The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-28 00:00:00

AMERICA.

Among the items of intelligence in the papers last re-
ceived from New York may be mentioned the construc-
tion of two iron steamers, intended for commercial uses
in South America. These boats have been ordered by
a company quartered in New Granada, for purposes of
general improvement, with a capital of 200,000 dollars,
and will navigate the Magdalena river, plying between
Santa Marta, on the Carribean Sea, and Honda, the
head of navigation on the Magdalena—a distance of
about 600 miles. The river being very shallow at cer-
tain seasons (having at some points only about three
feet water in the channel), the boats are constructed
with flat bottoms, and so as to draw, with their engines,
the necessary fuel, and 60 tons of freight, only two feet
nine inches. They are 150 feet on deck, six feet hold,
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mated speed is 12 miles an hour. The tonnage is 232
tons, and they are fitted for the accommodation of 20
passengers—a number with which, it is said, the com-
pany will be perfectly satisfied, if they can obtain so
many, for several years to come. Anticipations are en-
tertained that these boats may effect a great revolution
in the trade of New Granada, by developing the re-
sources of the interior and collecting them on the sea•
board. The Magdalena, although one of the finest
rivers in the world, and accessible for more than 500
miles from its mouth, has yet been of comparatively little
benefit, owing to the strength of its descending current.
Another point of information contained in these
papers is, that the proposed chain bridge over the
Niagara river, near the falls, is now surveyed and about
to be commenced. It will be 700 feet long, and 200
feet above the river, and it will afford a continuous route
from Michigan by the Great Western Railroad in Canada
West. At present the time occupied in reaching Buffalo
from Detroit is about 40 hours, but it is calculated that
by the proposed route it may be accomplished in 8 or
10. The bridge is to be completed by the autumn of
1848, at a cost of 225,000 dollars. Twelve and a half
cents (about 6d. sterling) is the proposed toll for each
passenger, and the revenue is calculated to give a return
of 22i per cent. on the outlay.
Through the same channel we have also accounts of
an addition to the mining discoveries which now seem to
be taking place in all parts of the world. In the state of
Missouri lead is said to have been found in great abun,
dance, and not inferior iu quality to the Galena or any
other mine.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
By the Owen Glendower, arrived at Portsmouth, we
have received Cape papers to the 27th of March. We
ex•ract the following from the South African Commer-
cial Advertiser of that date:—
m the frontier represents the Governor as nearly
CA
froPE TOWN. MARCH 27, 1847.—The latest intelli-
genceready for active operations, and a forward movement
oeverelsoenel m
Somersetae
had been chi:patched to Kat River for the purpose of
raising men from that settlement for soave service. The
saugbainisstsmiott hie or chief
re stit Pato.uto oofci plunder.wh col
people there were perfectly willing to serve as a Burgher
force to the end of the war, but they refused to enlist
or serve as "Levies." A most injudicious method
hod was
adopted to overcome their scruples, by threats of for-
feiture of lands and other matters, under an erroneous
impression, it would seem, that the lands there are held
by a sort of military tenure, or on condition of military
service whenever called for. The people, who are n )
fools, though their jackets are not very sound, speedily
put this to rights by exhibiting their " titles," and upon
a more reasonable tone being adopted by the authorities,
some 350 active men joined Colonel Somerset to act
against the Chief Pato, as was then (March 17th) gene-
rally understood.

The nevrdO;;rnor, like all new men, requires an oc-
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hint is, that with Hottentots threats are not only un-
availing, but invariably lessen the authority of the party
that. employs them. The Hottentot will listen to reason•
mg, and, if fairly overmatched in argument, he will
admit it and yield ; but if be happens to be in the right,
let not the educated man rely upon ingenuity or cunning
words, for these pass by the unlettered men as idle wind.
Right or wrong, however, he hardens himself against
threats. He holds them to be open war, and only thinks
how he may defeat them. Those who know the Hotten-
tots, and deal with them according to their nature, are
able to lead them against any enemy, and from one end
of Africa to the other. And under such men they are
and have been in every war the right arm of the colony.
Treat them, then, as men; beware of hurting their spirit,
which, in their circumstances, is naturally jealous, but,
above all, observe the strictest truth and justice in speech
and deed. The thing they chiefly insist upon is to be
" treated like other people." They are not so nice
about what that treatment may be, as that it shall be

equal.
The country looks with some trepidation to the be-
ginning of /his second Campaign. The miseries of the
last twelve months were caused chiefly by the bad be-
ginning of the last. one.. A second Burn's-hill would be
fatal.
says the
The Zuid Afriketan publishes the Bill of Indemnity,
enacted by the new Governor, " to indemnify all per-
sons in regard to certain acts done during the recent
existence of martial law."
the Gilbert Henderson, had
Another emigrant ship,
rgeopnoer.atshore in Algoa Bay, in a '° brisk gale,"

BREAD FROM `SEAT MEAL.—It is stated by a
respondent of the Salisbury Journal, that bread is
cm°arde and sold at Mere containing the whole of the pro-
duce of the wheat without any dressing, and that the
price is only Bd. the 41b.loat, while the other bakers'
bread is 10d. and lid. It is a matter of surprise that the
former description of bread is. not made and sold in this
city; but, instead of such being the case, there is a dif
ficulty in obtaining it, even it ordered, and the same
price is charged as for other bread. Bread from wheat
meal is recommended as both wholesome and nutritious;
it is, in fact, highly conducive to health.— Western
Luminary.