The New York Herald Newspaper, April 25, 1867, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1867.—TRIPLE SHEET. mail brought sus the courier from Puebla has quarters, aud there officers are ex- anxious of knowing if % thelr friends nt Puebla,” And ti ane ee tations? Norte to yore are 4e he lefiy in the event cir superiors, tender Nberais. be sent into eae thi mh gus ng throug) sed ‘of citizens, without killing’ any however, It has ‘Wwanspived that a flag of nalah came talkin waren E ing, Pret ® communication from the enemy to the ps 3 on thin our terri for general commanding Tabaoda Ky ‘seek in every way an end to this critical situation, and i the expiration of PPE r side it no guarantee of life | may come. in fine, « national congress will the des- ing liberal forces should | tinice of Mexico inatitutions and form of fe ‘now amply pro- | ment: and, if this reumon should not take se and should also use | {he toad sense of the country will always mre us ereait ‘by assault. say that we have been the true defenders ; thatwe fens i It is not known what answer was made to the commu | never sold the territory of the nation; that we strove 10 save intervention, and that nication at the time, but it is reported that anoth her from the oppression of a second in ‘of truce, sent later’ this afternoon, was ‘red mpee te food faith we presented he, fneane for gaining © ss!umph ‘Your correspondent is confident that the authorities | Accept the assurances of my good will, Tremain your have but hittie money with which to pay the troops, and ‘March 2, 1867. ‘the income from the Custom House is exceedingly small. ‘We trust in all sincerity that our good Em Ys in- are and clearer than his Tf bis Vera Cros, April 13, 1867, moral education has not been better, than the evi- This morning ® schooner arrived from New Orleans | dences given of the care bestowed upon him by his mas- ie lexico PrO- with a few provisions, which will probably be absorbed by the garrison. She alao brings a report that an iron- clad had eailed from New York, armed and intended for ‘the Juarez flag. Simultaneous with this report ts the weappearance of the imperial gunboat Tobasco— Jam, under the walls and guns of San Juan, where she can be well protected. She has ‘been lying at Sacrificios for the past few days, watching ‘the American gunboat Tacony. Her late owners have wot been paid for her. Are they and the authorities ence, however, to the best intentions, H. M. has published some few inaccuracies, which with the game tenderness of language we have employed to qualify what would be called in certain places by a axon monosyliable, must be pointed out in the inter- = “aby that for ane peepee _ are even now preparing and giving to light ¥ flinging documents. The studied effort to cast the odium of the continued disorders and bloodshed that deluge Mexico upon the party which has for years been straggling for the freedom of their native country from. the slavery of European systems exposes more com- ‘who have bargained for her afraid she will be captured, pletely, either the ad faith or weakness of Maximilian. er do the latter desire ber to be immediately at hand— is not to understand, or eee with one who pretend: tary privciple that by treating steam up—to escape upon her? Either supposition be true. Indeed, the French steamer creature of (a filibuster, the liberals would at once in- ‘Gomieh, orgy reason, e believe, peri vay yest an usurper with a right to propose and reject ig in a land that honors him only as a stranger. M. ince or on ap bad ings of the will of the people as early as his first ap- pearance on the soil of Mexico, forhe then cherished the idea of # national Con; © pal which 1s to cure the ills of a revolutionary country. doubt could not have been removed by the refusal of Porfirio Diaz and men of the same stamp, to accept his over- tures, or by the repeated deciarations of President Juarez against the proffered services of foreigners to come from abroad in aid of Mexican independence. The country will not hearken to bis propositions to unite in ‘® Congress, because the constitution confers upon a stranger no right to convoke the representatives of the Mexican national will. The majority has expressea its will, and Maximilian tacitly acknowledges his conscious- ness of the feeling against him by an appeal for the Congress, which must be composed of members elect as Napoleon LIT. delights to hear the people declare their choice. Maximilian, despite every sophism, every arti- fice will be responsible, if he persists m remaining in Mexico, merely to furnish toa few desperate men the shadow of a right to ruin their country; for ail the evils, for all the blood shed, nay, for tho loss of the independence which he deprecates, and with the obstinacy of falsetiood, is clamorously throw ng SF as the sin and perversity of the constitutional party of Mex ico, He has done enough to vindicate his personal dig- nity and self respect since tho withdrawal of the French, and can without disgrace withdraw from a portion of the American continent that neither requires his» presence nor desires the worn out routine of Europe. Maximilian clearly invites the intervention, whose bayonets he deseries in the East; and indicates the issue to which the Mexican question has been rapidly narrowing itself witnin the last few months—American liberty for indi- vidual action, or European svstem with its’ trammels and gubernatorial intermeddling. At this juncture the liberal party is more averse 1o interference on the of the United States than the imperialists; those believe jn their ulumate triumph, while the latter have no hope againet loss of country and property bi the good ortices of the American government, We have spoken in deta! upon the contents of the foregoing