The New York Herald Newspaper, March 7, 1864, Page 1

rT marentncinaiiisiaid WHOLE NO, 10,033 INTERESTING FP“uM THE WEST COAST. i ~~, | Axsival of the Steamship Ocean | Queen. News from the Republics of Central and South America. Large Monthly Shipment ef Gold from California, a, dey se By the arrival of the steamship Ooean Queen, Captain | Pwklepangh, at this port yosterday from Aspinwall on | * he 26th alt., we have late and interesting intelligence | Prom all the Central and South American republics, which ‘will be found detailed in the letter of our Panama cor- Yespondent. ‘The specie list of the steamship Ocean Queen is as fol- FROM BAN FRANCICO, Bich’d Patrick .... $86,463 J, B. Newton & Co. 20,038 denn ings&brewster 6,160 Order. + 86,307 . Rich & Bro..... 10,600 Neustadier Bros. 33,400 |. Cohen & Co..... 66,700 . J, Strangs, Bro & Co 14,579 Lae Kittle & Co 5,800 ©. H, Grant & Co. cH. , i 6,100 elie, F 000 M. 0. Haw! 168 Bota ....4.4+6+. $508,780 FROM sBPINWALL, Golgate & Hoffman .......- Ramuel L. leases. * mits ‘Total.. tee te eeeeeeeeer ceeeeeen ee BOL Parser Bailey, of the Ocean Queen, bas our thanke for ‘the prompt delivery of our correspondence aud late papers. Our Panama Correspondence. Panama, Feb, 26, 1863. y SOUTH AMERICA. The Pacific’ Steam Navigation Company’s steamship Peru, Captain Bloomfield, from Valparaiso and inter ‘mediate ports, arrived in this harbor at ten P. M. on the ‘20th inst, Her datos are Valparaiso, February 2; Oo- quimbo, 8; Caldera, 4; Cobtja, 6; Iquique, 6; Arica, 7: iY» 8; Pisco and Chinchas, 10; Callao; 13, and , 16. _ She brought the following cargo for New York:—61 ceroons of bork, 38 bales of goatskins, 39 bales of ,cotton and 113 hides. The news from the Southern republics is of in- terest, although not of any great Importance. They ap- pear to be prosperous, and are daily almost, by various tots, bettering the condition of their people, increasing Dusiness, and facilitating commerce, both foreign and eoastwise, Now that pence is established once more ‘Retween Colombia and Keuador, there will be some chance for the latter country, If the apparent determina tion to maintain peaceful relations is carried out. The Proposal for o congress to assemble at Lima for the pur. pose of arranging matters between all the republics of Bouth America, 90 that war between = will in fature become almost an impossibility, Ts meeting with wuch favor. Surcly sucha treaty should be made, for they have much to lose and nothing to gain by endeay- ‘ering to cut each others throats. CHILE. Searcely a word is said in any of the Chilean journals Tespecting the effect produced by the late catastrophe in Santiago in lessening the influence and power of the burch and pricetbood. The papers, which at the time ‘were so vehement in their denunciations of men like ‘Ugarte, are now silent upon the subject, and it is feared ‘that tne masses of the poople have again fallen back inte @ condition of lethargy, and have quietly submitted to ap §nfluence it was out of their power to counteract. io my fast letter, per steamahip Ocean Queen, 1 gave you the partioularsof the manner in which the female portion @f the population of Santiago were stirring to maintain ‘he priesthood in power and to prevent their influence from Deing in any manner interfered with. They have doubtless succeeded in a great measure. We all koow ‘women’s influence, and bow hard it i+ to resist them when they once are determined to carry out an objoct that interests them. Nothing will stop them until their point is carried, and no doubt this bas been the way in Santiago. The women of Chile are fanatics on the sub fect of their religion. They are the priest ridden portion of the community; and when auy measure boueliting the eburch is desired they are the ones employed, through their influence with the sterner sex, to obtain it; aod they are, nine times out of ten, successful. ihe most in teltigent and enlightened tn other respects are found t) be the most bigoted om the subject of religion, and tor thie reason the priests are careful to select thie whose influ ence and power they desire from the wealthiest and most worful families, feeling secure with such meaus of ob Reining all tney ask for, not. more, As an instaace o: how the women (eel regarding the Joss of life at Santiago, I give you the following story, as told to me by the party who asked the question and received tho answer:—O board of one of the steamers ona recent possage from Callao to Valparaiso was a lady of Chile, who had lost three near tives py the disaster. She did not appear be much distr ‘about it, aud conversed freely upon @ subject, A tleman iD course of conversation ed hér what was her opinion of the affair, ana if she not think the priests entirely to biame for the catas trophe Her reply was that she did nol think so; ‘hat she would have no hesitation in aviending another celebra ium 0) @ similar kind, even if shelnew thal a disaster of a lie mature would be the result. Sh: was conjiden! that it was the ordering of “Mary,” and in consequence did nol — ve 1c se can be expected for the better. With the educated so very bigoted, what can we expect from. Qhe ignorant? Whet appears the most singular is the fact that fathers, busbauds and brothers have lost all coatroi over the female portion of their families, aod appear to De governed entirely by the commands of the priest hood, issued to and carried out by their wives, Gaughters and sisters, If these women could succeed I have no dowbt they would strongly advocate the re-establishment of the inquisition, with al) ite attendant horrors, so bitter are they in matters Of religion agsinst those who are not Roman Gat! lica, If a history could be written of the doings o! the Catholic priests in these South American republics, and ‘the influence ‘bey havo succeeded in mintsining over the people, it would be one of the most interesting and Pustructive works ever given to the public. A very littie time will show ifthe peo, le of Chile wili benefit by the terribie lesson they have received, or if they will remain, ‘as before, in almost total darkness. