The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-03 00:00:00

NEWS FROM AMERICA.

By tte Herman, arrived this morning at South-
ampton, we have accounts from New York to the
20th ult. The Herman has brought 300,000 dollars
on freight. Wheu she left New York it was under-
stood that the United States loan of fourteen mil-
lion dollars has been taken by Concoran and Riggs,
for themselves, Baring, Brothers, and others, at a
premium of 3 2-100, and the remaining two millions
from 3 3-100 to 4 3-100 premium. It was also
rumoured that two and a half millions are on foreign
account. Other off.re on foreign account are said to
have been made.

Nothing of public interest bad been done in congress
for the past few days, and public attention was very
generally absorbed in the preparations for the opening
presidential canvass. A resolution had been intro-
duced in the House of Representatives, providing for
the adjournment of congress on the 17th of July.
A treaty had just been promulgated, concluded be-
tween the United States and the republic of New
Grenada, the most important feature of which is a
guarantee to the United States of the right of way
across the Isthmus of Panama, the United States in
return guaranteeing the neutrality of the Isthmus,
and the rights of sovereignty and property possessed
in it by New Grenada.
The approaching presidential election continued the
great matter of political discussion. The whigs of
New York were summoned by the general committee
to meet on the 27th, to ratify the nomination of
General Taylor for president, and Millard Fillmore
for vice-president. Upon the pr. sent state of parties
the New York Express says:
The whigs have presented Zachary Taylor, a slave-holder,
tut pledged not to veto acts of Congress upon the ground of
expediency or sanctioned by precedent. The ordinance of
1787, and the subs: quent acts of Congress, making Ohio,
Illinois, Indiana, klichigan, Wiseonsin, and lowa free terri-
tory, are the precedents that, in the opinion of all whip of
the North and West jollity Congress in enacting another
like ordinance for California—to lay nothing of the annex-
ation act of Congress, restricting slavery in Texas
north of 36.30, or the act admitting Missouri into the
Union. The Loco Poem have presented Cass, a
northern man, with southern principles, known to be
adverse to the Wilmot Proviso, and pledged to veto any such
act of Congress. Our worthy, intelligent, and patriotic
abolition friends are spin expected to step in between
Taylor and Case, as between Clay and Polk, with some
Birney or other, and thereby defeat Taylor and Fillmore,
so that California can be made slaveholding, as Texas was
admitted slaveholding into the Union. Will even the
theoretic, philosophic, traseendental conscience Whigs aid
them? We are to see !
The Washington had arrived at New York.
The conviction of Mitchel had caused great ex-
citement among the Irish in America.
A fire at Norfolk had destroyed property worth
250,000 dollars.
A public meeting had been held in Montreal, to
petition for a repeal of the Navigation Laws.
Slavery was abolished in Martinique on May 23rd.
The Zurich and the Acadia were to leave New
York with 150,000 dollars each.
Exchange, 110 to 1101.
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