The New York herald., 1862-06-01
CONGRESS.

freedom, under the act of August 6, 1861.
resolution for the appointment of select COM
mittee to inquire into the official conduct of Adiu
tant General Thomas offered and laid over.
The bill giving compensation to the crew OF the
gunboat Varuna was passed. The memorial for
the admission Of Western Virginia as separate
State was considered but no final action on 1t was
| taken. The House bill to allow California three
representatives was passed. The bill to legaiize
all the Presidents acceptances OF volunteers was
| taken up and considered for some time, some
amendments being proposed but vote on the
| subject was not reached at the hour OF one
o'clock, the time for taking up the Tax bill, when
| the consideration of that subject was resumed,
which without any definite result, continued till
| the adjournment
| The House of Representatives was not in scs-
| sion.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
| The Spanish soop-of-war Antonio Ulloa arrived
in this port yesterday, bringing as passengers
General Prim and suite, of the Spanish army, re-
Gently operating in Mexico. General Prim intends
TO remain in this country few weeks. An in
eresting letter from him, in reference to the pre-
sent troubles in Mexico, will be found in another
column Of our paper this morning.
The steamship City OF New York, from Liver
pool the 2lst and Queenstown the 22d of May,
passed Cape Race yesterday afternoon, on her
voyage to New York. Our telegraphic summary
| from st. Johns, Newfoundland, given in the
| HERALD this morning, contains news four days
later than the advices by the Europa
| The Liverpool cotton market had, on the 2lst OF
| May advanced from one-half of penny from
| previous decline to the same amount experienced
on the days from the 10th ultimo Breadstuifs were
! at nominal quotations after slight fail. Provi-
siors continued dull. Consols closed in London at
G314 93la.
The aspect of affairs on the continent of Europe
looked threatening. The German Confederation
was still agitated and divided on political
question, and diplomatic relations had been sus-
pended between Prussia and Hesse-Casse. An
Austrian army is reported to have occupied the
line of the Lagode-Garda.
The Right Reverend Bishops Domenec, Timon,
Laughlin, MacFarland, MacIntyre, Horan and
| Baillarzeon, from America, had embarked safely
at Marseillcs for Civita yeccha and Rome, in COM
| pany with a number of foreign prelates Of the
| Catholic church.
| The steamer Northern Light which arrived
at this port yesterday afternoon, brought later
dates from Aspinwall and the South Pacific. On
| the passage to this port the Northern Light cap
tured rebel vessel, with a valuable cargo, the
| circumstances of which are fully detailed in our
| correspondence.
| Our dates from Panama are to the 22d ult By
this arrival learn that an attempt at revolution
had been set on foot in Guatemala, but discov-
| cred in time to prevent any serious results.
party of laboring set on foot plot to destroy
the city by fre-probably for the purpose of pill.
| Iage--and with this object they attempted to ex-
plode the powder magazine in the Government
House, which contained some sixty thousand
pounds of powder. The fire was discovered just
in time to prevent an explosion Of several of the
barrels, which were already charred. Several
hundred carpenters had been arrested as being
engaged in it. The crop Of coffee in Costa Rca is
spoken of as being large and valuable, and the
other products Of the country were in equal pro-
portions. Our correspondence contains full de-
tails of everything new, and is of considerable
public interest.
By the bark Urania, Captain Cooper, at this
port, we have news from South America dated at
Montevideo on the 4th. and Buenos Ayres on the
llth of April. Our reports state that the violent
secession speeches of few rebel Americans in
Buenos Ayres, on Washington's birthday, at
public dinner, provoked some confusion, ending
In melee, during which a secessonist had one of
his arms broken. The shipping trade was dull in
Buenos Ayres. Montevideo was exporting live
stock tQ Brazil in such numbers that the govern
ment was about to contract the trade by the i'm
position of an export duty The newspapers of
Buenos Ayres are seriously alarmed at the idea Of
a foreign invasion Of the old Spanish American
territories, now included in the republics. 1t was
generally thought Mat Napoleon would induce
Spain and England to favor grand movement to-
wards their reconquest, in order to stave of, by
transatlantic war, revolutionary troubles in
Europe. A closer and more intimate union Of all
the South American countries, on a plan Of fede-
ration similar to the German Umon is recommend
ed as means Of safety. The writer's regret the
existence Of the rebellion in the United States, as
it induces temporary suspension of the spirit of
the Monroe doctrine in the only country
hitherto able to prevent European invasion in any
part Of North or South America"
For the last ax days there has been unwonted
activity in the shipment of breadstufs to Europe,
there having been exported from this port during
that period, OIL, ,223 bushels Of wheat, 1B,s45
bushels of corn, and 81 $40 bushels Of rye, making
in the aggregate l.l27 ,6ls bushels Of grain and
27Ols barrels d -four, principally to Great
Britain. The Great Eastern took out as freight
SO ,24l bushels of wheat and about $50 tons of as
sorted provisions. This sudden and extraordinary
demand for bresdstuhs by our English cousins
leads to believe that they not yet fully pre-
pared for the deposition Of King Corn in favor Of
Eing Cotton.
The case Of Mr. Edwin James was before full
bench of the Supreme Court, general term, on
Saturday. In response to the Court, Mr.. James
read o statement Of facts upon which he relies,
sworn to by himself, and embodying the principe,
features Of his speech delivered at the Astor House
two weeks ago. Mr. james explanations were
ample, and mist prove satisfactory TO all who
besfd them. Mr.. Brady appeared as his counsel
- sne.k IN the subject Of "plienage;' but II was