The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-11 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN.

The screw steamer North American, which
isailed. from Portland on the 28ch March, arrived
here last night, with twenty eight passengers, and
three days' later news.
The Europa arrived at Halifax on the 27th ult.
Prom Washington we learn that the Kansas
!llfficulty was the chief one before the Adnainistra•
Itoe A man of such character and standing as
Would meet the crisis was hot easily found.
The correspon lent of the New York Commercial
Advertiser, writing on the 27th ult., says
Buchanan has personally urged Mr. Robert J.
walker to accept the office, not as a routine official, but
11 a high 'commission to restore order in Kansas, and
trovent a civil war. General Persifer P. Smith, who is
ere, thinks that Mr. Walker would do that in thirty days.
1,
)4% 'Walker has listened to the representations and
12.12)ltises of the administration, and he will accept the
„714 tie, with a view to enhance his reputation, and at the
sole time probably to lay the administration tinder
4to toense obligations to him. He will not fetnain there
11,'. tee he shall have effected the high object of his mission,
aid his secretary, whom he is to choose, will remain as the
%°.7ernor. He is not only to go out with full powers, but
ll dictate his own instructions. He will, as I believe,
dol
hstiee in regard to the political as well as the personal
Ztels which prevail in Kansas,
The Boston Telegraph of the 28th contains the
"glowing paragraph, confirmatory of the above :
le the reports which come to us are reliable. Robert J.
_Walker has
.accepted the Governorship of Kansas, and
'selected as his Secretary P. P. Stanton of Tennessee. He
toes_ there to conquer a peace within 30 days, to return
42: purchase with his easily won laurels some higher
14.9 e in the government—so short-sighted are they who
:11l not see the irreconcilable antagonism of the principles
With
are there striving for the mastery. He is clothed
Iltri full powers, and can carry his head with the highest,
Without fear of appeal.. Yet if the brave and true hearted
"lerl of Kansas are compelled to choose between the
%edition of slaves and rebels, they will not hesitate long
which to choose.
The Secretary of the Interior, on the 27th ult,
wella conversation with Senators Douglas and
er, Mr. Chipman of Nebraska, Mr. Rice, of
;-tianesota, and Mr. Denver, relative to the waggon
last
to the Pacific, authorized by the act of the
44st congress. The whole question was discussed,
bod they came to the conclusion that there should
a general superintendent of the work, which
should be divided into three sections, with a sub
superintendent to each. It was said that Colonel
William H. Nobles, of Minoeseist, was regarded by
id of them as eminentki fitted for general saper-
atendent.
It would appeal: from a Washington commu-
Tcation that Lord Napier came there with
4000,000 or 5,000,000 dollars of claim
:rust t:ne United States Government for
tiaeisgecl. destruction of private property of Bri—
". subjects, at the bombardment of Greytown.
efo weeks before the late administration went out
Sartiges preferred a similar demand on behalf
°L- the French subjects, requesting Mr. Marcy to
' leave them open for adjustment by his successor,
but he prepared a reply, which was regarded as
vcouclusive against liability, and Lord Napier,
feeling its force and bearing upon England in its
tpPlication to Copenhagen and Canton would with-
hold his intended reelamations.
It was stated that Mr. Buchanan had decided
Lthat he should not have a newspaper as a Govern
"lent organ.
Marius Schoonmaker, Gontptroller of the NAY
:ork Central Railroad, was recently detected by
,onilicting entries in his books, in a defalcation
to__ the amoalat of 45,000 dollars. Por the purpose
Zr getting securities, partial or entire, for this
41°urat, immediate publicity was not given to the
7oandal. It is understood that the affair has been
_4,9 arranged with the friends of Mr. Schoonmaker
Plat the company will suffer no loss. Schoonmaker
has occupied a seat in the senate of his native
ate. and in. 1852 and 1853 was a member of
true„ ross. He has occupied many other places of
f had responsibility, to which his reputation
°t,:tstubborn integrity was a sure passport.
