The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1858-01-15
The News.

The News.
The steamship Star of the Vest arrived
at New York Wednesday evening from
Aspinwall, with $l,6o7 900 in treasure,
the semi-monthly Pacific mails, and news
from Utah Territory, California, Central
America, New Granada, the Sandwich
Islands, the South Pacific, and Jamaica.
The general intelligence from Califor-
mia is uninteresting. The yield of the
mines was about equal to the average of
corresponding seasons in previous years.
The semi monthly shipment of gold a.
mounted to $2,O34,OOO. Business at San
Francisco was completely stagnant, but
the money market was comparatively
easy.
There is nothing important from New
Granada. Don Antonio Rodriguez Tori
ces has been nominated Intendente Gen.
eral of the State of Panama, with an an
nual salary Of three thousand dollars
Charles j Fox, Esq, has been officially
recognized by the government of.New
Granada as United States Consul at AS
pinwall Colon the usual exequatur hay
ing been received by Mr.. Fox from Bogo-
ia.
The news from the South Pacific is in
teresting. The revolutionary factions in
Peru had not made any important demon
STATIONS; but it was reported that VIVIAN
co had despatched the frigate Apurimac
to take possession of the Chincha Islands,
and the guano spectators were all wide
awake for the event. The authorities at
Callao had committed a gross outrage up
on seaman of the ship T B Wales. b.
hvia was quiet. The financial crisis still
continued at Valparaiso though few fail
ures had occurred.
Business at Honolulu was quite active.
There were in port fifty-eight- whale
ships, twelve merchantmen and two men
of war.
By way of Charleston we have Havana
dates to the 10th inst. Sugar was firm
at unchanged rates. 1t is believed that
the reports recently put in circulation to
the effect that the yellow fever prevailed
virulently at Havana, are devoid of truth.
The letters of the N. YORK Herald's
correspondents, published in that paper
ofyesterday, give full details of the move
ments of Col. Frank Anderson and his
party of filibusters, from the date of their
landing at the mouth of the Colorado RI
yer to their arrest by Capt. Sands, of the
frigate Susquehanna. The filibusters
will be taken in the Wabash, and proba-
ply landed at Pensacola. 1t would APP
pear by the accounts from Nicaragua
that the quarrel between that republic
and Costa RIGA had been satisfactorily adj
justed. Gen. Jerez had taken possession
of Fort San Carlos and the river steamers
and the Costa Ricans had withdrawn
their pretension to territy claimed by Nj
caragua.
News from the West Indies dated at
Kingston, Jamaica, on tht 2Sth ult., has
been received. The Legislature was in
active session, and had passed new la
Dor immigration bill, and repealed the
old hereditaments tax on landholders.-
In lieu of the revenue derived from this
source the tariff had been altered, and the
scale of duties on many articles of i'm
port and eXport-including mahogany,
tobacco, soap and brandy-was slightly
advanced. The mining news is good
A tight money market and stagnant pro-
duce trade are reported.
Advices from New Granada state that
Santa Anna is expecting to be recalled
He is anxious to resume the reins of gov
eminent in Mexico.
Mr.. Yrissari, the Nicaraguan Minister.
returns to Washington early next week
on matters connected with the late treaty.
The steamer North American, which
lett liverpool for Portland, December 80,
had not been signalled up to IL o'clock,
P. M. on Wednesday last.
The Secretary Of the Interior received
q telegraphic despatch Wednesday even
ing, dated Boonville, Jan. IS, from an
official high in authority, to the effect that
the pro-slavery party in Kansas had tri-