The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-14
THE NE"S.


The steamship Champion, Capt. Wilson, arrived
at this port yesterday afternoon from Aspinwall,
with mails, passengers and 81 ,l0O,693 in specie.
Her advices from California have been anticipated
by the overland express.
There is no news whatever from the South Pa
cifc, and nothing from Central America beyond the
failure of the cochineal crop.
The new government of New Granada has been
recognized as de facto by the British Charge 1t is
reported that the other foreign representatives
have done likewise. Meanwhile, DR.. Calvo's
Secretary of State siias removed the fede-
raj government to Antoquia and assumed
the duties of provisional President, thus pro-
longing the civil war. number of DEGREES have
been issued by Mosquera in relation to foreign
Powers, officials at home and abroad and the ex-
pulsion Of the Jesuits, thirteen of whom had ar
rived at the Isthmus on their way to Havana. The
Legislature of Panama had convened, and the
Governors message to that body isquite important.
He thinks Mosquera cannot hold his position long
The federal Vice President elect, Colonel Arboleda
and another officer, had gained some important
successes in Cauca, Mosquera's own State, and
great hopes were entertained that, with the aid of
Santander and Antoquia, the federal cause may
yet triumph and Mosquera be driven from Borota.
Among the arrivals at the new American hotel
Fort Lafayette, yesterday, were Marshal Kane of
Baltimore; Colonel Dawson, of Virginia; BENJAMIN
F, Corlies and Bethel Burton. The two former
captives were landed at the fort by the Camden
and Amboy steamboat Stockton The same vessel
touched at Fort Columbus, Governors Island
where Colonel Pegram and twenty-five other rebel
prisoners were committed to the custody of the
federal authorities for safe keeping
Now that the loyal citizens of Kentucky are being
supported by the government they are determined
to rise and defend the State from the ravages of
the rebels. The Union camps are being rapidly
filled with soldiers In one camp five regiments of
Kentuckians were organized in one week, each
regiment numbering one thousand men, all tho
roughly armed and equipped. There are also two
regiments of loyal Tennesseeans in the camp.
This looks like determination the part of the
people not to be overriddcn by Che rebels. The
Union soldiers from other States still occupy the
places taken by them.
grand salute of ninety-seveM guns will be fired
at four o'clock this afternoon inftlE Park in honor
of the seventy-onc members of the House of Repre-
sentatives and the twentysx Senators of the Legis
lature of Kentucky who voted for and passed the
joint resolutions requesting tic Governor to call
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followers from the State The resolutions will be
found in full in another column.
Hon. j. 8. Jackson, member of Congress, repre-
senting the Second district Of Kentucky is raising
regiment of cavalry in Lou svile for the service
of the United States.
The number Of troops which the rebel confede-
racy has in the field, according to our idea has
been over estimated from the starting of the first
rumors of contemplated attack on Washington.
1t is true that since the battle of Manassas large
additions have been made to their respective
forces, and it is also true that many regiments have
beel withdrawn to strengthen the coast defences.
AMI that some ten or twelve thousand are now
lying in the hospitals Frustrated by disease. We
have prepared and given below table of
their estimated strength, which, we think,
is calculated upon liberal basis. The
estimate puts in the field one in every four of the
men in each seeded State, between the ages of
eighteen and forty-Ave, except the States of
Georgia and North Carolina, from which we have
official statements of their exact numbers, which
show that those two States have been less than
one in six of their respective male populations be.
tween eighteen and forty-fve years Of age, OF pre-.
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