The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-13 00:00:00

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AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA

The steamer Africa, Captain Shannon, arrived in
the Mersey yesterday afternoon, from New York,
with dates to the 30th ult., and 146 passengers
and 17044,558 dollars in specie.
The steamer Persia had arrived out, and in re-
ference to her passage our private correspondent
Writes :—" The New York morning papers are un-
fair in the report of the Persia's arrival here She
arrived
on Monday night at the Light-ship, and
anchored there at 9.30, making the run in nine
lay eleven hours mean-time. She arrived in the
river on Tuesday morning at 5.30, and thus corn-
Pleted the voyage in nine days nineteen hours
tnean-time.,,

The
steamer Erricson was passed by the Africa
Being into New York, which vessel also passed the
City of Baltimore on the 4th of May.
The commercial accounts are satisfactory. The
tirepean advises had imparted greater confidence
44 the cotton market, and with a good business,
Prices had improved from an eighth to a quarter
eent per pound. The markets for breadstuffs were
heavy, and prices on the decline. Money was in
had
demand, but the supply being equal, there
'ned been no change in the rates of interest. There
was Eli fair amount of business doing in stocks, at
full rates. The demand for foreign exchange had
been very active, and a very large business was
Ilene for remittance by the Africa. In consequence
the quotations on London had advanced, and
benle bankers demanded 110.
~.News had been received at New York of a
'rtght fulmassacre of Americans at Panama, on the
15th ult. The cause of the terrible affray was a
disPute between an American and a native respect-
ing the payment for some fruit. Weapons were
displayed and acts of force resorted to by these
parties, which led, in a few minutes, to an almost
general. rising of the natives against the American
!)assengers by the Cortes, the J. L. Stephens and the
Illinois, who were stopping at Panama, The two
hetels, outside the walls of the town, most
frequented by Americans, the Pacific and the
9cean House, were completely destroyed, and it
's believed that more than sixty passengers were
killed,; Thirty-one bodies of Americans who fell
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the melee were collected at the railway depot
and other places the next morning, before the rest
of the passengers took their departure for Aspinwall.
.43 many 'of the Americans fled to the woods,
Where the firing continued during the night, it is
believed that the number killed will prove to be
-quite large, from sixty to seventy being the number
131)°Iien of. Not contented with this savage act
of murder, the natives broke into the rail_
IN' depot, robbed the safes of the company,
and rifled the trunks and other baggage of the
tiassengers. The police force of Panama, a set of
eoloured soldiers, well armed, were sent by the
authorities to quell the riot, but instead of pro-
_
teetin g the Americans against their savage
~ssailants, they were foremost in the attack upon
them and exceeded the cowardly natives in their
a-
ctivity in plundering.
A We have further important news from Central
.I,l_inerica. Another desperate battle has been
`,9,..aght between the Costa Rican troops and.
walker's forces, and Rivas has again been a battle-
ground. It seems that the Costa Ricans, some
Jaee thousand strong, had taken possession of
Rivas, and that on the fith of April General
Walker,
at the head of about six hunctred
4rericars, endeavoured to dislodge them. The
11, t lasted some seventeen hours, at the end of
• ..-(eh time Walker was compelled to retire, it is
ciald, for want of ammunition. The New York papers
Publish a very long account of the engagement,
e'en by el Nicarayuense, Walker's organ, and
.A.?.eording to that paper it would appear that the
ilearaguan arms had achieved a great victory,
, this is undoubtedly,a partial view. A news-
paper correspodent from the seat of war tells a
kill? different story. The number of Costa Ricans
ei, ed (given by the Nicaraguense at 600) is con-
itilkierably reduced, while the number of Americans
oveed ia increased to 150. It is admitted, more-
irk en all sides, that the Costa Ricans remained
a,opossession of the field. According to latest
th,°ll,nts, they were at Virgin Bay, and even
thZning Granada. The transit, too, was in
oa4e' hands, and a number of passengers who left
t.otu, York in the Orizaba had been compelled to
_
reeicr All accounts represent that the American
nts in Nicaragua were in imminent danger
of their lives. President Mora, of Costa Rica, had
sailed a decree declaring that foreign prisoners,
Tl,rl With arms, should be punished with death.
4,1,'s threat had already been put into execution,
v"hq. the men who were captured in the affair at
134,1„e11 Schlessinger commanded have been bar-
trlinTl,BlY massacred. Colonel Wheeler, U.S.
ke-;sier, has written a strong letter to President
lAraila On this subject. In this affair of Rivas,
eildher's men displayed the greatest courage and
tivftrance, but courage and endurance are of little
45 the the odds that the enemy can bring
deans field. It is alleged, moreover, that by
aßee„,° of intercepted correspondence, it has been
to .‘atned that the British Government has agreed
to „furnish the Costa Ricans with arms and money
is c;arrY on the war. Be this true or not, one fact
'-tain, that a British frigate is now at San Juan
Norte for the purpose of intercepting reinforce-
Rre,,,,talor Walker. Altogether the prospects of the
fort: nllibuster is cloudy, and unless the tide of
turns, strongly in his favour, his rule in
tt-Vtgua will soon be brought to an end. If there
Aan„„../. truth in the rumoured alliance of the Central
c
an States against the existing authorities of
as a-,.:ragna, the downfall of Walker may be regarded
p„ event of all others the most probable.
obt4.ern Canada we learn that a project is on foot to
• for „til from the Canadian Parliament, a charter
e 112% line of railway from Quebec, on the north
th;'ore, to the St. Lawrence to Montreal, thence
'or (1)1,g,11 the valley of the Ottawa River, via Bytown
The ..t.a
wa City, Pembroke, &c., to Georgian Bay.
the
was conceived by the Hon. Joseph
Lea °n, Commissary-General, of the Crown.
aere,B',.and contemplates a grant of three million
the 1,--O°E Public lands, to aid in the construction of
11Y. of public
theaav arrival of the steamship Texas, we have
to thes.from Vera. Cruz to the 22d, and Mexico
Peaceerl9th April. The country was in a more
(!apit.lll state, and communication between the
Tare:`, and other places was uninterrupted.
to/41'; had escaped in disguise on board the
%'tizlB,,u, war ship Penelope, having reached Vera
,Pertv disguised as a diva man. The church pro-
eii)hwe„",an, been finally seized by the military, the
}laid ia,"ving refused to surrender it up. It is
too ~,;,,tat he
'uu° d I had previously offered Comonfort
evoked. ° 8 to have the decree of confiscation

