SUMMARY OF AMERICAN NEWS.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VIII, Issue 681, 11 February 1852, Page 4

SUMMARY OF AMERICAN NEWS.

[From the Sydney Morning Herald.} From files of San Francisco journals to the 7<h November, eight days later than our

previous advices, we are enabled to make the following summary of American news. As regards the Spanish Stales of America, every arrival al San Francisco brought intelligence of the progress of popular insurrection. The California Courier says — Internal fends and convulsions are rapidly hastening these states to destruction. The Republic of Mexico will soon cease to have an existence as well as a name among the nations of the world. Five of the most populous and productive Slates of that confederacy are now in open revolt against the central government. These five states propose to establish a republic of their own. The ulterior object no doubt, is to be annexed to the United States.

There is coroparativly but little spirit of nationality among th? Mexicans. The people are so constantly annoyed and disturbed by 'ambitions military chieftains that they would submit to almost any terms which would rid them of these men. If the revolted States succeed in maintaining their own independence, as we have no doubt they will, Mexico, as a reonblic, is JiiproJJy used up. The other Slates may have an existence for a while as a confederacy, but before long they will throw themselves into the arms of Brother Jonaihar. to take care of them.

Nicaragua, too, is in a state of disorganization, and may be said to have already lost its existence as an independent state. The whole country will fall into our hands before we are ripe for it. The people are ali “ fat, ragged, and dirty,” and live without knowing what they live for. The country is one of the most delightful and productive in the world, and it ought to be in the hands of a better race of men.

New Granada also seems to be fast preparing to disband, and yield to the necessity which destiny has allotted her, Brother Jonathan’s sons are there, and although they are not disposed to “ give aid and comfort” to those who ate attempting to revolutionize that State, yet the power of our institutions is both seen and felt among the natives. A few years more, and all will be over with the descendants of the houses of Leon and Castile in that country. It will soon fall into the hands of the universal Yankee nation.

reru is asleep just now, but her neighbours in Chili are not. The last intelligence brings us the news of internal political convulsions in that Republic, which threaten the very existence of the State. It is impossible to say yet whether the government party or the revolutionists will succeed. The opposition to the government is too powerful to be quelled without great injury to the nation. Anglo-Saxon civilization and Anglo-Saxon dominion must inevitably prevail from Oregon to Cape Horn, It is our destiny. Our only hope and desire is that we may not be in too great a burry about carrying it out. I'rom New York news had been received via Panama, to the 28th Sept.; having reached San Francisco in 37 days. The following are the chief items of interest:—

Letters by the Africa state that. France, Spain, and England are negotiating a treaty respecting the government of Cuba. The conditions are that Cuba shall Have a local legislature, be represented in the M ad rid Cortes, ami that slavery shall be gradually abolished. 1 he jury in the Michigan conspiracy case have rendered a verdict, by which twelve of the accused are found guilty, and the balance are acquitted. Riot in Pennsylvania.—Mr. Gerserch, of Baltimore, ha-iiig had three slaves escape from him io Maryland to Pennsylvania, pursued them into that state. In attempting to arrest them he was killed, and his son so severely wounded as to leave but little hope of his recovery. This tragedy has produced a featful sensation. The most of the ringleaders, the majority of whom were negroes, who were engaged in this murderous work have been arrested. A part have been sent to Philadelphia lor trial, and the rest have been confined to prison in the city of Lancaster, The President has sent a messenger to see that the ringleaders are severely dealt with. f l hey will be tried for treason, 'lf a few persons were executed these mobs would soon cease to be. The laws should be obeyed. The Cuban party in New Orleans, numbering about 2000 in ail, disbanded September 6. Numbers of them immediately left the city.

James Fennimore Cooper, the distinguished novelist, is dead. He died September 14. A company of Californians had arrived at St. Joseph’s, in sixty-two days from Sacramento, having had five skirmishes with the Indians. An emigration train for California, composed ol 367 families, 600 waggons, and 3000 hetd of cattie, were getting on well. 1 Itey had had a fight with the Snake Indians. Three men, named Stewart, Hadley, and Black, were wounded.

1 he whale ship Ann Alexander, Captain Deblois, of New Bedford, was lost on the 20th August, latitude 5’50 south, longitude

102 west, by being struck by a whale which the crew were capturing. The crew had barely time to make their escape in the boats before the vessel went down. Two days alter they were picked up by the ship Nantucket, Captain Gibbs, and landed at Payta. An extensive forgery of the name of Garrison and Fretz, bankers in Panama, has been discovered at New York. Draf s purporting to ba drawn by this house on Oliver Manin and Co., of New York, in favour of James M. Ray, Jr., lor 3000 dollars, were presented to a firm in New York, and the forgery discovered. It is said that Ray has some 20,000 dollars or 40,000 dollars of this paper in his possession. Abolitionism in Virginia.—The Vigilance Committee of Grayston Country, Virginia, on the 13th instant, arrested John Cornutt, a friend of Bacon’s, the Ohio Abolitionist. They required him to renounce abolition sentiments, which he refused to do. They then stripped him, tied him to a tree, and after receiving one dozen lushes, he agreed to renounce abolitionism, sell his land ami npyrops, and leavp flip state. Great excitement prevailed, and the committee were in pursuit of others. San Francisco Mails. —The public will be gratified to learn that an important postal arrangement has been made between the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and the Post Master General, The mails are to be brought directly to Cbagres, without stopping at Havana as heretolore, and a steamer is always to be ready at Panama to leave immediately on their arrival from across the Isthmus. In like manner will a steamer leave Cltagrts on the arrival of California mails at that place, and convey them quickly to New York and San Francisco, and vice versa, inside, probably, of thirty days.