letter, as it contains the principle for which the imperialists pretend to fight, and jusiity their continuation of a contest prolonged by the egousm and wilful obstinacy of President Juarez, He it is who, like the Aztec pri raises the knife to rip open the body of his native coua- try bound upon the bivody sacrificial stor Maximilian, serene avd venignant, offers a higher principle of seif- sacrifice and aaves the victim by giving himself in ex- piation, ihe house of Austria and the nineteenth century claim the jol'g honor of having produced this litteal knight errani,-n atonement for the loss of the .ombardo-Venetian tergtory and the preservation of the American Union. But to return to the Foreign Ministers, deeply indig- nant and outraged by the imposition upon their several Dationalities of a forced loan; Tespectabiiities calied a meeting of what is facetiously knowa in Mexico ag the diplomatic corps. The ingratitude of the imperial government, recognized and manipulated from a tiedg- ling into the image of an adult bird, between an Ameri- can ow! and the Austrian eagle, was loudly exposed. No sooner had the army disappeared than the Mexicans relapsed nw their old “hankering’’ after the goods of others on thcir own account. and not to be remitted, as during the intervention, to Europe, These poopie were incorrigible. The spanish Miavster, Marquis de la Rivera, said if only be had a fleet at his disposal he would ***, This generous motion was ‘seconded by Baron Magnus, Coant Bismarck’s represen- tative, with “If he only ? to which puis ejaca- in good ly oflered imperial commissioner has requested a certain mi- ment citizen to join with the American Consul and o out to the liberal forces, threatening, and arrange the conditions with General Benavides, pending surrender, ‘and you may not be surprised to hear by the Spanish Steamer the news of surrender and occupation by the Our situation is uppleasant—exposed to hu: thi ‘and balls, and too much vomito for the Sea That of the imperiais is worse. Puebla fallen—mo money in pot rend oni: bend for want nd food ‘and ‘with vomito, with no prospect - ment in any of these particulars, eT Activity of Gen. Marquez—He Steals Away from Queretaro te Mexico with Full Powers from Max—Raines Money and Men, After Changing the Whole Ministry—Off for Quere- taro or P ia Agi Max Tri Mexicans leve Uncle Sam Means to Med- @le in Mexico—Juarez and Maximilian Con- trasted—French Calumaiation of Juarez, do. &. Mextco, March 31, 1867. Like the skilfa! practitioner, who, when a body is @ragged cold and timp to the shore, and those grouped about declare the case hopeless, detects the germ of life, ard warms it into vigor, General Marquez has infused into the drooping empire a new existence. By his energy and boldness ho has made of the passive power of Maxi- milia’s character an actual and creative principle. No Jonger troubled with anxiety about European interfer. ence, he has turned to account of the imperial régime the policy of the United States in regard to the continent @f America, and snatched from the unskiltul hands of the liberals what should have been their strength and stay. Postponing every consideration to the salvation @ what he called the State, he disregards every right, public or private; and, accepting the respon- sibility as boldly as ever Jackson did, goes directly to his aim without a thoyght of the danger and difficulties his mad career is preparing for Mexico in the future with European nations. In fact, ‘Marquez believes that while the moral attitude of the United States holds in check all transatiantic imtermed- Gling, be can deal with the Juarists and keep aficat a government of conservative elements (whatever politi- cal name shall be given it) on the current of events, Having in vain essayed at Querétaro a compromise ‘with the liberals, who refused to yield an iota of their pretensions in favor of traitors then allied with a usurp. or Maximilan, and his chief adherents determined on a @aring course. A decree issued on the 19th proclaims General Marquez Lieutenant General—a title which, from his proceedings since his arrival on the 26th at the capital, would appear to confer powers but 1ittle short of ‘the absolute disposal of life and property. It is as fol- lows:— saledon which we Tare intrusted to General Leonasto Mas+ uez, we hame him our Lieutenant General, invested with fan powers according to “the verbal orders ‘which he nas Given at Quervtaro, the 19th of March, Hel MILIAN. Armed with the authority which Maximihan, Em- peror of Mexico, by the grace of Napoleon III, is fully empowered to delegate, Marquez passed through the Kiberal lines around Querétaro on the evening of the @ist, and by mountain paths fell upon the city in the manner of an aerolite, At once Mexico was awakened from the lethargy that tor weeks had been weighing ‘upon her, and it was felt that something was coming which must be a relief to the monotony of expeciation ‘which haa been eating into the very heart of hope, Yet mo one anticipated the very tornado of energy tha was to Durst opon the capital A forced loan of $800,000 was imposed ; the press gangs pushed to greater activity; the ministry romoved and new ministers appointed; General Vidaurri named to the Treasury; Mr. Lares, who had beon charged with the State Department during the Emperor's absence, reduced to his former sphere as Minister of Justice, with a severo reprimand for his {nertness; and Mr. Campos, the Finance Minister, who reminds you of the skeleton of Jobn Randolph, of Roa- with bile and rudeness, for failure lations M. Dano, French Plenipotentiary (yet humor from a prolonged honeymoon), generously o! to send for the French squadron in the West Indies and place it at the orders of his colleagues. The blank vis- ages