The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-03 00:00:00

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AMERICAN NEWS.

LIVERPOOL, WEDNE!DAT MORNING.

By the arrival of the steam-ship Canada, we have
received New York papers to the 20th of December,
being seven days later than the advices received pre-
viously. The following are a few extracts :

BALTIMORE, DEC. I9.—Advices have been received
here from Merida to the 11th of November. It is stated
that General Bruna has bee❑ arrested, tried, and shot,
for treason, in baying connived at the escape of Paredes
from the country.
The United States schooner Flirt was at Laguna—
all well.

Quite a fearful collision occurred on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, near Harper's Ferry, on Sunday,
between the rassenger train and a burden train coming
down. The locomotives and cars were mashed to a
terrible extent. There ought by this time to be some
mode adopted whereby these collisions can be avoided.
There can be no excuse for them. Fortunately
.in this
case, no lives were lost.

George Law, Esq., one of our oldest and most esteemed
citizens, died yesterday. The old men are dropping off
rapidly.
There is still no sign of cholera, or anything resem-
bling it. The Silas Richards is still detained at qua-
rantine, though all on hoard are perfectly healthy. The
rumours of cases of cholera on board and in the city are
all fabulous.

Mr. John Hardy, a young butcher, engaged in killing
yeEterday, was gored to death by a bullock that acci-
dentally broke loose whilst being drawn to the ring.
EicumoND, DEC. 19.—New Orleans papers of the 11th
inst. announce the death of James Landis, an eminent
and influential merchant of that city. There is no other
news of importance.

CINCINNATI, DEC. 19.—We learn by arrivals here
that the rivers above St. Louis were closed on the 14th
inst., and navigation suspended. Most of the boats en-
gaged in the upper Mississippi trade, above the rapids,
had been withdrawn or laid up.
PITTEBURG, DEC. 19.—There is 7 feet 6 inches of
water in the channel, and the liver is in good boating
order.

News from Venezuela, November 20, announces the
surrender of Maracaibo to General Paez, and the adhe-
sion of Trnxillo and Mends to his side. Ile has gained
several advantages over Monagas. The news is not full)
credited, but seems probably true.
The Ohio Legislature is still unorganised; there is
danger that it will break up in confusion. No fears of
revolution are entertained. Assurances have been re-
ceived that interest on the state debt will be punctually
paid in any event. The next dividend is due in January,
and has been provided for.
From the Pacific intelligence has been received f a
horrid massacre by the Indians at the Ice Islands, but no
details are known. Two English ships of war had gone
to inquire into it.

(From the New York Weekly Herald of Dec, SO.)
GENERAL TAYLOR AND HIS CABINET.—We are almost
inundated from all quarters with articles, suggestions,
communications, and letters, relative to the materials of
the new Cabinet to be selected by the President elect.
We have already given a number of names of those who
were most prominent in contributing their aid to the
great victory lately achieved by the people. But we do
not think it necessary or useful to recommend particular
individuals for particular departments in the present
crisis of public affairs.

In our opinion, the Cabinet under General Taylor
will not be such a political conclave as the politicians
generally suppose. General Taylor will be found a very
different man from General Harrison—a very different
man from Captain Tyler—a different man from any who
have precoded him in the Presidency since the days of
General Jackson.

We believe that the President elect will choose his
cabinet from the best names and the most efficient
statesmen he can get; but if any individual of his cabi-
net, or even the whole of it, should attempt to rule the
roast, or to upset the general principles ho may lay
down for the guidance of his government, he will at
once get rid of them, as easily as General Jackson
and will appoint a new cabinet, if necessary, every six
months.

The responsibility of the Cabinet, as wisely regulated
by the Constitution, rests upon the President's shoulders.
The members of the Cabinet are only the heads of the
several departments over which they are placed, and re-
sponsible merely for the discharge of tho duties attached
to their respective offices. Should it happen that any of
the subordinates of General Taylor do not concur in his
general views and measures of government, we have not
the slightest doubt but he will remove them with the
same ease and promptness as General Jackson did dur-
ing the eight years of his administration.
NEWS FROM LA PLATA.

Our dates from Buenos Ayres are to the Ist October,
up to which time we have files of the British Richt,
from which we learn that Mott Alston Pringle, Dq., has
been appointed consul for the Argentine Republic, to
reside at Charleston, S. C.
From Alonte Video, to the 31 of October, we have ac-
counts. Affairs seem remarkably quiet, now-a-days, in
this part of the world. Since the English and French
Governments have given up their special missions to
Roses as hopeless -cases, we have heard but little of the
doings of this chief. The papers are devoid if news of
any kind, being pretty nearly all filled with details of
European affairs.
INDIANA U. S. SENATOR.—GeV. James Whitcomb,
Democrat, is elected to the United States Senate, to
take the place of Edward A. Hann( gan.
The New Orleans Picayune contains en announce-
ment of the marriage of Major W. W. S. Bliss to Miss
Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of ti,e President elect.
The Hon. Ambrose 11. Seel, r, it is understocd, bee
been nomitutted by the President as Commissioner on
the part of the United States to run the boundary lino
between this Republic and Mexico. The Senate will, no
doubt, confirm the nomination.