The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-16 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATE&

ENERGETIC ACTION AGAINST SOUTH
CAROLINA.

LIVERPOOL, WIDIrDsDAT.
The Cunard steamer Jnra, from New York on
the 3rd inst., has arrived.
President Buchanan was about to send to con-
gress his answer to South Carolina. He refuses
the demands of the commission, and informs them
that he not only intends to collect the revenue and
execute the laws, but also to defend the property
of the United States with all the force at his com-
mand. Two war steamers were to be despatched
to Charleston. It was rumoured that all the im-
portant posts in the South would be immediately
reinforced.

The militia of Columbia was to be reorganised.
A commander had been recommended by General
Scott.

Mr. Maclntire, of New York, had been nomin-
ated collector of the port of Charleston. The
revenue would be collected by a cutter.
It was reported that the government fortifications
and arsenals had been seized in North Carolina and
Georgia. The warlike preparations continued iu
South Carolina.

In the New York State Legislature a resolution
had been proposed authorising the governor to
tender to the national administration 10,000 militia
to put down the insurrection in the South.

Advises from Havannah were to the 30th Dec.
The late lame of Treaanry note,' had failed to
afford relief, and had not been generally received
by the merchants.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

NEW YORK, JAN. 3.

The New York money market is easy at 7 per cent. for
first class paper. Sterling exchange, 104 to 105. Stocks
opened at an advance of 2 to 3 per cent., and closed Arm,
bat leas excited.

The following were the latest quotation.:—New York
Centrals, 78i ; Erie, 40 ; Blind., 784. Cotton buoyant.
Middling upland, 124, 124. Breadstuff' firm. Flour—
ante and Western had advanced 3e. to 10e.

Provisions steady. Freights quiet.
NEW ORLEANS, JAN. 2.
Sales of cotton today, 18,000 bales ; middling, llto. to
12c. Freight. fur cotton to Liverpool, 11.16.
SOUTHAMPTON, Wianrcsn.tv.
The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Borussia, Captain Trautman, from New York on
the 2nd inst., has arrived off Cowes.
She brings 65 passengers for England, France,
and Havre, but no specie. On the 6th inst. she
spoke the steamship Bremen, and on the 12th the
American ship Ashburton. News anticipated.

THE THREATENED ATTACK UPON
VENICE.

It is reported in several quarters that General
Turr has consented to act as mediator between
Count Cavour and Garibaldi with a view to pur-
auade the latter to postpone his threatened attack
upon Venice this spring. The Paris Patrie
gives the following fuller intelligence on the sub-
ject :
_ _

"We learn by a Genoa letter, of January 12,
that General Purr had left the evening before on
board the Ichnusa, an aviso placed at his disposal
by the Sardinian government, for Caprera, where
be was to see Garibaldi. It is very positively
stated that the Piedmontese Prime Minister is
certain of a large majority at the coming
elections, and that, relying upon that ma-
jority and the advice of the great conservative
powers, he will renounce the project of attacking
Venice, and will ask for a pacific vote from the
Italian parliament. General Purr, who has now
the rank of a brigadier-general in the Piedmontese
army, and is a very practical man, is sent to
ascertain Garibaldi's intentions. We are assured
that before embarking he bad interviews both with
the King and Count Cavour."