The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-17 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, JAN. 16.
The Royal mail steamship Asia, Captain Lott,
arrived this morning with the New York mails of
the sth, and 407,189 dots. on freight. Among the
passengers are Lord and Lady Bury.
The America, hence, arrived at Halifax on the
2d, and the Fulton, from Southampton, at New
York on the 4th.
Much uneasiness existed respecting the Bremen
steamship Weser, which, according to the New
York papers, sailed for that port on the 4th ult.
with 63 passengers. She was 31 days out.
Referring to the case of the slave yacht
Wanderer, the Washington correspondent of the
.New York Courier and Enquirer says :
" The allegation that the negroes of the Wan-
derer were imported to test the constitutionality of
the laws prohibiting the slave trade is entitled to
no credit, and is disproved by the mode in which
the Africans have been disposed of. It is true that
^Mr. Lamar, a merchant of Savannah, some months
since notified the Secretary of the Treasury that he
would re-open the slave trade with foreign countries
despite the laws of the United States. if the design
of the persons engaged in the affair of the Wan-
derer had been to contest the validity of the laws
referred to the introduction of half-a-dozen Afri-
cans would have effected the purpose. In that
case, too, the negroes would have been imported
openly, and kept together in such custody that they
would have been amenable to' the process of Fede-
ral law. Exactly the opposite course has been pur-
sued. The cargo was smuggled into Georgia and
island.
They clandestinely upon an uninhabited
They were surreptitiously conveyed in small
parties into the interior, and hastily distributed
into districts remote from the place of disem-
barkation. The parties importing them have not
avowed themselves and cannot be found. They
foist upon the people of the South, through the
press, doubtful and hesitating apologies for their
conduct, but take the utmost care to avoid
legal responsibility. The object of the adven-
ture was not to test the constitutionality of any
United States statute, but rather to sound the tem-
per of the South relative to this business. The
success of the experiment thus far has been such as
to drive the Government journal into the mournful
admission that Federal laws against the slave trade
cannot be enforced, and that in consequence, our
Republican institutions are a failure.' But, though
American institutions have failed, and some success
has attended an eflbrt to revive the barbarism of the
16th century, we should not be so unnerved and
stupified by the cccurrence as to be unable to ex-
amine with calmness its probable results. If the
Federal authorities so far fail in the execution of
the laws as to permit cargoes of Africans, claimed
to be held as slaves, to be landed within the , juris-
diction of any of the Southern States, it is evident
that a grave question of law arises as to their con-
dition. Are they slaves or free African aliens, en-
titled to the protection of the Constitution and the
Union ? Suppose, for example, the 400 negroes
composing the Wanderer's cargo, had been openly,
though illegally, brought into Savannah and sold
to planters and others requiring their services,
could they have been taken from their, private
owners by United States authority and sent back
to Africa P Would it not be contended, with some
plausibility, that the laws of Georgia had attached
to them and made slaves and property of them
without regard to their origin or the mode of their
introduction into the Stale ?"
The Governor of, the State of New York in his
first annual message shows that the funded debt to
Sept. 30, 1858, is 30,913,258 dols. 77c. To defray
the interest on this amount, the surplus revenue of
the canal and 712,710 dols. 74c. will be required.
1,700,000 dols. have been drawn by the Canal Board
to the present time beyond the ability of the Trea-
sury to pay, making above four million dollars duo
by the State for the canals alone. A proposal is to
be submitted to deepen the whole of the chan-
nel of the Erie Canal to the depth of seven feet,
and leave the portion not yet completed at a'
width of 45 feet. Another proposition will be
to secure six feet of water on the Erie, Oswego, and
Cayuga and Seneca Canals, and proceed with the
permanent work through Cayuga Marsh during the
coming winter. He regards the Erie Canal as in-
comparable with any other means of transportation
through the State, especially when steam shall be
successfully, applied in its navigation. The receipts
on account of the general fund during the past year
exceeded the payments by £393,241 dols. 94c.
The railroad companies of the State possess a
capital of 74,289,488 dols. 98e., divided among 38
companies. Of this amount 68,198,'58 dots. 15c.
have been paid in. 69,198,768 dols. 25c. is the

amount of their funded debts, and, their floating
debts 4,548,806 dols. 69c., making aka outlay in
their construction of 136,681,690 dots. 3IN Four-
teen companies alone declared dividends.
School expenditure amounts to 3,792,948 dols.
79e.; 2,372,113 dolls. 86c. being for teachers'
salaries, and the balance for libraries, apparatus,
school-houses, &c.

