The New York Herald Newspaper, March 26, 1867, Page 10

MEXICO. Te Beport of a Fight at Quere- taro Unconfirmed. Details of the Evacuation of Colima and Acapulco. Defeat and Death of Mendez, the Imperialist. Hiramon Reported to Have Lost Both Legs in Tis Engagement with Escobedo. de. &e. ke. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. The Reports of a Liberal Defeat at Quere- taro Untrue—Escobedo Within Seven Miles of Queretare—Maximilian Trying to Com- omise with Juares--All Frenchmen te Galt Melee, Geer ssssonce, March 16, Via Garvestox, Mareb 25, 1867. ‘Reports of a liberal defeat near Querétaro reached here @ the 19th inst. and were extensively ctroulated by the jocal press of ¢his city and Brownsville, There is no truth in them. No news of the general engagemen’ bad been received im San Luis Potosi up to the 28th of © February. Maximilian, who bad moved out of Querdtero on the ‘Mth ott, bad returned; and the jiberals bad advanced their lines to within seven milee of Queretara, Heavy guns bad been sent to the front from San Luis, where President Juarez is still sojourning. Kumors of an attempted arrangement by Maximilian with the Nberal government are rife. Quiroga is eaid to have been de- feated at Zelaya Juarez will soon issue a decree declar- fing that the relations of commerce and amity between France and Mexico bave ceased, and ordering all French feridents out of the couatry unless they become vataral- taed citizens of Mexico. €gruina makes professions of obedience to the govern- ment of President Juarez, He has been ordered to the interior. The whole State of Tamaulipas is quiet. ‘SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Chihuabea Since the Sonthward Move of Junrez—Pine and Oak Abundant—Independ- ence Day—Proposed Railread to the Gulf of California from the Rio Grande—New Stage Routes, Le. Cmavanva Ciry, Mexico, Jan. 28, 1867. Once more the city is quiet and cigarettes can be smoked in peace. Since the departure of Juarez soldiers are a scarcity, so much so that the citizens are fearful ef Indian attacks, Nothing in the shape of martial men ean be seen except at the cuartel, where a small guard is stationed to keep in subjection the terrifying gringos, who sometimes visit Chihuahua when thay cannot avoid ‘\ This State ie probably the moet sterile and barren in all Mexico, its general characteristictics being similar to those of Arizona, The same immense tracts of desert, the came style of vegetation (cactus) and the same fwibes of Apaches assisting im the ‘make up’ of the two Territories, During the time that the President made this city his headquarers there was coneiderable animation and business assong all classes, but 20 soon as the head of the repub- io concluded to take the field in person against the ‘would-be usurper and departed for the South, Mexicans, G@reasers and Indians relapsed’ inte their normal condi- aon with, if possible, more sluggish indolence than ever. Agriealturally this State is not to be favorably compared with either Sonora or Sinaloa, There are but few streams, and the climate is such as to prevent the rais- tag of any tropical fruite or of the more bardy producis ef tbe nest temperate sone, In ® very small portion ‘ef the State 0 fair variety of grain is barvested, bat not waficient in heacag 4 to export, _ nd only article in which Chibuabua {s Waperict to thé fidfe tool tates is timber, there being plenty of pine and oak in @il the mountain ranges. the mines little is known. Those principally worked are in the western portion of the State, and such a riod of time bas elapsed mince they yielded any profit to the owners that no satis. factory data of the results can be obtained. Several ‘sh and American, near this point experience” we richness of the mineral de- very My Mill be able to Judge of th ts During the past week the Yearly Feast, or ¥'sta de la In- ia, has been observed in Chihuahua This cele Dration usually commences on the 16th of September of each year, that being the so-called anniversary of Mex- fean independence. This year, however, in consequence of the presence of the naughty Frenchmen it was post- poned until the 25th inst The arrangements here remind one of the jons in a muster field of the olden ume. Inthe rear of the curr, or cuard bouse, 4s a large plaza, on which booths are erecied around the sides, and in the centre is a square place roofed over for dancing purposes, Here a band, consistng of two violins and a harp, discourses musi: from sundown forth eo long as the light-toed may desire it. in the booths are retailed mescal and monte, kino and mescal and meseal and chuck-a-luck. At about nine o’clock in the evening the fun begins Dusky maidens with ding: eabailercs; suuff-colored girls, with saraped gambusinos; chocolate-faced beauties, accompanied by banqueros dei mont-; mothers with their five or six balf-clAd resom Diancee; sisters arm in arm, with their heads bound up fm diack somethings; fathers and sons—the soos well dressed and with knives in their belts and the fathers without coats or shoes; al! throng through the barrow entrance into the plaza and beg u their slow around the dusty promenade, When tired, seats procured convenient to some monte wank or kino tabie, while others who apparently know no fatigue enter the dancing enclosure and keep time to music in the national capaloma or jarabi. Ove particularly marked feature of the institution is the expectoraticn procesn, Groups of three or foar femaies may be ob- served in every portion of the square engaged in the delightful recreation of spitting, I contend tbat the ‘Batural contormation of a woman's mouth not adapt I noticed here and at other did nob ye st.l favorably. ia. tla seepect to aty compare sorably io respect to tve male. In the groups spoken o above ther: was a eat difference in style, but none of the attempts could ‘called graceful, archough some. of the parties had been practising no doubt lor many years. Last even- ‘ng, Being thet of sunday, the place was crowded to excess, and ing went lively. Strange to my, since the feast commenced there has mot been the sligblest disturbance on the plaza. Whether this is to be accounted for by the presence of the guard or the natural indifference of the people is question; but certain jt is that probebiy in no part of the United States could such an