The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-23 00:00:00

AMERICAN NE WS

ONE DAY LATER FROM NEW

LIVERPOOL, WEI4S
. . YORK.
the New York packet. Oxford, Captain Rathbor.e,
later-04m ship
DAY NH:HT.—By the arrival o
we have New Yorkqntpers to the 2d instant, one day
, .
the previous day--the Auguaa,
bia. This arrival.- furnishes but little of interest to the
Previously received by the steam-ship Colum-
English reader. . A vessel had reached Philadelphia on
from. Trinidad, the cap-
tain of which reports that on his passage he saw a steam-
boat wreck on the coast, supposed to be the President.
PHILADELPHIA, JUNE 30.—Considerable interest was eli-
cited here this minting by the. ann, uncitnent of the fact that
Captain Sawyer, of the brig Augusta, had fallen in with the
hull of a-large steamship; burned to the water's edge: The
Augusta is 24 days from Trinidad, andr e orts to have fallen in
with the wreck in question on Thursday last, in lat. 33 30,
longitude 75 20. One guard was under water and the other
much charred and burned, and although he bore down clo,e
upon it he was unable to asce. tain anything more than that it
was the remains of a large-steam-vessel, and that site had been
destroyed by fire. These two facts he is positive of. The
general belief is that this is the remains of the long missing and
unfortunate steamer President, and as it entirely changes the
previously entertained belief of the manner of her loss, hopes
are expressed that at least a portion of her crew and passengers
may be safe. Anxiety is now intense to learn if her destruc •
tion was by fire. Some censure Capt. Sawyer for not board-
ing the wreck and gathering all of the particulars. If conclu-
sively proved that the loss of the President was by fire, it will
be a severe blow to Atlantic steam navigation, as few will wish
to run the hazards of an additional element.

The citizens of Philadelphia and New York seem to
think that this must be the wreck of the President, which
must have been buret at sea.

The rate of exe7iarike'6s-Ittlgiand was 71 to 81, with
a fair bithiness.

NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, JOLT 1.
The sales at the Stock Board to.day were more extensive
than for some days past, but prices generally rezeded. United
States Bank Shares sold at 18k, a decline of a per share ;
Vicksburg fell off ; Delaware and Hudson was without
change ; North American Trust declined a ; Mohawk 4
Bank of Commerce Script
There was a fair amount of transactions in State Stocks,
without material variation. State Fire-and. a- Half per Cents.
sold at 91. Canal Fives at 86i, an improvement of a per cent.
Ohio Sixes at 94. Indiana Sterling and Dollar Bonds de-
clined a per cent. In relation to Indiana we learn that the
Commissioner is more sanguine to-day, and thinks an arrange-
ment will be effected, by which, in a few days, he will be able
to pay the July dividend.
The Exchange Market for the steamer was quite imetive
to-day, and closed with a downward tendency.
We are informed that the notes of the Western Bank of
Georgia, which have heretofore been in bad repute are now,
by order of the Treasurer of that State, received in payment
of taxes.

There is a good supply of Inland Bills, and the demand is
fair. We notice no material change, but the rates generally
are a shade higher. Philadelphia, 3a, Richmond 4to 4*,
Charleston l 1/2, Augusta WA to 6, New Orleans 6i to 64,
Louisville 71/2, St. Louis Bi, Baltimore 24, Norfolk 4*, Sayan.
nah 34, Mobile 10, Nashville 12, Cincinnati 9.
Only a few hundred bales of cotton have been taken to-day.
without change in price. The gradual advance in flour,
grounded on the impression of a short crop, which the dealers
are holding out, continues, and we quote Tenessee at $5,50
for common brands, with some sales from store at an adva,ice
on that rate. Michigan 5,25 to 5,31*, Ohio 5,311 to 5,371,
Georgetown and Howard st. 5,50. There is a good demand
with moderate receipts. The supply of grain is light, but
dealers are for the moment pretty well supplied. The only
sale which came to our knowledge was 1,500 bushels Jersey
corn, part at 624 and part at 61. Pot ashes are in brisk de-
mand at $5, and pearls are now firm at 5,14 to 5,25, with
light sales.
QUEER SNAKE STORY.—A Louisville paper says, 66 A
wealthy firmer, named Field, near this place, went a few days
since to a sulphur spring upon his farm, where he found some
of his neighbours, who pointed out to him a hole into which
they had just seen a ground hog run. Mr. Field at once
thrust his arm into the hole, and seizing what he supposed to
be the ground hog,, drew it out, when it proved to be a tre-
mendous rattlesnake, having the very extraordinary number of
tw(nty•one rattles. The neighbours, in alarm, retreated from
the spot, but Mr. Field, grasping the snake firmly in one hand,
and drawing a clasp-knife from his pocket with the other, and
opening it with his teeth, cut off the head of the reptile,
though not till he had been bitten in both hands. He resorted
as soon as he could to the usual antidotes, which were effectual,
and several days after the incident he was in good health."
EXTILAORDINART ESCAPE FROM THE BOSTON JA IL.—
A young man named Ferguson, confined in the jail in Leve-
rett-street, on a charge of burglary, made his escape on Mon-
day night, in a manner truly astonishing. His cell was in the
Western jail, at a great distance from any other prisoner. By
breaking his iron pan into strips, he formed a key, or instru-
ment, with which (running his arm through the space under
the door) he opened a large padlock on the outside of the cell,
and unbarring the door, effected entrance into the arch. From
the arch he passed to the staircase, and ther.cs into the upper
story, where he forced his way through a small scuttle, and a
narrow chimney, to the reof of the building, which is very
steep and slippery, being slated. How he reachedl the eaves of
the building is a mystery. lie passed from thence to the ground
(the building being three stories high) by tearing his blanket
into strips, and lowering himself down. The means by which
he passed the wall of the jail yard do not appear. The escape
was not discovered till morning, and no trace of the prisoner
has yet been discovered.—Daily Mail.
GREAT INCREASE OF UNIVERSALISTS.—The State Con-
vent ion at Watertown, Massachusetts, resolved to establish a
Universalist University, On a scale equaling that of our best
colleges. This sect in that State have 853 societies, 513
meetinff° -houses, and 580 preachers. Their gain has been
about 69 per cent. in preachers, 40 per cent. in societies, and
more than 100 per cent. in meeting-houses, in five years.
AN A rrA LUNG SCENE.—Alluding to the arrival of a ship-
load of emigrants at that port, a Baltimore paper -says :
" The heilthy, the sick, the dying and the dead, were in-
termingled, and great distress was constantly expe-
rienced. On arriving at the quarantine ground, effort was '
made for the relief of the sick by the port physician, but,
having no hospital in which he could place them, we believe
they were removed to another vessel."