The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-10 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.
The Cunard screw steamer Etna, Captain Ander-
son, which left New York on the ?9th ult., arrived
in the Mersey about noon to-day, but brings neither
passengers nor specie.

In the Senate the Navy Pay Bill was so amended
that captains at sea should receive a salary of 4,000
dols. ; those who were waiting orders and are oa
leave, 3,000 dols. ; and those discharging other
duties, 3,600 dols. After some unimportant amend-
ments the bill was read a third time and passed.
An interesting debate occurred in the house on the
bill recently reported from the committee on the
judiciary to suppress polygamy in the territories of
the United States. Mr. Branch suggested that if
polygamy was declared criminal, there would be
no reason why the same action might not be taken
regarding slavery. He could not vote for the provi-
sion of the bill, which made penal laws applicable to
all the territories of the United States. Mr. Clarke
stated that the committee on territories had it in
contemplation to report a bill parcelling out Utah
among the neighbouring territories, so that the
people themselves might remove the evil of poly-
gamy. A disposition decidedly favourable to the
measure under discussion was shown by the vote
ea a motion to lay the subject on the table, 19 mem-
bers recording their names in the affirmative, and
148 in the negative.
The brig Virginian, of New York, an alleged
slaver, captured on the 10th February, in the Congo
River, by the United States sloop-of-war Ports-
mouth, had arrived at Charleston. There was a
mutiny among the crew of the brig on the passage,
but the mutineers were secured before they could
effect their object.
On the 28th ult. a fire broke out in West Forty-
fifth-street, New York, by which ten human beings
—two mothers and eight children—were burned to
death. The building was miserably constructed of
wood and four stories in height, with narrow stair-
case and no means of egress by way of the roof.
The fire was believed to be the work of an incen-
diary.
Dates from Havannah are to the 25th ultimo.
The sugar market was firm. Freights slightly de-
clined. Exchange on London, 12-1 to 14 prem.
Considerable excitement existed among the abo-
litionists in Philadelphia by the arrival in that city
of a negro arrested in Harrisburg as a run-away
slave. After the conclusion of the argument, the
fugitive slave was remanded to his owner. Great
excitement prevailed in the vicinity of the Court-
house on the announcement of the judge's decision.
A large crowd, chiefly composed of negroes, assem-
bled, and on the fugitive being taken to a carriage,
they surrounded it, and made a desperate attempt
at rescue. The carriage was broken down, when
the police interfered, and arrested twelve of the
rescuers. The fugitive was then escorted to pri-
son. A writ of habeas corpus had been served on
the Marshal ; in the meantime the fugitive awaits
the action of the stlte court.

The number of banks and branches on the Ist
January throughout the United States, according
to the returns at the Treasury department, was
1,562 ; the capital paid in, 421,880,000 dols., and
the amount of specie on hand 83,994,000 dols. The
resources of these banks, including loans, notes,
securities, and real estate, is stated at nearly
1,000,000,000 dols., and their liabilities 531,000,000
dole.