The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-24 00:00:00

AMERICA.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAM.]
ARRIVAL OF THE JURA.
(Via Roche's Point.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (Noon).
The South Carolina Legislature has adopted the
constitutional amendment abolishing slavery, thus
securing the adhesion of the necessary number of
States to make the amendment form of the Federal
Constitution.

Mr. Worth has been elected Governor of North
Carolina by a majority of from 5,000 to 10,000
over Mr. Hobden.

The States of Wisconsin and Minnesota have
voted against negro suffrage.
It is officially reported that the mortality among
the negroes during the war against the South ave-
raged from 30 to 50 per cent. This excessive mor-
tality continues in many parts of the South.
A semi-official statement has been published
asserting that Mr. Crawford, the British Consul
at Havannah, gave direct personal assistance to
the rebels during the war. Over two million
bales of cotton and 50,000 boxes of tobacco had
been smuggled through the blockade with Mr.
Crawford's connivance.

A list of persons in England stated to have fur-
nished the rebels with contraband of war has also
been published.
It is authoritatively announced that the Federal
Government, in order to preserve neutrality in the
Mexican war, will allow no armed parties to pass
the 'Federal frontier, nor permit munitions of
war to be sent to either belligerent.
General Kilpatrick has been appointed Minister
to Chili, and he will previously visit Spain on an
official mission.

Preston King, the collector of the New York
Customs, has committed suicide.

The Hartford papers report a movement of Federal
troops towards the Maine frontier, caused by the
apprehension of trouble arising from the demands
of a British officer for the return of deserters escaped
from Canada.

The Portsmouth Chornicle states that orders have
been received at the Portsmouth Navy yard to
prepare the large ironclad Passaconaway and three
other steamers for sea immediately.
Secretary Seward had a long interview with the
President on Monday last, giving rise to the rumour
that the British Government had made some formal
demand on the Federal Goverment respecting the
Fenian movement. The Fenians have rented a
large house in Union-square, New York, which has
been fitted up for Government offices.
The steamer Sacramento sailed from San Fran-
cisco on the 10th for Panama with $BBO,OOO for
New York, and $475,000 for England.
The Persia arrived here this morning, but was
detained in quarantine for observation. The City
of Washington and the Belgian have arrived out.
General Logan has been appointed Minister of
the Mexican Republic, of which he is reported to
be a strong friend. Mr. Browning, who was Pre-
sident Johnson's private secretary, has been ap-
pointed Secretary of Legation to General Logan.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15, Noon.
Money easier. Gold, 144. Exchange on Lon-
don, 160 ; do. Paris, 3.551. Stocks slightly firmer.
New York Centrals, 96k; Illinois, 1341; Erie, 92+;
5-20 Bonds, 1011. Cotton tending downwards.
Middling Upland, 50. Flour steady. Wheat ad-
vancing. Corn good inquiry. Provisions firmer.
Coffee dull. Sugar dull. Molasses good demand.
Petroleum very firm ; crude, 39} ; refined, 62.