Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-15 00:00:00

,CONTRADICTORY REPORTS FROM MEXICO

, 1859.—A despatch from Ncw
contradicts the report that the
English vess&s of war threatened to interfere with the
Tennessee, and also states that a force would be lauded from
the English and French vessels "to protect the lives and
property of tie subjects of their respective nations, unless
Afiramon guaranteed their safety before attacking Vera
Cx.z.
On -Sunday, the 27th ult., a most terrible affair
occurred at Washington, -which had, thrown the
whole community into intense excitement. On that
day Philip Barton Key, district attorney far the
district of Columbia, was shot in the public streets
by the Hen. Daniel E. Sickles, one of the moat dis-
tinguished members of the House of Representatives.
According to report, Mr. Sickles, becoming con-
vinced of -the 'truth of certain scandalous rumours
involving his wife, resolved to redress his wrongs.
At about two o'clock in the afternoon, proceeding
from his residence, near the President's house,
to the south-east corner of Lafayette-square, in
the same neighbourhood, where Mr. Key was
engaged in conversation with Mr. Butterworth,
of New York, he :charged Mr. Key with having
dishonoured him, and destroyed his domestic
peace, and shot him with a revolver. One
of the balls entered the left side of the body,
and passed through the corresponding point on the
opposite side, lodging under the skin. Another shot
took effect in the right thigh, near the main artery,
when Mr. Key !ell, imploring Mr. Sickles not to kill
him. The third .shot was in the right side, but
glanced from' the body, inflicting only a bruise.
Death ensued in a few moments. Mr. SiCkles at once
proceeded to the efUee of the Attorney-General to
give himself up, but was arrested before he reached
there by two police officers, and conducted before
Captain Goddard, who committed him to gaol. His
friends remained with him till nine o'clock, when he
was removed to his cell, a place about four feet by
seven. He has possession of his wife's confession,
which, although ample, he says he does not rely
upon, as he has too much evidence of her guilt from
more reliable sources, He feels, naturally, very much
depressed. Key was a widower, and leaves four
children, He was a nephew of Chief Justice Taney,
and a relative of Judge Campbell, of the Supreme
Court. The proceedings in Congress had been quite
unimportant in their character.

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A.DIMPTITA, Feb.
this morning

TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
EXPLOSION OF THE STEAMER PRINCESS - TWO HUNDRED

PERSONS LOST AND MISSING.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 28, 1859. -The steamboat Princess,
from V icksburg for New Orleans, exploded her boiler,
caught fire and burned to the water's edge, at Conrad's
Point, near Baton Rouge, on Sunday morning. Four
hundred passengers were on board at the time, two hundred
of whom are lost and missing, mostly residents of Louisiana
and Mississippi. A large number of those on board were
ladies. Those known to be killed are :—J. W. Seymour,
of Baton Rouge ; Mr. Calhoun, of Maysville, Kye ;
The pilot and assistant engineer of the Princess ; H. B.
Murphy, of St. Louis; J. Hodges, of Mississippi; and
three whose names are unknown.
Among the missing are Charles Bannister and I. Howard,
representatives from New Orleans to the State Legislature ;
Joseph Clark, second clerk, and Samuel Warts, of Virginia.

NO other Northern or Eastern names have as yet-been
ascertained. A large number were badly scalded and
'otherwise injured.
The boat and cargo are a total loss
of the•finest on the river

The former was one

NEW OaLEA--is, Feb. 28, 1859. —A boat arrived from the.
wreck of the Princess brings a number of the wounded.
it was foggy at the time of the explosion, and the
Princess, being behind time, had too much steam on.
A Baton Rouge despatch says : The engineer is
reported to have said he would reach New Orleans
eertain on time or blow up. The engineer was cut
in two, about a hundred persons were wounded, and many
of them are in a dangerous and dying state. It is impos-
sible yet to ascertain the number of the lost. Several
boats saved many lives. There is much excitement here
and all along the river. Numerous unrecognised bodies are
being found, but there are no other Northern or Western
names. _

The steamer Illinois had arrived at New York
with 1,287,967 dollars in gold. Her dates have been
anticipated by the previous arrival overland.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, March 2

in the Ist inst. the New York Stock Market is
reported as having opened with great excitement ;
and, before the close of the morning session,
became rampant, most of the speculative stocks
selling at an advance of from Ito I I per cent. So
**ldea and sweeping an advance, of course,
could not last ; and accordingly in the after-
!von there was a reaction, and prices receded,
though not to the points at which stocks closed on
the previous day. If the report of the commission
brokers may be believed, the public are beginning
to take a moderate interest in stocks. Several
brokers who are 6
--ne'svn to have a large outside
connection have been particularly active within the
past day or two. The last return of the New York
City Bank shew the following result :
Loans. Specie. Circulation. Deposits.
5127
476,495 26314955
7
'6, '59. 125,,866,083 26,,470,171 :1.42i6,858 89,026,357
~i 36,982 88,215,837

Week ending
Feb. 19, '59,

lisereAse
Pecreasi

$125,216

$1,610,412 -
statement 19
28,876
8F0,520
rho New York Herald says, "This
satisfactory. The gain in specie in th
drain into the Sub-Treasury was hardly ace of the
It will be noticed, however, that the shipment expected.
Lebanon on Saturday is not taken into accopunanetntll3"
banks begin business with near a million more specie The
than the average shown above—being the balance
o f
the California remittance, after deducting the ship-
ment on Saturday. The reduction in the discount line
speaks well for the prudence of some of the leading
bank managers, A few banks have been rather
notorious, during the past week, as institutions
which sought to lwd below the established bank
rate ; the majority of their brethren appear to be
guided by sounder counsels." The demand for Ex-
change on London was moderate, the quotations
being from 1091 to 109 f.

