The New York herald., 1871-01-11
COLOMBIA.

iaen Of Arms ard Men for Cuba-Expecsed
Arrival Of nlosquera-- Ac4uiftal Of Hicurd0
Arango-The State OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Of the Commercial Tax-Postal Arrange.
snents-Interior Of the Republic.
PANAMA, Jan. I, 1911.
Ihe organization OF band Of volunteers for the
Cuban cause and the arrival Of the steamer Hornet
70 convey them to their destination, are the chief
items Of local interest mere since the steamship
Ocean Queen LETT. on the nth ulk The Hornet,
nnder command OF Captain HUDSON, OF "Red White
and Blue" notoriety, arrived at Asplnwan on the
28th ult from New York, having touched 1t Nassau.
From the time OF her arrival up TO last evening she
has been busily engaged night ana day taking In
coal and o largo quantity OF arms and ammunition.
Some hundred and forty tons, or over one thou.
sand cases, have already been put on board. She
will also take from the Isthmas ssme nrty volun-
Seers rom the State OF Cauca, IN this republic, who
came here some time ago per steamship Guayaqull.
on their way to Join the Cuban army. Over one
thousand were expected, but only sixty came, OF
whom dozen or SO returned by the same steamer.
They 90 under command OF General Ryan, who
arrived here from New York by steamer OF 18th uIt
Tor the purpose. Messrs. Cisneros and Qniros who
have been acting here as Cuban Gem.
missioners, also leave In the Hornet. Con-
siderable dissatisfaction exists on board the
vessel among some Of the of1cers and crew. The
engineers demand $3.50 in addition to the extra pay
already received, and the Grew 500 each. Unless
this prevents her getting or she will sail as soon as
ready for sea- which will be early this morning,
destined for the north side OF Cuba, there to land
her men and freight .t
General M0Squcra has not yet arrived from Peru,
although expected for nearly month past Under
the head Of Ecuadorian news ls tranlatlon OF
letter from the President Of Ecuador, Garcia
Noreha, TO Mosquefa, threatening to shoot
him should he attempt TO land at Guaya.
qun on his way up from feru. II Is
certainly curious document and its tone tends to
confirm the belief which has existed for some time
past, that Garcia Moreno Is insane. Tho last Eng
ish steamer from the south coast touched at Guaya
was Was boarded y squaa % of oiesis, "a SEW Who ooseS
aoout the snip and satisfied themselves Mosluera
but an effort Would have been made TO take him OFF,
WE ~ Na Mso rs hSs nssNa Na aEdsto Et A,ze
III this ely about two months ago, on account Of
some slander about young lady. to whom the
former was engaged to be married, has been Tried
Ths Constitutional State Convention, which has
ber, has finished revising M the Constitution tut Of the
State The reforms made relate chiefly TO elections
the term Of the state Presidency aud the meetings
Of the Legislative Assembly. The former to be Tor
four years instead Of two, and the latter to meet
only every two years SIN instead ,, o. yearly fbe project
to the Convention Tor approval and it AS hoped this
time with better success tnan last
consideration on the Slst u the note addressed by
Garcia Moreno to General MosQuera. They looked
Ecuador in boarding the steamship Aresuipa in
search,of M0squera as an Insult TO Colombia, and
10 iook upon eus it as such ana demand an apoIogy
from Ecuador. Should the other states take this
patter up in similar way 1t win lead to trouble
The assessors Of the commercial tax for 1871 have
completed their laDors The list OF assessments has
been published and gives general dissatisfaction on
account Of Its paraity me tax for the year is put
down at $4,000, which is only ones,xth less tfan
In past years. although business has fallen away
almost nothing and many OF the leading houses
have been closed. The merchants are preparing TO
not likely to ind any. They win either have to pay
the tax or close their stores The burden as usual,
falls heaviest on the foreign firms, whom The govern
extent sSSn AS'Ns's '''s'' : . '''1 = '"'
on the strength Of complaints made by Mr.. Perez,
the Minister OF the United States OF Colombia at
Washington an order has been issued from the Post
Office Department at Washington that the United
States mails for Panama shall hereafter be delivered
United States Consul as has been doho for years
past and that the letters shall be delivered from the
Post once instead Of from the Consulate. 1t is to
be hoped this order will not be carried into effect
without due consideration and Investigation OF the
charges made through Mr.. Perez 1he existing
arrangement is goed one, and letters are
promptly delivered soon after The arrival ofhe mails
whereas If the mails be delivered from the ma
i've oice no person can tell when they viii get their
letters-pcrhaps in few hours, perhaps IN SO many
days or weeks. Business men will Willingly pay
ex.ra to nave their letters forwarded By express
rather than take the risk OF having them detained
here. In other civilized country probably are the
postal arrangements so bad and SO poorly carried
out as IN Colombia. believe there Is but one mall
week between this city and AspnwalL All letters
sent 10y private hand.
From the interior Of this republic later dates
have been received. The Darien Indian Com
mission had, according to last advices, ar
rived at Bogota and were well received by
the President who alterward gave them private
audience, the nature of which had not transpired.
They seem to be an intelligent people, and show
favorable disposition toward civilization. The tribe
to which they belong consists OF thirty villages, and
cultivate cocoa, conee and malze
The Bolivar Railroad connecting Baranquilla and
6avanflla is finished, and viii do much 10 improve
that portion Of the country.
The Bank or Bogota was established and opened
for business in the capital on the 10Th OF November
last with capital OF S235,ooo which may be in
creased to S50J,000.
CENTRAL AMERICA.