The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-15

NDAY, FEBRUARY l5,a ID
e. a Our Psas ma Oorrssposdcece. Oh .n
| -bsefafi arfi s- Ia, avn PASAxA, Jsn, 10. 1861.
Erthqrsea Paru~a ard Nsw rh.ory aboss suck Pie
ne~seso-lnsssrcctioxs- 0s~eral ko,ouvs on n. NeA
0v~sddssr Dfcsha--A OOm.t- Dosnss in Oar.Asg-sa
it--f~eidatiSi EIecsons--rAs Panams DsGcsuy-Fre
vatsng Stdasosl Inform alton A. tie fvade Of New Ora
| nddo wtA TIE United SIats m ne Atlantic and Paoi
fc,Ac.
There but itts local news 10 oonmanioate by thu
mall We past fortnight having been one or the dusst Of
w Asi periods We % frequently experience hero now
6ssh ~ the news shall breay relate H. and then pro-
ceed 70 detail the foreign Intelligence received here daring
The same period, which Of moro than usual interest.
On the night Of the 18th, abost 10 O'Clock, sxps
rtenosd slight shook OF earthquake ju suoaent 70 sot
the ues rafting on the Old houses and remind OF what
s"Gemblef" might DO old mother earth got ssvors
Of the "shake in this unhealthy fg end OF orssuoa
possible that you may receive accounts shortly OF
moro severe shocks having been felt at OAago In Costa
Rca situated near the Of IEaru the volcano OF
Isaco In Salvador, Of Rasso In Guatemala. Ne are not
generally liable TO strong shocks here and this, native
lady orphaned 10 me, from Ne OF there being
90 many wells in the city, which aTsrds the earth
quake IN opportunity OF leaving the surface and Qulntus
Curtius like taking leap Into the interior for the bsasas
OF Panama In part cular We are not aware that Hun
bodt In his "Cosmos" mentions this the oauss Why
earthquakes arc 80 seldom felt here; but consult Mr. Ne
Ran, he weather maa, wAs doubtless has taken u
earthquake theory undss his special charge.
There report the ether day that IN iasurroevsa
had broken out IN the village Of Peso in which twelve
i've w:ss ~. S' b: sss denies s s.oa
Therefore ooAoluds that for thsprssat ct least
the constitution ID safe" ~ =
We havs received the pamphlet which GsasraI Nos.
qusrs ex President Of New Granada, member Of Con.
srsss, Vice Governor Of the State Of PANAMA. ana
asx ~ e: s.1 ~
pending between The two countries 10 makes o.. he
oaso perfectly 10 h satblacon, and with apparent
pla.sibiy, but the Star and Herald Of this psos, gos
bold OF copy, end showed that hsse were two Sides 70
considerable qualification This latter you VIII scnit,
when tell you ha among other statements, the Gene
rel ssserts that the passengers tho Isthmus thought
no moro OF shooting negro than II he . monkey.
andahas Of retaliation between the two races vas
actively carried on Now, 1t u not we'll known tha.
during the Chagres road transit which lasted from lSs
TO 1854 though many unfortunate passengers wore
tally murdered and others robbed, there 10
lies stacked or robbed Dosvi,Ss,snSns he rsyolyer,
on which passengers 90 much relied
Our local paper got up quite little excitement in
these duh times BY Announcing that comet Vas visible
IN certain quarter OF tho heavens st ooain hour In
the evening. All the stsrgaIcrs turned out but the
lucina,ion Of Asssieur the wrer OF the paragraph
point still warmly contested and undecided
We have no news Of Importance BY tie last mail from
Bosota.
