The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-04 00:00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MORNING.
By the packet United States, Captain Britton,
which arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning, we
have accounts from New York to the 14th ult.,
be

_ng five days later than those brought by the last
arrival. Her Majesty's ship Vestal, with Mr.
Pakenham, the British Envoy to the United States
Government, on board, reached New York on the
13th, after a very stormy passage. He was to set
out for Washington next day, to replace Mr. Fox,
who would depart in the same ship for Vera Cruz, in
a week or a fortnight. On reaching the harbour of
New York the Vestal fired a salute of twenty-one
guns, but, according to a correspondent of the New
York Herald, the naval authorities were not prepared
to return the compliment. " Permit me," says thewriter,
through your columns, to inquire of the naval autho-
rities of the port of New York, what is the cause
that on the arrival of a national ship of a friendly
power in our harbour, and who salutes our flag, that
we are not prepared immediately to return the friendly
greeting ? We are induced to make this inquiry as
we happened yesterday to witness the arrival of the
British frigate Vestal (conveying to our shores a high
diplomatic functionary), who, as soon as she came to
anchor, hoisted the United States flag, and saluted it with
twenty-one guns. We remained on the battery for
more than an hour, eagerly watching the re-
sponse to so kindly a greeting, but, up to a late hour,
yesterday afternoon, it was not returned." The dis-
cussion in Congress, on the tariff of 1842, was still
going on. The last speaker was a Mr. Huntingdon,
who stood out for high protecting duties, with as
much fury and argument as any of our most deter-
mined monopolists, but his speech excited not the
slightest interest. A correspondent, who writes from
-Washington on the 12th, gives the following report
of proceedings in that qiiarter The President is
certainly expected to send into the Senate six great
appointmenst, two Cabinet Secretaries, three Ministers,
and a Judge, together with many minor appointments.
The great debate upon the Oregon question is ex-
pected daily to arise. Mr. Allen will call it up to-
morrow. Col. Merrick will bring in his Post-office
Reform Bill to-morrow ; that subject will:then be open to
debate. This week, therefore, you may look for highly
interesting and important news from Washington."
Great• expectations prevailed at New York that the
markets, and chiefly the Cotton market, would be
very brisk. Stocks in general were firm, and many
of them had advanced considerably. We subjoin the
only extracts of interest and amusement from the
papers :
BRAZlL.—Advices from Rio, to the 13th of December,
have been received in Baltimore.
Affairs in all parts of the empire were in a prosper-
ous condition. Rio Grande was more peaceable ; indeed,
the insurgents had been entirely subdued.
The importance of the political movements of the
Opposition party, which we have heretofore mentioned,
have been greatly overrated in the Bahia and other
papers. That party in Brazil is very much like the
rump of the Butt-enders of this city.
The increased anchorage duties have been put in
force, also a stamp duty on dispatches, which amounts
to about 14rs. per barrel for flour, and 13rs. per bag for
coffee.
It was reported in Rio, that one the 28th of Novem-
ber, Gen. Rivera was on his march toward Monte Video.
with the intention of raising the siege, and it was
expected that the result of a general battle would ere
long decide the conflict one way or other.
LATE FROM MEXICO via NEW ORLEANS.—We have
received advices from Vera Cruz to the 27th ultimo :
The internal state of affairs in Mexico remain tran-
quil. Santa Anna is at his hacienda near Vera Cruz.
He gives his persoal superintendence to the extensive
repairs now making to the castle of San Juan de Ulloa,
and the fortifications which defend Vera Cruz.
The British frigate Inconstant arrived on the 22d
from Port Royal. She reported that the whole British
West India fleet was to sail for Vera Cruz two days
after she left.
The condition of the Texian prisoners at Perote is
worse, if possible, than by previous accounts, Sickness
and suffering are thinning their numbers. Of the whole
number confined, but eighteen are able to perform the
labour imposed upon them by their brutal captors.
It was reported at Vera Cruz that the British Minis-
ter had intimated to the Mexican authorities, that upon
the arrival of Mr. Fox, the new Minister from England,
the British flag, which was captured from the Texans,
should be hoisted on the staff of the castle, in addition
to the usual salute. This arrival was daily expected.
There were in port two British brigs of war and two
French sloops of war.
IMPORTANT ARREST.—J. C. Ashley, well-known in
this city and Brooklyn, has been arrested on charges of
forging mortgages on property in Brooklyn, and perjury
in sustaining them. before the Court of Chancery. The
examination of the case will be concluded to-day, and
the whole particulars given to-morrow.
THE PLAGUE COME TO THE UNITED STATES.—We
see it stated in some of the penny papers that a new
disease, supposed to be the plague, has made its appear-
ance at Saxony in Massachusetts. About half-a-dozen
persons had died suddenly after picking some Smyrna
wool, which was thought to have conveyed the infec-
tion. In the present dearth of medical business, we
think it would be a very good thing for the physicians to
get up some plague excitement. It is now ten years
since we had the cholera, and the plague excitement
might go very well.
