The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-03 00:00:00

EVENING S N
AMERICAN NEWS,

WEDNESDAY ~..,
(EXPRELSivSERI:oRoOL,M LIVERPNOT.O7;wp.)..
11NtlNir
einlsita.vienciieucseivivee.d New York
SOUTH AMERICA.—A formidable
which
has taken place in the province of Paraiba,
intelligence of which arrived to-day, le
threatened to extend along the northern fro;
tiers of the Brazils. The Vice
hts
Paraiba 4kad been shot, while looking from
window, by the insurgents, and the greatest
- althY
terror and excitement prevailed. The 11 e
an
inhabitants bad fled from the place in terror,
.0,..
most of them had made their escape to -Pe"' .1
val '
buco for safety, taking with them every 3 , e
of t"
able description of property. The wife
-president 0I
Vice-President had nearly shared the tragi",:o
of her husband, but happily she escaped- 7,
intelligence was brought to Liverpool to-daYli
;
Captain Alsop, of the Rosalie, who left ?olio
on the 28th December, and on the 20th °f t he
month the steamer. St. Salvador arrived with t
preceding intelligence.
Th„.telisii,
Six DAYS LATER FROM BRAZIL—The 1.•-• 1"
She .4
from Rio, reached Baltimore last Saturday. wss
brought advices to the 30th of November. There 09
e
no political news of consequence. Nothing faYmi-I,,rrge,
The
from La Plata. The stock of flour continued '" ,
with no improvement in the demand or prize'
prig
of
was a small advance, probably about 50rs. in the Pr'e
coffee. Exchange remained at 30 to 31d. The frieve
Potomac and ships of war Marion, Concord, and
catur, were at Rio.
.., , Kent e*
:WAR WITH iviExtco.-7-The Legislature of , for
or rather a part of it, have come out in strong terM
ex,
a war with Mexico, for the Capture of the Santa le $8•
peditinn, and murder of several American citizens' O.
veral resolutions to this effect unanimously passed
lower branch on the Ist inst.
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EARTHQUAKE IN 'MISSOURI l---According off
Louis New Era and Republican, there was a fiebtaf
shock of an earthquake felt in that city on the IngM.
the 27th ult. All the beds and doors trembled eonlllett•
ably. There was a slight shock here on the same "7
LATEST FROM TEXAS. •Se
We are indebted to the officers of the steams
tune for Texas papers to the 24th inst. The Ne •
we are told, made the run from Galveston to the t
in 27 hours—the shortest passage ever yet made. me
The Neptune has been detained at Galveston fbl;l4,
veral days, in consequence of the North winds prerisri.
causing the Bars to be nearly dry, and stopping 11
tercourse between Houston and Galveston. II
The steamship New York had arrived at Galvest://i.
The Committee of the House of Representative'ta e
pointed to make examinations relative to the Sell, tot
expedition, &c., reported that they had ascertained the
more than 400,000 do]. had been expended, during jo.
last year, contrary to law; and this estimate did 11°,10
elude the value of the military stores, &c., furnish'
troops engaged in this expedition.
at
The expenditures for the Santa Fe expedition ho'"T
oil
the sanction of any law that has ever been in egse;reor
cannot be so well defended. The defence of the ' to
dent, made in his late message, shows the grounds up
which he relies in this instance. A disposition Prerre•
among the Members to pass over this affair, as tile 0 to
sident has gone out of office, and*his intentions or
generally admitted to have been pure. 110°
The customs will be collected in specie, and the 'pro,
taxes in the liabilities of the Government, as here.° orti•
only the law relative to direct taxation will be so Inssice
feed as to relieve the citizen from the present oPPret the
costs and double tax, in case he is unable to pay ° lie
appointed time. President Houston recommends a pdos
similar to this. The Retrenchment Bill has so re re I
the expenses of Government, that it is thought the 011 1
venue from the customs will be sufficient to defray
,:
the expenses of the civil departments.
The nominations for the new Cabinet are not Yet il'
.ii '
vulged. It is rumoured that Dr. Arson Jones i[lips;
Secretary of State; Colonel Hockley, Secretary
and K. L. Anderson, present Speaker of the lie% age
Representatives, Secretary of the Treasury; and ,
Terre], Attorney-General.
rV
AcAToN.—This worthless bandit, with about 18 °lirli
ragged followers, is still on the Nueces, and the 00°04
of traders from the Rio Grande are kept in els,,, ii
dread while on their way to and from Boxer. '':iii
connected with a party of about 40 Mexican solo•
who rendezvous at Loredo. Twenty of them are ott
monly with him, and the remainder stationed ior, or
town. He generally has spies in Loredo and Bela her
at the Ranches below that city. These spies giveolier
notice whenever a party of traders are to leave or
town, and he is thus enabled to attack them at b`*
sure.—N. 0. Courier, Dec. 31.
MONEY MARKET. tOll6l
MONDAY, JAN. 10, SIX P.M.—We recently niena,-1
;,sir
the fact that the bonds of the Planters' Bank of 11eci,
sippi, issued to the United States Bank, were dishonolsea'
pr in c ipal and
o interest,anidlds w
byaetr
et
hh
miemaLdT leefintdpe
endorsed,
rySsaetbdal.t Stags
sement is now resisted, underl-()rk. RichardtheThese:
n d( Alsop,)brst 01,1:tali:el Bank
order".
a:lo3e rti
411
strument purports to be a sealed one. 'bwause
~theo4
In the Stock Market affairs are very 00°1.'9.'4,
prices again fell to-day. Delaware and HudseoleriP:
cent.; Illinois 6 per Cents., i • Bank of Compere chat.,'
2 per cent. ; Harlem, & ; Mohawk R. R., 2 Pe' Dalt`..
Canton, i; sales of bills on Philadelphia, 41 a 5' 0001