locongrvous assemblage take place without one or two slight rows My friend Bill says ‘there's nothing mm the darned country worth fighting about,” and this may possibly account for the muiik ip that cocoa put. At the present time the foreign residents are consider. ably exercised in regard to @ railroad from the Rio Grande to this point, and from here to some port on the Gaif of California. “It is claimed that it is the most feasible route from any of the Monthern States to the Pacific, the grade being easy and timber being pleuty long the whole line. There is no doubt that the route Je all that is claimed for it between Chihuahua and the Rio Grand. but west of this to the Gulf—Quien sate * 8B me portions of the road over which I have travelled might not require so uiuch labor expended on it as Mount Cenis; but Tam inclined to think it would cost more money. In a few weeks we are to have @ tage tine to fubac and Tucson in Ari- =o. f it be ble to secure a sufficient mber of troops to guard the different stations and the read, Tt is pre tw continue the line west and south to Dorango, Culican and Mazatlan. ibe scheme te & good one and, if it be accomplished, will pay. Kut Jam fearfui the rascally Apaches will in some degre imierfere with the arrangement. We hear rumors of Sgbis and liberal successes in the south, but bave no pamgye — the theatre of war. While Chibuabua Piial of the republic we were well posted in military aftairs throughout the whole country, bat now the case is different Once in a while a stranger arrives from below and telis his story, but it is evident in most pA the items have grown exceedingly while trav- There are very few Americans here at present, and even those are anxious to leave as soon as porstble, ‘There is no protection since Juarez left, and the hatred of the people toward our countrymen ‘grows more in tense every day. it is Eat, declared by some of the Jeading spirits among the Bot own land in Mexico, neither sbali they have any in- torests in the country... Until a new order of things takes place it is a poor country for a white man vo tie vw, Details of the Occupation of Colima vy the Liberale-Beth Sides of the Story, }, Feb, 28, 1967. Late advices from Mexico, of which you have had bat ® bare outline, are very important; so much 0 that 1 farnien now details of operations at aod near Colina that, while thev are exciting, furnish interesting matter for thore who are in favor of republical A pri vate letter, dated Colima, February 13, say:— We have to announce a change of government, which took in this city on the 2d inst , after a close siege sod chx days’ bostilitives on the part of the republican forces, Genera: Chacon, commander of the imperatist forces, eapitaiated and left for the interior with his eilloera” Meonwhjie General Corona wok posseasion of NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1867.~TRIPLE SHEET. tbe place and nine hundred men, ten pieces of artillery and ammunition, From the interior we bear that the republican forces have taken Zamora and Guanajuato and routed General who had been im a Felipe, The republicans have also marched on Mo- relia, Anotber writer from the same place and under the same date thus speaks of the change, He says:— Gur political position bas happily changed. With the ingress of the republican forces peace and tranquillit bave been restored, and life and panel Ba nd jo this market, which tad been in a com| state of Paralyzation for months. The defeat of Mira. mon makes probable the immediate fall of the empire, and no one doubts that this will take place when the last of the Freach troops leave the country, if it does not do 80 before, All bave hopes that the republic will be born anew, God grant that the hard lessons we have experienced may make us just and right. The following account of the surrender of Colima is of course from the liberal side of the question. Possibly it may not be quite correct, bat the imperial account below does, I confess, tell very much the same story :— Gn the 26th military operations around Colima began to take a serious aspect. About balf-past eleven A. M. General Julio Garcia, with a force said to be between two hundred and three hundred men, advanced by the Cayetano factory and crossed over into Martinez by the customary road. On the same day, at two o'clock P. M., a force four hundred or five hundred strong sal- lied from here and went to attack him. A fight took place and the imperialists returned at dark. In the fight forty men were killed and about doubie the number were wounded, of which the liberals claim to have lost only two dead and two wounded. Colima is nearly deserted, a8 most of the families have moved out, some to San Cayetano and some to Martinez, ince the 2d:h firing at and. from tbe fortines has been carried on continually. At the bridge hostilities were suspended every morning until about eleven o'clock, to give the outsiders a chance to come in and buy their beans and tortillas. The marketing over, the bullet game went on with very few cusuaities in dead or wounded. 1 understand that in Martinez the utmost order prevails, and that even the mocko population begin to look at the clinacos with some consideration. ‘Javvany 31,—Yesterday Don Ricardo. Palacio came to the garrita commissioner, asking the surrender of Colima. The answer is not Known, but is supposed \to have been a refusal, as the firing goes on pretty brisk. Every once and a while a bullet comes whizzing by the doors of the drug store, making customers few and far beuween. Fare, —On the evening of the Ist inst, a com- mission came from General Corona (who by this time had arrived in Tonilay with a peremptory demand for an unconditional surrender, ‘The answer had to be given at tem o'clock yesterday. Geueral Chacon, at the stipulated hour, refused to surrender unconditionally, so that General Corona sent a second commission with the power to trea’ i giéser lagr—but to treat for an armistice and the surrender of the place; so that about noon firing ceased along the whole line. The commis- gioners met about two o'clock and prolonged their sitting until about ten o’clock in the night. The conditions of the surrender were that General Chacon and General alvarez, with all the offi- cers, have @ pass to the imperialist lines, with an escort of three hundred