The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-02-05
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.

1NO W Etko fSOM OALlfOKNlA.-
NeU York Jan. 8.--The steamship Illinois,
with the California mails of January 5, and
Sl,l70,000 in treasure, arrived this morning,
from Aspinwall, January 10.
There is nothing interesting from San Fran
cisco. Business was extremely dull. and rates
unchanged. The arrivals of dust from the in
terror were increasing, but bars were scarce.
Messrs. Cook, Folger, & Co., and A. j. Downer,
had failed.
Revolutionary movements are in progress,
both at Carthagena and Bogota. The object is
t. form Federal Government, and to upset
the Ospina Administration.
Two Ministers from Costa RIGA were ex-
pected in Chill, 10 organize, Jointly with Chill
and Peru, for opposition to ilbuster invasions.
TIE revolution in Peru had become general,
Gen. Vivanco having obtained possession of
| every port on the coast except Callao. He has
issued proclamation, as supreme chief of
Peru, annulling the decree of President Castillo
which suspended the payment Of interest on the
national debt
ARREST OF FILIBUsTkRs.-Neso York, Jan.
23.-The steamship Tennessee, which was to
have sailed to-day for San Juan, has been
detained in consequence of her repairs not
being finished. Several fibusters have been
arrested, including Col. Fabens and Alexander
Laurence, Nicaraguan colonization agents, and
Henry Bolton, clerk of the latter. Fabens and
Laurence were ordered to give bail in $4,000
each. They refused to do So and were COM
mitted to prison. The Tennessee is announced
to sail tomorrow morning.
THE New TARIFF BILL. = The Tariff bill,
| modified, as reported by Mr.. Campbell of Ohio,
| Oh Tuesday, embraces the following features:
| Schedule five, ten and fifteen per cent, of
the act of 1916, with few exceptions, are ab-
| sorbed by the free list.
The forty per cent schedule, principally
spices, is also, with the exception of a few items
carried to the free list, which reduces the rev.
enues about six millions of dollars.
| The hundred per cent. schedule, "spirits," is
brought down one half.
| Sugar, moasses, lead, salt, wool, and hemp,
| are put at ten per cent, reducing the revenue
about seven millions Of dollars.
| Iron, cotton, woollen, and silk manufactures
| are retained as now.
The old twenty, twenty-five, and thirty per
cent. schedules are not materially changed, but
| some items in them are carried to the free list
The direct reduction of the revenues, annual
ly, will be about Sl3, 000 00o which, it is sup
| posed, will be increased some millions by the
| effects of this measure, in substituting home
manufactures for those imported.
MORE FIIBUsTERs Notwithstanding
| the unfavorable intelligence relative to the
| present position of Walkers forces, the enthu-
| siasm of his sympathizers in this city exhibits
no perceptible statement. Long before the
hour announced for the sailing of the Tennes-
| see or THURSDAY morning, hundreds of persons
had assembled at her pier, expecting that some
scenes would occur between the United States
authorities and the departing flibasters. Of
| the latter there were on board some one hun
, drcd and seventy-fve strong, and one could not
| detect in their iovial demeanor any traces of
| fear as to the result OF the enterprise upon
! which they were about to embark. Neither
the United States marshal nor any Of his depu-
| ties made their appearance.-J0ur1sot Of Com
! merce.
| Frozen TO DEATH.-Mr. Tilghman Hillery,
of Bladensburg district, was found frozen in
e snow drift on Thursday morning of last week
| On the same day, negro man belonging to
| the above was found dead an a SNOW drift
We also learn that Clement Hill, Esq, residing
near this place, lost two valuable servants,
man and a woman, during the past week. from
| freezing. A negro man belonging to the estate
| of the late COL Cross was found in snow drift
on Monday morning of last week, frozen to
death. A negro woman, belonging to the estate
| of the late Gov. Sprigg, OF Bladensburg dis
trict, was found in snow DRIFT frozen to death
On Thursday last.-Nart6oro' Gazette.
The Hon. John Barney died in this city, on
the 10Th instant, Of pneumonia, after short
illness. He was son of the late Commodore
Joshua Barney, distinguished IN the annals OF
the Revolution and the war of 1872. He served
one term as Representative in Congress from
Baltimore. This was from 1925 to 1927. Up
to within few days of his death, Mr.. Barney