Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-04-23
Correspondence ef The Pittsburgh Gazette.
Later from Europe.
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Arrival OF THE PACKET SHIP LIBEETY.-The
Liverpool liner, Liberty, arrived ul New York
last night, and brings dates 10 the 9th Of March.
Cotton continued firm, and prices same as on
the sailing Of the Columbia.
The market for corn was on the decline Of LiY.
erpool, having taken q downward tendency 0fer
the C.'s departure. Prices hardly supported.
Wheat was selling to fair exlen, al ! Is TO ! Is
Cd per 10 pounds.
Provisions were without change, and fair sales.
United States -four, in bond, was selling al forty
three shillngs per barrel-a further advance IL
two days from the sailing Of the Columbia.
Otherwise there is no news received BY this
Packet worth Telegraphing 10 you.
New YoRK, April ESP. NJ.
ARRIVAL OF TIE PATKET SHIP LoNDoN.-The
Packet ship London is in from London, bringing
dates TO the 10Th Of March.
The papers received by herquote United States
-four at iory.ihree shings six pence per barrel.
A very active and large demand existed foI
breadsufs. No other news Of importance.
BosToN, APRIL ll--evening.
ARRIVAL OF THE PACKET SHIP lRvING.-Thc
beautiful Packet ship Washington Irving, arrived
a. Boston on Saturday, from Liverpool, in the
short passage Of twenty days. Washington lr
wing, our laie MinstertoS Spain, (succeeded by Mr.
Saunders, Of n. C.) is among the passengers.
The health Of Daniel O'Connell is improving
and there are great hopes entertained Of his com
plele recovery. The cholera has spread and was
raging in the East. 1t had reached Tabriz ol
Taurls, city Of Persia, Of $4,000 inhabitants
(tormerIyhalf amlion,) where three or four hun
dred were daily dying Of this terrible scourge.
The Missionaries went into the hospitals and
visited and administered to the sick in their su(
ierlngs, and without suffering from a disease
which most men regard as contagious.
! The Circassians had been engaged in fierce bat.
Ties with some Of the native tribes of the country
who were in alliance with the Russians. Ten
| thousand Of those men had been extermina,ed by
the Crcassans, and an immense body put Ia
! flight. The Emperor Nicholas had established q
! Vice Royalty over Poland under the Government,
of his son Duke Michael. Thus sinks TO resi-
the last hope Of Independence for Poland.
In White Russia. embracing the provinces oi
Witepsk, Mohilef and Minsk, and more than two
millions and half Of people, the peasants had
risen in great power against the mobiles and O
large number Of them had been massacred.
The dislresSes continue in Ireland and Scotland
with little or no abatement. The famine had
reached France also, and portion of Germany,
where the distress was very great, particularly in
France, where many were in despair of procu.
ring sufficient food for the relief Of the people.
The civil war conliues in Poland with varying
success, and Spain also is agitated as she ever is
by conflicting parties and opinions.
The cotton market had given way, and the de-
cline on most descriptions was about one quartz
penny. The sales for the week ending 2lst ult
were l6,400 bales. Sea Island cotton was firm
at previous quotations.
The corn trade was generally brisk at Liver
pool, but owing to heavy arrivals, &C., prices
were not sustained. Flour had participated il
the decline. At London The corn market wa,
firm, owing to very limited supplies, not equal tC
the demand. This strengthened prices, but ne
advance had been obtained. The extensive ar
rivals of corn and flour at Liverpool produced nc
effect on the London market.
The decline at Liverpool on Indian corn wa:
one to two shillings per quarter. Numerous ar
rivals from the States had brought in large sup
! plies of corn and flour. Western canal flour wa,
selling at forty shillings per barrel, a decline o
two 10 three shillings from the 9th ult. The ex
treme prices of flour were thirty-seven 10 forty
shlings. Cornmeal was selling at thirty-one tc
thiry-lwo shilings per barrel. Wheat had ad
vanced two shillings per quarter. The highes
quotation for white corn per 480 pounds, was 68s