men. The balance of the ariny are to be considered prisoners of war, and the nine cannon aad about two hundred and fifty mule loads of ammunition to remain in possession of the liberals. At noon to-day was the time agreed for the imperialists to march out. During the morning about two hundred of General Coronu’s troops marched into the city to re.ieve the imperiahst guards and take possession of the jail. About one o'clock the imperiatists started on their march of evacuation, On arriving at the fortine in front of Don R. de la Vega’s honee, after most of the officers had gone by, one of the soldiers who was escorting stepped out of the ranks and bolted into the line of the iiberals who taken charge of the firtine. His captain made a demand of the officer in command of the post that bis man should be sent back, and while hvulding a conference the troops came to bult, tho infantry happening to be on the outside and the cav- alry inside the fortine. The deserting imperialist refused to back, and commenced sbouting vivas for the republic. Here a confusion ensued, when through a blunder @ volley was fired by the lib- erals, killing or wounding mortally six imperialist sol- diers, ope woman and a child. The cavalry escort, taking advantage of the confusion, turned and ran back towards the plaza and pronounced for the liberals. ‘The infantry followed suit and ran back also, but the majority of these dropped their muskets and accoutrements in the street, seeming)y tired of military life, and in their shirts and cansonciltos with the crowd and were lost track of. In the meantime Generals Chacon and Alvarez, with their staff, kept on the way to Tonila unescorted, and I suppose thankful to have gotoff with a whole skin. 10, of tI Custom and Don Ramon Jesus Gonzalez Admin- istrador of the Internal Revenue; Don Francisco Santa Cruz, Civil Magistrate; and everything moves along like chook work. Pearvary 12.—Business has .revived, and I expect that we will have brisk times from now until the rainy season sets in. The following account of the fight between the im- perialists and ljberals at Martinez, on the 26th of Jan- uary, is by a lady who witnessed it:— Yesterday, the 26tb, about eleven o'clock A. M., we were standing in the window, when we saw passing General Julio Garcia and staff, and as this porson was a friend and reiation of our visitore, we invited them in and i the time conversing. In the meantime there was a rumor that thefconservadores we from Colima to attack the troops of Gener Onisbing their dinner, and while wate s being given to their horses, I again Went and opened the window facing the principal street, and saw Don Francis Santa Craz and Don Miguet Alvaros, with their swords in baud, galloping as fast as possible. I asked them what was the matter, and they replied that the mochos wero com- ing. In a anoment T ebut the window, which I had hardly finished when I heard passing the Conservadores de Colima, which were near four hundred or five hun- dred men. We were very much frightened, knowing that the force under General Garcia was not over two hun dred. The liberal soldiers were so taken by surprise that they bad not time to put the bridies on their horses, and commenced running for the plaza below our house, but stopped near the church and rapidly formed in line of batile You may imagine our {nght, when you re- member the fight took place in the street in front of our house; so pear were they that we distinctly heard the different words of command given by the respective otfietais, The combat jasted about half an hour, bat to us it appeared an age of agony and suspense—knowing the great dlepanity of u tending forces. But prevently we heard, to oar great joy and relief, the glorious word: oa la livert va la. repwliva ! We gave thanks to God, though wi it possible that the fight was won and the victory secure, But presently we were «ratified nos only to rout the esservadores, but to pursue them eveu back to the streete of Colima, (Martinez is # amall village about three-fourths of # mile from Golima,) the Moobos leaving What is more ance before our gate:, ecessary b.0od- shed, entered into an agreement with tbe imperial com- mander, General Chacon, by virtue whereof said general bad to surrender the city. He was itted to leave with three hundred picked men, with arms and ammu. nition and fambour te, The imperial soldiers most likely had bad enough of fighting, or bad lost fidence in the cause which they were expected to defend, as on the receipt of marching orders the three hundred refused to comply and pronounced in favor of the Re- public, Poor Chacon was thus placed ina 8 position, out of which Genera: Corona’s liberal olfer of a Tepublicaa escort will hardly extricate him, ae it is likely he will be unable to find any imperial forces bofore rea bing Morelia, and that city is also rep riod as be- sieged by the liberals, ince General Corona made his entry in this city a new liberal sueet has been publiehed bere under ihe Uitte of La Independencia, It vituperates in a terrible way on the past government, giving as true all the ridicu- Jous reports about the incarceration of women, and boys Of ten years of age as conspirators. Also of other cruel- ties and horrors committed by J. M. Mevdoza and Abumada, such as having ordered certain delinqu —- with their fect into ant holes to mi: om ‘ons of matters of which they knew nothi All these are vile caimuies. As an old resident | must confess that better order roigned in this department during the Jast two years than at any previous time, when we were exposed 'o some of the vilest factions Of General Corona we have DO reason to complain eo far. He bas appointed Kamon R de la Vega Governor of this terri tory. He is one of the most thorough and respectab! Mexicans who immigrated to your city when Ogaxon and men of bis stamp exercised the greatest acis of tyranny under the republican colors, He re- turned when the imperialists took the city, though without accepting any post of honor offered 10 him on sundry occasions, On the dct instant, the an- niversary of the Mexican constitution, was covebrated with {ilwmimations and fireworks. Since we enjoy the blessings of peace, traders are coting in from the i terior, and two European cargoes bave wrrived at Man- rapiila. In the tnverior they are cull fighting, but