New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-04-06
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NewYork Markets

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NEwYoRK, Saturday. April 8.
There has been fair demand to-day in the cotton
ket and the sales embrace 5000 bales steady prices
Mddling is quoted at sac. Flour has been in good
quest at 81 430$4 IS u Dbl for State, and 81 621sD
81 81 for Ohio brands Corn has sold at Csc " bushe for
prime white and Csc for prime yellow Pork steady with
sales of mess at ST. and prime at SIG . Dbl.
Steamers Movements.
NEwYoRK, April 8.
The Chagres steamer Prometheus has arrived here with
100000 worth of gold dust She brings no later news
from California than that taken by the Georgia to New
Orleans.
The Collins steamer Pacific sailed to-day for Liverpool
with $4,000 in specie.
Steamboat Explosion--Loss of Life.
MADISON, Ind. April 8.
The steamboat Red Stone blew up this afternoon while
backing from Scotts Landing short distance above
Carroton 1.-The explosion completely shattered the boat
and she immediately sunk in 20 feet Of water large
number of the passengers lost their lives of the of
cers and the Captain and Clerk only saved the
former being very severely and perhaps fatally injured
Eight bodies of victims have far been recovered
The exact number that have lost their lives not vet
certained.
| Ohio River-Markets
| CINCINNATI. April s.
The here has risen two feet within the last twenty
four hours Flour unchanged and dull with small sales
and large receipts 400 bbs Pork have been sold but
terms are unknown. Bacon Shoulders in fair demand
at Y and Sides at sac p Ii. $50 bbls Whisky changed
| hands at 15c. y gallon.
PITTSBURGH, April 3.
There II feet inches water in the channel here this
| evening and the river falling.
| LOUISVILLE, April 8.
The river has risen IS inches here since last evening
The Flour market dull and the sales to-day only
to 200 bbs at So IL So IA Whisky is in fair demand
| Snll or l. to1 E. =
chiefly at the latter figure In provisions much has
been done only sale being of Mess Pork S15 So
there being buyers than sellers at that price
| Destructive Fire in Chilicothe.
| CHILicoTHE, Ohio. April 5.
terrible conagraton occurred here last evening" and
large portion of the is in ruins The fire broke
out in the Adams block which entirely destroyed.
| including the Clinton House, and the extensive
houses and other buildings east Of High and north
Second streets The flames next communicated to the
Ross block swept through the of stores Canal
street destroying the Madeira House, and of the
business houses the north side Every house
Walnut street to Mulberry street destroyed and
number us east Bridge street. The merchants
generally Just received their large stocks of prng goods
and their losses immense many being ruined.
The post-oce building and most of its contents
destroyed but the books have been saved The printing
office of the Advertiser newspaper was saved. All the
| telegraph offices have been burned.
Ohio River-Steamboats.
| LOUISVILLE, April 2.
The river here rising with eight feet eight inches in
the canal The following steamboats, have left here
day bound New Orleans The Belle Key. the South
ern Belle Saxon the New Orleans and the Crescent
and the following have arrived from the same place
| The Sam Gloon, Ambassador and the Swallow
| LOUISVILLE, April s.
The river has risen eight inches during the last twenty
four hours The Gulnare and the Bella Donna have de-
parted for NewOreans, and the Swamp Fox, the r. H.
Winslow and NJ Niles have arrived from that place
| during the last twenty -fours
The Fugitive Slave Case.
| New YoRK. April
The fugitive slave Horace recently arrested here on the
claim of his owner. of Baltimore, has been remanded
| the custody Of his master.