The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-06-16

Three Days Later from Europe Ar~ivaior the
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Three Days Later FROM Europe Arriyaiof the
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HALIFAX June I5. The royal mail steamship Europa
from Liverpool the 9th instant arrived this after
noon with three days later intelligence The steamships
Anglo Saxon and City Of Baltimore arrived out tho
Sd.
The telegraph feet had returned to Ply mouth after
series of successful experiments end would sail again
the ninth 10 lay the cable y - AANAf-AA y
In the House of Commons the Cover lment announced
that If the alleged outages on Amec vessels were
we'll founded, immediate explanations should be made
The house of Rawson b Bon, India merchsnts had
pended for x7oooo but Their assets are said 70 be
abundant. f sit wN ftfgyk a. aAlo2 tlt
There rs nothing later from India. Tine continental
news b unimportant untlA AyiisGnh a9fss tal
Al Plymouth, the 18th ult, Professor Hughes
with his printing telegraph machines worked through
nearly three thousand miles Of cable ut the rate of thirty
letters per minute; Dr. Whitehouses machine, nineteen
words In eighteen minutes, and Mr.. Thompson could
not work at all. as Aa1sg1
COMMERCIAL. 0 % a3aa i.b
IlvsapooL. Cotton Sales Of the week amounted to
40 900 bales, including 1000 speculation and 500
for export The market for the week opened at decline
of Id but the Vanderbilt advces caused partial
covery and the market closed Friday decline Of
l-l6 on fair and middling qualities and on the
lower qualities on the previous week The estimated
saleson Friday were 10, 900 bales. Quotations
Orleans Mobile. Uplands
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Stock in port, oe2,ooo bales Including $40, 900 of
American. aias3 as.tel t..H
At Manchester prices frmer, and holders demand
ed advance At Hayre Orleans tres oaars closed ut
loaf " rl teJtt.t - ~
Breadstuifs were very dull and closed generally with
u declining tendency Flour closed dull with decln
Ing tendency Bigand Athayo Go. 3 circular quotes a
decline of Cd. a Is. Wheat closed with a downward
tendency, at decline of I'd Corn also closed with
declining tendency yellow, 34s 3D.; white, 33s 34s
Provisions were duh Pork heavy at decline of Is,
at 55s. a Sos if .ft @
Produce. Rico was heavy Rosin steady at 4s. As
Id for common, and l3s los for fine Spirits Of tur
pentine steady ut 49, HaG
THE LATEST.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON --Cotton closed steady Holders
offered freely but showed disposition to press sales
Breadstuts dull. Provisions quiet, and generally
unchanged. On s5s.- Ia.
LONDON Saturday noon. -Consols, 97a for money
Bullion in the hank had increased $50, 900. American
securities firm Transactions in railroad stock were
unimportsnt. gas tIrl
The money market was generally unchanged Consos
closed at 97s a97a. Money was abundant.
d states Troops --Heayy Rains and Freshets
in Kansas. Eaf as stst 4, t4es tsi
LEAvnswoRrH Juno ll--via Boonyille june IA. The
sixth column of United States troops will not march till
Tomorrow, the 18th. AG iiifta
Gen. Harvey and his staff with escort of forty five
men, of tho seventh infantry, under command of Capt
McIaws will leave the day following. This deten-
ton from the dates already xed ior their departure has
been OWING 10 tne heavy rams wnich nave occurred.
There is freshet in all the small streams The bridge
over salt nun has been carried away, but - peng re-
placed to-day. 500 aE
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The western Floods Cairo City Overf1own--
tuH Nearly All the Houses Destroyed.
ST. LOUIS June IA Dispatches from Cairo City state
that ON Saturday crevrsse was opened on the
mississippi side OF the town. through which the water
poured in at fearful RATE filling up the wole space be-
tween the ievees and was rr1nng over the embarrassment
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The south wing of the new hotel fell IN on Sunday and
the balance was expected to fall during the night G
away or sinking Scarcely n building ., the CITY was
expected to Withstand the flood
The water was two and half feet deep in the second
story Of the Taylor House.