The New York Herald Newspaper, July 6, 1858, Page 2

2 magnitude of the game that is being played; and if, 4s Dot one here believes, the clergy and the military ‘Were to triumph completely in the interior of the country, the republic would cease to exist in its present territorial divisions. 1 could state many things to convince you of this; but as we have ut- bounded faith in the cause of the people, the main object is to accomplish some positive good by de- Stroying the infiuence 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 defeated, and everything that is being done is for the purpose of capturing the city of Mexico. and holding it until all expenses incurred by this Stete are paid. The intention is to oc- cnpy that modern Babylon, to humble and chastise it, to remove the capital from that cave of thieves and courtezans, and secure the count against ail future revolutions. To secure this it matters not 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 country. 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 caunot avy longer kick up a muss with impunity. ‘The flual 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 rove to the world how much good can be effected by one single man when he is sincerely actuated by honesty of purpose and be gre 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 demonstrate their political insignificance in this country, I can assert, without the least fear of being mistaken, that no earthly power will ever restore them to. political life in Mexico, and that they have both disappeared forever, “unwept, unhonored and unsung.” Peace to their ashes. Comonfort has proved the danger of placing political imbecility in power, and ta, Anna is a crippled demonstration of the immense harm that can be eftected 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 organize 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 resent considered sufficient to keep all the Span- rds, 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 piace 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 army of the north, its capture will certainly be the result Monrrary, Mexico, June 2, 1858. Important Military Movements—Capture of San Juan de! Los Lagos by Vidauri’s Troops—Osol- rrival at San Luis Potosi—Efforts of the Zuloaga Government to Crush the Northern Con- stitutionalists—The Great Struggle with the Clergy, &¢., &c. On the 22d ef last month a force of some 1,500 riflemen und 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 | mination they | been, fought, yet we, in the federal city, know nothin; it. ee myste! der of the day. The pote Fey § continaally | receiving expresses, but suffers nothing to trans- ‘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 Jala, | aows to wae sees disaffection proeees even in | army of the Zuloaga government. |. The great question of fhe day is the forced loan, Most of the foreigners protested energetically against this tyrannical imposition, but I am sorry to say that M. Gabriac, the French Minister in Mexico, | constitutes a marked exception to the rule. This | unpopular representative, who seems the sworn | friend of the present usurping vernment, not only | declined signing the prot irawn up by Mr. For- | la and the British Minister, but absolutely used a his infl to persuade all the French nts in Mexico to pay tile tax. If the foreign lation | of Mexico withdrew their opposition to this loan, | rest ed they would be ultimately ruined b: Tioeded exactions. The Frenshmes here we | derstand this well enough. and accord- ingly, in spite of the treachery of Count Gabria assembled and resolved peremp- c, they torily to saipen payment of the contribution until compeled by main force to do. In this deter- were seconded by the English, Ger mans, A) . Swiss, igians, and even a goodly number of Mexicans. In the teeth of this systematic opposition, the government issued orders to seize the goods in the stores of the recusants, bat 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 foreiguer who refused to per- mit his goods to be seized without the display of military force. The order of requires them to leave Mexico within three 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 per the interests of his country. His firmness and bold- ness have elicited the warmest admiration of the foreign residents here, and were it possible, most of them—especially the French— would place them- selves under his protection. You are perhaps aware that the French journal— the Trait d’ Unon—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 Trait d’Umon was followed by the birth of the Courier Francais—an excellent sheet— but havibg vey Sa an imprudent eacepen 0, this journal! has likewise beensuspended. Finally, a Louixianian—Mr. Jules Caire,of your city—started a third paper, with the title of Les Duex Mondes. Hardly had the first number appeared ere it was suppressed by the authorities. Mr. Caire, however, more fortunate than his oacsenyrnaa ap aled 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 imposed a forced loan, then came the heavy contribution upon capital, and finally Miramon, needing money to pay his troops, declared athird 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'ly 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 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, s0 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 occapied 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. Zaazua, 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 ne- 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 1,800 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 Osoilos is their big gun, and the Zaloaga govern- ment pretends that he will be able to defeat and dis- perse the forces from this State in the neighborhood to San Luis. 