The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-31 00:00:00

dissatisfaction is universally expressed along the lines of
communication traversed by the expresses; relative to
the recent interruption to the progress of the letter car-
riers, made by the railroad conductors in obedience to
the orders of the Postmaster-General. The strong
and deep sense of injury which pervades the pub-
lic mind, in consequence of this odious interfer-
ence on the part of the Government with the rights of
individuals, is beginning to make itself heard in public
meetings composed of citizens of all parties. So unani-
mous is the sentiment in reprobation of the proceedings
of the Postmaster-General, who, in contempt of the well-
considered decisions of the Federal Courts, assumes to
execute the laws in accordance with his owa interpreta-
tion of their requirements, that not a single voice is raised
in advocacy of his course.

NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, AUG. 13.
SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE.
pl,BOO New York State Fives, 1858
8,000 Ohio Sixes, 1860 e 9Bl
5,000 Ohio Seven's lO4
6,000 Kentucky Sixes lO2
5,000 Kentucky Fives, p. in New York- B9,
1,000 Indiana Bonds
80 shares Fulton Bank
90 do. Union Bank llB
150 do. United States Bank 8:
100 do. Vicsburg Bank b6o 7:
100 do. Farmers' Trust b6o 41
19 do. Mutual Insurance C0mpany........... 102!
40 do. United States Insurance Company ... 106
175 do. Canton Company 3B
7 do. New York Insurance 95
52 do. Aub. and Roch. Railroad
100 Harlem Railroad

At the board this morning Norwich and Worcester
R.R. declined 1}; Canton Co. and Long Island R.R.,
14 ; and Harlem and Reading R.R. 4. Ohio Sixes ad-
vanced 4, and Stonington R. R. 4. Kentucky Sixes and
United States Bank closed at yesterday's prices.
At the Public Board Canton Co. and Norwich and
Worcester R. R. declined

