The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-12-06
General Intelligence

November, three days later than the accon " theT
by the Asia. Her advices embrace the If% oI1 Gq%
portant intelligence from the seat of war \
The latest accounts from the camp aho...
pol, state that the siege was prosecuted He @baq
vlgor, the bombardment being kept up dar wig q.
leaving the beseiged no time to repair Tie fbaaN
or the damages IN the town Fort. Con- ny oFqtZ
Quarantine are stated to have been demoi;sa
alsohe greater portion of the southern nYssa a
town The city was on fire i'll three plaaas
of the dispatches received at Paris and a1ds
that Sebastopol was mass of ruins. ud0Ns
Ihe Russians suffered a great disad,,o,.
the position OF the French chasseurs, wbou,aSe Ia
Oft the artlllerymen along the walls as f., VsuapE
would show themselves. as L.
An nnceasing shower of balls was no..
the city and bay, and the Russian shps :, "a
Dor had sought shelter alongside the on :" ne h
allies were preparing batteries to COMMAND Z &
AID We're about to pour hot-shot on the M iif4qq
that point pPlss
lroa cylinders We're being prepared bvn..
for the purpose of blowing up the surE5on 'df aq
! the entrance of the harbor SARs
| Large reintorcements for the allies WORE
way to Sebastopol from England and Franoao I'll tG
Private dispatches state that the town w@,,
sltlvey be taken by assault on the Sd Nov@noIu r.
| The attack upon the town from sea Ind r1t
renewed. N ee
Further accounts fthe battle at BaIakav,
been received They state that the Ruxs"a,4I Na5
thousand men killed inNthat engagement ' Aat
One hundred and twenty gun boats and fo,t,, .
ing batteries have been ordered to be co,sf, a.a
for service in the Baltic.
The accounts by the Canadian confirm ao.
that Louis Napoleon had Withdrawn the ' o.j Iel
Mr. Soule's exclusion from Fkance, and tbot T &
had permission to pass throu9 N France on ls =
The commercial advices by his arrival g.. j.,
mra9re but rather important
There was good demand for COTTON in tbor
pool market, and prices were firm, Nut witbm 1,s
change.
New YORK, Nov. 2l-A motion waA this n,..
made in the United States circuit count ia r.1a
new trial to capt. Smith, who was recentN cosr;
OF piracy, In being engaged in the African H.
trade The motion was argued at lengN TI
Judge reserved his decision. =
NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-The demand for cotMn
is moderate, and prices are unsettled. VdNSas
Orleans is quoted at 81 @ 934c p Ii. FNrN
also been unsettled, but closes with rmness at
"a ~ & barrel for Ohio brands, and most holdar,,
asking an advance on these rates.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-The Cunard steamer ca,
da has arrived, bringing dates from LiverpooIof4
18th inst three days later than the accounts broa y
by the Canadian. Her advices state that the co8~
market at Liverpool opened in the beginning d T.
week with good demand, but there was some IN
ing Oft at the close. Brown Shiplev d. Co, rra-
the sales Of the week at 50 900 bales, Including o
tor speculation, and 1000 for export, and STAFF b
the demand was freely met by holders. PairG
leans was quoted at Ga, middling Orleans at 81
another fire had occurred in Liverpool, by vhit$5
I, 500 bales Of cotton had been DESTROYED.
The latest adviceS from Sebastopol states tbata.
siege was proceeding slowly but surely, and that S
0astopoi had not yet fallen
The popular feeling in England was beqinnnoA,
manifest itself against the slow progress which,,
government has made so far in the prosecution ofr}.
var. Great dissatisfaction seems to prevail in H.
egaTd III many parts Of the country
The accounts OF the Russians and the allies ds,
considerably with respect to the condition Of aFsr
t Sebastopol he Russian reports state thatht
title injury had been suffered by their works r2s
ne English accounts say that the town was lng
With $4,000 dead within its walls.
dispatch from the Russian camp at Sebas,ga
avs that terrible weather had prevailed on the BIZ
ca and that the allied fleets had been compeIlel5
cave their stations about Sebastopol and PIT tosa
IN the 29th and Both October, the besie9ers wen
drenched and were unable to keen I'D fl.
re on the torn.
The French complain that their movements an
luch retarded by the long range of the Russia.
nns. The English and Turkish troops, which Re.
aived the assault of the Russians at Balaklaya ap
ear to have been almost annihilated.
The reports Of the battle at BaIaklaya on the25tI
It,, show the affair to have been very serious one
he loss Of the English is stated at 1000 killed
Commercial advlces from Havre to the Sth instant,
port the average sales of cotton in that market
oout 1000 bales daily. Prices were without aay
lange Of moment.
NJ. Soule had left London for Madrid, passing
trough Paris. He, however, made no stay in tie
tier capital.
Lord Palmerston had left London for Paris, On a
cret MISSION as it is stated, respecting the designs
the United States upon the island Of Cuba
Inc farIs Monlteur contains a concilatory article
specting the affair Of Mr. Soule
New DIRK, Nov. 23.-The cotton market here is
Ill, with sales to-day Of barely 600 bales Prices
e irregular but without any notable change
A clerk in the postoflice here has been detectedn
bling the mail.
he paying teller of the American Exchange Rnt
this city is discovered to have elnbezzled large
Mount of the funds Of the bank by means of cra
ID checks, drawn III the name of irresponsible par
George Washington Lafayette, son of the gallant
lfayette, Of revolutionary memory is soiourHng in
aW Urk.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 23.--Wm II. Martin, the princi-
1 distributing clerk in the post Office in this city
IS been arrested on charge Of stealing letters and
lbezzlng the money taken from them. TIE amount
money thus taken is said to amount to several
ousand: dollars.
The legislature of North Carolina has elected GOV
'yld s. Reid as senator to congress- for four wears
hi the vacancy now existing in the senatorial re-
of that State
PITTsBuRG, Ncv. p, P. M-The river here is yet
ling, with 80 inches water in the channel The
eather is rainy.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 21-night-Thc river here has
EN- three inches during the last twenty four hours,
d Is still rising. Raining hard for several hours
st, and promises to continue all night. Flour is
changed, with sales at 81 IS q S. IS p barrel.
'thlng doing in provisions. Whiskey ha. further
yanced, with sales at 80 c. p gallon.
1 here were SEQ cases of cholera in Newark, \.
this season, half of which proved fatal.
several cases Of cholera have occurred at Louis
lie, hy. Quite panic ensued.
l he wire suspension bridge. across the NiSsiSsp-
at St. Anthony falls, is nearly finished.
Measures have been taken in New York to obtain
m English, Scotch and Irish residents in this
lntry, funds for the relief of the widows and o.
ans of the soldiers, sailors and marines of the
Itlsh service employed i'll the war against the Rus
ms.
A report is current in New York that an cxpej
II, under the command Of the celebrated col Kin
Y, Of Texas, is about to proceed to Central Amerl
for the purpose of establishing new republic
territory lately purchased in the aMosquito coun-
-. This purchase embraces some twenty-five mil
MS OF acses, and it is in contemplation to bring
hln the era OF the embryo republic the town Of
Juan OF Grevtown ~
Ne learn from the English papers that sir Gordon
ammond is dead. He was in command in Cana,
during the war between the United States and
gland, and administered the government after the
lrenent of gen. Provost.
)ur American merchants, renowned the world
n for enterprise, beginning to try what can be
he i'll the way of trade in the newly opened Japan
r 1et. The bark Edward Koppisch, captain Il.