Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-03-28

The correspondence Of New York journals re|
ceived by the steamship Tennessee contains
mass Of information in detail as to the state OF -
fairs at Nicaragua, but nothing to indicate any ~
terial change either for better OF worse, in the ~
sition of Gen. Walker and his followers. On tll
side of the Isthmus' Col Lockridge does not s]
to hare made any progress in bis effort 20 fQrca h
way up the river, and Col Titus, of Kansas uoto
Irety,. from whom SO much aid was anticipated had
retired in disgrace. On the Pacific sidaS although
two or three engagements are reported akez1
prospects had not improved, as he was atill hemed
in by his enemies, and was threatened Mifh reyolt
| in his own ranks The arrival Of the eloop 3Vaz
Saratoga at San Jaan del Norte is 1aprsaentad g
being peculiarly acceptable to the Anserie 81, q
though it IS intimated that. her comm i1Iead
led to follow ccHIse Of action asl.at az:
did not touch at San Juan on her return trip
from Aspinwall, the Nicaragua dates only come
down to the 7th instant, so that the news is really
very little later than that previously received by
way of Havana.
letter from Panama contains rumor that Mr..
BowIIN, United States Minister to New Granada,
and Mr.. MORSE, the Special Commissioner had
asked for their passports in consequence of the
terms they authorized to propose for the set
tlement of the pending difficulties having been re-
jected by the New Granadan Cabinet The writer,
without vouching for the truth of the statement,
says that it is just as likely to be true as not
The Legislature of New Jersey has adjourned
without doing any thing to meet the advances Of
this State in regard to removal of the quarantine
establishment. Indeed matters have been made
worse by the passage of bill forbidding, under
heavy penalties, the anchorage of infected vessels
any where within New Jersey jurisdiction.
The French GonSul Gonaral IN This oity off
announces that the Government of the Emperor
has decided that the Universal Agricultural Expo
sition, which was appointed to be opened at Paris
on the lst of June next shall not take place this
year.
The footings of the recent election in New Hamp-
shire have been about perfected, and show maio-
rity against the Democrats of 1898 to 6,1S9 in
November last The total vote of the State is less
by nearly six thousand than at the Presidential
contest, the falling off being perceptible on both
sides, although heaviest in the Republican ranks
The Republican general committees of this city
are exercising themselves considerably in regard to
the late decision of the United States Supreme
Court, and at their next meetings manfestoes in
regard to the matter will doubtless be Illuminated
subcommittee having been charged with the pre-
paration of the necessary resolutions. A propo-
sion has also been started to hold public meeting
on the subject at the Academy of Music but no
definite arrangement has been come to-
Dr. WILLIAM YATES, who is claimed to have
been the first person to introduce vaccination into
dssc-rn osIgo csunty, y llils State, at the vene
rable age Of ninety years
i Private advices from Key West mention that
part of company belonging to the 5th regiment
United States infantry, under command of Capt
STEPHENSON, had had sharp encounter near the
! Big Cypress Swamp with party of Indians sup
posed to have been nearly hundred strong. Five
soldiers were killed, and Lieut. FREEMAN was be-
lieved to be mortally wounded; while the Indians
who beat retreat, left eight of their number dead
on the field.
A letter from Laguayra, Venezuela, reports the
arrival at Caracas of Mr.. SANFORD, bearer of {
peremptory demand from Secretary MARCY upon
the Government of Venezuela to make reparation
to certain citizens of the United States for theil
illegal expulsion from the guano islands in the Ca
ribbean sea- President MoNEGAs is said to have
emphatically repudiated the demand. From the
same source we learn that Americans In Venezuela
were highly indignant at clause in the recently
negotiated treaty which rendered them liable tc
the performance of military duty in the Venezuelan
service.
1t appears that our custom-h house authorities
have been rather " sold' in their recent seizure Of
what they supposed was some two thousand dollars
worth of diamonds and precious stones, further ex
animation showing that the treasures were mostly
pebbles, worth mere trihe. The smugglers have
been discharged on their own recognizances.
NEW YORK. MARCH 22-P NJ.
A voluminous and very comprehensive report has re
Gently been published by the Railroad Commissioners
this State Amongst other interesting statistics contain
ed in it are the following That the dividends paid
the completed roads throughout the State average to
per cent the aggregate capital Stock that the double
track laid is equal to nearly one-fourth of the whole
length of the roads, and the sidings to one-eghth thai
the total number of locomotive engines 1885, of passen
ger and baggage 900, freight 1900 and per-
employed 012 that of the whole number of per-
killed eight per cent were passengers, thrtyone
per cent employees and sixty per cent neither pas
sengers employees and that ourfths of the passen
gers killed and onethrd of those injured suffered in
sequence of their imprudence. A comparison Of
the safety of railroad travelling the roads of this State
and those of Great Britain during the last four years
shows that there greater number of passengers
killed and less number injured upon roads in pro-
portion to the number carried than upon those in Great
Britain.
The steamship Black Warrior, from New Orleans via
Havana arrived at this port last evening, after
precedentedy short from the former place of six
days and eleven hours including six hours detention
Havana 1t is stated that the expedition sent by Gov
ernment to the Keys the south side of Cuba report
upon the alleged guano discoveries there had made
favorable report both 70 quantity and quality, and
the islands were forthwith TO be opened the
cial world