New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-05-07

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HUNDRED THOUSAND RUSSIANS Nv BEssARABIA
fBY THE sourHERs AND NATIONAL LIxEs.l
Commercial Intelligence.
! LIVERPOOL, Saturday noon, April 23.-The Cotton
market has declining tendency.
| The demand is very limited, aud owing to the
alarming news from the Continent, operators are
shy at present quotations.
| Richardson, Spence & Co.'s circular reports more
animation in the Breadstus market and the advance
of last week is fully maintained. White Corn closed
| firm at rs. Sd. to 7s Sd. per GENITAL.
| The same authority reports the Provision market
generally unchanged.
Pork closed firm at 76s. Coffee generally closed
firm at previous quotations.
LONDON, April 23.-American Securities generally
closed dull, and quotations generally unchanged
Political and General Intelligence
| LIVERPOOL, Saturday Noon, April 23.-The latest
advices by telegraph from London and the Continent
reshadow the approach of actual hostilities on the
sardinan frontier
No one entertains the belief that Sardinia will even
seriously consider the ultrnaum of Austria but will
on the contrary promptly reject it, in which case the
Austrian troops will Immediately cross the Ticino and
attack the Sandman army.
| The French Government have received telegraph
dispatch from Gen. Marmora, who is on the Sandman
| frontier, announcing that the Austrian army had
made significant movement on the strategetca line
of the Tcino and that he Gen Marmora) feared that
an attack might be made by the Austrian troops at
any moment.
The Emperor Napoleon had called council of
Minister'S and had council upon the present crisis
of italian affairs
The King of Sardinia had also called council of
| md hold ltaf;o
Government should pursue under the present threat.
ening attitude assumed by Austria.
Nothing definite has transpred in relation to the
decision OF the Cabinet but it is generally believed
that Sardinia will peremptorily reject the ultmatum
of Austria, and accept the alternative
The Paris Constitutional announces that portion
of the army of Paris has received orders from the War
Office to be in readiness to march to the Sandman
frontier at a moments notice.
| LIVERPOOL, April 23.-The Paris correspondent of
the London Morning Herald says that the preparations
for war are pushed forward with feversh rapidity
throughout France, notwithstanding the professions
of the Emperor that he is willing to disarm.
The Paris correspondent of the Times says that
armaments continue on the most extensive scale not
) only in France, Sardinia and Austria but also in
Prussia and the German States, and that the wal
spirit is at fever heat.
French troops are concentrating from all quarters
at Lyons, near the Sandman frontier, and large
reinforcement of the African Contingent is daily ex.
pected to arrive at Marseiles from Algiers.
large French army is about to be collected on the
frontiers of the Rhine and numerous cavalry regi-
ments are already on the march thither.
1t is announced that the mission of the Austrian
Archduke Albrecht entirely successful and that
convention had been entered into between Austria
Iandp md hv pIo
tentiaries in which the Prussian Government agrees
to send to the Rhine an army of observation, num-
bering $4,000 men, under the command of the Prince
Regent in case the negotiations for pacific settle.
ment should fail.
The Contingent force of Bavaria is to be increased
to 60 900 men.
To this force is also to be added one eighth of the
army of the German Confederation, and a corps OF
10000 men of other contngents is to held in readi.
ness for immediate action.
The newspaper press in Prussia have been requested
not to publish anything respecting these preparations
The Prussan Government has ordered an additional
corps darmee of 10000 to be placed on war footing
but officially announces that these measures are
adopted purely on the defensive and are not to be in
terpreted as indicating that Prussia designs taking
any active part in the conflict between France and
Austria so long as the war is confined to Italy.
The Turin correspondent of the London Times ex
presses the conviction which is generally entertained
in Piedmont, that unless war is declared Count Ca
YOUR must fall, and that such event would possibly
be the signal for an insurrection in various parts OF
Italy and also in Servia
In case war is not declared, there is great danger
of serious disturbances breaking out in Sardinia
where already 10000 volunteers have been collected
from all parts of Italy, most of whom would join the
lutte ub,oit 10
. dominition.
These volunteers are confidently awaiting she com
mencemen of hostilities and would bail declaration
of war with enthusiasm, while many thousands more
: are ready to join the standard of Piedmont.
All the steamers on Lake Maggiore, lat the source
of the Ticino and between Sardinia and Lombard J
with one exception have been placed at the disposa
Of the Austrian Government for the transportation
troops and war material.
The King of Naples still Survived at last accou nts
, but was on his " last legs
The Government of Rome had sent circular to the
Bishops urging upon them to use all their influence
E in collecting two additional legons of troops, hui
; notwithstanding the exertons of the Bisops and the
offering of the large bounty which authorized BY
the Pope to be granted to all volunteers the attemp
. to raise troops was unsuccessful
n Advices from Turkey represent that the appear
ance of the near approach of war has aroused fear
of serious instructions among the Greek subjects O
the Sultan and also in the principaites of Waachia
r Moldavia and Montenegro.
The previous reports of the extensive Russian arma
t ments in Bessaraba confirmed, and it is the in
Y tenon of the Russian Government to assemble 100
o GOO men in the province Of Georgia.
Paul Morphy Triumphs.
Paul Morphy, the chess champion, it is expecte
will leave for the United States in the next steame
1t for New York. He is still in London, where he ha
1t played another blindod game with ten good PLAYER
simultaneously. OF the ten games he won eight, an
two were drawn after playing seven hours.
ID Domestic Intelligence.
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" WAsnlNGroN, May CIV. B. Bishop, of Connection