The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-02-09

PORTLAND, ME-, feb. ..
The steamer Peruvian, from Liverpool
10Th and London January 29th, with one day
later news, has arrived. News unimportant.
Cotton declined ! penny on American.
Sales of the week $500 bales, and on Friday
1000 bales, market closing heavy.
Breadstnff steady. Provisions quiet and
steady
Consols Solo s64. United States 520s
66(g 663 Erie shares 554@55i; Illinois Cen
trail shares 7j(a 75!.
The bullion in the Bank Of England has in
creased $4,000 pounds.
A Paris correspondent Of the London Ii mes
gives minute account of the circumstances
under which the Emperor Napoleon dis
patches NJ. l. Allard on special mission to
Mexico. He was hurried to the palace, ben
the Emperor said he wanted him to set out
without delay for Mexico, with message
from him to Maximiian; that he considered
that he (Nspoleon) had fulfilled all the obi
cations imposed on him, and that the time
had now arrived when Macmillan must de
pend upon his own resources without the
help Of the French army.
NJ. L'Allard asked for some credentials,
but the Emperor observed that there was no
necessity for any documents. All he had to
do was simply.to represent to Maxinilian the
conversation he had Just had, and that would
suffice. He recommended NJ. l. Allsrd how
ever, to lose no time in setting out for Mex
leo, but to depart by the first steamer.
Messrs. Hatherthwait 4 Co on the even
ing of the oath say: Since our last the ch ef
feature for American securities have be en-
some few large transactions in 520 bonds
and a demand for Erie shares for shipment to
New York. The general public, however,
appears to be doing little or no business in
n, ~ = IN -
advanced advanced &c, closing at Got @66l
Notwithstanding the reported large ship
ments from New York to the Continent, Hi
nois Central shares continued neglected at
75G752. In Erie shares there has been
considerable iuctutation. At one time they
were taken as high as 59 but lower quota
tions per the City Of London, depressed the
market and they declined nearly 2 d. lower
than last week, at 55@56i There is some
demand for Virginia 6s.
SpAIS-lt was said the Spanish feet in the
Pacific is to be increased
A vessel had been retained in the Thames
when on the point of sailing for Peru.
The Times correspondent saws Napoleon
never does any thing without some good and
substantial reason; what that reason is in the
present instance, in sending an envoy to
Mexico, with only verbal instruction, he him
self only knows.
The Times observes that the conflicting
nature of the estimates of the probable supply
of cotton, to be received from America this
year, are still remarkable. 1t states that Gen
Sherman has just been down the Mississ ippi,
to Arkansas, and in letter dated at ST. Lc'uis,
January ID, to friend in London, SAYS !:
"1ou need not be under any apprehension as
to cotton, for saw enough to satisfy me tha
nearly all the cotton land is clear and really
for the plow, and will be growing cotton this
year"
The publication of the full notes of Cor
don S trial IN Jamaica, caused great indigna-
tion. Many journals proclaim that the law
YVES violated, and that Gordon was murdered
Even the Times says that the evidence causes
it to regret that Gordon was not indicted in
regular form, and iedaccording to the for ols
of law by Judge and jury.
The Fenian trials and convictions conti-
nues daily