Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-10-09
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP CANADA.
sEyEN DAYS I<rER IxrFIIIne<rp

arrived hero this morning from Liverpool which port She
ls on the Esd ut, making days later Intelligence
one nau lair weather on her passage.
lhe American mail steamer Arctic about whose ssfet,
.ns,e are approximations sailed from Liverpool on III,
zv'n, her regular day, and had been heard from
afterwards is supposed she may have met with som
aSeuenI OF encountered weather aud put back
& however Is only conjecture. founded upon the fac
nat heary storms prevailed after she sailed which
had subsidized when the Canada leh
Tue steamer Petrol bad put back to the Clyde will
sudden deaths .Soari The steamer San Jacint,
AZ southampton. The Capt,iu Of tho Canada wa
much disappointed at not finding the Arctic on MI. .nJ
ing at New York this uotuiug.
me Liverpool cotton market quiet but prices e,
e'9' no change from previous Fair Orlesn
Ga; Upland do, I'd; Mobile do Cd; Miidlng Oriesp
Old Uplands and Mobile l-sd. Tue weeks sale
amount to S6 900 bales
Inc Havre Cotton market was quiet-prices a sb,d,
easier The Manchester trade duh Yarps depressed.
, breadstuits-The hour market in Liverpool was frns
and prices had advanced ia per barrel tor the week
Western Canal Sis; Baltimore and Pnadelphis 81, sd,
s9s I'd; Ohio SASS IL to s4s
wheat was hrtner and prces advanced Sd per busho
Tor the week Quoted 50 6Jsss 81 per bushels Indat
S+ss6s. '"'
POLITICAL NEWS
SPAS.-The sdsices from Madrid Isprc.,nt Sn,i, a,
quiet aud prospecting fairly under the new government
There had beeu no further outbreaks A. SoulS lett.,
Is treated with much contempt No further news from
him. NV"
EASTERN AFFAIRS.
The Csmea expedition had landed safely anil 20.
marching OH Sebsstopol The French aud English gov
ernments had announced oil ,isly that IS OoI men h.
landed without Opposition at Enpacons, aud immediately
marched upon Sebssopol. Also, that portion of IN.
transport ships had lett aud gone varua for OsO
more Of the French troops. There was II rupor how.
ever that no attack would DO made Sebastopo this
| winter.
The Russian fleet had again into Sebastopo ON sse
| ing part of the allied fleet oil that port
Provisions dull with Sigh; deeliue lard 5O.bls. hssr
| quiet; pork dropping.
Groceries quet-Cofee scarce and firm at previous
rates; Sugar and Moasses dull Rice dull auL prices de-
pressed.
Tobacco scarce aud in good demand Wool JulI Iron
| continues in active request.
The London mouey market without special cbopcs
There had been reduction Of the rate of i,r.st
soils close 95ag5 l-2.
American stocks were dull excepting government secu
| rites.
report prevailed at Consan,nope tina, the Cur had
drawn up peace proposition. Also that he had
TO the proposed terms Of the four powers; that he
willing to entertain an armis;ic, and that steamer had
despatched to postpone the LAT ding Of the Crime,
expedition, but at last adNices sid steamer had M,
| reached the fleet There abouts however of This
rumor, and it wanted confirmation befor. being .ptied
| to much couse sequence.
There current that the batteries o n
| had again been bOnbarded.
Auapa and Kcrsc closely blockaiei
At last accounts NE evacuI ion OF W.lachia and Mol.
| theIPruih.
GRgkcE-I, is said that Greece has male A sinh.
mssve proposition to the Porte, aud offers to negotiate
commercial tresty.
TURSEY AND PrRsA.-Tte rumor which had ;a
currency of rupture between Turkey aud Persia !, on
cialy contrajicted
BELGIuM.-The ministerial crisis in r. Linn, bss s,;
ded aud the Ministers remain
Il has been positively decided by the olli.s tbs, ;
Their Sneabog nor Sebastopo shall be attacked hi, win
ter. "
ESGLASD.-Ttc weather throughout ENGLAND was var,
favorable, and an abundant harvest CATHERINE wy
Ihe cholera was generally subsding No general new,
OF moment. ~
FRANcE.-No;hng II special i'm portance-all was oue,
uraI
AUSTRIA AND PRuS.A.-These powers still maintain the
same attitude towards Russia aud the allied powers.
SwErES.-No news Of moment
lRELAND.-Ihe crops and harvest abundant
American bresdsuas had generally advanced and were
hr Some circulars note % advance in flour i'd in wheat
and Is IN corn but the figures do sustain this advance
NEW PArENrs.-Anong the patents granted a,
Washington, during the week ending the Sd inst were
the following: To Chis n. Cresson of PhilaJenha far
an improvement in the form of gas reorts to Patrick s
Devan OF Reading, Pa. for an improvement, in brek
machines to WIN. G. McKea, Of Philadelphia, for i'm
provemeus in railroad and switch
TO Richard A. Tilghman of Philadelphia, for imnroye
men's In the processes of purifying fatty bodies to Joseph
thatcher OF Philadelphia, for Improvement in looms
NArAL-ii b. NJ ship Bosc,wen 90 guns, from Ports.
mouth. Eng. bOurd Greytown, was spoken 18th utimo
in lat. So ~, long ~ w. '
The L. 5 steam irigate Saranac Capt Long, bearing
the broad pennan of Commodore Strngham has gone 10
Constannope again. The American missionaries there
think tue presence Of mau of absolutely neces-
sary
The u = rgate Cumberland Capt Har wood had gone
to Blrceloua. e
Capt. Adams OF the U. 8 Japan Etpedition has sone
ont IN the Pacific. lie the bearer of the rahed treaty
recently concluded BY Com Perry and expects 10 reach
Hong Kong by the let OF December.-Norfolk Bacon
EXTENSION THE r. V Rail Ro.p-Tbere "a, ts
little doubt that the Roanoke Valley Railroad will event
ualy be extended beyond Gainesville in one IL not in two
directions The people OF HALIFAX Ptsyvania and the
counties west Of these are determined build what
called the Pig River Railroad which designed TO branch
oil from the DanEie Railroad at some point near Gar
retts store hsaI, aud thence go through Ptsyya
MIA anu Franklin on TO Salem other convenient
points upon the Virginia and Tennessee Road If tbis
improvement Can be effected there will then ne CONT
nuous line of Railway from Memphis via Clark,vile TO
Norfolk We understand that no peope we're ever more
enthusiastic IN the ncpency Of any enterpse than the
people Of the upper counties are In this They have
manifested their zeal only in words but by the mo.t
liberal subscriptions, and this too when they have no
before the next legislature shall convene they to be
prepared to exhibit TO that body the most uneuuiyocal
proofs OF their eanestness and Of their confidence in
the policy of constructing this Improvement They al
ready have naked charter. Under that naked charter
they mean procure fully hs OF the amour, neces
ssry 10 complete the Road aud When they have done
thus much by individual subscription they think they
cannot fail to secure legislative
| Plant.
YELLOW FEvERIS Baron BouGE-we have heard, say.
the " o. Bulletin, for days. that tho yellow fever
had broken out IN Baton Rouge but in the absence gu.
thenc information we continued to hope theI reports
some truth in them The Baton Rouge Advocate Of the
20th has the olowing-We have for several DAYS pas.
heard OF the prevalence OF this disease among the soldiers
OF the garrison at this place. Up the present time
some eight or ten cases. learn have occurred in tina,
quarter, five OF them terminating fatally In the town
We learn this morning from well Informed sources that
some haf dozen cases are known eIis-two or three
OF which are OF very malignant type The disease az
yet is not considered to be Of epidemic character aud
We earnestly hope that may be confined to It's present
"sPaFodic' FORM If not speedily aud radically e1termina-
ted.
The HoNiclDE At THE ST. NfCHoLAs-The trial of Dr.
Graham for the homicide Of Col Loring in an
rencontre on the I'd Of August, still continues to occupy
the Court OF Oyer and Terminer which daily densely
crowded The case for the prosecution not yet closed
Mrs Lorng, the widow Of the deceased, was removed
from the witness stand In state Of extreme
aud was unable to return to undergo examination
y. Y. Herald, Oct6.
lScoERUPTlBLE RAILROAD TINBER-If we may believe
the New Orleans Delta Of the l4ib seepers on railways
ihai IT, wooden ones rest undislurbed for period
as indefinite as the reposo Of the osss preparation
has been invented for the preparation of submerged tim
Der, consisting OF asphaun sulphsr aud arsenic I. ia
applied like paint, when the wood is dry. marine
railway California IN which annIioJ