Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-28 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA.

poke Am •
a has arrived. ,She sailed from New
..esterOn the 16th instant, and entered the Mersey
ctliday forenoon, with 45 passengers and 55,000
Balta'" sPe3ie; and four days later news. The
Pelt 10 arrived at New York on the 14th, and the
..a.ia on the 15th instant.
Ate following is an ample summary of the news
to bald.
r correspondence from Washington, contains
itternis of the settlement agreed upon between
eGo new Grenadian Minister and` he American
wernaienl.
New Granada regrets the Panama
;bacre, and promises to punish the offenders
ouit.en convicted. A commission is to pass upon all
froiras of American citizens, against New Granada,
nllBlB down to the Panama riot. One-half the
;lll:annually paid by the Panama Railroad Com-
balY is to go towards satisfying the claims. The
privilege
for ancecf the claims is to be otherwise provided
The United States Government is allowed the
of purchasing an island in the Bay of
itie4rna for a coal depot;' and American citizens
br..‘, Mails are to be exempt from annoying and op-
' brae taxes on the transit of the Isthmus.
thein election of Governor took place in Maine on
Be, 4411. The partial returns received indicate the
eeBB of Morrill, the republican candidate, though
election last
majority, as compared with the
59,11°4 last year.
44'1,e Secretary of the Treasury has just rendered
ittef irnportant. decision with reference to the
ti•Rcling of illegally collected duties, by which
t,, 18 believed large sums will be saved to the
Leu,actiry
tonwebave a despatch from Kansas, dated Lecomp-
' 8-la inst., announcing the organization of the
Called
to form a State constitution. It is also
ca4llled that the President of the convention, Mr..
raittlianan,i_in his address, favoured the plan of sub-
tor the constitution to the people of the terri-
'cr ratification.
„; letter from the parish of Plaquemines,
tii3-8-'llla, in the New Orleans Picayine, says that
toefl'ugar Planters of that state will have no cause
ea,,,?lplain of this year's crop. The cane will
ee",.'llre earlier this 'season than uSual, and the
Market sugar will be manufactured and come into
11„4?Itet two or three weeks in advance of former
vBB,OB.
at
carP a• 1
casualties upon railroa7.s were becoming
I%le-erse ly frequent. An accident occurred on the
the euy Central Railroad, near Newmarket, on
tea evening of the 14th inst , owing to a farmer's
ere7„and a train of oars earning in collision at a
fibs g+ by which the driver of the team and
ehac breakmen were killed. A sad accident
troPePeeued on the Hudson River Railroad, near
that
Ferry, 'on the same. evening. It appears
i" !la 'Mrs. Smith, wire of Thomas Sinith, of
111. stings, was taking a walk on the track, with her
itpree children, she was sudlenly surprised by the
b,,Prc)ach of.the express train. One of the children
1.4'41, on danger,
the track and in Mrs. Smith
12,:th"g ed to its rescue, when the locomotive struck
mother and child and killed them.
for-f.„very severe hurricane had prevailed for some
th7;elght hours along the .southern coast of the
111-:ted Sates. Several vessels had been lost with
opt crews,- and a number had been driven ashore
th„'ea coast of North OarOlina. In the interior of
states of North Carolina and Southern Vir-
ie -4 the gale- was very severe. The telegraph
fs Were prostrated and railrOad travel suspended
isteri, the New York Law Courts several cases of an
see re description hid. been decided. There
iet 8 ,to be no end to the disputes concerning the
ree %Ins of the various acts of the L;quor Law
reeeerit'Y Passed by the New York Legislature. The
Of tieder had just rendered his decision in the case
.iks 4e iel S. Page, Secretary of Liquor Dealers'
bail station, who had been arrested ant held to
char f,lit the sum of $2OO, on an indictment
LiAt'r'g him with selling liquor on the. Sabbath,
Z.4)2,1,-11.bsequently surrendered by his barl and was
the
l'egar-tletl•cd to prison for the purpose of testing ,
of the indictment and amount of bail re-
tie. The recorder discharged the prisoner, on
dolia?!?und that the bail demanded (c.wo hundred
18cr ,t'J was contrary to section 16 of the. Excise
' tae sum being therein lined at $lOO. The
t'i'ler also .freely admits that the grand jury
I,t°'ey
no power whatever to find indictments under.
