Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-03 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE.

By the arrival of the screw steamer City of
Baltimore, which left New York on the 20th ult.,
we are in receipt of one days later news from the
United States.

The City of Baltimore arrived here shortly after
ten o'clock yesterday forenoon. The intelligence
does not possess any feature of importance. The
Arabia arrived at New York on the afternoon of
the 19th August.
From Washington we learn that the President, a
short time ago, received a letter from Professor
Silliman and others, including several doctors of
divieicy, objecting to the employment by him of
the United States military forces to execute the
so-called laws of Kansas, and assuring him that
they would not cease to pray that he might have
the proper course of duty pointed out to him,
or something to this effect. To this letter the
President has just replied, briefly but pointedly,
denying their premises, questioning their know-
ledge of those laws, and, after acknowledging
their validity, he calmly assures them that, by
the help of God, he will enforce the in accord-
ance with his oath of office.

A New York paper is sorry to learn from the
St. Louis, Missouri Democrat, that some " two
hundred indictments had been found against per-
sons residing in the neighbourhood of Topeka,
and that six men had been arrested iu Franklin
county by dragoons and taken to camp." This
was the policy which, under poor Pierce, brought
on the bloody scenes in Kansas in 1856. Governor
Walker should endeavour to avoid a repetition of
them, and keep Kansas quiet, if possible, till the
meeting of Congress. That has become now his
paramount duty.

It is announced that the Nicaraguan Minister
has received, by the Tennessee, advices that
Nicara,gua does not approve the contract of Costa
Rica with Webster for the Transit route, but ignores
it.

A private letter from New Orleans states that
up to the 13th ult. it had rained there every. day
for thirty-eight days consecutively, and was still
raining. The city, however, was remarkably healthy,
never more so at this season of the year.
The Mobile Mercury has received discouraging
accounts of the cotton crops from almost every
section of Alabama and Eastern Mississippi ; but
the crop of wheat and oats is extraordinary, and a
great yield of corn is promised.
The hemp factory of M'Grew, Brothers, at
Lexington, Mo., was destroyed by fire on the 18th
ult. Loss 30,000 dollars—lnsured.

An extensive gang of male and female operators
in counterfeit five dollar bills on the Lee Bank, of
Massachusetts, has been detected recently in New
York. It is supposed that at least five thousand
dollars worth of those worthless bills have been
put in circulation. The parties arrested, fifteen
in number, were in prison, awaiting the course of
the law.

The Supreme Court of the state of Maine,
having been requested by the Legislature to
.give
its opinion upon that branch of the Dread Scott
decision touching the constitutional right of free
colored persons to vote in said State, have
decided that

Free colored male persons of African descent, of the
age of twenty-one years and upwards, hiving a residence
established in sme town or plantation in this State three
months next preceding any eleetion, and who are not
paupers, aliens nor persons under guardianship, are autho-
rised under the provisions of the constitution of this
State to be electors for Governor, Senators, and Repres-
entatives.

Respecting Fall Prospects," the New York
Herald, of the 20th ultimo, says :
The Persia sailed yesterday and took out 1,742,507
dollars of specie, greatly to the inconvenience of our banks,
which have for the past month pursued the suicidal policy
of increasing their line of discounts without regard to the
deposit movement and specie prospect. We pointed, a
month ago, to the crisis in money matters which was
coming upon us ; it has now begun ; and what with the
demand for specie for export to pay what we owe in
Earope, and with the demand for the payment of duties on
our fall imports, we look for a very severe time
indeed during the months of September and October. Our
corn and other merchants will feel it. The late failure of
the most prominent member of the Corn Exchange was
not an iiola-ed event ; he succumbed naturally to the
discrepancy between the anticipations of his Western
correspondents and the actual range of prices. It
appears quite likely that the same causes will affect
others in like manner. The farmers, counting upon a
first-rate harvest, have made their plans accordingly ;
and the excellent prospects of the crop in Europe
haie completely overset their calculations by
reducing the demand to a merely nominal amount. Again,
our aug Ix men and large grocers are carrying heavy quan-
tities of sugar, in the hope of higher prices. The late flare
up at Ilavennah forced some of the holders to disgorge ;
the others will And it hard work to hold on with money at
two per cent per month. We do not look for very many
failures, but we anticipate, this fell, a psriod of stringency
and inconvenience which will remind the sufferers of the
very hardest times we have ever gone through.
A postal convention has been concluded between
the United States and Hamburgh. The mails are
to be exchanged by means of United States or
Hamburgh mail steamers, running direct between
New York and Hamburgh. The postage between
the United States and Hamburgh, under this ar-
rangement, is two cents the single letter of half
ounce or under, prepayment optional, and two cents
on newspapers, prepayment required. The rates
to all countries and places beyond Hamburgh,
whether upon letter or printed matter, are identi-
cally the same, in all respects, as the rates charged
via Bremen, under the United States and Bremen
postal convention.

A singular case of breach of promise of marriage
is about to engage the Boston courts. A despatch
from that city, dated 18th inst., says :
A suit, claiming $25,000 damage 3 for an alleged breach
of promise of marriage, is causing considerable excitement
in the fashionable circles of this city. The parties to the
suit are Moses Ingle, of New York, plaintiff, and Dr.
George Hayward and wife, defendants. Mr. Ingle met
Mrs. Hayward in Europe as the youthful, beautiful and
wealthy widow of the late" Amos Binney, where, he says,
she promised to marry him. The defendants are now
abroad. Rufus Choate and Peleg W. Chandler are
retained for the defence. It is thought the case will be
pressed to trial.

- The news from Havana and Mexico does not
possess any features of importance. At the former
place a monetary panic had given way to feelings
of security. In Mexico the quarrel with Spain
continues to attract general attention. The New
Orleans papers contain articles from the Vera
Cruz papers of the 29th ult: arid" 2ad instant in
relation to the Tehuantepec route. They urge the
Government to make suitable provision for the
opening of business which is to take place in
October, and they say that everything is progress-
ing in a satisfactory manner. The papers also
notice in terms of congratulation the recent
arrangement between the different claimants of
the grant, and express their confidence in the
hanpy issue of the mission of Messrs. Benjamin
and La Sere. •

COMMERCIAL.

Nzw YORK, August 20.

There is some activity in the Money Market, bat the
supply as yet is abundant. The Banks appears still to be
contracting, bat not .to any serious extent. In Exchange
there is but little doing, the market closing quiet at
1091 to 1091
BERADSTUFFS,—The enquiry for Western Canal Flour
is moderate, the arrivals fair, and prices of the low grades
are easier. Canadian and Southern Flour is also easier
and quiet. The supply.of Wheat is far above the wants,
and to-day a decline of 3to 6 cents per bushel must be
reported. Indian Corn is in better demand and firm.
COTTON : The market is firm, with an upward ten-
dency, and a small business is doing. The sales are
500 bales. We quote :

NEW YORE CLASSIFICATION. •

New Orleans.
Upland. Florida. Mobile. & Texas.
Ordinary,.,,
Middling
Middling Fair
Fair
Hors : The inquiry continues very light, and prices are
somewhat nominal. Operators have again settled to the old
idea of waiting for " something to turn up." The business