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company ha 1m renewing their contract with the goveru for the form of five years, that originally made in January, ee ao an extens! . Of one year on the eontract for mail service ‘ort Montt, sae oration of these grants a weit Ber dat tobe ¢ shed between Val ), Tomi, Talcahuano and Coro- granting of these oxtensions bas mot with much Co irs the reagon that (he Engiieh company held the monopoly long enough, and it was believed ‘that the different routes should be left open to competi r fares and freights would be re 38 Much increased. As it now is, nove Dut the wealthy can travel and nothing but the most costly description of goods be shipped by the steamsatiy ; Door peoplo and bulky cargo must go, as formerly fsround Cape Horn An American line of steamers has long been desired on the West Coast of South America. Had it before the war broke out it would by this have boon duing a lirge and iucrative business, aud would have prevented a reuewal of the contracts English company. You cannot wouder at the the English monopoly to secure a renewal, when Ove item alone of its receipts, and know that others are fo larger proportion. Lhe distance between Jama and Valparsiso is jess than three thot 4 the fare charged for first class pissnge ts nivety dollars, Had there beon an Am it would not be ovet halt the am Id be made at loss than that “ Company of Valparaiso bas been wens, With every )ros; of a vast The origival cost of the road was thousend fh May year, the line hes carried one million and sixty thousand three hundred aud sixtoon passengers, pro 1g Seventy five thousand seven hundred and teu dol. , and realizing a net prefit of twenty-seven thousend seven hundred and cighty tour dollars. From this amount the directors have declured a dividend of six por cent on ‘he capital invested. From the daily toerea-e in the goipts the road since the period mentioned it i= thought that @ dividend of fiiteen and a balf per cent will soon be the result, setary 1 togerding sporeret matters, a tha fepavisof Februs ra ore i the republic o “t 'y ‘alparaiso bas been of latter days tho seat of various ii age 4 Projects, ampng which thore aimed at sappy lag olty with water claim the first rank. Upto ree time there are three projects discussion, first of these emanates from Mr. Thomas. Garland, who, in ao elaborate work already lished, proposes the formation of an anon; With a capital of six hundred thousand dotiars, to Soodsee tho water necessary for tho city from the el Mar. For this purpose a reservoir, on the pnoumatic Eee ps would be constructed and six or seven miles of ipo if fee Ary $28 He i i rf fi # Hi 2 fo lald down, The manicipal authorities, fostering Jous sobeme with perhaps too precipitate z0al, _—————— : i i ‘second proposition ie the one of Mr. Joshua Wad- aipgtoo, estimable Engtish merchant of Valparaiso. 1s “Geotlownn proposes, sBe. pr tion of the caval the pursuance of a previous contract, in force ever since 1855, and promises to supply the city with one hun- dred thousand gallons of water dally gratis within moe months from the present date, if his scheme be admitted. ae ee Ee authorities are considering corn posal, oF ry an aaopymove company, en: “the borers,” which, with the assistance of very mode- rate capital, contemplates the perforation of tho bills of Valparaiso with artesian wells, and has already obtained water ip the wilderness five or six leagues is 224 of Ji oy the £0 januat moned gators, meeting of the shareholaers. for the Purpose of obtaiping a sanction for a loan of $550,000 on mortgage. The shareholders present, who were only four in nymber—through a conspicuous irregularity in indicat ing the hour of meeting— against the proposal of the directors; but the three present, possessing a great majority of votes, on account of the number of their shares, resolved op its being carried into effect, for which Sad have invited sealed proposals of from $500 upwards. On its part the government promulgated, on the 15th of January, the |tw authorizing it (o raise an interior loan of six hnudred thousand dollars; and in consequence, on the 2ist the Jreasury Ministers invited proposals from capitalists for the balf of that sum only, 80 as to provide for more immediate needs. On the 20th the proposals were opened in the office of the Ministry of Finance, and the result was that twenty ea al or ag ie mae, amounting to over two millions lar; ieature wre iaktory eigenen of the god armor tis oto ment, aiid rurnisies us with an unmistakable proof of the prosperity we enjoy. The interest of the loau varies between 714 and 8 per cent. On the 19th of January the government publiebed the Jo.alized budget for 1864. distributed as follows: The liome and Foreign Ministries.... $1,292,876 62 Yhe Ministries of Justice, Public Wo . and Instruction 1,141,799 27 Tho Ministry of F; 8,412,429 88 ‘Tho Ministry of War..... 1,936,313 03 Total... In additio: racter, 1 bave only to mention two which inang the year 1564 in a melancholy manner, One the “ violent earthquake which spread through Copiapo at midnight of the llth of Janvary, causing considerable destruction of pro. porty and the loss of several lives. This phenomenon hag presented features entirely new—as, for example, prolonged and deafening detonations and the appearance of a voleano hitherto unknown, whose direction is traced at night by the light of its abundant lava discbarged in a 8 form, and which is believed to be situated in the ebain of mountains bordering on Bolivia, some two hun- dred leagues distint from the valley of Copiapo. The other lamentable event to which I refer 1s the death of Brigadier General Don Joso Sisco » formerly Muistor of State, and Plenipotentiary at Quito in 1854 and at Madrid in 1858. His death on-the 2d of Janu- ary.although considered probable for some time past, has caused very great regret, In respect to the foreign relations of the republic, the rumors of war with Bolivia are heard no more, as the pees which created them have proved mere airy nothings. The recognition made by our government on the 2ist of January, in consequence of an autograph lotter of King Victor Emanacl, dated in Turin the 23d of Novem- der, goliciting it, has also been officially published. ‘This step has been welcomed by the applause of the whole country, with the contemplated exception of the Papal— ji cane say Roman—faction, misled by the priests of Santiago. Ihave not the ‘least particle of news to give asre gards the political question of the election, which at this hour ought to engage the public atrention, but does not. Whether from couviction of the completeness of ite liberties or from apatny, the truth is there is a complete absence of agitation, although only two months intervene before the decision of the event. At the eleventh hour the press bas proclaimed the wel- come pews of the invitation addressed by the govern ment of Peru to tho South American republics to an American Congrees, whose object will be the providing for the common de euce, not oaly of the territory, but of the democratic institutious of America, ‘The following is @ report of the Valparaiso markets for the two weeks prior to the sailing of the steamer: — is alarm During the past fortuight our