more, 4; Mobile, 17; New Orleans, 10. Another Om
flee of the State credit was made at a•action to-daY t:0.000
that vampyre, the Erie Railroad, in the shape of I,letili
dols., 6 per Cent. Stocks. The effect of these relle:sate
forced sales may be seen in the fact that New 1(01".t the
6 per Cents., redeemable next June, were soh' - nein
Board at 96, which is equal to 14 per cent. per °-
on the investment:
ani
The Delaware and Raritan Canal and Cionden ile
Amboy Railroad Transpoxtation Company htlf`t 0,
dared a dividend of three per cent, for the W and
months, payable on the 15th inst. The Paterson aid'
Hudson Railroad Company have this day declared 1400
dend of two and a half per cent, payable on thea die
inst. The Connecticut River Banking CompanY, h-, Si
Oared a dividend of three per cent. for the As-tictl
months, payable on the 10th inst. The Con dollars
River Company has declared a dividend of two "LP
and fifty cents., payable on the 10th inst. Bela bat. fed
Wm. Conclin, anti E. W. Hubbard, have been aPP°-
Bank Commissioners for the State of Ohio. ' the
The bank of Columbus, Geo., has withdrawn frofaie
list of suspended institutions,
and has resumed toot
payments creditable move, and one which we "
will be extensively followed.
Loring
The Farmers' Bank of Orleans, a free bank, 11;ect,,
failed, the Comptroller has issued a notice to that "I.
oot
We have received the message of the Goveril°'
Kentucky. It is mostly occupied with financial matt
and commences with long, futile, and oft repeated fire
gece
ments in favour of a National Bank, and in conslo-010
with such vieves,-gives it as his opinion that the "ther
of Kentucky should take their rule of honesty front °olt
States, and not be.compelled to resume until they tb
proper, remarking as follows : poi'
" The consequences which would follow from Coaireilt
sive resumption against our banks, without cone" pith
resumption on the part of some of the other States, are
which we stand most intimately connected in tradnit)Y
considerations which doubtless will be duly weighed et'
the General Assembly. I apprehend the immediotest,
feet would be to aggravate, if not greatly to rocs* it
it
the existing pressure upon the country. The ban be,
is true, judging fiom a report of their means, alto jo'
and I believe are, entirely able to sustain thesis7,or
specie payments ; but in this process, unaided end t-tote*
ported by any of the banks of the neighbouring '-'O, of
whether our specie would not immediately 11°W P9eCer
the State—whether sudden contractions would ne',, condi'
sully follow—whether the banks would be in it the
tion to furnish any accommodations or facilitte-
, to
commerce of the State, &c." I, Pi'l;
After this specimen of morality, he applauds t,:efrauo, ,
tribution Act. In relation to the Schuylkill Beni' - "
he remarks as ,
follows :
WV
"Should the Courts decide that the Bank of lien'diti'
is liable for the consideration paid for the forged ee-ordi '
dates, with interest, those certificates will be, I' (
greatly more than the original shares, inasmuch 821 ,
110
genuine stock roust contribute to pay them • but 4P,, e
the Courts make a contrary decision, the hoidersit r"
P,
spurious stock will lose all, unless they
are WOW" AiiTt
/
extract something from the Schuylkill flank." pie,
The funded debt of the State is as follows.:—
,i' '-;4.
Bonds issued at 5 per cent. interestifo" 515, 4'l
Ditto 6 ditto 2,886,500 'll
J
Total 13,401,501, '
The revenue of the State for many years hod of s't
deficient, until last year, when an additional teciet4•l
cents on every 100 dol. was laid, which yields 011 dos of
to pay all the debts of the State, and leave a surr
28,345 dol.
S,
ikLES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, JA'' 10•9"
$5,000 N. Y. 6P. Ct., July, 1842.... .................. 87
5,000 N. Y. 5 per Cent., 1346 ..... 70
4,000 Ohio 6's, 1860 .... ... ••• 171 '
.....
4,000 Illinois Bonds
1,000 Indiana Bonds '•
....... 6'6
... ....................
55 Shares Mechanics Bank
......................... gbil
25 Ditto Delaware and Hudson ..... . ............... 88
25 Bank of Commerce ............................... •• t„fi
200 Ditto .3° 60/
•••
16 Amer. Ex. Bank ... .. ......... 5/
50 Mechanics' Bankkg Ass ............... . ...... •i 6 50
25 Ohio Life and Trust ..................... ..
..: . 60
561
11
100 Long Island Rank
... .......
1i
~
250 Paterson Railroad ~, ........................... 0 ``' 14
10 Stonington Railroad ................................ 96
5 Auburn and Rochas:er ... ....................... ••• 19
60 Canton Co . .......................... ... ...... ii ,:A
25 Mohawk R. B. ..., •
.......... b 3 bi
610 Harlem Railroad .............................. ...
SECOND BOARD. 87
$3,000 Stale s's, 1847
2,000 Illinois Bond ..... e 924
Bonds
............................... 5 10
100 Delaware and Hudson ........
20 Shares Harlem.... ..................................... 3
50 Ditto ..... •• ...... g

11013,tehr
THE CITY POLICE.--The Dean a---- ,C,he
of St. Paul's have passed a resolution expressive of `A-by we
sense they entertain of the valuable service readore",,, thf
police force of the City of London in preserving order -0, to
occasion of the visit of his Majesry the King 6f pr~rnur►t'
the cathedral, on Sunday last. This resolution sca°,,.„—m., iss
cated to Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey, the Commils".",re: st
letter from the Lord Mayor, in which his Lordship des-4 the
the same time, to express his unqualified approbation v
conduct of the city police on the event alluded to.