Foreign immigration is only 41 per cent. of what
it was last year.
The militia contain 367,613 officers and men-
-17;613 constituting the organized portion.
The number of victims of the catastrophe on the
Columbus and Macon railway was about 19 ; the
cars fell 30 feet, and into a stream.

Winter hpd set in at New York with heavy falls
of snow.

The advices from Utah received at Washington
are said to be of a very unsatisfactory nature. It
was probable the army would have to occupy Salt
Lake City. •
According to the New York Times,—

" Lord Napier has complained of the address
published by Mr. Nugent just before leaving Vic-
toria ; but, as the special agent's commission ex-
pired at the meeting of Congress, he could not well
be officially rebuked for his course."

The persons arrested on suspicion of being con-
cerned in landing slaves at Savannah had been
committed for trial.. The Montgomery Daily Ad-
vertiser is informed thatsubpconaks have been served
upon several planters in aeorgia suspected of hav-
ing purchased portions of the cargo of Africans
lately introduced into that State, with a view to
employ them as witnesses in the legal proceedings
now pending in reference to that importation.
Qn a recent occasion Mr. Jefferson Davis coun-
selled the State of Mississippi to prepare for war.
The Vicksburg Whig gives the following inventory
of the arms belonging to the State :
" 4 flint lock muskets, all rusty, and no breeches
to at least 2 ; 1 cannon ; 7 bayonets, rusty, with no
points; a pile of belts and scabbards, but no swords;
50 cartridge boxes. We have now 5 major generals,
10 brigadier-generals, and 60 colonels, 60 lieutenant-
colonels, 60 majors, and will soon have 600 captains,
1,200 lieutenants, 4,800 sergeants, and 4,800 corpo-
rals. We are happy to inform them, however, that
we have no privates, the Legislature having
pensed with that useless portion of the army.'
On the morning of the 2d inst. the following
telegram was published in the New York papers :
"NEW ORLEANS, JAN. 1.
"A sloop arrived here from Ruatan reports that
the schooner Susan landed her passengers at Puerto
Cabello, Honduras, and that they forthwith pre-
pared to cress the country to Leon, Nicaragua.
The arms had been abstracted from the arsenal at
Leon and are now in possession of the Democrats
at Chinandega and Subtiab a, who are awaiting the
advent of the Americans to declare
nez. Chawes, a relative of Gen. Valle, was at Ode-
local, on the confines of Niagara. All Honduras
was ready, as were a large number of democrats in
Nicaragua, to unite with the Americans. Col. Natz-
mer had been sent forward by Col. Anderson in
order to complete the political arrangements with
the Leonese."

A later telegram from the same place
gave a very
different account of the result of the expedition.
NEW ORLEANS, lAN. 1.
"The British war steamer Basilisk arrived in
Mobile-bay this morning from Belize, Honduras,
with 100 shipwrecked passengers of the schooner
Susan; who were taken aboard on the 26th ult. by
order of the Governor of Belize, and treated in a
gentlemanly manner by the British officers.
" The passengers have since arrived at Mobile.
On landing a procession was formed, and the Nica-
raguan flag hoisted. Captain Maury was called out
and made a speech to the crowd. There is much
excitement. The correspondent of the Associated
Press sends the following :
•

BELIZE, HONDURAS, DEC 20
" The schooner Susan was wrecked on the Gio-
Yers,:a coral reef, 60 miles from Belize, on the morn-
ing of the 16th. The passengers were saved, but
the vessel is a total loss. Captain Maury endea-
voured to charter another vessel to catry his pas..
sengers on. Governor Seymour tendered the British
steamer Basilisk to convey the passengers to any
southern port of the United States. An American
captain circulated prejudicial reports, but the
Governor chose to regard them as shipwrecked

citizens of a friendly nation, and offered every as-
sistance. The passengers will return to Mobile.' "
Advices by the overland mail from California to
the 10th ult. report that a rich quartz vein had been
discovered in the suburbs of San Frane'sco. The
last steamer from Victoria brought down 200,000
dols. in ingots. The overland passage was evidently
not free from danger, as the Camanches were lurk-
ing around the mail stations in a threatening man-
ner, and had already shot at some of the mail com-
pany's men while hauling water. The Apaches
were friendly. About 400 of them were encamped
at Apache Pass.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