The Panama faction are still working hard TO involve
the government With In regard 70 the questions
penang, though Is 70 DO hoped that sney will
suoceeo they quite influential enough render the
settlement more complicated
In Carthagens uSseemy dispute has broken out be-
tween two Governors elect, whose supporters were
about 70 appeal 70 arms whea one OF the gentlemen
signed under protest. 70 avoid bloodshed SAID that
bod ioelug Ii ming manifest tsstn regard tho
result Of the late Presdeu A sleoon here resulted
In majority for the conservative candidate ST. harisuo
Ospna Rodriguez, q. Manuel hurlio Toro the do.
mocratio nominee whether It will eliminate In another
revolution remsins yet 70
,.na 70 sss %n .n ~d
rison beswen promises and PIE crusts that suggests
issf and whion your readers will probably remember
From the commercial circular OF Perora GAMBIA, Ca.
maoho Roldan Co OF Bogoa, am able to glean sons
interesting stastos relative 70 the trade OF Of the
Atlantic and Pacific ports Of New Granada with the United
snsss which may be ssrviceable V your commercial
Al the port Of s.Ssna, during the year 1855 8, the
goods S279s 90; liquors and psovisions S2e 900
V7 cutlery and hardware, Sill sss 81 good. duty free
suoh books agricultural instru &C. 3t28 967 o.
san 81 sos "a specie S43 800 Co. Of these, nerohan
disc duly iree amounted ~ 10 per oebt dry goods
The duties levied amounted 70 2oK psr cent on ne
gross y.i.s Of Imports but deductpg fres or duty
y goods s. cent "a 1. 10: sao 5 %
sry, "a; salt BY And Of the total value (s.ss,oe s
Of Imports the West Inc ties furnished 3 2s3 10;
U.issd States, s2.s sas as England, ss6Ab0 80; In
other terms, the United States o2k per cont; the West
On p. o. o,r SS R
Indies, 50 do; England, % DO. The reason why the
United States appear to pay lover duty on the gros:
value OF it, trade H. that most Of their imports consist OF
articles that duty FREQ, sush books. nsohnsry,
agricultural instruments, nour Ao bu, Of course 70
be remembered that all exctseablo articles they pay
the same impor1 duties oil other nations.
Some dea Of the ncreasss trade Of This port may be
formed fron The fact that whoress In 1888 the import
dusss oey reached sio,oos In 1859 they had sdvaso
We sssii ssr state u. amour, OF trade don. q, ,h.
h<- n-~- - ksSs Al D~Ala
(sroeps Pansns), namely. Baesaveaurs and Tsmsoo'-
For The ycas ending Ausust 81 1865 The value Of Imports
ws paid FOR duties his shows oousidsrase scrssss
the duties Only to SAT ssi OF these Imports lsH
~r~; AK per cent hauoes 30, paying lax per cent;
per osai hardware paying 2ok per cent; II Z, goods
duty res and ~ per osss SALT paying Al per oss, duty
OK ths foregoing goods ss7s6, or ~ per cent came
1r..os saos 80 or e o., can, iron E..ssd sss ooO
SEX per cent from Peru ana %, 900, or per cont
fron ECUADOR. The large sum representing Peruvian
Caliso the import OF Peruvian produce not amount
ing more thaa 2sid. per cent the eross receipts
,siue q Articles consumed 10 sasos ventura, which is
rss port duty bess only paid On goods gong 10 ths
me trade Of rumsoo 10 much smaller, auoun,isg osy
10 s3as l7 In the sar 1856, and Of this amount the
largest portion Gaze from Peru, and osy ssoss fron
The goods rsssppsd and paying duty included
n the foregeing hut probably amount 10 500 900
70 will be scen from the foregoing that whilst % The
Atlantic ceast the foreisn trade 10 almost oil American
Ne Psciac our trade 10 very small But - these
ports are within shor distance Of Panama 70 BE-
hoped that South American traders vi Avail themselves
Of the railroad which bhsss them within such . shon
tisasoe Of the best markets the world There sun
valuable trade 70 be developed the Pacific coNt OF
sossh and Central America and railroad viii prove
Of the most ussful means Of enssssg that sbscs
The Panama nai!ead Conpasy's mai steamer 0olun
bus sailed yesterday on her ssceud trip 70 Csowa
America In less than twelve months you will dad that
. sssosd steamer win be wauirsd 90 tails nas - the
trade Will increase rapidly.
me Preach vessel Of var Alcbiedss 81 Pssh
Areas TIE British ship nst len hat per FOR cruise
the eeaat.
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