Doctors Johnson, Coltman and Force, the Corn-
Ilittee appointed by the Washington Board of
health, attribute the recent illness at the National
' gotel, solely to noxious exhalations from the
'lower, the foul air escaping into the hotel in conse-
quence of the recent construction of a " trap" in
thelfl street, which prevented its escape there. The
'iota and passages conducted the bad air into all
Parts of the house, and there was no efficient means
t'f ventilation. There was no evidence of mineral
Poison.
In the New York Assembly a vote bad been
Passad-75 to 27—providing for an amendment to
the Constitution of the State by abolishing the
Drpery qualification with reard to coloured
votoers,t and also tot set aside the g
three years' resi•
Bence which has heretofore been required for colored
voters, There was no debate, and the resolutions
were passed under the previous question. The
"enate has already agreed to the proposition, and
4°vir the subject will go to the people.
The intelligence from Canada is uninteresting.
The inquest on the late railway accident, whereby
for some six days, but had not concluded The
Montreal, Quebec, and Toronto papers were quar-
relling with each other as to which of the three
tjties was best suited, and had the greatest claims
upon Parliament to locate the seat of government.
4 course each claims that where it hails from.
„.`-'
" There is nothing new respecting the Newfound-
land fishery question. A Montreal paper of a late
date contains the following paragraph, which may
joterest our readers :
These fisheries have been for many years the most
coveted objects of French ambition on the North Atlantic
shore, and their concession hitherto has been as
strenuously resisted. The matter has come before the
Legislature of St. John's. A general meeting of all
classes was also called. On the day of meeting all the
stores, shops, and places of business were closed. The
tritish flag everywhere, was at half mast unim down,
and in some places the black flag was hoisted. The
result of the meeting was a determination that the
wrong should not be perpetrated. The legislature and
commercial classes are sending petitions to the Queen, and
delegates are to proceed to England to protest against this
Ineasure. We cannot think that the British government
ts fully aware of the value of the possessions they so
`ally gm away; nor of their immense importance to us,
''tiacially in the event of France setting a covetous eye
apes Canada, The activity of the Newfoundland people
*lll doubtless prevent the wrong from being consummated,
Lod it may teach the authorities in the Colonial Office a
which they know nothing.
Prom Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, we learn
that Foley's Hotel, at that place, was destroyed by
'ire on the 21st ult. The fire broke out at three
o'clock in the morning, while between thirty and
forty souls were asleep on the premises, six of
*nom perished in the flames. Canty, one of the
'victims, had got out safely, but on learning that the
?had of Mr. Foley had not escaped, he rushed
back for the purpose of rescuing it, and was not
seen afterwards. The premises were totally des-
troyed, together with all the furniture and stores
The New Brunswick papers of a fate date are to
hand. The papers are much taken up with local
Political disquisitions, which, though of some
interest there, do not acquire importance beyond
their own borders. The Courrier du Canada says,
that letters have reached Quebec from this Island
with dates to the 4th January. The summer had
been cold, the crops short, and the inhabitants
11el'IY• Gold had been .discoverrd on Tete Plate
river, about forty miles above Colville's Fort. The
miners were earning from four to six dollars per
day, and all kinds of necessaries had grown
Lea dolla
atravagantly de po
un of tobacco brought
rs, and a bag of flour d thirty.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Nzw YORK, March 27•

The money market is rather easier at 8 to 9 per cent for
4ans, and 7 per cent on call. Exchange on London is dull
and nominal. Stocks rather higher.
ASHES steady
at 7 dole 75c for pots, and 7 dole 43c to 7 dols
45t/e fOr pearls.
COTTON : The market is firm, with sales of 4,000 bales at
cent per lb. advance. Middling Orleans is quoted at 148 c.
13READFITUFFS.—Flour 6 c better, with less offering ; sales
BA'BOO brls ; common to straight State 5 dole 70 c to 5 dole
; Upper Lake, 5 dole 75c to 5 dole 95c ; common to