The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-15 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.

Shane royal mail steam-ship Africa, Captain Neil
f,,erntela, entered the Mersey yesterday morning
4,7 New York, whence she sailed on the 3rd inst.
ato'lePorts the arrival of the Persia (s.), Captain
aftte"4l:ll3, at that port, on the morning of the 3rd,
passage of eleven days.
Rods Africa brings 81 passengers, the usual mails,
Pecie on freight amounting to 680,949 dols.
ihe es affairs at New York were very quiet
asvvlllll°rleY market was in much the same position
ker the Baltic sailed; the demand for corn-
caliefial Paper was active, but the arrival of the
tub ?rnia steamer, and the disbursements from the
the'Ereasury, prevented any material changes in
doe,Te of interest. Loans on call were .
days date to 9 per cent. Prime bills, 60 to 90
eo7cib"-,,
„, 5, to 91 and 10 per cent. Other
larkos, at 9 to 12 per cent. The Cotton
Ar~was steady, and there was not any
arty to sell. Breadstuffs were easier to buy,
Ver sPeeulators had ceased to operate. Provisions
base good request, and the supplies of pork and
omen having fallen off, prices had an upward ten-
tat eY• Freights to England were more active, and
illsa for grain slightly advanced.
44„ e general news by the Africa, which is fou.r
tile,'" later than that received per the Baltic, is
i'LeWhat interesting and important.
A' ie extra session of the United States Congress
adjourned; The Senate had passed the Army
ittlPrepriation Bill without the House proviso,
I)°siog certain limitations on the Executive
Beecting the disposition that should be made of
linited States troops in the territory of Kansas.
e1,148.:5/ here remark, that the proviso in question,
Lillrha•i?ritY of the House of Representatives,
aohghtLtB protracted contest with the Senate, had
reg'it to affix to the army bill as a condition
Senate Passage, which condition, however, the
ha-;'°' in the exercise of its independent
h'ulent, refused to accept, and, in con-
becteelace of such disagreement between the two
tiesi.ea, the bill not only failed at the late long
tz,,i,sl.", but it appeared not impossible in the
e[,'•ll:)4 of many that Congress, even in its extra
atip,l.,°.c, convened for the especial purpose of voting
adjov,les for the army, would be compelled to
aece:ril again without accomplishing that most
Z414,111'3' object; for, after repeated attempts by
v0te7,84 conference to reconcile the disagreeing
been' ef the two houses, it seemed for a time to
act de y more only onl and more manifest that each
t
.ermined, in obedience to party fealty, pride
PosiVuloti, or conviction of duty, to adhere to its
latnidt?n, a determination strengthened on the one
thine by the consciousness of prerogatives to be main-
Ivrotl"' and quickened on the other by a feeling of
might to be redressed, even though the remedy
the A; Seem to be extreme. Alluding to the matter,
eiv York Daily Times says :
IN:Pro-slavery party has again tinumphad. The Presi:
krbav 114 Senate have carried th6r point, and the federal
Rov4,,lnaV still be employed—at the expense of the federal
pdidragooning the inhabitants of kansas into
Irift-!ce to the infamous laws of the sham legislature.
r4a/V,elitilt, it shoul,,ii be understood, was reached by the
tfoti,r4of the Fillmore and Buchanan members of the
4;01111(1°f ,Itelreeaentatives. Every republican stood his
Lst'Att the Pillmore men, with Solomon G. Haven,
`treyo;4, They, and Humphrey Marshall, at their head,
Nit th'ltetr strength into the pro-slavery scale, and thus
411 and Lanny of the renublic again at the service and corn-
:t leas the border ruffians of Missouri. Yet these men—
,,,‘o be- ',lose of them who are from the Free States—claim
Aar% l'PPonents to slavery extension—opponents of the
."I,ski-,B,.l"°liey of the administration, and in favour of
'"-ansas a Free State. The result shows how little
luey to be relied on in any emergency, and how certain
,I)tirlei,'ett when the time of trial comes, to surrender the
444,4'P'es they and throw the victory into the
r, hods profess,
•r the slave-holding power. This coalition in
resil ss is only the precursor of wb.at we shall see in the
tf ental canvass. There is not one among the leaders
Nett Fillmore party, North or South, who
lhey ablt'js the slightest hope of his election. But
tto fe,iieve that his vote may be so managed
iciachas'illavtde the North, and thus aid the election of Mr.
