The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-16 00:00:00

EVEN IN U EDITION

AMERICAN NEWS,

EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.
By the arrival of the Tarolima, a fine
American ship, off the port last night,
We have received papers to the 26th ult., the
Tarolinta having made the voyage in nineteen
days. She brings no tidings of the President.
That unfortunate vessel had not returned to
New York on the 2Gth, when the Tarolinta
sailed, nor had any thing been heard of her
there after she sailed on the 11th.
The trial of M'LEOD, it is said, had been post-
poned to the first Monday in October, owing to
a mistake made by the clerk of the Court in the
necessary legal forms. The President's new
appointments were giving great diSsatisfaction to
the place-hunters, most of whom were disap-
pointed.

(Prom the New York Papers to the 25th of March, re-

ceivecrlast night.)
OFFICIAL.

APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT,
Robert C. Cornell, of New Yurk, to be Receiver Ge-
rieral of Public Money at New York, in the place of Ste-
phen Allen, removed.
Samuel Frothingham, of Boston, to be Receiver-Gene.
hl of Public Money at Boston, io the place of Isaac Hill,
removed.
Richard K. Call, of Florida, to be Governor in and for
the Territory of Florida, in the place of Robert R. R, id,
removed.
Charles B. Penrose, of Pennsylvania, to be Solicitor of
the Treasury, in the place of Matthew Burchard, removed.
Elisha Whittlesey, of Ohio, to be Auditor of the Treasury
Or the Post-office Department, in the place of Charles K.
Gardner, removed.
Paul Rossignol, to be Superintendent of the Branch
Mint at Dablonega, in the State of Georgia, i% the place
of J. J. S ngleton.
„John Williamson of Pennsylvania, to be Receiver of the
‘ieneral Land Office, in the pace of Hudson M. Garland,
Ittoved,
liolornon Van Rensselaer, to be Deputy Postmaster at
t•
ANny
OFPICERS OF THE CUSTOMS.
4,4„ COLLECTC RS.
George Allen, at Waidoborough, Maine, vice Denny
er'Cobb, removed,
',Jeremiah Brooks, at York, Maine, vice Joseph P. Jun.
'us, removed.
Parker Sheldon, at Bath, Maine, vice Joseph Sewall,
,Moved,

NAVAL OFFICER.
Isaac P. Davis, at Boston, Massachusetts, vice Isaac 0.
15arnes, removed.

THE EXTRA Sasstou.—The National Intelligencer,
`• *tick), being the " government paper," may be supposed
ha know something of the views of the new Administration,
Rates the following is among the reasons which render
beeessary a special ses-ion of Congress.
In the very outset, it has become quite apparent that
icie Sub-Treasury system is not merely a useless protu-
berance on the Treasury, but a posit ve impediment to its
Proper action. Without entering to-day into particulars
lo regard to that system, it is sufficient to stave that, under
the restrictions of the law requiring all public money to be
Placed in the vaults of the Receivers-Glendon the Tree-
spry Department is deprived of the facility of converting
into specie funds the Treasury Notes which it is author-
toed to issue, (a miserable expedient, but without alterna-
tive in the present state of the Treasury), because it can-
eat stipulate to draw for proceeds of the sale of them as
they may be wanted for use, &e. In a word, apart from
411 other objections to the Sub-Treasury scheme, the ope-
rations of the Treasury are so fettered by it that it is
oot possible to conduct the fiscal affairs of the Govern-
talent conveniently (and hardly reputably) whilst it re-
Mains in force.

