The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-22 00:00:00

AMERICA.

NEW YORK, DBC. 10.

The United States' mail steamship Atlantic,
hence, had arrived at New York on the 9th inst.
The steamship Manchester, hence for Philadel-
phia, and out 20 days, had not been reported, and
much uneasiness was felt.

The Washington correspondent of the I en, York
Times writes that the Message continued to be de-
nounced in the boldest language by men who stand
nigh as leaders of the Democratic party, and that
'even some members of Mr. Pierce's own Cabinet
shrug their shoulders ominously when the subject
is mentioned. The friends of Mr. Buchanan are
'said to be firm in their conviction that Mr. Pierce
had the deliberate purpose of kicking up a row
for the annoyance of his successor.

The Washington correspondent of the New York
Herald announces that a now British treaty has
just been concluded by Mr. Dallas, and that it
will shortly he laid before the Senate for con-
firmation. That journal characterises it as one
of the most important documents that have lately
seen the light, and states that it has every reason
to believe that this new treaty, while affirming the
old principle of the Clayton-Bulwer Convention—
namely, that neither the United States nor Eng-
land desire to colonise or fortify for their exclusive
benefit any part of the territory on the isthmus or
in Central America—contemplates a much larger
field of operations than that memorable conven-

tion. has reference, it understands, to Cuba
and the Spanish possessions, as well as Central
America, and its object is the consolidation of the
present political condition of these colonies, islands
and States, with a view to the general pacification
of that part of the world and the extension of
*r de ; that it is, in fact, a commercial and cat.
sorvative treaty ; if the United States depart
from their past policy in guaranteeing Cuba to
Spain, they do so, no doubt, in return for a grant
of commercial privileges, so extensive that in a
commercial point of view even annexation could
give them nothing more. It says it may safely be
assumed that the Reciprocity Treaty with Canada
has served the framers of this new treaty as a
guide, and in some respects a model ; and, as the
Provincial Legislature of Canada was a party to
that, by the act giving force to the royal treaty,
so, no doubt, the Government of Spain is a party
to this, and stipulates gratefully for the changes
by which she is by far the greatest gainer. It gives
Mr. Marcy credit for the scheme, and adds that a
treaty guaranteeing Cuba to Spain before Mr.
Buchanan's Administration would deprive that
gentleman of his most promising chance of glorifi-
cation ; and would clear the way in 1860 of many
obnoxious rivals.

The Governor of lowa in his annual Message
states that, as it had been currently reported during
the past summer that the President of the United
States had failed to protect the citizens of Kansas
for the reason that no official intelligence of the
outrages committed upon them had ben received
by him, he deemed it his duty to notify to the
President the crimes committed against former citi-
zens of lowa, and to demand the protection of the
Federal Government. He desired to reiterate his
opinion that it is the duty of the State to protect
her former citizens in Kansas when the Federal
authorities were unable to do so.

At Franklin, Tennessee, there was much excite-
ment, owing to a projected insurrection amonr, the
slaves there. Twenty-four muskets and two kegs of
powder had been found in the possession of a gang
of negroes at Columbia, Tennessee. In Perry,
Tennessee, 15 negroes had been killed by their
owners. The Evansville Journal of the Gth inst.
learns that there was much excitement in the neigh-
bourhood of Dover, ou the Cumberland river, among
the negroes. Many of the ringleaders had been
arrested and 11 hung. One white man, " disguised
as a neoTo " had been sentenced to 900 lashes, but
he died before the penalty was fully inflicted. The
whites were arming and organising for defence.
An opinion prevailed that a general uprising
would take place among the negroes during the
holidays. Escapes of slaves were unusually nu-
merous.

The New York Times, commenting upon the pro-
ceedings of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, while
repudiating any wish to attribute a sinister motive
to the British Covernment for the course it has
thought proper to pursue relative to the under-
taking, " simply," as it terms it, directs attention
to the fact that with the telegraphic line completed
between Ireland and Newfoundland both ends will
be under its absolute control, and that this, in the
event of war, would be to the serious disadvantage
of the United States. This motive, it believes, has
induced our Government to enter into the project,
and it cannot see, as its services will be quite as im-
portant to that country as to any other, why the
exclusive control should be allowed to pass into the
hands of a foreign, though a friendly, Power.