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 erals we have some thirty-five hundred men and fourteen pieces of artillery under the command of one Colonel in-Chief, assisted by four other colonels. The military, the priests and the Spaniards con- sider the destruction of the frontier forces of such consequence that they have abandoned Guadala- jara to its fate Miramon did Zacatecas, and if they were tc eed in giving our 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 mbler Zuloaga in the presidency of the city of Krexico, is the fact of their being threatened by one common danger, and that death awaits them if they are deteated and captared. Common danger and the cohesive power of plunder, are what, for the present, keep together this criminal combination of leeches and vampires. The fate of Guadalajara has certainly been decided by this time, aud in a day or two we may possibl; receive the news of its capture. If, as believed, poe 4 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, is positively known further than that they threatened Mexico, and that his son, Don Diego, has established his headquarters at Cuerna- vaca, which is some forty-eight miles from the capital. eare honrly looking for an express from the Chihuahua forces, that some days ago were advanc- ing on the city of Durango, which place is the only one in the hands of the reactionary party in that sec- 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. FORSYTH'S POSITION IN MEXIGO. [from the Washington Union, July 5d The Mobile Register discredits the reliability of the despatch received bry ie me’ the effect that our Minister in Mexico lemanded and received his passports. It understands the despatch to signify “that Mr. Forsyth had demanded porte for the American citizens resident in Mexico, who had resolved to leave the country rather than submit to the forced contribution. It can hardly be pos- sible that Mr. Forsyth has demanded his own pass- That would be a measure cont to i if not unwarranted by the daty or authority of a minister. The practice and the rule are, that a minis- ter shall await the instructions of his government before demanding ‘his passports. It is competent and customary for him, in such cases as in his opinion require extreme action on his , to Bus- pend official intercourse with the government to which he is accredited until he can receive the or- ders of his own government in the premises. We think it bighly probable, judging by an intimation to that effect in the subjoined letter which we re- ceived by the mail just arrived, that this measure has becn taken by Mr. Forsyth. It will be Sarg. her that our correspondence is to the Jatest date that could be received from the city of Mexico, except by the telegraph. The express which brought correspondence for the Tennessee, which left Vera Cruz oa 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 Baltimore Sun, Jaly 3.] Wasamcron, July 2, 1858. The rumor that Mr. Forsyth, our in Mex- ico, bad demanded and received his 00 ac- count of the levying of the forced loan, is not con- firmed, though it is not improbable that this will be the result. Mobile aie rets the re- port to mean that the Minister demanded for citizens who had been the Mexican government probable consequences.” The success of the Juarez party is ted. Should he become tem ly possessed of snpreme power, a treaty between him and the United States ‘overnment will, no doubt, be concluded, where! large cession of territory will be made to the Uni States, in consideration of the release of Mexico from all claims of American citizens, and the pay- ment of a few millionsin ready cash. Juarez, in an- ticipation of his possession of power, has sent a minister to this government, with full powers and instructions to negotiate a treaty upon any terms, providing only that be shall receive a sum money, wherewith he may for a while tain his government. Interesting from the Rio Grande and Northern Mexteo—More Victories of the Liberals—Vi- daurrl seeks a Loan, {from the New Orleans Delta, June 26 | ont hope: received files of the Brownsville Flag to the 24th ult. The seat of government of the State of Tamauli- pas has been removed from Victoria to Matamoras. ‘The Monterey Official Bulletin of the 29th pub- lishes the news ot another victory gained by the constitutionalists over their enemies. The fight oc- curred at San Juan de los Lagos, and is said to have lasted three hours, when General Blanco found him- self master of the field, with some one hundred tion of the country. Should Durango be captared, the forces from Chihuahua 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 country, provided, of j course, that be will withdraw his forces from the in- terior. No attention whatever will be paid to them, asthe patriot Vidaurri is full ved that the | question siall be now decided forever, whether the je or the clergy and the military are to govern in the country. The mer this is known the better it will be for all parties. The constitutional party | asks no quarters, and will certainly give mone as | reape ts the generals and other leaders of Zuloaga’s so called ov ernment. Should Zuloaga’s armed minions carry ont their threats and shoot any one belonging to the constitn- 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 guarded, and the reactionary party has heen distinetly informed as to their fate if they continue ereecuting unarmed men simply because they are inown to he opposed to the clergy and the mili- “th he dex! express from headquarters will certainly | bring intelligence of moment, and without the loss | ¢ time | will endeavor to communicate the same | » yo Newspaper Accounts. rreapondence of the New Orleana Ree a Mextoo, Jane 19, 1858 Siege of Guadalajara—tilness of General Osollos Movements of General Miranon— The Forced Loon— Newspapers Suppresned Luis