The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-12-02
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Il. ARRIVAL OF THE N VANDERBILT. VI
lMPOI8rANT NEWS FHOt1 EuitORE,

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|. The s.eanship Vanderbilt touched - Sou
I sampton on Saturday the 4th, Apd arrived
CAPS Rasa. at ? o'clock sandayi 22nd p
I who're shs was boarded BY the news yacht
/ VS. delivered to the agent here on Nond'
J morning, hus unfortunately the recent hea'
storm u Cape Breton ha3 broken down q
wires in several points between Caps Hoot q
J Pict0n, : distance Of 300 miles through . po
ton Of country scarcely inhabited, and i vi
found impossible 10 repair the line until this
m. III reaching the Sc. Johns n. B., oIiee
was found that the line between that plsce IN
Portland, Ne, was also bIoken, but they 6Dall
succeeded in reaching New York via 81, Johr
and Fredericton, N. B., and Quebec, Montrea
Canada, and thence via Portland and Boston I
the American Telegraph c.. The following
summary Of the news prepared q Liverpoe
and Southampton by the correspondent OF th
Associated Press: e WI, .,@Fsts4ass
The Liverpool advices coming down, to Frida
p 10. 18th inst. and l4th London to SatHrda
the dsspOndent condition Of monetary ma,
tiers on the departure Of the steamship ALanti
on the p. 10. of tho llth inst, resulted in th
following day id fearful panic thronghout tn
whole country. All the banks utterly refuses
/ to discount TO their patrons. which natural.
added to the wild excitement until the after
noon Of Thursday, when Treasury letter ap
peared in London, and was instantly transmit
ted BY telegraph 70 all the chief cities and tovn
suspending the bank charter act, and AuthOri
sing the issue Of notes to any amount on ap
proved securities. The effect at every poin,
| vas instaneons, and the panic ceased as if By
magic at Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow. and
other important cities The news Was received
with most extravagant exclamations Of JOY.
The suspension OF the City Bank Of Glasgow
on the llth, the day the Atlantic sailed, Il
confirmed.
We select the following additional list Of sus-
pensions from large number reported in the
london newspapers - -,
Sanderson, Sannim 4 Co, London Wilson,
Morgan 1 Co., Stationers, London; Filth 4
Skeel, London; Coddington l. Co. Iron Mer-
chants, Liverpool; McKensie, Ramsey 4 Co.,
Dundee Draper, Picton Co., London; Fall
man, Greenel + Co., Liverpool; BAnbrodice /
Co, London; Monroe, Brant 4 Co., Swansea |;
Stergman Co., Nottingham.
The London Money Market was steadier on
Friday, 18th inst.-Bank Stock sold at 2O9}@
2l2. Exchequer Bills were firm, and the feel
ing in business circles in all the principal cities
more cheerful as soon a. it became known that
Government had authorised the bank to extend
its issues without incurring penalty.
At the Bank Charter Act the Bank Of France
had raised its rate Of discount on 90 day bills to
10 per cent. C0nsOls had huctuated considers.
bly,, but closed with increased steadiness on
Friday at S94aS9t for money.
The delays of the news from India by the last
mail add few facts Of special importance. The
latest report from Delhi states the loss Of the
British at that place in killed and wounded was
inside OF 200, including sixty-four officers
Scindin had brought the mutineers Of Orator
contingent under his control, BY ranging against
them his own troops and 10000 Thakoores, and
cutting on their supplies. II is reported that
Lucknow, which wss relieved on the 25th of
September, was again besieged by Nena Sahib
with $4,000 rebels. l.g a-aeE
All the city people found in Delhi we're bay
onetsed by the British troops. Many Europeans
we're found in the city fighting in the ranks Of
the rebele. n
Liverpool Breadstuffs market had slightly de-
clned. Flour closed dull ut define Of 6da1s
since Tuesday. Wheat dull; middling and low
er grades have declined Las Corn dull
and all qualities have declined eighty. West
ern Canal Flour 20; Philadelphia and Baltimore
27a29; Ohio 90. Red Wheat 27 sda27 3D.
White Corn 40sa4ls. Pork dull and slightly
declined. Bacon quiet an prices weak. Lard
heavy and slightly declined. & stna1
a# New York, Nov. "a.
Money rather inactive. The Addison Bank,
Steuben Co., and the Elmira Bank, both in this
State we're thrown out to-day by the Aetropol-
itan Bank. ~ .l1Sl
Stocks are dull and prices tending downward.
Sales at the second Board:-Mo Is IS 12;
bonds S6; Chi h Ri 81; N G 78; Erie Is rs
Reading 81 8; Gal + Chi ss s4; Cleve l. To
led0 42.
The engagements Of specie for to-morrow's
steamer reach $l,55O,OOO, Of which nearly
$500, 900 60 on account of the creditors Of the
North American Trust Co.
st. Catharines, G. w. Nov. %.
Navigation on the Welland Canal is entirely
stopped BY ice. 20 vessels are laying at Port
COlb0rne.
a Port Stanley, Nov. %.
The propeller Forest Queen, which, by the
aid Of steam and her anchors safely rode out
the late gale, was to day towed to Bruce by the
tug Relief. She had lost her rudder.
Oswego, Nov. "a.
Weather cold-2 inches of snow fell here last
night A large feet of wheat ladencd vessels,
"
Canal by the ice. Navigation on the Canal re-
stored-from this point is uninterrupted.
s#eg Buffalo, Nov. ~.
Thermometer - deg. above zero. Snow fell
with but slight cessation all yesterday, but at
lO p. N. the moon and stars appeared and there
was every prospect OF the storm passing away.
Snow commenced falling again, however, short
ly after 10, and is still falling, the wind blowing
fresh from the east. a sz@a s.
The Erie Canal is frozen tight and navigation
at this end ID suspended. The harb0r il still
open, but it 10 full Of broken ice.
Washington, Nov. "a.
understand from most reliable sources that
the Count de Sartiges, the French minister, has
received dispatches from Paris, announcing on
the part Of the Imperial Government a special
minister to Central America to arrange with Sir
VIM Gore Ousley, and such person az may be
appointed on the part Of the U. s. government,
the vexed questions pending between the States
Of Central America and the Great Powers. The
dip'omat who has been selected by the imperial
government is N. Felix Belioy, distinguished
literati and politician.
Memphis, Nov. "a.
The following named persons are known to
have been lost on the steamer Rainbow: Jas.
Laughlin, Hiram Charleston, OF Alliance; VIM.
Chambers, Cincinnati; John Gaiiaher, Saline
vile, o.; Jas. Branan, Allegheny City; James
Mclaughlin, Vim. Herr, Pittsburgh; George
Craig, Birmingham; Jas. Messiffy, Mr. McKe-
short, Penn; Thos. Newhouse, Geo. Newman,
Carolina; Birdman johnson. wife and . daugh-
tiers, going to Paducah; an Irish girl, going TO
her mothers It Carrolton, Ind; VIM. Bond,
Memphis. ast
Detroit Nov. 81
The propeller Agdensburgh arrived from Chi.
cago this pm. She reports much ice in the
straits Of NackinAc, and she had great difficult
~ in forcing through.
The schooner John Martins, Of Cleveland, is
ashore near Presque Isle-a total loss--crew
saved There is another vessel, unknown, uear
the same place, probably total loss.
There are no tidings Of the schooner Seaman,
which ia believed 70 be lost on Lake Superior
with all on board.
The river boats run with difficulty on account
Of the ice, and navigation u considered about
closed. N
Buffalo, Nov. "a.
Southwest gales, shore, with heavy snow
came on this morning. continued through the
dxy; little business therefore transacted.
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