The following are further extracts from the Ame
rican papers received by the Caledonia :
FIRST
BALE or NEW COTTON.—The first bale of
cotton, of this year's crop, reached the city last even-
ing, from the plantation of E. Henderson, in Hous-
ton county, via Central Railroad. We have seen a
sample of this cotton—the colour is rich and staple
good—quality good fair. Last year the first bale
reached this city on the 21st of August, from the
plantation of the same gentleman. In 1842, the first
bale was recived on the 10th of August, being 17
days earlier than the receipt of the first bale in 1841.
—Savannah Geo., Aug. 1.
(Correspondent of the New York Herald.)
MATANZAS, JULY 22,1844.—Business is very slack
at present; there is no molasses in the country, and
when we arrived here the people were almost in a
state of starvation. There had been no rain on the
island for a number of months, and everything was
perishing with heat. Our cargo consisted of pro-
visions, and it sold for double the cost; and other
vessels, arrived since with provisions, have met with
the same success. There has been some rain since
we have been here. It is very healthy. The insur-
rection among the slaves is quelled, and the people
are again quiet, but no one ventures to walk the
streets at night without being well armed.
Audubon, the distinguished ornithologist, arrived
in Buffalo on the sth August, with a large number of
specimens.
SEASON IN CANADA.—The weather in Quebec is
discouraging, particularly in respect to the hay crop.
It has rained more or less every day this week. We
have been expecting a favourable change with every
new and full moon ; perhaps we may have it with the
new moon on the 13th inst.—Quebec Gazette, 9th inst.
ATLANTIC STEAM-SHIPS.—THE AMERICAN PROJECT
—A NEW YORK LINE.—The project started by a few
American gentlemen, to establish a line of Atlantic
steam-ships, seems to increase in public favour every
day. We are glad that the subject is becoming a
popular one, for it is necessary for us, as a nation, to
keep pace with England and France in maintaining
the supremacy of the seas.—New York Herald, Aug. 15.
THE LAST ONE.—The last surviving drummer at
the battle of Bunker Hill, now resides at Hartcord
Susquehanna county, in this State. His name is
Rufus Kingsley, and the old veteran enjoys perfect
health and good spirits.—New York Herald.
STEAM-BOAT DISASTER.—The following particulars
concerning the destruction of the steam-boat
Marietta, on her passage up the Arkansas river,
which took place on the morning of the 25th ult.,
near eight o'clock, we copy from the Little Rock
Times :—The Marietta was preparing to pass a swift
place in the cut off at Mr. Marshall's plantation,
thirteen miles below Pine Bluffs, which she had tried
once and failed; and just as she was leaving the shore,
having heated the boilers (which contained but a little
water) to the highest degree, she collapsed a flue, scat-
tering destruction apparently throughout deck and
cabin. She then drifted down a few hundred yards,
struck a snag, an I sunk in seven or eight f?et water,
some of the passengers in the meantime leaping over
board and swimming ashore. There were about
sixty or seventy persons on board, ten or fifteen of
whom were badly scalded or burned with steam.
Jude Paschall, of Van Buren, Ark., was among the
number of the unfortunates, though it is thought that
he will recover. Those who remained on board
ascended the hurricane deck, and were conveyed to
the shore in yawls and flatboats ; the most of the
trunks and baggage in the cabin were saved, and
some of the freight on the boiler deck ; but the most of
the latter, and all that was in the hull, was either lost
or badly injured. Our informant states that it pre-
sented a spectacle of no ordinary character. Mothers
screaming for their children and leaping overboard
with them in their arms—husbands calling for their
wives, and children for their parents.
(From the Philadekhia Gazette.)
TERRIBLE STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION.—A terrible
accident happened, Aug. 7, on the Delaware, nearly
opposite Market-street, to the new steam-boat
Portsmouth, Captain James Devoe. The Ports-
mouth had started from Arch-street wharf at half-
past eight o'clock, with between forty and fifty pas-
sengers, on an excursion to the Bay, Breakwater,
&c., and after getting fairly under weigh, and when
the engine had performed some eighteen or twenty
revolutions, the stay bolt of the inner part of the
steam chimney near the top of the boiler, drew out,
carrying with it a portion of the iron, and dis •
charging the steam and hot water through
the flues and furnace doors, into the engine
and fire rooms, and through the steam chim-
ney out of the smoke pipe to the distance
of some seventy feet, and also through the deck. The
second engineer, Edward Stevens, of New York, and
an elderly passenger, belonging to New Castle, Del.,
who was in the engine-room, named Thomas Massey,
were both dreadfully scalded from head to foot, and
neither, it is feared, can survive. The fast engineer,
Isaac Ames, of New York, was covered with ashes
blown out from the fires, and could scarcely be
recognised. He was scalded, though not so badly as
the others. G. Jackson, black cook, of New York, who
was sitting near the fire-room door, was severely
scalded on the hands and arms. Mr. Stevens, the second
engineer, while his clothes were full of steam, and
his sufferings had almost phrensied him, begged to be
thrown overboard. His request not being complied
with, he threw himself into the river and caught to
the tiller, where he clung and was saved by a boat.
His idea was to cool himself, but the act—the impulse
of the moment to obtain relief of his agonies—was
desperate, and has, doubtless, added to the fatal cha-
racter of his injuries. The wounded persons are all
at the Pennsylvania Hospital, and are receiving every,
possible attention, medical and otherwise. The pas-
sengers were most all aft at the time of the accident,
and escaped. Some few were forward, but none of
these, as far as has been ascertained, were injured. If
any were hurt their injuries were slight.
MORMON AFFAIRS.—It appears that troubles among
the Mormons and others are still anticipated. Mrs.
Emma Smith, the widow of the late prophet, came
down as far as Quincy, on board the steamer Osprey ;
on the last trip of the lone, the widow of Hiram
Smith also visited Quincy. The objects of these
visits is said to be to induce the civil authorities to do
something towards arresting some of the persons con-
cerned in the murder of their husbands.
The Nauvoo Neighbor still upholds the absurdities
of Mormonism as a true system of religion, and we
suppose this is because that paper is under the control
of the priesthood and leaders, who expect to retain
their greatness by retaining their system of priest-
craft. This is a usual occurrence among bigots and
fanatics, who expect to rule the common people by
means of superstition.

CAMP MEETINGS.—The season for camp meetings
has set in. The young men and maidens are frolick-
ing in the pleasant groves of this glorious land, and
the Father Millers are thrusting in their sickles into
the harvest of folly, fanaticism, and coppers.—New
York Herald.

FROM CAPE HATTlEL—Captain Hardy, of the
brig Souther, at this port, last evening, frotn Cape
Haytien, which place he left Ist inst., states that the
Government is in a very unsettled state. Thtl Spa-
nish port of that island is continually in a state of
rebellion against the Government, and at war
amongst themselves. A few days previous to the de-
parture of the Souther from the Cape, the Danish
brig Lucy arrived from Port au Platt, with one
hundred of the inhabitants of that place, they
having been obliged to leave on account of
the disturbances. There was an army collect-
ing at the Cape to march into the Spanish part of :be
island. The President intended to make a to;
through the island, and was fully expected at the'
Alt to the different towns
Cape. It is thought his vi
will have a tendency to stop the disturbances which
daily occur in all parts of the island. Owing to the
revolution, the co fee crop has been very much ne-
glected, and the article 'gas become very scarce and
high. It was 'worth 14 dolls. 25 c. Haytien money.
The duties, cost of bags, and other expenses, wid
make it r_;ost 6 dolls. 121 c. Spanish, on board.—Bos-
tots Tanseript, 4.ufs. 13.