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Important from Venezuela. --We have advices from Venezuela to the 1st inst. On the 19th of July the acting President issued a decree virtually assuming a Dictatorship, and expressing a determination to put a stop to the war of races which has so long raged in that country. By another decree of the same date, the publication of any of the military movements of the Government is for bidden, and a third decree of July 29 provides for the establishment of a national police in the Capital, aces from Venezuela to the 1st inst. On the 19th of July the acting President issued a decree virtually assuming a Dictatorship, and expressing a determination to put a stop to the war of races which has so long raged in that country. By another decree of the same date, the publication of any of the military movements of the Government is for bidden, and a third decree of July 29 provides for the establishment of a national police in the Capital, and wherever else it may be deemed necessary.
Arrest of an editor, Etc. New York, Sept. 4, --The editor of the Watchman, at Green Point, L. I., has been sent to Fort Lafayette. The Herald, this morning, reports a plot to blow up the Croton Aqueduct. The privateer Sumter was seen off the coast of Venezuela on the 15th of August. steering West. Her captain, when at Trinidad, expressed his intention of going to Brazil to cruise for East India and California vessels.
hipped to New York, and several small orders have been executed on American account, probably with the expectation of shipment at a future period. Cotton in Venezuela. Mr. Hemming, Consul of Venezuela in London, writes to the London News on this subject. He says:--One gentleman who had sent a cargo to Liverpool informed mVenezuela in London, writes to the London News on this subject. He says:--One gentleman who had sent a cargo to Liverpool informed me that he was quite satisfied with the result. In addition to the above I have the advantage of the best possible authority on this subject, Senor Linden, the Belgian naturalist, who is the present director of the botanical department of the Zoological Garden in Paris, and was many years resident in Venezuela, having recently giveVenezuela, having recently given the opinion that there are several provinces in that country, each of which is more favorable for the cultivation of cotton than the State of Louisiana, and that in the aggregate they could grow three times as much cotton as is produced in the whole of the cotton-growing districts of the late United States. A commercial Cure
queror Subparallel, and Donegal sated on the instant for the Gull, with a well-appointed force of marine and some heavy Armstrong guns on board. Napoleon had ordered his contingent to leave from whatever ports the vessels designated were stationed, while Spain was burning with impatience for the moment of action. The Season of Cortes had been opened in Madrid. Queen Isabella in her spaced infers, in the most mandatory strain, to the recent successes of her diplomats and troops, both in Venezuela and San Domingo, and is quite hopeful of prospects in Mexico. Foreign affairs — death of distinguished citizens of Europe, &c. From the New York Herald, of the 25th, we take the following synopsis of foreign news received by the steamship Æ ma. The Æma from Liverpool the 13th and Queenstown the 14th inst., arrived at this port yesterday evening. Her news is four bays later than that throughout by the Asia. The Liverpool cotton market remained firm to the latest moment,
f illegal and demoralizing haste in army commissions, complains that the repeated promises of the Government to arrange a plan for appointing the commanders, of regiments by election instead of purchase, remains unfulfilled. On her voyage from Queenstown to Plymouth, the frigate Warrior went nine and a half knots an hour, under topsail and foresails. It is said that the Central Committee, of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is definitely dissolving in France. Accounts from Venezuela to the 22d of October, in London, are satisfactory as regards the progress of the pacification of the country under Gen. P z. According to accounts from the Republic of Ecuador, the President of Peru had addressed an overbearing intimation to the Government, threatening them with a new blockade of the port of Guayaquil unless they will consent to the cessation of one half of their territory.--Peru rejects every offer of conciliation, including the proposed mediation of her Majesty's Govern
ork. There has been an active demand for sugar to-day, with sales of 200 hogsheads Cuba Muscovado at 11 cents, and 500 barrels crushed at 14 cents. Candles dull. Sales of prime butter at 28 cents. Wheat active at $2. Exchange on New York is at 4 per cent. We have Honolulu dates of October 12. The whaler Rein eer arrived there on the 7th from the Arotic full of oil. The average catch of the Arotic fleet this season is 375 barrels. The whaler Othello arrived at Honolulu on the 12th, from the Ochotsk, with 1,100 barrels of oil. She reports the loss of the whaler Polar Star in the Ochotsk. Crew saved. New York, Nov. 25.--The steamer North Star has arrived here from Aspinwall, bringing $300,000 in gold from California, and the United States troops, under Colonel Buchanan. The United States sloop-of-war Cyane had arrived at Panama, and the Lancaster would go to San Francisco. There is no word of the Sumter, but she is probably near the coast of Venezuela.
The Emperor Napoleon, in his speech to the French Chambers, on the 27th ult., said that the war in America had greatly compromised the commercial interests of France. The Committee of Ways and Means in the House of Congress has reported the appropriation bill, and it has passed that body.--The aggregate amount, excepting the appropriations for the Post-Office and for Indian tribes, amount to $550,000,000. This is independent of the sums reported by other committees. Advices from Venezuela state that the whole country is in a condition of civil war. In New York the cotton market is firm, and middling uplands were quoted at from 29 to 30 cents. There is a large falling off in the foreign importations at New York in the articles of luxury. The prisoners captured at Roanoke Island are expected to arrive at Fortress Monroe to-morrow. In the Federal Senate Mr. King, of New York, presented a petition on Tuesday in favor of the immediate passage of the Treasury
rebellion is now manifestly on the decline, the severe measures formerly resorted to are no longer necessary. The naval appropriation bill has passed the House of Representatives of Congress, with an amendment appropriating fifteen millions for the construction of additional gunboats, and one million for the Ordnance foundry at washington. The steamship Ariel has arrived from As pinwall with $614,000 in specle. The news from Central America is unimportant. Advices from Venezuela state that the country is in great commotion. A British steamer arrived at New York on Friday with a cargo of East India cotton. The cotton market in New York was irregular and middling uplands were quoted from 28 to 30 cents. Corn was quoted at 65½ cents. Dispatches received at St. Louis, on the night of the 14th inst., state that 20 had been killed, and 250 wounded, at Fort Donelson up to that time. The fighting had been desperate and terrible. Official dispatches fr
capture of Nashville is not conceded. News from Port Royal up to the 17th inst had been received in New York. It was expected that Savannah would fall in a few days. It was reported that the rebel troops were evacuating Manassas. Gen. Halleck has decided not to hang the condemned bridge burners, but will keep them in close confinement. Col. Corcoran and 700 prisoners are expected at Fortress Monroe. The report that Gen. Buckner has been arrested for treason is contradicted. The war in Venezuela continues frightful; and a revolution rages in Honduras. Palmerston has announced in Parliament that the distress in the manufacturing districts will not justify the interference of the Government in raising the blockade of Confederate ports. Captains Taylor, Wallace, and Talcott, Lieutenant Loyal, and Dr. Shepherdson, arrived in Norfolk yesterday. They were taken prisoners at Roanoke Island. The other prisoners are expected to reach here to-morrow.
Lincoln has made the following diplomatic nominations to the Federal Senate; B. F. Whoddoe, of New Hampshire, Minister to Hay- Gastavus Koerner, of Illinois, Minister to Spain; Erased D. Culver, of New York. Minister to Venezuela.
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