The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-18 00:00:00

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY.
The United States' marl steam-hip Arago, Capt.
Lines, arrived off Cowes to-clay, and, after landing
her mails and passengers for this place, proceeded
on to Havre. The Arago left New York on the 4th
inst., and consequently brings two days' later news.
The Belgian screw steamer Constitution, from
Southampton, March 17, arrived at New York at
5 p.m. on the 2d inst. She passed a large iceberg
in lat. 45 deg. 5 min., and long. 46 deg. She ex-
perienced heavy gales from the south-west iu leav-
ing the Channel, and from the south to north-west
during the remainder of the voyage.
The Asia mail steamer, from Liverpool, arrived
at New York on the 4th, at 8 a.m.
The Circassian, 18 days out, from Liverpool for
St. John's, Newfoundland, and Halifax, had not
reached Halifax, the line to Newfoundland not
working.
The weather at New York for several days had
been freezing cold, and heavy frosts had prevailed
at the south, doing great damage among the ship-
ping. A. despatch from Chicago states that six ves-
sels were wrecked along the shore in that vicinity,
and 15 lives were reported lost.
In the Supreme Court on the 24 the place of trial
of Mrs. Cunningham and Mr. Eckel was changed
from the Count of General Sessions to the Court of
Oyer and Terminer. The trial will tike place on
the third Monday in April, as before provide].
From Key West we learn that the scientific ex-
pedition sent out by Williams College left that
place for Bahia Honda, in the schooner Dow Drop,
on the 26th ult. They had be-n highly successful
in their researches in natural histor3.
The New York Chamber of Commerce had ap-
pointed a committee to proceed to Washington to
request President Buchanan to strengthen the
American fleet in the Chinese seas, for the protec-
tion of American interests and property.during the
war now raging ; also to appoint a Minister of high
character to represent our Government. A com-
mittee was also appointed to inquire into the best
means of putting a stop to the abuse of the present
system of shipping seamen, which is filling Ameri-
can vessels with mutinous crews, and rendering
prop arty in ships insecure.
In the Assembly the Committee of the Whole
had passed the bill, appropriating $25,000 for the
improvement of the navigation of the Hudson river.
The bill also provides for the appointment of three
commissioners, under whose superinttoidence the
proposed improvements are to be made.
In the States Senate the concurrent resolutions,
condemning the recent decision of the United States'
Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case, were called
up, and passed, after some opposition, by 22
against 6.
The Hon. Mallone Watson, of Catskill, one of
the Judges of the Supreme Court, died in New
Orleans on the Ist inst. The Legislature had re-
cently made some inquiry in regard to the habits
of Judge Watson, and sufficient against him had
been ascertained to warrant the serving upon him
of a notice to show cause why he should not be
impeached.
The Arms York Herald of the 4th inst. says :

"As we have all along predicted, the difficulty be-
tween Spain and Mexico will be arranged without re•
course to war. Our Washington despatch announces
that the Spanish Minister has received intelligence from
his Government to the effect that the expedition which
has been fitting out to operate against Vera Cruz will
❑ot proceed to its destination. A more intelligent
understanding of the question in dispute between the
two Governments, together with the friendly interposi-
tion of France and England, has led to this result.. An
extract from the Spanish organ in this city, which we
publish elsewhere, confirms this important news. The
enterprising parties in New Orleans and New York who
have been so hopefully awaiting the commencement of
hostilities will now turn their faces to other fields, and
perhaps Central America may receive a share of their
attention."

