Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-12-08
BY TELEGRAPH.
By THE NATIONAL LINE.
IRenorts Furnished BY the Associated Press

New ORLEANS, Dec. 5.-Cotton-sales $500
bales at yesterdays prices. Sugar a to 81. Flour
r. Exchan-e moderate demand. Sterling
1O34a1O44.
NEW YoRK. Dec. 7.-Wm. q. Wetmore, num-
Der so Dey street, committed suicide.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The D-mocratic MEM
bers in caucus have nominated Orr for Speaker.
Allen, of Illinois, for Clerk. Cusky, of Georgia,
for Post Master Hackey, of Virginia, for Door
keeper and Glossbrener, of Penn, for Sergeant at
arms.
NEW YoRK, Dec. 1.-The Steamer Baltic has
arrived with Liverpool dates of the 25th
The Persia arrived out on the 2lst, and the City
of Baltimore on the 25th.
mercal Circles are easier. Failures-Ulberg
Dreamer, Hamburg 100000 pounds. Carr
Joslyn, London, 100000 pounds. Herman, Still
len & Co., and Alexander, Hentz Co., London,
and Permission & Marshall, provision dealers, LiV-
erpool; also several Hamburg and Bremen houses.
| The Banks of England and France are gaining
bullion rapidly. Nothing later from India Gen
erals, Haveock and Wilson have been baronetted
| Observation-Disclosures Spence & Co, quote
! Cotton one eighth decline. Newspapers note DO
change-sales of days 49, 600 bales Specula-
tors took 1000 and Exporters 1000 bales. Quota
/ tons closed irregular. Breadstuffs advancing
! shilling higher. Wheat pence to pence high
| err Corn shilling lower.
! Richardson Spence & Co., quote breadstutfs
| quiet and steady. Wheat buoyant-all qualities
! slightly advanced. Beef, Pork, Lard, Rosn and
urpentne dull. Sugar quiet. Rice dull and
| slightly declined.
| LoNDoN-Wheat firm; sugar quiet, slightly de
clined; wool lower; Manchester unfaVorahle; con-
soils closed at 9Oa9O4 on account. The pressure on
/ the Bank of England is diminished money on the
stock exchange abundant at six to seven per cent
The Paris distilers held meeting to memorial
| iZat he Government a Foreign
Gus liquors. The government is inquiring into the
matter.
The Spanish Mexican question still presents a
| dangerous aspect.
Lord HOWden has gone to Madrid to urge the re-
| ception of the Mexican Envoy.
The financial cris is beginning to affect Russia
The Bank OF Lisbon is about to raise the rate OF
| discount
The yellow fever is still violent at Lisbon.
Large money institutions have been formed at
Hamburg, and Stockholm to assist commercial men
| and sustain the public credit.
CHINA.-HOng Kong dates are to October 9th.
Teas quiet. News unimportant.
The Baltic brings only 5000 pounds OF specie
Peter Parker, late Commissioner to China, Is
among her passengers.
Prince GazariD, Russian Governor of Reitals and
Mingrelia has been assassinated by of the So
vereign Princes of Mingreia.
AUsTRIA.-The commercial crisis at Vienna con-
tinues.
PARIs-Funds closed at 66 francs 90 cen.
times.
LoNDoN.-American securities active.
Illinois Central and Erie Railroad bonds improv-
ed. Shares in the same have receded cOnsidera'
bly,.
washington, Dec. 7.-Senat FIFTY members
present.
Fitzpatrick was chosen President pro tempOre in
absence of the Vice President.
Geo. w. Bowman, Editor of the Bedford Gazette
was confirmed superintendent of Public Printing,
House.-22l members present Vote for Speaker
Orr 128. Grow "a. Scattering II. Stephens
and Banks conducted MIR. Orr to the Clair, and
the oath was administered by MIR Giddings. Orr
made a speech and the House adjourned.
The Presidents Message will not be received till
tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, Dec 7rb.-HoUsE.-Mr Florence
of Pennsylvania, gave LOuce Of his intention to
Introduce bill for the entire suppression OF Bank
notes as currency and of Bark notes of less than
800, a circulating medium in the District OF
Coamba-adjOurned
new York, Dec 7th.-Cotton declining tenden-
cy, quotations unchanged. Flour firm. Wheat
white l, 80 to l. 5O-red !, 20 to 1870. Corn-Old
SO to So; new 10. Provisions dull Hogs firm
Coffee to 81. Tobacco u to Is.
CINc1NNAr1, Dec 7th-FIour 4,OO with an ad
vancing tendency. Whisky l6t. Hogs 5,00a5, Is
Exchange on New York Provisions unchanged
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-Col. Richardson. of Ill
iuois has been rendered the GovernOrship of Ne
braska.
The Globe newspaper is filed with exposition o
frauds in the purchase OF books during last Con
gress, causing much sensation about the capitol
COURT OF GLAIMs-Judges Scaburg and Black
ford delivered their opinion adverse 10 the claim
OF the brig Genl Armstrong, Gilchist di senting
New YORK. Dec. THE Supreme Court affirm
ed the decision of Judge Paine in the Lennon
case and declared the slave free.
NEW York, Dec. Bank statement for tbs
week:
Increase in loans 81, 1910, 600. Increase in spe
cie 81, 766, 600. Increase in circulation $4,000
DECREASE in Deposits $1Ol70,000