The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-03 00:00:00

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AMERICA,

ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA..

The Royal Mail Steam Ship, Asia, Captain
Lang, which sailed from New York on the 21st
tilt., entered the Mersey last evening, after a
somewhat protracted run of fully twelve days,
baying encountered a somewhat stormy passage.
Southampton,
Stearn ship Washington, from Bremen, via
'lltharapton, had arrived at New York.
The Asia brings. 46 passengers, the usual mails,
.1,41:1 specie on freight amounting to 435,880 dollars.
he news by this arrival is four days later than
that brought by the Ericsson which arrived here
tl3O Sunday, and which was reported in yes-
ordaY4B NORTHERN TIMES. From Washing-,
n we learn that the bill on which the committee
°no Territories is about to report, wipes out tin
Whole body of the laws of Kansas,
Whole
that they are invalid, upon the
5...1-Lie Legislature
1.;a8 imposed on the people oy non residents. It
42-0 provides for a Iltw election of a Legislature
as6oon as practicable, on CI compels each challenged
oLer to
swear any', rove by two witnesses that he
b°l2,a All settler, snd that he has been for a
er°4121,4 '...inmediately preceding au actual resident
-le territory , and for fifteen days preceding a
e'„,ident of the district in which he votes.
oht
-the committee of Investigation had asked and
wined leave to sit during the sessions of the
-use. It is certainly important that they should
114 t - unnecessarily delay their report, if it is d
in-
ten
"ed to make it productive of any particular
good,
_ The Senate had passed the diplomatic and con-
sdi.ular n Ppiopria io n bill. In the house resolutions
the
inquiry as to the expediency of adopting
ITI Tehuantepec route for the transmission of a
cis mail between New Orleans and San Fran-
.C", and Mobile and San Franciseoi-tVere id-opted.
call upon the President for information as to the
4.-ahinistration of judicial affairs iu Utah was
ag,,reed to. A bill providing for the relief of sick
'disabled seamen, was reported by the chairman
the committee of ways and means. Leave was
ratedg'ea the corruption investigating committee to
t
during‘,„ the sessions of the house.
le'le observe that a bill had been introduced into
e Senate by Mr. Clay, of Alabama, to repeal all
e:18 or parts of laws allowing bounties to vessels
to gaged in the cod fisheries. Mr. Clay proceeded
68Peak
ies in condemnation of the system of granting
4/(111nt• He was followed by Messrs, Seward
'essenden, of Maine, in reply, the former of
°4l moved the reference of the bill to the corn-
onn commerce, and it was finally so referred.
e bill to establish a naval depot at Brunswick,'
11,;* Was discussed.
anlespecting the state of affairs in Nicaragua we
of ti the following in one of the New York papers
je latest date 4
ha,,alker's affairs in Nicaragua, which for some time past
Arel 27, n going from bad to worse, are not apparently
114-7-4 log from worse to better. Henoingsen, bursting
bolt of excommunication out of the old Cathedral of
4:14444ada, is said to have routed Bolloso, tbe allied Corn-
14,,ci.er -in-Chief, with prodigious slaughter ; forced a
hew Con with Walker, and with that leader, succeeded in
in,,,„?. the Costa Ricans in Rivas, and capturing that
ti(4...'rtant point. Walker is then reported to have steamed
of ‘,.'" the lake to Fort Carlos, and commenced the reopening
If re route to the Atlantic, heretofore seiz by the allies.
proLeaccatnplish this undertaking, there seems to reasonable
tus,uility of his situation assuming that more stable and
for‘:4_lnable character, which his advocates already assert
coo'%,esThere is clearly no paucity of recruits, even for his
as perate conditinn ; let his affairs put on livelier
zecis reascra
the_ue land let the avenues of help be kept safely open, and
to believe the resistance of the Central
is ve,l will eventually be worn oat and subjugated. It
cii,4Y "certain, that perseverance and fortitude are not the
ieteristies of the native population while they, are
v's4„'4olltly go of Walker and his countrymen. Last July,
sualvuo!nbined army of Guatemala, Costa Rica, and San
,rovVntook the field 12,000 streog, completely armed and
more than 1
d. Their
.antagonist numbered at the time, not
.have run LO,O men ; and during the contest, his numbers
they p " below that point; while, at this moment,
--leantime
o,y _
khrirn Which sweeps
uot up to 2,000. The allies, in the
out serious losses in battle, or that loss by
away the unfortunate dupes of Walker
are o`nreds, have ran down below 3,000 men ; -and they
Teo as, uiviously spiritless and inefficient.
operations, It is also to
.be
.'4llzed. that While very few Niourrtguan. aid the putod
none are to found with WAlar. That
11,1'11,''.PPY people appear satisfied to furnish a theatre
combat, without acting upon it. The quarrel
t`l'cen the Ain,rican filibuster and the still integral
I:‘i'unaities of Central America, to whom the neighhour-
a',:li.6lsuoh political scapegraces is a source of uneasiness,
the provocation of revolt. Guatemala, San Salvador,
Costa Rica, were states in the enjoyment of unparalleled
?attileit and prosperity, at the moment of Walker's appearance
tettragua. This quiet and prosperity have been par-
y suspended by his proximity ; and their eagerness to
noV ef it is perfectly proper and praiseworthy. There is
;ug in his antecedents, nothing in his acts or promises,
tt-n_,a'lay distrust, or to encourage the hope of tranquillity,
Q.su
_progress while he remains there. Such is the case the
of American Governments put forward in justification
tfleir action. Who calls it in question