The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-09 00:00:00

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY.
The Arago has arrived with the American mails,
200 passengers, and 200,000 doll. for France, with
advices of the 26th nit.

New York sales of cotton are 1,000 bales, closing
firm, with less activity. Wheat steady, pork
heavy; freights moderate ; Philadelphia Stocks
dull ; flour and wheat quiet at Buffalo, Oswego,
and Albany ; flour dull.
Accounts from Texas speak in glowing terms of
the grain crops.
The despiitch of. Lord Malmeabury respecting the
right of search is deemed satisfactory.
The southern mail has arrived. The intelligence
was unimportant. A great number .of Mormons
bad left Salt Lake city, and placed themselves under
the protection of the Government.
Fifty persons were injured by the giving way of
the flooring in a public hall in Wellsville.
There is a rumour to the effect that Judge Roos-
velt is to succeed Mr. Dallas as minister to Eng-
land.
The Mobile papers say that Generals Walker and
Henniugsen were rEceived there with extravagant
demonstrations.
The mails from all points at the South have come
to hand, but the news is unimportant.
Money transactions have been limited. Exchange
is moderate at 1091. The markets throughout the
Slates aregenerally d_ull. Thecotton market at New
York is firm, and in fair request. Freigli6 are
dull ; sugar and rice in fair demand ; provisions
are less inquired for.

DISTRESSING CASE OP SUICIDD.-A• highly-respect-
able family at Putney have been thrown into deep dis-
tress by the suicide of one of their relatives while in a
state of inebriation. Tim party who committed this act
was a married man, named Nicholas Blythe, a clever
house decorator and plasterer, a native of Plymouth,
but who had resided at Patney since his marriage
with a young woman there, about 18 months ago,
she being related to a very creditable funily in the
place. It appears that Blythe and his young, wife had
quarrelled in consequence of his intemperate habits,
and she, with her child, about nine months old, left
Putney for a few days, and passed the time with some
friends at Brixton. During her absence Blythe con•
tinned his drunken habits, but seemed much disturbed
in his mind by hii wife's ab-ieuce, On Monday week he
seemed more than usually excited, and waited up at his
home till the last train arrived at Potney, about twelve
o'clock at ❑ight, in the Expectation of seeing her. She
did rot, however, arrive, and a friend advised him to re-
tire to rest. He replied that he would never lie in his
bed again, and soon afterwards left the house. On Fri-
day last his body tc aA discovered floating in the Thames,
near Wandsworth, and on Saturday an inquest was
taken on view of it, when a verdict of found drowned
was returned. In the meantime his wife returned home,
and communications were made to Plymouth in the hope
of finding him there. On Monday, however, it became
known that the clothes of a man exactly resembling
those of Blythe were lying at the• Wandsworth Police-
office not owned. His wife went °vir to the place the
same day, and recognised the apparel as that of her hus-
band, who had been interred by the parish authorities
at Wandsworth on Saturday. It is stated that whilst
sober the unfortunate man was orderly and correct in
his conduct, but that having been some time ago severely
struck on the head with a. policeman's truncheon, he
frequwly became frantic whilst in liquor.