MR, VAN BUREN.—The ex-President arrived yesterday
in Jersey City by the railroad cars, and crossed over to New
York in a steamboat which his friends sent over for the pur-
pose. About half-past three o'clock he landed at the bat-
tery,
and was received by an immense crowd of his per-
s!itial and political friends, who gave him a most enthu-
siastic reception. He then proceeded up Broadway in an
°Pen carriage, attended by a procession of several public
societies, bands of music, military companies, and a large
!lumber of private citizens. The day was extremely wet,
esd it rained violently during the entire time that the pro-
cession was passing through the streets. That under
eueh circumstances so large a number of persons should
turn out to compliment a man who had no longer any
favours
to confer, or offices to bestow, must have been not
II little gratifying to the ex-President.
ANECDOTE.—In taking the census of an adjoining county,
the Marshal called at the house of an old lady, and among
ether questions asked her if she had on the plantation any
%Mite males, between the age of 15 and 20. After pon-
lering awhile, she replied, that she " had only one, and
Me was a black woman, between 25 and 30."—Lynchburgh
Firginian.
THE MAlLS.—There is a grand stoppage of the mails
"oth ways at Augusta, Geo., where the railroad has been
eerried away by a flood, and the country so extensively
ettimerged that a passage over is extremely difficult. The
a her outbern rivers, or creeks, as they call them, are very
in
"en swollen. Four mails, going south, were lost in
Crossing the pcmulgee on the 10th of March. One cf
these mails is said to have contained the European letters
by the steamer President, which arrived here on the 3d
of March. These mails were for New Orleans, Mobile,
Columbus, &e. When the news by the Caledonia arrived
here, it was of the same date as the last news from New
Orleans.
FATAL ACCIDENT..--We learn that James Fitchpatrick,
foreman on the work of Messrs. M'Mahan, Sterling, and
Gamble, contractors on the North Branch Canal, in
Ilraintrim, Luzerne co., was instantly killed by the falling
°f a stone from the mountain above on Thursday afternoon
;att. Mr. F. was a very respectable man and has left a
'liege family.
ANOTHER FIRE IN NEW HARTFORD. —About one o'clock
last Saturday morning, amid the raging storm, the saw-
t4ill and carding-machine of Mr. Joseph Gillett, in the
south-west part of New Hartford were burnt down. The
%whole loss, including turning works, tools, grind-stones,
4te., is estimated at more than two thousand dollars.
There was no insurance.

THE FRESHET AT THE SOUTH.
Advices from Charleston to the evening of the 19th
;
4115 t.• announce the abatement of the walers, though stiil
raw;try high. Much damage has been done. We subjoin a
particulars :
SAVANNAH, MARCH 16.—Beach island was entirely co-
vered. Several corn-houses destroyed. At Savor Bluff
!I corn-house was carried away, and one also at Millei's
'4l:Wing: The wood landings, from Silver Bluff to Para-
thackla, were all under water, and the wood swept off.
In Augusta, we are happy to learn, the damage was not
14terial. The water was not so high by four or five fe..l
4t- at the freshet in May last. It however reached Broad-
street and filled several of the cellars.

At Hamburg the whole town was inundated—the water
%vering the first floors of the houses and store-:. Comi.
durable damage was done to the town, but to what extent
Ns pot known.