By the arrival at New York of the steamship
Texas, from Aspinwall and San Juan d-1 Norte,
we have important rumours from Nicaragua. Two
weeks' later intelligence from Walker's hoad-quar-
ters at Rivas is stated to have been received. On
the 16th of March the General, with 40U men,
attacked the enemy at St. George; hut, learning
that another force, under Chamorra, was at the
same time making a counter attack on Rivas, he re-
turned thither, and on the way encountered them
in full retreat, and hotly pursued by Henningsen.
Being surrounded the enemy were panic struck.
The men met their fate with scarcely any resistance,
and were slaughtered in great numbers. They
themselves admit to have lost 327 killed, and 300
wounded. General Walker was well supplied with
arms, ammunition, and provisions. A rumour pre-
vailed that ex-President Rivas had been assassi-
nated. No particulars are given. There had been
no fresh engagements on the San Juan River. The
men under Colonel Lockridge's command were still
stationed at Serapiqui and on the island at the
mouth of the river San Carlos. Col. Lockridge
had received large reinforcements, and his hopes of
forcing his way up the river and joining Walker
were greater than ever.
From Peru we learn that the revolution conti-
nued to lose ground. The British mail steamer
New Granada, en route to Panama, bad been met
by two of Vivanco's revolutionary war vessels, and
had been robbed of a large quantity of aims and
specie. This act of piracy will throw the revolu-
tionary fleet into the hands of the British men-of-
war, and will probably be the me ens of terminating
the struggle in favour of President Castilla.
The cotton market at New York was active on
the 3d inst., and the sales footed up about 6,000
bales, a large portion of which was in transita.
The transactions were based upon middling
uplands at about 141 c., and middling New Orleans
at 14ic., closing firm at quotations. A private de-
spatch from Charleston quoted middling cotton at
14c., and stated that the market was much excited.
Flour was rather firmer, especially for the lower
and medium grades, with a fair amount of sties,
including some lots for export. Wheat was held
above the views of buyers, and the small sales made
afforded no correct criterion of the state of the
market. Corn was in good demand, with sales of
new southern and Jersey yellow at 63e. to 70e. ;
old ditto 70c. to 72c. ; and old white ditto at 73e.
to 76c. : Pork was heavy, with sales of new mess
$23 25c. to $23 40c. ; for the inside figure a check
was given on the dry. Sugars were firm and in
good demand, with free sales, which footed up about
12,000 boxes Savannah. Coffee was steady, but
quiet. Freights were easier for corn to Liverpool,
while other articles were unchanged, with a fair
amount of engagements. Teas were again active,
and besides a public sale, which went off with spirit
and at full prices, about 6,000 half-chests of
Oolongs (black) were made at private eale, closing
at an advance of about 3c. per lb.
There was a very irregular stock-market on the
3d. With more than the usual activity prices
were much unsettled. The tendency, however, was
downward, and at the close there was a heavy
feeling among speculators. The shorts showed no
disposition to. realise, and buyers were waiting
impatiently the maturity of the contracts. At the
first board Cumberland Coal declined I per cent. ;
Haarlem, ; Chicago and Rock Island, i; Michigan
Southern, I. Erie advanced qe per cent. ; La
Crosse and Milwaukie 11. There was a more
active movement in Michigan Southern, and the
market was getting full supplies of stock. At the
second board the market was quite heavy, and
generally lower. Michigan Southern closed very
weak, at 70i per cent. ; Cleveland and Toledo at
721. Galena and Chicago declined 1 per cent. ;
Illinois Central Railroad, 1 ; Cleveland and Pitts-
burg, Michigan Central closed at 93 per cent.,
buyer, GO days. There was no change in Erie, but
it was with difficulty sustained. La Crosse and
Milwaukie closed firm at 794 cash. The receipts of
this company in March were said to be large r than
anticipated, and considerably above the estimate.
NEW ORLEANS, Aram 2.

Cotten inactive, in consequence of advanced
prices being demanded by holders ; sales to-day
2,000 bales ; quotations for middling, l3ic. Sugar,
firm. Molasses, 57c. Yellow corn, 80e. Mess
pork, $23. Bulk meat, 9ge. Lard, 141 c. Freight,
cotton to Liverpool, id.
Cotton.—Sales to-day 6,500 bales, at slightly
higher prices—middling, 13,1 c. to 134 e. The sales
of the week add up 28,000 bales. The rec,ipts of
the week were 25,500, against 53,000 for the same
week last year. The receipts here up to the present
time less than those of last year are 103,600 bales.
The receipts at all the Southern ports, as compared
with those of last year, fall short 313,500 bales.
Stock 252,000 bales, against 307,500 ball-s last year.
Sugar, 101 e. Mess pork, 23 dollars. Lard, firm ;
15c. per keg. Coffee closed firm, 111 c. to 11;_ie. for
prime. Sales of the week, 26,500 bags. Stock
71,000 bags. Exchange on London, 81 per cent.
premium.

CHARLESTON, APRIL 2.
Colton.—Sales to-day 1,300 balee, the market
closing at ic. to ic. advance on the wen. Good
middling, 14c.
Arnm 3.
Cotton advancing. Sales to-day 1,500 baJes, in-
cluding 300 bales of middling, at 144 c.

