The New York herald., 1866-08-28

MISCELLANEOUS.
Our special correspondence from British Honduras ID
dated at Belize on the 2sth OF July. Colonial anAs arc
not very promising Property burdened with govern
ment taxes and there was general desire 70 aSou 'ao
payment Of the imposta Tho prisoners taken by tho
Yuc.tsn Indians in April last have been ransomed By
the Colonial government and . claim will he made on
Mexico for the expenses and and security for their
good conduct hereafter Tho solonsts entertained tne
idea Of applying al their energies 70 the cultivation OF
the sugar cane.
BY an arrival at Boston We have advices from hayu
70 August g. very destructive Aro had occurred ~
Cape Hayen on the morning al the 26th OF july tho
damage being estimated at about s7Oo, ,ooo The insur-
gents had advanced upon Cape Haytien, but wero re-
pulsed with severe by the troops under
General Montes At last accounts they were In full re-
treat into San Domingo.
News from Mexico by way Of San Francisco Is 70 the
effect that the French had received orders to evacuae
San Salvador, and IL expected Durango would also
be evacuated portion Of the expedition under 'onn
B. Urmy, for Corona, had landed in Sinaloa with tour
thousand muskets and six pieces Of artillery.
The news from Hong Kong China, is TO July 8. The
English commercial panic was felt thers seriously
revolt had broken out in Kansuh, and the rebels had
seized the capital Ranchon great many OF the man
darins and gentry were thereupon compelled to commit
suicide 70 prove themselves loyal The Emperor's
troops had beaten six thousand five hundred rebel
troops At Nerfu The United States flagship Hartford
had arrived 1t Hong Kong 1t Is feared that the American
schooner Golden Pearl lost about June H. between
Samar and Annoy.
Il was recently reported that JEFF Davis would be re-
leased on parole and such an impression Is gaining
ground rapidly In Fortress Monroe The pressure
brought 70 bear upon the President by Charles VConor
and Davis friends has, 1t is thought forced him 70
yeld and that he will shortly grant conditional parole
similar to that granted 70 Clement g Clay. Davis ply
sican states now that e health OF tho prisoner not
SO precarious as his friends represent.
The report Of General Gordon Granger Of tour
recently made by him through portion OF the Southern
States with view to observing the disposition OF tho
Southern people, published in the HERALD this morn.
ing He says that in all the States he visited he found
no symptom OF organized dsoyaiy to the general gov.
ernment.
oficia information has been received from Madrid Of
the confirmation OF the royal order granting TO Major
General William Smith, President OF tho International
Ocean Telegraph Company, the right to establish lines OF
submarine telegraph between the United States and the
West India Islands. by way Of Cuba.
An enthusiastic ratification OF the Philadelphia Conven
tion held Faneuil Hail. Boston, night Senator
Doolttle was the principal speaker and in an elaborate
address Of nearly hours discussed the great ques
ton Of the day. and frequently interrupted BY loud
and prolonged cheers. Governor Parsons of Alabama
followed him. Henry W. Paine presided, and Benjamin
r Curtis Colonel Aspinwall and Hon. William Gray
were among tho viceprosdentA
call is issued by the Soldiers and Sailors Union, Of
Washington, for convention Of all who served in the
army or navy during tho late war, and who believe
should DO made odious and traitors punished 70
meet In Pittsburg on the 26th OF September.
Eleven deaths from cholera reported in Cncin-
natt Sunday. II has lost its epidemic character IN
that city and Is rapidly abating Twelve cases werc re-
ported yesterday in Memphis Ninety deaths from the
disease reported In st. Louis Saturday and
enty ythree Sunday which Is marked abatement Of
the epidemic In that city In New Orleans the deaths
during Sunday were twenty SIX, which rs decrease n
the number formerly reported On the plantations
there Is dminuon, the negroes refusing to take any
medicine asahey have conceived tho idea that the wh.s
people lntand 70 poison them.
A nrc occurred In ChiCago yesterday afternoon by
which all tho buildings Lake street. between Union
and Despiainss, makug over half entire block were
destroyed The loss Is estimated at 4150,00o
The town Of Nariposa, Cal, almost entirely do
s,royed by fire tho 2Sth Inst, only Ave SIX build
ings being savsd. The loss Is estimated at $1000O
Tho British ship FairGh bound TO San Francisco from
Hong Kong. lost PoChung Hiau Island June
IL One hundred and forty three Chinese passengers
wore Qrowneo ana one Euro p0au-
Consolidation Of small States Europe Becem-
ing Republicanixed.
There have been few eras in history since
the time Of Charlemagne when the tendency Of
ideas and Of events flowed in 10 strong . cur
rent toward the extinction Of small political
communities and their absorption into great
nations ~ il does in these latter days. No mat
ter how, in the crooked paths OF diplomacy or
in the clash Of armies on the battle field, the
real issue may be lost sight Of, and mere mo-
tives Of ambition or lust Of conquest may ap-
pear the incentives to action, it is none the
less true that beneath the surface of things,
and ~ the concealed spring that puts the entire
machinery In motion, lies that tendency of
which we speak, and which, irresistible and in
evitable, is slowly but surely attaining Its
object
We have within the past ten years seen how
steadily this principle Of consolidation is work
ing, and how futile have proved oil efforts TO
oppose it We have seen the Italian princi-
palities broken mp and fused into the kingdom
Of Italy. Austria has yielded to the loss Of
and venetia- Even the Pope him
self, resolutely and obstinately ss he set his
face against yielding mp the Papal States and
the Eternal City. finds his obstinacy and reso-
luton forced to succumb before the fiat of
destiny; and now Italy, regcneraied and con-
takes her place among the nations
hat are to exercise great influence in the future.
The German Duchies which were attached to
,he Danish Crown have also within the last few
years been violently wrenched away from their
old unnatural moorings, and, even while they
we're absurdly dreaming Of separate national
existence, have found themselves melted down,
IN company with various other portions
Of feudal fatherland, into an amalgam
out Of which Prussia, through the in
Of Bismarck and the needle