The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-28 00:00:00

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LATER FROM THE
UNITED STATES.

ARRIVAL OF THE KANGAROO

I,;3he screw-steamer Kangaroo, Captain R. Ewing,
41ch sailed from Philadelphia on the 13th inst.,
btered the Mersey at ten o'clock last night,
Z"lging 120 passengers, and a large and valuable

this arrival we have one days later news.
I.'llaspecting the voting for the Presidential
eetlon, further returns had been received from
the more distant parts of the Union, but the
te„n'ral result remained for the most as reported
J.,.,the Asia's advices.
e' especting the construction of the Buchanan
"inet the United States Gazette of the 13th
sags

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bib first movement of Mr. Buchanan—the formation of
48(icabinet—will go
are to very far
be relied on. to show whether
If such hisa
mantas
Vim conservatism
e• Marcy is to hold the office of Secretary of State, and
toell equally able and learned—if such can be found—are
fill the other cabinet places, much will at once be done
tt, still the waves of sectional strife. An abler Secretary
7,41 Mr. Marcy it would, indeed. be hard to find. His
ree;nrre.spondence on the Enlistment difficulty must ever
Vein a monument to his learning and intellectual force.
is that correspondence less marked for its dignity
Is (ourtesy ; and in most favourable contrast, indeed,
tt to some of the letters of Lord Clarendon. We should
t oPIY rejoice to see such a cabinet formed. We
",(1 heartily rejoice to see the incoming Administra-
the enter on such a course as would give peace to
are country, and permanency to our institutions. We
the Prepared to yield our support to any moderate
wbasures which do not assail those principles
lit Leh lie at the bottom, not only of our government, but
&„,,`"e foundation of all civilisation. Mr. Buchanan will
his account in sustaining these principles; if he do
that
they will inevitably sweep him away with a power
"‘ cannot be resisted. Truth, like the Hellespont, never
rues backward. Some whirl or eddy on the surface of
4 e,eurrent may deceive the partial observer of events,
lead him to suppose that the tide has turned, and
1,,,,5t
era he calls a reaction has set in; but the course of the
C is still onward, and they will have vent, though
oft'Y rend to pieces all obstacles. We sincerely trust that
kf such flood will overtake the administration of Mr.
wiu eanan. We trust his voyage may be with favouring
I,,plis over a summer sea; but he can only escape ship-
the and ruin by taking for his chart the fair warning
eople have given him in this fall of 1856.
11..k;Pater advices from California, via New Orleans,
or been telegraphed to the Philadelphia papers
kr the 13th inst. The accounts which they contain
lire rather fuller than those previously received.
TehaPPend the despatches in question—
lie,s_e San Francisco papers, received by the steamer
•4ft7e, ssee, are filled with the discussions upon the topic
tile !'„e Presidency, as well as political matters generally in
state, but it is next to i npossible to judge therefrom
Rh" Chances appeared the best in the Presidential
krilfgle. There were prospects of heavy rains in different
t h'eus of the State, which, it was believed, would insure
trireaPerous season at the mines. Trouble had
tide
between the settlers of Menderns county and
Litt' ndians, growing out of the latter stealing
111 .e from the former. The whites had started
eoti Pursuit of the thieves, and, at last ac-
ofttihts,, they were not only overtaken, but fifty
leei"'r number killed. The jury, in the case of ex-col.
cop
uFr
aromond, of Maryland, had again failed to agree,
itto4,,were discharged. The accusation against Mr. Ilam-
tiettg Was the embezzlement of the public funds, while
144 rikg as Collector of the Port of San Francisco.
'eope,.ll comment is made in the papers upon the Arizonia
Per mines, which were being worked with great
lio.,„"tY, and from which a large quantity of rich ore had
44; taken. A fresh impetus had been given to trade,
11i4„stramense quantities of goods were being transported
tierl.Banand is Francisco into the interior. The receipts of
"'„(,e at San Francisco during the fortnight ending
141 e 40th, had been light. Among the deaths noticed in
1:14 is that of Mr. John Briggs, a brother of the ex-
,ernor of Massachusets.
'leneral Walker had appointed Fermin Ferres, a
ativ to tie Nicaraguan, as minister from that country
ok:Lie United States. Colonel Wheeler, the Ameri-
iti, Minister, was still in poor health, and was
s.elit to return home. The prospects of General
i;rtliker in Nicaragua were highly flattering, and
'bogie accessions to his forces had been made,
1)4 from New York and New Orleans. A num-
‘ll recruits had also joined his army from
1.
44 ornia. There had, however, been no further
Prolng, and it was the general impression that a
4i„se'aniation of Peace would be issued at no
-41 n,. day.
rater news had reached the United States from
a
coav, nnah, but they are devoid of any political or
'lraercial importance.