showed that the gentiemen had got in presence of a fact that at once frightened them into an adjournment, not only without a day, but even without a protest, which has always been a favorite branch of belles lettres with the diplomatic individuals accredited near the gov. ernment of Mexico. These very correct and dignified exponents of impotent consequentiality enjoyed the sat- isfaction of submission to the defiance of a government they had cradled into growth, and of establishing a pre- cedent for the ruin of their fellow-subjects in Mexico. The French faction here have uuited with tne impe- rial conservative party, in a syatematic calumniation of President Juarez. The Gauls have neither forgot nor for- ee the treaty of Soledad, which broke to pieces the Convention of London, and sent the English and Span- jards home in 1862. By this skiifal stroke the expedi- tion from France had either to return as they came or }, to effect their design Mexico as a colony, for the pu of check- ing ‘American advances, and of tarning the current of silvér from London to the bank in Paria, Having o§ ii il fait i LE lee ‘The latest news received just before sailing is the de- feat of Marquez, He had succeeded in making his way out of Querdtaro, and had stolen into Mexico city, raised a forced lean of $400,000 and four thousand men. He had immediately marched to the relief of the garrtson of Pue- bia. Porfirio Diaz, hearing of it, had hastened its captare, ‘shot its officers and immediately passed out to mect Marques, who was approaching from Apozaco with four i ete i ¢ F f | ti 5 gs 2 are complied ‘counselled thousand men and the money raised in Mexico. ‘upon whom | Dias met him, and in the engagement whipped his, imposing the capturing the money, guns, ammunition, ao; Mar- ld overtake ie to escape from Mexico, and These violent he will not succeed; but that # fate similar to that the refesal of | of the sixty-three officers at Pusols awaits him. Will foran ar- cs the Ciatied, Giaten goveremnens xia Bets mak ‘owe are to be | 804 leniency to Juarez? or we may bs compelled to rank os traitors, we rome yg ogg geal ace vroverly be- hoaye she country, dm0y 1 doe ai Vesoel-ag-war Elizabeth still awaits Maxi- Marques Said te be on His Way Dew Vera Croz—Previsions Going to Vera Craz From Cuba aad New Orleans, &e. ‘Havana, April 20, 1967. The French steamer Sonora, from Vera Crus on the 16th inst, arrived at this port yesterday, having left Vera Cruz two days after the Imperatrice Eugenie. Tue Sonora broaght no correspondence, nor amy pas- sengers, having been engaged expressly by the Imper- jalist government for the ostensible parpose of taking an Ary is ontentatioasly develo] in @ communication to the Minister Aguirre, dated 4 at Quertiaro: — 4 My Dear Minteren Acvrene:—As my departure for Crees recently formed army might Faleely inveryreted, bob in the country By, m maces eat ar enemien disseminate eagetly I believe it neces. toh might serve as Aue Many caiuuenies w hich Our enemies respecting the conduct of our govern’ Sa;lanation and guide Jn the presen: dificultes, r The programme traced by GiMCLINET. 1 having | SMbIe Supply OF provinons to Vern Crus, and she will, therefore return the moment the goods ean be got on board—most probably to-day. It said that General Marqnez was in Huaman' pre ariog to coun Gown to Vera Croa > can be no doubt whatever that the town of Seekonecdl Unt ta a the liberals since the La bad a certainty ‘on could be convened free ike the French bel In the centre of the country, | Thero was.a vessel in at Vera the Kheee: Sas esac” oF Minaking SF ‘a Gongrets | touted with provisons; Dut northse prevedied her eked Mine tare ot the iidepe af the Tanervention | CUMPEIME. Counall ergered the gevte to arb ha thus “he vngine around ‘he. day sien a conectacnal sold at moderate 08 was done with previous care Petar bape of, That it was impossible | B°TT. vanicipality had officially ontered the butchers to sol) lard at 25 conus, salt beef at 12% cents, rice at 9% d binck beans at 614 cents per pound, ond affording a true exnre: The Civil Prefect bad pobliehed a decgge, under date @ li, is the oniy semedy for our ¢ivill of the 34 inet., abolishing ti duty of th per cent on #) Hop this meianchoiy apilling 04 biovd. 41, the sovereien aud cute! called by the mation, submited m the interior, apd author- Ube introduction of specie jzmg the teamsters to pursue their traffic without any Kind of Custom House permit. Mere About the Capture of Pucbla—Relustal- lation ef Liberal Authorities ja that City— Liberal Troops Sent After Marquez—His Return to the Capital Cut Of—The Southe: Line of the City of Queretare in Liberal Hands—An American Pressed [ote Imperial Service—Max Decorates Him for His Activ- Bre Maxico, April 8, 1867, Official reports of the fall of Puebla are received, though the authorities here say that General Marquez, marched into that city after General Diaz left, on the 6th of April Puebla, attacked at fourteen different points, was taken on the evening of the 3d, and its for- tiftcations delivered to the liberals on the 4th. Perfect order prevailed, and but few outrages, Great rejoicings were had in San Angel on the morn- ing of the 3d of April over the official news of the fall of Puebla. Rockets, crackers and bells grew clamorous of the glad tidings. Atonce most of the constitutional forces took up their march to join the troops, ‘who had orders to follow close on Lieutenant General ‘Marquez, in order to co-operate in an attack made by the Liberals sent to meet him. The dyke of Lake San Crista- bal has been cut so as to intercept his return to the capi- tal from the plains of Afram, through which he had taken the road towards Puebla, Large bodies have been detached fro: the siege of Querétaro to aid in destroying Marquez, who is justly recognized as the soul of the imperial conservative party. At Querétaro, tho entire southern line of the city, including the “Casa Blanca,’’ a strong point, and the Alameda, are in of the These successes have been obtained at the cost of a lavish expenditare of bi hitherto unknown in the civil of Mexico. 