The New York herald., 1869-03-01

The Pacific Mall steamship Aasks, Captain Gray,
arrived ct this port yesterday, from Aspinwal Feb
ruaEy %, with eioAooe In specie.
Affairs IN CeIsnbia-The Tax Trsubles n
Paaana-Nectiea ExcItenent-Cendiaion u
PANAMA, Feb. 20, 1850.
The Alaska made q better run out than usual,
reaching Aspinwall about midday on the eth. me
Golden City. with her passengers and freight sailed
hence for san Francisco on the 10th inst, ct two
Pm.
We are still getting ON quietly here, without any
excitement, the commercial tax question being now
at rest, though our Aspinwa neighbors have fallen
heirs to our troubles and having their goods sold
daily BY judges order to meet the demands Of the
authorities.
occasional OF fever In the country there 10 no
sickness TO complain or nor s there word OF local
news worth the trouble Of setting up In type
The United States Consul, General I. Kilby Smith,
leaves for New York on the steamer to-day with the
intention or placing certain points before the gov
ernment ct washington relative to the State taxes
It seems the Legislature has levied tax OF three
dollars per head on all cattle embarked on board
vessels In the harb0r for consumption at sea. The
Pacific Mail Company have entered an energetic
protest against such tax, as being nothing more or
less than an export duty, which the State has no
right to levy and the Consul sustains the company
In fact the State have told you before Is SO mise
raby poor that the legislators resort to any means,
no matter how unjust. to raise money enough
to keep the government anoat. and foreigners have
been 80 well feeced that they seem determined to
submit to these annually increasing impositions no
that it is time they were put stop to- else foreign
commerce here win be completely broken up.
the 26th from Bogota. New Granada, as her latest
name Is, enjoys at present sort Of peace-that is,
ment connected with the election campaign
ana %uSa ns1 meeta .
thing wonderful IL expected from it, These people
always expect the good things to come from govern
we generally form our public opinion and then the
government and Congress carry them into enect.
Government Is our agent and servant, and not the
the President OF the State Of Cundinamarta, Inn
prlsoned BY the national government, subjected TO
fenced to the chain gang for high crimes ana misde
charged against him, and finally Q1ered
pardon BY the Legislature upon condition Of leaving
the republic, has declined accepting the pardon and
made protest he remaining prls0qer. This question
Is warmly discussed. Has . State Legislature the
grave national import those laid at the door Of
President Gutierrezs Some say yes. others declare
that the right belongs exclusively to the national
The grand item brought us BY the steamer ts the
treaty made at Bogota for the construction Of the
text and an English translation In 1ulL
The only other item OF news from the interior is
o. o m A s. socSsS q nd
had q fearful earthquake, which continued the
sOth OF December and LIST Of January. and
buildings were knocked down; the hill overlooking
the town OF La Robada was breaking up and falling
crash: water sprung up abundantly in many places.
The inhabitants were In CONSERVATION. We hope no
The State government have sent commission to see
what is to be done.
OF local news, have to report, in addition to
the Panama Protestant Church Association
has been duly incorporated and recognized
Panama as legal association. The Rev. Frederick
Hicks one Of the trustees and pastor Of the ock s
sss @ y n
The Panama Railroad Company's steamer Saliva
dor has just come in from Central America. The
La Libertad. No papers or news have yet come to
hand, and the mail Is about closing.
The least said about this republic (so called the
better. Dictator Garcia Moreno had returned TO
Quito where he continued In the full exercise OF his
2Sth ult. nom quito and eth inst. from Guaya-
gull, with nothing OF interest IN them. The
in Quito, believe, contains nothing but abuse OF the
fallen liberal party The Guayaquil papers are not
allowed to say anything without the permission OF
the police. Such are the orders Of the present
ter. II is reported here with good foundation that
Garcia Moreno had issued decree for the election Of
members to q convention. He win, OF course, be
elected President and the constitution made to suit
him.
The Jesuts. expelled from Spain, seem to be turn
steamer from Europe brought four TO Aspinwail.
Two OF them have gone to Guatemala, where the
order holds full sway; the other two are bound to
where there u swarm OF Jesuits, and
the Dictator Is their particular friend.