market bas ahown some | symptoms of improvement, alibough. as regards maou- factured goods, we cannot report anything like an active demand at present. as aren dealers still bold back under the impression that present prices cannot be mafutained, and that they will be abie to purchase on better terms later on. In country produce there bas been very little move ment. The demand iu ge.eral bas been very dull during ‘the whole month, and prices have still a tendency down- ward, with but few exceptions. The transactions in our ‘two principa! articles of export— copper and nitrate—have been on rather « reduced scale, owing toa temporary scarcity induced by the uousually hoavy shipments re cently one forward and in course of slipping. A sale of 1,000 quintals of copper was ellected at $17 75; but since the arrival of the last mai there has been a reaction, owlng to the favorable news received, and sales of from 6,000 to 7,000 quintals bave been made at $15 25, and it is probable that {uriher sales wil be eflected at the same rate before the departure of the mail. ‘The scarcity of nitrate, owing to the heavy sales ef- fected recently, and which are still in course of delivers, his caused a rise in price, aud sales have been effected of 000 quintals at $1 8744, and of larger quantities, de- erable in March, at $1$5. Another lot of 16,000 quin- r immediate delivery, was disposed of at $2, with val conditions, This last sale is au excoptional one, as the buyers found themselves, tu ® measure, at the merey of the sellers, aud we do not consider the pre- semt market value to be over $1 875. PRU, The news from the republic of Peru is of importance to the commercial world, especially te those doing business: ‘vith that country, Arrangements have been entered into whereby (he bage coin that has been so loug in circu. lation is to be recoined into m ney of a proper etaudard value. I quote the following from the Lima Comercio of be 12tb inst. — Liva, Jan. 19, 1364. Considering that the ex\inction of the base Holi ian' m cirealatiug i our markets has now come tobe of te gent mepossity, a ery Fernment th base coin 9 Oyage & Brother, and Graham Rowe ¢ Co., Accorianes With the Congultive vote of the conusel of minis tera accepted ic, under the following terms and conditions:— I. The proposing parties, Mesars, J. V Oyogue & Brother and Grahim Rowe & Co. without fequiring (rom govern. ment any advan ind drawing exactly at the rate of 37 pence per dollar st beer toy fom rope, shal’. by + from tour ces again is ta to five means of s0 drawing, collect hundred thew sand posos worth of Bolivian money ack moptii, tip to the sum of eight it which ie auppoved to be fa cironiation. excepting connt moneys, They are bound to receive in yment all such pieces of Bolivian money at Lie po blic treasuries which they may me tin, oi to Barnpe in the sane state or in bars, with the know ‘om, houses, seit risk wherever it may at present in the term proportionate to tiv the Peruvian Minister in Lond at ied in the Bank of Engi declared at the custom houses of the repub not have been meited in the mint of this d mercantile houses bind themselves t la conformity with the Iaw of Feb, ruary 14, 1 erate of four ty five hundred thousand sols every month, excepting fortultousevents. which amount must ineude two millons fve hundred thousand sols in top aud tveniy cents, cisitouied In equal nonthiy, Government will receive every month the quantity of ey co.ned placed at their disposal by the contractors will Homediate'y pay tuem its value in bil's avon Kur of 48 pence perm s port=t bing understood that sald commtasion of 7M per Sent Je (or both operations in*#ie proportions exiabilahed in articles Land 3 Government wit! not, besides the seven and one-half article, pay any other anes for this operstion, whatever he their ex penses for transport, Insurance, freights, losses of any kind whatever, drawlug of x other 6 The prop tien Of governmen! to 7. ‘the contractors in’ sols within two mouths from date, at the Ines, Saing s voluntarily with $5000, if im the stipulated M have c the operation should not have deliv 200.000 sols, No eceived at the (reasury whieh, indiscriminately aw: found to be i conformity with the pres-rip- law of February 14, Tn case government should not pay immediately tn x bt ai forty-eight pe upon Ku rope a 'y Toe ta. Bot lated ‘at tne. riding to the stipulation tu artiee four for th ‘month by the contractors, it will pay ani ng the di Of exchange wntil com ing forty eight pence for sol, and the eonmisaion uf da ait per cent in the saute (eras; that is, at forty e. he tiiet del veries in sols made by the rontracto. c\pa. treaducy goverament may ieiain the sum of 10 (KO pesowe, base money, dine 1. th Muarantes tor the faith(ut 4 nt per year, and returnt they conclute the coining ‘of the ols. q ernment binds iteelf to maintain ite actusl ex change of thirty eeeeh pence for each base peso, while this m be elreulsting in th nt tint of thiacity, whieh i HL, if the cetning eg oat sft i pulsat the disposal of the con. mt order thnt they way organize ti establishment vee govern: repairs: may happen to the t reute oF mnchtuery intradveed by the’ con i be pala Uy government, 1 the latter shoutd m their acquisition convenient, Hon of conversion will be terminated as soon 4 the sum of it ian coin, In whielt H{contnierrert money oF goin devicient should be less in the circulation of Hehe; Pa there the ten governnent paying then the stipu- mt one-hail per cent upon the in evant of there being inore than the 8 Of Bolivian money, they shall con- ions of sole, anion of EVE ‘ the conntry. they must not on that Acgownt eoin less thane) i mi NEW YORK, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1864. tinue the necessary coining of sols In the established propor. tion of five at four, 80 a8 to replace with excess the base ‘ken froin circulation with the new one, goveroment them the above named cominission at re fhe 620,000 alread) ved by last month sbal) be considered as part of the Bolivian money they have to export, and they must 0] tunely present the decuments prescribed jn article two. 14. a remains stipulated as a guarantee for the contr that the bullion they introduce Into the mint for the oarry ing out of thi is operation, ani the sole they coin, are their exclusive property, and con: eos and r: until the; entiy on thelr own account, y be the principal trea- sury, and their value pald ‘money or in the same sola, at the option of government, according to the Stipulations of articles four and eight. 