the reports must be received cum gran sai, General dtiramon was defeated on the Ist insiant near Zacatecas, at a place between San Diego and dan Frav cisco, losing ‘alt his artittery and about live huadred thou. wand dollars, which be bad raised by contributions. Arriv- rng at Cienega de Mata with only a conple of hundred men, he joined there the fore-s of Generale Cartilo and Aueroga; but Kacobedo ig «nid to have followed aim up ana dispersed the whole imperial army. This news, if true, will prove a death blow to Maximilian the 5tb iost, the imperial son of Zamora with- w for the city of Mexico, alter having repulsed re peated attacks of the republican assailapts, the liberal Genera: Marquez entering the city, The mining district of Guanajuato bad to surrender on the 27th witimo to the combined forces of the republican rane Florencio Auction and Colore| Rincon Gallardo, nnd the city of Pajcuaro, in the State of Michoacan, was ree ceupled by General Regules, to march with his General Corona is now prepari forces ogainst Genaral Mendez, who still keeps Morelia. The hberal army in this city amounts to nearly five Uhourand men, and before they leave tho foreign or. chamis will most iikely have to fornia ibe npedsul for i~—_——- 1 other accounts teceived here agree with the abo and, when Acapuico is abandoned, the imperial cause ‘this side of the continent will be lost andebe Emperor's power ended. Of then, there will be a short ¢alin before the storm of war breaks out, and those who are on Mexican affairs think that in less than @ year’s time there will be as much anarchy and confusion in Western Mexico, as there has been for three years past, if pot more. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MERALO, Evacuation of Acapulco—Jubilee of the 1 on Re-enterlug it— Bitterness Again: French, &c. Liber- the AcaPuLco, March 5, 1867. Acapuleo was evacuated by the imperial Mexican forces under General Montenegro om the 18th of Febru- aryat3 P.M. The French fleets sent’ their boats on shore to disembark them; they were about 200 men all tol, They gailed on the Victoire (French flagship) on the 19th for San Blas, where they were Jauded, to lookout for themselves, San Blas is neither liberal nor imperial, but is neutral as I have heard, and it is thought the best place on the coast to land them, for most of the Acapulco garmson belonged in that neighborhood. The liberals, about 300 or more, under Generals Solico and Algon, entered Acapulco on or about the 23d or 24th with drums beating, &c, There was a regular jubilee of meeting with friends and families returning after an ab- sence ol eighteen months. The next day we had a mar- ket of fresh provisions, such as fruit and plenty of meat, chickens, eggs, &c., which had not been seen 80 long be- fore, , The best thing the liberals did was to look for those traitors who had ar and for any Frenchmen who had been implicated in the war against the liberals; th: arrested some and put them in confinement in the cast! at work to cleap itout, Bat Ja popeea there has been quiet in town. The American officers are well treated by the liberals, ‘The latter have re-established the Cus- tom House, Post Office and Police authorities. The French Admiral, in bis flacxbhip Victoire, arrived On the Ist insiant from San Blas, The ‘Yalieman sailed on the morping of the Sd, and the balance of the French fleet will all sail on the arrival of the mail steamer trom San Francisco, which will be on the 7th. ‘there is great bitterness against (he French; but they laid at anchor in the harbor very quietly, having no in- tercourse whatever with the shore. The French Consul, Mr H. Danny, left Acapuleo with the troops. and will sailfor France via San Francisco by the steamer of the 7th. Morelia Occupied by the Liberals—The Entire State of Michoacan Free of Imperial Troops— Defeat of Mendez by Escobedo—Mendez Killed—Miramon Reported to have Lost Bot CEB. Sax FRaxcasco, March 25, 1867. Later advices from various portions of Central Mexico have been recoived. Private letters state that the city of Merelia was occupied by the liberals om the 17th of January, The entire State of Michoacan was free of imperia hst troops. On February 25 Generals Regules and Corona left Mo- relia for Querétaro, Nine thousand men, at last advices, had arrived at Zelaga, ten leagues from Querétaro, The entire liberal force in the vicinity of Querétaro had been Placed under the command of Corona. From Cue oa on the Gth inst. General Alvarez, Senior, write: ‘It is rumored bere that the trator General Mendez’s forces were routed in battle by General Escobedo’s command. Mendez was among the killed. mon attempted to effect a junction with Mendez’s es before the battle, but was routed, and lost both legs in the engagement by acannon ball. General Por- firio Diaz was threatening the city of Puebla with six tourand men.” From the tenor of letters received from well informed parties it is apparent that no farther engagements of consequence will occur between the contending forces, the writers believing that Maximilian has concentrated most of his forces in @ body with a view of making terms with the liberal government preparatory to leaving the country, No battle between any portion of the forces ander the direct command of Maximilian bad taken place at last dates, and it was believed none would ‘occur. A letter from Coli: dated March 10. says a small garrison from Acapulco had landed at San Blas Gen- eval Lozada is sendi home the poor victims of mis- Placed confidence, and everything is quiet. Trade in Improving, and Mexican dollars are scarce, no conducta having a1 from the interior. latent news from the city of Mexico makes us be- Played ont. Maximilien is pow ‘He actually went to war, propria for _— " as The Imperial Army Short of Supplies— Troops Deserting by Compnnies—Heavy Taxes Levied om the Inhabitants by Both Parties, .. ~~ Rio Grande to the 224, six days later, have been received. No change has taken place in the position of the troops at Querétaro, The imperial supplies are scarce. All the provisions are seized for the use of the army. The imperialists are deserting by companies. Both parties are levying heavy taxes on the inhabitants, The liberals seized a conducta, with eight hundred thousand pieces of silver. Pillaging is going on in all parts of the