The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-02-28
NEWS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA.

NEWS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA.
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Trade and s,1cutsure I'm Costa Rica-ypecse
Export Permitted In ACKNOWLEDGMENT
American Presidential Congress said 20 be
MISUNDERSTANDING alton of President SAM
tin OF San Salvador, and q Change a.
Ministry.
OUR PANAMA CORRESPONDENTS.
PANAMA, Feb. 10, 1869.
The steamer Columbus from Central American ports.
arrived here on the 9th inst. but she brings II
Importance
Her dates are San jose dc Guatemala jan 28 Acaiua
27; berAc, 2s La Union, 81 (a three Of the latter
ports being in Salvador) Reaeo, Nicaragua Feb l. aaA
Punta Arenas, Costa Rica, Feb Q.
The Columbus cargo consists 25s scroous Of Indigo
$500 hides 14O bags Of coffee, So bales of deer SKINS n
packages of sugar, and 81 cases Of balsan
COSTA RIGA.
There is but little news from this State
The Cronico de Costa Rico OF January % contains ~
veral executive DEGREES. One Of January 49, permtnx
the expectation Of lumber from the Pacific ports OF the
epublic between Salinas Bay and Cape Blanco at 70.
duced duty Of two reals per log.
Another Of January Is prohibits the expectation Il
deer skins after May 49, 1869 The assigned
this prohibition Ia that the deer hunters njure the cattle
en- the haciendas
Business was looking up at Punta Arenas. The new
crop Of coffee was coming in from the interior and
commands TX The crop will amount TO about 100 90
euintas Hides have advanced it was thought would
continue to do so until May
ST. Saaondo who contracted sometime since with the
government Of Costa Rca TO build iron wharf Puna
Arenas nine hundred feet in length has just returned
from England where he made his arrangements to have
the came constructed
The arrival of Sir William Gore Ouseley in Costa RIGA II
looked for with considerable interest.
All idea OF walkers returning to Central America Ia
abandoned, and consequently attention given 70
agricultural pursuits.
An official statement Of the number of criminal and
civil sentences rendered by the Supreme Court of the
public from 1924 to 1885, just published in the CIocd
from which appears that in the former year there were
only two criminal sentences and civil while there
were two hundred and eighty three criminal and eighty
three clvi! sentences given in the latter year.
GUATEMALA.
modification of the money tariff lately published 40
far Chilean and New Granadan candors are concerned
has been made-the former being received now at nno
dollars and two reals and the latter dollars and
seven reals.
The law relative to the expectation of bar and coined
silver has been repealed and the expectation is now Der
mtted
horrid murder was committed in the city of Guate-
maa on the l4th Of January Three Of Mr. Edward
Kee, aged respectively eighteen, eleven and nne wore
murdered in their beds by two Mexican servants in their
fathers employ. After committing the murder they
made their escape with such plumber they could carry
Off They pursued and arrested and the stolen pro-
pery found in their identified as belonging
TO Mr. Kee They confessed to the murder Of the lads.
and stated that their object robbery There Is no
other news OF interest from Guatemala
The congress of the Presidents of the Central American
States had not yet assembled at the city, the prob-
bniy Is the affair has been abandoned
SAN SALVADOR
The only from this State is the resignation of Proa
dent Santn, account of impaired health and change
Of ministry. The Vice President, Gen. Guzman has as.
sumed the duties of the executive Minister'S Barrios
Qur0z and Cabanas have resigned but their SUCCESSORS
had not been named on the 3lst ult.
The country was tranquil and prosperous.
OUR AsPINwALL CORRESPONDENCE
AspINwAIL, Fob. 10, 1859.
Movement; Of American and British War Vessels-Dou5ts
Of GaiardiOla's Honesty
The Roanoke flag ship still lies in harbor, await
tho arrival Of the Brooklyn and the ship Relief
The Savannah, Capt. Jarvis sailed from this port for
Vera Cruz on the 14th
The st. Louis Capt Ogden, arrived the 9th and after
taking in few stores sailed for San Juan del Note on the
14th, and had arrived the 10th The st. Louis and
Jamestown will cruise alternately for days. between
San Juan and Boca del Toro Chrqu The jamestown
still al the last named port lying about miles out
side with H. B. NJ. ship Cesar.
H. B. NJ ship Diadem sailed from San Juan the 18th
for Jamaica, to return The Valorous sailed on the
10th for the Belize
The refusal Of Guardiola President of Honduras to
the other Presidents of Central America at uatea
la, that solemn c0nv0cati0n conference, some
what alarmed Them and they begin to credit the
truth of the matter and the great danger Of their position
with the Indian nbusters.