11 the contest is be- coming relentless; even General Porfirio Diaz is reported to have hung several of the chiefs opposed to him at Puebla—whether by previous orders of President Juarez or upon his own responsibility, in view of partalar circumstances of the moment, we have not yet able ascertain, Mexico continues m a state of fsolation. No mails come or go; what is brought into the city, is at the risk of some adventurous American, who, with the character. istic recklessness of his countrymen, ventures upon the roads with the conviction that’ he aright to travel unmolested anywhere on the continent of America. One of these independent travellers was embargoed on bis route from the capital to Texas, with his wagons and teams, into the service of his imperial Majest Maximilian, who pleased with his energy and intelli. gence, appointed the man from Connecticut Chief of the Transportation mnt and decorated the wide awake republican with the cross of the “Order of Guadalupe” at the moment of an assault and entrance Place occurred. The constitutional we been reinstated under Gen ia as Governor of State of Pi quez, Lieutenant General of the empire, quire all the energies of which he to ex: tricate his army and silvery convoy from the perilous ition he now occupies, for the waters of the Lake San riatobal, and swarms of liberals are rushing in upon him, and uniess he to-morrow before Diaz brings up his forces from Puebla and the troops detached from Querétaro close about him in the rear, we shall be under the-painful necessity of reporting a lost lieutenant } buried in the noigy ruins of an empire ‘The authorities are resorting to every measure known im Mexico to suppress the truth as to the fal! of Puebla Letters are searcued for, opened and retaiged upon the lightest suspicion. Others are published, whose con- tents throw the least doubt upon the faci; aud where flattering paragraphs cannot be wrested from the true tenor of a letter they are manufactured for the purpose of keeping alive the illusion of the government party and depressing the morale of the liberals. A fair speci- men of these imperial aris js taken from the Diario del Imperi’, of Saturday, the 6th of April, It is given im column beaded “Not Official”? — will re- PUEBLA. The most excelient General “Marquez entered Puebla with bis cavalry on Thursday, the 4th inst, at one o’clook in the morning, D. orfirio Diaz having raised his camp at 10 o'clock on the night of the preceding day. From reports worthy of eredii it is known that D, Porfirio Diaz and D. Juan Josic Baz were grievously wounded by the falling of a wall, ‘and that the former tuck the road towards 'laxca! whence messengers were sent in search of physicians instruments for an amputation, long, however, as we can keep the most excellent Gen- eral cornered at “San Nicolas” on the other side of the waters of Sun Cristoval, where positive information places him, with lundveds of liberals surging avout him, the Diario ‘can flirt with fulssnood. The editor no doubt fulfils his contract with the government, while Des- tiny patiently awaits the fulfillment of that éntered into between Time and the Empire. THE CAMPAIGN IN THE INTERIOR. Escobedo Refuses to Hear Te! of Surren- der—The Southern Part of Queretaro Pro- bably Taken by Corona—No Hope for the LImperiatists—Heavy Prestamos by the Libe- rale—They are Short of Ammunition, &c. Maraxoros, April 8 1867. ‘The steamship St. Mary, from New Orleans, arrived off the bar at Brazos Santiago on the 4th inst. Simul- taneonsly with her arrival a heavy norther set in, which has prevented her entering the harbor or discharging her cargo by means of lighters up to this day. The weather having moderated, she will doubtless soon be able to cross the bar, and will start on her return trip in a day or two. She willcarry the One Hundred and Four- teenth United States colored troops, Colonel sr igwick commanding, mustered out, and the squadron of the Fourth cavalry ordered from Fort Brown to New Orleans. The Heratp is indebted to her genial purser, M. J. Gomila, for many favors in the prompt transmission of despatches, The latest news from Querétaro is to the 26th ult., and is of importance, I give it in its order, The Monterey Pericdico Oficial has a letter from Escobedo, dated at bis camp, March 25, at 10 P. M. That evening, at eight o'clock, the imperialists bad made an atiack along the whole line, and had been repulsed. Though the battle nted as raging fiercely, the loss of the liberals is put down at but three or tour bundred, A letier, dated on the 26th, says the atiack was renewed by the imperialists at ten o'clock the eveo.ng of the 25th, aud was again repu! From various sources I learn that a portion of Queré- taro was occupied by the liberals on the ib. Letters received from members of the Juarez government, in- cluding the President, dated San Luis, the 28th, mention the fact, An ex-United States army officer, who ieft Monterey on the 4th, says letters had been received there by Governor Gomez, and by Escobedo’s wife, woich stated that the general his headquarters in the houses (las casas) of the city. The same letters also Stated that the bishop of Querétaro had come out, under the sanction of Maximilian, to terms of capitn- ‘that lation, Escobedo ‘used to receive or hin, Querétaro is divided by a smail rusoing through the southeromost portion of the city; and without Deine able to sate whe tact poritvety, rf ferard probable in defences