country. Further Light on the Cause of Delay in the Emborkation of the French, Tampico, Feb, 29, 1867, The Emperor Napoleon caused his troops to be de- layed in this country as long ae possible to give time to Max and his generals to orgavize their forces; and hence the aflairs of the country are pow in a more unsettled and critical posture than they were before the evacua tion from the’capitai, We are momentarily expecting to hear of a battle and its results between the contending parties, French View of Maximilian’s Situation Action. The Paris Opinion Nationale, March 7, saye:— It is known tbat at the moment when Marshal Bazaine effected bis retreat from Mexico to Vera Craz, the repub- lican generals Alvarez and Porfirio Diaz were threaten- ing the capital from a southwest direction, by way of Toluca and woavaca, It was then that the Emperor Maximil:an caus@ all bis silver to be meltoa, expverted it mto dollars, and with a corps of 6,000 mev, foliowed, no doubt, oy all whose interest it was to quit Mexico, marched North, where, t is said, he met and defeated Carvajal, It seoms that if Maximilian bad des red to preserva his capital he would have firat offered battle to the strongest and nearest of his enemies—that ix, Porfirio Diaz, In going north he crosses an immense coustry, occapied by 40,000 Juariata, in scattered bodies, which he could defeat one after another. this march would enable him to réreat fo Teras afer his Jast campaign, and t embark at Galvestm or New Uricany, thus avoid- tog the personal orpleasantnoss of again accepting the Off rance. Deepatch from Admiral Baron do la Rouciere ut Vera Craz. The Paris Monitewr dw Soir ef March 9 publishes the following despatch from Admiral de la Ronciere de Noury at Vera Cruz, February 28:— Sixteen thousand men are embarked and bave satted, Their beaith 1s good. I hope that the evacuation will be finiwhed oo the 8th of Marcu. AUSTRALASIA, Colental Politice—The American Steamer Meteor—tiold Yield—New Zealand Quiet. The mail steamship Kaikoura arrived from Australasia at Panama on the 6tb of March, bringing dates from Syd- ney to the 30th of January and from Weilington (New Zealand) to the Tth of February. A conterence has been held at Melbourne between the representatives of this colony aud Victoria, at which the border duties question was discussed and arranged. Free trade in colonial products has also been agreed upon. The Victoria Parliament aseembied on January 22. Tue revenue of the colony for 186) shows a consid- erable decline, chiefly in the customs and land depart ment. American steamer Meteor, built three years since to catch the Alabama, arrived at’ Melbourne from Singa- pore, and after obtaining three hundred tons of coal, ostensibly to continue the voyage to Sydney (whore tho captain said the vessel was sold) she sailed on the 10th of January. The yield of gold during 1804, as shown by the export entries, was 1,480,000 or about 40,000 ounces lees than rev ous year, @ South Australian Parliament was prorogued on the 11th of January. The Tasmanian Parliament was prorogued on the 21st of January. The Governor expressed regret that the financiai condition of the colony bore no marks of im- provement. The New Zealand #uthern Cross of February 1 says:— twenty-eeventh anni of the colony was observed as @ public holiday on the 29th of January, The Governor had returned to Wellington from bis official tour through the country, According to a somi-official account of his journey, Dis Excetiency was received most cordially the na- ho neighborhood of Toupo, who also ex) desire that Europeans should cetile in that dis- The latest Sydney papers report:—This market is fairly supplied with almost all articles of American goods, and in some cases prices are very unsatisfactory vo importers, Under this bead may be mentioned to- bacco and boots, Tohacco is quite nominal, and the rices obtained at forced rales have been lower the nown for several yeare past. The market is still ove socked with perished and out of condition descriptions, There is also a good supply of other qualities, the pri Of which ie affected by low prices accapied fur in! hor and almost unmarketable samples. Good tens ae Worth 8d to is in bund, twiste, Lid. to Je, 9d. ; aromatic, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MERALD. Havana, March 10, 1867. 4 GRAND SCHEME OF COOLIE BONGRATION, An old and respectable firm of this city has conceived ‘a plan to introduce a large number of Chinese coolies on commission, thereby enabling planters and others to ob- tain those laborers on far easier terms than has hitherto been the case for @ remnneration of ten per cent in full. The aforesaid firm engsges to import the coolies under the following conditions :—The amount of subscription for each coolie does not exceed $270, and the probable excess is to be refunded to the subscribers at the conclusion of each shipping sea- son, The amount total subscribed 1s to be collected by instalments of twenty per cent each; the first by the 80th of April next, the second on the Ist of June, the third on the 1st of August, the fourth on the Ist of De- eomber and the fifth on the Ist of February, which latter will be the sryinae period of the arrival of the coolies. The first subscription list closes on tho 30th of April next, all later subscriptions being considered as only binding on tue 1mportars for the foliowing season. One of the associations here importing coolies for some time on speculation gave a supper the other night @ la Ruse, at the Hotel de Inglaterra, to a Ruscian captyin, who arrived — recently with a number of coolles, whose satisfactory con- dition seems to have piessed the parties interested. A CONTRAST, While ail this immigration has bean going on for years, and is now largely increasing, there are thousands of Cabans at different points of the istand—whites as well as colored people—that Lave been dragging on a life of complete indigence from year to year, and are in the most miserabie conditton imaginable, This fact is a matter of too much “delicacy” for the press to allude to; but I find that the Aégeneracin of Bayamo, a paper that cails tuings by their right oames, is an exception, MISCELLANEOUS. General Dulce is positively expected by the next mail ateam-r from Cadiz, His native climate does not agree with the present state