LATER FROM AMEIIICA.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 136, 24 November 1866, Page 3

LATER FROM AMEIIICA.

The barque Canton, which arrived... at Auckland pn the iMh inst., brought' -Illeii. ealiforniaiv paiietpto-tlib- ,3lst ; Augusts ;We subjoin a^ few : items of hews from, the ; . " Alta California'?:^-. ■-."; ... •■.:.. •/;>'' The President had been at Philadelphia,' where he received ■ aiiC- ovation . from tho^ people.' > > .■-•:.>.■; -.I: : •;■;.■•■ : '. • ; , ARMS AiSTD' MTTNITICiNS OF WAR £pR MEXICO; ' The only jnov'eiueut'/iTV,'Mexi9an affairs worthy of, note took 'place la^t. Thursday in New. York. .A; steanirpropeller, two masted and double-decked, 800 tons burthen, and easily convertable into, a Avar ship, with a cargo of 8000 revolvers, 4700 rifles, 12 pieces of artillery,' and a large f[uantity of shot,' shell, &c., left New York or M&tamoras. Generals : Lew, Wallace, and Brigaclierf t 6eneral St^is, recently of the United^^tes arniysirp on bpard the sij;eanier'. 'fSlfne!. agents' of Maximilian in. New,' York '• attempted ; tp ! stop her jiepar.ture, .but it, was no go', and tlie Liberals will shortly have:.'a,liberal|Siipi4y of. war. i Materials; .-. , Letts, see • what/ they will do ; with them. •■■■.<■!. ■ r:.-,\: <-.■■ •< .^'C.}-^ ;.;'■;•>•• : ■■■ "Spanish f6ecbpor the PivciPiGr ! It seeiris aseconU'Spaiishfleet^dbstihed' for the! Tacifib; to ( '.'givp v Chili I 'another drubbing, ; is . en ; rpute;] ; A letter; from.' Havana annqun(*?.,the'..'^rengtli./pF : .tlie rforce; as follows i^rr.,,, ,i 'f,!;: ; „; , : -- ..; "<' ; -'„ : The -Spanish jjeet w|^.ch,.is .to ;take.tliG ; place; of that of Admiral Nnnez in the Pacific will be composed of the following vessels: — Ironclad -— Tefcuau, 41 guns, 1000 ; horse- power. -'Steam ■■ Frigates — Navas do Tolosai sPj?guris ;-Princesa de Asturias, : so gunsj 36ph'orse-power j : Cbnceptioii, 37giuis, ebOlibrse-ppwer'; '-Isabel IT, 18 guns, 600 horse-power.- ; Transports —Four transports, naijies unknown, carrying tun or twelve thoiisail^nf lintry. ■jj .'-P 0 this force will be adflSd such of. the., pfiet.pf Admiral Nuneznow at Rio Janeiro as will be found fit to resume active duty. v :liiy THB : ANNEXATION OF CANADA. In 'retaliation for Mr Banks's jocose proposition. to^ annex the British North .Ariiorican Provinces to the United States, a- blue-nose^ legislator, named Skinner, has ,ihtJ?pduced;intb the Now Brunswick Parliaui^nt va;;Bill!-'':tOj establish conditions for the ; admißsi6n:pf .the States of Massachusetts, New YoirlCj'Pennsylvimia, Maryland, and tile-district of Columbia into the British North' Confederation,,, arid for the org'an'iS^tion/.of territovialf Go\'ernnieiVts-f6r' thß;'Mlior States of. the American" Union: ''^TJ^e, whorenieinber tlie. 1 '^veraL . s'lffu^;;^^ ,pf '^cfetary; Sewa^ j at!^lie,' l o]iise't '.pf be rpmuided' by ; .this episode, of Ms speech,. :fpreshad^ng-,thl3 ; -Bpre&dmtf.A'eaciVjs'fr*^- i •eagles until !thoyr" overhung J thei i .yicinipyj •of the Arctic Cii-cle. ''■»;: ;v :>;u;iaui -;-ii.i 1 ' ■ SAviGB;DEM^b FOR ;]PENIA^ SCALPS, j ". . ../ Jn! c .*he r^anadian P^ariiamen^', U'/^e.w jiiglrjis; iago,/,a.,prop6sition' tp; appropriated lOQ,QOO-d015.,,. tg.be placed, at r the disppsal-.j xif tlie •Government foi?) secret service,.; wks I : debated,. ; and. one ; of . the: members, thus his opinion as to <the proper-use 1 of. the mpnfey :— ' • Mr Kymall§houghti je might 1 rely for ! information ■ oii the; - h atiye Canadian residents in the. United 1 State's; We ; liScL'' 'friend's : wherever; ''tlie Fenian ;^^is^tibiii f 'ex^n^ed, ' and ; tlte; men Ayho : were rgady tp come back to peril, life : and limb iiti^defence of coiaitry \vbuld be ■ likely to give us more correct, inf ormatiou than men .who would pretend to betray

their associates in wickedness. But he would suggest another idea for , the expenditure of this 100,000 dols. H e would add that he looked on the Ijjenians as half human hyenas, who should be hunted down without mercy ; and if the Gfoyernment would offer our citizen soldiery a bounty of live dollars for every scalp of a Fenian brought in, 100,000 dollars would be sufficient.to exterminate 20,000 Fenians, and after that there would, be n-o occasion for secret service- money." [Cheers and laughter.] The appropriation was carried. DISCLOSURES . OONCISUXIXG A NEW ■ FILIBUSTERING EXPEDITION. A soldier, who sighs 'hiuiself a "OucArmed Detective," writes' thus from, Adrian, Michigan, to the Cleveland "Herald:"— . Once a soldier, and now a one-armed pensioner, let me speak a few facts -that' may interest some of your readers. For nearly a year past a scheme has been on foot to send an armed party to some of tho Central American ports, seize the country, and organise a purely Yankee Bepublic. The principal points of operation are Cleaveland, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and New Orleans. ' Your city is largely represented, and the scheme begins, to assume' a tangible form. ■ The money for the expedition is pledged by some of tlie- 1 wealthiest- citizoris; of. the above . places. The work of recruiting and arming the expedition is uride'r-'the charge/, of , Lieut. Guy Wisner, a young man of groat bravery and tact, and well calculated"' to . push the matter to the last. The number of men required to start with is 5000, and Guy Wisner's roll, ■■ could- they be found, would count well nigh 4000. ■■-■ - - The expedition was. to commence some, time in September. A band' of New .Mexicans is also to. leave some of the Tjjxan ports at the same time. The projlipors of .this scheme have beon secret aiid ex])e'i*^.; During tlie past winter, Lieut. Wisher's time .has been mostly spent;:;in i tin's place; One-third of the ; apparent workmen and loafers who lounge around your park cind street corners are the sworn <aUherents of this young filibuster. -