The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-15

The publication Of the Herald nsnoed yesterday st
ocioeA' and finished NJ 70 minutes past o'clock.
The Venezuelan Government and the New
York Herald.
The progress of affairs in the republic of Vene-
zuela, during the last five months, has been care
fully noted inthe columns of the Herald.
All the intelligence calculated to throw light on
the movements of the two great political parties
mat have been contendlng there, vi ct aYmis since
the 24th January last has been carefully translated
ftom the Venezuelan papers, as they were from
1me TO time received at this office, and we have
mvanably added to these TRANSACTIONS notice OF
me TACT that they were made from party journals,
and, therefore, must be taken with due allowance
Tor the heated feelings of these warm partisan ed-
Tors. Our correspondence, direct from Caracas,
from Maracaibo and from the Island OF Curacao,
contiguous to the Venezuelan coast, and now
crowded with refugees of both parties, has also
emanated from the friends of the Monagas, as
well as those of the Paez party. Wehave, in fact,
gwen perfect daguerreotype of both sides of the
question; and as affairs progressed, have kept the
public fully informed of the successes, as well as
reverses, of the contending forces; and we can
with confidence assert, that in this affair the Herald
las kept up its acknowledged and wide spread re-
putaton of giving the earliest, most accurate and
most impartial accounts, of the events passing in
the world. We take no sides In this question: but
we have given our usual full, fair and unlmpeacha-
BILE delineations of passing affairs, gathered from
the communications of our active correspondents,
and the public papers published in the republic of
Venezuela, leaving our readers and those inte-
rested, to form their own conclusions.
seems, however, that the publications we have
mn houo cd
Caracas, and the editors there are writing long ar
tcles about the Herald, and the views which the
distinguished editor of that influential sheet''
has taken regarding their revolution. A transla-
hon OF one OF these articles, taken from Ell Re-
7sb,canO, published at Caracas on the 10th Nav.
was given In our columns on Sunday last We
Ind another one, of much the same stamp, in La
Patricia, of the 10th May, another Caracas paper
This article goes over the same ground as the one
we have already published, and defends Dr. Sana-
Tia, the Minister of Home Affairs, whom one of
our correspondents handled somewhat roughly. It
also defends Col. B. H. Wilson, the British Charge
d'Afaires, who has been accused of using undue
influence in the politics of the republic Regard
ing this latter gentleman, the impression that he
mixed himself up unduly with one of the political
parties, is that has been widely spread and as.
serted by all the opposition papers in Venezuela
Since the success of Monagas' party, however.
all these papers have been suppressed Conse-
quenty their version of the story cannot be heard
Certainly, while Col. Wilson was British Minis
ter to the republic of Peru, some years ago, the
same kind of charges were preferred against hun,
and accusations of his directly mingling in the
political position of the republic TO which he was
Minister, and its neighbor, Bolivia, were made
without scruple
Col. Wilson has passed most of his active life
In Colombia. We believe he fought under Boil
var IN their war for independence; is well versed
IN the various South American political questions
Of the day and, from all this and his present po-
sitlon as British Minister, he OF course possesses
much influence. The policy of England in South
America has always been medding one; and as
we have on previous occasions declared, it seems
as if she preferred seeing the Colombian republics
distracted by civil dissentlons to that of present.
ing united and powerful confederation like the
United States.
We have received from Senior F. Corvaia, Com
missioner from Venezuela, letter, which will be
found on the first page, and to which we refer.
Mr. Corvaia is altogether mistaken as to our being
always anxious TO afford intelligence inimical to
the actual President and his administration"
What we have said in the first part of this
Article, will show how erroneous this idea
is. AS to the oversight committed by our
correspondent, in stating that the coming election
was for the Presidency, instead of the viceyPres-
dency, 1t is not of such very great Importance as
the principles advocated by Monagas will be the
rallylng point, and of course, which ever side can
elect the Vice President, will clearly gain the as
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parties lately, is but too convincing a warning
shat much trouble is anticipated by the coming
elecuon;" the bloody scenes of the oath of Janu-
airy last, certainly enough to cause our cores
pondent ''to apprehend that, unless Monagas' (par-
fy) is elected, they will maintain their night to the
(Vice) Presidency at the point OF the bayonet''
Regarding the remainder of the letter, all we have
to say is, that we publish il cheerfuy, as it is by
no means our wish or our habit to refuse any one,
mentioned In our columns, an opportunity of stat
ing their case.
We have also received small pamphlet enti-
tied "An account Tor history, of the conspiracy of
Paez against the institutions of his country" In
this pamphlet account is gwen of all transac
tons that have led TO the present outbreak. The
length TO which this article has already gone
prevents our giving any condensation of it; the cir
cuInstances, moreover which gave rise to the out
break, have previously been published in the
Herald.
To sum up, may well state the actual con-
dition of affairs at our last advices..
The Paez faction still held out in the province
OF Maracaibo-the town of that name had been
taken without any opposition, by Monagas' forces
the fort of San Carlos, in the immediate vicinity
of the town, however, had not been reduced, but
was still held by Paez's party As for General
Paez himself, his whereabouts seemed to be some
what obsure. He had been in New Granada. il is
evident, as during the month of April, the Grana-
dian government ordered him, and his refugee adj
herents, 10 remove farther into the interior-at
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