The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-20 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ERICSSON.

The United States mail steamer Ericcson, 11
passengers,
50,000 dollars in specie, and dates to
the oth instant, inclusive
The news by this arrival is two days later, and
Tcontains rather interesting intelligence.
e„Te firm of Messrs. Jacob Little and Co., of
_"` ail street, had failed. The magnitude of the
ogpera.tions of this concern in the stock market has
lent
it a world wide reputation, and the announce
unlent of the filure created quite a sensation
junnr-1 stock speculators. The failure is only on
jte stock contracts of the firm. All the other
e business goes on as usual, and the drafts of its
t3l37lol.b'eaSbninyn dente; were paid today. Mr. Little is
the oldest and was the most exten-
f.':) operator at the Stock Exchange. He has
I)ll`eci, we believe, twice before, but in each instance
andup every cent of his liabilities, principal
e'lu interest, long before the time requested on the
suspension required. In ell his dealings with
larked
the utmost liberality and generosity lilts
his conduct, and he will find now, as he
he
done before, that others will do unto him as
]('' has done unto them. The Stock Exchange will
master spirit in the retirement of Jacob
butaLittlese , itste m It is to be hoped that his absence will be
temporary and th,t a few days will see him
fire
in the harness with energies improved by
er., short rest from his labcurs.
eel.- he business transacted in either branch of
ths",ufzi ess was not of the slightest importance. In
ion ..tiase of Representatives,. when only about
tEtricinl ie ennat hers were present, it was thought that
democratic force had arrived to reconsider
vote refusing Whitfield his seat. It was soon
13_ ertni
fled by the Whitfield party to let the vote
taken and risk the consequences The opposi-
reel: joined issue, though doubtful of the result.
i;" • excitement now ran high, and every man was
by the leaders to stand to his desk, as a
ni"egie vote might turn the issue. The vote corn-
he n„ced, and was completed before any idea could
last
as to which party had won. The speaker
rEit announced the vote to be one hundred and
erlit flYes and one hundred and eleven nays—three
reconsider
against laying on the table the motion to
wrheider This was a test vote, and the struggle
as considered ended, when the scene suddenly
eLttinitted, and the farce was renewed by the republi-
be „8 refusing to take the vote to reconsider, and
I,l'a'aotious movements staving off any final action.
and
Beene now presented in the hall was ludierons
eh",,_ disgraceful in the extreme. The sudden
irt,u7l6 of parties in the play created excessive
th 41ter throughout the hall and galleries As
the delay would only strengthen the democrats,
ilextProposition to postpone until the Tuesday
was agreed to by them, and the curtain fell.
The executive documents which have been corn-
• 1111
beepttnieated to the Senate, but which have not yet
ordered to be printed, were being put.in type.
ru printed copies would be ready for distribution
.7 soon as the order for printing is made. As yet
Lusyare confidential.
The hail being cleared for members to select
ats as their names were drawn, the first name
drawn
e Was Whitfield, of Kansas. This was followed
by shouts and waving of hats from the lobbies and
D
7„ea,ueties. As the House had refused, however, to
teeruait Whitfield to be sworn, the Speaker decided
• pow,' not be permitted to take his seat.
According to the Pacific Railroad bill, we find
that the Southern route is to be laid out under the
direction of the States of Louisiana, Arkansas,
xlssouri, Texas and California. But the central
einri northern lines are given directly to certain
ti'lroad companies therein specified. Thus the
central railroad and all its branches is handed
Over to the road included in the above list. And
Pe northern route is granted to the Northern
2 ,_kes and Pacific Railroad Company, of
Which Alexander Ramsay is President, and to
theirassociates, successors' and assigns. All these
,`)rnpanies are already, the recipients of lands from
'oneress, and the attempt is now made to extend
their grants (which have taken up all the public
lands within the States) to the Pacific, so as to give
them,,, all the lands in the Territories and the vast
Plain lying on either side of the Rocky Mountains.
lu all the previous grants, single alternate sections
V"el donated. In the Pacific Railroad scheme,
alternate sections, twenty sections deep are given,
nineteen times more land to each mile ; and it
is further provided that if in any place where the
loads run, good land cannot be found, the companies
11411 select from the nearest lands of better quality.
