The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-21
L E l. f G r A p lIIC.
Photographed for the Southern Press
Arrival OF the Baltic.

| Eight days later f;om Europe decline in Cot
ton and Breadstuts.
New York. Feb. 2O--P. Mr.
The American steamer Baltic arrived here ut
noon to-day. She brings Liverpool dates TO the
9th inst Cotton has further declined id
The sales OF the week are 1850 bles. + ir
Orleans u; Mobile II fair J,uands ~, The
market closed firmer than it had been d ing the
week.
BREADsTUFFs-Thc -four market il rather
dull, and in favor Of ,yers Wheat has de-
clined one or two pence per bu,hel. Indian
corn has also declined 81 per quarter Of 480
lbs.
Provisions Pork is in demand at London
at AS 55s. Hams 40 To 60. Lard il brisk mt
NAVAL SToREs.-Rough Lurpcntne Is Rosin
81 40s per cw,
3s 3d-both in demand.
! The money market is efsier-Corsol. stand
| 9Gt 96a
"a better demand exists for American stocks
u. S. 6's 1868, l08 lOSa; Pa. SIS, "a Il Sc;
Nd SIS ssk AGO.
Freights are better
POLITICAL NEWS.
The steamer Baltic sailed for Liverpool at
p. NJ, on the 9Th.
| The Cambria sailed from Cork on the 4th
with the Atantic's freight.
FRANCE.
The committee Of tie assembly resolved men,
con-, that NJ. Mcguire may be arrested for debt.
General RnIhieres mt with serious acct
dent in descending the stair case Of the Cerett
des Pyramedes Saturday. Having made a
false step he fell, and ruptured the tendon unit
ing the knee cap with the leg. He then fell on
his head, and became nsensible.
Letters from Cherbomge state that 900 mer-
boy hnan init, that h..
stress Of weather
Admiral Montigues' division will sail for Per-
nambuco and Rio de Janeiro-It is now weather.
bound.
On the demand Of the French government,
NJ. Felix Pyat, has been expelled from Switzer-
land
In the Moneteur, the minister Of foreign af-
fairs, protests in contradiction Of certain rumors
that no changes have been made among the
functionaries of his department
On Monday night the national assembly de-
cided NJ. Josets free-trade motion Tho
chambers were--for the motion, 25l agains.
it, $780,
scHLEswE1G HoLsrEIS.
The federal commissioners have left IIamburs
for Kiel, where they will publish procla
ton. Count Rcvenon is to follow them
The stat holders of Holstein have resg {
in favor of the new provisional government.
HEssE cAssEL.
The officers who resigned their commissions
during the late crisis, will be tried, by court
martial of Bavarian officers.
PRUSSIA.
Baron Manteun4I, the Bremier. intend, re-
pairing to Dresden, on or before the 18th inst
He will then have interview with the pre-
mer CT Austria.
In its sittings of the Sd inst, thelowcr house
voted agains: paragraph 30, of the government
regarding the loan, on the responsibility of the
ministers The vote agains. tae paragraph, 1872
for it iO5.
further reduction OF the army is in contem-
paton This will raise the number OF soldiers
on leave to l50, 900
VIENNA.
A correspondence of the Doth ult, states that
the encroachment of military power has had a
crisis.
Part of the garrison Of Vienna had been mis-
led The dth of March was fixed for general
outbreak. Seventy persons, students, citizens,
and officers on half pay have been arrested
AIgemrine Zertung says that Prince Schartz
is preparing to proceed to Dresden.
New YORK, Feb. 2o,P.M.
The steamers news has unsettled the market.
Stocks are stcady. Breadstuffs dull. Cotton
heavy. No sales thus fur in the day. Provisions
firm Groceries quiet
New YORK, Feb. Goth, 1851.
The steamer Cambria arrived here this arter-
noon with the Atlantic's cargo.
BosroS, Feb. 30, 1851
The examination Of Elizur Wright was re-
sumed, and resulted in his being held TO bail in
two thousand dollars for his nppe race and trial
before the United States Circuit court on the
third Tuesday in March--Mr Sewall entered Sc
curity. Thompson, English Adolf ion lecturer,
WINS pe'ted with rotten eggs at Springfield, Mas
snchusetts.
A large crowd waa assembled ut the rail-
road depot yesterday morning, who booted him,
ana would have committed personal violence but
! Tor the interference of the authorities Stones
/ were thrown into the windows of his room. -
he departed westward In the cars not well
p1na sod '