The American patriot., 1855-01-31
European Affairs. :
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP PACIFIC.

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PECTS or PEA CE-PRUSSL4 JOlNS |
THE ALLLES-ADTANCEL IN COTTON.
The telegraphic advices to the Picayune an
nounce the arrival of the Pacific at New York OH
the Esd, with one weeks later intelligence from
Europe. .... |
.f LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
There had been an advance Of 1-16 to 3D., IN
consequence Of the expectation Of peace. The
sales for the week were 64, 1000 bales. 4ir
BREADsTuFFs.
Flour dull. Wheat declined 3d. There had
been a decline of Is in Indian corn.
The trade had been satisfactory at Manchester
since last advices.
There had been no change in the money mar
ket, Exports of gold still continue to be made.
THE WAR;
A general impression continued to be entertain
ed that peace would soon be declared. 1t is un-
derstood that the Gar has certainly accepted the
four points.
There have been severe storms in the Black Sea
and shipwrecks have occurred there.
A portion of the Russian army in Asia has
been recalled.
December Cd, 1854, with the Western Powers
Prussia also declines for the present to increase
her army.
|. Omar Pasha has gone to the Crimea
The Russians are reported to have recrossed
the Danube, and to have taken the cities of Tult-
scha and Babadacha
To the 2d January there had been no important
,,.o,,t tropc,;rod hoc,ro Gavou4ono1
Rumors of its capture were current however, at
Hamburg.
THE PROSPECTS OF PEACE
| Letters that have been received state that the
rumors in political circles regarding peace are of
the most favorable character. The combined ad.
vices by the steamer are also decidedly pacific.
This has caused better feeling, the result OF
which is an advance of Id. in cotton.
!. COTTON.
Spectators have taken six thousand bales, and
exporters have taken five thousand bales. The
stock on hand is $4,000. The market closed
firm.
.. FROM THE EAST.
Vienna dispatches state that the Gar has or
dered Gortschakotf to open negotiations immed
ately with the Ministers of England, France and
Austria, on the basis of the four points, as inter
prcted by the Allies in their protocol of the 25t
December, 1854. .ss.
The decision of the Czar has created great sur
prise and given rise to much controversy. The
movement has been generally looked upon as
manouvcr of the Gar to detach Austria from tht
alliance with the Western Powers.
The London Daily News expresses the convic
ton that Russian sincerity desires peace.
The army in the Crimea is represented as be
ing thoroughly demcral;zed. The siege, mean
time was actively going forward.
The latest accounts says that Gortschakoff has
accepted the Four Points without reserve.
4 DISASTER.
The ship George Canning has been lost, with
200 lives
n L4TE.ST NEWS
The reported invasion of the Dobrulcha by
the Russians is considered doubtful.
The conduct of Prussia and the German State
is still equiyocal.
The Allies will insist that in the event Of peace
the Russian naval power in the Black Sea shall b.
: placed on level with that of the other powers
On this point it is expected that negotiations vii
split, Russia, it being thought, will, no account
give her assent to such an understanding
THE VERY LATEST.
By Telegraph from Paris.-A courier fror
Bucharest confirms the account of the recon
menccment of the war on the Danube. The Rus
slams crossed in force above Tultscha defeated tn
Turks, took the town, and were at last account
marching on the "Katihia" The Austrians di
, not interfere with their movements. The repor
E caused some CONSERVATION.
A STRANGE CusroM-In Russia it was once
custom to refuse burial until the deceaseds debt
were paid. The Marquis de Cuisine, in his lat
work on Russia illustrates as follows:
"This morning we passed Ravel. The sigh
, Of that place, which had not long been Russian
territory recalled to memories the proud naln
a of Charles XII, and the battle of Nava In thi
. battle was killed Frenchman the Prince de Gro
:, who fought under the King of Sweden. His bod
was carried to Revel where he could not be buriet
because during the campaign he had contracte
debts in the province and had left nothing to pa
: Them According to an ancient custom of the lant
G his body was placed in the church of Revel unit
his heirs should satisfy his creditors. The corps
is still in the same church where it was laid NOR
: than one hundred years ago The amount of tn
3 original debt has become so greatly augmented b
the interest and by the daily charge made for tn
keeping of the corpse, that there are few fortune
J, which would now suffice to acquit it.
e In passing through Revel about twenty yeal