The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-24

islands, who have been notified by Mr.. Cuyler her
nsjesty's stipendiary magistrate to that colony,
that they must come forward and take She oath Of
allegiance to the crown Of England, forfeit their
plantations; but one has as yet done 90. The
Others refuse and have taken steps toay the matter
before the American government.
captain Edwin Reed, native Of the United
States formerly resident of Philadelphia, died last
month OF cholera, on the island of ROnacco. He
snsy Ss
and good one; he owned two vessels, and besides
had good sum in round dollars by him when he
died. This property will all be lost, as he died
his children but the family Of creole woman whom
he married some time after the death of his former
wife. It is to be hoped that some of his or her
friends in the United States will this and attend
Provisions remain scarce and high; owing TO the
bark Cadet having been sent to England, her cargo
of over 5000 bbls Is now causing scarcity, which
felt by none more than her consignees here, and
which is giving quite harvest to the owners Of the
small schooners trading to New Orleans.
As we have had very long dry season, we ought
to have out q great quantity Of mahogany Yet this
is not the case in all the gangs great mortality
has prevailed among the cattle, man having lost
over two hundred head; and this mortality has been
general. Mahogany, l0gwoOd, coohneal; indigo,
and sarsaparila, still remain very high-too high
many other matters for your notice, but viii not ex
tend the length Of this letter.
There are no American vessels here or in the bay.
TRAVELLER.
The Latest Revolution News from New
Granada.
From the Aspinwall CourerUpn 10.
General P0sada is ordered to take command Of
the Province Of Carthagena and the department Of
Magdanela.
He is now raising recruits in Panama, and will
leave this for Carthagena in the first English stea-
mer with such force as he may collect.
It is understood that all laborers employed on the
railroad are exempted from military service.
The Panamenosays, by letter received from
oath Of last month General Melo attacked the con-
sttutional forces assembled in Capiquira under
General Franco, and routed them with considerable
loss. The defeated party had fallen on Ambalema
Honda and La Mesa; that Melos agents in Bog0ta,
Bernas, Obregon, &C., committed all kinds of cruel
ties and excesses ia order to effect the payment of
the tax which was levied on every person. person
of the name of Don Raimundo Santamaria had been
imprisoned and kept in prison twenty.sx hours
without food, light or water, who finally had to ran
som himself with $6,000
The Panameno gives the following
General Franco, with his troops, was occupying
Chocanta, and Melo, Capiquira." The former being
greatly moestedby the guerilla parties OF the latter
in his advance on Capiqura, determined on attack
ing and taking that city, although General Herrera
The rebels had fortified themselves strongly in their
houses, and by these means caused serious injuries
to the constitutional party; but even with all this,
fighting desperately, they managed to cut their way
Franco was killed by discharge from the church
steeple. Discouraged by this unhappy event. the
troops began retiring in good order but Melo in per
son pursued and completely routed them. The loss
sustained is estimated at 500. In consequence Of
this, the forces of Gen. Lopez, stationed in the town
of La Mesa, formed with the troops that marched
from P0payan, Antioquia and Cauca. Gen. Herrera
and effected his march to Ambalema, after separa
ting in San Juan del Rio Seco from Senior Jose de
Di0s Ucros, who had arrived ut Honda.
Gen. Juan Jose Reyes Patria was in Tunja with
10 600 men, awaiting 400 " Haner0 o."
The Diario de Apisos de Caracas says:--
ut gives us much pain to read in the Pdmdnen0
that the citizens Of the American Union positively
refuse pay the provincial contributions, and treat
the authorities with contempt, causing them thou
sand difficulties which cannot in the end fail to pro-
duce most disastrous results. We can conceive how
the members of a strong Union, governed by ambi.
tous tyrants, who do not respect any principle or
any law, would bring to the countries where they es
tablish themselves the immoral customs of their gov
ernments; but cannot possibly conceive that men
born and reared under the most beautiful political
institutions in she world who have contracted habits
the value Of the authority of the law for fostering
dustry, can comport themselves, in regulated So
ciety, like people who for the first time come out of
the forest, and know other limit to their actions
than that which material force imposes"
1.-THE citizens of the American Union," where
ever they found, refuse to suffer imposition and
insulting exactions from " ambitious" and tyran-
nical officials, "who do not respect any principles
or any laws" whether weak or strong; they treat
with contempt any authority which is merely nomi-
nal, wholly inefficient; " they know theoretically
and practically (the misery ofl the authority Of
the law" (and) the officials that foster laziness
and every appearance Of fraud in themselves and
others, and they comport themselves with the indie
pendence and freedom Of the denizens Of the forests
recognizing not the limit I" of material force"
The Panama Star Of the 10th, has the following
General Joaquin Posada Gutierrez has been or
dered into active service, likewise to organize a
body Of troops to be called to division del stmo"
The Commandment General of the department, the
fourth column, stationed here, and the National
Guards, are to place themselves under the above
mentioned Generals orders.