The New York money-market on the 4th inst. exhibited
no change. On demand large amounts were obtainable on
first-class State and other stocks at 3 to 31 per cent. ; dis-
counts at from 4 to 6 per cent. for.tho best grades of en-
dorsed paper, and sto 6 per cent. for single names. In ex-
change a fair business was done for the Asia in English and
French Bills, but continental transactions were light. The
rates were 9/ to 91 per cent. premium on London; sf. 23c.
to sf. 16/c. on Paris ; sf. 15c. to 51. 16/c. on Antwerp : 361
to 36! on Hamburg.
The Bank statement for the week was as follows :-
Dec.
25. Jan. 1. Increase.
Dollars. Dollars. Dollars.
126,716,365 .. 127,634,319 967,954
Loans
Specie 26,378,272 .. 27,129,725 861,453
Circulation.... 7,704,343 .. 7,854,090 .. 149,642
Net Deposits 88,679,095 .. 90,684,191 .. 2,005,115
The stock market, which had been tolerably active, closed
with a firmer feeling at the annexed rates :-
Virginia Sixes, 961 ; Missouri Sixes, 87k ; Now York Cen-
tral shares, 83k ; New York and Erie shares, 161; Reading
Railway shares, 531; Michigan Central shares, MI ; Michi-
gan Southern shares, 201 • Cleveland and Toledo shares,
311; Panama Railroad shares,i 117 x. d. ; Illinois Central
shares, 67 ; Chicago and Rock Islgnd shares, 581; Galena
and Chicago, 701; Pennsylvania Coal, 82; Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, 911.
The cotton market, influenced by more favourable ad-
vices from Liverpool, with a fair demand for home use and
in transit, and much firmness on the part of holders, was
more buoyant, and prices of most grades were advanced
kc. to /c. per lb. Sales of low middling New Orleans,
on the basis of 11/c.2 with freights at 9-14 d. ; llac. for
strict middling Mobile,llkc. for fully good ordinary Mobile;
and like. for good middling Savannah, with freight at
13-32. For State and Western flour a more active de-
mand had prevailed, especially for extra brands, which
were firmly held at an advance which had been established
on the 3d of 5 cents. The unpropitious weather
had, however, affected the market most unfavour-
ably, and materially checked the demand at the Corn
Exchange, the transactions being only in small lots,
and confined to the pressing wants of the trade. Round
hoop Ohio was in active inquiry, and, being scarce, was
held at an advance of 5 cents. over the previous week's
quotations. The stock on hand, which was ample, showed
an increase over last year of 118,404 barrels. The quota-
tions were 5 dols. 45c. to 5 dols. 55c. for shipping brands
round hoops Ohio ; 4 dols. 50c. for superfine State ; 5 dols.
to 5 dols. 25c. for extra State; and 3 dols. 75c. to 4 dols.
20c. for unsound. Canada flour was in moderate inquiry
and prices unchanged, ranging from 5 dols. 35c. to 6 dols.
50c. according to quality. Southern flour was in moderately
active request until the 3d, when the demand abated,
and the market became unsteady. It was mainly for the
fancy brands at about previous prices. The receipts were
heavy and the stock accumulating. Middling to good,
4 dols. 75c. to 5 dols. 40c. ; fancy and extra, 5 dots. 50c. to
7 dols. 50c. ; and choice extra brands, 8 dols. to 8 dols. 50c.
Corn meal was quiet and steady, at 3 dols. 40c. to 3 dols.
50c. for Jersey; 4 dols. for brandy wino ; and 19 dell. for
puncheons. In wheat there was nothing doing, the storm
having put an effectual stop to trade. The stock was large,
but holders were not pressing sales, and only seemed at all
anxious to dispose of their supplies at full prices. The mar-
ket closed quiet at 1 dol. 10c. to 1 dol. 15c. for red southern;
1 dol. 20c. red Illinois ; 1 del. 30c. white Michigan ; and 1
dol. 45c. to 1 dol. 55c. for white Kentucky. Corn was in
active request, mainly for the local trade, and transactions
were to a fair extent at improved prices ;-Mixed western,
78c. to 80c., the latter price for deliveries in store ; 75c. for
new southern and Jersey yellow; and 75c. to 761 c. for new
southern white, at which prices the market closed firm.