15, Messrr. Oyngue & Brother and Seoham Rane, a e bind themssives not to require al apy time & eatin £ contact, nor to preiend annulling it for breach, for ig nature it ts aleator 16. In pressthing ol ry, that should be of absolute neces! ‘Re the carrying out of this contrast government will !6i fey fe all and protection, but without any ‘obliga- 1 a The jing bases being acce the parties interest. ed, “a Soir shall be reso L, fox bith purpose Mtsball 88 e treasury of t] \e] Patubrigef Nobo, une On account of dissatisfaction having been expressed by the holders of certain jan bonds at having been paid the interest thereon in greenbacks by the Peruvian agent in New York, a memorial on the subject was addr to the Peruvian government. This not having the desired effect, a meeting of the bondholders wa: ela in last, and resolutions passed regarding the best course to pursue. The result was the following official order:— Lrwa, Jan, 28, 1364, i jovember being recon enrol the sapostion presented fo gveruimentan May 16 view of the expos! , Of last year, by William Grain, Eeq.. notary publie, of Lon. don, in the hame of the holders of certain bonds belonging to in favor of New Granada uadory Fei the second art said resolution be modifled thus far: r cle of that the payments of said debt hal) be ip spegi eqnivatchicso that he Bugiatttohters of Wade of sald receive as much a8 four sbiliing for each dollar; rei in force all the other articles o} municated, &c., &c. * The following is a list of vessels that have loaded guano at the Chiacba Islands during the month of January and their destination:— be nin; the resolution. ' Be it come NOBOA. Vessels, . Tons. we 4 5,410 2 1,488 9,180 190 4,281 7 5,395 1 604 33 27,048 he United States, ECUADOR, The nows from thi republic is of a very limited cha racter. The additional treaty of which I spoke in my letter announcing the declaration of peace has been pub- lished in full, ‘the most important articles are the fol- lowing:—Preventing any intervention by force tending to assist any political party or tocbange any institutions in the two republics; to abolish the custom houses on the frontier, and to make uniform the weights, measures and coins in both States; “to maintain the integrity of the old Oolombia,’’ and to forget all. for motives for quarreling, excepting the rights of individuals to make claims for iudemnification of their losses and damages caused by either government. After the battle of Cuasped Mosquera issued a decree ordering the construction of a mouumedt on a hill at that int to commemorate his ‘great victory.” Wishing, owever, to give (urther proof of his magnanimity and his desire to maintain friendly relations with , be has rescinded his order, aud the monument will not be erected ‘Tne former Minister of Colombia to Quito has returned to his post, on a mission expressly for the purpose of ol tulating the government Ecuador on the re- establishment ofpexce between the two countries, Ua acocunt of the soarclty of poe at Guayaquil the following articles are admitted freé of duty:—Rice, beans, peas, potatoes, hogs, &c, CENTRAL AMRRICA. ‘The Panama Railroad Company's steamer Guatemala, Captain J. M. Dow, arrived in this harbor at noon on th 20th jost. from ports in Central America. Hor dates are: San Jose Feoruary 10, Acajutla 11th, Libertad lath, La Union 16th, Resiejo 16th and Puuta Arepas 18th. She brings the flowing cargo for New York:—16 ceroons of indigo, 73 bales of cotton, 266 bags of coffee,3 cans of balsam, 20 bales of deerskins, 4 packages of india rub- ber aud 1,673 hides. ‘There is no news worth publishing from any part of the coast. Everything isas quiet and orderly a3 if war bad never existed in that vicinity. President Carrera had returned to Guatemala after the big “spree” at Sonsonante, tn Nicaragua the attaches of the Transit Company are | at work, and they say the route will s00n be open and do- ing haif the Pacific business. Ibis may be the case, but before those who ‘know the ropes’’ believe half or aoy part of this assertion they wish to know what arrango- ments have boen made for a harbor at the eastera termi- uatil then, or upon any one’s mere assertion of what it is going to do, Wall street to the contrary notwithstanding: COLOMALA. We are without further information from the interior concerming the recent insurrection, and must awaii qu.etly the next arrival from Carthagena to know waal hhas been done towards quelling it. PANAMA. ‘There ig nothing of avg local interest to reood. The Vor de Amervca—tho official organ published ia this city—in its issue of the 25th inst. basa flaming article Against your correspondent for having misrepresented in his letter of ry 16, published in the Herat of the ers connected with the arrest of ihe ving perform- the oath or asking permis nd also for @ wrong interpreta. existing treaties betweou e and the Untied States and New Grapada, in which the freedom of ion ig allowed, The writer c ntends that, although religious freedom is allowed, its observance must be in accordance with the existing laws of the country or State: or, iu other words, any foreign the Roman Catholic Church, or Protestant minis- t, before being permitted to hold | religious serv.ce of apy kind, take the osth pre scribed by this existing law, which is in direct opposition to the treaty. I ‘differ with bim en- tirely, and hold that | am right. I consider shat the arrest of Dr. Vaughn was an illegal act in every re- spect, aud my only regret is that the matter was uot pot to the test, ‘They cau make what laws they please in Colombia respecting tbeir own priests, but none agaivat foreigoers that will conflict with an existing treaty, ua- less they desire to get into trouble. It is absurd to im- agine that a treaty was signed acd ratified which a law y moment could render null and void; and, a= I have before, my on'y regret is that this arrest was not | resisted, and the case brought to the attention of the Eng- lish government, in order to have tbe matter settled aud annoyance prevented in future. The writer suggests that the Hxra:p bad better have another correspoudent bere— one who is better pested upon matters in this country. He would po doubt like to have oue who had married in the country, lived many years in it, and whose interests were ail in common with those of Colombia, to represent the New York Heratp in Vanama. If he were convected with him by marriige, 89 much the better, for then every- thing would be as he wished, and Columbia be represented as the second Garden of Eden. A party such as he would like tohave would be well fitted to give a (rue and impartial statement regarding aifuirs in this country to the readers of the journal with which he was connected: and seeing it in this light, I have no doubt the Heravo will oblige bim and make a change. ‘The hoalth