The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-11 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.
The Royal mail steamship Persia arrived this
morning, with advices from New York to the 29th
ult., and 633,436 dols. on freight.
The Persia passed the Arabia and Prince Albert
going into New York.
The steamship City of Washington, hence, had
arrived out.
The steamship Hudson had also arrived at New
York. •
The steamship Prince Albert, -which left Galway
on the 14th, reached her dock at Halifax on the
25th ult. On the 17th she broke her screw, and
had to depend on her canvass the remaindei of the
passage.
Captain Townsend, of the slave-vessel Echo, had
been again remanded. He was admitted to bail.
Governor Denvers, of Kansas, in a despatch to
the Secretary of the Interior, states that gold had
been discovered in the vicinity of Pike's Peak. The
explorers had found gold on the Arkansas, on the
heads of the Kansas, and on the south fork of the
Platte River, embracing an extent of country of
more than 300 miles. The richest mines yet found
were on Cherry Creek, a tributary of the South
Platte, directly north of Pike's Peak.
The deaths from yellow fever at New Orleans on
the 28th ult. were 68. -
The steam-sloop Moses Taylor had arrived at
New York, with the Californian mails of the 6th of
September, and 1,570,924 dols. on freight. The
State election had resulted in the triumph of the
Administration wing of the Democracy by a very,
large majority. A duel between George P. John-
son, editor of the National, and W. J. Fergusson, of
Sacramento, ended in the latter having his thigh,
broken. The distance was six paces; about 70
people were present. The castaway Japanese
picked up by the British vessel Carribean were still
on board that ship, which had returned to San
Francisco. The captain insisted on keeping them
until he could place them on board one of her
Majesty's vessels. A letter received in San Fran-
cisco from Raiatea, Society Islands, reports the
dethronement of the king. Tamatoa (a son of
Queen Pomare) had been installed in the vacant
throne. The dethroned monarch had gone to
Tahiti. A proposition had been made to the United
States Consul for the annexation of the island to
the United States, but the scheme appears to have
been concocted by the resident Americans.
Late advices had been received at San Francisco
from Victoria, Vancouver's Island. The reports
from Fraser River are encouraging. Those who
had claims upon the bars from which the water had
receded sufficiently to enable them to work them
were doing well. Indian difficulties were becoming.
very much talked about on the river. A party of
Frenchmen got into a difficulty with them, and
two Frenchmen and two Indians were killed. Sub-
sequently a fight took place at a rancheria on Fraser
River, in which 10 Indians were killed, and two
whites, one of the latter being a woman. A general
uprising of all the tribe was anticipated, and great
excitement prevailed. When intelligence of the
disturbance reached Victoria Governor Douglas de-
spatched Richard Hick, Commissioner of Crown
Lands, to investigate the matter. From his report,
dated Fort Hope, August 22, it would seem the

troubles had been settled. He says :—" I arrived
at Fort Hope on Saturday, and have visited all the
principal mining stations up to Fort Yale ; there
cannot be less than 7,000 people located on these
points, and they are generally doing well. Yester-
day morning a report was circulated that 42 men
were killed above Fort Yale, which caused very
great excitement. I proceeded to investigate the
matter, and found the report to be totally un-
founded. It appears that the bodies of three men
have been picked up, two of them with their heads
cut entirely off, and the other was the person who
lost his life by the upsetting of a canoe at this
place. It appears that the Indians above and at
the Falls have been very troublesome. A com-
pany of men, about 50 in number, were organised,
and proceeded up the river from Fort Yale, and
the Indians challenged them to fight. This was
avoided by the American party, and after much
talking with the chiefs a treaty was concluded
with the Indians, to the satisfaction of all parties.
Two men were killed by a party of the same
Indians, they not being aware of the treaty at the
time. The bodies have since been found and
decently interred. Ido not fear any further diffi-
culty from the Indians. I forward. your Excel-
lency the above brief statement, as so many flying
reports are abroad, and must cause some excitement
until contradicted. I have the satisfaction of in-
forming your Excellency that about seven miles of
the road above Fort Yale are completed by subscrip-
tion among the miners. The bridge I will have
commenced immediately. I intend to give notice
of tenders for the performance of the same."
We learn from the Panama Star and Herald of
the 9th ult. that Senor Jose de Obaldia had been
elected Governor of the State of Panama by a large
majority. The Costa Rica coffee crop was expected
to be an average one. A gang of some forty thieves
had been organised in Costa Rica and. committed
several robberies ; they finally attacked the resi-
dence of the President, but were caught and flogged
by the Commander-in-Chief until they confessed
their guilt. Two papers, the Albion Seminal and
La Union, which found fault with the way in
which the thieves were punished, have both been
suppressed by the Government. One of the gang
was a relation of the President, and the majority of
them were people of respectable families and well
off. Part of the gang had been banished to Gulfo
Dulce, and others to Chile. The Honduras Railroad
was looked upon as entirely abandoned. A scheme
was on foot to raise money sufficient to build a cart-
road across the country. There was some talk of
hostilities with Salvador. General Lamer, the
United States' Minister, had left Nicaragua and
arrived in Costa Rica.

At New York there was a slight concession by
drawers of sterling bills for the steamer. Bankers
had demanded for some days 1101, but first-class
bills could be drawn at 110.
The market for State and Western flour had
been well supported during the week, but, with
free offerings and a moderate home and Eastern de-
mand, common and. medium grades have closed sc.
to 10c. lower, and with a downward tendency.