The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-16 00:00:00

THE scN", LAONDON, r_PUITMAY, NOVEMBER 16 iS4I.

AMERICAN NEWS

LATEST ARRIVAL FROM THE.

UNITED STATES.
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING.
The arrival of the Columbia, Captain Jludkins,
this morning, put us in possession of New York
papers to the 30th ult., Boston to the Ist, and
Halifax to the 4th inclusive. Very strong head-
winds prevailed during the greater part of her
passage. She, however, fully sustained the re—
putation previously achieved by this line ,lf
steamers, having terminated a very speedy trip
in ten
_days and a half from the last-me ntioned
part. Forty-five passengers were bro,aght to
England by the Columbia, all of w-hota united
in praising the vessel's seaworthiness, and Capt.
Judkins' gentlemanly conduct throughout -the

voyage.
The papers received by this boat are nearly
destitute of interest. Nothing had transpired
to agitate the political world; on the contrary, a
still better feeling would most probably be: pro-
duced. By a letter from the acting Governor
of Canada, Sir R. Jackson, to the Governor of
Vermont, informing the latter that a rigid. in-
quiry had been instituted into the recent
outrage committed on Major Grogan, and should
it appear that any officers or meet connected with
the British service were implicated in the tran-
saction, he promised that they should be dealt

with in a summary manner.
M‘Leod, at a public dinner given to him by the
citizens of Montreal, had denied being present
at the attack on the Caroline. Ile also a- ,erred
most positively that he never once boas ted of

having been there.
Lord Morpeth had visited Boston an d New
York, and been hospitably entertained; he had
taken his departure for the Falls of Niagara and
Canada; he had visited the theatre in company
with Mr. J. Q. Adams, J udge Story, Professor
Ticknor, and others, to witness Fanny Elssler's
dancing, and appeared in exc►'llent health and

spirits.
Advices ft;om the city of Mexic o to the 2d of
September had been received, rep orting the in-
surrection to have progressed vii;orously under
Gen. Bustamento. The students of the military
Academy had declared for General Valencia,
who was awaiting the arrival of Gen. Santa Anna.

The Stock Market, with one or two excep-
tions, exhibited a considerable degree of langour.
States' Stock had fallen off, in anticipation tlat
several States would be unable to meet the pay-
ment of the January interest. The "n".,esunip -
tion at the West and South had also unfavour-
able effect upon business.
A rather better business th an usual was done
in bills for England immedl,ately. previous to the
.olumbia. The 'current
nail leaving for the C
rates on England we' ‘e 1091 to 1101 ; on Paris,
sf. 20c. to sf. ISic.,
There were, many opinions regarding the new
Cotton crqp, but the best informed parties esti-
mate 'At at about 1,900,000 bales. The Cotton
trade was steady, and no material change was
pfzrceptible in Corn.
The Royal mail steamer Britannia, which
sfiiled from Liverpool on the 19th ult., was enter-
ing Halifax as the Columbia came out.
I DANIEL WEBSTER MAKING CHOWDER.

The Ingham Patriot of last week says :—At Marsh-
field, close by the shores, and a long distance from any
human habitation, stands a rude shanty, proVided with
cooking utensils and, smie rough sleeping apparatus, for
the accommodation of the fishers and fowlers who resort
thither at this season for game. There, before the door
of that hut., might have been seen a few days ago, about
the hour of sunset, a stout-looking, dark-visaged, hard-
featured man, with a shaggy roundabout upon his back,
and a coarse tarpaulin, that looked rather the worse for
wear, upon his head, squatted upon a stone, and mot' a
tist full of sand scouring out an old chowder pot, which
the last users had been so careless as to leave a little
less cleanly than it should have been. Shortly after, the
same hand was to be seen sprinkling pepper and salt
upon the fruits of that day's expedition, as they sim-
mered in the pot over the aforesaid crackling fire. He
was evidently the prominent man of the party; and after
the savoury viands had been despatched at the clothless
board, with the keen appetite and smacking relish that
hunters only can appreciate, his were the apt fingers that
wiped the platters fastest ; and as they sat around the
comfortable blaze of the snapping brushwood, from his
prolific lips flowed the countless stories at which they
stared hardest and laughed loudest. Not about
M'Leods, and .tariffs, and banks, and such matters of
State, which in these times of political excitement men
are most apt to talk about, did our story-teller prattle ;
his anecdotes were of matters less momentous, perhaps, but
infinitely more entertaining to the hard-fisted, fun-loving
fishermen and farmers who were his companions. And
when " Nature's sweet restorer" called them to their
bunks, he was the first, if not the loudest, to snore ; and
at daylight he was the foremost to make ready the morn-
ing repast, by scraping in the sand, outside the hut, the
knives that the evening fast had tarnished. His name
was Daniel Webster ; his station, Secretary of State of
the U. S. of America ; his home, wherever he chanced
to be, in a fisherman's hut or a King's palace, among his
cattle or at the Capitol.—New York Paper.
MINISTER TO PORTUGAL.

