The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-17 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

LIVERPOOL, MAY 15.

By the royal mail steam-ship Asia, Captain J. Judkin,
which was telegraphed off Holyhcad at half-past eleven
o'clock this morning, and arrived in the Alersey about
five o'clock, after a remarkably fast passage of 10 days
45 minutes mean time, we have advices from Now York

to the sth instant. She brings 130,000 dolls. in specie
on freight.
The United States' mail steamship Pacific arrived at
New York on the 21. _

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On the 6:h instant the Asia spoke the royal mail
steam-ship Europa.
The steam-ship Crescent City, with the California
mails of the sth ult., 1,840,000 dolls. on freight, and
600,000 dolls. in the hands of passengers, arrived at New
York on the 2d instant. The mails had a narrow escape
in coming down the Chagres river. The boat in which
they were conveyed struck a snag and sank, with the
mails on board. Had the accident occurred a few rods
further down the stream they would have been irre-
coverably lost. The passengers by the Crescent City
came over the Panama railway from Buena Vista. The
road was about to be opened to Frijola, and in a few
weeks would bo completed to San Pablo, six miles from
Gorgona.

In—Congress no particular business had been trans-
acted. The Currency Bill, the passage of which was
considered expedient by the Administration, was about
to be taken up.
In onr advices we find little political news. Six
towns in Erie county had elected 18 Fillmore delegates
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election there by a majority of 50 over the regular sted
Charterby
De-
mocrats, had carried the Charter election there by
majority of 50 over the regular Democrats. At Rich-
mond, Virginia, nearly all the Democratic candidates
were in favour of Buchanan for the Presidency.
Our miscellaneous advices mention that Koss ntb find-
ing himself in comfortable quarters, still remained at
Boston. In the West a severe hurricane had been ex-
perienced, by which the town of Leavenworth, Indiana,
had been nearly destroyed. The officers of the Dutch
man-of-war Prince of Orange had been received with
much attention at Washington. The lake navigation
was completely free from ice.
The health of Mr. Henry Clay, one of the United
States' most able statesmen, which has far some time
been precarious, was pronounced hopeless. According
to a telegraphic dispatch of the 4th, from Washington,
he was sinking fast, and it was feared would not survive
the night. Though much reduced in . strength, he was
perfectly conscious of his awful position, and seemed
rally prepared to meet death. President Fillmore had
visited him, and the interview is said to have been of a
most solemn and touching character.
Chevalier Hulseman, the Austrian Charg‘ d'Affairs,
left Washington on the 3d. Previously to his departure
he addressed an official note to the Secretary of State,
and communicated copies of it to the members of the
diplomatic corps; the contents had not, however, trans-
pired.
Since the departure of our last advices the New York
stock market had experienced but little change. Foreign
exchanges had become rather heavy, and buyers ap-
peared unwilling to meet the views of drawers. London,
1094 to 1101; Paris, 5.15 to 5.17 k; Frankfort, 404 to
403.; Bremen, 78 to 78i; Hamburgh, 36 to 364. The
Cotton-market on the 4th closed tamely, a necessary
consequence of the previous excitement. The sales of
foreign dry goods had been fair for the season of the
year. The demand for tobacco and iron was firm.
Breadatuffs had undergone no material change. In
freights engagements had been made at an advance.
The California news contains little in addition to that
published last week. The Vigilance Committee, which
was recently resuscitated, had hung a Mexican for
murder. A duel was to take place at San Francisco on
the evening of the sth, between a member of the Assem-
bly and a naval officer. The population of the State was
increasing at a rate truly astoniAing. From the mines
the most encouraging accounts are published. All prac-
tical men concurred in the opigion that the yield of gold
for 1852 will be enormous. The San Francisco Herald
gives the following statement:—
Export of gold dust for the quarter terminating March
31, 1852 (as per ships' manifests).
January. February. March. Total.
Where to Dolls. Dolls. Dods. Dolls.
Panama.. .. 3,050,000 1,667,500 2,650,010 7,277,500
San Juan del S. 88,620 150,012 54,071 332,703
liong-Kong
26,330 26,330
•
Manllla 49,850 49,850
Valparaiso 20,549 20,519
Costa Mica 4,000 4,000

