New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-09-27

declined, and quoted at 954.
American stocks dull. State securities and
Railroads stocks losing confidence.
Political Advices.
The general political intelligence by this arri-
val is meager and without special Importance.
The Eastern War question seems to be in the
same position as it WIS some weeks ago.
There has been no more fighting in Asia or
on the Danube
The cholera still continues its tavages among
the Russian and Allied troops. Many had died,
and great CONSERVATION prevailed among the
soldiers.
The Emperor of Russia has peremptorily
refused the proposition of Austria to negotiate
for peace on the basis Of the Four Powers. His
reply, in emphatic terms, had been received at
the Court of Vienna, and it was expected that
the Austrian and Swedish Ministers would i'm
mediately ask leave to- retire from st. Peters
burg, in which case these powers will be in open
hostility assuming a warlke attitude toward
Russia.
Prussia still maintains the same position to-
ward Russia and the allies, but more favorably
inclined to the latter.
Accounts from Hungary represent much ex-
element and dissatisfaction among the people.
The Poles are also represented as assuming
an insubordinate character and unfavorably
disposed towards Russia.
| Greece was without any new feature.
| The very latest advices from Bomersund state
| that the allied fleets had not dismantled, but
| that they had blown up and destroyed the place
| and designed leaving it FOR other quarters;
The Russians were quartering in different
parts Of Moldavia, and had blown up the for
| tress at Hango.
The impression in London and Paris was,
among those best informed, that. Austria would
| in the end declare war against Russia. The
| firm determination upon the part Of Austria is
to concentrate an immense army in the Princi-
palities, and thus be ready for an emergency
| when the time for action arrives
| The Car has intimated his intention Of acting
entirely on the defensive, and for this PURPOSE
maintains the policy Of retiring He also pur-
poses Strengthening his forces greatly during
the Winter, with q view Of renewing hostilities
He says he can afford to go into winter quarters
without consulting his enemies-better than
| they can afford to pursue him through the SHOWS
and hardships of winter.
| 1t is said that Turkey has been much embar-
raised and weakened-that she finds great diff
fculty in raising men and means to replenish
her armies, and that considerable dissatisfac-
ton exists among the soldiers.
The artillery embarked from Varna for the
Crimea on the 18th, and the troops were to
start on the 30th. Barricades had been raised
by the Russians to obs,ruct the Danube. The
town Of Snlena had been totally destroyed.
Other places had also been laid in waste
/ Prince Albert and the King Of Belgium had
arrived at Bologna to meet the Emperor Napo-
leon. This visit and meeting of the royal and
Imperial dignitaries was viewed as an epoch q
great moment
Affairs in England were quiet, and no general
news of moment.
1t is universally acknowledged that the crops
of Great Britain will be unusually abundant
the general average yield being larger than has
been known for many years. The quality, too
of the grain is decidedly superior. The best in
formed merchants assert that breadstuffs mus
largely decline during the coming winter.
Affairs in France were tranquil. All disaf
lection among the clubs had been subdued.
The weather throughout France had beer
very favorable, and the grain crops abundant
The same is said of Germany. The grape croI
is very short.
4 Spain was comparatively tranquil under thu
new regime. There were some whispering
that the American Minister, Mr.. Soule, has
been making certain negotiations regarding
Cuba, but the particulars are not known.
Queen Christina is said to have gone insane
and has been placed under medical treatment
from the trouble and excitement consequent Of
the late revolution.
Nothing new from ireland. The potato GRO
was much injured.
MURDER.-A woman named Mcmahon, resi-
ding in North First street, Troy, was foun
floating in the river on Saturday morning, tn
!. 10th instant, near the steamboat landing, foo
of Albany street. Upon examination marks {
violence were found on the body. She left he
house Thursday noon, and undoubtedly wa
badly beaten and then thrown into the rive
| bn
face and her face and head were badly bruised
The murdered woman was about "a years {
age, and person of dissipated habits. Th
Coroner's Jury came to the conclusion that sh
had been murdered, and her husband has bee
|, arrested on suspicion.
FIRE-.a Woman Destroyed in the Flame
On Sunday night, the 18th instant, a fire brok
out in q tWo-storY frame house, on the corne
of Lafayette Avenue and Schenck street, i
Brooklyn, and soon spread to an adjoinin
building. Each building was occupied by se'
] eral families, who lost all they had. One VIC
man, named Ellen Flanagan, lost her life in til
fiames and it was with the greatest difficult
t that some of the others escaped similar fat
Mrs Flanagan's husband was awakened by
dense smoke in the room, and, Selling one of h
children, ran out with it, the flames hayin
already enveloped the stairway. The woma
o took the other child and let it out of the wiz
dow, and then tried to save herself, but bein
: unable to make her way through the dem
smoke and heat, became bewildered and fell
! victim to the destroying element The building
: were burned to the ground.