the two men had been knocked down and an attempt had been made on the third mate without effect, and that after the encounter with the mate he gave up charge of the scooner and staid in the cabin most of the day. Capt. Estabrook and crew were arrest- ed soon after arrival by Constable Hursel, and Depu- ty Inspector North took charge of the schooner to await orders from Boston. at Estabrook gave the name of the mate as Charles Miller, of Manches- ter, N. Tl, aged 28 years. Capt. EB. first attacked Thompson, who was at the wheel, with the frag ment of a jibboom, and also the cook, Laramier. He then cut the deep sea lead from the line, carried it into the cabin, and there dashed out the brains of the mate it. Estabrook belongs to Sedgwick, Maine. Saurwesr or Vaortasies ¥row Noavoux.—The operations in this line have reached the enormous amount of cight thousand five hundred barrels since yesterday afternoon, Caledonia. bound to New York » 1,000 North Carolina,“ Baltimore 1,500 Louisiana, Baltimore -.. 1500 Jamestown, “New York.... . 3500 Pennsylvania, “ Philadelphia... 1,000 Total. 8,500 This track will average three dollars per barrel, and foote up to the ane sum of twenty-five thousand five hundred worth of vegetables in two days. The Richmond steamer will take on two or three hundred barrels this evening, and no doubt the amount will be greatly augmented the latter part of this week, in view of the tremendous influx of strangers which must follow the demon- strations of next Monday. The above figures will give our distant ra some idea of the immense trucking interests of this place and et the immense amount of money in d in this one beanch of husiness.— Vorfolk Day Book, June #0 to San Francisco—Tho Quaker City Sought and Centzacts Made—Worsmen and River Steamers to be Sent Down—The New Route from New York to Now Osleans and Its Paci- flo Counections—Letter from Miaatitlan— State and Prospects of the Tehuantepec Isth- mus, d&e.. de. ‘We published some weeks since the fact that the government had made a contract with the Tehuan- tepec Company for the transportation of a mati! to San Francisco by the isthmus of Tehuantepec. We also announced the fact that Mr. La Sere, the Presi- dent of the Company, Senator Benjamin, and other parties connected with that Transit route, had come to New York for the purpose of making the final arrangements for opening that route at an early day. We now learn that they have completed their labors in this city, having accomplished the following ob- jects: Wn. H. Sidel, Esq., of New York, has been engaged as chief engineer of the company, and will enter at once upon the discharge of his duties. ‘The well known steamship Quaker City has been purchased for the route between New Orleans and Minatitlan, and will be put upon the route at once, under her old commander, Captain Shufeldt. She will leave New Orleans on her first trip on the Ist of Octeber next. ‘The bark Rapid has been chartered and will leave bere for Minatitlan on the 8th inst., with a body of officers and 200 laborers, to reinforce the party al- ready on the Isthmus. An iron steamer of light draft will be finished by the middle of September, for the navigation of the Coatzacoalcos river, and sent down at once to take the place of the wooden steamer now there. Orders have been given to build a large and com- modious pier at Ventosa Bay, which will be finished in time to afford a safe landing for passengers in any weather. It bas already been announced that a contract has been made with the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- pany for the conveyance of passengers, mails and freight from Ventosa Bay to San Francisco. The company is now advertising for proposals from stage contractors for putting on the rolling stock from Suchil to Ventosa, a distance of 117 miles. There is reason now to suppose that this route to California will be in operation before the close of the year. N&W ROUTE FROM NSW YORK TO NEW OREBANS AND CALIFORNIA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. We have been for some years using an amphibious line of rivers and rail cars between this city and New Orleans. It bas been chiefly dedicated to the welfare of omnibus men and one horee hotels, and tothe disappointment of these who, like ourselves, rely upon the regular mails We have, besides, an enterprising proposition to open » route along the coast—one across the Isthmus of Florida— from interests from which we avticipated much advantage; but whilst the public was looking to these routes for the salutary competition essential to its comfort, the fogics of the “‘pony express” era at Washington were startled by the arrival of = committee ‘of railroad officers from the southwest, who brought