The New York herald., 1868-05-15

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either to exclude entirely, or at least by virtually
enormous custom duties, ell imported goods Of
foreign manufacture or art; but In this they were
fsrtnnaeIy unsuccessful. It is sad that onehalf Of
BOgOt& should be merged In starving misery, but It
would be downright ioliy 70 Try 70 remedy this local
Congress is most likely to nnish It's abors towards
just about nothing. The only bills OF Importance
now under discussion, and which, perhaps NAV
become laws are one about public order, giving the
federal Executive certain powers OF revolu-
tons within individual States and another about
public credit endeavoring to bolster up this shaky
Among the other Congressional labors of the past
fortnight may mention that the Senate has thrown
out for good the bin reducing the number OF Secre
tares OF state 10 three, and was recOnslderng the
bill providing for life pensions to nuns deprived of
their sustenance by Mosquera's decrees In the
House OF Representatives the following bills have
been passed:-Denying the right OF the State of
Panama to send five members fixing the army on
peace footing at 500 men, and honorng the memory
0 the ate PRESIDENT OF the Isthmus, General Vicente
Oarte. proposition to extend similar compli-
ment to the past administration of Santos Acosta
was under consideration and had passed in first read
santandar, Boyaca, Cundlnamarca, Antioquis and
Iollma TOM are reported perfectly quiet. Timoeon Meza
where he tried to take the town OF Manzales by sur
PRISE He had only about one hundred men with
his Intentions and enabled to frustrate them ana dis
perse his guerilla force.
In Carthagena the same state of affairs continued
as spoken OF IN my last The conservatives accused
OF revolutionary plans, but stoutly denying them
martial law supreme the government and everybody
s1spectlng everybody else and complete standstil
Here on the Isthmus, fortunately, everything is
quiet In spite OF the predictions OF some and the
threats OF others. From Chirlqu and the other de-
partments OF the interior the full restoration OF pub
lie tranquility is announced. In other respects 1t
appears that we are not destined to lead happy and
peaceful ltfe here. No sooner has the n
lever subsided-which may be every moment brought
back from the south coast-when q new alarm dis.
our property. The fact OF the matter is that the
Isthmus has become regular place of rendezvous
not NaS o@ soS and al
America and the West Indies (whence we used to
receive sufficiently strong consignment to satisfy
anybody, but now we are receiving regular influx
Of dangerous characters from New York, and espe-
cially from California, who are induced to favor US
steamer lines by the dread Of Northern prisons and
the tmpunity they enjoy here, as they cannot be
caught Tor the past offences in the absence OF an ex
country and as the insufciency Of the police here
guarantees to them an easy plying Of their calling
shall only mention few On the 18th Of last month
steerage passenger by the Nebraska was robbed In
broad DAYLIGHT In the presence Of at least fifty per
In gold, which was placed under his seat in the car
during the short time 1t took him to purchase some
oranges The thief must have been well acquainted
with the fact OF the money being hidden in the vase
and must have had several helpers. Some believed
that Jewish looking individual who was coming
down on the Sacramento, but left her and his bag
gage and took passage on the Nebraska was the
principal thief. fhs man instead Of going South, as
he intended, went by the French steamer of the 1st
to Martinique, and is said to have appropriated the
trunk OF poor woman on the trip over,
But attention was soon called to another case
which happened two days afterwards and may be in
connection with the former. On the morning of that
day, in by lane not far from the railroad house. was
found the corpse Of Swede called de la Guardee
who had arrived by the Nebraska from MaZatlan,
where he had been engaged In surveying. The body
was found to be stabbed in several places. rather
suspicious character, formerly wheelwright, but
lately gambler, who had embarked at the same
place and remained here in Panama, was arrested as
one OF the guilty party because his hat covered
with blood. He had been seen much in the muir
dered mans company, and he had spent q great deal
or money In the last two days, while at his arrival he
was without penny. The man denies stoutly all
guilt, but 1t Is said has made certain statements
which caused the arrest on the 4th Of about dozen
foreigners OF different extraction living at what is
known as the Garden Hotel. The police authorities
show more zeal than Judgment in the investigation
ofthis case. At the same time an Italian robbed
OF 5000, and among other thieves the opposition
steamer brought us also the fellow Benstein, who
stole $4,000 in San Francisco from his employer in
Of an ''honest MINER" named Peck who had come
down from San Francisco with lot Of bogus gold
dust and very hshy story relating to it. The mer-
chant who had bought part Of 1t, ST. 300 worth
had him arrested on suspicion which at first induced
General Hough the United States Vice. Consul, to in
particulars of the case were known no
objection was made to letting justice take
caused very natural feeling Of uneasiness on the
part Of our respectable inhabitants, and various
methods Of remedying the evil have been
tees, reinforced police and others. The
best would be If the United States government
afterwards stationed one or two detectives on the
lsthmus. detective sent down by the San Fran
CISCO custom a house has been on the lshmus for
uculars OF smuggling as carried on between here
and California.
Colonel Griggsby, the newly appointed Inspector
OF Customs, arrived here the I'd inst. The Bishop
left for Bogota on the same day.
one OF our most enterprising and successful
American merchants Captain ]. NICK. Cooke sent
out brig, the Maria, about eleven months ago on a
whaling cruise. The vessel proceeded no farther
with about seven hundred barrels OF OIL which yield
about two hundred and fifty per cent profit on the
investment. Captain Cooke intends to buy and send
out larger vessel, and it is very probable that
others may follow his example, for the ground be-
tween here and the Galapagos Is of the richest
The HERALD receives by this steamer a large
budget OF special cOrrespOndences and news which |
mas mas accumulated here within the last few DAYS.
There arrived two steamers from the South on the
18th and 4th, bringing letters from the HERALD's |
correspondents In Chile, Peru and Ecuador. On the
bringing valuable correspondence promptly trans
mitted, from New South Wales, Victoria and New
Zealand.
In connection with the English steamers from the |
south coast, mention that the last the Peru hardly
brought any passengefs at all, on account of the |
fearful ravages OF the yellow fever on the Peruvian
coast. 1t is strange that these vessels are not |
quarantined here, although they used TO be very |
quarantned at Callao when we had the |
fever on the lsthmus
In port-United states sloop-ofwar Cyane Wat |
ters Saranac Fraiey. (The latter vessel will pro-
ceed north on receipt Of answer to dispatches sent
to Navy Department on her arrval.) English
Frigate Topaze; soop Scout French-Steamers In. |
mothe, Piquet and Guistard.
PERU.