The New York herald., 1865-05-06

gina by way Of Richmond.
There s,l absence yesterday Of the necessary
witness to proceed With the trial Of Benjamin G. Har-
ris of Maryland charged with reasonable conduct and
the case WIS further adjourned over till to-day.
Another OF tho rebel agents in Canada, William G..
Cleary for whose arrest President Johnson has offered
q reward Of ten thousand dollars, has publish d a
mmunica;on asserting that ho had ccnncc-
ton with tho Washington assassination plot Be-
verly Tucker and George NJ Sanders yesterday Issued
their second manifesto the assassination, In which
hoy charge President johnson with conspng to IN rider
JEFF Dayis, and assert their willingness to stand their
trial for the crime with which they charged
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
later and interesting news from the Spanish American
republics Pacific coast, Is furnished In tho dcs
patches of Panama and Lima correspondents, brought
by steamship Costa Rica which arrived here yestcr
day, from Aspnwall on the Goth Of April. The Costa
Rca brought to this port over Six hundred ana sixty
thousand dollars In sp cie
new contract hetween the govcrnnrent Of Colombia
and the Panaiaa Railroad Company had been drawn up,
by viii the perpetual proprictorshp of their line is
conccd the company. and other lroad nor any
canal Is allowed be built without their consent within
ninety miles either side This contract hnd not yet
been cd upon ~ the Colombian Congress but the be-
lief was that u would be ratified by that body
The of tie ndcr Of Lees army had been re-
ccvcd in Panama and the ejo cling over by the loyal
Amer cans was great. The pirate Shenandoah, from
Australia was hcoe looked for on Tie Pacific coast
The repubc OF reru agnin in state o. revolu
ton ANARCHY aud confu lion, which expected to con-
tin till Castillo who absent, returned when II was
considered he would matter Of once more b.,
cone Pr sident There were rumors that Spain had
made formal demand Chic for indemnity for the In
convenience and losses sustained consequence Of the
government Of the latter republic refusing to allow the
Spanish squadron obtain coal and supplies in It's ports
dur ng the di Iculty with regarding tho Chnca
Islands In the department Of Chiriqu, State of paaa-
ma there had been three different revolutions in about
many days forced loan of eighteen thousand dol
lars witch the government had made in the city OF
Panama had c,us d considerable excitement; bu II was
generally pad without much hesitation. In bolivia
General Relza had been shot while endeavorlng get
q revolution
In another portion Of this Mornings HERALD will be
found important and exceedingly interesting oc al
CORES ondcnce regarding Mexican affairs between the
Minister of the republic Of Mexico in Washington, Mr.
Romero, and Secretary Seward. Mr. Romero enters q
strong protest against the transfer to Locis Napoleon by
MaNluilQn OF certain NOrtneru StateS OF BcSlCO We
also publish communication sent to us by Mr. Romero
enclosing note from President Juarez in both Of which
tho statements that the latter had offered to sell certain
Mexican territory the government Of the United States
are positively denied
Much excitement created In Washington yesterday
the appearance in Of the papers Of that city Of
advertisement calling for volunteers to 60 to Mexico in
forming all desrous OF embracing the opportunity where
they coll to register their names, and also stating
that similar AGENCIES will DO opened in this city Phla
delphia Baltimore and other places.
We have received Cape Town. Cape Of Good Hope, pa
pers to tho ed of February but they contain
of interest.
The steamship City Of Port au Prince, from Port
Prince the 9th ut arrived here yesterday. She
brought no ncws Of Importance. The health Of Hayt
generally good
formal demand on behalf Of the now Fire Commits
sloners OF this city yesterday made the Comp
troer and Street Commissioner for the delivery of all
tn. Fire Department property Great socrcsy Is still
preserved by the Commissioners In all their movements
and proceedings and the place where they hold
their meetings is yet known to but very few persons
The marhals charged with the duty Of serving tho In
junction granted by Judge Sutherland restraining the
from assuming the duties of their posi-
tion had much difficulty in finding these officials who
kept themselves well out Of the way; but yesterday
afternoon some of thcn discovered in Wall street.
and the injunction served. What course the Com
missioner will pursue has not been made manifest
The Grand Jury of the Court Of General Sessions
brought in large number Of indictments yesterday, to
which the prisoners, being arragned. pleaded not
guilty Their trials set down for next week. Mar
garet Mexican was charged with stealing shawl from
Mrs r. NJ Hardy, No. % East Fourteenth street. The
being Of doubtful character, the
ham .d apAt iurv ad Tn fbo
Afternoon counsel for Mr. Peter r. Strong who Is
dc.ed for alleged abortion upon his wife, Mary Strong,
sgains, whom he has brought suit for dvorce) made
motion before Judge Russell to have the speedily
tried or the indictment quashed He alleged that the
indictment found without preliminary
examination, and that oppressive acts had been
rcsorted to In finding the bill. Counsel for
the prosecution replied but in consequence Of the
Judge having an engagement the argument was ad.
ourned III this morning. at eleven o'clock. John Ravel
plead guilty to picking the pocket Of William Rcdeld
Of gold watch the day Of the funeral OF President
Lincoln. He OF gang Of thirty picspockcts
who were arrested that occasion. Tho City Judge
sent Rave 10 the State prison for three years and six
months
The North American and italian Steamship Company,
chartered at tho late session Of the Legislature Of this
State was organized meeting OF the corporaors held
the Astor Rouse yesterday The vessels Of this line
which expected to commence their trips In very
short time will run between New York and Genoa,
touching at Madeira and Cadz.
Superintendent Kennedy has Issued on order giving
directions for q uniform 10 DO by the
police The principal change, and ono which will no
doubt conducc much to the comfort Of the members Of
the force will be In the cost which, instead Of being
tight wasted the winter suit will be loose sack.
Tho material for both coat and pants will be blue flannel
The steamship City Of Washington Captain s. G.
Brooks Of the Tnrnan line wn sa today at for
Queenstown and Liverpool, from pier "A North river.
Tie mails will close at the Post Office at half past ten A. NJ
Two entire blocks in the business portion Of Ironton
Ohio, were destroyed by fire on the 23d ut Seventeen
firms were burned out and tho loss 10 estimated a one
hundred thousand dollars
The stock market was very dull yesterday Govern
men,s were rather heavy. Gold opcucd at l4ak and
closed at 142x.
There but little change in commercial affairs yes
tcrday. fair business done and as general thing
fill prscs obtained domestic and foreign