The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-06 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS.

" NEW YORK, AUG. s.—Captain Miareken, of the brig
Eliza, arrived at Philadelphia from Vera Cruz, whence
she sailed on the Sth of July, states, that the mail which.
arrived the morning he left, brought the news of Commo-
dore Porter having taken the command of the, Mexicali
navy ; and that Lieutenant Porter, his nephew, is ap-
pointed to the command of the sloop of war Guerrero,
formerly the America, built at New York.

(FROM VERA ectuz.)
the fast-sailing schooner Shamrock,. Cap-.
tain John Alexander, arrived at Baltimore on Friday even-
ing from Vera Cruz, the editors of the Baltimore Gazette-
received regular files of papers to the. 9th of July.: Busi-
ness of all kinds was extremely dull, to which the absence
of many citizens of .Vera Cruz contributed. El Asiro, of
Vera Cruz, makes mention of some disturbances which
bad taken place in the city of Merida, province of Cam-
pea), upon the parochial eleptione, but they were not of
sufficient importance to apprehend any serious result.
The line-of-battle ship emigres° formerly the Asia, had
sailed for Valparaiso, and would Clouble Cape Horn with
all possible despatch and proceed to her place of destinit-
tion, Vera Cruz, immediately. She now mounts 72 guns,
is in complete order, having every thing necessary for of..
fensive or defensive operations, and a crew of 600 men,
under the command of Captain C. Jose Maria Tosta. We
hope she may arrive in safety, and this accession of strength
to the Mexican navy will enable it to undertake more im-
portant matters than that of merely protecting the sea-
board.
A letter received at- Washington city, dated Carthagena,
July a, states that property to the amount of half a million
of dollars has been destroyed by the recent earthquake at
Bogota. The country in the neighbourhood of Bogota had
also suffered by the shock, and the supposition was that it
had extended along the northern range of the Andes, and
that Venezuela had also suffered.
AUGUsT 8.----The Upper Canada Herold, on the au-
thority of a merchant from Amherstburgh, mentions that
above 250 hogsheads of leaf tobacco, estimated at 15,0001.,
have been this year exported from the' western district;
and that it is expected not less than 500 hogsheads will be
sent to Lower Canada next year. Only six hogsheads were
forwarded to this province from that district in 1820.
The Orleans Courier of the '2oth of July says-0 News
was received here to-day, by Captain Ross, two days from
Mobile, that a rise of 11 to 2 cents. per lb. on cotton had
taken place during the last week at that place. The yel-
low fever raged at Mobile, and the greater part of the in-
habitants had left the city for the country.
An interesting description of Bishop Hobart's visit to
"' the Oneida Indiana is given in the last Utica Observer.
• lie arrived at Oneida Castle on the 15th ult. The In-
diana have, for several years, been under his spiritual super-
intendence, and he has several times visited them. Os
present visit was principally for the purpose of administer-
ing confirmation, and for admitting to the order of deacons
Mr..Eleazer Williams, an Indian, who has received a libe-
ral education, and who for a long time acted among the
Oneides as a Catechist and Lay Reader, but who at pre-
sent resides at Green Bay. The Bishop, with the clergy
who accompanied him, were met at Vernon by a party of
the Oneida Chiefs and others, and escorted to the church,
which. was crowded by the Indians and others. After
morning prayer in the Indian language, by Mr. Solomon
Davis, their present Catechist and Lay-Reader, in which
the Indians united, .the Bishop delivered an appropriate
and affecting address to the Indians, which was inter-
preted to them. Several of the Chiefs then advanced,
and each one placing his right hand on the right
-shoulder of the Chief before him, and the foremost Chief
placing his right hand on the shoulder of Mr. Wil-
liams, as a token of concord, a memorial was read by him
on their behalf. The memorial was addressed to the Bi-
shop, and solicited permission to be still embraced (not.
withstanding their noended immediate removal to Green
• Bay) within his ecelesiakicil jurisdiction ;..adding, that
they had for many. yeamenjoyeti the bleseings'of his watch.
ful superintendence, and had been highly favoured of Opd
in their connexion with the Protestant Episcopal church,
but that the ties by which they were bound to him, and
which they hoped might never be broken, must of neces-
sity soon be. severed by their removal to a far distant coun-
. i'?y, unless by some Special act they might be permitted to
• mijoy. the favours of his Superintending care. To which
the bishop replied, that he would continue his spiritual
charge over themi and if God gave him health and oppor-
tunity, he would visit. them The Indians who were to
be confirmed, 25 in number, thin) assembled before the
Bishop; and he again. addressed them ; to which he added
an address to Mr. E, Williams. Mr. Williams was then
admitted to Deacon's orders by the Bishop, who admi-
nistered the Holy Communion to the clergy present, and
alsi) to several of the Indians. The responses which they
made in the service, (says the Observer,) its hymns of
praise which they chanted or aung, and the deep humility
and devotion which in general, and particularly the Indian
• communicants displayed,rendered the scene highly interest-
and sensibly affected all who witnessed it.
140,TINORE, AUG. 4.—ST. Dommo.—A report was
• circulated a few days ago, stating that the Island of St.
Domingo met blockaded by a French fleet, and the report
came from AntikVa. and was also stated to be confirmed in
a Barbadoes paper. This news, coming in such a round-
about way, we thought at tbe time a little far-fetched, and
we now find it. to be entirely untrue. The schooner Har-
mony; which arrived at Norfolk from St. Domingo, and left
Port-au-Prince on the 15th ult, neither knew oor beard
any thing of the circumstance. A French frigate only was
lying there, and a French brig had been there; we, there-
fore believe that the statement orreport at Antigua was
made purely far some speculative •purpose, and without.the
slightest regerdto fact.
1' ROM CoLOMBIA.—Our Correspondents of the Mer-
cantik Advertiser, New York, have been favoured with the
following extract of a letter from lAguayra,reeeived by way
of St. Thomas, containing information • which we hope
may turn out to be true, as the presence of the Liberator
in Colombia is the only circumstance that can restore trim-
guilty to the cotititry.
LAMIAYILI.,I.IIILy 12.--,-The state of the country•xc-
mains about the same, no new proceedings—all remains
quiet.. Yesterday we were gratified with the report that
Borniarhad arrived at Bogota. It is not yet fullrcon-
. Ainied;• but from the source it comes there is but little
dOebt of its truth, and a few days will decide it. God
grunt:it may. be true, for with him all will be made right,
again bUsinceS will revive, and confidence be restored."
Coffee, 9i. to 10: indigo, 14 to 15 reels; • Cocoa, 21 to
211.