Potosi oe Ts You will percetve by the papers that fo <igit ot tons Gaya Gustalajera nas bens ne ae, we | the combined forces of Santos Degollado, General: | in-chief of the Juarez government, and Blanco, one | of Vidaurri's lientenants. ‘The place is defended by | Generals Casanova, Yanez, Blancarte and Cardena, ‘The besiegers at the last accounts had got possesion | of the important point known as the Bdifice of San Francisco, but nothing farther is known of the pro- Outrages at San of the siege. | Osollos having fallen dan ily fl of a brain fever at San Luis Potosi, Gen. Miramon is the only commander. He has left San Luis at the head of 2,000 men, evidently with a view of snccoring Gua daiajars, but it is impoasible that Zaazua will eaffor him to and a decisive action between the two armies is consequent! opprted. Ynarua is a fine trctician and provi well disciplined troops, is a « and wave, but headstrong and t ttfk be will be defeated Wy his) uty. The battle may already bare | at « « wrisoners with the wipage of the enemy. General lanco, it is said, ac rough orders of his supe- rior, bad shot all the chiefs, among whom were San- tanilla and a reverend priest of the church. The Flag has eee trom Montgomery to the 12th instant. The Boletin Oficial of that date contains a lengthy circular from Gov. Vidaurri to the capi- sts of the State, informing them that his dearest desire has ever been to see efficient arms in the hands of its citizens, that they might be thus prepared to repel a foreign foe, chastise their savage enemies or meet a domestic difficulty. He tells them that in keeping with this wish he had negotiated for, and had now in Brownsvilie, arms and ammunition amounting in value to $100,000; but before he could | bring these arma out of a foreign country it was neceseary that the holder should be guarauteed for their payment. To do this was the object of his circular. He ad- dressed it to varions of the wealthy citizens, asking from them a loan in a with Pond ae on six months’ time, for tl urpose of paying for these arms. The letters seer bo have had the desired effect, as all the persons addressed responded that the money shall be forthcoming. The editor of the Bole- tin publishes the letters of many of the gentlemen responding to this call, and gives a list of others who patrioticaily came forward without personal invita- tion. The greatest promptitude seems to be mant- fested by the people of his State, and there is little | doubt bit that the money will be forthcoming. The following is a 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 @wse of the fron- ter 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-pound howitzers, &@x gun carriages, six —. so ee tery wagon, one travelling forge, fourteen limbers, six extra wheels, nine boxes harness, nine boxes im- plements, forty-nine boxes muskets, 153 boxes fixed ammunition, seven barrels do., eight boxes iron shot, ten barrels do., one box fuses, 250 kegs ‘of powder, 148 cartridges, one box muskets, one do. cannon ps, one do. parts for Sharp's rifles, four do. swords and cul , one do. pi holsters, two do. carbine slings, one do, balls, one do flasks and caps, one do. carbines, one do. haversacks, a Yall , and one box gutta percha uc! This woukl evem to be sufficient to fit out and put in the field quite an three important arms — alee: cavalry and try. But we are assured it is only a part of that expected. An ex, had arsved at ts from Mon- terey. It brought letters stating ti Colonel Zoonua was progressing finely, aud all things were NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 5, 1858. favorable to the cause of the liberals. A rumor has it that the Zuloaga faction have made overtures for peace. Governor Garza and efaff arrived in Matamoros on the 18th inst. His arrival was welcomed by salvos of artillery and manifestations of joy. Him- self and other are busil; engaged in organizing for an active campaign fast the enemy. Tamau- lipas has already a covsiderable 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 from 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, 1858. Trip to Easton—Andrew H. Reeder's and Kansas Grievances—The Law Courts and Popular Amusements—Independence Day to be a Great Day—Trade Dull—Population and Public Build- ings—Prospects Ahead, §e. 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- atone State, located in the counties of Carbon and Northampton, oft have I clambered; along the pebbled banks of the rippling Lehigh stream 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 evening 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- leesly piping his notes in honor of Him who walked with Danicl, also to gladden the hearts of those who, unplement in hand, sought the subterranean p: to disembowel the wealth of Carbon, or, axe 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 tairy, # vot for a Nest certainly during the sultry days of summer, and there eat, drink and be merry. nies H. Reeder, Stringfellow’s vanquished champion, whose speedy nocturnal retreat, habited in the outer garments of some aged dame, and whose pene. doubly secured in a score of furs, which in y-gone days shielded the same number of roving buftnloes trom the severity of a Rocky Mountain winter, with a peed 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 silly song, hbypocriti- cal Kansas weeping and wailing address so genial to the flighty imagination of the self- esteemed orator. In my bumble opinion the philan- thropic institution created by a wise Legislature, entitled 2 “State Lunatic Asylum,” located at Har- risburg, Pa., would bea suitable domicil for such chameleon minded peraons. Six rovers of the briny deep—sons of Neptune— visited the town, and ina skiff, by the 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. Aspecial 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 