the New Orleans mail through in four days and some hours. This ocvasioned @ general rubbing of spectacles and poring over maps; but the fact was verified that a new route had been opened from Washingion via Kuoxville to Now Orleans; aod with the authorities of these roads the Post- master Gencral immediately made a contract for the trans- portation of a mail from New York to Sew Orleans in four cays and six hours, with an engagement upon their part to reduce the time fcr performing the same service, after July 1, 1869, to three days and a naif. review of this route will show that this time can be readily made, and that it is even susceptible of material reduction: — DISTANCE FROM NEW YORK TO NEW ORLEANS BY THR SOUTH- ‘WESTERN NATIONAL ROUTE, Fast Nashville and Chatanoogs to Stovenson.. Memphis and Charleston Railroad to junci‘on . Mississippi Central (incomplete, ‘New Or! and Jacksou..... Total. ..seeee Time bet July, 1859 Tole road made and stocked throughout. It is heavily ironed aud capable of performing Orst class mail service. Its caloulations are based upon a report of the Pommenter Ganesan SESS, wean the most eligible route for a postal road between Wesbington and New Orleans. It bas happened that the present road is in grea: part lo- cated upon the preferred survey made by tho highest scientific authorities of that day, and recommended in the referred. The work, which was estimated to cost the federal government four Vons, bes been executed by private enterprize at a charge of some tweaty or twenty dive millions. aod the mali time ppt nrer beers ny in 1526 as thirteen days, ween York aud New Orleans after lst ee is five mil- with New Orleans, we learn that a contract bas been made with E. Lasere, Faq , President of the Tehusptepec “transportation Company, for the “ of the Califorsia mail from New Orleans. by way of Tehuantepec, to a connec tion with the coast mal time proposed to be maiie under this contract is as fol lows — Miles. Hours. From New Orleans to Minatitlar, oa the Com- a“ oI a “ 163 a2 pon the priacipal sec- wo sbail bave a mail commutic ation of cisco. The of the imperfect sections of the route, with 0 ales of vaeend across Tehuantepec, wi! retoce tho more unt] the mail communication be- tween New York and California may be eilected in about fourteen days. This will answer until the Pacific Raliroad shall bring \t down to as short a time as 2 ps wader the pre enterprise. from the opening of this additional way of communication the happiest eflsct upon the omfortand eco. nomy of our intercourse with Callfornia, and we hope for some abatement of the rancor with which the fransit wars have hitherto been waged, when it shall be made manifest that the American peopie do not belong !a mono poly It hat the to any of them. seem to the narrow minded and short s\zhted Yo beat down any of the monopolies which eajoy at Re ae none between the city of New York and Oalifornia will affect the ity of New in which New York is eo deeply interested, Under ‘the in! of a salutary competition of routes thousants will dig gold aud cultivate Southern stapies, who wo Dave been heretofore deterred from doing so by the dan gers and Ors of the journey. The whole continent is ‘at work for New York, and whether the money expended in the Transit and commercial intercourse shall be re celved by one or distributed amongst many ‘nterior interests, they will alike redound to the advance. ment of her wealth and graodeur. ‘We bail, therefore, the coming competition amongst the continental and oceanic routes to the laciic, @ad the oon frequent reductions of time, fares, freight and mail pay, ar promotive in a bigh degree of the general interests of the republic, and the particuiar laterests of its chief cities. LETTER FROM THR ISTHMUS. To THE EDITOR OF THK HERALD Mesatitias, leraxcs ov Teer asterec, Jane 1, 1958, } ‘This Httle village waa thrown into a state of great ox citement a few days ago, by the arrival of the schooner Ohipola, having on board Messrs. York and Kendall, the Superintendents in-Chief of the works abontto be com- menced for the purpose of putting into a passable state the much talked of wagon road from Suchil to [4 Venstosa. At firet tbe impression prevailed that they came oat pre pared to carry on matiors and affairs in a manner propor tionate to the great interests at stake, and with money sufficient not only to pat on a heavy force of bands, but also to pay of! their ndebtedaess outstanding, Much eur prieo was expressed at their arriving a\ the commence ment of the rainy season. As the thing was mooted bere and there, tt was found ovt that all the mone: brought out was but four thousand dollars, some food, isions and a littie lumber. This put something of a upon