The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-26

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Apss aAnsiacturers 70 give readers the following
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a n the corresponding time for the past year. tho 70
sed stock We exhausted move eodly than We could
Gsuls< upon To add the difficulty the late dessTuo-
oye hesbet caused . Suspension OF the manun ,turc In
ear mills Tor Ten day, and were thus deprived OF
aeass three hundred rsams per day.
Had been for the greet increase In The circulation
- she Herald and the consequent enormous oonsump
90 Of paper should have been aoi. 70 have given
no supply regularly 70 have for tbs past s.5n:een
ysass. PER$E BRoohs
TAk may ,stssy an lpdulgent public, but does not
suits sAsls;y IN The HERALD. b true has reached
hy circulation Of nearly So 00o-s increase over lhe
scasscn of last year being nearly 10 600 per day Bat
no growth OF tbe STw YoRr KEEAID for twenty yeArs
pAsl regular and oeras the growth Of the
pepuIanes and trade Ct this metropolis Nesns. Persse
Bvooss should bsvo made their calculations according
~ for they have regularly reformed in advance Of
ne supply required by toh estaohshment However,
re su2poee must sobmi 10 these destructive freAh
sse" apo hope for better weather IN fctrre.
Inc News.
Our despatch from Lancaster states that Mr. Bu-
shanan il suffering from a return of the complaint
said 10 have been contracted by him while on his
recent visit 10 Washington and that he will exclude
al yisiters hencefortb until his departure for the
capital 90 Monday. few days repose will. it is
Hsoush., restore him 10 health, and enable him to
somp,ete his Inaugural address.
The proceedings Of Congress yesterday are i'm.
pertant in many respects. The Senate adopted the
House amendments 10 the Submarine Telegraph bill
and the bill authorizing Minnesota to form State
o. ernment, and those measures now only require
as signature OF the President TO become law. A
E4moria! was presented from tie parties interested
II he rehuantepec route, asking for q contract to
saay a emi.monthly mail TO San Francisco. They
state that within sixty days the route viii be in fell
operation. The House was engaged for upwards of
seven hours in discussing the question Of the expui
sisn Of Mr. Gilbert, as recommended by the Invess-
gazing Committee. No result, however, was ar
hired st.
A strange and deliberate attempt to murder
woman named Emma Greene in a house OF assigna
mon IN Elizabeth street. by shooting her In the ao
Sonen with a revolver, occurred on Tuesday night.
The peIpetrator rs il usual in ouch cases, escaped
Ne vigilance of the police, and is yet at large. No
plausitls motive can be attributed for the commits
men OF the cowardy act, neither can any clue be
sbsaned 70 the identity or whereabouts Of the per-
pesrator Of the outrage. Full particulars of the
uysterious occurrence may be found in another
column.
Wehzve ten days later news from Mexico, full
sstAiis Of which may be found elsewhere in our
solumns The MericGn Extraordinary, in re-
view O. the condition OF the country, aludes hope
funy 70 the coDsummation Of treaties with the
nited States, that coon as ratified by the two
governments xiu open new vista in the future OF
Mexico. II was reported that simultaneously with
the prumulg cation o. the new constitution general
amnesty would lie published. Those found with
arms in their hands, and such Of the military as
have proved fathless 10 their oaths, would be en-
,luded The Suspension OF diplomatic relations with
Jain had been officially announced.
The stes msDip Tennessee left this port yesterday
Sor San Jlan del Norte and Aspnwal- she carried
OF STOUT too hundred and City passengers none OF
whom, however, were despatched through the Mica
rAgua agency. II Is said that large number OF
persons nave recently made application for passage
O. Nicaragua. Gs colonists. but the steamship com
pany declined conveying them. This has caused
mach wobderment IN certain quarters, and parncu
larlv among the friends o. General Walker.
letter published In another column, from an
sihcer attached TO the forces under Colo7el Lock
Edge gives later intelligence OF the operations o.
IA. fbusterS on the san Juan river than has hereto
Tore been given. The writer is very enthusiastic,
ami very confident Of the o. the expedition.
The shin Morning Light arrived in tue Mersey on
tbe III inst. with news from Melbourne. Australia
u the l4th Of November. The Morning Light brought
IA 600 ounces Of gold valued al f496.000), $500
bales u wool and large quantity Of tallow, tin,
Ned and copper Gre.
ythe Ebiope in England We have sdvces from
ths west coast Of Africa dated at Cameroons, Dec.
20 Fernando Pc, jan Bonny, Jsn.5 Lagos,
Jau.s: Iccra, Jan. TO- and Sierra Leone, Jan. 20.
The Ethiope hard 2l7l ounces OF gold. The coast
continued unsettled. Trade was duh ., Liberia
Gamer oons was healthy, and trade brisk. Toe
Niger nail steamer was at Liberia Jan. Is.
our European files ~ the 18th inst, brought BY
The steamer Indian at Portland, reached this city
las, evening. The telegraphic summary Published
Yesterday morning. however, embraced all the i'm
portant points o; the news. The papers contain
come interest nc particulars Of The items ~ the &C
rount Of the income and expenditure Of the British
government The Car q Russia had ordered a
nun her OF generals, serving on tie frontiers Of Per
ala and the COAST of the Caspian and CsDca AUS, "
~, Petersburg in order 10 deliberate and receive or
der relative 10 evtntusties Likely TO result TO the
pire from the Anglo Penisn war. twas adthst ta'
Khan Of Khora had offered aid 10 the PerAans
TIE French fIigate Catinai had free on the city o
Truranc. In Cochin-China.
The Macrid Ga.ctft publishes decree convsuinl
tie electoral colleges on the 25th Of March, We re
pioodce the remarkable article from tbe Paris Nom