The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-05-05

not discharged for the term. as enormously stated
| by another paper. They will attend on Monday
morning. when Judge Nelson Co. .) will preside.
Judge Shipmsn has left for home.
| The motion TO discharge Charles M. Jeffards
charged with the Walton Mathews murder, was
argued yesterday before Hon. Judge Barnard of
the Supreme Court, by Messrs. James I. Brady
and A. Oakley Hall for the accused Mr.. Anthem ar
ened against the motion. The Judge reserved his
decision.
The steamship Daniel W bster, from Havana on
the 10th, arrived at this port early last evening.
She reports that while awaiting a-niillctt at the
n..-e1tH q tho Miss spp an attempt at capture
was made by the armed steamer ". II. Webb, and
that nothing but the early hour of the morning
saved her from seizure. The Webster reports that
letters of marque and reprisal were issued on the
29th, and that three vessels-the Webb, Calhoun
and Matagorda- all ready to sail, and are
doubtless now cruising In the Gulf. The steam
ship Hahana and the celebrated yacht Wanderer
had been purchased by the Southern confederacy.
The latter was at New Orleans fully armed and
ready to sail.
| The Cahawba was at Havana on the 2Sth ult.,
and was to sail FOR New York On the following
| day.
| The Mercm'io of Val paraiso, comes to rs filed
with details of tl,e terrible catastrophe at Men
| doza. A number of letters from persons rescued
from tho ruins published, giving most heart
ien4ng Of the sdilcrings of the survivors,
and appealing to the charitable all over the world
| in behalf of these poor people, who have lost
everything, and are now completely destitute,
even Of the commonest neoessaries of life. Hun
dreds have by this time persisted beyond doubt
| from hunger, neglect and modification Of their
| wounds, though such aid as the surrounding
country could afford, poor and thinly settled as it
| IL was pouring in as rapidly as possible. The
/ loss of life is estimated at from nine to ten thou
| sand and altogether scene of human suffering
is presented which the world has seldom wit
messed
In Bolivia the Presidential election was causing
the greatest excitement, and among the candi-
dates we find tho name of General Belzu. BY a
government decree the use of passports in the i'll.
terror of the republic is abolished.
The Bishop of Camaco, in Honduras has come
to the assistance of the government in the quarrel
with the Vicar Capitular. This latter person was
| commanded by the Bishop to withdraw the OK
| communication pronounced by him against the
| government, and make amends to those priests he
adremoved from their parishes for refusing to en-
! ter into his views. The reverend gentlem IN has
| complied.
Don +. N. Barrio, Guatemaan Minister to MeXi-
CO, and one of those dismissed by Juarez. arrived
home the latter part of March. lie was dean--.hat
| is, oldest member of the diplomatic corps-n
| Mexico, aud has been away from his native coun-
| tryeyer since 1919.
| The government of Salvador, by decree dated
| April g. has ordered that foreign thread in hanks
and silk thread, spun or otherwise, shah pay du-
ties, and be subject TO the same regulations any
other foreign Importation
4 late number of the Ufioae. If Turin, SAYS
that tie Italian Parliament, in voting thai Victor
! Emanuel was king by the grace Of God" was
guilty Of an audacious offence against Providence.
Tie sales cf cotton yesterday ware moderate, being
coafned to about Foo eco bales, - H. Prices we've
unchanged, and continue to quote nidding uplands
within the range Of &c. lie Flour Ia fair de
maud both for export ana to the trade Comnon grades
dull AID eomewha, irregular, White extra brands
sustained. Wheat N steady request, chiefly
sg1 c 8sS gSsis WIRE unch ssa sa9 prime
fG amount OF sales closing full prices for old mixed
aid clow; the latter Pork active,
ana prices frmer sales of SIT 80
sls and prime at SO 20 sl3 s71s Beef steady
md prices Sustained. Sugars quie ard sales
drcd 10 about $50 hhds. at steady prices Coffee was
quiet and sales q moment reported. Tho firm
freghts previously noticed, sustained whc
| engage me. Is were moderate.