all but those interested in real estate; and gradually all returned to the opinion they had expressed & thousand times, that the Louisiana Tehuantepec Com- y is & bard old company, and that under ite auspices @ road will never be bul! £ mn 5 “aesong te principal {may meuton the Among meu Semetot Wend and. Ausa—(Hr. Weist ie the mahogany merebant of Belize, ras)—Daniel Price, formeriy of the house of Manning & Mo{ntosh, © gentieman well ac quaigyes with the ad derived from momapolies , apd Jove Ca laure. latter gentienmo does the Te nanepey wot pee indian pee elon, ef ing to men Bttod out bythe merctants, The cutter is at the mercy of his merchant, s¢ are the planters of the South, for he bas to take + supplies at ine morokaut’s Drive. and 4 t peios for his i i. fa the cow ¢ 49,909 tous of eu J to tbe public lands this Isthmus and te of To. basco, after the manuer adopted for the survey of the public lands of the United States, for and in consideration of one-third of the ‘The work tag anil is Hoe | i i f cs fe i fe aT Be. aE 4 i P i HH g fi Hi g3 whic fe on the Pacific side; if they would consider that the difficulties in the construction of the road are great, and that to all this no corporate body in the United States can bring the money influence to bear to overcome that of the Papama route; if they would copsider that the mail now oes h from San Antonio, Toxas, to San Diego, Onli- ia, to twenty-three de: nd that the probabilities of ® railroad soon connecting St Louis and San Francisco are very great, thoy would abandon their hopes of masing large fortunes by future impositions on the travelliag public to and from California. Many think that in afew years the house of Jacker, Torre & Co. will find it to its interest to construct a road cross this Isthmus for the purptse of selliog thé pablic lands. Should that house ever take the matter in hand, it is more than probable that the work wil! be accom: plighed, but, doubtless, before that comes to pars the. lo- Ccomotive will travel daily between St. Louis and San Francisco. VOYAGEUR. Army Intelligence. GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 7. Wan Derantant, ADJUTANT GENKRAL'S OBFICE, Wasmixcrox, June 24, 1858, 1. The following act of Congress being of general interest to the military service, is published ofli- cially to the army:— AN AcT making 18 for the’support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred end fifty nine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United States of America, in Congress assem- bled, That the following sums be, and the same are here- be oerenne, out of any money in the freasury not otherwise appropriated, for the be he of the army for the year ending the 30th of June, 1250,— For 8 of recruiting, transportation of recruita, three months’ extra pay to non-commissioned officers musicians and privates oa re-eulistment, one hundred and | ten thousand dollars. For pay of the army, three million five hundred and aeeirene: thousand seven bundred and eighty-four aol- For commutation of officers’ subsistence, nine hundred and pinety-eight thousand four hundred aad thirty four dollar: cents: Provided, That tne superinten- itary Academy, while serving as such by appointment of the’ President, 'sha!l have the jocal rank, ‘the pay and allowances of a colonel or engineers; that the commandant of the corps of cadets at the Military Acacemy while serving as such by appointment of the President, Shall bave the local rank, the pay and allowances of a Lieutenant Colope! of Eogineers, and besides his other duties, shall be charged with the duty of instructor ia the tactics of the three arms at said academy; and that the senior assistant instructor !n each of the arms of service, viz ,of artillery, cavairy and infantry, shall severally receive the pay ana allowances of the assistant professor cf mathematics. For commutation of forage for oivers’ horses, one bun. dred and twenty-four thousand one hundrec and tweaty- be ns For payf@ents to discharged roldiors for clothing not drawn, fifty thousand Goliars. For payments in lieu of clothing for officers’ servanta, thirty gine thousand cig ht hundred and p! dollars. For cubsistence in kind, one million turee hundred and eighty thousand six hundred and dity two dollars aud maty five cents. For clothing for the army, camp and garrison equipage, one million and sixty-two thousand seven bundred ana two douars and ninety-nine cents. ‘For the regular supplies of the quartermaster’s a ot, consisting of fuel tor 2 en! men, guards, hoepitais, storehouses, and cMices; of forage im kind for the horses, mutes and oxen of the quartermaster’s department at the eeveral posts and stations, and with the armies im the herd; tor the horses of the