Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1853-12-03
NEWS BY TIE NAILS
ARRIVAL OF THE ILLINOIS.

NV York, Nov. 29-The steamer Illinois
arrived with the mail and dates to the LIST Of
November, and SSs0,00Oi in specie on freight, and
S2oO.0ooin the hands OF passengers, arrived last
night.
Contrary to general expectation, the name of
John Mitchell the Irish patriot IS not the list OF
passengers
Among the passengers are the following celeb
rites: Gen. Lane Member of Congress from Ore
gon, Col MEG win, special agent OF the Post Office
Department. Hon. Mr. Gushing, charge d'affaires to
Ecuador, A. b. Corwin, late consul at Panama, 1t
Scott, U. S. N. and A. Mcclure Esq, bearer of
dispatches from Peru.
The figate ST Lawrence arrived at Tobago on
the 18th Of November.
The Panama Star says that when the st Law
renee was at Acapulco the Mexican authorities
were called to account for their conduct to the
captain OF the schooner B. ]. Allen and others,
and the matters were satisfactorily arranged. This
frigate will shortly proceed to Valparaiso.
We have Valparaiso oates to the 18th of Octo-
Der.
Business was tolerably active. Flour in limited
demand at 50 50aSl0.
The opening of line of steamers to England,
via the Straits of Magellan, was freely discussed
The American Consul and number of Valpa-
raisans have chartered Chilan brig to proceed to
an unknown island, on which the brig Chatham,
Capt Snow, was lost in January last. They go to
bring away the crew of the i'll fated brig, as they
are amongst the cannibals. The rescue brig was
manned from q. s. storeship.
Our dates from Peru are to the Oath of October
The Brazilian government have dispatched special
minister to Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and New Gre
NADIA for the purpose of effecting treaty to mon
opolize the entire trade of the Amazon.
The gold discoveries on the Amazon continued
to excite great interest A committee has been
appointed for the purpose to report on this sub
ject.
New YORK Nov. 28.-A London correspondent
to an eminent mercantile house in this city writes
as follows
We have the usual private telegraph dispatch
from Trieste anticpatory of the overland mall
Canton remains undisturbed, as great deal ofbus-
| ness was doing. Business was at a stand still at
Shanghai owing to the city having been taken pos
session of by party of rebels unconnected, 1t IS
said with the insurgents, being rather band OF
Triad, or short-knife society. They seized the
Tonta, who afterwards escaped. They plundered
the public treasury to the amount of about $500,
! 900, but did not modest the foreign settlement.
RECEPTION OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NEWS
| New YoRK, Nov. 20, p M.-The excitement
| on the wharf on the arrival Of the Prometheus to
catch glimpse of the patriot Mitchell was very
| great The steamer was surrounded by boats, and
the deck was completely packed Salutes were
fred by the Ilsh military companies. and enthusi.
astic cheers We're given Mr. Meagher Colonel
! Dougherty and others were amongst the first to
| greet Mr.. Mitchell, who was conveyed to carri-
age, and Immediately proceeded to the residence OF
bis mother at Brooklyn, where he will quietly re-
main until tomorrow. Mr.. Mitchell was loudly
cheered at the ferry and other points. The Irish
societies serenaded him to-night-twenty bands
were engaged for the occasion.
The steamship Hansa sailed this afternoon for
Brennan. A letter from Consul Sanders in London
says: That the Porte has advised Austria that I'M
less she withdraws her forces from the frontier as
her neutrality guaranteed by England and France,
he will declare war against her. That kossuth's
agent was openly received at Constantinople, and
that Kossuth will be invited to Constantinople and
placed at the head of strong division to march on
Hungary, unless the above is complied with. The
letter says that offers have been made to Capt
| Patton of the Golden Age" and Mr.. Howard, her
owner, which viii probably result in their going to
| Constantinople.