The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-02 00:00:00

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AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ERICSSON.

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The Royal Mail Steamship Ericsson, Captain
Lowber, which sailed from New York on the 17,th
nit., arrived here at one, o'clock yesterday after-
in°ola, bringing seven passengers and a usual mail,
put no specie. The City of Washington had arrived
at New York just as the Ericsson was taking her
departure.

terrific gale
passage the Ericsson encountered a
gale from the northeast, with hitter cold
Weather; part of one of the paddle boxes was
injured, which was the only damage sustained.
Prone the 22nd to the 29th ult. she experienced
verY fine weather. The screw steamer, Erneu,
'Bich sailed from Havre on the 29th December,
sarived at New York on the 16th ult.
BY this arrival we have four 'days later papers
thou those brought by the steamship Niagara.
Congress continued in session, but ehere was
`,(,)t any business of importance transacted. From
I,ashiagtou we learn that there was no truth what-
ever in the rumour as announced by the last
foreign advices received in the United States, of
a Proposition having beenmade by the Uuited States
touching the settlement of pending European diffi-
culties; nor had any been made by any of the Euro-
Peon Powers to the United States touching the settle-
ment of those difficulties. • Mr. Fay had, how-
ewer, kept the United States administration fully
Vivisect relative to events in Switzerland, and it
'maid be willing at any time to interpose its good
'4fices in behalf of Switzerland, so far as propriety
48(1 the national policy of non-interference of
dinerican policy in European affairs would admit.
RespeCting the subject of ocean mail steamers
we are informed that it engaged the attention toot
°°lY of the house committee on the post office and
Post roads, but other members of Congress. The
°ricatnittee, it is said, are by no means agreed as to
what they will recommend upon the subject. The
'erits of each proposed line will, it is ascertained,
T,la
" duly weighed andmonsidered. One of the corn-
Inittee had stated as his opinion that they would
report a bill authorising the contracts for carrying
the mails in ocean steamers to be given out to the
lowest bidder.
•A resolution had been adopted calling on the
secretary of the treasury to report how much the
annual income would be reduced in each case by
remitting one fifth, one fourth, and one third of
:the
Present tariff duties. The discuseion of the
:4rilf bill was occupying the attention of the house
ftthe exclusion of almost every other topic. The
"ill was the " order" in the committee of the
Whole house, a number of speeches having
been deliverea without the least reference being
H'a'le to the subject.
Respecting the treaty between the United States
and the Sandwich Islands, a Washington corres-
Pendent, under date of January 14. writes thus e
The Reciprocal Convention, negotiated by Secretary
Marcy with the Sandwich Islands, is now before the Senate
f°, ratification. The treaty is of more importance to both
goernments than would at first appear by a casual glance
at v
its provisions. Indeed it is of more importance to the
'cited States than to the islanders. The following are its
,eading features:—lt is understood by its provisions +hat
'ember coal, fish, and flour, the same being the growth
°l' Produce of the United States, are to be admitted into
ill the ports of the Sandwich Islands free of duty. There
!,re also other articles of minor consequence. The trade in
e leading articles on the free lists is increasing rapidly,
and is Principally with California, Oregon and Washington
The
and they are receiving great advantage from it.
important articles to be received into our ports free of
uuti are the growth or produce of the islands, such as sugar,
zoolasse9 and wool ; but at present the importation is very
ismall•t is amuse, the belief of the islanders that the free
adm
ission of those articles into cur ports will give a stimulus
to their production. It is said that some portion of the
!ler Produced there, is of a very superior quality, and so is
!I:it' coffee. The wool, being much coarser,-as it is in all
Itrt Pical climates, cannot compete with our fine qua'ities in
least, but will rather promote their consumption. The
to
ovement of that group of islands is especially important
1-sitaa'teioin: o
navigation and commerce of the country. Their