General Washington Barrow, appointed to represent
this Government at the Court of Portugal, arrived in
this city with his family, on Monday afternoon, and
took lodgings at the Astor House. He intends to em-
bark for Europe in the steamer which sails for Boston,
on the first of November. General Barrow is one of the
best foreign appointments made under the present ad-
ministration. There have been several shocking ones,
but President Tyler is not to blame. They were among
the legacies left by General Harrison, and they are now
all paid off. Todd to Russia, and Babar to Sardinia,
were bad as possible. But the bequests of General
Harrison are now all settled, and Mr. Tyler new ceases
to be administrator on the estate. We may, therefore,
expect judicious selections hereafter. General Barrow
is well qualified for the station in every particular. He
is a man of prepossessing and gentlemanly address, of
well cultivated mind, and of much experience in political
affairs. lie was formerly a prominent member of the
Tennessee Legislature, and distinguished himself in the
palmy days of Jacksonism for his resolute resistance to
some of the ultra doctrines of the old chief.—New York
Paper.

PHILADELPHIA, OCT. 31.
A new war steamer is to be built at Norfolk, one (a
second) at Philadelphia, and another at New York. Two
or three courts martial are on the tapir, one to investi-
gate the conduct of officers for returning so suddenly,
and without orders, with a United States ship of• war
from the Mediterranean, when there seemed to be a
prospect of war with England. We have been fearfully
visited by the scourge of fire. A few days since a fire at
Macon, Georgia, destroyed some twenty houses, and a
bank was blown up with gunpowder, to prevent a further
spread of the flames. All the business part of George-
town, South Carolina, has been reduced to ashes—the loss
immense, from $500,000 to $BOO,OOO. At Kingston,
New York, and several other places, conflagrations have
occurred. Great excitement exists amongst a portion of
the more religious—or, perhaps, it would be more correct
to say, of the more fanatical—portion of the New York
community, in consequence of the preaching of several
ministers, who predict in the most confident manner,
and with eloquence and apparent learning, that the
second advent of our Saviour and the day of judgment
is to occur in the year 1843, when, they say, the millen•
nium will Comnence. I mention this as one of the fea-
tures of the times, and cannot avoid adding my regret
that these eloquent men (for they are eloquent) should
not turn their attention towards teaching the members
of their crowded churches their duties to God and their
neighbours, and thus prepare people by virtuous lives
for their last account, instead of appalling the timid,
frightening the credulous, and giving occasion to scoffers
to blaspheme. Surely they forget " that of that day
and hour no man knoweth. ' Depend on it this spe-
cies of fanaticism will not be long in reaching the shores
of Europe. The capital story " The Shower of Flesh
and Blood in Tennessee," is entirely ruined ! Some
negroes have confessed that, seeing thew master had be-
come religious, they had spread bits of beef, liver, and
sprinkled drops of blood over his plantation, in the hope
of frightening him into their emancipation by so terrific
an omen. A valuable silver mine has been discovered in
Stafford county, Virginia. The schooner Susan, lost off
Nova Scotia, had 20 passengers and 9 hands on board—
all drowned. Several other Indian Chiefs, among them
the brother of " Tiger Tail," have consented to emigrate
from Florida, and the Seminole war is believed to be
nearly at an end. The New York American Bible Society
issued 23,000 Bibles during the month of .September.
The yellow fever is diminishing both at New Orleans
and Vicksburg. The Texan expedition to Santa Fe
(New Mexico) has been compelled to return, by the In-
dians—several killed. A day of thanksgiving has been
appointed by the Governor of New York, and November
24th will be a day of general thanksgiving in five of the
New England. States. Fanny Elssler has presented $125
to the fair for Catholic Orphans at Boston. Snow covered
all the hills of the northern States about ten days since.
Another steamer, the Rubicon, has been snagged and
sunk in the Mississippi—loss $20,000. Several other
cases of the Yorkshire cloth and Staffordshire ware
smuggling seizures have been tried in New York, and
the goods returned to the importers.
LIFE ON THE TEXAN BORDER.

HORRID OUTRAGE.—Some marauders lately crossed
over the line, and took forcibly possession of a citizen in
the parish of Caddo. After they had carried him into
the territory of Texas, it was proposed to bury him alive.
With this intention a grave was then dug. The unfor-
tunate man being a witness to their movements. Ho
stood helpless, counting each shovel full of earth, at the
quick termination of his life, surrounded by a gang of
desperadoes, ready to crush him beneath the clod , and
from whose sentence escape was death. Overpowered
with the frightful fate before him he bounded from his