New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-12-10
NUMBER 237.

entire session, a third ballot was taken which 70
sultea Ia a. follows: Sherman, 10; Bocock, ss Gil
aa; LIT, ~; scattering, IL; after which the House
Death Of Theodore sedvvick
BosToN, Dec. 9.-lTheodore se1owi.t d;oa :,
South Bridge. Mass, to-day :"
Arrival Of Minister Preston
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.--Mr. Preston a,,r late ns,;s.
ter to Spain, has arrived here from Eurnne Hi
came as passenger in the steamhsip Persia, from
Destructive Fire in New York
NEW YORK, Dec. "a destructive fire occurred
here to-day, which entirely consumed the large
piano manufactsry Of Bradbury & Co. Their Ios:
is estimated at sfz5 900.
Large Fire in Cincinnati.
CINcIsNATI, Dee, 9,--The retort house OF tht
candle factory belonging to Messrs. Hiatt & Wood.
was this morning discovered to be on fire. and not
wIthstandsng the efforts of our city remen to sub
que .1 the famess the entire building was destroyed
Messrs. Hiatt G Woods loss amounts to &2OfJfQ
but they were insured to that amount
Kansas State Election
LEAvENwoRIH Cry, Dec. 9.-The returns Of the
State election far as have been heard from. in
dicate the election of the entire Republican ticket
for the State ofires..
Democratic Meeting at Frankfort.
~ FRANKFORT, A. . Ky. Dec The Democratic mem
bers OF the Legislature of this State held meet
ing here to-day andafter preliminary business hav-
ing been gone through with, nominated Mr. Breck-
inrldge, the present Vice-President as the candi-
date for the Presidential chair for the next term
Failure of the Chicago and Fort Wayne Railroad.
PI1TsBURG, Dec. 9.-.The property of the Chi
cago, Fort Wayne and Bittsburg Railroad has been
sequestrated, and receiver has been appointed to
attend to the affairs of the Company.
Domestic Markets.
NEW YORK. Dec. s.--The Stripping List bf yes-
@rday reports the Cotton market as firm. Mddling
orleans Is quoted at llac.
Inc sugar market is firm with moderate de-
mand. ai Moiasses is dull and unchanged. Tallow
Is unchanged in price.
The Tobacco market is quiet and firm.
Sterling Exchange has suffered decline and ia
now quoted at 1923 to l09Kfor Bankers bills. Two
hundred thousand pounds worth of Western Bank
ers' bills, sold at 9l prem. Southern Commercial
bills are quoted at 94 to 9s prem. There is good
supply on hand. French exchanges lower
Wrghts circular, which went out in the steamer
which sailed yesterday for Liverpool reports the
Cotton market firm, and quotes Middling Orleans
at ll4c. Sales of the week ending yesterday
amounted to 10000 bales. The receipts of the
week amounted to i 900 bates. The stock on
hand at this port and on shipboard amounts to
81, 900 bales.
Liverpool freights are quoted at 4c.
Wetherspoon, Kingsford Co.'s circular of yes-
terday reports cotton at decline of during the
week.
Middling Orleans is quoted by their circular at
LIZ Mddling Orleans in transitu is quoted at llc,
with GIG freghts.
Mill Brothers. circular estimates this wears crop
OF cotton; They say that it will probably exceed
100000 bales.
New YORK, Dec s.-The cotton market closed
firm. Sales to-day amount to 5000 bales, including
1000 in transitu.
New YORK, Dec 9.-The Cotton market closed
firm. Sales to-day amount to $500 bales Wheat
closed firm. Sales to-day amount to 1850 bushels.
New White is quoted 50 to soc per bushel., New
Yellow is quoted at s. to SOC per bnshel.
River Intelligence.
VJCKSRJR. nnp Tho Sfaomar S,,tI,
passed down at o'clock this morning. and the
Red Rover at O'Clock this afternoon.
LOUISVILLE, Dec 9.-The Ohio river at this poin,
is rising rapidly, with eleven feet of water on the
falls. -
sr. Louis, Dec. 9-The Mississippi river at this
point has fallen one foot during the last "a hours
The ice is getting soft and speedy resumption O.
navigation is expected.