The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-01-07
The House then proceeded to ballot for

Speaker:
Ninety first ballot. Banks 104, Richardson
rs, Fuller 81, Pennington 6. Porter, Orr aid
Williams, each 1.
Necessary to choice Ill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.
SENATE.-Not in session to-day.
HoUsE.-Mr. Etheridge said the action of
the House demonstrated two propositions.
First, the gentlemen voted for to have enthusi-
astic friends, and secondly, that if either he
will not decline the honor OF the chair. He
did not believe that any successful candidate
would so conduct himself as to occasion just
apprehension of his official conduct.
In the present condition of the public mind,
it would be injurious to the country to electas
Speaker one who was the embodement of the
extreme sentiments Of either section, and he
proposed as compromise. ,z,e. Z.
Mr.. Wilson, Of Va, who was opposed to the
Alien feature in the Nebraska bill, and voted
against it's passage, and was not in the Demo-
cratic caucus which nominated Richardson, ap-
pealed to moderate and conservative men to
assist him in putting an end to this strife.
New YORK, Jan. 5.
The steamship Arrago, from Havana, with
dates to the 10Th ult has not been telegraphed.
! The steamship Pacific sailed at noon to-day
with only $21 900 in specie.
HALIFAX, Jan. 5, A. M.
We are still without tidings of the expected
steamship Canada nearly II days out with
dates to 22nd ult. a-
l. d. HALIFAX, Jan. 4.
/ Notidings of the approach of the Canada,
now in her l4th day. @& Ha
PITTSBURGH, Jan. f.
Nine feet water in channel. Weather clear
and cold. ~ q
H2a-ye CINcINNATI, Jan. f.
i Navigation entirely suspended So.
Flour and grain dull no sales reported; su-
perfne -four may be quoted at ST; and hogs
little doing. Business is checked by extreme
cold weather; sales at So O5@515; small lots
from wagons 81 is. Nothing doing in pro-
visions. Whisky nominal. Groceries UNI
changed; business limited. 1s
New YORK, Jan. 4.
Stocks lower to-day Chicago and Rock
Island So; Cleveland and Toledo 713s; Cleve-
land and Pittsburgh Ga; Cumberland 22s4. 3
State and straight -four So 81; Ohio So 60;
Southern 50 rs. Wheat dull. Mess Pork
declined sic rs. Beef dull, re-packed Chica-
go Sl4 IS. Lard declining, sales at II &c
Whisky dull.
aass BALTIMoRE, Jan. 4.
Flour unchanged, sales of City Mills at
SO 621a. Wheat unchanged. Corn-sales of
yellow at 79c.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.
A snow storm commenced here this morn
ing
CHARLESTON, Jan. 4.
Robert Withefspoon, an aged and extensive
cotton and rice factor, died at his residence in
this city to-day of apoplexy.
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 5.
There is six feet eight inches water in the
channel and falling. The weather is cold and
: cloudy.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 5.
The river is falling fast; navigation still sus-
pended.
, Flour dull at 81. Hogs no sales reported
There would be fairdemand at 5a5 Is, Moth
e ing dong in provisions. Whisky unchanged
at 251a a255s.
New YORK, Jan. 5.
Stocks higher to-day, money market easier
but sterling exchange lower
: Sales of Ohio -four at So sc; Southern 50
: Wheat firm at So IS, for Southern white
Corn firm. Mess pork 16 So Beefdull.-
Lard declined 115s.
= Boston, Jan. 5.
II A boarding house attached to Weslyal
e Academy at Wilbraham, was destroyed by fir
= Yesterday There were 200 boarding in tn
IL house; all escaped-Loss $4,000.
II LOUISVILLE, Jan. s.
ot The thermometer stood 117 above zero a
4 at P. NJ to-day.