The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-06-03

| forces by virtue of the Transit treaty, which
| guarantees the neutrality Of the Isthmus and the
| sovereignty of the New Granadisn government
over IL. Mr.. Corwine replied fsvorably, and the
| corvette Narragansett has been ordered from
| Csllao 10 Panama, to join the Saranac and to
| cruise In those waters. This measure has con-
Sderabiy tranquilixed the minds Of the people.
The rebellion In Honduras has been suppressed.
Large sums Of money continued to be subscribed
for the sufferers by the earthquake at Mendoza.
Considerably over hundred thousand dollars had
already been sent there. by the latest and pro-
badly the most reliable calculation, the loss of
life is estimated at not more than IL 0O0 and that
Of property at eight.to ten millions
Business had slightly improved in Chile, as most
things do when they come to the worst. The In
dams In the South had rec commenced their depre
dstions, which they do invariably on the disap-
pearance Of the troops.
II is said there Ia prospect Of another revolu-
ton in Bolivia In favor Of General Morales for the
Presidency.
Two British subjects had died in Peruvian
prison from alleged cruel treatment.
We have advices from the French West Indies,
dated at Martinique and Guadaloupe to April ~.
An engineer In the service of Partisan company,
formed for bringing into use Q new system Of
| making sugar, had arrived with the necessary ap-
| paratus, and was about TO commence operations
| in both islands. The Council General Of Guada-
| loupe had assembled to take into consideration
proposition Of the Governor to raise 200 ,600f
for paying of the debts Of the colony. In that
island great dissatisfaction was felt at the Chinese
immigrants, the work done by them not being
| anything like what was expected.
| There is no doubt that the people of Norfolk and
| the soldiers encamped there are suffering at the
present time for the want of the common necessa
| res oflife. In consequence Of the drought which
has been experienced, the springs have dried up
| and the cisterns have nearly all given out. The
| sources of provisions have been cut or and, with
| the exception of garden truck" they have very
little upon which to subsist Business has been
entirely Suspended, all work in the navy yard
| stopped, and the vegetable trade with the North,
| which has heretofore amounted to from five to
seven hundred thousand dollars every spring, hav-
ing ceased the gardens allowed to run to weeds,
| and are left free for whoever chooses to avail
| themselves of their contents. A commentary on
| the doctrine of secession may be gathered from
| these facts.
The sloop -ofwsr Brooklyn arrived of Pass a
LOutre, at the entrance of the Mississippi river,
| on the 26th ult., and commenced the blockade Of
| the port of New Orleans. The blockade of the
Mobile was commenced by government steamer
| on the 9th. large war steamer was seen of
| Savannah on the 18th. All the principal Southern
| ports are now blockaded.
| The Charleston Mercury is opposed to the rebel
forces making an attack on Fort Pickens for vari.
GUS reasons, among which are, first, that it would
be very difficult to take (which is a generally
conceded fact in this quarter second that it is in
bilious fever locality, and third, that the Con.
federates do not want "sour grapes"
! A Hard Working Man" in Memphis writes to
the appeal, in that city, complaining that hams,
which week ago could be purchased for fourteen
cents, are now selling for twenty; that -four has
| advanced four dollars barrel, and that sugar,
bacon, butter and other nccessares have advanced
twenty-five per cent.
The groans of the Richmond papers over the
occupation of Alexandria by federal troops are
| truly heartrending. They declare that the inva
| sion of the sacred soil CT Virginia is decidedly
l unconstitutional" and cannot be tolerated. vir-
| ginia, they say, must be made the Moscow Of the
government army.
| The Southerners are getting up q testimonial for
the family of Jackson, who was killed in Alexan-
]ria. Eleven hundred dollars has been subscribed
| in Mobile
The State of Illinois is soon to send TO the field
| Of operations three companies of light artillery,
| with battery of twelve six-pOund brass riaed
guns and six twelve. pound brass howtzers, rihed.
| The second Provincial Council of the Catholic
| Bishops of the province of New York was opened
yesterday at st. Pauls cathedral There were
| some forty priests and eight bishops present.
| procession of clergymen and acolytes formed at
| the residence of the Archbishop and proceeded
| to the church, where pontifcal high mass was
| celebrated by the Archbishop. A sermon was
| then preached by Bishop Timon of Buffalo. The
| synod met subsequently in the vestry room, and
| will continue to meet throughout the week.
The Niagara arrived off Pensacola on the 25th
ut. Two of the war vessels which had been sta
toned there left next day, probably for the mouth
of the Mississippi or Mobile
Some of the Missouri secession journals are op.
posed to the State being represented in the next
Congress Their counses in this respect will
probably not be needed. The Missouri deega alton
were chosen in August last year, and were the
first members elected to the Thirty-seventh Con.
gress. The following are their names:-
Dist. DIST
| IF. p. Blair Jr., John W. Reed,
! flames A. Rollins, John 8. Phelps,
| 3-John 3. Clark, John W. NOEL.
| 4-E. H. Norton,
The Maryland Legislature will reassemble in
| Frederick tomorrow. Union candidate was
elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, in
Cecil county on the 10th ult He received four
| hundred votes-secession votes none.
About thirty thousand old muskets are being
rfed in Cincinnati. After the alterations they are
said to Ike nearly as good as the imported rife
muskets.
The season in Maine is represented as being
very backward The prospect of the fruit crop is
by no means cheering, but the grass looks
promising. The farmers are planting an unusual
breadth of ground, in anticipation of the coming