Barley dull and the market heavy. Barley malt quiet. Oats
in more active request, but business moderate, at 51c. to 54c.
for State; 57c. to 58c. for Westerns, and 57c. to 59c. for
Canada. Pork was depressed, and prices rather favoured
purchasers. The receipts, owing to the advanced stage of
the packing business in the West, were unusually heavy,
and
the
on the Ist inst. 66,8201 b. against 10,5581 b.
at the same period 1858. Sales of old mess at 17 dols. ;
new, 17 dols. 65c. ; new thin mess, deliverable in
February, seller's option, 17 dols. 76c. Beef was in
only limited inquiry, and the sales were. small. Country
mess, 7 dols. 75c. to 9 dols. Prime mess, 6 dols. 50c to 7 dols.;
and repacked Chicago mess, 8 dols. 50c. to 10 dols. 50c.
Beef hams quiet and nominal at 14 to 15 dols. Prime mess
quiet and unchanged. Cut meats in moderato inquiry, and,
sales to a fair extent. Pork hams sold at 9/c. • shoulders,
6/c. to 61c. Bacon in steady demand, with sales for short
middles at 10c. Lard in good demand and holders firm, and
the marked closed buoyantly at 11c. to 111 c. Sugar was in
good demand for home use, and as stocks were moderate,
receipts light, and holders firm, an advince of Ic. to *c. per
lb. had been established on all descriptions, and all parties
are looking forward to an active and prosperous season.
Sales of Cuba at 51c. to 61c. ; Porto Rico, 6c., both in bond
for export; New Orleans, 61c. to 7/c. ; common do., 51c. ;
Cuba, four months, 61c. to 7c. Foreign molasses not much
inquired for, but New Orleans wanted, and with moderate
receipts, prices hadadvanced, and the market remained firm
at 37c. Sales-Porto Rico, 30c. ; Cuba muscovado, 25c. ;
Brazil coffee firm and business restricted by the low figure
to which the stock was reduced. ForotherPrinds the demand
was moderate and steady. Maracaibo 11/c., and extra Java
17c. Tobacco is very limited in request. Crude turpentine
was quiet, and held at 3 dols. 75c. per 2801 b. ; stock in the
market about 7,200 barrels. Spirits of turpentine, with a
good demand on two previous days, had advanced to 49c.,
at which free sales were made, and subsequently 491 c. was
paid for a lot to arrive, and 50c. for 125 on the spot in ship-
ping order, the market closing firmly. Stock, 7,500 barrels.
Common rosin continued firm, with an upward tendency.
Stock, 19,000 barrels; common, 1 dol. 25c. per barrel, in
yard; 1 dol. 50c. per 310 lb. afloat; 1 dol. 55c. to arrive,
and 1 del. 571 c. to 1 dol. 60c. per 310 lb. delivered. All
grades above common generally quiet; stock, 42,000 barrels.
Tar scarce and in good request for consumption, and for
new Berne more was asked. Sales of that description, as
it runs, at 2 dols. 31/c., in order in yard. Ashes of 1859
not on the market. Old steady at previous rates, say, 5
dols. 50c. for pot, and 5 dol. 75c. for pearl. The stock of
pig iron was quite low, and what was selling brought 25
dols. to 26 dols. six months. In bars there was nothing
doing, but the stock in first hands being small also holders
were quite firm. Sheet was without change. Freights
were quiet, and the transactions small. To London-Beef,
ss. 3d. ; navy ditto, ss. 9d, and 4s. 3d. ; cheese, 409. • do-
verseed, 255. To Liverpool, rosin, 2s. 3d. ; tobacco, 2s. 6d„, •
pork, 2s. 6d. ; beef, 38. 6d.

_
MOBILE, JAN. 3.
The publication of the America's advices hese caused an
advance in the prices of cotton ofc The sales to-day add
up 2,400 bales at llic. for middling, the market closing
firm, and with a tendency to a further advance.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

The Tallulah, from Lancaster, at New Orleans. -
The steamer Cleator, from Kingston, Jamaica, for Liver-
pool, and Washington, hence, at New York.
The Avon, from Literpool, at New Orleans.
The Joseph Howe, from Liverpopl, off Charleston.
The Elizabeth, from Queenstown, at New Orleans, saw
a ship ashore 20 miles east of Cape Antonio ; also a ship on
the Cape, about 20 miles north of the lighthouse. Both
wrecks were apparently bad ones.