The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-25

ported by sufficient naval force to render it Of
fective. If this intelligence be correct we need not
say that it = Of the highest importance.
Tho News.
We publish this morning some additional news
from Europe, to the l4th of June, received by the
ADglo.Saxon and Bremen.
IN consequence of the high price of cotton in
Spain, some manufactures had been closed. The
English Cotton (coloniaD Supply Association has
acknowledged that the prospects Of the company
are very discouraging with respect to the yield
from such sources.
France and Spain had perfected a treaty having
for it's object the security Of the Spanish West
Indies. -,
1t is said that Napoleon Win soon recognise
fully the new kingdom of Italy.
The Gar of Russia was about to declare War.
saw and the other cities of Poland in q state of
siege.
The steamship Ariel arrived at mis- port yes.
terday from Aspinwall, with the Pacific mails
and about million of dollars in treasure. She
brings no news from California, her advices
having been anticipated by the overland express.
The news from South America is not very i'm
pcrtant. Additional successes on the part of the
government in New Granada are reported, but no
details are given. The defeat and death of Gen.
Obando said to have produced very demo.
ralizing effect on the rebels.
The Peruvian Congress had adjourned, and the
permanent Legislative Committee was in session
General Echenique was still in prison.
Business in Chile continued very much de-.
pressed. Several army corps had been disbanded
n Vreo al,ra that 1oud1v damondad
General Acha had been elected Provisional
Morales and Belzu, both disappointed politicians,
were endeavoring to make Disturbance but the
government was ready for them.
BY the arrival of the overland express at Fort
Kearney on Saturday, we have news from San
Francisco to the 18th inst. The Union feeling
throughout California is represented as very strong
especially in the mining districts. The politicians
were actively preparing for the State election.
Four conventions fer the nomination Of candidates
for State officers were to be held at Sacramento
within q month Business at San Francisco
was tolerahy active. A number of outward
bound vessels had been detained in port owing to
the scarcity of seamen. The Golden Age sailed
from San Francisco on the 18th inst, for Panama,
with s7s6 900 in treasure for New York.
The steamship Columbia, Captain Adams and
the De Soto, Captain johnson, both from Ha-
vana goth, arrived at this port yesterday morning.
In order to provide for the wants of the poor Of
the island of Cuba, which will be increased by our
internal troubles, q royal order has been pub
lished, to commence on the 10th inst, admitting
ship bread free of duty. and corn, corn meal and
potatoes at half rates, the ordinance to remain in
operation for fourteen months, or longer if ne.
cessary.
From the island Of San Domingo we have &C.
counts of warlike doings. The Havana papers
represent Geffrard, President of Hayt, as having
invaded Dominica, while through other sources,
less partial, perhaps we learn that certain towns
on the frontier objected to the seizure of their
country by Spain, and that massacre of the in.
habitants by Spanish troops was the consequence.
At any rate, troops have been forwarded from the
capital under Santana, Ahau and others, and large
reinforcements are being forwarded from Havana.
Fights had certainly taken place at Cibao, Moca
and Aqua.
The hull of the steamship Zulu, lately wrecked
on the Jamaica coast, was sold to q mercantile
firm in Kingston, Jamaica, on the 18th instant, for
about 1925.
The effects of the blockade begin already to
be felt in the South, and if the war continues, by
next summer we shall hear the cry come up from
that section Of no salt, hay, no ice, no butter
no powder, no lead. Without hay they cam Of
feed their cattle, although the papers recommend
farmers to manufacture salt from sea water, and
sprinkle it upon wheat, rye and oats straw; and
without Liverpool or Turks Islands salt they can
not cure their beef and pork. What is to be done?
R. j. Howard, Collector of ST. Louis, has issued
an edict against the shipment of munitions of war,
provisions or other supplies from that port except
by special permit.
Accounts from Syracuse, Missouri state that
Governor Jackson is there, with seven hundred
rag-tag and bobtail rebel troops, and that the
renegade Governor is in q most deplorable dilem.
ma, not moving what to do. He looks sick, pale
and hsggard, and bears unmistakable evidence of
soon caving in.
Captain Prince, with four hundred Union troops
arrived at Liberty Missouri, on the 18th inst, sur
rounded the town and secured about thirty
"seceshers.n They all took the oath and went
their way, except Brigadier General Jesse Morin
who was detained as prisoner for refusing to be
sworn.
Forty.three Commissioners in Virginia alone
have been appointed in various parts of the State
to receive subscriptions to the "great Southern
loan.''
Ex-Governor Letcher, in his proclamation an
nouncing the adoption Of the ordinance of seces
sion in Virginia, gives the vote as follows
For ratification. 1928 Ss4
Against Ratification 80 1874
Majority for secession. Observation-Disclosures. ss $50
The Richmond papers of the 10th inst. represent
that Leesburg was then in possession of the rebel
troops, and that they had DESTROYED all the trains
on the Alexandra, Loudon and Hampshire Rail-
road to keep them from falling into the hands of
the Union forces. This railroad is entirely vir.
ginia corporation. Who's to pay the damage?
The Peoples (republican) Party Congressional
Convention, in the Second (Philadelphis) district
of Pennsylvania, on Saturday, nominated Charles
O'Neil as their candidate for Congress, to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the resignation of E. Joy