SHIPPING NEWF.
The Arno reports having pasted, April 4, in New
exchanged
York Lower Bay, bound in, the Ilamburg bark John
Hermann, and the American bark Martha's Vineyard ;
April 7, 10 a.m., in lat. 40.40, long. 58.55,
signals with the American ship Gondar, steering east ;
same date, at noon, in lat. 40.42, long. 58.20, exchanged
signals with the American ship William Tapscott, steer-
ing west; April 8, 10 a.m., in lat. 41.20, long. 53.30,
exchanged signals with an American ship, steering west,
showing a private ,signal with a black_ gross in a white
ground

WHY DO GOOD PEOPLE DREAM BAD

D.KBAMS?

When persons have been much engaged during
the day on subjects which require the continued
exercise 'of the intellectual and moral attributes,
they may induce so much fatigue and exhaustion of
these powers, that intheirqeep, to their subsequent
sorrow and surprise, they may have the most sen-
sual and most vicious dreams. And they may, on
awakening, under the violence of their own imp es-
sions, marvel that such should have been the case,
as they had, even though-tired, addressed the Lord
with prayers for his manifold mercies and sust4in-
ing power, as manifested during their respective
occupations. And they may recollect that, prior to
closing their eyes in sle p, they had not entertained
any impure associations, or had occupied their
thoughts w;th any reflections on the criminal con-
dition of different members of the community. On
the contrary, they may remember that they had
calmly looked back on a well-spent day, and strongly
impressed with one idea, that they might be per-

muted to continue their labours of usefulness with
a renovated mind andbodyon the ensuing morning.
And yet, under such a state of mind and with such
inclinations, scenes of the most polluted kind, and
actions the most depraved, haunt the thoughts.
Now, all this occurs from a non-observance of the
Creator's laws. Such persons have sustained an un-
due exercise of the intellectual and moral powers,
so as to ind uce inteo se fatigue in them, whilst the ani-
mal propensities had remained in a state of compa-
rative inactivity. These latter powers(the animal pro-
pensities) being wide awake, they, in their turn,
manifest greater energy in consequence, whilst the
intellect revives imperfect impressions. Acting with
the animal propensities, these revel as if under
their respective stimuli, and hence the debased and
brutalised dreams which result. Had the intellec-
tual attributes been more active and vigorous, they
would have restrained in some degree the vagrant
thoughts I but, from their being in a dormanecon-
dition, they ceased to act as the board of con-
trol," and therefore the propensities indicate the
greatest excess—memory furnishing a variety of
incidents, either read or spoken of, whilst fancy
aids in fanning the overstrained energy of the feel-
ings, which manifest their blind and impulsive con-
dition, as when acting from the stimulation of real
occurrences. These explanations furnish satisfactory
data to explain the whole phenomena. In saying
these things we may still admire the wisdom of
Zeno, which induced him to regard a dream as a
test of virtue. For he thought according to Plut-
arch) that if in a dream a man's heart does not re-
coil from vicious suggestions, there was an imme-
diate necessity for self-examination and repentance.
If our explanation is correct—and numerous facts
could be cited to render this obvious—we demur at
anything like actual responsibility for any thoughts
which may actively occur in our dreams under
the circumstances indicated. Even should our
normal mental condition be shocked or disgusted
that any such notions should have been entertained
with all the vividness of reality, and though we re-
pudiate any criminal rasp onsibi ity from these visions
of sleep, yet we nevertheless think that such dreams
should be heeded. ' And if they cccur involuntarily
we should begin to ascertain the cause, and endea-
vour to regulate •in a better way both our mental
faculties and the functions of the body. We should
study the profound laws of God, by which we should
insure corporeal health and sanity of mind. We
should recognise the importance of being " tempe-
rate in all things," and therefore avoid giving way
to excess, even in sustaining the most elevated and
spiritual thoughts ; so that the exercise would then
be natural, and in. every instance invigorating and
b.neficial, for it is an indisputable truth that when
we regulate our varied powers, without excess of
any kind, we insure refreshing sleep, undisturbed
by dreamy visions of any kind, and our lives would
then be useful to others, agreeab'e to eurselves, and
insure lasting satisfaction. —The Journal of Psycho-
logical Medicine.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, April 18.—Wind this day at noon, S.; light
breeze and fine clear weather.