INTERNAL
IMPROVEMENTS.—THE STATE FINANCES.—
the defeat of the Bill for the construction, by the State,
1:1 The Northern Railroad, from Ogdensburgh to Lake
hamplain, may be taken, we presume as an earnest of
the fate of other appropriations which have been or may be
111,Me for similar works. The vote was decisive—only 39
414 embers being in favour of the Bill, out of a total of 128.
We commend the wisdom of this course, and earnestly
hopee,, that not a dollar will be appropriated at the present
Session for any new work of internal improvement, nor for
4117 old work, unless the State is already pledged to make
lue appropriation.
There was expended during the last fiscal year, under
the direction of the Canal Commissioners, the enormous
!URt of $5,011,623 ; of which $3,232,371 vi as for the
tie Canal Enlargement. The State debt is already
1515,000,000, and unless the profuse expenditures which
Gave been projected for future years are promptly arrested,
~Ite shall soon find that our debt is twenty millions, then
(Isenty-five millions, then thirty miliioreii and so on to the
„,,end of the chapter. We call upon all the friends of State
edit and State prosperity to lend a hand for the preserva-
'H.P, of both.
.; ESCAPE.—On Saturday the prisoners in the
40," Bedford jail had a vary narrow escape from suffoca-
..:."‘"2. The pipe of one of the stoves having separated, the
ilks produced by the coal fire escaped into the apartments
14 such quantities that, when the circumstance was dig-
' ;tVered, twenty-five or thirty of the prisoners had become
Ilsensible. Medical aid was immediately called, and, after
k good deal of difficulty, they were all resuscitated.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
(Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.)
A PHILADELPHIA, MARCH 23, 1841.—1 was informed to. '
"047 that the arrangement sought to be made by the United
8t tea Bank with our city banks, relative to taking its
6hates at par, is all off again, in consequence of the disposi-
-11 manifested by the Legislature not to do any thing in
e way of " Relief." Every movement and every day's
11Perience goes to confirm the opinion which I have fre-
t:, Wendy expressed to you, that nothing will be done at
Cil,arriaburg. Under these manifestations the banks are
wqk .11t little inclined to increase their respwsibilities. They
husbanding their resources and making every prepare-
op in their power to save themselves, and each for itself.
ge bills of the Bank are at a depreciation of 15 to 16
1,7 rer coat. to-day for paper and for specie.
At the Stock Board but a limited amount of business
,Ztilkist been done. United States Bank rose 5-8, but of
gth, rise 3.8 of it were sunk at the close of the
tand and the fa--
,e1;t11 was not experled last night. The new
of the
:t gable of the 'cilia of the Bank inr.Er
totple Stand of the Court of ~ommon Pleas it (vas
qize
o?tly believed would pu the stock up too. nolders
d• ntly perplexed. I think it likely the two facts
,24e'ned have had an influence in bringing down the
e*"..7Ut on bank bills. Specie is worth 3to 3 1-2 per
3,..rnore than paper. Exchange on New York :3 7.8.
‘eti,4:34 MARKET, TUESDAY, MARCH 23.--Cotton is less
t9-day. The sales so far arc quite moderate in ex-
abtoa- J.bough without any ndterse change in the feeling
147 y _ \Vestern flour is better. There are buyers at
for exportation, but holders ask more, generally
84 r, though one salo of $5OO bbls. has been made at
mare Aland probably others at the same price. Corn is
Not teatiful, and can be bad at 50c. per 561bs. Farther
Rya at s3c, deliverable.
41? THE w STATES BANK.—+ThO COM.
olual , Ppotated by the stockholders of the United States
get jan4lll7, to investigate its affairs, have been
•

diligently occupied daily for some weeks, in prosecuting
their inquiries. Ample and satisfactory facilities have
been rendered them by the officers of the institution, and
the report, which they officially announce they will mnke
on the sth of April, will be entitled to implicit confidence
The thoroughness of the investigation is such, that nothir.g
undisclosed or covered up will be left to cause subsequent
cavil.—Philadelphia IVorth American.
The bad debts due to the Bank of the State of Alabama and
its branches, are officially reported by a comm'ttee of the
Legislature to amount to the very enormous su.n of
$5,640,761 591 This Bank belongs to the State, and
has been governed by officers elected by the Legislature
because of their devotion to that party. The loss will, of
course, be suffered by the State.
STEAMER CHESTER LOST. —WC learn by the Lehigh
arrived here yesterday morning, that the Chester was
snagged on the Mississippi, about 18 miles above the
mouth of the Ohio, and, it is feared, will prove a total
loss of boat and cargo; as part of her hurricane deck
under water. She had a valuable cargo of priduce,. and
was bound to New Orleans. The accident occurred the
morning of the 7th inst. in rounding to at a wood yard,
and she filled so quick that the passengers were not at.lc
to secure the whole of their biggage.—Cincinnati lb:pub-
lican.

