The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-15 00:00:00

AMERICA.

(LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 14.
The British and North American Royal mail
steamship Africa, Captain Shannon, has arrived,
with advices from Now York to the 3d inst. She
has brought $680,949 specie on freight.
The struggle between the Senate and the House
of Representatives had ended in the adoption of
the Army Appropriation Bill without the Kansas
proviso. The New York Herald contains the follow-
ing remarks on what it calls "these wonderful news
from Washington :9
" By reference to our Congressional reports oar readers
will perceive, first, that the Republican majority of the
house collapsed on Saturday, and that the Army Bill Was
passed without any restrictions upon the President in
reference to the employment of the army in Kansas ;
secondly, that this great job of 14,000,000 of army ap-
propriations having thus been accomplished, the extra
session was closed and dispersed.
" We are not surprised at this result at all. The combi-
nation of Buchanan and Fillmore men in the house was
getting too strong for the Fremont party, and the defeat
of the proviso was from the beginning but a matter of
time ; another day or two, would have brought in suffi-
cient Democratic andKnowdsrothing absentees to crush
out the whole strength of the Republicans. They have
yielded to necessity, being in a minority as against Fill-
more and Buchanan men, and the President is left to
use the army in Kansas at his discretion. Leading de-
mocratic senators have admitted that the Missouri.
Kansas laws are infamous and atrocious, and have moved
their repeal ; but they have been overruled by the party,
and the Kansas laws and the border ruffians remain un-
touched. We apprehend that every dispassionate mind
will consider this criminal neglect of the affairs of Kansas
a lasting disgrace to this congress, and a pitiful conces-
sion to an imbecile and double-dealing President, who
has proved his total want of courage and capacity for
the suppression of a border war.
"We are sorry to hear that the Fremont men were
frightened by the tactics of Jeff. Davis, in dismissing
the workmen from the different armouries on the plea
of a want of funds. That dodge would have soon run
'itself out, for the main issue of Kansas as a Free State,
,or Kansas as a Slave State, will overshadow all sorts of
secondhand tricks and devices to distract the public
mind.
"The Army Bill is passed. Very well. Mr. Pierce's
mind will now be easy concerning the frontier Indian
tubes, on whose account this extra session was called
together. The bill is passed without that proviso, so
that our amiable President has still an unlimited discre-
tion over the army money and the army itee!f, in behalf
of ;the !border ruffians. Perhaps his promises to Mr.
Campbell, of the house, and gentle hints thrown out for
his guidance by the Senate, may be followed by a com-
paratively impartial enforcement of the doctrine of
squatter sovereignty—but we shall soon see. Both
sides are marshalling their forces in Kansas or on the
border for war on a large scale. We shall soon see
whether the one party is to be disarmed, dispersed, and
driven from Kansas again, while the other is to be pro-
tected and permitted to run loose and lawless over the
territory, murdering and plundering under cover of the
United States' troops.
"In this connection we think it would be well for
some public mass meeting to appoint a large committee
of men of all parties to wait upon the President for the
purpose of a definite understanding of what he now
means to do in Kansas ; and we also think that it
would be advisable to send out to Kansas a committee
of men of character and high standing to overlook the
administration of affairs there for the next two months,
and to report to the next session of Congress the result 4"
of their observations. With some such precautions as
am an armistice at leastrinarbe

.ution, we fear that the PaWage of the Armyßill will
only serve to kindle the combustibles collecting in Kan-
sas into a consuming fire."
The news from Kansas is still threatening and
perplexing. The partisans of slavery, under tho
orders of General Atchison, and the Froesoilers,
commanded by General Lane, were preparing for
an encounter. Fears were entertained that intelli-
gence of a bloody battle would soon be received.
Advices down to the 20th of August had been
received from Cuba. The sanitary condition of
Havannah continued to improve. There was no
political or commercial intelligence of importance.
From Nicaragua we have the confirmation of the
rumour that Mr. Livingston, the United States'
consul at Leon, had been shot by the Rivas party,
in retaliation for the execution of Colonel Salizar
by General Walker.
Her Majesty's steam-frigate Arrogant, of 50
guns; the screw gun-boats Pioneer, Victor, and In-
trepid, of 6 (T ' uns each • the screw line-of-battle
ship Orion, 90 guns, and the screw frigate Imperi-
ens°, of 50 guns, were at anchor at San Juan.
There is nothing later from California.
The yellow fever was slowly approaching Now
York, and had broken out in a virulent form on
Governor's island.
The following items of commercial intelligence
are extracted from the New York _Herald ;
"Tuesday, Sept. 2, a p.m.
"The decline in stocks is gradual, but steady. There
are several causes for this depression, and all parties are
more or less affected by them. It does not follow that
holders of stock believe in a rise ; but, on the contrary,
many are firmly convinced that lower prices must soon
rule. They are not, however, disposed to sacrifice their
stocks, and hold on with the hope that, with close
watching, they may got out comparatively easy. The
short interest is large at the board,. but most of the con-
tracts are new and at long dates. The demand for deli-
very is therefore limited, and likely to continue so. All
the contracts now maturing do not help the market in
the least. The stock is delivered o tie day and put imme-
diately on the street fur sale. At the first board to day
Illinois Central Bends tell off per cent ; Pennsylvania
Coal, ; New York Central Railroad, ; Erie, ;
Reaving, ; Cleveland and Pittebum Michigan Cen-
tral, ; Michigan Southern, i ; Cli ,voiand and Toledo
; Chicago and Rock Island, 4. I'anaina Railroad ad-
vanced per cent.