AMERICA.

Southland Times, Issue 609, 24 December 1866, Page 3

AMERICA.

I New Yoek, JSJoy. 5. (3-old, 149. Exchange on London, 160|. United States bonds, 114£. 1 The total receipts of cotton at the ' principal ports of the United States for > September and October were 105,000 L bales. Jt is reported that Secretary Stanton 1 has resigned, and that Sherman is his successor. Indignation meetings have been held s throughout America, in consequence of r the condemnation of the Fenians in • Canada. Mr Seward has written to the Hon. F. Bruce, urging an amnesty for » the Fenian prisoners in Canada. > The Radicals threaten President Johnson with impeachment. General Butler

is to be his principal accuser on being elected to Congress. E.iots and bloodshed have taTcen place at Philadelphia between the Badicals and Democrats. There is great excitement in Baltimore owing to the illegal actions of the police commissioners in that city. Latest dates say that the trouble has ended. The Eadicals carried all the elections in America, excepting Maryland and Delaware, and there is no longer a doubt of an overwhelming majority against the President in Congress. A Fenian delegation to the President urged the withdrawal of Mr Adams, and the American consuls in Ireland. They retired dissatisfied. One of the principal leaders has returned to England to turn informer against Feninns in Ireland. Head-centre Stephens still receives large contributions in money, arms, and ammunition, which are secretly shipped to Ireland. Intelligence from Ottawa states that no fears were entertained of another invasion of Canada by Fenians for the present, and the volunteers were being dismissed to their homes. The Mexico- Austrian war steamer Elizabeth has been ordered to Mexico, it is supposed to bring the Emperor Maximilian to Europe. An instalment of French troops, 10,000 strong, was to leave Mexico for France on October 25. The main liberal army has been routed, but all the French troops were concentrated for speedy return to France. Large bodies of Americans have passed the frontier, it is said in the service of the Liberal Government. Serious complications are expected in consequence, but the dissolution of the Imperial system was looked upon as inevitable. There was severe fighting in Paraguay between the Allies and the Paraguayans. The Brazilians -ft ere repulsed.