two regiments of cragoons, the iment of mounted rifle. at the outposts, straw for soldiers’ company and other for discharged soldiers, blank forme tor the pay and quar. ted department orders, arty reguaons sod, fpora, and ) army an o ‘one million seven hundred aud forty five thousand dollars, For the incidental expenses of quartormaster's do- partment. consisting of postage on letters and packets re- ceived ana sent by the officers of the — iblie ser- ‘vice: expenutes of courts martial and courte of airy, ia cluding Ibe additional Lepe cem ron of judge aivocates, recorders, members aod witaeeses, while on that service, under the act of March sixteenth, eighteen bupdred and two: ex of the "a pay to solciers amployed under the direction ‘arte’ master’s department, in the erection of bar. quarters, storehouses apd bospitals: in the coa- struction of 10ads, and ou otber constant labor, for pe- riods of pot less than ten days, under the acts of March second, eighteen hundred and alneteen and August forrth, e@igbtcot buncred and Atty four, iacluding those employed as clerks at division ana department heacquarters, ex- penees of expreeses to and from the frenteir posts and ar- mies In the Gel; of escorts to paymasters and other dis- Dursing officers, and to trains, w! not be furnished; expense of the officers killed {n action, er who die when om duly ia the Geid, or Bi the posts on the frontiers,aad of non. comm'ssioned officers spo seldiers, authorized office furainere; hire of laborers in the quartermaster ’s department, compensation of forage aba Wagonmasters, authorized by the act of Jc y fifth, eighteen Bundred ead thirty eigot; sor the appreben. sion Of deserters, and the expenses incident to thetr purauit; the jollowieg €xponc Lures required for the two regiments Of dragoons, the two regiments of eavair, ounted riflemen, and toch companies be mounted, va —the purebese of he’ and sboring too 1 for shoe ‘able forges, perse ant mule shoes and g, dire of vetertuary sur- ® t horses aod miler, picket ropes, and aheelng the horses of those corps, huedred thousand dollers. For constructing parracks and other builtiogs at posts wer For the repatre of the barracks at Baton Rouge, Louis ata, the sum of twenty five thousand doliars, to be ex penced under the direction of the ecretary of War. For mileage or the allowance made to officers of the army for the travaportation of themselves and their bag. gage, When traveiling on duty without troops, eaco:ts or suppiles, one bundree and thirty thousand dotlars. ‘or transportation of the army, tncluding the baggage of the troops when moving either by tand or water, ef clothing, camp and garrison equipage the depot at Phi'adetpbia to the several poste and army 5 of horse equipments and of sudsistence from the places of parebaso aad from the places of delivery under contract, toruen places as the circumstances of service may requ m to be sent. of ordaance, ordnance stores, And emaltarme, from the foundries and armories, to the arsena's, fortifications, froptier posts, and army dey 4 freight», wharfage, tolls, and ferriages; for the purc’ and hire of horses, mules, and oxen, and the [ta ont repair of fe carts, drays, ships, and sea acing vesnels and boata required for the transportation of fupplier, and garrison purposes, rayage and cartage cathe severed poste; bireof teameters, {ramaportetion of funcs for the pay and other Saaeeaie onan the expense of ealliny on ious rivers, the gulf of Mexivo, and the Atlantic and Pacific and for procuring water at euch posts as from their situation require that it be brongbt from a distance; and for clear ing roads, and removing obstructions from roads, barbors. and rivers, t0 the extent which may be required for the actual operations of the on frontier, three mii. lion four bundred thousand dollars. For i ge li Lyd Ay the bang ‘iments of Lad os, wo cavalry, the ent Troued riflemen, and the companies of light Srullery, two hundred thousand dollars. For contingencies of the army, twenty five thousand For see of the adjutant geceral’s de. partment at vision’ and deparimead bead quarters, five For compensation of the clerk and mei io the office of the commanding general, two thousand doiars. For contingent expenses of the office of the commanding genera), three hunared dollaes é aa of fortifications, three hundred thousand "le ordnamos, ordnance stores, and supplies, ipeind horse equipmesta for the mouv&ated ragimente , two hundre aod fifty thovsand dollars. For the current expenses of the ordnance service, je Glutlog onpertmenty ia the manufacture of cactus amd cannon and for tests of arms and ammut pre for, one hundred and fifty th: For the purchase of ipowder for the land service, ove hundred thousand