of bis health; very po-sibly the actual situation in Spain may not be agreeable to bim. But be ali this as st may, I am assured that the principal object of his visit is to’ marry tue Countess of Santove- nia, though this has often beem coatrauicted by her ladysbip. The French Vice Adiniral, Baron Didelot, arrived bere on the 1d:h inst. on beard the Frencu screw frigate ‘Themis, commanded by Count R bourt, five days out from Kingston, Jamaica, The Prussian frigate of war Niobe, Commandant Batch, from the same purt, arrived in_seven days. The Admiral went to the palace yesterday afternoon to pay his respects to the Captain General, and the visit was duly returned to-day, a3 u-ual, by a'depaty, General Venene baving been commissioned’ for the purpose by his Excellency. The Admiral also pad his respects to the naval autiorities atterwards. He is a man of few words, and to the point—more of the American gentic- man than any of the #rench officers which we lave cen here since the French sexican intervention; his per- sonal appearancs is very much sa, be being tall and well built je is waicing, I understand for Marsha Bazaine and lady, and if their stay admits of it the party is to be entertained by 4 ball or two. I have not noticed any communication between the Frenci and the Prussian naval officers. Quly the usual salutes were fired as the respective vessels anchored. General De Castagny and M. Maintenant, the military intendent of the French forces of Mexico, arrived here on the 15th inst. om board of the Ducuayiu, French cor- vette-of war. Co'one) Dupin, the renowned counter-guenila chief, is aleo here; and according to-the-accounss recerved by the French packet Floride, from Sacriicios on the 1 ‘stant, Marebai Bazsins. was to embak on ‘the ory army, especial! have altaye found 3 turing a Frenchman oe ry moment ne suffers reverses, and the moment he loses his enthusi- asm he vecomes rien de tut. All the news I have been able to gather is that the Mberals were pushing close on to Vera Cruz and that some shots had been exchanged with the garrison. Tho embarkation of the French troops was to be concluded at the very Jatest by the 16th inst, Tadvised you of the arrival here of Don Angel de Yturbide a few days ago trom New York. To-day the young Prince (Yturbide) arrived from Mexico on board the France, accompanied by bis aunt I presuine that | Max deceived it prudent ,ot to keep him any Jonger under bw guardiansip under present circum- stances. fhe father, Don Angel, objects to his going to Europe, and both having come to ove hotel (the santa Isabel), there will be no need to intercept We young Prince. Iam this moment told that the whole party takes passage for gNew York om board the Morro Cautle or the following steamer. Beverly Tucker, who also bid (arewell lately to Mexico, will shorily leave Havana for Canada, An eminent Jawyer of Toronto has offered him a partnership, I am informed, which he in’ends to accept. Thave further to annource the demise, on the 16th, of the Marchioness of San Carlos de Yedroso, née Mar- gareth Scuil, whose family name must be familiar to many of your readers, The father was one of the most eminent American merchants of this city for many years, and later on owned plantations He died at a good old ave, Don Jose Bruzon has also departed this life, He was a diatinguisbed jur*prudent wio Lied a uumber of ap- poiniments, and, after a long and bonorable career, be- camearien pianter. Having arrived ata good old age his healt: became impaired of late, and he died ou Sun+ day at an early Lour. ‘Tbe contract of the Spanish mail service between Spain, Cuba and Mexico, it is said, has been saccessfully bid for aud obtaived by Mr. Vanderbilt, The steamers Harriet Lane and Pelican, escorted by the revenue entter Hugh McUulloch, «aived on the 15th for Charleston, and aiter coaling there they will proceed to their proper place. ‘The United States steamer Winooski returned on the 15th from West A dastardiy attempt war made at de Cubs on the 9th just, to set fre vo the Vargas of the Sab- tion of the good order in which the carnival was inaugu- bea eer wae this year,’ es staf officers of the military were present, as also the secretary of the “gobierno politico.” COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE with a very lim- few traunactions that the United States; to Europe £2 12s, 6d. to £3 per There has been a serious decline in exchange, par- ticularly on Europe:—London 10% premium and ‘Yeris Pi York currency, sixty days, is at 2814 to 28 per cent discount. The amount of specie re- ceived since January 1 is $746,000, against $175,000 to this date last year. BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE RAILROAD AND STEAMBOAT LINE TO NEW YORK. : Bostox, March 25, 1807. At'a meeting of the stockholders of the Boston and Providence Rai'road, the directors were authorized to enter into arrangements with the Providence and Bristol road and the steamboats to run between Bristol and New York, for the establishment of a tine to ron between Bomon and Now York via Bristol, RL, andif it be necessary in order t secure that object, they are author zed to guarantee the bonds of the owners of the boats reverred to, to the amouut of $750,000, NAVY BULLETIN. CRUE TO THR MEDITERRANEAN, . Commodore Joseph Alien, iin sag THR LGHTROOHRR thoure Board carnestly request marivers an@ others interested in cow merce in the preservation of life fog sae A from loss and shipwreck on the coasts of the United ctates to give prompt information to the in- oF superiniendenis of lights, or by direct com- manication to the Lichthouse Loard, of cases in which lights are not lighted punctualy guished at sunrise, or iu whieb they are not tended to dorin buoys are out of poriy at. tho night, or in wh ch fight voneeis and position, and of all cases in which the pabiisbed instructions are not siretly complied with, that the Board may, with as little delay an possibloy | ep. tu roper remedy and prevent negiee: of duty ad jed with qt beacons ops of ie United Bisa, Death of the Victim—Arrest ef the Alleged Perpetraters—Testimony Before the Cere- mer’s Jury, dtc., &c. On Saturday last General Superintendeat Kennedy re- ceived information that a woman lay dying im the tene- ment house No. 64 Dominick street, her illness being ‘apparently the result of an abortion