4 commotion may be expected. The Delaware division of the Pennsylvania canal is not doing within fifty per cent the business it traneacted this time last hel owing to the large amount of coal transported on the Lehigh Valley, — Pennsylvania and New Jersey Central Rail- roads. Commercial and mechanical affairs are in a torpid, stagnant condition ; no Ee ne of better times. Faston contains about 12,400 inhabitants; buildin, number about 4 000, principally of brick. The only edifices worthy of note 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 5 Lafayette College, not so world-renowned as Harvard, Yale, et al (merit is not ofttimes rewarded), is constructed of brick, built on an elevated spot of — called Lafayette Hill, commanding a view of surrounding country for miles. The beautiful there displayed the best water and mountain scene: pair of optics cannot scan ina day. One can enjoy | said feast only by ascending two hundred and twen- ty-five feet of stairway. n 3d. Odd wang A Hall, at AI corner of Third izes streets,a large, magnificent structure, ayn hundred feet, Gothic. For durability, lendor and value it is the mansion of the town. niary difficulties—“ want, the harsh, hoary bel- dame "— gn the society of their idol, and Theodore and allew me to say that he terprising men to be found within a mile of the | neighborhood where the meandering Lehigh mingles ita waters with the more majestic Delaware. Twelve capacious buildings belonging to different religious denominations, for the adoration of Him who registers the fall of the swallow, this town contains. Easton, from its hical position and wealth, (for fortune has fivished her favors on some six hundred yap senvoeniet by ‘ water power, and enjoying every facility by raftroad or ca- nal, direct to the cities of am and Brotherly , its ial standing, its reputation asa manufacturing , Should be greater than any in- terior town of Pennsylvania; but those who possess the weaith (exceptions few), are penurious, cautions, non-speculative, and do not belong to that goa-head, far-seeing portion of the bens They follow the path, the plans, the rules and regulations pur- or adopted by their great-grandsires. Should an agricultural implement of modern discovery and great utility be displayed for their serious delibera- tion, or an improvement in a flour mill, decidedly beneficial, be offered for sale, the Hy yA would be, “Tt is good for naught: my father had it not; it was unknown to my grandsires; it is useless to me.” In Easton reside many honest, highly esteemed, talent- ed and devoted citizens—men whose hearts are lanted in the correct spot—men whom God has en- bowed with gigantic intellectual faculties, matured by a collegiate education and experience—men com- petent of pechoening physical tesks, creditable to their country, their as- sociates avd themselves. The mopntain scenery that surrounds Faston having been < by others possessing masterly minds, it would be the best evidence of my arrogance to attempt it. Mrrprr on Boarp a Scuoonex.—The Holmes’ Hele correspondent of the Boston Courier says:— 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 captain stating that there had heen 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 him, and on the morning of the 9th he beard him say to the men at the forecastle gangway, “Who will be headsman?” and imme- diately 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 amd one bowie knife. The mate snapping one of the pistols at him. he (Capt. Esta- brook) struck the mate in self defence. crew stated that the captain was kind to them during the voyage; that there was no attempt at mutin, and that mate did not arm himself until after the two men hed 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 ot 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. Capt. Estabrook gave the uame of the mate as Charles Miller, of Manc ter, N. H., aged 28 years. Capt. E. i 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. Sniexent or Vaortanies reom Noaroux.—The operations in this line have reached the enormous amount of eight thousand five hundred barrels since esterday sfternoon. ‘aledonia, bound to New York . 1,900 North Carolina,“ Baltitmore...... 1,500 Louisiana, “Baltimore . 1,500 Jamestown, “ New York.. . 3,500 Pennsylvania, “ Philadeiphia....... . 1,000 Total ; 8,500 ‘This truck will average three dollars per barrel, and foots up to the anug little sum of twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars worth of vegetables in two days. The Richmond steamer will take on twoor 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 wil ive our distant cra some idea of the immense rucking interests of this place and of the immense amount of mon invested in thia one branch of Wusiness Norfolk Day Book, June 9. Sitgreaves, Eaq., purchased the same ; one of the most en- | the most arduous mental and |* THE TEHUANTEPEC ROUTE. Preceedings of the Company to Open the Line to San Francisco —The Quaker City Sought and Contracts Made—Worbmen and River Stcamers to be Sent Down—The New Route from New York to New O:leans and its Paci- flo Connections—Letter from Miaatitlan— State and Prospects of the Tehuantepec Isth- mus, &c., dic. We published some weeks since the fact that the government had made a contract with the Tehuan- tepec Company for the transportation of a mail 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:— Wm. 