FALMOUTH, April 17.—Wind S.S.W., strong gale—
Arrived—Franklin, from Mazathan. Sailed—Cuba Packet
(s.), for Havana.
PORTSMOUTH, April 17.—Wind S.S.W. to S.S.E.—
Off port—Arago (a.), from New York, for Bremen.
PLYMOUTH, April 17.- —Wind S.—Sailed—Eliza, for
Quebec. Put back—Speculation, for Quebee.
CLYDE, April 16. Sailed—Albert, for Melbourne.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.

Wind S.
Arrived—Margaret and Amy, from Rouen ; Ithuriel,
Buenos Ayres ; Sea Snake, Cociaibo ; Ailsa, Mobile ;
Secundina, for Cardenas ; Alabama, for Charleston.
Sailed—St. Peter Paul, for Riga P • Dart, Harlingen;
Thos. Prothero Coneston, Cape of Good Hope ; Dorothea
and Ernestine, Porta Plata; Eddystone, Calcutta; Odessa,
New York ; Wandering Jew, Shanghai ; Frances, Ceara.
The Ottillia, which was aground near Tranmere, has
been got off without apparent injury.
QUEENSTOWN, April 16.
_ _

Wind S.S.E. _
Arrived--James Hunt, from Havannah ; Monticella,
Mobile.
KINGSTOWN, April 17.

Wind S.
Arrived—Harriet Cann, from St. John's.
WATEBVORD, Aprill6.

Wind W.
Arrived—Margaret, from Porto Rico.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISTI TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.50 a.m.
Wind S. ; tide four hours' ebb ; very fine.
Arrived, April 17.—Prow Gritie, from Groningen;
Fairy, St. Übe's.
Arrived, April 18.—Success, from Guernsey • Tenzer,
Dunkirk ; Eclipse, Guernsey ; Jane, Havre ; Ala, Phila-
delphia; Despatch, Colombo; Phoebe, Smyrna; St. Louis,
Calcutta ;. Burgomeistcr Cone, Stralsund ; o.iarius, Leba;
Villa Nova, Buenos Ayres.
Sailed.—Pollux, steamer, for Hamburg ; Lord Raglan,
Calcutta; Paris and London, steamer, Paris.
DEAL, Saturday, 9.20 a.m.

Wind S., light.
Passed, 17th—Helen Lindsay,. from Bombay, for Ham-
burg.
Passed, 18th—Sonora, from Singapore, for London ;
Ida, from Jamaica, for London.
Anchored—Eliza. Bowen, from north, for westward.

GETTING OUT OF RAILWAY CARRIAGES.--At the county
sessions at Ashton, on Saturday, Alfred Swann, of
Preston, overlooker, was charged with this offence on
the London and North-Western Railway, at Denton.
It seems that when the train arrived at Denton on
Thursday night week the defendant Rae
told that
the next station was Stockport, but, being intoxi-
cated, be behaved ho had arrived at Stockport, and,
though the train was in motion and a porter eudea-
of the
voured to prevent his alighting, he got out
car-
riage and endeavoured to pull a companion with him,
eluting which he and the porter fell on the floor.
Fortunately, the stationmaster saw the whole trans-
action, and prevented the train going at its usual
speed, and u:tu
nately stopped it, or the porter and
the defendant might have been seriously hurt or killed.
The defendant was fined 10s. and costs. A similar case
is reported at Wolverhampton, where, at the borough
police-court, e
n Monday, John Donald, a shingler from
West Bromwich, was charged by the Great Western
iltationmas!er with attempting to defraud the company,
and also aitli endangering his life by getting out of one
of the carriages when in motion. It appeared that on
SAnday evening the defendant had taken a third-class
ticket at Birmingham for West Bromwich; he was drunk,
and, instead of getting into a third-class carriage, he got
into a first and full asleep. He did not leave the train at
West Bromwich, as he should have done, and, on collect-
ing the tickets at Priestfie!ds, the guard found him still
asleep in the carriage. The guard had great difficulty in
awaking him and getting his ticket from him, and, hav-
ing at length managed to do so, he locked him in the
carriage for safe custody to Wolverhampton. When the
train arrived there he was astonished to find the carriage
empty, and on inquiry it turned out that the defendant,
although drunk, had got out at the window of the car-
riage, and was attempting to pass along the steps of the
coaches, when he was perceived and forcibly pulled in
by the occupants of the next compartment. There
were several bridges and a tunnel between Priestfields
and Wolverhampton, and it is almost miraculous that
the man was not killed. The magistrates ordered him
to pay 40s. and costs, and, not having the means of
doing so, he was removed in custody.