The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-15 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE DOMESTIC MARKETS.

At New Orleans, on the 21st ult., the arrival of Cotton for
the week amounted to 12,820 bales. The demand was very
moderate, and sales averaging about. 2,500 per day. There
was no change in prices at all. The receipts of produce
were still large. The stock of Sugar was large, and the de-
mand limited. Sales of strictly prime at 6,1- a 6,i, Molasses
dull at 20 cts. in bbls.

At Mobile, on the 22d, the Cotton Market was becoming
more firm, and prices were tending upward. There has been
an advance on all kinds of The supply was very small. Fair
Cotton scald at Hi. The sales for the four last days amount
to 8,300 bales.

At Augusta on the 23J, there was a good demand for Cot-
ton at improved prices, particularly in fair, at the higher
grades. The stock on hand was estimated at 10,800.

(From the New York Commercial Advertiser of May 1.)
THE PRESIDENT STEAM-SHIP.--The barque Fame sr-
Hived at Boston on Thursday evening, but brought no intelli-
gence of the President. The steam-ship had not been seen
or heard of at Fayal on the 4th. when the Fame left, or at
St. Michael's on the 2d, a vessel from the latter port having
arrived at Fayal while the Fame was there.

(Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer.
PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 30—P.—I have intelligence from
Harrisburg that the Committee of Conference, as appointed
by each Branch of the legislature of the State, on the
Revenue and Bank Bill, it will probably lay over until this
day for action on the part of the Legislature. The only al-
teration made in the Bill from that previously reported, is
relation to the United States Bank, which is to be placed en
the same footing as the other banks in relation to forfeiture
of charter. &c. She is, however, to submit to future legislation.
( From the Journal of Conunerce,May

?Rom 13NENOS AYRES,—Bi the• ship Eliza Wand' Susan, at
this port, we have a Buenos Ayres paper or Feb. 20th.
The number of foreign vessels in port on the day previous,
was 157; of which 53 were British, 23 American, 20 French,
14 Sardinian, tl Brazilian, 7 Danish, 6 Spanish, 5 Swedish,
and 18 of other nations.

The weather was warm—the merCurfsometimes rising to 85.
No American vessels of war in port.
Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.
BUENOS Avnrs, FEBRUARY 20, 1841.—The Montevidean
Government has issued a decree dec!aring that all vessels taken
under the Argentine flag, on the rivers ITraguay, Parana, or
Plata. after ten days front the date of the decree, will be con-
sidered as good prizes, vessel and cargo. The ten days expire
to-morrow, consequently our lightermen have taken the
alarm, and refuse to go to the outer roads. Three of the Mon-
tevidean vessels of war have been in front of the town for
some days. They sent their boats into the inner roads one
night and attempted to cut out a schooner which passed over to
this Government a few days ago, but they did not succeed.
The Committee of British Merchants have written to the
Minister, Mr. Mandeville, to know what steps are to be
taken ; but as yet we have not heard his reply; ntir do we know
whether or no a foreign agent can interfere in the matter.
Produce has declined a little since our last, and Exchange
on England advanced to 28d. per l. We think it wilt still
go a little higher—but that this rise will not be maintained
for any length of time.
. .

Freights still low, $7 per ton to the States, and many yes•
sels would be glad to take even this low rate.

FROM THE PACIFIC.-By the ship Osage, Captain Mickle,
from Valparaiso, letters have been received from the United
States frigate Constitution, dated 27th January, 1841, by
which we have intelligence of interest to many readers.
The U. S. ship St. Louis had sailed for the 'Marquesas and
Sandwich Islands, and the Coast of Mexico.

" Two days ago," says a writer on the 27th January, " a
French man-of-war brig arrived here from Callao, in 19 days,
bringing General Torico, and the news of a revolution.
There has been a slight emuete, the result of which is, that
Gamara is now empowered to make forced loans and raise as
many troops as he pleases. All the powers of a dictator have
been accorded to him."—National Gazette.