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 October next. ‘The bark Rapid has been chartered and will leave here 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. NSW ROUTE FROM NEW YORK TO NEW ORBEANS AND CALIFORNIA, TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD, We bave been for some years using an amphibious line of rivers and rail cars between this city and New Orleans. Itbas been chiefly dedicated to the wolfare of omnibus men and ove horse hotels, and to the disappointment of thoee who, like ourselves, rely upon the regular mails. We have, besides, an enterprising proposition to open a route along the coast—one across the Isthmus of Florida— from interests from which we anticipated much advantage; but whilst the public was looking to these routes for the selatary competition essential to its comfort, the fogies of the ‘pony express” era at Washington were startied by the arrival of a committee of railroad officers from the southwest, who brought the New Orleans mail through in four days and some hours. This occasioned a general rubbirg of spectacles and poring over maps; but the fact was verified that a new route bad been opened from Washington via Kzoxville to New Orleans; aud with the authorities of these roads the Post- master General immediately made a contract for the traus- portation of a mai! from New York to New Orleans in four days and six bours, with an engagement upon their part to reduce the time for performing the same service, after July 1, 1859, to three days and « nal. A review of this route will show that this time can be readily made, and that it is even susceptible of matorial reduction:— DISTANCE FROM NEW YORK 70 NEW ORLKANS BY THR SOUTH- ‘WESTERN NATIONAL ROUTE. New York to Washington.........sssss+es+0+ 240 Orange and Alexandria Railroad (incomplete) 15 Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. ..., 204 Fant ‘Tennessee and Virginia Railroad. 130 East Terneesec and Georgia Raiiroad. New Or! TOtMl...eseeeereerene asenees Time between rer Rd and \ July, Laer eae ive hours. ‘Tole road ts wol made and atocked throughout. It is heavily ironed and capable of performing first class mail service. Ita caleuiations are based upon a report of the Postmaster General, in 1825, upon the most eligible route for e postal road between Washington and New Orleans. It has happened that the present road is in great part lo- cated upon the preferred survey made by the highest scientific authorities of that day, and recommended in the report to which we have reterred. The work, which was estimated to cost the federal government four or five mil- lions, hea been executed by private ent ata charge of some tweaty or twenty Oyo millions, aod the mail time DBetercen the two citices, estimated io 1526 as thirteen days, is likely to bo reduced to three. Coincident with this improvemect in our intercourse with New Orleans, we learn that @ contract bas been made with E. Lasere, Esq., hove wages pe Tg Tehuantepec Company. for the ‘transportation California mail from New Orleans, by way of Tehuantepec, to @ connec. tion with the Pacific coast mail at Acapulco.’ The mail time proposed to be made under this contract is as fol- lows: — Miles. Hours. From New Orleans to Minatitlan, on the Coat- BROOMIOR TIVOT.....seecsevsessencese cerns OD SE From Minatitlan, in river boats, to Suchil 80 bv From Suchil, by stage coach or mai! wagoi WO VODIOBR oss ee cesses seee reese . a From Veatosa to Acapulco, a a Fron Acapulco to San Franc! by Ps steamers 163 ‘Total.... 312 —or thirteen daz. ‘Adding together the time made upon the principal sec- tions of this route, we sball bave « mail communication of thirteea days between New Orleans and Sao Frauci#oo, and of sixteen days between New York and San Fran cinco. ‘The completion cf the imperfect sections of the route, with @ seotion of railroad across Tehuantepec, will reduce the time somewhat more uptii the mail communication be- tween New York and California may be effected in about a. ‘Thie will anewer until the Pacilic Railroad shail brivg it down Oe oan ls practicable under the pre. it state of human enterprise. ~ from the opening of this additional way of communication the happicst effect upon the com/ort an: - nomy of our intercourse with California, and we may hope for some abatement of the rancor with which the fransit ‘wars have bitherto been waged. when it shall be made ‘manifest that the American people do not beiong in mono. poly to any of thom. th seem to the narrow minded and short sighted that to down any of the m: which enjoy at tthe exclusive communication between the city of few York and California will affect the prosperity of New York, but it 1s obvious that any reduction of time, fare or insurance, or any saving of ocean risk on life aad goid, will the developement of those regions of in which New York !s #0 deeply interested. Under the influence of a salutary competition of routes thousaot will to dig gold aud cultivate Southern staples, who gereanie reese ie Journey fae be Continent | and ex $ ie cont 3 ‘at work for New York, and whether the money expended in the Transit and commercial intercourse shall be re- ceived by one or distributed amongst many interior interests, they will alike redound to the advance- ment of her wealth aad grandeur. ‘We bail, therefore, the coming competition amongal the continental and oceanic routes to the Pacific, and the con- Promative in high dogres os gonsral inierestsot Whe ‘ive ina int Tepublic, and the particular interests of ‘ts chief cities. LETTER FROM THR ISTHMCS. TO THR KDITOR OF THE HERALD Miovatitiay, leriucs ov Tec awrerec, ) Jone 1, 1858, 'f ‘This little village was thrown into a state of great ox citement a few days ago, by the arrival of the schooner Chipola, baving on board Messrs. York and Kendall, the Superintendents in-Chief of the works about to be com- menced for the parpese of putting into a paagable state the much talked of wagon road from Such! to La Venstosa. At first the impression prevailed tnat they came out pre. pared to carry on matiers aad affairs in a manner propor- tlonate to the proat interests at stake, and with money suffisiont not only to put on a heavy force of hands, bat also to pay off their indebtedness