The daily Mississippi clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1866, 1866-05-08

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, &c
/ WASHINGTON. May T.-Comptroller
| Clark,estimates.. that next year 5 revenue
vii not fall below this years and de
Quoting expenditures there will be a
! lalance to the credit Of the govern
1ent June 30th, 1867, Of S249,UOU,OOO.
Chief Justice Chase declines 10 pre-
| SIDE at the L. ). Court at Norfolk IN
| ii assured that martial-law is abroga-
ted in Virginia-it Is understood that
teclaratoTy proclamation to that effect
viii be issued by the President in a day
sr two.
Bv the tax bill which will be returned
rom the Committee on Ways and
Means tomorrow, railroad iron has
IDeen placed on the exempt list, also
Icobalt, pictures, yeast powders, yarns
and warps used for braiding and man
ufacturing purposes exclusively, stat
,uarv and works of art. The former ac-
Ition on tobacco and snuff has been
rescinded and a uniform rate imposed
on all smoking tobacco Of two cents
/ pound The spirits and beer law as re
/ ported by the revenue commissioner
! has been adopted.
I The New Orleans cotton case which
/ has been on trial before C. 5. District
/ Judge Durrell, in which a conflict of
civil and military authority has grown
up. has been brought officially to the
Presidents attention by order of Gen.
Candy. The matter in litigation was
seized by the soldiers at the instigatiOn
! If q r,e-t-- :--4----4-l IL -, 1, o1.+y-
and the order Of the Court was resist
ed Judge Durrell refused to proceed
9TH his Court so long as twas mena-
ced by the military The President
has directed the Secretary of War to
instruct Gen. Candy to rescind the or
der complained of and to allow the
/ Court unrestricted authority in the
matter.
New YORK, May The World $
/ Washington special says, the
President has ordered the release
of EN Senator Gwin on parole, promi-
nent Republican Senators endorsing
his application.
| FATHER PoNr, May g6th-The
steamer Peruvian, from Liverpool the
10Th ult, via Londonderry 9th, has
arrived Neither at the city of Wash
ington nor the Propontis, both over
due had arrived when the Peruvian
sailed
/ The L. s. war steamer kearsage was
at Lisbon from Sierra Leone; 10 of
/ the crew were attacked with fever IA
OF whom died. The Kearsa@e was
kept in strict quarantine
In the House of Commons the bill
aboIishing the declaration of confor-
nifty to the Church Of England by
by fellows Of colleges passed. OPP
position journals say that there viii be
an actual majority against the Reform
Bill The Owl says, in case Of abso-
lutte defeat the Ministry viii immedi-
ately resign; if they have only a small
majority some Ministers viii retire,
while others will assist in forming n
coalition Ministry in conjunction with
Lord Stanley, Walpole, Henry and
others. The Star calls for dissolu-
ton of Parliament, and an appeal to
the country in case the Ministry are
defeated
A private telegram to the Paris
Moniteur asserts that a pacific agree
ment has been made between Austria
and Prussia, the latter power assent
ing to the Austrian proposal for a mu-
tual disarmament The Gazette of
Bavaria confirms this, asser ting that
all danger Of war in Germany is re
moved. The Paris Constitutional ac-
Cepts the news as substantially cor
rect
A Berlin telegram says the reports
Of a treaty of alliance between Prussia
and Italy are unfounded. The atti-
tude of Austria and Italy remains I'M
altered. Florence journals report that
the Austrian government had ordered
all the land and naval forces in Vene-
tia to be placed on war footing by
1st May. and an extraordinary concen-
tration Of troops was to take place
1t was asserted that Napoleon told the
Italian Cabinet that he would not as
sist Italy in case of an attack from
Austria.
Accounts from Canton. China. Of
March 18th, say the Imperial army
has obtained a complete victory
o1or fifty thousand rebels, supposed
to be the residue of the army of the
S Tapping The conflict lasted two
days. All the rebels were either slain
OF made prisoners. The Imperial ar
my is now being disbanded.
The rumor of the violation of Aus
TRAN territory by italian volunteers
and a consequent engagement near
Romija proved false. The Vienna
Cabinet is said to have issued a circu-
lar to the Prussian and other Europe
an Courts, informing them that the
Austrian ornaments are rendered ne
cessary by the proceedings of the
Italian government Dispatches add
that Austria, relying on the word of
the Prussian King, considers any meas
ure of defence agrinst Prussia unnec-
essaTy. The minor German States
are said to have come TO a complete
understanding not to decline the pro
posals of Prussia, but to make them
a starting point for the reform of the
Federal Diet In answer to the de
spatch ofthe 18th, proposing disar-
mament, the Gar has sent a protest
to the Conference at Paris against the
Il election of Prince Charles as HospO-
dar of ROmania
Newspapers say there is cholera
upon the Rhine and in some Spanish
and French localities, but that the dis
ease is not alarmingly prevalent in
those countries.
Liverpool dates of April y show
sales of cotton for the week ninetv-six
thousand bales, of which ten thousand
to spectators and twenty four thous
and to exporters Prices advanced
Id to Id. on the week, closing quiet
and easier Middling Orleans 158d.
/ Consols SCI to 81. Elves 7OI.
| AT me Paris Bourse rentes were
Satterthwait's circular of the twenty
fifth says there is considerable business
in American securities on general -ac-
count with increased demand for all
descriptions.
Liverpool dates of the 18th report
sales Saturday of five thousand bales
middling 141d. to 15d., market dull.
Elves 695 to 709. Consols s68 to
| $50.
/ New YORK, May Cotton
nominal at thirty and thirty-five.
Gold 2S4.