The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-20 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY MORNING.
The Royal Mail steam-ship Persia has arrived,
with advices from New York to the 10th inst.
She has bronght 863,926 doll. specie on freight.
The United States Mail steam-ship Atlantic
hence had arrived at New York.
On the 9th inst. the discussion on the President's
Message in the Senate and House of Representatives
had been again adjourned. In the former, in
answer to a question relative to the policy of r.
Buchanan, Mr. Begler stated that the people of
Kansas must settle the question of slavery for them-
selves; in the latter, Mr. Campbell, Know-nothing,
of Ohio, characterised the Message as a budget of
inconsistencies, containing serious charges against
a large portion of the people which were without
foundation.
Mr. Whitfield had been allowed to take his seat
for Kansas by a majority of four.
Great excitement existed at Franklin, Tennessee,e
from the expectation of an insurrection among thd
shaves. 24 muskets and two kegs of powder had
been found in the possession of a gang of negroes
at Columbia, Tennessee. In Perry, Tennessee,
negroes had been killed by their owners.
There was much excitement in the neighbour-
hood of Dover, on the Cumberland River, among
the negroes. Many of the ringleaders had been
arrested, and 11 hanged. One white man, dis-
guised as a negro, bad been sentenced to 000 lashes,
trut he died before penalty was fully inflicted.
The whites were arming and organising for defence,
and the opinion prevailed that a general uprising
would take place among the negroes during the
holiday. Escapes of slaves were unusually numer-

ous-
The GoFernor of lowa had claimed, in his mes-
sage, the protection of the Federal Government
for the citizens of lowa.
There was rather a more active demand for
money in New York, though with a pretty free
supply of unemployed capital rates had not under-
gone any material change, but long paper did not
pass so:readily as at the corresponding date the
previous week. The supply of paper was more
abundant, and the indications were that money
would still be in active request, as usual in De-
cember. The current quotations were 71 to 8 per
cent. for prime 30 and 60 days' commercial notes,
8 and 9 per cent. fo three and six months' ditto,
and 10 and 15 per cent. for single names and
second-class bills.

The exchange market was freely supplied with
bills for the Persia, and, with a fair business, prices
closed less firm. On London, 9 to 91 per cent. pre-
IniUtlq.

The stock market ruled in favour of buyers,
owing to the withdrawal of a leading buyer, who
had become insolvent. State and bank stocks,
however, formed an exception to the rule, being
well held. The Bank statement showed a smaller
specie increase than was expected from the large
Californian receipts at the close of the previous
week.

Cotton was quiet, without change in quotation.
The market closed very tamely. The market for
flour was very firm, with a rising tendency, until
the receipt of the advices from Europe ; then the
improvement was lost ; same ,with wheat. The
demand for iron was moderate. Tobacco was in
fair request. Freights without change.
The New York _Herald states that the new British
treaty concluded by Mr. Dallas will shortly be laid
before the Senate. It believes that the treaty,
while affirming the old principle of the Clayton-
Bulwer Convention, that neither the United States
nor England 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 operation ; it is, in fact, a
commercial treaty.
Mexican advices report the defeat of Vidaurri,
and his submission to Comonfort.
Communication between Vera Cruz and the in-
terior was nearly suspended. The siege of Peubla
continued.
The steamship Manchester, out 20 days hence,
had not arrived at Philadelphia. Considerable
uneasiness had been created.
It is said that Judge Lecomple was to be removed,
is alleged, of his partial administra-
on account, it
tion of the law in Kansas.

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 19.
The United States' mail stesm-ship Ericsson,
Lawler, Commander, has arrived with advicos from
New York to the Gth inst., and $50,000 in specie.
The steam-ship Arago, from Havre, arrived at
New York, and the Royal Mail steam-ship Arabia
at Boston, on the sth inst. The Senate had resumed
the slavery question and the objects of the Re-
publican party without any result.
Iu the How3o of Representatives the (-Doti= of

Mr. Whitfield's admission had been deferred unti
the 9th inst.

The Washington correspondent of the .Ncto York
Herald states that the Virginia electors had re-
commended ex-Governor Floyd for a post in Mr.
Buchanan's Cabinet.
At a banquet one of the sentiments declared the
" Ostend Manifesto to be but the eternal law of
nature and of nations—self-preservation. All hon-
our to the statesmen who will execute the princi-
ples!"

- Governor Wise had declined to leave his present
post. Mr. Buchanan is said to have offered him
any station within his gift, as he is desirous of
having the benefit of his counsel. The Democratic
members of Congress from Virginia object to
Floyd.
The same authority states that the new Com-
missioner to Bogota had been sent for to New
York by a special messenger, and that Mr. Morse
was expected to leave on the sth for Aspinwall.
He states that the Commissioner is to reiterate the