outstanding. Mach sur- prise was expressed m thelr arriving at the commence ment of the rainy season, As the thing was mooted here and there, i was found out that ail the mone: brought out was but four thousand dollars, some food, visions and alittle lumber, This iy romething of a per upon all but those interested in real estate; and gradually ail returned to the opinion they had expressed &@ thousand times. that the jouisiana Tehuantepec Com- pany is a bard old company, and that undor its auspices the road will never be built ‘This is rather an active place. A number of merchants bave quartered themeaelves here, and have cngagod inthe we hala I may meation the Welsh is the mahogany Belize, Honduras)—Daaiol Price, formeriy of Manning & Mofntesh, « gentleman woll ac. derived from monapolies , Jove Oa Lauren. latter gentienmn doce the amber trade at Presont. is ot bY gangs of Tudian peons belong. to mon fitted out by the merchants, The cvtter is at mercy of his merchant, as are the planters of the , for he to take bis supplies at the merohant’s ‘own price for bin lumber. me 47/000 tous of marogang firme pane LP Pre if H Fr i ii BS i tf Oaxace, re established order in the of }, and since then noibing of im- forei , to San Diego, Oali- the probadilitics of E ac?0se this Isthmus for the purpose of selliog the public Jands. Should that house ever take the matter in bend, it is more than probable that tbe work will be accom: plished, but, doubtless, before that comes to pass the Jo- comotive will travel daily between St. Lovie and San Francisco. VOYAGEUR? Army Intelligence. G@BNEKAL ORDERS, NO. 7. War Derartaxst, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OrFICE, Wasmcrox, June 24, 1858. 1. The following act of Congress being of general interest to the military service, is published offi- Poo aie — ycopriations for the'vapport of the army AN Aor m for the'su arm for the iaee the thirtieth cas a Hy hundred end fifty nine. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United States of America, in Congress aveem- , That the following sums be, and the same are here- bled, by appropriated, out of any money in the creasury not cpavenat iated, for the support of the army for the year ending the 30th of June, 1850,— For expenses of recruiting, tion of recruits, three months’ extra pay to non commissioned officers, Tousiciaus and privates oa re-enlistmert, one hundred aad ten thousand dollars. For pay of the army, three million five hundred and ninety-one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four aol- For commutation of officers’ subsistence, uine hundred z hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents: Provided, That the superioten- dent of the Military Academy, while serving as such by appointment of the President, shall have the joca! rank, te pay and allowances of a colonel or engineers; that the commandant of the corps of cadets atthe Military Academy eas. by appoiniment of the President, shail bave eenior assistant instructor ‘Viz., of artillery, cavalry and infantry, shall severally receive the pay and allowances of the assistant professor of ics. For commutation of forage for officers’ horses, one hun- dred and twenty-four thousand one hundred and twenty- eight dollars. ‘or payments to discharged eoldiers for clothing not drawn, {ity thousand doliars. For payments in liew of clothing for officers’ servants, thirty cine thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars. For cubsistence in kind, ove million three hundred and eighty thousand #ix hundred and fifty two dollars and |xty five cents. For clothing for the army, camp and garrison equipage, ope million and sixty-two thousand geven hundred and two dollars and be ann nage a For suppl! quartermaster’s dey t, Consiating of fuel for the officers, enlsted men, guards, hospitals, storehouses, ‘and cfices; Of forage in kind for the horses, mules snd oxen of the "s department at the several pests apd stations, and with the armies in the fieid; for the borses of the two regiments of dragoons, the two regiments of fap ty arti men, the companies of jery, and such companics: of ints as may be mounted, and for the authorized number ef oflicers’ horses when serving in the Heid one mil of vice; 6x cluding the additional co: ion of judge aivocates, recorders, members and wituesses, while on that service, under the act of March eixteenth, eighteen bundred and two: extra pay to soldiers employed under the direction of the quartermaster’s department, im the erection of bar racks, quarters, storehouses and bospitals; in the coa- structioe of 10ads, apd on other copstant labor, for pe- riods of not less than ten days, under the acts of March second, eighteen hundred and nineteen, and August fourth ‘elgbieen bundred and fifty-four, includlag those empioyed as clerka at division ana department juarters; @x- penses of expresses to and from the fronteir posts and ar- mies inthe of escorts to paymasters ana other dis Durs'pg officers, and to trains, where militery escorts caa- vot be furnished; expense of the interment of officers kilied in action, er who die whea on duty in the field, or ‘at the posta on the frontiers, and of nou-commissioned officers sod seldiers; authorized office furniture; hire of laborers in the quartermaster's department , com peasalion of forage nea wagonmesters, authorized by the act of July fifth, eighteen buncred ana thirty eight; forthe appreben- sion of Ceserters, and the expenses tncident to their pureuit; the following expenditures required for the two regiments or 8, the two regiments cf cavairy, the regiment of mounted riflemen, and euch companies of infantry as may be mounted, viz —the purchase cf poriable forges, Diacksmiths’ and shoeing tools, horse aod mule shoes an: | for shoeing, hire of veterinary sur- for horses aud taules, picket ropes, aed ReODe. De ndceing