of Panama is now excellent. Woe} are hav- ing the most charming weather, aud will have, thauk for- tuue, (or pearly three months to come. MU CELLANEOUS MEWS, The steamship Ocevn Queen, Captain Tinkle; » with the California mails and passengers that left ) ‘York on the 12th inst , arrived at Aspinwall at seven A. M. 00 the usd. The passengers crossed the same day, embarked on | doard the steamship St. Louis, Captain Hudson, and sailed the same olght at eleven o'clock for San Francisco Her Britannic Majesty's screw steam frigate Bacchante, Gapta a Micke eas Cp the Zist inst for England, via Vaiparaisd And RIS iy - Her Britannig Majesty's screw steam frigate Tribune, Captain Lord Gilford, tas arrived from the south coast and is fitting for the North Pacific, ‘The following are the ships-of-wat in port:—ler Ma- ty Tribuue and paddie sloop Devasta- e. Th) opposition steamer America, Cap’ Morton, did not sail until the afternoon of the 2ist, her passengers having been detained on board ship at Aspinwall and this si 8 Crowd of passengers St appeared to bear the detention with very goo! amor, The Pacific Mail Stesmship Company's steamship Con atitution, Commodore Watkins, arrived from San Fran- cieco on the Lath inst, She brings the following specie. — For F ‘ $2,106,034 27 « 608 uM r Too tollowing is the amount of spec Calt‘ornia during the month of February Ry steamer Goldea City— For Ragland... ++ $9,088,266 33 For New York 445,504 38 jeamers {rom Total for England... Total for New Yor Grand total tees The Constitution brit it forty: They will leave here about two P.M, Pinwall this evening. We have uo Mexican news of any kind whatever. e's Department, Major Goveral Butior has issued official orders con ‘George M. Balne and W A. W. Hodges, of Ports rd labor at Hatteras, N C., for alleged f1 posal of the funds of the Portsmouth Savings and the Mechanics’ Savings Bank, of that city. was cashier of tho first named institution, and cashier of the latter. Roa All the funds of tte banks, it seems, wa t sont to he Bank hmond, and the officers refused to divulge Invenigasl Committee by whose authority tho trans. fors were mado, thus showing coptompt of the authority he United States. Hence the eon In addition to confinement at hard labor, Hodges is to be fod on broad aod water, with & twenty four pound ball attached to his leg, by a chain not more than six feet ba Baine waa formerly a clergyman, and, on acconvt of his advancod age, is only to be punished by imprison- ment at hard ii Roth will be copfined until they avawer tho question@but to them. NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE THREE CENTSs, NEWS FROM NORTH CAROLINA. ARRIVAL OF THE ELLEN 8. TERRY. S eaeeaaaaaaeeneeeen il The Anticipated Attack on Newbern. Genéral Peck’s Preparations to Repel the Rebels, ae. he, ae, ‘The government travsport steamer Ellen 8. Terry, from Newbern, N. C., on the Ist instant, and Hattoras Inlet on tho 4th, arrived at this port yesterday. Captain Chapin, of the Terry, will accept our thanks for copies of North Carolina papers. The,North Carolina Simes, of the 2d instant, comes to ws by tbig arrival, Jt contains no uews of any interest; but ite Jeader refer to on expected attack on New- Dernyfand states tbat all possible preparations to meet It bave been made. Jeff. Davis has suppressed tho Raleigh Standard. Its editor, Hon. W. W. Holden, the great leader of the oppo- sitiop party, will doubtless bo the next Governor of North Carolina, the people having thus expreased them: selyes at tho various public meetings, which have boon held in all parts of the State, This act creates great excite ment and makes Mr, Holden’s election more certain bext fall. The rebel ram at Kinston, on the Neuse river, some thirty ve miles above Newbern, is almost completed, and i a very formidable affair, She is plated ten inches thick and carries four heavy guns, The rebels aro now removing the river obstructions this side of Kinston, and are making every preparation to renew tho attack on Nowbern, Washington and Plymouth. ‘The rebel ram on the Roanoke river of the game sizo ie reported ready to move on Piymouth, and the ram on Sar river is also reported ready to move agains] Wash- Raleigh Covfedevate says the demonstrations on the positions held in North Carolina by the Union forces have been only diversions, but as soon as it becomes a necessity they will be at thelr disposal any hour the Confederate government dosires to possess them, as they are garrisoned by only a handful of mon, and two Or three small gunboats at each point, the citizens and firemen constituting the major share of those forces, Brigadier Goneral Wessels, commanding the Union forces at Plymouth, is reported dangerously ill with a fever. His kindness to the citizens has made him very popular with the people in that section of the State, who are greatly exercised about him. The necessity of making North Caroliva the battle ground js more apparent day by day, says the Raleigh Confederate. @ The Convention novement in North Carolina, which is of avery formidable character, has hasieved the rebel operations there, dotermining them to prompt action, as the suppression of the Raleigh Standard indicatos. Official intelligence has been received at Newbern con- firming the report that Jef. Davis bas issued an order for the immediate seizure of all the important points now in our possession. If this be true that they. are to make the attempt, then the avandonment of Virginiaby the enemy is decided upon; for if the Voion army was rein- forced and more gunboats were sent there in time the rebels could not expect to take those points in time to save themselves from General Mead Our despatches from Newberu say:— Every avaiiabie man in the department, including fre- meu and citizens, are under orders to Be ready to gginto theg@prtificationg at apy moment, All bhave§confidence in Gen. Peck, who will make the best possible use of the means at bis command to receive the enemy. Gon. Peck bas made earnest effvris to obtain more gun boats and more men, Sbould these be lacking at the pro per time, the country will aot bold him respoasible, The garden of North Carolina, with all its extensive water communications, is in our possession, and bas cost us many millions and much precious blood. Our pro sence here 1s morally equivalent to the possession of the State; it gives great encouragement to our friends in the iaterior who have loudly remonstrated through some of their papers against the propriety of reducing our forces in this seciion.