Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-10 00:00:00

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA

The royal mail steamer

Arabia arrived here

yesterday morning with a week's later news fro'l
the United States; seventy-three passengers and
76,896 dollars in specie on freight. On the Bth
instant, at nine o'clock p.m., thirty miles from
Holyhead, she passed. the, Europa. On the 9th
at four o'clock a.m., came into collision. with a brig
towing out; sent boats to her assistance, and found
that she had lost cutwater and. bowsprit, but was
making no water.
The Karnak and the Kangaroo had arrived from
Liverpool, and the Saxonia from Southampton ; all
at New York. •
Our advices from Washington state that the
Secretary of the Treasury has decided, on appeal,
that beet root, used in the manufacture of iaper,
is chargeable with a duty of 15 per _cent. ; the
cotton velvet part of dyed Coburg robes a Tillie
24 per cent., and the worsted part 19 per *cent. ;
cotton duck is to be charged 19 per cent._ The
importer had claimed an• entry at 15 per cent. for
"said diick;" but no such article is specified "in the'
tariff of 1857...:. Pearls, though strung on thread,
if imported to 'be set in the United
States, are to be charged four per 'dent. Bags of
Anierican manufacture exported from the 'United
States, filled with grain, and afterward imported
empty, or exported empty, and afterward im-
ported filled with grain, will be admitted free of
duty. Tea laden on board of junks in waters
within the territorial limits of China, is considered
as " laden in the'ports of that country ; " but tea,
the product of China, purchased aad laden on
board of China junks in: the roadstead, harbour,
or waters of Singapore, cannot be treated as
coming from the country of production, and will
be subject •to duty. The secretary has overruled
the decision by which duty was charged on
millstones, and places them with burr stones,
wrought or unwrought, but unmanufaetured.
It is said that. Senor: T9.ssarra, the Spanish
Minister, has- officially, informed ...Secretary Cass
that the difficulties between the Spanish authori-
ties and the authorities of Tampico are settled,
but letters from a commercial house in Tampico
contain a reverse statement, and further Say,. that
as soma as the weather will permit, the Spanish
fleet will concentrate on the whole coast, from
Lagujaa to Tampico, thus confirming previous
advices.

A letter had been received at the Indian Bureau
from the Commissioners engaged in surveying the
Indian boundary lines, which says that they are
under the protection of Major Van Dorn, who re-
cently hitheted the severest chastisement upon
the Camanches on the Canadian River, and that
through his vigilance and that of the officers ac-
companying his command, the frontier of Western
Texas is not likely to be molested again for a long
time by these marauders.
Southern papers contain accounts of aii_enthu-
siastic meeting held at Columbus, Miss., to consider
the subject of rendering material aid to General
Walker in carrying out his southern emigration
scheme in Nicaragua. Several other similiar meet-
ings are also announced. It is said the sympathy
of Mississippi is fully awakened in favour of
General W, and his plans.
The Secretary of War has 'asked Congress for
nearly four hundred thousand dollars to-pay the
Florida Volunteers called into service by General

Harney and Colonel Loomis during the years 1857
and 1858.

There is reason to believe that the Liberal party
of Mexico, who are seeking► a recognition of the
Juarez Government by America, would consent to
enter into a, .treaty .by which the United States
could establish military posts in Chihuahua and
Sanwa, thus avoiding objections to a forceable
possession as recentlyofficially_recommended. _
A letter received in Washington states as a
reason why his passports were given to Chevalier
Rayband, 'the -French Charge d'Affairs, that he
had officially informed the Dominicans of the
wishes of Napoleon, that they surrender their
own form of Government, and submit to that of
Hayti.

Judge Hart, writing from the Rio Grande,
says that he has received letters from the leading
men at Santa Fe, yielding their 'opposition to a
Territorial' Government in .Arizona.

