New York, Feb. 20.
The steamer Karnack has arrived, with Havana dates of the 10th and Nassau of the 8th. It is stated that several vessels had arrived at Havana, having run the blockade. The steamer Rate sailed on the 30th, with a part of the Gladiator’s cargo, probably for New Orleans. The steamer Miramon sailed for Metamora on the 7th.
The war in Venezuela Continues.
A frightful revolution is progressing in Honduras.
Gen. Suardioler had been assassinated at his door. The troops had joined the insurgents and excesses were being committed in Truxillo.
St. Thomas dates to 2d state that the British commander had attempted to take a seaman from an American vessel by force, but a federal gunboat protected the man. The governor of St. Thomas notified the Britisher that the guns of the fort would aid the Iroquois. The British admiral subsequently arrived and reprimanded the commander, and apologized to Consul Edgar.
The bark W. G. Anderson arrived on the 20th.
Ship Island dates of the 1st state that five ships of Porter’s expedition had arrived and two more were spoken off Havana on the 11th.
Vera Cruz dates to the 8th state that no advance had yet been made. Over 1,000 sick soldiers were there, besides hundreds at Tjera. Yellow and typhoid fevers had broken out among them.
The Mexicans insist on the re-embarkation of the Spanish troops, but consent to 2,000 allied troops attending the negotiations at Arzaba. The allies state they shall advance during February to Arzaba, and would give battle at Cerro Gordo if opposed.
Mexican papers express the greatest hatred of the Spaniards.
Four rebel schooners had arrived at Havana from New Orleans with cotton.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, February 21, 1862, p. 1
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