Total .• • • 7.718,932
Add to the above the amount shipped in the Golden
Gate, and the estimated quantity taken by passengers,
and we have an aggregate, from January to April 5, of
nearly 14,000,000.
A lump of gold, valued at 1,200 dolls., and another
massive piece weighing 261 b., are reported to have been
found at San Andreas and Valecit. The value of a
piece of gold picked up at Kelsey's dry diggings was
estimated at 4,000 dolls. Numerous instances are given
of the discovery of lumps of gold weighing from Ilb. to
21b. Tunnelling was being extensively carried out by
the miners. At Duggan's Flat a party of 30 man were
engaged in tunnelling through the solid rock. They
had bored 100 feet, and expected to go 50 feet further
before finding gold. In the San Francisco markets
great activity continued to prevail. Difficulties had
again broken out in the Indian districts, and a war of
extermination had been declared by the whites.
The irtelligeneo from New Mexico is devoid of in-
terest. The party that went to the Gila for gold had
returned unsuccessful. The settlers had petitioned Con-
gress for protection from the Indians.
From Mexico we have telegraphic advioes to the
19th ult. Great excitement continued to prevail with
regard to the tariff. The Foreign Minister had addressed
another letter to the Government, demanding the esteb-
lishment of the tariff drawn up by General Antos. The
reported rejection of the Tehuantepec treaty by Congress
is cr,Lfirracd. It v+ as propelled to extirpate all foreigners
who we; o found conspiring to disturb the peace.
Wo have intelligence from Savannah to the 29th ult.
The sugar market continued active, and exchange had
slightly improved.
In the news from Bogota we find an announcement
of the retirement of General Herrera, Governor of
Panama, and his departure for Paste, an extreme
southern province, where he had gone to command the
national forces for the suppression of the revolution
which still existed in that district.
From Valparaiso we have advices to the 26th March,
and from Guayaquil to the 13th of April. The British
mail steamer Santiago arrived at Panama on the 19th
April from Valparaiso. This steamer left Guayaquil on
the 13th, and reported that General Flores' expedition
was still at the mouth of the river, and that ho had
not made any further advances towards taking the city.
When the Santiago went up the river a gun was fired
over her from one of Flores' vessels. The captain did
not return it, but putting on more steam passed up
to the city. It was supposed that the object of this was
to obtain the Guayaquil mail. It was reported that the
British Admiral of the Pacific squadron, with his entire
force, was at Callao, and had determined to run up to
Guayaquil. The success of Flores was highly probable.
According to the Diario de Valparaiso "hie force
amounted to 5,385 men, as infantry, cavalry, and artil-
lery, with twelve cannon. His squadron consisted of
two steamers, two square-rigged vessels, and twelve
small craft, Of this force, embracing Europeans, North
Americans, Chilians, and Peruvians, is a corps of ninety
American riflemen, under the command of Captain
Jackson. The fear of Flores' friends was that the
Swedish frigate at Guayaquil would interfere and prevent
the landing of the expedition, but it appears that the
Captain intended only to protest.
artiCLl-
Our New Granada advices do not contain any p
lar news. The reported assassination of General Car-
mona at Cieneja is confirmed.
THE NICARAGUAN QUESTION.
ral ] repair
that the Brit ish Consul-Gene f
PHILADELPHIA, MAT is understood at Washing-
tonwith an American agent, and in an American. vessel o
war, to Nicaragua, there to arrange all the San Juan
difficulties, as between Great Britain and the United
States.
Nicaragua and Costa Rica have settled their
With
American
reference
companyto forthe
crossingtreaty
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thmus a grant
at
to an
Tehuantepec, the Southern telegraph of yesterday
brought intelligence that it had been positively rejected
by the Mexioan Senate. Also that Flores is likely to bo
successful in his invasion of Ecuador. He has 5,300 men
under his command, including 90 American rifle-
men. The British commander of the Pacific squadron
is reported to have sailed for Guyaquil, the town which
Flores is expected to attack. Commodore Vi •
rgln, of a
Swedish man-of-war, has protested to Flores against his
proceedings.
PANAMA.--A line of American steamers is soon to be
established between Panama and Callao
at all the ports, largo and small, in ; and to touch
Ecua-
dor, and New Granada. The
steamer Peru,
Bolivia,
California, the pioneer of the lino, has b Quickstep, of
for the purpose, and by this time is probablyeen purchased
to Panama from San Francisco. This on her way
facilitate the early reception of enterprise will
news
Pacific coast, and the interior• • from the lower
on that seaboard. cities of South America

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Arrived at New York—The Colonist, from Liverpool;
Lesmahagon, from Tralee; Western World, from Havre;
Rebecca, from Bremen; John, from Plymouth; Ganges,
from Dublin; Graf von Brandenburg, from Newcastle;
Heinrich, and Nancy and Emma, from Bremen; Pacific
(steamer), from Liverpool, 2d inst.; Ashburton, from
Liverpool; Howard, from Hamburgh ; New Hampshire,
from Antwerp; Centurion, from Antwerp; New
World,
William Hitchcock, and Indian Ocean, from Liverpool;
.
Urgent, from BelfNast; Middleton, from Liverpool; Her-
mine. Magdalene, and Nata Gruner, from Bremen; W
D. Sewall, Malabar, and Persian, from Liverpool; AMrt,
from Waterford; Charles Tottle, from Cardiff Elul"'
from Elul'
from Palermo; Minna, from Bremen.
Arrived at Boston—The Arnbassador,lfrom
Sabine, from Liverpool. m Arrived at Charleston—Tho Franchise, from
Liver-
pool.
Arrived at City Point, Virginia—The Yorkshire, from
Newport. Shields;
Arrived at New Haven—The Viola, and
Sunderland: Carl Johann, from News4stieind, from Li-
Arrived at Portsmouth—The Jenny
ve; pool.
B unswiek—The Sir
Arrived LI St. John's, New r from Liverpool;
Dalston, from
A iciori,
Harry Smith, from London; I Henry Poreher,
LIR ;
Facid:,, from London; Ant, from
~ from Lonaonderry ;
from Grangemouth; Mary A1;.001 Liverpool.
Alfred, from Shields; Carebria*ilson
, from Liverpool.
Arrived at Savannah—
Arrived at Wilmington—
from Liverpool. x from Grangemouth, for
The British barque Oily I
11,0 Muskingum and Mecca,