°lltber It is already perfectly apparent that, in the
rkh, States, the Fillmore movement is purely a political
Chas tie use,
tnhits object is merely to encourage the belief in
eru States that he has a party in the South,—and
:1104, rezto of from Fremont in the Free States votes
F° mac,o elect Mr. Buchanan. It is now becoming difficult
efor;rl„taln the Fillmore organisation at the South ;—and,
„Lue day of election arrives, the great body of the
I,,mish vote in every Slave State will be secured for
'44-'l3' The leaders of that party at the North are
itrsotilt.l4 °IT. Silver Grey Pro-Slavery Whigs. They have
innn, . 0 this new organisation for the purpose of con-
itil , and of nQin it to prevent the success of Free-
‘4l,e Thep stand ready to transfer their party to
14Y erae-"'"erY candidate whenever it shall appear that
eoaliti-la thus render their suort the most effective. The
co4,lteae etween the Fillmore and Buchanan parties has
'ecler3' "ntneneed. Its first effect has been to arm the
)lol'he IE3II troop,
for another Pro-Slavery crusade in Kansas.
th:per ruffians are indebted to Mr. Fillmore's friends
The ittlelY aid they will thus receive.
?Vet, irialnount of estimates or appropriations lying
Ino4 the
Quarter-Master General's Department,
11111, :equenee of the delay in passing the Army
il'o,ttiiii%.teiaoenhsed about 1,500,000 dols, for which
have been drawn, and will be
LfrobaWo,l% transmitted. Orders had been received
't11,0,17.‘) Ordnance department for the resumption
'tt.dt'ie-t;Verl,the armories and arsenals, where it was
rt°.
11,3'att., A vvashington we are informed that Messrs.
'etnild',ll37 and Daniels, the sub-National Kansas
eN, Lee' had had a conference'. with the Presi-
Dolia,, and re
1?ort that he justified his general
aneartesBing his belief that if the inhabitants
11,8,E,1 anxiolinaci been more anxious for peace and
h° been.-3„about their institutions, there would
colbaiti uo trouble. He does not think. that
ahe,,veot 1.1, of things in the Territory is such as
te"..." (.117%-tobtaining of justice in the Courts,
„i_utitutiona,ua!tt the possession of arms is thee
r4'lged him; right of all American c t ens H.
Bho elf that the invasion of the Tenet-
ud be vented, come from whatever
tettltlhar4r the prevented,
,night,and declared that actual
.11101ilds ~s-°llid have a fair election. though it
'``t ect to rd the entire force of the Govern-
4for. secure it ; ex ressed his determination to
Dowoee the Territorial laws ;said he had no
ert••,l t° Protect
aims.ory, at td emigrants on their way_ to the..
thatdeN they must rely upon the civil
rtes,
watial e at Congress has adjourned, the Presi-
Rle arnPaign was the chief topic of discussion.
tilbjoi„(111 from our files of New York papers the
Ri,'ed Political items :
1,11g1a,,4,11.4 Fremont mass meeting for all New
"It to be held on Boston Common on the
Geo,, this month.
fsaid • Houston, in a speech in the Senate,
e,,, • "
LY --tleY tell me that if Fremont is elected,
t.,e't,.Aito'Ll°ll,,sand bayonets will bristle about the
tN44`",at the South, in fact, will secede. Mr.
,lther scorn the suggestion ! There will be
%Joie uristling
the "I Preni, bayonets nor secession.. If
).e People, t, at shall be elected by a majority of
I,rset'eet the rnisircugh I am not his supporter, I shall
I as thle°critY of the people; and to Colonel
tant- PaY my 1„11)ef Magistrate of their choice,.
co Political -2Oct and homage." An impor-
uricord, N. u e—n?nstration had been held at
tw rBllant to a call he home of President Pierce.
fit Qthr)f thou Dern Bigned by one hundred and sixty-
last pre., 7°erats who voted for Franklin Pierce
fa of those election, interspersed with not
Toeti" for sTe who voted at the last State
eeting was •ri°llll S. Wells for Governor,
°n ear, eld at Rumford Hall, at which the
-L'Arnocratic Fremont Club, No. 1," was
tie,o,
obieeording to the constitution of the
tec4oeacy%l:B to promote the true principles of
Prellre the ei_ `l.. by every honourable exertion to
4A.srden:ction of John C. Fremont to the
!siclen4 William L Dayton to the Vice-
t,:he theton United States. A correspondent
4„_uirant 'Journal, commenting upon this im-
" "iovenient, says --" We have already
114*-1 roore Democ •
the'L'uer °f all the 'rats in Concord,
than the total
he, State,,.Buchanan Whigs heard from in
kill at An immense Republican meeting was
thOn,„l, c,urnond, Ind to hear Cassius M. Clay.
all -se tile notice was short, and rains fell nearly
i'ver;Y' bete
eight and ten thousand persons
liferia the eneti The streets were full of citizens
Tnill'Bebaeh,
ags"°llring towns, who came in on
10
tills
was a was
line
all kinds of vehicles.
of waggons, two miles
Iva4°' fill], of people.continuousS
iFqo.llever witnessed in eh
astern enthusiasm, it is said,.
Indiana, even in
Lela We also observe that meetings have been
Otherlll Chicago, Connecticut Pennsylvania, and
quart- ers, which were numerously attended,