- The fact that we are under the necessity of calling out our citizens and flremen whenever threatened, ig a matter of public notoriety to tue enomy and a mock ery of our military pretensions, This state of thiugs, it 13 boped, will not exist tong. 5 The twenty-three soldiers hung recently in Kinston by the enemy, whose names were published ia the Richmond papers, wero all members of Colonci Charles Houry Fos- tor’a regiment, the Second North Carolina (white). At this ard of burbarity our native troops are exas perated beyond all bounds, They havo resolved to take no more prisovers. The difficulties experienced hereto- fore by their officers to restrain them, are, by this bar- barous butchery at Kinston, greatly increasod, Longstre tm Every Means Pressed into Service to Fac! tate His Retarn Virginia, &e., &c, Kxoxvits, Teon., March 6, 1864, Scouts report that Longstreet has sent his wagous to Richmond by raj!road and ts mounting his men upon the horses and mules thus released, and is pressiog into the service all the animats that can be found. The rebel cavalry is still scouring the country east of ug. Martin's cavalry appeared yesterday on the French Broad river, near the mouth of the Big Pigeon. Some ap- prehension is felt of a raid by Morgan upon our railroad communications with Chattanooga. THE SOLDIERS’ RIGHT TO VOTE. Election To-morrow to Decide the Ques- th In accordance with an enactment of our Legisla- ture, there will be an election all over the State to-mor- cow to decide whether our soldiers and sailors absen from home in the service of their country shall be allowed the privilege of voting. The question is involyed in the following proposed amendment to the State constitution — Section one of article two is hereby amended by adding at the eud thereof the following words:—‘«Provided thst in time of war no elector in the actual military service of the United States, io the army or navy thereof, sball be deprived of bis vote by reagon of his absence from t Siate, and the Legisliture shail have powor to provide the manaer to whion, and the time and places at which, such absent electors may vote, aud for the canvass and returns of their yotes in the election districts ia which they re- spectively reside or otherwise.” The present Logislature have enacted, inaccordance with the above proposed amendmont, that the election take place on the second Tuesday of March, at the same places at which (he last general election was beld, and under the same inspector, The polls witl Open at sunrise, and will be kept open until sunset, without adjeurnment or intermission. Tho (orm of the voting will be found in the following section of the act passed by the present [ej Sec. 4. The ins ors of sloction in the diferent elec tion districté im this State ghall provide at euch poll oo anid cleetion day 000 box. in the sur! form, for the re coption of ballots, aod each and every elector of thts State may present a ballot, which shall be a paper ticket, on which shall be printed or written, or partiy written and partly printed, one of the following forms, nawwely:—“For the proposed amendment allowing absen\ sleciore in the mihtary service ot the United States to vote,” or ‘Against the proposed amendment allowing absent cloctors in tue military service of the United States to vote.’ The said bailots shall be endorsed “Proposed amendment in rela- tion to absent clectors,”’ and go folded as to conceal the contents 0: the ballots and exhibit the jorsement. Brooklyn Olity News, Tue Kixos Corsty Quora.—Tne quota of volunteers from Kings county is #0 nearly filled that the Supervisor's committee have suspended paying bounties to new re cruita, Some two hundred veterans, still at the eeat of ‘war, have re-en listed, and the money now on hand wil be retained until thelr return on furlough, When (be vetorane are paid, Brooklyn will bave furnished every man required under tho diiverent calis of the President. IMPORTANT FROM WEST VIRGINIA. Mr. Theodore C. Wilson’s Despatches, Devanruent Weer Virginia, March 4, 1964, ‘B-day a large squad of rofugees came into our lines, ‘They roport that the rebel conscription in many counties bag beoa of the most sweeping character, and that inall the counties, what with those who havo run away from their homes, taken to the mountains or come within our lines, hardly an able bodied young man is now leit to tend the stock and look aftor farm matters, At this state of things the majority of the women aro boginning to complain bitterly; and their influence is so dreaded in some dis- tricts by the military authorites that they are threatened with punishment if they donot refrain from abusing the rebel government, Owing to the effects of the conscrip- thom many rebel families are suilering severely. TAR COURT OF INQUIRY, of which General Wheaton is President, docs not meet at Cumberiond until Monday next, PRISONERS. Lieutenant Smith, of the Pennsylvania Engineers, brought in two rebel soldiers, who were captured in Marion eounty, concoaled between the ceiling and wea- ther boarding of a dwelling house belonging to and oc- oupied by Alpbeus ood. Hood was also arrested for concealing the said rebels. A fow days ago J. M. Lake, of Webster, Taylor county, waa brought in, charged with iMegally trading with soldiers in United States horses, He was turned over by Captain Over to the United States Court for trial, A stringent law is jn oxistence against en dors. aed pe Beane foads in this neighborhood are in a very bad condition, Thére ia much to indicate that we will ere long have very stirrivg times tna military way. Many of (20 prisoners of war we capture expres willinguess to ta).o the oath of allegiance, ACIONS OF THE GUERILLAS. Virgivians in Farly’s rebel command are reported to bo much dissatisiied at the manner in which they are ra. tioned, while partisan rangers and guerillas prunder and sical from everybody, whether friend or foo, and do not hesitate to take forage and provisions in large quanti- ties from the very familles of men serving in the rebel army, GENERAL CROOKR seems to be very active just now ip picking up small de- tachmonts of rebel cavalry, used as scouting parties, reek, Va., March 6, 1864, The cavalry scouting expodition sent out to Pendleton county, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Root, of the Fifteenth New York cavalry, returned to-day. [He reports that no enemy appears to be in force in that county or neighborhood. Several small guerilla parties fled on the approach of our forces. The expedition effectually dostroyed the saltpotre works south of Franklin, in Ponaleton county. Another ecouting party had a slight skirmish noar Moorfleld, o:pturing some few of McNeil’s guerilla cavairy. Five of ourmen are yet missing. Everything seems to be quiet in the Shenandosh valley. THE METROPOLITAN SANITARY FAIR. Description