Stansbury, Esq., agent of the
Central Committee of Washington. The tender of the authorities of
Southampton, offering the use of that port, with free transportation of
the goods to Vauxhall, London, has been accepted by the Secretary of
State.

There have been several serious wrecks, with loss of life, on the
Atlantic coast and the Mississippi river. The steamboat America, which
left Wilmington, N.C., on the fourteenth of January, for Mobile,
foundered on the 29th. The schooner Champion, of Boston, picked up one
boat's crew, containing six men. A second boat, containing ten men, was
picked up by the schooner Star, and taken to Washington. A third boat,
containing six men, has not been heard from. The steamer John Adams, on
her way from New Orleans to Cincinnati, struck on a snag in the
Mississippi river, on the morning of January 27th. The cabin parted from
the hull, which went down in sixty feet water. Out of 230 cabin and deck
passengers, firemen, and crew, 123 were lost, of whom 82 were German and
Irish emigrants, and returning Californians. On the ninth of February,
the steamer Autocrat, from New Orleans to Memphis, came in contact with
the steamer Magnolia, coming down the river, and sank instantly. Thirty
lives were lost.

A calamitous fire took place at New Orleans, on the eighteenth of
January, destroying the magnificent St. Charles Hotel, together with two
churches and several other buildings. The total loss is about $500,000,
less than half of which was covered by insurance. Jenny Lind arrived at
New Orleans from Havana on the 8th of February. Her reception was in the
highest degree enthusiastic. Her first concert took place on the 10th,
the receipts therefrom amounting to $20,000. The first ticket was
purchased for $240 by a New Orleans hatter, the fortunate drawer of
Powers' Greek Slave in the Cincinnati Art Union.

Two more of the unfortunate Hungarian refugees have reached this city:
Captain Eduard Becsey, who served during the war as adjutant to General
Bern, and Lieutenant Aurel Kiring. Captain Becsey was taken prisoner by
the Russians, and carried to Kiev, on the Dneiper, where he was detained
a year. After being released, he made his way to the Mediterranean, and
obtained a passage to New-York.

Our latest news from Eagle Harbor, the port of the mining region on Lake
Superior, state that the propeller Independence, which had just taken
on board her last cargo of copper for the season, was blown on