CANADIAN NEWS.
CANADIAN ELECTIONS.—Sir Allan M`Nab bas been
elected from the borough of Hamilton by 63 majority.
A serious riot occurred at Milburn's Tavern, a few
miles from Toronto, where, according to the Toronto Pa-
triot, a M'KeLzie flag was heisted by the Liberals. A
violent contest ensued, which ended in the complete and
total destruction of the house and furniture. Several per-
sons were dangerously wounded.
The annexed paragraph; relate to some other district
FIRST RIDING.—Mr. Prico at the head of the poll, 109
over Mr. Gamble. Much dreadful fighting and bones break-
ing by the Gowanitcs. A company of the 34th has been
sent there this morning. Price will be returned.
SECOND RlDlNG.—Duggan was elected pro tern. Col.
Baldwin's voters were not atlowed to come up by the blud-
geon men ; many were dangerously beatez, among them
we hear Col. Adamson and M. Higgins, Esq., nephew to
Col. Baldwin. A protest, it is said, has been entered
against Duggan's return.
The trial of Robinson, for the murder of Mr. Suydam,
is still going on at New Brunswick, and is likely to con-
tinue some days longer. We have not thought it worth
white to occupy our columns, from day to day, with a re-
port of the case. Of course, when it is finished, we
shall publish the result. The circumstances of the mur-
der were minutely detailed in our columns soon after it
was committed. The Newark Eagle relates the follow-
ing incident:—When one of the witnesses, in relating a
conversation he had had with Robinson, remarked, " I
then stepped up to him, and looked him right in the eye,"
Robinson exclaimed out loud—" I wish you would look
me in my eye now." This singular interruption [induced
a solemn pause in the proceedings, and, for a short time,
the most profound stillness prevailed throughout the
crowded court-room. His counsel subsequently told him
that he had done his cause more injury by those few
words, than lie (his counsel) could do him good by an
hour's talk.

(From the Savannah Republican, March 17.)
GOOD NEWS FROM FLORIDA.
PILATIA, MARCH 14.—Capt. Ker, 2d Dragoons, a day
or two since took 21 Indians with their chief, Koxa Tustc-
nuggee.
Twenty old Indians came in a few days ago at Fort Fan-
ning-, and gave themselves up.
Wild Cat has been in at Tampa and gone out to bring in
bis people, and letters to-night say that 90 men were sent
out on the 11th, to escort 90 odd warriors on their way in.
About 400 Indians are already at Tampa waiting to be
shipped—in fact every one writes that the war is over.
STILL LATER FROM FLORIDA.—By the steamer Gen.
Taylor, Capt. Peck, the above intelligence is confirmed.

THE STEAM-SHIP BRITISH

QUEEN.

The steam-ship British Queea, which sailed from
Portsmouth for New York on the 10th of March, encoun-
tered very stormy weather during her voyage, and was
obliged to put into Halifax for coals and to repair her
paddles. She reached that port on the 30th, and sailed
again for New York on Wednesday evening. The fol-
lowing is from the Haiifax papers of the Ist inst.:—
THE BRITISH QUEEN AT HALIFAX!
SIX DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND.

We were startled from our propriety on Tuesday by the
pnnouncemeat of " a steamer east," and at once concluded
that it was our own " Acadia," bcoming along and making
an incomparably short passage across the Atlantic in the
most boisterous season of the year.
As soon as she turred the beach, however, and by the
aid of a glass, we could survey her plainly—the painted
port holes, in man-of-war style, so different from the
black sides of the Cunard line—a figure head of the
British Queen in flowing robes, instead of the fierce
Indian, tomahawk in band, on the bows of the Acadia—
proved at once that we were receiving a visit from some
strange bird of the ocean, and for an hour every body gave
himself up to conjecture. • On the steamer came, but
slowly—was cheered as she passed close to the wharves,—
when the " British Queen" was descried on her stern ;
every body knew that she was twenty days out from Er g-
land, and every body began to whisper " 0. K., Out of
Ko al."

The Queen dropped in et the end cf Cunard's wharf,
when it was discovered that her paddles were broken, (a
fact which accounted for her slow pace up the harbnur),
and that it was for the purpose of getting these repaired and
a supply of coal, that she had put in to Haillax.
On inquiring on board, we found that she had sailed
from London on the Bth, and Portsmouth on the 10th of
March—that she had encountered such severe gales from
the Westward, during the passage, that her paddles were
shattered, and one of them rendered completely useless,
until the weather abated, and temporary floats were rigged
on the paddle wheels, and enabled her to make this pert.