There is distressing news from Kansas.
despatch from St. Louis, dated the 27th Dec
says:

The Jeferson City Exanpner learns from a reliable
source that Fort Scott, Kansas, on the night of the 15th
inst., was attacked by Captain Montgomery at the head
of two hundred men, and the town taken. When the
_Examiner's informant escaped, five or six persons had
been killed by them. The object of the attack, it was
presumed, was to release one of Captain Montgomery's
men, who was confined there under an indictment for
murder. It was feared the town would be entirely d
troyed. A despatch from Kansas Cit.
ffarrisonville (Missouri) Democrat, of the 25th instant,
states that, on last Monday a baud of thieves and assassins,
from Kansas territory, entered Vernon county, Missouri
and killed David Cruse, and stole a lot of cattle, twent3
horses, and eleven negroes. About the same time, Cap-
tains Brown and Montgomery entered Missouri, on the
Little Osage River, and stole a negro woman, and took
Mr. Larue prisoner, carrying the latter into the territory,
but releasing him on the following day. An express had
been sent to Governor Stewart, of Missouri, for assistance
to protect life and property.
By the arrival of the Quaker City at New
Orleans, we have San Francisco dates to the 6th
December. The barque Columbus, of New Lon-
don, was totally wrecked in Shasta Bay on the 10th
of August. The steam-ship Golden Gate, which
left San Francisco on the 6th for New York, had
$1,500,000 in treasure for New York, and $333,000
for England. Arrived at San Francisco, the ships
Stamboul and Nazarene, from London ; Abby
Brown, from Liverpool. No arrivals from Atlan-
tic ports reported. Business was quiet. Light
rains had fallen. The overland mail of the 11th
November reached San Francisco 6th December.
Money was easy. The political news is generally
unimportant.
John Nugent, United States special agent, had
published an address to the citizens of the United
States in British Columbia, in the Victoria Gazette,
in which he speaks of the injustice and oppression
Americans had received at the hands of the
colonial authorities, saying it was his intention to
lay the matter before the authurities• at Washing-
ton

ys that tla

Advices from Havannah state that the American
President's message had shocked the Cuban
authorities, and produced a general sensation.

We have dates from Veia Cruz to the 22nd
December. The news is undecisive.. The Pro-
gresso speaks in high terms of President
Buchanan's message, and thinks the position it
takes with regard to Mexico will induce the
European powers to recede from their present
attitude. It also anticipates that the Liberals
will reap some advantages from the tone assumed
at Washington, and consequently that there will
be no necessity for establishing the military posts
in Chihuahua and Sonora, as suggested in the
message. Zuloaga was still in Mexico, but was
prepared for flight in a moment's warning. Gen.
Marguez had been defeated near Guadalajara by
Degollados. The Archbishop had refused to ad-
vance .any more money to the Zuloaga faction.
A new government, under the form of a Trium-
virate, had been proposed at the capital. ' A fleet,
consisting of five French and three Spanish war
vessels was lying at Sacrificios. The U.S. sloop
of war Saratoga was also there. Another
American sloop of war was seen off Vera Cruz.
It is stated that $125,000 in silver had been
found in the vault of Mr. Forsyth's house in the
City of Mexico. It was rumored that Zuloaga had
offered to place Mexico under English protection,
and that Mr. Worrell had gone to England, to
arrange matters. Echeagary had defeated Camano
at the Hacienda of San Mrehatas. A Spanish

brig of vv...r was at Tampico. General Alabriste
defeat r 4 the Zuloaga forces before Puebla.

COMMERCIAL

Tsi.pw YORK, Dec. 28

The weekly returns of the City' Banks for the past week
resulted as follows :
-- Dec. 25. Dec. 18. Differences.
Loans 5126,716,365 $127,055,010 Dec. $338,645
Specie.... ....... 26,608,877 - 26,368;272 Dec. 240,605
Circulation
Deposits
This statement shows • a considerable decrease in the
demand liabilities, without any corresponding decrease in
thetspecie, so that the specie strength of the, banks has
increased. . . ... ... . .

The Southern demand for specie has fallen off for the
present. Money is in good supply, and is likely to con-
tinue so for many months. There is no prospect of
change in this respect. Call loans are easy at 31 to 4
per cent. Discounts.at .4 to 5 per cent. for indorsed
paper, and sto 6' for single names—all dates up to six
months inclusive. Names not well known 7 per cent.
Foreign Exchange is dull but firm at 1091 for bankers'
sterling. There are few buyers and few sellers.