ima - Dortalitts 4 om the north bank, and that the liberals &g a gfe z Es H g tie i i fi ij i itt if supplies, and they way out of the oF One Ot ge Late. The government of this State has issued bonds bear. —— percent interest in order to raise necessary Generals Ortega and Patoni bave arrived in Monterey, pemomagtamnne mi ‘They are confined in the Bishop's P*the scat bitter ommplatate are indulged Im by the foreigners ‘those opposed the coe ea har, i Teores Por ernment. oo greas am extent bave these been levied that the great massof the once wealthy citizens bave become impoverished and can coniribute no more. As the result of this, and of the fact that no established fiuancial system looking to the future has been attempted by Juarez, groat embarrassment is accruing to the gov- Po ee i le scree tear 4 Ddountifully supplied with arms, the liberal any volore Queréiaro is known to be very short of pag i a needed. returned without pisieg Aaale, eters who have ition to Nberal chiefiains ‘mmediavely upon the “quiet, Cortina, with bis ene Bene levying presiamos io hater, bet the President is and be doubtiess will Matamonos, April 10, 1867. The stage arrived from Monterey last evening, bring- ows from the camp of Escobedo up to the 30th Agreat battle was anticipated at four o'clock on that day. ‘The ivharale hat hoan slowly advancing in their occa. pation of the city, and had arrived within one block of theGrand Plaza Papers from the interior state that there are but two streets and the hills of La Cruz and La Campana left to the imperialists, where they are completely ements The situation in ne citys a8 terrible, The dead imperialists have been buried, and their putrefying peaee render the at- mosphere insupportable. Most of the houses have been poy sented Pillaged. S ieee written on the — says bg an attack on the ever vious e sorrowful lametttations of the families were heard, cAus- lage syépansion of the firing, None of the people are to come out of that portion of the city occupied by the imperialists; and those who, in the desperation mney stent it are shot down. The er referred to states that on the 26th Meximil- jam attempted to escape by the road to Merélia, near and including which there bad been a gap in the liberal faethe fortuna:ely, Riva Palacio bad arrived che same guards in the various villages ou the way. An early and compiete triumph ‘of the Hberals ticipated by them, The Attempt of Maximilian to Escape Con- firmed—He Failed, though from Five to Six Hundred Imperialists Succeeded, &c. Matamoros, April 21, 1867. An Americag gentleman of much intelligence—a Tesident of the country since prior to the war with the United States—writing fromMonterey on the 7th, saya: Bince the fight of the 25th, at night, which you know resulted rather disastrously to the imperialists in their retreat through the streets to the Plaza, and in which fon een nrg number of men, while the loss no was very many skirmishes have taken resulting {n favor of ‘Tre- vino., Notwithstanding the liberals have three strong lines which nearly encircle the whole city, yet a few nights since a large number out of the city, Tuey are to be as as five hundred, Some lace the number as high as six hundred, and say that juez got in and run out again, and that Maximilian attempted to escape in his rear with a few of his frie but being intercepted by a liberal force he was compelle to fall back to the city and await a more favorable oppor- tunity. From all the letters which arrived by yester- day’s mail, and trom an ex which came in this morning, things look very unfavorable fur the imperial- ists, They will very soon either make a dash to get out or surrender, as General Trevinos’ forces now occupy many of the streets of the city. After speaking of the operations about the city of Mexico and Puebla, the writer eays: “ Everything from the interior looks brighter and better. The last eight days have made a great change in favor of the liberals. ’’ Maramoros, April 13, 1867, Information has just reached headquarters here that Ascension Gomez and Canales have pronounced for Ortega at Tampico, It is probably for the purpose of avoiding the eflect of orders from the Juarez government, and will bave no political influence whatever, “HE NEW QUARANTINE. A Trip Down the Lower Bay—Proposed and Projected Sites ot the New Bi ings, &c. Yesterday morning the Quarantine Commissioners’ ambulance boat Governor Fenton proceeded on a trip to the lower bay for the purpose of inspecting the sites of the new quarantine hospitals and proposed “boarding place’ for inward bound coasting vessels, The party on board the propeller comprised Dr. Swinburne, Health Officer of the Port ef New York; Dr. Bissell, Deputy Health Officer; James O'Rourke, Superintendent of Hos, pital Ships, and Mrs. Dr. Swinburne and Miss Hottie Lyon. The boat left the Quarantine landing, Staten Island, at nine o’clock, and proceeded to the West Bank, the proposed site of the “place of detention’ for passen- gers not affected with any contagious or epidemic dis- ease, but who have been infected, and the Yellow Fever and Cholera Hospital. The location of these structures will be a few hundred yards west of an imaginary line drawn from Fort Richmond (Tompkins) to the Never- sink Highland, and se-ms to be an admirably convenient selection, lying, as it does, so contiguous to the main abip channel. The water on the West Bank is from five to fourteen feet in depth, with a sandy bottom, and, im order to obtain foundation, cribs will be sunk and piers constructed, upon which the buildings are Ww be crected. Seven of the eleven cribs, which will form the site of the yellow fever and cholera hospital, have been sunk daring the past winter, and three others, now almost ready to be submerged, aro lying at the