The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-01-10
General Intelligence.

General Intelligence.
New YORK, DEC so-collins, steamer ~.
rived this morning, with Liverpool dates to ,ha ar
There had been but moderate business doino .oh
Liverpool cotton market, and prices had An nthe
from I'D to I'D. ~ ID. The quotations are sss 4.
Orleans, middling, Sd Breadstuffs wsra ia,r
vancing. aa.
There is nothing Of Importance from the a..
The siege is progressing and It rumored thai sn
Russians had retired from the second line az dew
s great movement on the part Of the Russians NY.
observed on the It'll inst Gen. Canrobert ernea sas
to be able to assault Sebastopol Eupatoria E s.
to be blockaded by the Russians The trenches a y
the allies had been oYerhoWed by water
by heavy rains The Russians continued 10 mas.
incessant sortes which were always repuIsed Nv W.
French, on whose wing they were made The VIII -,
Turkish army had recrossed the Danube On III IVY
it was said to the Crimea. Thirty five Russian 20
sells were driven ashore during the gale on tn sa
Azorf The empress of Russia is reported be dvnu
The governor general Of India has pettoned Fng
land for aid against apprehended attack from x,
Russians.
4 NEW YonK JAN 2.--The cotton market 4 ~,
unsettled by the Atlantic's news, and prices basa
declined &C. ~ b., and the tendency is downward
Wadsworth 4 Sheldon, bankers, failed TO-DAY =
Liabilities 81 500, 900. Foster Stephenson ana
Vim. g. Ray, have also failed.
The house of Belcher & Bros, of New Orleans ana
st. Louis, has failed for two millions.
The ship Pride Of the Sea, bound froIa Liyerpoo,
TO New orleans, mas Deeu lOldtiy ioSb. sa
1t is reported that Sam Houston to-day resignedbis
seat in the senate.
CINc1ssAT1, JAN 2-The river is still rising, and
there is sufficient water for boats Of the largest size
The flour market is active at 81 65@7 Is.
NEW YoRK, DEC. 25.--In the gale of the 18th ult
the allied loss amounted to sixty -three vessels oil
wrecked or dismasted and otherwise injured BY the
loss Of guns, rigging, ETC.
One thousand men perished besides those cap.
tured by the Cossacks.
lose, 81 D.;
Resoute containing all the winter clothing for the
troops, hospital stores and all the necessary mate.
rails for carrying on the siege Of Sebastopol.
The suferings Of the troops in the Crimea were
terrible. Men and horses were dying from cold.
The dates from Sebastopol are to the 26th of No
veInber
The allies had received renforcements to the ex-
tent Of 5000 men, and the Russians 10000.
No operations Of moment had occurred in the Cri.
mea.
Our cotton market is still dull the sales TO-DAY
were barely 800 bales without change in prices
Sales Of flour were made at So 81 to SO 81 for Ohio
brands. Pork is firm at $l2 Is for mess. Lard is
dull Of sale.
In New York, on the 9th December the cotton
market very dull, with downward tendency
Sellers appear anxious to dispose Of their stocks
buyers scarce
At New York, on the 29th ult Fitzgibbon, who
was recently convicted Of robbing the r. S. mails,
was sentenced to ten years imprisonment.
BosToS, DFc 3O.-A letter received in this city
from the American consul at Messina (Sicily,lgives
frightfn accounts Of the ravages Of the cholera in
that city Twenty thousand persons died between
the 22d Of August and 10th of September
WAsHISGToS, DEC. 26.--In the house to-day M
Bridges moved that the committee the judiciary
inquire into the ezpe>liency Of preventing the i'm.
passed the postofice and army appropriation bills
The vetoed river and harbor bill of last session
was discussed, after which the house adjourned un-
til Saturday.
1t adjourned until Friday.
New ork letter of the 18th ult., says, the train
which left Albany at o'clock, Sunday evening did
not reach the city till late hour yesterday owing
to the depth Of the snow on the track It's said
that in some places the snow was piled upon the
track eight feet deep. While the train waiting
at this point, the suferngs Of the passengers from
cold, represented to have been in the ex
treme The train was literally embedded in the snow
with piercing cold wind from the northwest. One
of the breakmen, named John Doyle, was frozen to
death. Two OF the passengers were also badly
frost bitten.
W. Dorr died on Thursday.
LOUISVILLE, Dc 29.-Ex-governor Merehead Of
died last ght at his residence in CoYng
ton.
30th-Four unsuccessful attempts have thus far
been made to elect United States senator from the
State of Iowa.
TORONTO, DEC. 29-The cabinet factory of Messrs
Jacques Il Haines, the most extensive establishment
If the kind in Canada, destroyed by fire last
night The loss is estimated at forty Rive thousand
pounds, on which there is but trifing insurance.
The New York Herald furnishes the following
list of the number of artisans and mechanics thrown
put of employment in that city: tailors and tailor
,sses 70OO cabinet makers, upholsterers etc. 1900;
nasons, 1000; machinists, smiths, etc. 700; prin-
ers 50O stereoypers, $50; bookbinders folders and
stitchers, $50; shoemakers, 400; house carpenters
7OO rope makers, block makers, riggers ETC., 500
plasterers, 200; plumbers, GOO: umbrella makers,
$50; matters, 800.
There are over thirteen thousand mechanics out of
work. " - - p'''pe'' "
The five cents saving bank in Boston continues
20 receive deposits at the rate Of about thousand
dollars day. notwithstanding the pressure Of the
money market.
A young widow with $4,000 in New York, ad.
sertises for husband not FIVE feet ten inches in
aeight. Nothing is said about breadth.
The chamber of commerce of Pttsburg has asked
he corporation, the chamber of commerce of Gin
nnat, Louisville and other western cities to bring
before congress the necessity for the improvement Of
western rivers and harbors, and urge liberal APP
at least hundred thousand dollars
or the improvement of the Ohio river.
On the 18th ult., David L. Yulee was elected to
he United States senate by the Florida legislature
n place of Mr.. Worton, whose term expires the 4th
# March. He was chosen on the first ballot, by
-ote of 81 to 49,
The Zouves, who have so distinguished them
elves in the battles Of the Crimea are natives of
he French provinces Of Alpiers, and owe their dis
iplne to French officers. Their courage is their
wn.
The Washington Star understands that Mr.. Bow
in, the newly appointed minister to New Granada,
las gone to Missouri for his family, with whom he
proposes at once to set out for the Of his duties
n New Granada.
An article recently appeared in the New York
lines, supposed to be from the pen of doct. Tuth-
ill, one Of the editors Of that paper in which the
eslrabilty OF employing females as apothecaries
vas strongly argued in the affirmative. This, for
n Esculapius Of the old school, is quite step for
yard.
DR.. ]. B. Fishburne, prominent physician Of
outh Carolina, died in Charleston on the 9th ult
Weiearn from the Athens (Ga) Post that the East
7ennessee and Georgia railroad is progressing to-
ards completion. It is thought that the cars will
e running to Knoxville by next june if not much
arlier.
Information has been received at New York, which
anders it probable that the Spanish line Of battle
hip Severena, which left Havana on the 23d of Au-
ust with 600 souls on board may have been lost
Several Belgian eonvicts sent to New York from
lntwerp, by the Rochambeau, have been arrested
nd about hundred paupers in the same shin have