of the Building—Kighty Thousand Square Feet the Total Arca— Interesting Detalils=New Jersey and the Fire Department, &c., dc. Great preparations are being made to render the forth- Coming Metropolitan Sanitary Fair worthy the reputation of the Empire City. About three hundred ladies and geutiomen have charge of the matter, and by means of> sub committees bope to make each department equally wortby of patrouage. THE BUILDING. The building, or rather the series of buildings, are situated on the ground formerly known as the Palace Garden, in Fourteenth street, west of Sixth avenue, It is in the rear of the brick building which bas been erected as an armory for the Twenty- second regiment ‘he armory, with the exception of two rooms, where the arms are stored, has also been placed at the service of the committee. fhe grand floor, ‘on which are to be the art gallery and the main exbi- bition room, is about two hundred feet equare. The art gallery was formerly the music gallery of the old Palace Garden, and bas undergone very extensive alterations to fit it for the reception of the numerous treasures of art which will decorate its walls. When the fair opers there will be but few five pictures left in the city outside the walls of the art gallery. Suitable skylights bave arranged, and a committee of artists wi!! superintend the fitting up of lery and the hanging of the pict ¢ or main floor wit! be 1 enty- juare. This, it 4 most beautiful object of its kind ever exhibited in this country. Upst ja. the armory building, is a room forty feet by dred. In the rear of Fifteenth street’ ig a two story building, baving two floors, each twenty five foot by ninety-five, and the frame building io course of erection, which Is to be used as a restaurant, ig also two stories high, and ea er will be tweaty- tive {eet by uinety-Qve in extent. A temporary frame building, one story ‘high, on Fitteeoth street, is intended for machinery and carriages, avd area of forty feet by ninety. On the north side of Fivtesnth street is acaitio shed, tweoty teet by one hundred. In addi- tion to the abovementioned accotnmodations it 1» pro posed to cover over the sidewaik along the whole extent of the building, which will give an additional space of three huodred feet by twenty-tive. Wrom the beat and latest copputviton it is estimated that there will be a total area of about oighty thousand square feet, MORE SPACE. The managers, howev are that thoy are or will be nd ly dilate on the want of will, they be plouty of room in which goods, bat uot half enough to accommo- date the million ana Odd purchasers who will patronize the fair. In this dilemma there ig bot one method which suggest itself to our mind by which the dif ome. Let it be officially announce: siting the fair must ioave their crinolines at home, and a notice to the following effect might be placed over the doors:—“Abandon hoops all ye who euter g STORING AND CLASSIFYING THE GooDs. Contributions are now boing received at tho building in Fourteenth street, and the earlier coutributors send in their donations the lighter will be the work of the com. mittee, while more care cap be giveo to the task of ar- rapging them. This will not, however, be commenced until after the 10th inst,, as the building will not be ia @ suiliciontly forward state before that time. PRICE OF ADMISSION—OPENING CEREMONTRS. ‘The Executive Committoo have not yet decided ov tho price of admission, or settled on a programme for the opening exercises. Some of thom are tp favor of a grand ball, others would profer a promenade coucert, and others again say they would like to see it inaugurated in the time bouored national way—a military parade aud ap orativa. SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS. The State of New Jersey will have a department to itself. The productious, natural and otherwise, of the Knickerbocker’s Paradise wil not be indiscriminately mixed up with those from other States, vur city Fire Department will slso have separate rooms allotted then fn which to exhibit and dispose of their contributions, We bave been informed that these departments are likely to form two of the most interesting foatures of the (air, THE OPENING DAY. ‘The 28th instant haz been settied ov as the opening day. Tho fair will remain open for two woeks certainiy, and for 18 should jastity such a m remain unsold wili He d posed of at @ it seeme to be the intention of the committee criptions”” and ibterti dopted by the good people of Brooklyn t rid of articles which it was at first intended to ENTERTAINMENT IN AID OF THE PAIR. ‘The Young Men's Prawatie Association are to give an eotertainment on the 2ist instant, for the benefit of the Metropolitan Fair, Among the attractions will be the reading of the ‘soldiers’ Poem," by Mr. de Cordova. DONATIONS TO THS SANITARY FAIR. Five thonsand doliars have been donated to the Metro- politan Fair by the directors of the Hadsou River Kail- read Company. 5 Tho merchants of the city have now eet to work in the’ proper mothod ia order to Liderally fur- nish the fair with subscriptions, REMBRANDT -PEALG'S PICTURE OF ‘‘WASHINGTON BEFORE YORKiOWN''—f IS OFFRRED TO THE METROPOLITAN FAIR FOR BIGUT THOUSAND DOL- LAKSss The executors of the estate of Rembrandt Peale have offered for sale to the Art Committee of tho Metropolitan Fair that distinguisbed artist's arcat national picture of “Waslngton before Yorktown Thetp ice they ask is eight thousand dollars, aad @ commitice bas 7 pointed to solicit subscriptions for the purpose of it to the Metropolitan Fair, The committeo are o! opinion that the addition of go meritorious a work to th art gallery of the Fair will greatly add to its attractive. ness, while its exhibition and subsequent disposal will largely increase the income of the fair. Bubscriptions for the purpose will be received by Dr. John EH. Grisoom, No, 42 Last Twenty ninth street. T pret , Go Ron 4 {From the Wasbington Star, March 6 A paragraph copied into this paper yesterday from & contemporary, in tegard Sax postponement of t hes o] coutaived the suggestion that the draft will probably entirely abandove!, ¥ seqnence of Siate action in the way of boauties sagen with the necessity for en- fo. cing 1t. As this ide@ may lead to a misapprehension it Is proper to say that, fron all we can learn, the drat will cortai oop at the Wine to which it bas been post- Poned,euject, of conse, to such deductions ag the yol- Wuteer eolisiment quota may be entitled to, Non.Arrivatot the Canada, Hutt. Bowron Harvor, Mareh 6—7 7. M. There are no signs of (he steamer Canada, which left Hall ax yestercay, Weather very thick, KILPATRICK’S EXPEDITION, Additional Particulars of Hig Daring Raid, The