For the manufscture of arms at the national armories, a th ‘chai 6 of breech load: ‘bines of the be: ‘or the pure J car! ny model o be selecled and approved iy a board af ordnance cilcers, twenty-Gve thousand dollars. For the aiteration of old arms eo as to make them breech- loading arms upon # model to be selected aud Gauls. Provided. “tant any porn ma " ied, sum not exceeding five thousand may be expended under the cirection of the Seoretary. of War, and ‘at his diacretion, im applying to the old or new arms acy recent improvement tn the mode of primiag For the Alleghany arsenal, thirty-five thousand ene bundred dollars. For Fort Monroe arsenal, twenty-four thousaai nine buadred dollars, aD, Vor 8. Louis arsenal, thirty-one thousand dollars. For We x thousand three hundred and eeventy. doll North Carolina arsonal, twenty 0 For Watervicit arsenal, 3 For and vation of the pubis buildings, fences, drains, culverts, and so forth, at all the emalier | arsensis, twenty thousand doll fornia, one hundred thousana 5 For contingencies of arsenels, ten thousand dollars. For repairing the areenel and two eighteen pound gua coins) at Stonington, Connecticut, seven hunared aad oF rey and improvements hegre meek inery at armory, UB OLS, five thousand hundred and twenty seven dollars, For repairs and improvements and new machinery at "g Ferry, one bundred and one thousand tiae hundred and seven dollars. For surveys for military defences, geographical expio- rations, and reconpaiesances, for military purposes, and aurveys with armies in the field, ninety-five thousand For purchase and repairs of instruments, fifteen thow- For continuing the survey of the northern and north- western lakes, including Lake Superior, seventy five thou- sand dollars. For Lebcrg ogres of lake surveys, tea thousand dollars. ‘To enable the Sec of War to employ temporary clerka in the office the Quertermaster Geaerai, om bounty land service, five thousand collars. For the support of four companies of voiuateers mus- tered inte the service of the United Siates, at Camp Utah Territory, 2 October, November aad December, eighteen burdved and fifty seven, one hundred and seventy three thousenc four hundred aad sevoaty-eigat dollars and eighty cents. For continuing the construction of the following works of defence :— Fort at Hog Islaad ledge, in Portiand harbor, Maine, forty thousaud doliars. Fort Richmond, Staten Island, New York harbor, New York, seventy five thousand coilars. Fort Delaware, Delaware river, Delaware, seventy-five thousand dollars. Fort Carroll, Soller’s Point flats, Baltimore harbor, Mary - land, seventy five thousand dollars _ fa Taylor, Key West, Fiorida, seventy-five thousand joliars. Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Tortugas, Florida, one hua- drea end fifty thousand dollars Fort Point, San Fraveis;0, California, one hundred and twelve (hourand five hundred doilars. For coatingen! expenses o! fortifications, preservation of sites. protection of tities and repairs of sudden damage, thirty thouraud dollars. For copatruction ef permanent platforms for modera cannon of large calibre in existing fortifications of im- portant herbere, thirty thousand <ollara, For the payment of claims favorably reported upon by the board of army cfficers (#ppointed under the sixth ses- tion of the act approved August thirty first, eighteen hun- dred and Bfty-two) ia their foal report to Coogress dated ‘April Diueteenth, eighteen: hundred and fifty-five, seven thousand eight buadred and seventy-two d: and fifty. two and ope- third cents. For the construction of bridges and the improvement of the crorsipgs of streams on the road from Fort Smith, in Arkansas, to Albuquerque, in New Mexico, ifty tuou- gapd collars; and tha: the rum of one hundred thousaod dol'ars be, and ‘s hereby appropriated, out of any moacy in the treasury not otber wise appropriated, to be expended in completing connected sections of the road extending from Albuquerque, in the Territory of New Mexico, west- ‘wari, on the route to the Colorado river,on or near the thirty ith parallel of porth latitude. ett 2. ‘And ae further enacted, Taat the balances ‘rom the appropriations ‘preventing and suppressing Indien hostilities, and for travelling allowance of volunm- ers " already expended in the payment of Fioride volua- teers called into service by authority of the War we ment, may be applied by the accounting officers of the treasury to the settlement of the accounts of paymasters: by wbom anid balances were disbursed. Sec. 8, And be it furtber evacted, That it shall be law- ful for apy commissioued officer of the army to administer the presci'bed oath of enlistment to recruits, provided the services of a civil magistrate authorized