. The laid to be thus donated amounting to
ieetween onelhundrei and fifty, and four hundred
of acres, does not include the branches
a ebeil
vhhe "vicled for, and which will swell the aggregate as
,
mentioned to to five hundred million acres .
1,
also provides that the government shall
4137 five hundred dollars per mile, per annum, for
`'frying the mails for ten years, being five
millions two hundred and sixty thousand dollars
It year, or an absolute guarantee for the ten years
of
Sr, addition
two million six hundred thousand dollars,
addition to the grant of five hundred million''' res of land.
h Prom Washington we learn that instructions had
"n sent out to the new commissioner at Bogola.
ir°ra these instructions we learn that he i 3 to
literate the' demand already made by Judge
N`:%°l4l for indemnity to the sufferers by the
trnarn a riot, and will ask for a proposition from the
niew Grenadian government for a final settlement
bothe mail transit question, for which a respectable
nits will
atuon b© paid, and will insist upon some sub
7-antial security for the transit across the Isthmus
ature
A curious fact had lee,ked out in connec-
v'
en-1 With the Isthmus, which, according to the
York Herald,
eliTust have had something to do with Mr. Commissioner
Ileawi,us'a grand filibuster rtconnnendation to seizd it. Mr.
dm „ice
g'69 has more peaceful intentions than Mr. Corinne,
to ents that Marcy should bay the Isthmus, pay fibre or
Tvedema ,
wn and call it Uncle Sam's half-way ouse.
IA 'II would be a capital scheme, only it won't work. Let
eiinsee the Panama Railroad Company has some seven or
eisee millions invested there, avid the stock is at 99—it has.
gegn a little since the publication of the message ; bat if this
ee":„arntnent could be brought to bear the expense and
Aloe of keeping the niggers quiet on the Isthmus,
Aloe knows how high Panama stock might not go ?
erereeeer, the company hold large grants of land that
an n"' absolutely worthless, but they would b
make
ind, excellent speculation if the United States could only e
is teed to seize or buy the Isthmus. This Panama scheme
Btta wall street idea, and exhibits all the points of a Wall
14: to plan. It is only
.a prelude to the earning battle
.ell all the various interests of the Isthmus routes
hick`ll°N7 centre in that delightful locality. Mr. Hoagly
ie0:;441, sballine the forces of the Panama route; garrison
jt : Morgan are backing up Walker and the Nicaragua
e,,i; whose flank is protected by our old friend George
Tel; while Col. Sloo and Major Harris are recruiting for
t ItantePec. Among these contestants for the travel and
}riler between the 4flantic and the Pacific, Coin. Vauder-
e, .sseuas just now to be like an Arab, his hand being
lintelsll4lnst every man, and every man's hand against bim ;
la an old Wall s'reet schemer, and will fall into
pmewhere before the fight is over. -We have every
"4491ce that he will come in for a share of the spoils,
In an
, article on the French exiles now arrived
in New York, a journal of that city says:—
"e hare seen and conversed with some of these young
professions
and have obtained a complete list of their names and
e, together with an acceemt of. the cause fht
banishment upon the island from which theyhave just
VsCaPed. The number escaped is twenty-seven. Of these
4:7 perished in the mud and mire of the coast of -Guyvvt,
zo-ing refused assistance and aid by the Dutch Commandant.
rams
of these unfortunate men was Pianori, brother of the
otre Pianori who was guillotined at Paris for an
ba..e°Vt upon the life of Louis Napoleon. The cause of his
that
to Cayenne was for his being the brother of
%shot w°11.1(1-be regicide. The name of the ether individual
Perished so miserably was Bakenski, a Pole. Re was
eirested
18,, immediately after the coup d'etat of November 2,
becauseothers of their known republic in sentiments. With many
at tileseStr74,kae
nndskiwas imprisoned in the military dungeons
d'lory. He is spoken of by his surviving
n:lPA:lions as a noble hearted man, of fine, generous, senti-
inenfa, much beloved by all who knew him, but—and hew
ern sufferings--an ardent republican. For this he was
erisoned at Paris, afterwards at Cayenne, where, in
attempting_ to escape,. he last his life a martyr to liberty.
Carolina
have been introduced in the South
Legislature deprecating the continual