The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-17 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS

LATEST ARRIVAL FROM THE
UNITED STATES.
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING.
The arrival of the Columbia, Captain Judkins,
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 of
steamers,.having terminated a very speedy trip
in ten days and a half from the last-mentioned
port. Forty-five passengers were brought to
England by the Columbia, all of whom 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 men 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. He also averred
most positively that be never once boasted of
having been there.
Lord Morpeth had visited Boston and New
York, and been' hospitably entertained; he had
:taken his departure for the Falls of Niagara and
Canada; he hael visited the theatre in company
with Mr. J. Q. Adams, Judge Story, Professor
Ticknor, and others, to witness Fanny Elssler's
dancing, and appeared in excellent health and
spirits.
Advices from the city of Mexico to the 2d of
September had been received, reporting the in-
surrection to have progressed vigorously 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 that
several States would be unable to meet the pay-
ment of the January interest. The non-resump-
tion at the West and South had also an unfavour-
able effect upon business.
A rather better business than usual was done
in bills for England immediately previous to the
mail leaving for the Columbia. The current
rates on England were 109 i to 1101 ; on Paris,
iif. 20c. to sf. 18ic.
There were many opinions regarding the new
Cotton crop, but the best informed parties esti-
mate it at about 1,900,000 bales. The Cotton
trade was steady, and no material change was
perceptible in Corn.
The Royal mail steamer Britannia, which
sailed from Liverpool on the 19th ult., was enter-
ing Halifax as the Columbia came out.
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 spine 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 stene, and with a
fist 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-
leered 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
hoard, 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 ortbe snapping brushwood, from his
'prolific lips floWed tbVeountlest ; stories at which they
stared hardest and,: laughed:. loudeSt. Not about
M‘Leods, and tat iffs4' d banks; and such matters of
State, which in tr4se ipies of political excitement men
are most apt to talc- Vut; di .our story-tellcr prattle ;
his anecdotes were aielitterqe4rnomentotei, perhaps, but
infinitely more entertaiOg 'f-eiflf`4 hard•:fisted, fun-loving
fishermen and farnieiS;v4t, weref.lis companions. And
when " Nature's' swiet .Yeitvrer?! called them to their
bunks, be was the filOrliot -the 'loudest, to snore ; and.
at daylight he was tiOifOltqiii6St 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 pahice, 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 Ileum He intehas to em-
bark for Europe in the. Sibamer 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 novr
all paid off. Todd to Russia, and Debar to ISardinitt,
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 ekperiente in pOiltidal
affairs. He was formerly a prominent member of the
Termesset Legislature, and distinguished himself in the
palmy days of Jacksonism for his resolute resistance to
some of the ultra doctrines of the old chief.—Nrio rtht
Paper.

IltA1tL1111A; O6r. 31.,
A new war steailier it to be built at Weill:Ilk; bile (i
second) at Philadelphia; hha iiiibtho- tit ew Fork. Two
bt three ebitrit martial are on the tapis, one to investi-
ow the conduct of officers for returning so suddenly,
and without orders, with a United States ship bf,tkti
from the Medite:ranean when !the h telineld tb a
prospect of war miti tligmha. \ATb hate been fbarfully
vimittd 4 the s'c'ourge .or fire. A few d4ssin'ese it file
Macon) Georgia; destroYe'd •ediite I%lises, and a
batik wat litoVvh i ik.!!kith gunpowder, to prevent a further
spread tt the flames. All the business part of George-
town, South Carolina, has been reduced to ashestiteltls§
immense, from $500,000 to irsoo,ooo.. At liitigttoit;
New York, and several other piaetst
Occurred. Great bbitbiiielit fetclsts allitingst a portion of
the more rellitltittg—or, perhaps, it would be more correct
to say, of the more fanatical—portion of the New York
cemmunity, in consequence of the preaching of several
ministers, who predict in the must et:infidel:it it-Mini:l;l
and with eloquence and hplieellt learning, that the-
second advent bdr Saviour and the day of judgment
is to beeur in the year 1843, when, they say, the miljen-•
nium will commence. I mention this as one of tho
tures of the:times, and cannot avoid addibit In fekiet.„
that these eloquent viol Mr 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 virttitil4 liVet
for their last account, instead of a palling the -tithid;
frightening the credulous) and giving detiision teoiter
to blaspheme, Suitt), they, forget "that that day
and hour no man knontibi ' "Mind on it this spe-
cies of fanatioiset will hot be long in reaching the shores
of Europe. The capital story." The Shower of Flesh
and Blood in Tennessee," is entirely ruined I u
negroes have confessed that% setN nad be- ,
come religious, the§grii. bits of beef, liver, and
sprinkled 'dr,* a blood over his plantation, in the hope
of ll'ightening him into their emancipation by so tettitit:
an omen. A valuable silver mine has been distoVeresti ilt
Stafford county, Virginia, The sehottiter .0.1154 h, lost off
Nova Scotia, had 20 passehgefit Mid 0 hands on board—
all drowned, tleveral other Indian Chiefs, among them
the brother of " Tiger Tail," have consented to ersightte
from Florida, and the Seminole war is believed W. he
nearly at an end. The New York American Bible flotiet,),
issued 23,000. Bibles during the iribtith of $t ?It-tuber.
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 t4`iii-
dians—several killed. A day of thankiVNOVA peen
appointed by the Governor of New tbr'x, and NoveMber
24th will be a day orgeneral thanksgiving-in five of the
New England States. Fanny Elssler has presented-k 25
to the fair for Catholic Orphans at Boston, Snow cowered
all the hills of the northern States about ten days .sinee.
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 Yorl4 and
the goods returned to the impoiter.T., •

LIFE ON THE TEXAIst BORDER.
HORRID OutaxoE,--,,--ni.")lne marauders lately crossed
over the lines 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. He
stood helpless, counting each shovel full of earth, at the
quick termination of his life, surrounded by 4 gang of
desperadoes, ready to crush him beneath the clqd, and
from whoe sentence escape Was depth, Overpowered
vyi4h the frightful fate before hipi he bounded Strom 4iB