(Correspondence of the Herald.)
PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 30.—The weather is still stormy
and very unpleaFant. There is no business of any conse-
quence doing, and absolutely nothing in the way of news. A
man is on his trial here for the murder of his wife, it is true,
but then as it was a simple and instantaneous killing, by very
common parties, with nothing of the horrible about it, the
peop!e look upon it with the calmest indifference.
The time was when the commission of an ordinary assault
and battery, and the arrest of a common pickpocket, would
create an abund ,nee of horror, and afford a theme on which
our moral press would dilate at a great length for a whole
month. Now a man murders his daughter, kills his wife, or
passes forged cheeks upon the banks to the amount of 'thou-
sands, cr bank officers rob the stockholders to the amount of
hundreds of thousands, and are permitted to run at liberty
without a single homily from the moral portion of the Press,
and without an effort to inflict punishment.
The difficulties between the collector and surveyor, and
the hungry horde of office-seekers, that follow like so many
famished wolves in the wake of each, is understood to have
been sotiled by arbitration. The list of each one of these
officers have been refer! ed to a Committee of three poli-
tical leaders, who will select from them the requisite
number of appointments, and forward them to Washington for
confirmation or rejection. This will, probably, settle present
difficul,ies, but the germ of dissatisfaction is deep-seated, and
full quiet will never be restored until Tyson is snugly located in
the place of Roberts. But is not all this a most disagreeable
state of things.

The President of the United States has officially recognised
Christoph Freidrich Plate, as Consul of Bremen for the port of
Philadelphia.

At the Stock Board not much bugines was done to-day and
prices were without change. At the second, 20 shares of the
Girard Bank, opening flat, sold at 29i.

SALES OF STOCKS THIS DAY.
600 dollars State Five., 1870 Bl
leo Shares U. S. flak .. cash ]7;
56. ..d0... do ...Monday 17;
10...du...Philadelphia 8ank....... 76
2...d0 ..Pennsylvania Bank
15...do...Keusinzton Bank 42
10.. do... Franklin Fire Ins 99i
6 . do...Scbuylkill Nav
WO...do—Philadelphia W. and r .la 60 days 37A
147.. d 0...,.. ........ do ...... .... 37
14... d , do
100... d) do
After first Board.

100 Shares Wilm. R b 60 days 38
1000...d0...Wi1m. R. Loan Sixes, 1842. 93
SntrwaEcx.—The St. Augustine Herald of the 16th
instant, says, " The schooner Antelope, Gifford, in Go-
vernment employ, without cargo, capsized near the St. John's
13,r, in a squall on Monday. Captain and cr w saved in a
boat. The wreck drifted ashore about twenty miles north of
that pine.
FATAL CANAL AcCIIMNT, A boat from Troy, for
the N.rai, was driven over the Cohoes nlls yesterday, in
salch one of the owners was drowned. To-day a scow with
nine men, in attempting to rescue a coloured man from a pe.

rilous position, was swept over the Falls. The men isulle
Scron saved themselves.—AlL. Evening Journal:
FROM FLORInA.—The steamer William Gaston, Copaiu
Griffin, arrived at St. Augustine on the 21st of Aprilarein
Southern Posts, brirging a large party of artillery, undet the
command of Lieutenant • Based, and shortly aftervrartlsiluo-
ceetfed up the North Myer. They are intended to estabbik a
post about eighteen miles to the North of St. -Augustine•AVll"
menus Indian fires had been discovered along, the iteastilfiqui
Fort Lauderdale up to within seven miles of NewiSymtita?,
DIVIDEND.—The Bank of the State of Net.- York:bli,de"
elated a dividend of 3 1.2 per cent. for the Jut six rikinthst
payable after the 10th Slay.
The Guardian Insurance Company 10 1-4 per cent. cn the
.capital of said Company, payable on the sth inst.
A Mr. Harman was murdered at the polls on the day of elec-
tion, in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
.•
STEAM-BOAT SUM:.—We learn that the steam-boat Gipl
was sunk near the lower rapids of the Mississippi a few bys
since. She was on her downward passage loaded nith
Louisville Advertiser.

DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.—Some time in February last
a young man, named Gustavus Melsheimer. formerly a student
in Pennsylvania College, in this place, started from here with
the intention of going to Shippelishurg, and no intelligence of
his arriVal at that place having been received by his friends,lt
was suppo,ed that he had wandered from his way and perished
in the snow, which was at that time very deep. Search .tag
accordingly made, and the body of a man, supposed to be that
of Mr. Melsheimcr, .was found on Sunday last in the South
Mountain, about six miles south of Shippensburg.— Gettystnag
Star.

MODE INDIAN TROUDLES.—Advices from Wisconsin,
under date of April 10, state that large bodies of Sioux Ivo'
gathering in the neighbourhood of Fort Snelling, with the
de-
sign, aq was supposed, of making an attack upon it. One °`
the tribe, it seems, being drunk and disorderly within thelinlit9
of the garrison, and resisting an attempt to rcmove him 105
shot down ; hence the hostile aspect of the tribe. Two com-
panies from Forts Winnebago and Crawford had been or4erFct
to Fort Snelling.