Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-16

PORTLAND, Me-, Feb. 15.-The steamer
North American, from Liverpool I'd and
Greencastle I'd inst, arrived at Portland
this evening.
News brought by the Nova Scotian ef
continued Federal success, coupled with
the reiterated peace rumors, exercise ma
terial influence on the English markets for
American securities and produce. Satter-
thwait's circular says: We have to report
very active and excited markes for Amer
lean securities, caused by reports of Fed
eral successes and the rapid decline Of gold
in New York. The scarcity of 5-20's which
has existed for some time past, appeared, on
recent settlement, to have increased so that
there has been quite push to cover bare
sales, and bonds which closed at AZ this day
week ran rapidly up till they touched 81 for
Illinois. There has been good inquiry, and
they advanced to $500. Eries have been
prssed for sale, closing with sellers at 80
for extra dividend.
The Liverpool cotton market had recov-
cred from the depression caused by the
Asia's news, and was quite buoyant prior
to the arrival of the Nova Scotia, but news
by that steamer caused renewed tiatness
and depression.
The London Times publishes lengthy
opinion of VIM. M. Evans, of New York,
cover debts in Federal courts on specie
basis. The opinion winds up thus: "For-
eign transactions are necessarily made and
expressed in foreign currency. To permit
their discharge by an equivalent in Ameri-
can currency would be introducing mon
strous inequality to the prejudice of foreign
creditors, which might justly give Offense.
Indeed, our courts would thus be practically
closed against the enforcement of foreign
debts, and of consequence commercial
credit, without which foreign commerce
cannot be carried on, will fall"
FRANCE.-The Morning Post says the
latest advices from Mexico alluded to the
rumored cission of Sonora to France, as a
guarantee for the French's Mexican debt.
A preliminary treaty to this effect was, it
is reported, concluded in November. The
Mexican Government is to keep the Sover-
tiOn of Sonora by French troops is also
mentioned, portion of rams having, it
is said, left Acapulco far that destination.
Vienna papers publish an analysis of the
Prussian reply to the last note of Austria
on the question of the duchies. Prussia
will wait the opinion of the legal advisers
OF the crown, before coming to decision
concerning the interests of these countries
and the succession question. Great stress
is laid on the wish of Prussia to come to an
understanding with Austria, without which
the Prussian Government could arrive
at no solution. Prussia has important
private interests on the northern frontier,
as Austria has on herfrontiers. Before these
interests are settled Prussia can't enter into
any decision on the succession question.
% Semi-official provincial correspondent of
Berlin says it is said that the deliberations
of the Cabinet on the Shleswig- Holstein
question will in very short time have so
far advanced as to render possible precise
statement of the indispensable conditions
stipulations, the fulfllment of which Prus-
sia will see guaranteed before any further
steps can be taken.
A dispatch from Constantinople an
nounces the opening of telegraphic COM
munication between Bagdad and India.
The first message was sent from the Gov
ernor OF Bagdad to the Governor of Bonn
bay, on January 10th.