The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-11
New 10, X, Monday, April III, 1853.


General Miramon, with an advance guard OF
three hundred men, appeared before vera Cruz on
the 18th ult, and after accommodating the city re-
tired to the main army, which was encamped near
place called Mediline, about nine miles from the
former city. Finding he had but little prospect OF
success, either against Vera Cruz or Alvarado-a
detachment of 1000 men sent against the latter
place having been compelled to decentralization
broke up his camp at Mediine on the 9th ult., and
retreatei towards the city of Mexico, pursued by
General Ampudia with strong force. The capital
itself was reported as being surrounded by liberal
forces while Degollado with 1000 men, was at Ia
cubaya, distant about three miles from the city.
Great preparations for defence against Miramon
had been made by the liberals of Vera Cruz, all the
women and children having been placed on ship.
board for safety. When the steamship Quaker City
touched at Vera Cruz on the 1st of April the libe
rails were in the midst Of great rejocings for the
retreat of Miramon. Mr.. McI.ane, the new Ameri.
can Minister, reached Vera Cruz on the LIST inst.
The next news from that quarter will be very in
teresting.
The trial of Daniel E. Sickles for shooting Philip
Barton Key at Washington will be resumed this
morning, and the evidence for the defence gone
into. We yesterday gave the opening speech of
religion, morality, the absence of laws to punish
the adnterer, and the right of to vindicate his
onor without accountability by law under certain
provocations. The counsel commended that Mr..
Sickles at the moment of the occurrence was labor
ng under such frenzy as deprived him of account
ability for the act, and argued that he had acted
under the influence of moral mania, and had not
been impeed by passion to the commission of the
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through with his speech at the adjournment of the
Court on Saturday, but will probably finish it this
morning.
The steamship Canada, from Liverpool, reached
her dock at Boston at an early hour yesterday
morning Her mails will reach here this morning.
The bark Roebuck, which arrived yesterday from
Rio Janeiro, which port she left on the 18th of
February, lost three of her crew by yellow fever
during the passage and one by erysipelas. Several
of the crew and also the captain were attacked by
the fever but ultimately recovered The fever en-
tirely subsidized on the 2ist ult. The bark received
a supply of medicine from the ship Bay State.
which she boarded on the I'd instant
Additional advices from Hayt dated at Port au
Prince on the 18Th of March, state that public
opinion still high against Sououque and in favor
of President Geffrard. The currency OF the coun
try was much deprecated by unsound paper issues,
and required immediate relief.
young man, named Joseph G. McNereny, was
arrested on Saturday and committed TO prison on
charge Of having broken open and robbed tue safe
of his employers, Messrs. Bond and Butterworth.
The safe contained over one hundred thousand dol
lars worth OF securities in bonds checks drafts,
large amount Of specie and five hundred dollars
worth OF jewelry. After his arrest he acknow-
lodged his guilt, and told where he had hid some of
the property and buried the remainder. It was all
recovered with the exception of the iewery, which
he declared he had not seen. This jewelry had
formerly belonged to Mrs. Butterworth, who died
few years ago, and was sealed up in morocco
package. valuable diamond ring and earrings
were among the contents Of the package.
change in the carrying Of the mails and in the
running of the trains between this city and Wash
ington will take place to-day. A change will also
be made the Western route by the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad. The mails from the South and
Washington will leave at 4:30 A. NJ and reach this
city at =. NJ. The train from this city will leave
at y. NJ, and passengers and mails will reach
Washington at p. NJ.
The aL.exed table shows the temperature Of the
atmosphere in this city during the past week, the
range Of the barometer and thermometer, the
variation Of wind currents, and the state of the
weather at three periods during each day, viz at
D A. NJ. and and a o'coci