CLEAN STREETS.—For several days past the streets
have been actually passable—nay, they have been to-
lerably clean, in consequence of the surveillance of a
new street inspector. For many years we have had here,
in the Second Ward, honest Jack Hill, and he has kept
clean streets. Recently, however, the Providence of
Heaven has appointed a new Inspector in the place of
the locofoco one, and he is generally called Jack Frost.
He has a good many of the qualities of Jack Hill, being
like him, honest, and straightforward, and for the last
few days has kept the streets pretty comfortable.
POST-OFFICE NEGLIGENCE AT WASHINGTON.—Yes-
terday morning no letters or papers came to us from
Washington. We believe that the negligence of the
Post-office officials at Washington begins to show itself
again. These chaps have to be stirred up every now
and then to keep right.
COLD WEATHER IN ALBANY.—The thermometer at
8 A.M. on Sunday, marked 4 below zero.
MONEY MARKET, TUESDAY, FEB. 13.
Stocks are on the advance. Every one on the list im-
proved. Ohio 6's up per cent. ; Pennsylvania s's, ;
Indiana ; Harlem 2 ; Illinois ; Kentucky 6's, ;
I I
Farmers' Trust ; Long Island f ; Norwich ; Vicks-
burgh ; New ersey ; Paterson 1 ; North American
Trust closed ;irm at yesterday's prices. The sales were
quite large, an I good spirit prevailed at both boards.
Money is more abundant, and the stock market gene-
rally looks mon, favourably than it has for a long time.
Counterfeit fives on the Onondaga County Bank at
Syracuse are in circulation, dated Oct. 18, 1843, letter
C, with the endorsement of the Comptroller forged /ri
the back.
The assets of the Commercial Bank, sold at anc.ti,on,
were nominally valued at between two and three hundrel
thousand dollars. and brought about five thousand. Ths
shows many of the beauties of banking in a small focy.s.
Evidence like this cannot be controverted. The presort
system of banking produces cases like the above very
often.
Th. Ptmer eereenee of mini of +Ur
~nntl2ein hankie,
and other corporated manufaCturers of paper money, is
fast going out of existence. At Milledgeville, Georgia,
on the Ist inst., $96,000 in Central Bank bills were
burned by the officers of the institution. They have on
hand about $70,000 more to shareithe same fate. This
will leave only about $275,000 in actual circulation.
The surest method to remedy the evils arising from an
over-abundance of paper money, is to destroy the cause.
Commence the purification at the fountain-head, and the
current will improve the rest.
The Central Railroad of Michigan bids fair to be a
very profitable and productive improvement.
SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE.

$5,0001,f S. s's. '53
t 1
5,000 U. S. 6's, '62
10,000 Ohio 7's
1,000 Ky. Short Bonds
5,000 Penn'a s's
23,000 Ohio 6's, '6O 9B:,
5,000 Illinois 6's, '7O s2O 41
10,000 Kentucky 6's, 30 years s 3 102-
3,000 Indiana $ 3B
52 Shares Merch's Bk lO5
20 Bk of America 96i
55 State Bk
75 Bk Com. Scrip 9B
30 16
50 North American Trust s
33
13 Farmers' Loan
50 Farmers' Loan b3O 33
50 Canton Co s 30 30/..... 46
20 Dry Dock Bk .....
250 Vicksburg Bk .. 8i
di 76
100 Patterson Railroad
b 10 72
100 Long Island Railroad
100 Harlem Railroad.
150 North Jersey Railroad
25 Norwich and Worcester 34.4
STATE OF TRADE.
BREADSTUFFS.—FIour is looking up in this market,
and Grain is high at the west. This looks favorable.
Genesee Flour is held by some in this city at $5.
COTTON.—The market opened with a good feeling
and fair inquiry from speculators, which soon ceased,
however, as holders were firm, at full rates. After one
o'clock, the tone of the day was entirely changed, and
offers, which were refused in the morning, were soli-
cited ; but buyers were off. Arrivals, to-day, are very
large, and, asacket owners are making an effort to get
i
freights ap to d, at which, it is currently reported, an en-
gagement has been made for the ship Garrick, the proba-
bility is our maket will not improve rapidly. Sales
1,000 bales.
NEW ORLEANS, FEB. I.—Owing to the non-arrival of
the steamer's advises on either Wednesday or Thursday,
the market, during both days, exhibited a very graat
degree of langour, and the sales were generally effected
at a decline in prices of about a quarter of a cent.
MOBILE, FEB. I.—The market has pre Tented an
extremely dull and inactive appearance, and the repor