New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-15
Reported Paraguayan Successes.
INTERESTING GENERAL NEWS.
Home and Foreign Markets.
RIVER NEWS, Etc. Etc, Etc.
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FARTHER PoIET, May4.-The steamer Moravian,
from Liverpool the Sd and Londonderry the 4th
inst, passed up this evening.
The steamer Helvetia, from Liverpool on the I'd, |
put back with cholera on board. Two deaths oc-
CURED before she reached Queenstown.
LIVERPOOL (yia Londonderry, May 4.-Cotton
The sales Of the week foot up $4,000 bales, the |
market closing dull, with decline in prices Of
lad. since lost Friday.
The sales to-day friday were 6000 bales, in
cluding 1900 bales to spectators and exporters,
closing dull. Orleans fair l61d., middlng Orleans
143d., Mobile fair 16d., middng Mobile Id, fair
upIands 15Id middling uplands 139d.
The stock in port sums up 7s5,00O bales, includ-
ing 32806O bales of American. r
The Manchester markets closed fat
LONDON, May 4.-The decrease of bullion in the
Bank of England for the week amounts to s349,.
600.
.. S. 52O's 69I. Consols s6s@sGE.
NEW YORK, May IA, (per City of Paris) A
Berlin telegram says Austria will Withdraw her
interior troops now defending the Prussian from
tier, but will continue her armies against the Ital-
ian troops on the Italian frontier.
It is believed that the Prussan armaments will
shortly be increased.
A reply, dated April 20, to the Austrian note,
has been sent to the Prussian ambassador at
Vienna, saying that Prussia will not agree to the
proposal of the Vienna Cabinet respecting the
Duchies.
| No immediate rupture is, however, expected
The steamer City of Paris brought from $780,
600 to s75o,OO0 of U. s. 5.2Os.
The second and third issues are strong, at Sat
urday's prices Skies of 1881 are 3o. lower.
SOUTHWEST PASS, May A. P. M-The steam
ship Morgan, from Galveston on the 18th inst to
Harris & Morgan, passed here going up half an
hour ago. with passengers and small assorted
cargo, including fourteen bales of cotton. Sailed
the same day from Galveston United States steam.
ship Wilmington, for New York, with 127 bales of
cotton and 80 bales of wool also advertised to sail
the same day steamship Sedgewck for New York.
Freights were dulI-to Liverpool I'd. to New Or
leans 50 so per bale; to New York. by steamer,
one cent. Left in port, seven barks, nine brigs,
and seven schooners.
Nothing whatever new here since morning.
Weather calm. The vessels that went to sea this
morning appear not to have enough wind to steer.
DR.. Gwin has been released from Fort jackson
and will take the first opportunity of going to the
city.
There are no signs of the steamships Huntsville
or General Sherman now due from New York.
List of passengers per New York mail steam
ship compauy's steamship Mariposa:
| s. Townsend h. NJ. Wilson, Mrs. 7. Smith, MINI
Bourgoise, Nine Blanyet, G. A. Ludlow, DR.. s
Catlin, George Murray, Chas. Baker, Mrs. Baker
Major Hudson and servant, Mr.. Baestera, NJ. E
Cheverin, G. Weengart, ]. R. Loomis, NJ. Morrison
A. Sterner, Mrs. Knott and four children, s. B
| RATHER Il. G. Quincy Can't. NJ, L. Norton Giant
j. w. Keller, u b. Iorrlsoler, W. Q. kimball, P
l.. jackson, and 10 in the steerage.
PnILADELpHlA, May l4.-The failure of Messrs
Work, McCouch q Co., bankers, caused much ex
cltemententallng heayy loss IN stock specuatons
NEW YORK. May 1.-The Heralds FORTRESS
Monroe correspondent says Mr. Davis received tn
announcement OF hls indictment with indifference
bis main points OF defense VIII be based on tn
prerogatives granted to every citizen to sustai
the official action of his respective State.
New YORK, May 1.-THE body of Preston KING
the late collector Of the port of New York, wa
found floating from Butter Milk Channel into til
gap.
WASHINGTON, May l4'-House'--SeYeral bill
were introduced and appropriately referred.
A resolution was adopted, that three member
be appointed committee to proceed to Memph
and Investigate the circumstances connected wit
the late riot, with power to send for persons al
papers.
New YORK, May H,-Buenos Ayres dates
Mafch ~ anu hlo JaAero dates to April 8, a
received.
1t was reported the Paraguayans had crosse
the Fafana at Coderiiia, driven back the allie
outposts' and were advancing against the Brazi
ian army uhuef AlyFe'