The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-02-06

From Ecuador and the interior OF this rsp,hI,c va bav.
n1hlns neAIa last evening that General Mosquera
nss,on for ~ sa sa.es WIZ endeavor TO obtain per
cisco, and which wore detained on susricon n Leave
that port ne having made arrang for their pur-
chase intending TO place them the line between Pana
ma and the other ports Of Colombia on the Pacific II
this Is true, and have every reason to believe H. the
an one and goes to prove that General
veopo the wealth OF hi country instead Of plotting wars
and revolutions we trust that all endeavors Of this
| PANAMA.
The steamer Taca brought us the long expected Gen
Tomas de Masquera from the Cauca The General ap-
pears better than when here last his trip having i'm
proved him He leaves by the Costa RIGA for New York
en- route for England as Minister Plenipoentary the
United states OF Colombia The general has been
ing quiet life while here arrangnr his business
prior to departure While here he waited upon by
depuaton from the national troops CHARTERED in this
city for the purpose Of stating their and how
eighty Of their number had died from want and neglect
the government having made TO either
feed Cothe them The general replied that he had NO
power TO help them, but at the same time he remarked
the foreman h;C q the party Here something for you
piece Of paper which turned be check for Ave
thousand dollars-ha the sum he had been sent his
t~penses TO Europe or course this amount VIII be
tuued but It was mastery stroke OF policy and made
every an among tho poor soldiers here his rm friend
have 4 from the highest authority that santacooms.
the Presde Of this State has been advised by person
whose advice 10 dare not disregard not to attempt to
State Of Panama. for DO will doubtless be rejected in the
most summary manner Il is we'll known that the cleo
affair by the Legislature Of this State for political pur.
poses and that It's fraudulent character s we'll known
IN the interior as Il Is here This true friend Of santa
coioma knowing all this gave the advice, WHICH may
save him from getting foa in his ear" Who is 70
pay all the expenses of the journey TO Bogota back
We have another distinguished officer among u.s. Major
General Daniel Gs S,, sickies who arrived by Che
make any impertnen inquiries as TO why he came or
where he was going for the reason that my question
would be politely answered. Of coarse, although in lam
The general, although minus leg and on crutches,
looks and is very we'll He is accompanied by but one
Of his staff, Lieutenant Ralph who Is minus his right
arm both the generals leg and the aSd.de camps arm
being lost at Gettysburg
The authorities Of Panama have commenced selling
the goods Of those foreign merchants who decline pay
the commercial tax. Some Of the principal houses
have been Visited and goods levied UPON which will be
sold At public auction In few days What the result OF
this affair will Do cannot surmise for 1t is not
fully determined who is in the right whois in the
wrong
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
The steamship Costa Rica with the California mails
ana arrived at AspnwalI on the ga inst at
on board csteamshp Constitution and sailed the next
morning for San Francisco Tho California travel Slows
last year. now the number from the east scarcely reaches
two hundred by every steamer and by far the larger
with the freight, for year ago the huge shipa
on this side were loaded to their fullest capacity,
VI, ws v,daDs yea can s, polka ,b
number of passengers will fall OF while q strong
opposition Is running to Sam Juan, for travellers
notwithstanding their dread Of the transit route OF Mica
raugua have moro Fears Of tho miserable tubs called
steamships and tho bad treatment and fare board Of
those that compose tho line between Aspnwa and New
York; hence they choose the least OF two evils The
Pacific Mail Steamship Company might have saved tho
expense OF building their large and comfortable steamers
for the Pacific and continued with their old ships II 1t Ia
the intention OF the company TO continue the connection
with the vanderbilt line on the OtheY side You may
alter IT'S name and call It the Atlantic Mail Steamship
Company and may turn tho In the signal flag by
the steamers upside down. to resemble A; but
10 all OF no avail they the same ships and the
management ID the same as whom they bore the old
Of vanderbilt and they still remain aibsi upon Aner
can enterprise and liberality.
When the Pacific Mail Company run their ships be-
tween Aspinwa and New York in the manner their
ships on this side ace managed look for m improve
We had yesterday morning affair Of honor between
Dr. Manuel Moro Secretary Treasury Of State
and Senior Gabriel Obarrio, OF the we'll known firm OF
ObarriD Planas Perez OF this city. The quarrel
about some trivial affair OF the day Previous in which
Seor Obaro felt himself aggrieved accordingly sent
challenge which was accepted. The parties met early
in the morning At spot short distance from tho city,
challenged party claimed and was allowed the hrst
fire. At the word he discharged his pistol in
the air and stood ready to receive the fire OF his anago
MIST who, acting honorable man, withheld bis fire,
and then the AFFAIR adjusted and the parties left the
ground good friends most satisfactory termination to
what might have been serious difficulty. In the con-
duet Of these two gentlemen there example for the
upon him. for he believes in the and the old saying
that che who Sights and runs away will live to light
another day.
Our buoy Of the mid channel the United easss sloop
Tho chances that her rigging will be rotten before
being ordered away that will go the side
II she attempt mako sail VIII Mr. Wees replace her
with steamer or nou