4T.IVIEW OF THE NEW YORK MARKETS.
For Three Days Preceding.
_, The , COTTON.
°urin, rriand Which has existed for cotton in l this market
4av ° tue Past six weeks has continue., and uy
4:1„, five or . , . .
()No, " With great difficulty in obtaining their requirements,.
'th;ph° ti° the moderate stock on hand and the indifference with
to i''' he have supplied the market. Prices are again le
toi;r„,,D4 lb higher, the quotations annexed being raised to
Nitlie to the sales made during the last day or two. I
i1,40i,,,:a.,e,t2h2e sales for the week at 8,000 bales, the clearances
1.4RD'1,-:e 4itne have been—to Liverpool, 4,998 ; Havre, 343 ;
; Bremen 407 ; Antwerp, 357 ; Hamburg, 73.
-,t', 6;900 bales. '
hale:3Y telegraph the following has been received "
°deans, April 26th : Receipts for the week, 23,000
I,ooo'.anle week last year, 40,000. Sales for thevecfkr,
the we, ,_, and to-dav, ") 000. Exports to Great Britain o.
*--0 '''', 30,50 P ; 'Pra'nce, 7,000: Prices firm as follows .
Nair.' rdinary, 10c per lb ; low middling 103 c to 101 c;
Poii leg, 11c to 111 c; good middling, 11-1-c to llic. Freight
:41)001 dull, at 5-16 d. Exchange on London, 91 to 971
cent.
taus, lie; April 26th : Receipts for the week, 8,000 bales;
°tut to week last year, 18,000. Sales for the week, 14,000;
le Li74:13'1'02;500. Middling, 101-c to 101 c per lb. Freight
TtLeerl'eel, 5-1. Exchange on London, 91 per cent.
Wing 15 a, statement of the movement in cotton