The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1862-03-20

PORTLAND, M6rcn 1S.-Ine anglo saxon,
Capt. John Graham, from Liverpool on the
9th via Londonderry 9th, arrived here this
morning. Her dates are four days later.
The mails and newspaper bag for the asso-
ciated press were dispatched south by the
early morning train and will arrive in New
York about IL o'clock tonight.
GREAT BRIFAIN-The importance of the
federal victory at Fort Donelson was gem
orally recognized, causing an advance in
American securities and depression in
cotton.
The London Times admits the recent sue
eesses of the federsls and their importance,
and says they have been gained in coun-
try where the allegiance of the population
was divided, but they have scarcely brought
the federal government any nearer than be-
fore to a reconstruction of the Union.
The London Morning Post hopes that
both the Unionists and Secessionists will
look upon the present state of affairs as af-
fording grounds for a compromise of their
difficulty as the conquest of the South Is be-
yond the attainment of the North on the one
hand, and the complete establishment of
their independence on the other may De be-
yond the powers of the South.
Cyrus Field had an interview with Earl
Russell recently, in regard to connecting
Europe with America, by cable from Ire
land to New Foundland. The interview is
understood to have been satisfactory and
encouraging.
The annual meeting of the Atlantic Tele-
graph Company was to be held at London
on the 18th Of March, to receive the report
of the Board of Directors.
Great excitement and violence attended
the election of member of Parliament for
Longfort, Ireland. The military were called
out, and charged upon the rioters several
times. No lives were lost, but many per-
sons were injured.
Sir Henry and Edward Newbridge, ex-
tensive iron manufacturers in London, had
failed. Their liabilities are from El5o, 900
&c f200 900. It was feared their assets
would turn out unsatisfactory.
| The continuous fall ia bread stutfs is al
legged To have been the cause of the failure.
The Paris correspondents of the London
newspapers give reports that many humid
reds of arrests have taken place there of
men suspected of having been chiefs of
barricades, in former Instructions, and
have been imprisoned. These measures
had increased the uneasy feelings PREVAIL
ing there
The Bourse, on the 9th, was fiat and
lower.
4
| lion of francs, out of his private purse, to
be distributed among the workmen at the
| greatsindustrial eenters.
Brazil mails have reached England. Bue-
nos Ayres was quiet, and peace was ex-
pected to be fully restored by the end OF
| February. The probability Of war between
| England and America restricted operations
| i'm produce. Business in coffee was limited,
| owing to extreme prices. IL had advanced
to 6S3@7l.
The following is the summary of news
taken out by the Glasgow. There was no
l news of the City of Baltimore when the
Glasgow left Liverpool. She was week
over due.
Mr.. Lanyard stated in the House of Com
/ mons in reply to the inquiries that an off,
Ger of the Sumter named Myers, accompa-
MED by Mr. Thompson, of Cadiz, had landed
| at Tangiers from q French merchant vessel,
and were arrested By the q. 8. Consul, who
requested the assistants of the Moorish
troops, but he (Layard) was not aware that
any pressure had been put on the Moorish
Government. Myers and Thompson hsd
since been released.
Lord Palme1sion, in response to inquiries,
said the government originally intended
sending a much larger force to Canada than
that dispatched, aud it was only in conse-
uuenes of representations from the colonial
authorities that the number was reduced
He believed the promptitrde, Vigor and
power displayed by the government had
tended greatly to the peaceful solution oil
the difficulty with America. The total num-
Der of the British army is 227, 900, and Of
these over "A, 0C0 ara in the American pos.
sessions.
The House of Commons have adopted 6
resolution declaring that the colonies exeF
cising the right of sslf-goVernment ought