emand already made by Judge Bowlin for indem-
nity to the sufferers by the Panama riot ; will ask
for a proposition from the New Granadian Go-
vernment for a final settlement of the mail transit
question, for which a respectable bonus will be
paid - and will insist upon some substantial secu-
rity for the transit across the Isthmus in future.
Wall -stroet had been thrown into a state of great
excitement by the announcement of the failure of
Mr. Jacob Little, a large stock speculator ; his
outstanding contracts are said to be to an enormous
amount.
The failure of Messrs. Henshaw and Son, the
well know bankers of Boston, had been announced.
The liabilities are large.
T negroes had been arrested in Charles County,
Maryland, charged with plotting insurrection
among the slaves.
The Portuguese authorities at Benguela had
seized the schooner Flying Eagle, from New York,
for having a slave cargo on board, and for the pay-
ment of a cargo of slaves landed in Cuba by an-
other vessel.
Dates from Kansas to the 26th ult. report that
the grand jury had found bills of indictment against
several pro-slavery men. At Lawrence the Kansas
Aid Society had been denounced as a speculating
concern.
Advices from Santa Fe to the 22d ult. report
that the Indians continued their depredations. The
gold deposits on the Gila are said to exceed those
in the richest portions of California.
A large number of the citizens had already left
Santa Fe for the mines.
Money was ,again easier, at a reduction in the
week of fully one-half per cent., with a decreased
demand, and the supply of capital seeking invowt-
ment was considerably in excess of the amount of
paper offering at the banks and discount houses.
The rates for first-class 30 to 60 days' bills were 7i
to 8 per cent. ; three to six months, 81 to 91 ; and
longer dates, and first-class bills 10 to 12 per cent.
In exchange there was nothing doing for the
Ericsson.
The foreign advices being more favourable, the
market for cotton, with an increased demand for
export and moderate receipts, was in favour of the
sellers, but no advance had been obtained. In the
flour market, the unfavourable advices taken out
by the Arabia had been received, but their effect
upon the market had been counteracted by the
rather abrupt closing of the Erie Canal and the de-
cline on freights.
Canada flour more abundant, with a limited de-
mand, and steadily increasing stocks. Southern
has advanced a trifle. In the grain market wheat
was unchanged, with the exception of inferior de-
scriptions, which were scarce. The dulness of
Scotch pig iron was increasing. Crude turpentine
quiet. Spirits of turpentine in fair request. Eosin
scarce, and wanted. Tar dull. Pork advanced 250.
to 50c., the stock being moderate. Beef better,
with a pretty good demand and moderate supPlio
Bacon in-good request, and firm. Freights easier
to Great Britain.
From Mobilo and New Orleans the rates to Liver'
pool were ad. Grain to Liverpool, 6d. to 7d• ;
flour, 2s. • cotton, 5-32 to 3-16. Wheat to Lew
don, 101E1; flour, 2s. 10id. to 3s.

REMARKABLE VOYAGE OF THE SHIP
DREADNOUGHT.
LIVERPOOL, DEc, 19.
The clipper ship Dreadnought, Capt. Satnuels'
arrived in the Mersey this afternoon with advice°
from New York to the4th inst. This ship, hitherto
noted for her quick passages, has in this Distance
made the run from New York to Liverpool in the
short space of 15 days.
In the Senate,
ht
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nwre Since
tendered
then
understood
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the memory of the late Mr. Clayton. '
The Washington correspondent of the Neiv Yor.k
_Herald charges the President with falsehood is
stating that after Padre Vigil's return he refused
to recognise a Minister from either Walker or Rivas.
He says :
" This is false in fact. After Vigil's departure, Ma or
Heiss was, on July 5, recognised as Charge d'Affairese,_
by Mr. Marcy, and this recognition was again endors
,dg
by President Pierce on August 25, long. afters Walker's
election was known here ; and again, inn
theal esrab'el
Marcy was consulted by the President
anyrenco recorded
credentialsu facts.jen
of the rights of neutrals.
Since then no Minister
from the Walker Governumennitt:
talk with the.
.Presidettte,
his being a citizen of
in the way of his recognition.hirself
a native of the country,. has arrived in New York,
of the time Major Major Heiss has be4?.:111,
but has not presented d StatesM r
ears
ri trtndo.phimoFffiadleh.
eccinar,
rtutdhltataiory at,
faunlylywraeYct:oegl:ninfsrneidnhgfassinpCenchsktaergt.e dl'Ahiffs arierceosg,
nbiativoinngihhiasvoefEsceiett
recogni i
and read. -Under this state of facts how could the Pre'
sident of the United States make the declaration he do"
in his message ? The President compliments Minister
Wheeler—who is direct from Nicaragua, and at the Pre'-
sident's elbow while writing—when he says he has but,
imperfect information touching the condition of thing°
there. The personage alluded to as the representati"
here of the Rivas Government is Jose De-Yrisarri) tb°
Guatemalan Minister, residing in New York. Fact' are
stubborn things."
General Smith, commanding the military dePart.
meat of the West, had reported to the War De-
partment the complete resumption of law and order
in Kansas. The troops in the territory, with the
exception of a squadron of dragoons and °id
company of infantry, who are to remain an
guard the State prisoners, are henceforth to devote
themselves to making preparations for a camPalt;
against the Cheyennes Indians in tbe spring. t,„
winter in Kansas has commenced with sever' J
much earlier thau usual. ba
°'d
The Portuguese authorities at Benguela _,
seized an American schooner for having a cargo
slaves on board.
In the New York stock market there vrao„tri
upward tendency, with large transactions.l.
flour market was heavy, with light transactions'.l-
Cotton was firm. Freights were steady.