The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-04-22
NEW YORK HERALD.
New York, Thursday, Apzai "a, ls47
The Foreign Malls.


They remained in Boston for twenty -four hours
but it is to be hoped that they We're forwarded
last night If SO, they will reach here this
morning. &C
We last evening received by Mr.. C. Coyes, of
the New Haven and Springfield Railroad, the
Boston papers of yesterday morning, which
gave us the Cambria's news somewhat in detail
We are also indebted to Colonel A. d. Mann for
the Liverpool Mercury of the latest date. With
these papers we are enabled to make out pretty
full summary of the foreign news.
We thus find ourselves indebted to the kind
ness of private individuals by the folly of Cave
Johnson. But what can we expect from man
whose department is so managed that important
government dispatches are received by mall
steamer, and sent to Washington by the way OF
New Orleans! We will look out for the future
News from EurOpe-State OF the Markets
Spectators Defunct.
The Cambria, at Boston, brings fifteen days
later intelligence from Europe, and the advices
are exceedingly important, interesting and unfa-
vorable speaking after the ,manner of men
anticipating high prices for our agricultural pro-
ducts. The news is bad for spectators in bread
stuffs in this country and in Europe; but 1t IS
good, very good for those who have nothing
more to do with breadstuffs than to eat them,
and get all they want to eat as cheap as possible.
The consumers very partial to such advices
as thcse and it cannot, therefore, be said that
the European accounts are very unfavorable.
1t appears that the decline in breadstuffs has
been produced almost entirely by the immense
supplies which had, for several weeks previous to
the departure of the Cambria, been pouring into
Liverpool and the principal ports of Ireland
The market has only been affected to any extent
thus far by the two Legitimate influences, supply
and demand. The favorable state of the
weather, and the fine prospect relative to the
growing crops, had no doubt an effect upon the
markets; but it was only in connection with the
other influences, that they could have operated
at all upon prices. From the continent the ac
counts in relation to the season were very hatter
ing, and all the indications were decidedly ia
vorabe; but there is long time between this
and harvest, and God only knows what will turn
up between this and that
So far as high prices are concerned, it was the
general impression in England that the crisis had
passed, that they had seen the worst, and that
from this time forward the course of prices would
be downward. Such was the state of the mar
kets when the steamer left, that it is impossible
ton to the movements going on: but it is pretty
certain, that if the receipts of breadstus continue
as large as they have been, there is end to high
prices this
Quotations for cotton were about the same as
on the 4th of March, when the Hibernia left
The speculative movement had subsidized, and the
market at the latest dates was very Inactive. We
do not look for any improved movement in this
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derably below current prices.
We do not notice any material change for the
better in the London money market Consuls
remained much depressed and the Bank of Eng
land losing its bullion very rapidly. From
the 18th to the 9th of March, the bullion had
fallen from flO, 1856, $40 to flO 1870, $40, reduc
ton of f466,0OO in fourteen days The Cambria
brings E42O, 900 in specie; land it reported in
London that the three steamers leaving in April,
in the Cambria, Sarah Sands and the Caledo-
MIA, would bring one million sterling in specie
The Bank of England must be very much weak
ened by this large and steady drain of bullion,
and unless speedy measures adopted to stop
it, the embarrassment in the money markets, on
the other side, must be more serious than any
yet experienced
The Sarah Sands was advertised to sail on the
9Th inst. If she sailed on her day, she has been
at sea sixteen days, and will be in between this
and Sunday. Her news will be two days later
The Caledonia has been at sea but two days,
having sailed on the Goth; she will not be here
for two weeks.
WAR DEsPATcHEs.-Our paper yesterday con-
tanned the official dispatches of General Taylor,
giving the details of the battle of Buena Vista,
and those of Col. Sterling Price, commanding
the army in New Mexico, giving the details of
the suppression of the revolution in which Gov.
Bent and other civil officers were murdered the
details of the battle at the Pass of Embudo, and
those of the battle of Pueblo de Taos.
Our readers acquainted with the gallant
manner in which our troops depored themselves
at Buena Vista I; but the behavior of those in
New Mexico was equally as brilliant in the field,
as well as in its results. Nothing could ex-
coed the daring and bravery with which
they stormed and captured Pueblo de Taos.
That town is represented as a place of great
strength, - surrounded by walls and pick
cts. Within the enclosures it contains two
large buildings, and large tower the exterior
and interior walls of which were pierced for
rifles. The attack was made on the church, and
after desperate resistance, it was taken.
These dispatches are so important and inter-
esting that we shall publish them in the Weekly
Herald on Saturday next.
AMERICAN OCEAN STEAM NAvIGATIoN.-It will
be seen by an advertisement in another column
that the steamship Washington, the first Ameri-
can ocean steamer will leave this port the
first of June next, for Cowes, Southampton, and
Bremen. The Washington is splendid vessel,
built in the most approved manner, and is under
the command Of Captain Hewitt, who is well
known as one of the most skiful and gentle
manly commanders The manner in which sh,
is built, renders her capable Of being converted
into vessel of war at days notice
LAUNcH.-A fine little steamship, of 500 tons