government dock, near Fort Tompkins. The form of the pier or buttress will be that of an elonga- ted hexagon, with its extremities lying northwest and soutneast, Thiet direction will render the whole struc- ture leas liable to resistance from the ebb and flow tides than any other poistion. The hospital wilt be sit A about three miles and a balf due south of Fort Wads- Worth, and two miles east of the Staten Island shore at New Creek. All the buildings will be constructed of wood as itis mot at all impossible that owing to the foundations being on a submarine sandbank the struc- tures may settle to some extent. The Legis! has appropriated $400,000 for the completion of work, and it is anticipated that the hospital will be ready for ‘occupancy in about @ year from the present date, About a mile north of the latter building, will be erected, ag soon as feasible, a place of precautionary detention for passengers who have been infected with contagion, but nave recovered therefrom. This portion of the quaran- tine improvement will, of necessity, be very extensive, but as yet no actual steps bave been taken to ‘ward the commencement of the work. The ground E* of the piers upon which these buildings will erected is of a form similar to that of the cholera and yellow fever hospital, but its lateral direc- tion will be almost due north and south. An appro- priation of the merely nominal sum of $50,000 has been mare for this purpose, but of course this amount is hardly a fraction of the total amoupt required to complete the work. About three-quarters of a mile south of the hospital, in or near the locality now occu- pied and encambered by the wi ed huli of the ship Lindsay, and near the “Tail of the Bank,” it is the in- tention of the government to erect storehouses for the keeping of infected goods, clotbing, bedding, &c., taken from vessels, It ig more than probable that where the soattered bull of @ vessel can withstand tho gales and tides of four years, as the Lindsay bas already done, piers and other necessary buildings may be constructed with entire safety. ‘bat the sciec- tions of these sites have been judiciously made is be- yond question, as no more convenient location could be desired from which to “board” the numerous vessels plying between this port and the seaports of otuer countries, The locality urged by the members from Kings county, before Lecislature as a boarding piace and quarantine, |. ¢, ine’s Point, 1# about ten miles due west of the main ship or swash channel, and would, for this reason, be very objectionabie, while their sub- sequent choice, the “Old Orchard Shoals,” near the “ Great Kilis,"’ would be six and a half miies from the channel. the difficulty of running a boat either of these i aps A Hl : i 3 4 : ie ‘ i ‘ i Fs flat i | i 2 | est il ii i | | ; 4 j 2 Jot 8 & 6 ‘A. dala, 00 ; jor buh wt, 98 ft. x ih... {lott h: a Orth 6c! 10) fee, Whb ne woniva ti, each Jota ad oinidy BOHIWEAL, ORB... leynceyscnereeeesce FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. | prpenns’cau an Casb items (including Due from national banks Doe from other banks. .. United tates bonds to sec: United States bonds and securit: Otber stocks, bondsand mortgages. Bills of pational banks ‘Bills of other banks: Compound interest notes. Otner lawful mouey... ‘ Wepxibay, ‘pri 24, 6 P. M. ‘The gold market has been greatly excited to-day, and the price advanced from 138}, at the opening to 142 at fifty minutes past three, after which it reacted to 14134— the quotation at four o'clock, when the Board adjourned. Subsequently, however, it declined to 1403, on the street, There was a brisk borrowing demand for coin, and loans were made without interest, and at. 1-16th a 1-32d per cent. in favor of the lender, The rapid rise in the premium was due to the | AS&TeBAL®.......-.++->-» MADD Ties, threatening tone of the European advices and the Capital stock paid in $116,004, 941 decline of five-twenties in London to 6734, but it must | Surplus fund...... as be remembered that the latter is owing mainly to the | National bank notes outstanding. vor bank ; . 197 rise in gold here, and 20 long as it continnes toad. | ;1V0 Dank gales suinanding... aaV'340'025 vance our bonds will decline in about the same propor- | United States aeposits. 5,188,683 tion abroad, Gold is controlling the price of fiver | Deposits of Uniied States disburs.ng ollice! 124,986 twenties ia Europe just now, and the war news | fe (o oinor banks and bankers raat and speculation are controlling gold. Much of the nev PeOKes .... scactebeoivdannned 1, received is either entirely false or partially 80, and yet gross exaggerations operate for the time being as powerfully as facts, The Berlin despatch received this morning, saying that ‘‘the official press’ remarked, in relation to the proposition recently submitted to France and Prussia by the great Powers of Europe, that the Prussian government did not fiod it necessary to appeal to those Powers for the protection of her rights, and that she would not leave Luxemburg, has Aguregate ... seve ee enne +9 $026,134,535 SALES AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, Wednesday, April 24—10:30 A. Me 1.8. 6's '8L coupon. 100% —Sahs Am Express Co 55 cn ee sauces. .+ 10 80 Pacific 53 Co, do. been magnified into huge proportions, unwarranted lw dither by the statement or the unofficial source i from which it emanated, The most substantial part of the cable news that comes to us is the quotation for con- ia ee wae = sols, and the fact that they still remain steacy at 903¢ S10 iret ser 106s series, 10582 goes to show that much less apprehension of a Franco- Prussian war is felt in England than the bulls in gold ‘try t make believe. The decline late in the after- noon was owing to the despatch from Berlin stating that it was reported the great neutral Powers of Europe had renewed their appeal to Prussia in the hope of arresting the war which now seems so imminent, 83 95), $000 Mich South. 