Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-04-25

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! ment OF the present month, large speculative
business was done in anticipation OF Inc renis,
sion of the tax. Since then matters have setlieu
dou,n and buyers. during the last ten days, nave
been enabled 10 obtain nearly all The advantages
resulting from its repeal. The supply viii prove
most abundant. The stock in Liverpool EXCEEDS
that of the same period oflas year by nearly ioo,
600 bales. The consumption hitherto exceeds
also that of las, year by about 1000 bales weekly.
LONDON COTTON MARKET.
| Report FOR THE WEEK ENDING April i.-Col-
ION is much the same to-day as al The close OF ias'
week Ii has not, however, been uniformly SEA
DIV. but on the contrary, has undergone some
slight 6nclualion and change For instance, un,
I'll The morning Of Thursday there was gradual
Welding and giving way in nearly all KINDS OF
American and in the market generally. rms
decline was not, perhaps qnotahle on any one
day. bat still, during the whole period, amounted
TO something perceptible. II nothing had inter-
vened, we should have had now 10 return scale
OF rates 3D. per Id. lower. Yesterday morning,
however, il was learned that The Boston steamer
| intended 10 sail this day, had heen detained oy
Government. Universal attention was al once
| drawn TO this fact. To sonei il sounded startling
1 and ominous OF serious misunderstanding between
gard il as nothing further than securing an early
/ transmission Of the result of The debate which
/ NAV arise this evening in The House OF Commons
| on The Oregon question. As 10 the question II.
/ self The discussion may result in an additional
| assurance 10 the public mind that all ground lor
doubt and misunderstanding is, and has been re-
moved; and that so far from this vessel having
been detained for communications Of hostile
character, il may prove To be quite The reverse
| lis effect on our market was immediate, restoring
| MS TO the full currency Of last week. with large
demand both from The trade and on speculation
| To-day the business is pretty well kept up, but
without any undue excitement. Nine thousand
American 300 Surat and 200 Egyptian have
been taken on speculation, and 2,lOO Am rican,
$50 Pernams. and 100 Madras for export. The
amount of sales altogelhe! is SO, i5O bales.
Saturday April 9Th, - o'clock al Noon.--Our
Cotton Market is rather quiet today, partly ow
| ING 10 the trade having supplied themselves pref
" fully, and, also, the news oil the additional ou
lies imposed upon manufactured goods al CaIcu'-
Ia has had This tendency. The sales yesterday
we're 5000 bags, including 1000 On speculalion
today they will be very much smaller, as little
! business is done here on Saturday after his hour
IN y Correspondence of The \. lnteigencer. ]
Nsw YORK. April -. 1915.
The advance in the stock market which was
noticed Yesterday, continues to-day contrary 10
general expectation Prices remain hrm in al
most every instance and in Ohio skies and Penn
svlyania fives there was rise Of half per cent
The iormer.is quoted al 81; the laller at AZ =
"Can,on" has sol as high as "a Vicksburs 81 !
Long Island Railroad 15a; Harlaem u; Erie %
In the present sensitive slate OF The market, how
ever, a conspiracy Of news boys would be pow
eriul enough 10 creae depression OF ) or 4 PER
cent in prices.
II is no., probable tina, we shall ever receive
any more definite information in regard 10 The
missing packel-ships Than that brought BY the
captain of the Norman, who states that on his
massage from New Orleans 10 Liverpool on The
18th and l4ih of December he experienced tic
most dreadful hurricane il had ever been his lot
10 encounter His ship received good deal Of
damage; and on The 18th OF the same month he
passed. in lat. SO, long. 30, several pieces Of
appulenances of packeI-shp The England
| and United States must have encountered this
storm, ard it is moi improbable that wha,lhe cap
| tain of The Norman saw were The relics OF those
| ill-taled vessels.
The executor OF the late Joseph Bonaparle,
| Mons Maitland who arrived here in the Great
Western, has come to carry into effect the will Of
the iesalor in regard 10 his American property.
| Among his requests are bas-relcf IN marble,
representing Napoleon as First Consul, 10 Jo-
seph Hopkinson, Of Philadelphia; an edition of
Volaiie 10 DR. CHAIRMAN; a bas-reief in marble
OF Pauline Bonaparte 10 Mr. Short; I statue in
bronze Of Napoleon when General-in-Chiet of
the army in I.ay, 10 Mr.. c. F. Ingersoll. His
real estates in This country are left TO his grand
son Joseph
THe VaSD4Lns SIcK.-We learn that two OF
the sick in the Naval Hospital died on Monday.
They were OF those who were attacked with the
disease after the ship came in from sea, and be-
fore she came up 10 Craney Island There are
| five or six persons whose recovery is doubtful if
| not hopeless No new cases OF the fever have
occurred since the ship has been in port; but We
| regret 10 learn that some few Of the healthy, as
well as OF The convaescen, of the fever, have been
| attacked with the dysentery-a legacy which that
direful scourge very often entails upon those pa
tents who are soforlunate as 10 survive It's attacks.
Norfolk Herald, April 30
| LAST Likeness or GEN JAcksoS.-Mr. An.ho-
ny, the celebrated Daguerreoiypist, visited The
| Hermitage on Tuesday last, and took Il minia-
,ure likeness Of Gen. Jackson. which could not
tr. excellcd for its accuracy. The health Of the
| Old Hero is quite feeble, and in all probability
this is the last likeness which will be laken.--
The painting Of Mr.. Dodge and The dagnerreo-
type Of Mr.. Anthony will preserve and pefpelu-
ale the features Of his face with absolute correct
ness-I Nashville Uai0n, ApHl1
News FROM TExAs.-We learn that General
Houston has at last openly declared himself
against annexation. We have been long ex-
peclng this consequently we are mol disappoinl-
ed in the slightest possible degree. We are hap
py in the belief however, that he does moi possess
sufficient influence 10 lhwar this great national
measure.
Our readers NAV expect some startling deve-
lopmen,s with regard 10 British policy and Bri-
fish intrigue in a short time We cannot, at pre-
sent tell all we know about the matter. II is a
glorious consolation 10 know that we have Pre-
sident who is equal 10 any emergency that may
arisc.-[ MadiMn7an.
CHARLoTTEsvILLE, April "a.
Disturbances AT THE UNivERslTY.-For the
last week there has been somewhat OF a dislur-
bance at the University of Virginia, between The
Professors and Officers Of the Institution, and the
Students The Magistrates, sitting in the ca pa.
city Of called County Court, and a jury have
hecn in session for three days past, investigating
the matter. After the investigation closes, a
statement of the facts in relation to il will be pub
ished. All is quiet now, and the lectures will
be resumed tomorrow. The Board of Visitors
were in session on yesterday.-[J cfersonian.
FOR SALE.
TIME Plantation called Palma Real, situated
i on the Sea Coast Of East Florida about
midway between ST. Augustine and the mouth
of the ST. Johns River, and about twenty miles