Narrow Escape of Gene- ral Lee. Complete Exhaustion of the Supplies of the Rebel Army. Foraging Expeditions by Lee’: F rees for Sustenance, Effect of Kilpatrick’s Raid on the Spirits of the Rebel Troops, &, ee, ae. HeapqusRrERs, ARMY OP THE Potomac, March 6, 1564, GENERAL LEE'® ESCAPE, Threo deserters came inside our lines yesterday, whore Teports ahed some additional light upou General Kiipat- rick’s movement They state that when our forces ar- rived av Frederickshall a train of cara was just starting out for Gordonsville, containing General R. F. Leg anda portion of his stad, Had onr troops been ten minutes earlier they would undoubtedly bave secured this mueh vaunted hero, RFFECTS ON LER’S ARMY OF THE RAILROAD DESTRUCTIONS. Another report brought by these men is that the rebel supplies are entirely exhausted, and tho army is reeotw® ing nothing from Richmond, owing to the destruction of the railroad, Large details aro mado daily from the rebel army to forago in the country south of the Rapidan, and the greatest difficulty is experienced to subsist the troops. These deserters belonged to the Forty-elghth Missis- sippi regiment, in Ewell’s corps. They state that on Tuesday w report was read to their brigade on dress parade that Butler's cavalry had joined Kilpatrick at Hanover Court House, The next day another report was road to them that Kilpatrick had made an attack upon Richmond, but was repulsed with a great Joss in killed and wounded and 1,200 prisoners, who had already arrived io itichmond. THR VRELING IN THK REREL ARMY. A most intensely feverish anxiety pervades all classes in the rebel army in view of the prospect of suffering in the future, Kilpatrick had destroyed the principal mills upon which they relied for their subsistepce, THR OBJECT OF THE RAID BAID TO BE ATTAINED. It is now stated in circles which are generally well informed that Kilpatrick fully accomplished all that he started out todo; that neither he nor the officials who planned the enterprise ever had an ides that se so small @ force could enter Richmond, fortified a8 it is, after the finest armies the world ever produced had failed; that it had long been in contemplation by the War Department to transfer General Kilpatrick's divisicn to another flold of labor, which would involve the neces- sity of their going to Fortress Monroe for embarkation, and that this was only to be the premonitory step to- wards a grander movement by the whole army of the Po- tomac. Another theory is that it was the object only to destroy the railroads leading from Richmond to Lee’s army, thus forcing the robels to take @ position nearer Richmcnd. These are mere speculations, and I give them for what thay are worth. NEWS FROM Affairs in St. HAVANA. Domingo—Santana En- Captain Arrested with Treasonabloe Documenta, &e., &e. OUR HAVANA CORRESPONDENCE. Bavana, March 1, 1804. AN ENCOUNTRR WITH THR DOMINICAN INSURGENTS, To condonse whatever news may have accumulated on my hands in only two days Will be sufficiently casy since there 1s nothing to communicate beyond some de tails from St, Domtago, published since my despatch by the Eagle, The latest date from that unprosperous and costly colony is the 19th ult., on which day Santana bad one of those aflairs with the insurgeuts which are called “routs,” io which the Spaniards bad six men killed and an officer and several men wounded, while the other side is said to havo left thirteen dead on the field. Thie affair occurred in the province of Seybo, over which Santana holds military rulo. CAUTAIN GENERAL VARGAS. Captain General gas had been very ill with some- thing very like brain fever, brought on by unremitting labor and attention to the duties of his office, which is certainly no sinecure. is said to be now out of dan- ger, though not yet recovered sufficiently to resume bis duties and relieve Gene:al Gandara, who is temporarily in charge. DOMINICAN BLOCKADERS. Tho Spavigh war stoamer Africa captured off the port of Monte Cristi a schooner laden ebiefly with sat—an article very much needed by the Dominicass. The Africa arrived at the capital on the 18th with ber prize. At the ort called Puerto Caballo, between Monte Cristi aod Puerto Plata, the same steamer found anotber schooner aground, but empty, her cargo having been successfully landed. A boat's crew took possession, after havi driven off the small guard placed to watch her, and, fai ing to get her afloat, cut down her masts and left her— perhaps with the intention of returning and getting her afloat, which was both a wise and economical determina- tion. ' With the very few vessels the Spaniards havo om the coasts of the island, the blockade of Dominican ports must be rather ineiLcient. It is the intention of the gov- eroment to remedy this by sending additions to the Dlockading squadr n. RESTORATION OF ORDRR IN SAMANA. In the poniusula of Samana, under the care of General Hungria, everything is quiet, and it is said people are returning to their homes, with every confidence that they shall pot be disturbed any more. The garrison there had been strengthened by the arrival of a battal- jon from Puerto Rico, sent by the government of that island, which, perhaps. does not share in thas feeling of confidence any more than the writer of a letter from which | take some of these particulars, who says, speak- ing of another of Santana’s skirmishes to Seybo on the 9thmThe rebels were, aod pursued by our men until persed, They will reappear, however, since their object, is to keep the attention and forces of the iment dis- tributed over many parts at (nce.”” y little t fruitiess of wars, How will it be in the wonine troops are in nnn quarters? ot reek 7 40“ reappeat, Tiqood deal too cata and who Knows bub each successive tuning de novo—in fact, male. oo ee arendiaill for ihe waforiunate ware of a footing at no int, and unable to coa- quer doe. And all this for wha If the result to be good it would pe all months, able. White mon from either side never emigrate to such @ mmigration there can be uo hope of either reveons L would Lng hd © one a ment proposes Going to cost so much DI ‘money. ARREST OF A SRA CAPTAIN. A gon atroe kav fue int is poiee Ly 7 Ne eo aevat to ine Domiaieaat de focumonte addressed to the Tdo not eur? bim bis ition. ‘Nothing particalar from Mexico, Starm at Portiand. Portiann, Me., March 6-9 P. M. A northeast rain storm bas all day and to- Aight. The wind is blowing hea, which seriously threatens the eteawship Bohemian, nal a position, ©" a ty Whig, @ te Micedewation.The frog (N. Y.) Daily Why 94 pabueaa paper i Apeklog t it sarprisedy an we “Ww ay that our ree vooates among Iho ex! , fae 14 ‘now fast it is becoming & prominent artie ia ry