The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-19 00:00:00

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THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

The thirty-third Congress of the United States Senate
was opened in both houses on the 4th instant, by the
reading of the message of the president, Franklin Pierce.
After the usual preliminary remarks, the President
referred to their refusal to be bound by the system of po-
licy pursued by European States, a refusal which, he
feared, created a jealous distrust of their conduct, and in-
duced occasional acts of disturbing effect upon their foreign
relations. Their present attitude anb past course should
be an unquestionable guarantee that their purpose was
not aggressive, nor threatening to the safety and welfare
of other nations. The territorial expansion of the United
States, which had disquieted some European powers, had
resulted from the legitimate exercise of sovereign rights;
and it could hardly have been expected that those among
them who had, within a comparatively recent period, sub-
dued and absorbed ancient kingdoms, planted their stan-
dards on every continent, and now possess or claim the
control of the islands of every ocean, as their appropriate
domain, should look with unfriendly sentiments upon the
acquisitions of their country, or would impute their ad-
vancement to a spirit of aggression, or to a passion for
political predominance.

considerable molestation from the Indians.
&dykes from Mexico and Texas state that a

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e force of Mexican troops had gathered at Matamoros,
and General Well had summoned the Seminole chief,
Wild Cat, and his followers there, and it was supposed
that they were wanted for some secret mission. A Vigi-
lance Committee had been appointed at Point Isabel.
Indian depredations were continuing, and three soldiers
from Fort Davies had been killed. On the 2d November
an English steamer, with $70,000 dollars on board, sank
in the port of Vera Cruz. General Parry, Ex-Governor of
Venezuela, had. been on a visit to Santa Anna. A number
of persons had been banished. The papers of the-capital
report further successes by the government over the-revo-
lutionists
CUBA

Advises from Havana contain a correspondence
between the captain-general and the naval commandant,
the former impressing upon the latter the necessity of
suppressing the traffic' in slaves, and the latter promising
to use his efforts energetically for that object.

VENEZIIELA..-111onegas had been elected president: He'
had proclaimed a partial amnesty, after causing the exe-
cution of Vasquez, who-was tortured to death, and after-
wards buried outside the-city like a dog. Small lots of
new coffee had come in. It was sellinc, at 11.1 to 111.
Hides were again in great demand, and selling at 13c.,
with the prospect of a still further advance.

CENTRAL AMERICA.—The President of the republic of
Nicaragua was still confined within the city of Ensenada,
and intended to make a sally upon the rebels on the 22d
ultimo. the day the passengers by the Star of the West
crossed Lake Nicaragua.

CANADA.—The Earl of Elgin. gave a farewell ball at
Quebec on the Ist December.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

Nnw YORK, 5Tn DEC.—MONM—There was still a
pressure- in the money market, but it was generally ad-
mitted that the worst had been experienced. In foreign
exchanges general depression in rates•prevailed, and very
little business was transacted by evewthe leading bankers
for ready money better than 108} to 1081 on London.
Settlements were made of credits at 109; and a few small
bills sold for cash to particular parties at the same figure;
but otherwise the business was on irregular terms, and at
the wide range, including produce bills, of 1071 to 1081.
Bills on Paris were quoted at 5,131 to 5,161.
COTTON: The sales since the departure of the Asia
had amounted to 4,000 bales. Prices had receded it. to
ic. on all descriptions, and the cotton arriving was still
pressed on sale:. Some few lots had been taken for export,
and spinners had operated to a small extent. The market
closed quietly.. Mr. W. P. Wright, in his -circular of the
sth inst., says,. "In my last circular, after deliberation
upon the various reports received from the cotton-growing
region during the season, I expressed an 'opinion that,
from present indications, the crop now coming to market
would be the largest ever made in the United. States. In
the accounts received during the past week,. Lsee nothing
to cause a change, though the estimates in New Orleans
and Mobile appear to have settled upon about 3,100,000
bales ; in the Atlantic States 3,200,000 bales seems to be the
figure adopted. Of course, there will be variations during
the season, consequent upon the receipts beingfree or the
reverse. At present the increase, as compared. with last
year, is 44,000 bales ; but there is a falling off, as com-
pared with the year before, of 323,000, which must be at-
tributed mainly to the low state of the Southern rivers,
particularly those tributary to New Orleans. All accounts
agree that, as soon as a rise takes place, the receipts will
be very heavy."
The following is a statement of the movement in cotton
since the Ist of September last, as compared :with the
previous three years:—

1854. 1853. 1852.. .1851.
Receipts at the ports.. 541,000 497,000 864,000 560,000
Exports to Gt. Britain. 177,000 131,000 305,000 177,000
91 France..... 61,600 27,000 41,000 73,000

othrfor.prts 31,000 33,000 46,000• 27,000
Total exports 269,000 191,000 392,000, 277,000
Stock on hand
BnEA.DsTlTlTs.—Prices of Flour had given way within
the last few days, chiefly in consequence of the -stringent
state of the money market, and the quotations show a
decline of 25c. per barrel. In Wheat, excepting: for Gen-
nessee, choice qualities are rather dearer than last week.
Indian Corn had declined sc. per bushel.
PRovrsioNs.—Mess pork has been in fair request at
$13,25 to $13,50, wad prime at $l2. Lard is steady at
9c. to 101 c. for barrels. Beef is steady; city mess $14,50
to $15,50. Butter is steady. Cheese brings 100.. to 11c.
per lb.

NAVAL STORM—Spirits of turpentine remain dull at
48c. Common rosin is in fair request at $1,90 to $2.
Rough turpentine is-without alteration.
Inox.—The market for iron was dull and drooping, 70
tons Scotch pig were sold at $34, six months... 100 tons
soft English lead had brought $13,121, ninety drys' interest
added.

FREIGIITS.—Tha market without material alteration.
The rates were :—To Liverpool : Cotton, square bales, *d.
to 5-32 d.; flour, per barrel, ls. 9d.; rosin,. per barrel,
ls. 3d.; heavy goods, per ton, 155.; grain, per •bushel, 6d.
To London : Flour, .per barrel, 25.; rosin and turpentine,
per 280 lbs., 2s. to 2s. 13d. ; furs and skins, per ton, 255. to
305.; heavy goods, oil, &c., 20s. to 225. 6d.; beef, per
tierce, 4s. ; oil cake, per ton, 20s. To Havre : Cotton,
square bales, per lb., ic.; measurement goods, $8 to $10;
flour, per barrel, 50c. ; grain, per bushel, 10c.

tropaulovski,

made by the

supposition that the French frigate
Obligardo had had an engagement with a Russian vessel
—" Brig Henry William, Nov. 3, lat. 38 N
W. This day, at ten o'clock

prised at hearing a very heavy cannonading at some dis-
tance. It being foggy weather at the time, we could not
see any vessel near us, at least as far as the eye could
I should fancy by the three first shocks that they
,dsides, for it caused our vessel to shake similar
nic eruption. They were then followed by some
twenty or thirty single guns, as near as we could judge
from the distance, and, lastly, there were two others fired
similar to minute gans." The Knew-Nothings bad suc-
ceeded in electing their candidate for the comptrollership
of San Francisco. The overland immigrants had received