01,19.74
Our last circular was dated tbe 22nd It, since which the

Canada and City of Baltimore have arrived, At latta with
I dates to the 16th of February. The former advited sales for
the In& in Liverpool of 68,000 bales, and an advance of
Id per lb. ,Middling New Orleans was quoted at 6 15-16 d;
Mobiles, 6 13-16 d; and Uplands, 6•i'd per lb. On the 12th
the sales were 15,000 bales, at a further advance of 1-16 d to
kd. The City of Baltimore reported sales on the 14th of
12,000 bales, and, on the 15th 5,000, the market closing
with less firmness. Middling Orleans was quoted at 7d, and
Uplands 611 per lb. From the manufacturinc, districts the
accounts were again of a very favourable chlracter. The
disquietude concerning politics was subsiding.
The more pacific accounts from Europe, and the advance
in Liverpool, with larger sales—as made known to us by
the arrival of the Canada at Halifax induced buyers to
enter the market in this city with more confidence, and
holders to advance their pretensions. The business, which
since our last has amounted to 12,000 bales, has been done
for export, our own consumption, and some little on specu-
lation. Prices have advanced fully /c per lb., and it is
difficult to get middling qualities of any growth at the
quotations annexed. Yesterday, after receipt of letters per
City of Baltimore, with Liverpool dates to the 16th Feb.,
full prices centinued to be paid, and holders asked outside
rates. The clearances for the week amount to 2,430 bales,
of which 1,490 bales are for Liverpool, re to Glasgow, and
L 861 for Hp.mburoh
•

Cotton in transitu has been more in demand, and more
regularity is now apparent in transactions. The sales have
been larger than for many weeks past, and amount to 6,000
bales At the close the following. quotations may be
considered as established : NOW 'Orleans, with 15-32 d
freight;, Middling 11 11-16 d ; Barely Middling., 11-1 ; Low
Middling, 10i ; Good Ordinary, 10c ; Ordinary, Di.
Mobiles, with freight 7-16 d to ,1542 d, Strict Middling, 114 ;
Middling,ll-1 ; Barely Middling, 11 ; Low Middling, ,1071-;
Good Ordinary, 10c; Ordinary, 91. Apalachicola's about
the same as Mobile. No Uplands for sale.
SOUTHERN M.LRICEr& : By telegraph we learn of a larger
business at New Orleans and Mobile, closing on Saturday
last, after receipt of the news per Canada, at an advance of
41c. In Savannah and Charleston a fair business was
done on Friday and Saturday, closing with an advancing
teniency. _ _

The complaints of the abundance of low trashy cotton in

on the increase, and it seen
factors will be compelled to hold ov(

every Southern market ar

highly probab

till summer some considerable amount of this description.
So great is the difficulty in procuring even middling cotton,
that buyers have to take "lists " of 1,000 bales in order to
secure one-half which shall average middling; the re-sale
of the poor makes the better half cost 111 c to 114 c. This
has been tested on several occasions lately in New Orleans.

There has been come improvement in the condition of
the bar at New Orleans, and some of the vessels detained
there have got over. There is still, however, a serious
obstruction, and farther delay will be experienced before
free access and egress will be had.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 26 : Receipts for the week 41,000
bales (net) ; same week last year, 55,000. Sales for the
week, 57,000. Middling, 11e per lb Export for the week
to- Great Britain, 28,000 bales ; to Havre, 7,000. Total
export from this port to date, 958,000. Stock on hand,
526,000 bales. Exchange on London, 108-1- to 1081.
Freight to Liverpool, 15-323 per lb. P.M.—Sales to-day,
9,000 bales, prices very firm. 28th : Sales to-day 9,500
bales ; market unchanged.
MOBILE, Feb. 26 : Receipts for the week, 19,000 bales ;
same week last year, 23,000. Sales for the week, 14,000.
Middling, 10-ke per lb. Export for the week to Great
Britain, 12,000 bales. Stock on hand, 183,000. Exchange
on London, 1081 per cent. Freight to Liverpool, ?Id. per
lb. P.M.—Sales to-day, 7,000 bales; Middling, Ile
per lb.
APALACHICOLA, Feb .28: Sales to-day, 1,200 bales.
Middling, 101 e Der lb ; Strict Middling, 11k. Freight to
Liverpool 7-16ci ner lb. Receipts very light.

SAVANNAH, Feb. 28 : Sales to-day, 1,850 bales, market
closing with an advancing tendency.
CHARLESTON, Feb. 28: Sales to-day, 1,600 bales, prices
unchanged.
RECEIPTS. —The maximum excess which last week stood
at 1,021,000 bales, as compared with last year, is now by
the tables of this date 984,000 bales, showing a reduction
of 37,000 bales. It will be further reduced next week
over 20,000 bales, as the telegraphic receipts at New Orleans
for the week ending last Friday, show a decrease of 17,000
bales, and at Mobile of 4,000, as compared with the corres-
ponding week last season. We shall probably now show a
decrease upon every week for some time. The total next
week will probably fall below 100,000 bales, which is the
first week this has happened since Oct. 12. The receipts
into the interior towns are much reduced, and the accounts
from plantations give evidence that we are getting well
through the supply..

SECOND EDITION.

NORTHERN TIMES OFFICE, TUESDAY, 9 A.M,

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, March 11.—Large bodies of troops have
recently come to this city from the Northern and
Eastern Provinces of the empire, and there is reason
to believe that another army of 50,000 men will, in
a few days, be on their way to Italy.