2d M., #000 LI Cen Bonds... 1 9000 Gosh Line Bonds. 97 8) 1000 Aut & 1 H, 24m p. Fd m.... 9734 sgeugngsddtceyransas Tayi and the manner in which the pacific and warlike tele- | 2000 Harle: grams succeed each other tends to destroy confidence 1000 Great adm. 72 iw) br! in them, Gold has been forced upward with such wild | 10;hs'Oceug Bask, IL ws rapidity that it must react even in the event of the | 3) Hetterollian Bank, } a foreign news continuing warlike, and those who expect | 400 Canton Compan; n 36 immediate war will doubtless be disappointed, as neither | 1p) Pike Mail ae Gs ley -_ France nor Prussia could make themselves ready to bo ats Wes at call Sd an commence hostilities without at least sixty days’ prepa- | 521 West Umon ration, mt 92 ‘The quotations for American secarities and consols in BL London to-day and at previous dates was as subjoined :— = Aprillt, Aprit 18. 21. 5 1 91 ere 4 UX = «68. a67% 5 ERP 805 3635 lilinois Central 7636 13 The railway share market bas been very firm and the course of prices upward. The movement is, however, regarded merely as’ a temporary one, to be succeeded by the usual reaction a8 s00n as the outstanding “short”? interest has been covered, ‘The bulls are too much discouraged to speculate for a considerabie rise, and hence quick turns are the order of the day, Mouey continues abundant at six per cent on railway shares, with a few exceptions at seven, and at five with exceptions at six on governments, There is no new feature to note in the discount line, and firet class commercial paper, of which the supply is mgor ate, passes at 63g a 734 per cent, At the ten o’clock session of the open board railway shares were lower than at the close of business last evening. New York Central sold at 961; Erle, 66% a %; Reading, 10134; Michigan Southern, 6614; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 6814; Rock Island, 8634; Northwestern, 81% a %; do. preferred, 67% a Fort Wayne, 234; Western Union Telegraph, 37. At tho first regular board the market was firm and prices were actively in the agcendant, New York Cen- tral closed 3¢ higher than at the same time yesterday, = HO” 20 {0'sist' 6 10636 100 Hudson itiver & 62° 20) Reading Railroad. BY 1000 mn 0... 400 Il Cen Ri 1000 Chic & NWest. B00 0, 7W0 ‘Tenn 6's......new 15000 os & Miss cer., 1000 Mariposa pref. 100) du 400 Boston 0 do. WO Quicksily: 10) Adams Vixpre: 200 Pactic Mail 8S © 30 NY Ceutral RR. bo do. 90 1600 1 Spal Pitts, FiWECHICIIE 7 IW “hides § 20 Toledo, Wab & We 97% 100 Mil & St Maul pret COMMERCIAL REPORT. Wepxrspay, April 4—6 P. M. Corton —Under the unfavorable cable advices from Liver- pool, the market closed dull, heavy and nominally lower, there being but few buyers at the annexed quotations. The busmess was moderate, but the bulk of the transactions was at yesterday's quotations. The sales were limited to 1,600 bales, We quote:— Upland, Florida, — Mobile ree Ordinary .. Erie %, Reading %, Michigan Southern 3g, Rock Island | Low middi 2b 2hig 2s 2 136, Northwestern %, Fort Wayne %, Milwaukee ands, | Muldiing: | 3% 2 3 Paul preferred 1, Ohio and Mississippi certificates 34, Pacific Mail 4, Western Union Telegraph 3. Canton was \{ lower. Government securities were moderately Correx.—A moderate deneand prevatled for Rio at about former prices; sales 1,000 bags, partex South American and reex M. A. Benson, on private terms. Domingo was 7 d, th les tor ex! i fair a active, but barely steady im tone. Coupon sixes of 1881 i0rcen 00 jO8¢e, both gold, in bond; and for consump- and ten-forties dectined %. Five-twenties of 1862 sold | to S00 do., and 10 do. stained and damaged on private at 110.0%, dechne of %; from the highest price of econ noticed sales of 58 bags Guayaquil at 17e., a sod gold, daiy pald. a Bae ORR pRA AAA sep LouR AND GRAIN.—Receipts, 1,660 bbls. flour, 72 do. and ‘At the one o’elock open board the market was strong. Now York Central sold at 965; Reading, 101%, a %; Erie, 5744; Micbigan Southern, 6674 a 67}¢; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 6834 a 69; Rock Island, 8734; North- western, 3234 a 34; do, prefered, 6834; Fort Wayne, 92%; Atlantic Mail, 88% a 89; Western Union fele- Graph, 3734. At the half-past two regular board the market con- tinued strong, and New York Central closed 134 higher than at the first rogular board, Erie 3, Reading 34, 958 bags corn meal, and 2,591 bushels corn, The State and Western flour was more steady, all. grad manding full prices. ‘The demand was only moderate, but holders, especially of medium and higher grade very firm, and for choiee Western the market closed ‘bu: uations. California, was steady, with a fair sales, including 2,600 sacks Culifornin, were 9,000 bbis, at the annexed quotations. Southern flour was thoderately active, but prices were not essenticlly changed, Bailes 320 boli Of Canada flour small sales were made at prices ranging from $12 7 to $16 2. For rye flour a fair demand prevailed aud the sales were quite large, compris. ing fully 1,600 bbls. at $7 35 4 $8 45. Corn meal was more active and firm, Sales, 1,000 buis. Superfine State and W ; Ss 3 Michigan Southern 1%, Kock Island 3, Northwestern x, | Sir state. [Ewe Bs Vi ed 1 do, preferred %, Fort Wayne 44, Milwaukee and St. f sente lly a 4 50 Western trade Common Southern. Fancy and extra do. California flour (aie! Rye tlour (superfine, Corn meal, Jersey Corn meal. ‘8 62) ‘The market for wheat was not esseniialiy changed; com mon was quiey butchotce was very firm and brought full 65 for No. 2 Mil- Paul preferred 5, Obio and Mississippl certiticates 4, Atlantic Mail 44, Western Union Telegraph %. Govern- ment securities were duil, and coupon five-twenties of 1862 declined 34. At the half-past three open board the market was firm at the advance, New York Central sold at 97), a 4g; Erie, 57% a %; Reading, 101% « 102); Michigan Southern, 673, a 34; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 693, a 70; 88834; Northwestern, 323 Rock Isiand, 87% 4) Dyas 13501 ic for Weste ed. tnt ferred, 681; a %; Fort Wayne, 92% (b. 3); Western BS aca ond Stats $135 tor new. West. Upion Telegraph, 8783734. During the rest of the | oro pera ee sie ere hom) “bushels ot afternoon there was no material change in prices, and at haif-past five the market was steady at the following quotations: —New York Central, 97 a 4; Erie, 5734 a $65, Reading, 101% @ 102; Michigan Southern, 67% a %; Iiinois Central, 113 a 114; Cleveland and Piusburg, 693; 0 70; Rock Island, 87% a; Fort Wayne, 9234 a HOs. Sle. Tor Suate, wad Zac. a 76. for Western—the latter prive for choice. Rye was firmer, with a fair demand, sales ‘of 15,000 bushel : . Barley was nd Bleady; the sales were 35,000 bushels at $1 10 for two rowed state, 98, a We for Canada West, iu bond, and $1 184 $1 2 for do. free. Malt was dul! aud nominal. Freichts.—lhe offerings to E ris continued moderate, but there wa: nae in rates, There was but little dew and a few only 4 tor veusel : Ne . pe The it re:—To Li I, ‘aj Norhwestora, 323; a $4; do. preferred, 98% 0.46; | Neretken ty. the cma mint i tei arg ge ‘Atlantic Mail, 8834 © 89; Pacific Mail, 126% a 34; Ohio | To Glasgow, per sieamer, To Lon- don, 7,000 bushels barley at 44¢d, Hambirg ship to Neweastle rosin. p to Lisbon, heavy pipe staves, at $37 50, and report 7,60) bbls. petroleum at Gs, dd, to Tarragona, and fierce and Mississippi certificates, 2334 a 24; Western Union Telegraph, 3724 a %. Government securities were quoted thus by the lend- | ficro> ona, ‘ -" ve close Y H iss lea dull at about previous prices. The ing dealers at the of business:—United States five |, \;UsNy Bacs muled dill at ayo ite termse twenties, 1962, 109% a%; United States five-twentios, | Goxxy Crorm was quiet, The sales were 100 bales, in Boston, at Wye. wy detiin culed dull and nominal at lxe., gold, No United States five-twenties, 1865, | ¢:tor sales of other descriptions were reported. 1864, 10844 a 108%; 108% @ X%; do, mew issue, 107% a %; ten-fortier, —fhe « i was moderate, bat 4 coupon, 98% & %; severtthirty notes, first serice, | were fully Tnaalneg. 9 We quote shipping 61 Wa x A euall qual ements sig gem aievsksaeaee Roleghaeaba Hore nA steady demand prevailed for consumption at series, 10655 a %. steady prices, Sales 40 bales, at Sic. a We, viding to The foreign exchange market was very firm and excited, and there were few bills offering. Bankers’ bills on England at sixty days were quoted at the close at 100% at three days, 110}¢ a %; commercial bills, 10834 ® 100%; francs at sixty days, 5.22 0 6.16); at three days, 6.15 05.1234; bills om Berlin, 71% a 72%; on Bremen, 7834879; om Frankfort, 40% a 41%; on Amsterdam, 40% a 419;; on Hamburg, 367 a 36%; on Antwerp, 5.20% a 6.15. Mining shares were dull. At the Grst board Consoli dated Gregory Gold closea 6c. lower than at the same time yesterday, selling at $9 25; Corydon was $1 higher, selling at $7; Columbian Gold and Silver 60., selling at $3 20, At the second board Consolidated Gregory Gold closed 16¢. lower than at the first regular board, selling at $9 10; Quartz Hill 100., selling at $2 10; Alameda Silver sold at $8 85; Atlantic and Pacific, $1 60. ‘The receipts for customs, and the roc*ipts, payments and balances at the Sub-Treasury im this city for the jaaltty. WMotiasns,—The market continued weak, though the de- mand Was fair, Sales 80 hhds. Cuba musoovado a ea and § do. Cabs clayed 5 ¢., sud Porto Kico tbe, tet SCY ee a wa ‘Stores. —7be market for iu ine opent ‘one of two lots being svld as low as 75e., but ranged and closed expired portion of the week have been as follows:— et 928 0 $446.26" For eu 2 ‘ Receipt, ” Fralances, Me Teed iShcee or lama, and 840. 8, Dger foe April 22 taeat $8401.02 $2101 621 §115,370,270 ‘moderate demand, and » 351.000 1,741,964 2,220,196 114,808,048 aeeitae.. 349,000 1,600,683 1,267,360 = 116,221,271 The exports, exclusive of specie, from New York to foreign ports for the week ending April 23, and since the commencement of the year, compare as follows with those for the corresponding periods in 1865 and rape Te ee Fer tte veparisd 88001 8uT Wieeste Soest Since January 1..$60,116,159 $70,464,803 $64,400, 701 ‘The foreign imports at New York for the week, since January 1, 1967, and for the corresponding period of the past two years, compare as follows:— ‘Sxepa.—Clover remained at ito with: mall Dey goode.c.cseie.. Shawls S2nenoK7 §1,200,i00 fia nase RL omg General merchandise 4,688,179 6,286,467 3,800,014 ogee wrest, fle 1h tm a: 16» Total for the week... $6,1 $7,624.404 $6,102,880 aR tpon the advance in gold « firmer peat ani reporvea: STO4nvi8. 95;110,103 441,008 tmeeieme te howadvance wot grat Mince January 1... $43,765,244 $100,790,567 $70,443,018 386 Ay chiar Sed ibe ae foot The commerce of New Yorsfrow July 1 to date of | Fe leo bower st 1a\ge. Kouned wae firm at 190. ‘with © moderate demand; ssles 115,000 $82 bois, ‘The market ruled dull and fleeces, to each 6f the years mentioned compares as follows .— Tenporte, méve. 2 eos 800 sone 165 $210 376,680 Exporta, pretacs. leegta owe 4 029 146 013, Exports, specie. 26,010,624 17,004,010 24,731,51 The fotlowing je an abstract of the quarteriy reports of the national banking associations of the State of New York as made to the Comptrolier of the Currency, showing their condition on the morning of the first Monday in April, 1867: —~ REFOTRCES, Loans and discounts... 6.6.60 e+ Real estate, furniture aud fatares: