New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-02-11
TELEGRAPHED TO THE CRESCENT.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
The Arnlistice Agreed Uponl!
COTTON AND coNsoLs ADVANCED

THE SOUTHERN AND RATIONAL LINES.
NEW YoRK, Feb. 9-The new Cunard steamship |
Persia has arrived, with later dates from Europe to
the 26th
Liverpool Cotton Market.
Cotton had advanced 1-16--the Improvement being I
mostly On fair qualities.
Richardson, Spence & Co. quote Orleans fair GID,
Middng sgd, Uplands fair SD, MiddIing 9-16 d.
The sales of the week amounted to 10000 bales, of
which exporters took 10000 and spectators 10 900.
The stock in port amounts to 100000 bales. The |
market closed steady.
Flour and Grain.
Flour remains quiet. Western Canal is quoted at |
405., and Ohio at 42s. Corn has declined and there
is little speculative demand Mixed is quoted at 3ss.
Cd. and White ABS. to AS Cd.
Provisions.
Provisions are quiet without any quotable change.
ConsoIs.
Consols have advanced and are quoted at 80 to 9o8
Peace Negotiations.
The negotiations for peace still progressing but
it will be some days yet ere the prelimnaries will be
arranged and signed The Czarhas, however, ordered
Gortschakoff to suspend hostiiities.
Russa's sincerity has been much doubted hereto
fore, but the appearances all fair now, and the
order from the Czar cease hostities was straight
forward one, without awaiting the formal conclusion
of an armstice, which it is rumored has been agreed
on for three months.
France, England and Austria continue to accord,
although it is expected that foreign and grave ques
tions will arise during the negotiations
No place of meeting has been decided upon, and it
will be at least the I'd of February before the
preininaries are arranged and the signatures ap-
pended to the agreement to meet
In the meantime Consols had advanced, and closed
on Friday at 93s to 93s
The bullion in the Bank Of England had increased
ssO00 sSE
The London News learns from undoubted authority
that certainly before the meeting Of Parliament the
armistice will be concluded, and that after which
the negotiations, with view to a final treaty of
peace will be entered upon forthwith.
4 dispatch from Berlin states that the peace pro-
posals are strongly supported in st. Petersburg by
Holland.
| The Belgique came very near laundering at sea,
having sprung leak seven hundred miles west Of the
LIZARDS and it only by the united exertons Of
passengers and crew that she was kept afoat until
| she reached Southampton where she was found to
have six feet Of water in the hold and the boiler
+, burned out. .45 - f-a5
The ships Horizon, Independence and Mary Green
have been lost. X.
The firm Of Kelly s. Gilman has failed.
n Cholera at Porto Rico 4S y.
NEW YORK, Feb 9.-The steamer Tennessee
4 which was sent after the libusterng bark Amelia
has arrived at st. Thomassn in leaky condition.
The cholera is raging with terrible fatality at Port
Rico. No less than thirteen thousand cases have
\ CURED since November 21st. 81
= 80 t7e2f y Markets. g.tf5 .
/; New York, Feb 9.-Flour has advanced a Cd. ]
0 wheat there is nothing done. Corn is quiet at 81
|, Cotton quiet Of 700 bales Spirits of turpe
T, tine firm at 405. Rosin fr1ner-N6:% 50 12s
5t 81 To- Rice dull. Freights have improved.
IS The Steamship Pacific.
g New YORK, Feb. 1O.-The steamer Alabama sale
s this morning in search of the steamer Pacific, whit
?, left Liverpool three days before the Persia
e New YORK, Feb. s.-Flour is triHe lower. sout
b ern is quoted at So s74 Southern Red Wheat at {
;, s73.
d CINCINNATI, Feb. s.-Four is offered at Sc 8
! Whisky is selling at 24I.
> > LOUISVILLE, Feb S.-The river appeared to
u u rising yesterday. The weather has moderated qui
fast within the past few hours, and the thermon
ter at 2 O'Clock to-day stood at forty degrees. "
have had another fall of snow to the depth of tw
! inches.
. LOUISVILLE, Feb 9.-The weather still continue
to moderate.
! CINCINNATI, Feb. 9.-Ness Pork, $14. Whisky, 24'
We copy the following telegraphic items from til
Mobile papers of the 9th inst.
Proposed Increase Of the Navy.
WASHINGTON, Feb. In the Senate to-day, NJ
Cass introduced a resolution for the increase Of I'll
Navy. No other business of importaned was tran
, acted.
Recall of Mr. Crampton,
Since the receipt of the last foreign news it has b
/ come known that Mr.. Buchanan has acknowledge
the receipt from the State Department of instruction
d demanding from the British Government the recall
J., Mr.. Champion.
. The Senate have adopted q resolution directing tt
Ii Finance Committee to report bills for the general
e preparations. The Senate have adjourned until Mo
It day next
# In the House the election for Printer has been pos
- poned and the Speaker authorized to appoint son
person to act in the interim.
The Committees have all adjourned until Monday.
n eMr French again Refused.
Il WASHINGTON, Feb. s.-Parker H. French, Alinist
/ from Nicaragua, who some time since offered h h
diplomatic credentials which not received by tt
administration, (and who intimated to him throue
} Mr. District Attorney hcKeon, of New York, that
t. had better get out of the United States
" possible) again applied for recognition to-day. I'll
4 President, however, having no reason to chang
his previous views determination, again declined
II recognize him.
is The Hon. Lewis Cass fell this morning from Il
h steps of the Patent Office. He was severely nlure
but it is thought not dangerously so.
The injury of Mr.. Cass is more serious than w
= at first anticipated Serious apprehensons no
E. entertained that Inflammation of the brain mi
" ensue.
i i New YORK. Feb. S.--The following is the offici
% dispatch from the French Ambassador at Vienna
l. the Minister Of Foreign Affairs at Paris:
T. Prince Esterhazy announces that he has receiy
from Nesselrode his acceptance, pure and simple, It
; words Of our dspatch) of the utimatum offered
~ Russia, which will berome the basis of an immedia
y Convention to conclude a treaty of peace.
The BARK AMELIA.--Last November the ba
y Amelia was seized at Port-auPrince by the Unit
lie States vesselofwar Saratoga, tie ground that
is was engaged in some flibuserng enterprise eth
of against Nicaragua Or some of the West Indies. t
III bark was put under the charge Of Lieut. Worden,
a. Baltimore, and Lieut. Henry Erben, and dispatcht
W with prize crew of thirty men, for New York. S
in sailed December I'd, in company with the Clara VIII
ID sor. The Windsor separated from her the seco
ly day, and reached New York December II. The An
IS lia has not been heard from. She was an old Al
I'd ieaky vessel and the friends of those on board
$, fearful that she has either gone down in one OF
ID late gales Or heeu so disabled as to render it np0S