practised upon her by some persons unknown, On this information the Supenntendent telegraphed to Coroner Wildey, request- ing that official to proceed to the above dwelling place and take the ante-mortem deposition of the female, but before the Coroner reached the house the sufferer had died, Subsequent investigation led to the discovery that the corpse was that of Mary E. Noble, a native of New Jersey, and aged thirty-eight years; that the de- George Wait Carson had Nobile subsequent to the separatio! supposed that that party might furn! would lead tothe completion of the story covery of the les who had been guilty of the mal- ice, searcl jual was at once : and of the Twenty-eighth precinct, arrested Mr. Carson in Jersey . Coroner Wildey empaueiled a jury, and Deputy Coroner Wooster Beach, Jr., M. D., wiih the co- ee of Police Surgeon Kennedy and Dr, Thomas i Jopeal ade ‘4 post-mortem examination of the body ioble, reported to the in their opinion, death was the result of an abontice tne i ‘Mr. Carson, the only witness in the case, was then taken, and as his testimony, given below, impli ties known as William F. J. Thies Armstrong, Mme. Nov 68 Third avenue, these part tain Dixou, of the Twenty-cighth preci fronted with Mr. Carson, who identified them as the persons alluded to in the following statement :— STATEMENT OF GEORGE WAIT CARSON. I reside at No. 54 Dominick sireet, and am a printer by occupation; I bave been acquainted with the de- ceased for about three years; I first formed her acquaint- ance in Jersey City, at No. 55 Montgomery sireet, whore she, with her son and daughter, was boarding; I have dweit with her ever since; about @ month later I be- came acquainted with her’ husband, who, having been in the war, bad returned home; after be had remained bome a few months the couple bad some difficulty to- gether and the husband left bis wife; in February last she removed from Jersey City to the premises No. 64 Domuick street, for the purpose of concealing her condition, sbe being encein‘e by me; she found the house where she lived hersoif; T have lived with her since she has been in this city; before she removed to this city she spoke of ge'ting ri of the child, and a fortnight tater she told me thet she had been to'a Dr. Dubois, whose wife had then promised to produce an abortion on ber; the Doctor agreed to do it for $25, and finally consented to take $10 on account; they told her they would use an electric battery for the purpose; two or tbree days later sbe said she had again called upon the Doctor, who had then apphed the battery by ‘placing the handies over her all around, and that he applied instru- ments as well as the battery; she said it produced a numb feeling in her bands; this did not have any effect on her; she declared shat she paid the doctor that time ten dollars; she went twice subsequently to his house; the last time she went to the Doctor was on the 21st of February; when I came home, shortly after six v'clock, that day, she bad chills; that vight she and Ler daughter Slept together on the bed, and I and ber son on the floor; ov the morning of the 22d I left the house at about nine o'clock; before that she had pain im her siomach aud back; I left and returned w- wards one o'clock; her daughter was then with her; they were trying We a acorset on her; she was then sitting on the side of the bed; I saw in’ the room evi- dence of a premature delivery; after I had bandaged her she told me to go for Dr Dubois: I went to No, 38, I thipk, Third avenue, near the Cooper Institute; I arrived there ‘shortly after two, I saw a notice on the door, readi ‘ring the bell and walk up stairs; I did 80, and had got up stairs and proceeded haif way across the hall when the Doctor's wife oponed the witbout my knocking; I asked if the Doctor was home; she replied in the affirmauve; I went into the smail room on the second floor; she called the Doctor; when he came in I asked him if he could not A room adjoining; I asked the Doctor to walk in “when. Mra’ Noble told him to shat he “door; he remained in there mot. moro: E is he told “me it Hi i i | ; if the army. LOUISIANA, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Change in Public Sentiment—The ex-Rebed Officials to Receive their Conge—Governor Wells and General Sheridan on Good Terme Again—' Grand Army of the R: ie. ‘St, Cuartes Horst, New Onveaxe, March 19, 1867. The sentiment of the Louisiana public ie being rapidly revolutionized. A month ago the press and people were defiant—they would never accept ‘the in- famous Sherman bill should it pass. To-day, with martial law staring them in the face, they talk differs ently and write differently. ‘We must accept it,’? they say. “If we do not Congresa will impose worse terms, perhaps confiscation.” A month ago no true Southerner eould honorably exercise the framchise privi- lege and see those he had raised to office disfrauchised, - To-day the people cal! upon thejr leaders to gacrifice | themselves pro bono publico, A month ago they swore by the Eternal God that they would never vote beside the nigger; to-day they discover that the “nigger is king’’—that to the South he is a tower of strength; that they can take the darky to their Bosom and make him vote as they desire, To enfranchise their old slaves they now admit is their only hope, They count upon the woolly heads to roll up democratic majorities from the South} that will swamp the radical power in Con- gress aud enable the democratic majority to repeal a an early day ail the obnoxious laws recently paesed by the Congressional majority. Whether their hopes will he realized remains to seen, Certaw it is Louisiana ie subdued. She will enfranctise the negro and get back to the Union as quickly as Providence and Congress will permit. The people are alarmed; they see that action is necessary—immediate action. Longstreet is out in a let- ter calling upon the people to accept the bill. He de- clares it is no dishonor for the conquered to yield to the terms offered by the conqueror. Sensible fellow he is, though under the law he is ‘isfranchised. Al! the prominent Confederate officers express similar senti- ments; so do leading civilians. Thanks to Mr. Sherman’s bill the Union men beg'n to see the dawn of a better day; the rebel city officials turn their eyes tothe wall, and there beviold