to tdmizister the same cannot be obtained. ‘appropriated, for prepariag the drawings of the saili cbarts cf tho Bebring’s Strait and Nortn Pacific ores a meen eee ——— and direction 0 Secretary Savy, but not for printing the same, six thousand seven bundred dollars. be Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, [nat the eleventh sec tion of the act of third March, eighteen bundred ana forty soven, entitled “ An act making provision tor an ad ditional number of general officers and for other pur- poees,”’ which deprives sutiers in the army of their right 40 a lien upon auy part of the pay of the soldiers, or to ap- pees 28 SS 8 Eee O cecutra on oul from the payrmaster, 6 And be it further enacted, ped ed laws which authorize the sale of miliary siter, Ww) may = ‘be, and the same are hereby repealed, and 43 sbail not be subject to sale or pre-emption under the United States, provided, further, of the act of August oig' . any of the laws tha: the i Il. In addition to the bounties to be paid for en- listment under paragraph 1,192 general 4 be ae have been authorized by the Secretary of War:— For enietmenta mado at or near Fort Gibson, O.N,,,, 829 Do. do. Fort Perce, NT 3 Do. do. Fort Buchanan, Tusson, NM. 117 Ill. Por officers of ordnance, the gold cord di- rected by “general order” No. 3, of March 24, 1868, from the War Department, to be worn upon tie trousers by officers of the general staff and staff corps, will be dispensed with. he trimmings for the hat prescribed by the same order for officers of dragoons will hereafter he worn by officers of cavalry, except that, for the latter, the number of the regiment will be in the lower angle of the embroidered sabres. IV. The new recently established near Fort Massachusetts, New Mexico, will hereatter be known as Fort Garland. V. Fort Arbuckle is announced asa chaplain post, in lieu of Fort Gibson. By order of the Secretary of War. E. D. TOWNSEND, Aass't.Ad. Gea. A Chapter of Horrors. JEALOUSY AND MURDER IN VIRGINIA. The Petersburg (Va.) Lapress of the 28th ult. says:— A most deliberate case of homicide occurred near pve A Court Houve on Saturday morning about eight o'clock. A gentleman who arrived here by Lge | evening's Southside train furnishes us wit the particulars. The parties to the affair were John Farley, a wheelwright by trade, a citizen and a member of the Methodist church, and Samuel G.M a resident in the vicinity. A ‘sonal ani ity existed between them for about six months, growing out of a suspicion on the part of Morgan that Farley had been on improper terms of intimacy with his wife, which, it is said, was wholly unfounded; but such was the belief of Morgan that his suspicions were true, that he made repeated avowals that he would take his life. On various oc- casions he had repaired, armed with pistols, to Far. ley’s shop, before which he would stand and abuse him with the most violent and indecent lan, > and exert every means in his power to se e him into a fight, all of which Farley bore without an offer of resentment. Morgan, however, continued to make threats, and in such a manner as to leave no doubt on F.’s_ mind that he intended to kill him at all hazards. He at length procured a double-barreled gan, and kept it y im at his shop, in expectation of It. Im the meantime Morgan rated from his wife. Four months now elapsed, during which the threats were continued at intervals. On Satarday morning ae was in his shop as usdal, and on i H ping casually to bee Tore ponte ~+4 y » who i his aan, Wh re he had concealed a five shooter and a single-barreled rifle pistol, and dra the former out aimed it at his breast. Fees ey ran back into the shop, seized his gun, ant Ming it at Morgan's breast, fired, the contents entering near the contre of the breast and piercing the heart, and as he fell Farley fired the second barrel, the con- ents of which entered the head about the @ar, kill- ing him instantly. Farley then proceeded before Richard J. meer. Feq,., a magistrate for the county, related the cir- cumstances, and submitted f to custody, when a jury of inquest was empannelled, the case thoroughly examined, and the prisoner discharged, it being the opinion of the jury that the act was committed in self-defence, with which the general impression agress. Carno Arter THE Froo, A corre dent, writing Cairo, says: —The citizens of Osiro are busify in removing the slimy deposit from their houses. There are four hundred and fifty-one distinct and distinguishable stinks in the town, and several wards yet to hear from. “The offence. (iveness) of Cairo is rank and smells to heaven.” Myriagls of musquitoes, of the largest known breed, and ravenoss beyond precedent, the air, and are ready to commence their bloody work { ‘