The New York herald., 1862-03-06

unity of Italy. The empire has but "one justifoa-
tion, and that is when It becomes an application
OF the principles Of the revolution"
The Papal government was removing portion
| OF the sacred archives from Rome.
| The Gazette de Cologne observes:-At his last
audience with his Holiness the following significant
words struck upon the Marquis de Lavalette's 8
startled ear:-"We are thinking of repairing to
Vienna, when we can no longer remain here with
our full dignity" The Marquis ia reported to have
exclaimed in alarm, "Surely, Holy Father, you
would not occasion a universal war;" to which no
answer was returned
AT Rome an attempt has been made upon the
life of the Marquis de Lavalette. The assassins
who all belong to the legitimist party-one being
Belgian, the second Bavarian, and the third a
| Neapotan- have all been arrested and will be
tried by French military tribunal The Marquis
| was not injured.
The Journal de Iberia of Spain gives the fol-
lowing:-"we are informed that the Sumter has
rnn down ship which, although bearing Ameri-
can colors, contained cargo of Goals for Spain.
The commander of the Squadron of Instruction at
Algesiras has consequently sent agent require
explanations of the commander of the Sumter"
| 1t is stated that the government has opened ne
gotatons with the great Powers for the purpose
Of having Spain acknowledged as Power of the
| first class.
The insurrection in Greece was still progressing.
| The British infantry regiments serving at home
arc to be reduced. Those doing duty in Canada
are to be kept at their full strength.
BY the Columbia, at this port, from Havana,
yesterday, we have important news from Mexico,
dated at Vera Cruz on the Goth of February. The
Spanish General Prim and the Mexican General
Doblado had held conference at Soledad
on the part of tho European Powers and the
government of the republic. The result was that
the allied troops are to be permitted to pass the
Chiquihuiti-the key of the valley of Mexico-and
to garrison the cities of Cordova, Orizaba and Te-
huacan. When they are in these positions the
conferences are to be resumed, Spain and France
promising to resume their status IN quo at Vera
Cruz, provided they are not satisfactory. The Allies
were in much distress at Vera Cruz just before.
An opinion prevailed in some minds that
General Doblado had betrayed Juarez, but
others, again, thought the Allies would
be in dangerous places should hostili-
ties be resumed. General Prim had an.
nounced that the Austrian Archduke Macmillan
would be placed on the throne of Mexico. From
Havana we learn that of the Spanish legisla-
tors dreaded the movement of France and England
in Mexico as dangerous to Cuba.
Southern rebel accounts from the Rio Grande,
say that England is to hold Matamoras and France
Tampico.
Our Havana correspondent, writing on the 1st of
March, states that the United States steamer Har-
ret Lane arrived there that afternoon with prize.
Messrs. Preston and Baker rebel agents to Europe
before Mason and Slidell were commissioned, reach
ed Havana from st. Thomas on their way home.
The latest news from Cuba, with trade report
from Havana, are given elsewhere.
In the Senate of our State Legislature yesterday,
the bills to provide for the distribution of soldiers
allotments, and appropriatng the proceeds of
State tax to the support of schools, were passed
Anumbsr of bills were introduced, but only few
of particular interest to our readers. Among them
bills to provide for the formation of cab COM
panies in this city and Brooklyn, and to amend
the act creating the Board of Appeals of the
New York Fire Department. The latter of these,
by unanimous consent, was Immediately read
third time and passed. Notice was given Of bill
for railroad in Grand street. in this city. In Com
mittee of the Whole, the bill appropratng 5000
annually from the Common School Fund to the
Peoples College was taken up and discussed, but
the Senate adjourned without making any disposi-
tion of it, In the Assembly the discussion of
the Public Defence bill occupied great por-
ton of the session. Speeches were delivered
by several members, and it was finally
made the special order for Wednesday, the 10Th
inst. Petitions were presented, among number
of others, in favor of the Metropolitan Health bill.
A petition and bill to compel vaccination were
presented and ordered to be printed. Bills were
introduced for the incorporation of the Blind Me.
chanics' Association, and to extend the rules and
regulations of the Supreme Court over the Marine
and District Courts of this city. The State En-
gineer sent in his annual report Of the companies
navigating the canals and rivers of the State.
reports come to us that the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad will be in operation again along the whole
line, from Baltimore to Wheeling and from Grafton
to Parkersburg, in less than three weeks. This will
be cheering news for the people of the West, q
portion of whom have suffered considerably for the
want Of transportation. Not a train has passed
over the entire length of the road since the 18th of
April 1861.
A regular meeting of the Board of Education
was held last evening, William Z. Curtis, ESQ.,, Pre-
sident in the chair The school officers of the First
ward sent in a communication complaining of the
existence of several houses of i'll fame in the imme
diate vicinity of Ward school No. 20, situated in
Greenwich street. The scandalous and disreputa-
BILE scenes there enacted will, 1t is feared, have
tendency to corrupt and demoralize the minds of
the pupils attending said school. The communica-
ton was ordered to be sent to the Police Commits
sioners. BY unanimous consent of the Board a
preamble and resolution, referring in suitable
manner to the late Or. A. v. Williams. formerly
School Commissioner from the Twelfth ward, was
ordered 10 be placed on the record. copy was
aIso ordered to be sent, under the seal of the
Board to the family of the deceased. After trans
acting q large amount of routine business, the
Board then adjourned.
Yesterday and prices were o shade lower ranging