ibe band- writing that consigns them to oblivion. Mayor Muproe and his legion of officials are setting their desks in order to evacuate. It is generaily conceded one of the frst. acts of the commander, when bis orders arrive, will be to give Munroe & Co. their omgé, ° Julan Neville, @ staunch and brave old Buckiail, who from first to last fought secession, -—with the hatred that the devil has of holy water—rignt here in the hotbed of treason, is said to be the Col lected to succeed Munroe. ‘tle will make an excellent raayor, and, if appointed, one of his firt acte will be to turn vat the ex-rebel — force and appoittt ex-federal Forrennis, Fa.. Mend at, 0 On Friday night five Irishmen attacked the bouse of lady 5 Patrick Gallagher, near Shenandoal: City, intending to- the 4th imstant I called upon the same | rob. Gall Le enaee eee ay oe Fs Se doctor towards nine o'clock in the evening, but fatied to | auother. wounded man 1s in ‘tomua ithe! tc. ooy bin; on. Ge: morrow I learned IPPING NEW wishe: im; on the morrow . that be had called; a day or’ two later I called tor bin SHIPPING .NE WS. cain; his wife remarked that he did not make a prac. tice of going out, but attended to patients at his home; MARCH I kept the fastus for nearly a week, when I boxed it up PORT OF NEW YORK, & 25, 1867. and gy: eg ns fap a the hyper Arrived. woman learn Dubois would not attend her | | Steamship Columbia (Br). Carnaghan, Glasgow March Tweat for Dr. McCletiand; I tod bim all the facts of | Lontenderty 1athy with mdse and $0 Passengers, to pakig the case. He came to see heron Sunday, a jorinight z ney meg We cbeaattaemedie ak eee yok nang a vaseable i since, He attended her till the time of her death, and PM, exch: ankea agvate write ‘eamen ip Vv; called in Dr. Wood in consultation. She died at twenty minutes past two o'clock yesterday, The parties pres- ent calling themselves W F. J, Twers and Am+iia Arm- strong are the parties alluded to in the foregoing testi- mony.” At thie stage of the proceedings the inqnest was sus- pended, and Dr. Thiers and Mra. Armstrong having de- clined to answer auy questions until after cousuitation with a lawyer, were escorted to the Tombs and locked up in a cell, whence they will be taken for arrsignenent be- fore the magistrate to-day, Carson was detained as a witness, M-antime the jury, having viewed the body at the out- sot of the investigation, Coroner Wildey delivered a cer tficate of death, to enable Mrs. Noble's husband to see to th» interment of the remains, Despite the fact, how- ever, that the body wasin an advanced state of de-om- position, a burial certificate was denied by the authori. tes in the following letter: — Orrick or THE Mernopourrsn Boanp or Wraura, Bil Gore Stumut, New Lonx, March 2, 1987. "9 To Coroner Witpey:— Deak Sin—I hold an imperfect certifiente rel death of Mra. M. E. Nobie, said to have been giv Toeg leave to state case in before mie. & grant permission to inter hires to know when the corpar can be buried. 1 say “as FOO AS ibe coroner is able Board of Health the medical test official certifieate thereon.” It is so requires no break in the this bureau no deviation from the rule here indicaied ean be allowed. Lhope you agree with me in this view of the cxse. I refer the husband to you for information us to time whem e inthis ¥, | shati not The husband de- mony, and his sinly “a ease thet y, nde i writers. tended by the alleged ¢ ARMY BULLETIN. ‘ORDERED. Second Lieutenant D, W. Lockwood, Corps of En- kineers, ordered to duty at Willett's Point, New York Captain Charles Bernard, Acting Quartermaster Vol- ‘unteers, ordered to the Department of the Gulf tor cem- terial duty. Captain James Bates, ‘Forty ‘third infantry, had jain Jal I. pot four monthe” leave, with permission to go beyond the jain Dudley Chase, United States Army, had his leave extended sixty days. Second Lieutenant R. G, Armstrong, First infantry, L. A. Nesmith, of the Twelfth infantry, bad thiriy delay granted in joining thelr regiments, irevet ‘Uajor . Dartablomew, Thirt a fontry, bas is leave of absence ex days. CHANGE OF STATION, The following officers have bad their stations changed from the present place of duty to the places opposive their names: ot Lieutenant Colonet Lawrence Kipp, Third artillery, Hilton Head, 8. (.; Brevet Major Frank Smith, Fourth artillery, Fort Whipple, Va; First Lieutenant James B. Hazle Fourth arullery, to Bat- tery Rodgers. Va,; First Lievtonant W. H.¢, Dun- wordy, Fourth artillery, Fort Washington, Md.; First Lientenant Robert MeCraig, Fourth artitlery, Fort MeHeory, Md.; First Lieutenant Geo, Shetton. Fourth artillery, Fort Wayne, fich.; First Chas, 8 Smith, Fourth artillery, Fort Delaware, Dol. : Brevet Major T, 8 Gansevoort, Pensacoia harbor. Fla ; Brovet Mi General JK. paste Corpe . ; Captain & N. V. Manstieid, Co: Bi Witicis'e Porat, Now Yorn harbor. wisi a Nomkiin tose © ot Begs Coloned Franklin Harw v0 ‘han been ordered to duty ne, amesast te. Breve Brigadier General T. J. 01 N.Y, ‘Krevet G. D. Sydrecker, of Bugin been 10 Battaln, N.Y. Yea Bite Brovet Captain D. I. Heap has been ordered to duty as assisiant to Mayor J. B. Wheeler at Mirwaukee, Wis, Brovet Lieutenant Coivnel Chas, McCormick. Sargeon, her of the board to volonel RL Murray, ‘araigtent medical Purveyor, bas been detailed in his Mi Marshall J. Loddington, Quartermaster, is re- | hie from Asa member of the board of officers convened in city by a late special order from the Secretary of War, to examine and report upon the quall- A fells and General tock place ~ inst, M, eax 10, sly Pp € c ud Mrs. Es y aves neg ve " NE of Health, 3 0 01 been ai- ¥.: fications for appointment in the Quartermaster's oftice of Brevet Briga- sueb perpons as may be ordered belore it, m4 ‘ de Varies 90 1 tof Nant et lightshyp boa id east, *, Havana March #0 ut 2 P'M, with indse and passengers, to’ Garrison & Allen. 24th inst," 40 miles north of Hatusras, passed echr worth, of Barbadoes, bouad north; 26th, at 6 lon 14 hip'Brewster of New York ih. The MC has experienced very heavy Steamship Emily B Souder, Look Charleston, with mdse and passengers, to Livingston, Fox & Co. Me:mabio Albemarie, Bourne, Richmond, Cify Point and Noriolk. with mdse and passengers, to N L McCready. For o'her Shipping News see Bighth page. 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