The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-12 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.
The Liverpool and New York screw steamer City
of Washington, Captain P. C. Petrie, arrived in the
Mersey this morning from New York, with advices
from thence to the 29th ult., being two days later
than previously to hand, the United States mails,
200 passengers, and 177,000 in specie.
The Cunard mail steamship Arabia, Capt, Stone,
arrived at Halifax on the 28th ult.
The United States steamer Illinois arrived atNew
York, from Aspinwall, with dates to the 19th ult.,
and 1,210,713 dols.
In the Senate, on the 26th ult., two bills were re-
ported from the Post-office Committee, providing
for the transportation of the mail from the Atlantic
to the Pacific Coast. On the 27th Congress rejected
the Pacific Railroad Bill, and on the same day, on
the question of curtailing the number of foreign
missions, a motion was made to strike out the
mission of Persia, which was carried. On the fol-
lowing day Congress agreed to call upon the Pre-
sident for the production of the instructions of the
United States and British Governments to their
respective squadrons on the coast of Africa.
Despatches have been received from Sonora,
Mexico, in which that city is represented as being
deplorable in the extreme from the prevailing do-
mestic dissensions, and the people are described as
being most anxious that the country should be occu-
pied by the United States. Peschiera had failed to
raise troops tho agh he was absent in Sinoloa, fire-
paring to make his attack on Mazatlan. The people
were much incensed against Pescheira, and at Her-1
mosilla they had liberated two citizens who had
been imprisoned by his orders, carrying them in
triumph, with shouts of " Viva los Americanos," &c.
Despatches received at Washington from Min-
nesota state that the Sioux and Yancton Indians
are again threatening hostilities.
Ad vices from Fraser River to the 27th Decem-
ber had been received, in which the weather was
described as having moderated, and the mining
prospects favourable.
Advices from Hayti state that General Geffard
held the department of Artebonite, with his head..
quarters at Gonaives, where he had 2,000 men,
while Soulouquc was at the seaport of Arcahaye,
with 6,000, intending to attack Geffard, whose
family had been imprisoned.
The Utah mail of December 28 had arrived at
St. Joseph's. A new and practicable pass through
the Sierra Nevada had been discovered, which

materially shortens the distance to the Pacific.
The Illinois had arrived at New York with the
San Francisco mails, and 1,201,713 dols. in trea-

sure.
Letters from Nicaragua state that Sir Gore
Ouseley remained at Leon, and that expectation
was generally fixed upon the arrival of a plenipo-
tentiary from France, whose presence, it was
thought, would stay the progress of American
aggression in that quarter. The blockade of
Guayaquil by Peruvian men-of-war was still main-
tained at the-last advices from that port.
By the arrival of the steam-ship Tenessee at New
Orleans from Vera Cruz, we have news from the
city of Mexico to the 19th ult. The intelligence
is important, if anything from that continually•
distracted country may be considered as entitled to
that character. The Spanish fleet have left Vera
Cruz for Havana, but the French and English fleets
were still there, and the press of Mexico asserted
that the French and English Ministers had threat-
ened that the fleets should take possession of Vera
Cruz and Tampico unless a million of dollars were
paid within a specified period, to satisfy claims of
citizens of those countries. Miramon was marching
on the capital. The Liberals had taken Mazatlan,
and it was expected that Zacatecas would soon fall
into their hands.

COMMERCIAL.
NEW YORK, JAN. 28, 6 P.M.
The shipments of specie from San Francisco for the years
1857 and 1858 were as follows :-
1857.
Dols.

1858.
Dols.

Seamers 45,366,096 .... 45,169,269 43
Sail vessels 4,146,186 2,555,721 36

Total 49,256,182 .... 47,724,990 76
In 18.57 the deficiency or falling off in the total gold ship-
ment of the year was 1,725,051 dole. less than 1856, and in
1858 it is 1,531,191 dole. less than in 1857.
There is no change in money to report. Five per cent.
is becoming tho general rate for loans on call, and no paper
is done lower than that figure.
NEW ORLEANS, JA.x. 28.
Cotton—Sales to-day 5,500 bales at Hie. for middling,
the market closing with stiffer prices for the better grades.
The receipt of the Arabia's advices had no effect upon the
market, except to check operations.
The foreign trade of the port during the past week has
been very large indeed in the import entries, but quite mo-
derate fa respect of exports.