le law, only where a licensed party sells liquor on
Sundays in quantities less than five gallons—those
g without license only being liable to pay
of 50 dollars under section .13 of the act. In
theiitct:ll.necraluisiiioer:;ing recorder says "If upon this col-
the. question as to the validity of
l_e indictment could be entertained, I should not,
'"itate to discharge' the ! defendant upon the
Ugot)
unou that the offence charged was not indictable
•Cr the act." The district attorney immediately
Zi4,vo notice to the counsel for Mr. Pane that lie
eir°lll,l at' once apply to the Supreme Court, for a
befit of certiorari to review the proceediegs held
)re the recorder.
it, cfliir of The " bogus baby" was still occupy-
f"i6l Public attention. The New York grand jury had
11,•44,414.a true . charging- Emma Augusta Can-
frairti alms , Emma Augusta Burdell, with
beetiatLently producing .an infant, said to have.
tar,' I,fle product 'of a marriage with Dr. H.3rvey-
liktged, thereby intending to cheat the lawfui
bas t 0 tc the. Barthel estate. The Surrogate
nitia-17.44c a formal decree adverse to Mrs. Can
131411441'8 claim upon the estate of the late Dr.
be fast adjudged that letters of administration
• Cot:tiled to the said B urdell's. next of -kin. The
%in; ;also assessed the costs of the suit upon Mrs.
tit4l4,-tigham, stating . that the peculiar oir3um-
ICA' of the case justified such a course.
thatn,',re in South Norfolk, Conn., had destroyed the
Datecia,ctory of the Northway Manufacturing Com-
-1\72 tee loss being about 15,000 dollars.
li,ve take the following paragraph, from a late
Press, York paper The.. recent failures and
tag -Ire in the money market affect the receipt of
bu.isl the tax receiver's office, as well as affecting
Yest,4„e4ss generally. For the eight days clo sing
off; --;al7. during which tinie-the tax receiver s
bas't has been open, the aggregate sum pii.d in
fortheen 477,000 dollars, against 716,000 dollars
at corresponding period last year. Yesterday,
eityez-e, Comptroller's office, 700,000 dollars of the
Wa," 'indebtedness, in the form of revenue bonds,
13 redeernel
ttlarYv Way of New Orleans we have a brief sum-
pd news neWs from California, Central Ameriett
gists-le South Pacific. At San Francisco the
repu,its Were active. Hon. Edward Stanley, the
14 al, nominee 'for Gevernor of Califomia,
Coq so received the nomination of the Settler's
4iibeve?tinn. In anticipation of an attack from
cepe-es.'ers, Costa Rica has decreed the expected
t4o,,ltion Of General Walker ,to be piyatical, and
death participate in it will be pueished with
trite • A Congress of the Spanish-American
fir i 0 to be shortly held at San Jose.
jetit c have late news from Havannah. One of the
Whitee refeort an improvement financial affairs,
aq tfi 44 the other hand it is stated that business
Wor,l''' recovered from its late prostration, and the
• had not yet, been realised. The. crops
iiithe ifhout Cuba promise an abundant yield. In
(14iteerier the general health was considered as
at thesltisfactory, and no more sickness prevailed
Fro Ports than is usual at the season.
in nNassau, N.P., under date of the 24th ulto.,
Irtfli°,r.,,4_, that Colonel Wetherell, of the Ist West
there". l'eglrnent, commandiag the garrison, died
Weath Oer h the 21st. Nassau was healthy, the
was warm, and trade dull.
liBh9(ie letter
of a correspondent at Curacoa, pub•
s4lPor 11-1 a New York paper, contains some
44 1)t-rit news with -reference to the revolution in
gofin'lningo, and the progress of the strifenow
r„aritlri°4 between the partizans of ex-President
, 114(1 the government of President Baez
&tlete-te,cllll of Sahtana, who is in exile at St
bybis and his return to power, are demanded
etti
r,. ."• The Baez party, being hard pressed,
-led an alliance with the Haytien Emperor,
11,1 e, Who had despatched assistance to his
CA, VI war raged with much fury and bloodl
Curseoa, on the 26th` ult,, the weather