Peculiarly favourable for the accommodation
(:) ff the navigation of the Pacific, not only for the navigation.
frotmbe
thegreatwhaling, fleet, whal
"t but for all other vessels bound
those coast of America to -China and India, and
SeereiP -sing' between San Francisco, Oregon, and Puget's
this
home and Anat. Oil and the Pacific Ocean. Aside from
devy _-which is very importint to shipowners—
theeetr bea
a very
important trade kith the west coast of
_the IJtiited Stetete All this business is now very largely in
the hands of Americans ; and so is the sugar growing and
g:64iqg—and any advantages extending to the islands, must
JeSult very favourably to oar own peop!e, who reside or' do
ho;TIQSS there.
The election of a senator for the state of Pennsyl-
vaeia has resulted in the defeat of Mr. Buchanan's
Mr. Forney; and it was reported at
insVashington that the result has caused a deep
,
PI ession on the minds of even the most conser-
vative Southern men. They see in this result a
slmPle confirmation of the apprehensions enter-
tained in regard to the means used in Pennsylvania
10, carry the Presidential election, and no assurances
dshake the fixed impression that the southern
elegates must fall back as a unit upon their
follow rights, allowing the President elect to
be low his own inclinations. No doubt there will.
ra caucus of the Southern members, or something
0,8,10. to it, for the purpose of keeping aloof from
„'"'"! cabinet combinations. It was asserted with
Znfidenee that Mr. Forney will be placed either in
cabinet or in charge of the government organ.
'f) to this time there has been an unusual amount
of good will and disposition to compromise among '
‘4
o Nithern men. Now they are unanimous in their
ti,eitermination to leave nothing more to an uncer-
thtitY• What they before desired as a courtesy,
the
now demand as a right. It is stated upon
ijoe very best means of information, that there is
t
single state rights democrat in Congress who
1)4 Laccept any cabinet appointment under Mr.
aa,e,""an, unless the constitutional platform of the
ae:`:v is clearly reflected throughout, so far as the
Vh is concerned.
etoll„?re is not much general miscellaneous
At-'genee in the papers brought by the Ericsson.
eh:s'ew York the committee appointed by the
the of of Commerce to welcome the officers of
Tier British frigate Retribution in a proper mane
las',,held a meeting on the 16th ult., in the
ees,-4rance Buildings, Wall street, when it was
las-°unced that there was some doubt as to
eaeethea the British frigate would accompany
Train Hartstein, as reported. Mr. Henry
h'llnell had received a despatch from Mr.
tit,4l,as, of the State Department, informing him
Hartstein would sail in the steamer
telngton, having refused, for obvious reaeens,
"ecept the proffer of the English government.
learn the same gentleman also received a letter
ste— his son, Cornelius Grinnell, by the last
de;alner, to the effect that Captain Hartstein had
eah'ermined to sail in the. Retribution, and that he
ho'oFeted to accompany him. The committee,
e,41,18g nothing to do, • adjourned,- subject to the
the chairman.
k he Young Men's Democratic Union Club, of
aft: York, held a meeting on the 16th ult., and,
thisl stormy debate, passed resolutions sympa-
th„ng with Forney on his defeat, and abusing the
tlo,:te,democrats who voted against him. It appears
eetti ttnere were two parties in the club, one of
tisane,' wished to puff the defeated candidate for
ari,-;')Ar as much as possible, while the other was
(!int„e'L on account of the democratic usages in the
Pn -`lB not being sustained, but did not think
.-ens
un
n't'Y amounted to so much, after all. These
democrats are funny fellows.
blk from Albion, N. Y., states that a
eeeti'l riot was in progress in that town on the
the ing of the 16th ult., between the labourers on
See:anal and a party of Americans. At the last
• Wer"ts two men had been killed, and-several
do 6 80 desperately wounded that their lives are
4fflati.red or. Whiskey was the prime cause of the
,/,1 New York Herald of the 17th ult., says :
eaoij livers and harbour continued filled with ice, causing
Grail erable damage to vessels, and rendering navigation
times, _
fßath, nazareous. Yesterd4, the barque Byron, Capt.
ie. hi '3lfrom'Cardenas for New York, while work-
the er Way into port, and when on the Middle Ground, in
ntia Reg
bay, was cut through by the ice and sunk in ten
Sad o„ a. Her crew escaped with only the clothing they
%ale" Her cargo consisted of 345 hogsheads of sugar.
of fb
•ee barque's upper rails and rigging were saved by