AMERICA.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 843, 31 August 1853, Page 4

AMERICA.

'Mrs. Fillmore, vrifa of ax-President Fillmore, died ct WashingtoQ on the 30th Match, very suddenly. Gavaaai 13 lecturing at New York with rauch success. General Uraga has, it io rumored, been appointed Ambassador to Spain from Mexico. Strikes for higher wages in New York and cthor largo citie3 ore becoming general. The Uaiied Statfo sloop Cyane has taken possession of Greytowu. The inhabitants surrendered under protest. A difficulty arose out of a disagreement with the Nicaragua Transit Company of New York. It was considered that Gsnor^l Pierce woald countermand the Japan expedition. A terrible steamboat disacter had occurred in Galvestcn Bey, Texas The steamer Neptuns and Farmer were racing from Houston to Galveston, when the boilers of the latter exploded, killing the captain, clerk, steward, engineer, thirteen of the crew, and twenty passengers. The Uuited States Senate chamber is reported to have been crox7ded 00 the 2 1st March, by c brilliant auditory, including nearly all the foreign diplomatists, who were anxious to hear iha speech of es-secretary Everett on Central American affairs. As was anticipated, Mr. Evsrett'o remarks wore entirely of a pacific character. Ke repeated that Great Britain was desirous of abandoning tha IJosquito protectorate : that she had already conceded several important points in order to settle the difficulties that have grown up with regard to Central America ; that it is of vita] interest to the English, to tho commercial and manufacturing classes especially, to p/eserve amicr.blo relations with this country, and for that reason, if for no other, their raters would never again concent '0 breat the bonds of friendship. ° Ths navigation of tho North River and Lake Eric had been resumed. Steamers bad already resumed their trips between Cleveland, Ashtabula, Erie, &c. The caloric ship Ericsson had been docked at Wiliiaraaburghj to prepare ior her trip to this country. — Livsrjsool ChrorAck, April 16.