the horses of those corps, ive hundred thousand dollars, For covstructing barracks and other buildings at posta which it may be necessary to occupy during the year. and for repairing. altering and eviarging bu! idiogs at the eatad- lished posta, tnciuc ing hire or commutation of quarters tor «ihoers on mit'tar uty; bore of quarters fer troops, of storenouses for the eafe keeping of miiltary store, and of grounce fer summer cantonments; and for temporary froa. ‘Ue? stations, sev: indred apd ninety thousand doliars. For the repairs of the berracks at Baton |, Loutal- Ona, the sum of twenty five Wousand doliars, to be ex penced under the direction of the Secretary of War. For mileage or the aliowance made to officers of the army for toe tran Of themselves and their bag. gage, *Len travelling on duty without troops, escoits or supplies, ope buadred and thirty thousand dollars tranaportation of the army, including the baggage of the troops when moving t by land of water, of clothing, camp and garrison equipage from the depot’ at Phitadelphia to the several posta and army ra or boree equipments and of subsistence from the places of robase and from the places of delivery under contract, Tsuen pieces as tbe circumstances of the service may require them to be sent; of ordnance, ordnance stores, and small arms, from the foundries and armories, to the ersenals, fortifications, frontier posts, and army Ceo freights, wharfage, tolle, and forriages; for the purc and bire of horses, mulcs,and oxen, and the purchase and repair of wagons, carts, drays, ships, and other soa- going vearele and boata required for the transportation of supplies, and garrison purpores; for a and cartage atthe several poste: hire of teameters; of funds poh pay [tao peaaperts on the erie ents; the expense of sailing pul on the various rivers, the gulf of Mexioo, and the Atlantic and Pacific aad for procuring water at such posts as from their situation require that tt be brought from a distance; and for clear. ing roads, and removing obstructions from roads, barbors, and rivers, to the extent which a Ay’ required for the actual operations of the troops on frontier, throe mil- lon four hundred thousand dollars. For the purchase of horses for the two regiments of dra- goons, the two regiments of cavairy, the regiment of mounted riflemen, and the companies of light artillery, two hundred thousand dollars. . Tor contingencies of the army, twenty five thousand dollwrs. For the medica! and hespital departments, one bundred and five thousand dollars. y . ad goveral’s de- Eee coe caren ot te rr Y ave Pundred datars. tame For compensation of the olerk and ‘two thousand dollars. by yt sonerel arco of tne commanding general, three huad dollars For armament of fortifications, three hundred thousand dollars. ordvanes, ordnance stores, and . inet bores oraipmeste for the moved regi oa | thousand doiers. aod 5 urrent of the ordnance service, in. ciultng taperineola im the manufacture of caonga sad campon powder and f: tests of arms end ammuti aot otherwise provided , pote by pay gn tow For the purchase ope bundred thousand “ For the manufacture of arms at the national armories, ‘oor the purcbare of breech loading carbines of tho Dest ‘or ie car! 1 model to be selected and approved by a board of orduance officers, twenty dve thousand dollars. i y @ board of ordnance officers, twenty five sand cations 5 Promeed. thas oad sum = ive may ex, toder tio Lay (fo ee iets Wer and at his discretion, iy or pow arms any receat im} peut in the mode of priming. Fes the Alleghany arsenal, thirty-five thousand one bundred doljars. For Fort Monroe arsenal, twenty-four thousani ojo huadred dollars, For Kepnepec arsenal, eleven thousand six hundred dollare; two thousand dollars of which may be used im bringing gas upon the arsenal grounds, and with Leave to pipes through the grounds by the gas com- -one thousand doliars. psa thousand three huadred @o additional timber and carriage storehouse at the North Carolina arsonal, twenty five thousand dollars. For Watervieit arseval, thirty thousand doilars. For repairs and preservation of the publi build fences, draina, culverts, acd so forth, at ali tho emt arsenals, twoaty thousand dollars. For continuing the construction of the arsenal in Oall- fornia, one red thousand dollars. For conti cies of arsonels, ten thousand dollars. For repai: the arsenal and two eighteen pound gua peg , Connecticut, seven huncred and fifty * -five: ‘wo Went and loony -soven dollars, A i. or a ments and mew machine: re tery, one’ bundred and one thousand by ded — (8 : surveys for military defences, geographies: expla- rations, and recopnaissances, for miueare purposes, and — with armies in ¢he field, ninety-five thousana ars. For purchase aad repaire of instr:ments, fifteen thou- 2 dollars. i ‘ban. For continuing the survey of the norttern avd uorth- western lekes. including Lake Superior, veventy five thou- sand dollars. For ig. Si edt lake surveys, ten thouraad doilars. To epable Sect of War to employ temporary clerks in the office toe Quartermaster Geaeral, ow bounty land service, five thousand dollars. For the support of four companies of volunteers mus- tered into the service of the United States, at Camp Soot, Utah Terriiory, in October, November and December, eighteen burdred and fifty seven, one hundred wad. seventy three toovasnd four hundred and seventy-eight dollars and eighty ceate. ty For contiauing the construction of the following works + of Gafence :— Fort at Hog Island ledge, in Portland harbor, Maina, forty thousapo oo) ars. Fort Richmond, Staten Isiand, New York harbor, New York, seventy flve thousand doilars. Delaware, Delaware river, Delaware, seventy ive thourand dollars. Fort Carroll, Soiler’s Point flats, Baltimore barber, Mary- land, eeventy + thousaad 00) ” CS ‘Taylor, Key West, Florida, seventy-five thousand tars. Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Tortugas, Florida, one hua- dred apd fifty thoueand doi'ars. Fort Point, San Francisso, California, one hundred and twelve thourand five hundred dovlars. For coutingent expenses ot fortifications, preservation of sites. protection of titles and repairs of euddea damage, thirty thourand dollars. ’ For copatruction of permanent platforms tor modere capven of large calibre in exveting fortifications of tm- portant herbers, thirty thoueand dollars. For the peymeus of claims favorably reported upon by the board ot ermy officers (sppointed under the aixth soa- tion of the act approved August thirty first, eighteea bun dred and Sfy-two) in their figal report to Coa; dated April Dineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, seven thousand eight hundred and seventy-two di and afty- two and one-third cents. For the construcion of bridges and the improvement of the crorsings of streams on the road from Fort Smith, in Arkansas, to Albuquerque, in New Moxiso, fifty thou- eand dollars; and that the sum of oue hundred thousaad doliars be, ad is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expendet in com ig connected sections of the road extending from Albuquerque, in the Territory of New Mexico, wost- ‘war i, on the route to the Colorado river, on or near ine thirty Afth parallel of north latitude. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the balances from the appt ions for “preventing aud ‘ing Indian hostlities, and for tra allowance of voiua- teers,” already expended in the payment of Florida voiua- teers calied into service by aut of the War Depart- ment, may be applied by the accounting officers of we treasury to the settlement of the accounts of paymastors by whom said balances were disbursed. Sec. 8. And be it furtber enacted, That it shall be law- ful for any commissioned officer of the army to administer ‘the prescribed oath of enlistment to recruits, services of a civil magistrate authorized to ster the same cannot be obtained. Sec. 4, And be it further epacted, That there be appro- Printed, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise enacted, Tat all tne existing laws or of laws which authorize the sale of military eltes, w! are or may become useless for military pur- jos Be and the same are hereby repented, and sald ia’ shall not be subject to sale of pre-emption under any of the laws of the United Siates; provided, further, that the provisions of the act of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-c.x, relative to certain reser ya. tions in the State of Florida, continue in force Approved Jane 12, 1868. nal. In adaition aa 0 be . ent un paragray 92 lations, 3 rt have been authorised by the Bec ol are For enlistments made at or near Fort Gibson, C.N Do. do. Fort Pi » ‘ort Perce, Do. do, Fort Buchanan, Tucgon,N M117 Til. For officers of ordnance, the gold cord di rected by “ general order” No. 3, of March 24, 1858, from the War Department, to be worn apon the trousers by officers of the general staff and staf corps, will be dispensed with. « 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. TV. The new post recently established near Fort Massachusetts, New Mexico, will hereafter 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, Aas't. Ad. Gen. A Chapter of Horrors. JEALOUSY AND MURDBR IN VIRGINTA. The Petersbarg (Va.) Lxpress of the 28th alt. A most deliberate case of homicide occurred near pee nN ge House on Saturday morning about eight o'clock. A gentleman who arrived here b: Saturday evening's Southside train furnishes us wi! the particulars. The parties tothe affair were John Farley, a wheelwright by trade, a ected citizen and a member of the Methodist church, and Samuel G. Morgan, a resident in the vicigity. A personal animosity had existed between them for about six months, ‘ing out of a suspicion on the part of Morgan that Farley had been on ee 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 o¢ casions he had repaired, armed with pistols, to iar ley’s shop, before which he would stand and abuse him with the most violent and indecent language, and exert every meens in his power to provoke him into a fight, all of which Farley bore without an offer of resentment. in, however, continned 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 gun, and kept it Ww im at his shop, in expectation of an assault. In the meantime Morgan from his wife. Four months now el » during which the threats were continued at intervals. Saturday morning Farigy was in his shop as usual, and on ttepping casually to the door, was unexpectedly met by Morgan, who immediately thrust his hand into his bosom, where he had concealed a five shooter and a single-barreled rifle pistol, and drawing the former out aimed it at his breast. Farley quickly ran back into the shop, seized his gun, and levelling it at Morgan's breast, fired, the contents enteri near the centre of the breast and piercing the heart andas he fell Farley fired the second barrel, the co ents of which entered the head about the ear, kil!- ing him instantly. Farley then proceeded before Richard J. Irby, Esq., a magistrate for the county, related the cir cumstances, and submitted i to custody, when a jury of inquest was empannelled, the case thoroughly examined, and the prisoner discharged, it bein, opinion of the jury that the act was committed in sctf-defence, with which the general impression agress. Camo Arter THR FLoop—A Se renee, writing Cairo, says:—The citizens of Cairo are their honses. ) distinct and distinguishable stinks m the town, and several wards yet to hear from. “The offence- iveness) of Cairo is rank and amelis to heaven.” yriads of musquitoes, of the lee known breed and ravenons beyond pretedent, ll the aie, and are ready to commence their bloody work. | ‘ \4