The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-11-23
Foreign News.

IIlc fumOfS OF war lfoJl huoriu anu uhi"'cA"
bic news about the proposed conference kept bus
mess fiat on the London Stock Exchange all last
week. Though there was general downward
tendency there was yet no approach TO the pane
OF last month unemployed balances continue
largely in excess OF the demand for accommoda
ton. The Mneing Lane markets ruled steady
with Il healthy general demand aud but little dis
position to speculation Sugar steadily advanced
until Tuesday, when prices suddenly fell eff and
the decline has since been ls. to 2s. per cwt. MI
merous cargoes Of rice have found buyers at dai
ly improving prices.
A telegram was received at Rome from Constan
einople on Saturday night conveying The impor
tant announcement that Turkey had agreed un
coaditonallY to the conference. This was after
wards confirmed by dispatch to London stating
more explicitly chat the grand council had re
solved to accept the conference" An inperia
ukase has been issued for the reception OF sub
scriptions for an issue of one hundred million o.
roubles The ST. Petersburg Gazette explains
that the money Is wanted for the extraordinary
expenses in view OF the present political situa
ton Paris correspondent of the Cologne ga
zette' reports that the Rothschlds have pronis
ed 10. advance Russia money, and her conditions
are SAID to be SO favorable that they can easily
place The loan privately, From st. Petersburg il
IS stated that sanitary corps is being mobolized
movable hospitals are in course OF preparation
and committees Of ladies have been formed for
the private nursing Of the wounded, OF which the
Empress and Grand Duchess have undertaken,
the patronage. According to the Berlin Post
several applications have been made for letters
OF maraue by Americans to be used against En-
glish shipping in the event of war This morn.
ing's London papers take a more hopeful view OF
the situation. The Times the daV
opens so fairly that it is perhaps sanguine in
holding that peace is assured but it is hard to be-
lieve that the coming conference viii not main
tain peace sanbroken.
Further details have been received Of the
opening OF the great ship canal from Amsterdam
TO Felzen, on the North Sea. A Dutch bark and
All American three-masted schooner were the frs,
vessels which passed through this new high road
10 the deep seas. 1t Is stated that the channel is
not yet sufficiently deep for vessels Of very large
draft, nor are the harbor improvements of Am
sterdam ready TO receive all shipping. For some
time longer large or heavily laden vessels will he
obliged as heretofore. to enter and break cargo
at Nienwediep, which is at the. entrance Of the
canal, and and possesses safe harbor.
The Operative Cotton Spinners' Association
held meeting at Manchester on Saturday, ant
while iustifylng the strikes in Lancashire the,
ayerts lookout, which would have affected egh
ty thousand operatives in that county
The Russian police pretend to have discovered
plot in Poland Several arrests of the clergy
have been made. and stringent orders are issnet
to all dealers in arms.
Later accounts of the terrible cyclone which
passed through Eastern Bengal on the 3lst of DC
tober, say that two hundred and fifteen Thousand
persons persisted from its effects. All possible
relief was being extended to the distressed PEG
pie by the Government
A London telegram repoits that. owing to lht
depression in the steamer coal trade more than
thousand miners are thrown out Of employment
in the northumberland coiieries
Cable dispatches to the 2lst are slulma.
nized as follows:
In an address at Birmingham las: night
Her Maiesty's Home Secretary took Il very
hopeful view OF the present aspect OF affairs
as regards the Eastern question. An the
Cabinets Of Europe, he said, believed the
Conference to be the means Of settling the
difficulty. 1t would meet. he thought, be.
fore the end Of the week. and he declared hi:
belief that the time had now come when the
waste paper currency OF Turkish promises
should be paid in sterling coin. The repor.
ted activity in the manufacture of cartridges
at Woolwick is fully explained by the state.
ment that they were wanted for q new dcs.
cription Of rifle adopted in the Indian ar
my. The London Times of this morning is
informed from Vienna that the Car has Goa
Eunicated to the Powers the demands
which his Ambassador has been Instructed
to present to the conference. which are in
effect what have been already published. and
thinks that it is reassuring that in making
f1,o,,
occupation Of the disturbed provinces il not
mentioned.
Later dispatches from Calcutta give fur.
Their particulars of the storm wave " ich re-
Gently carried ruin and desolation to some
OF the fairest and most prosperous portions
of the presidency Of Bengal. There We're. it
appears, no symptoms Of danger up to II
o'clock on the uight Of the 3lst Of October,
but before midnight. wave swept over the
country, in places of q depth of 20 feet, sur
prising the people in their beds. Many saw
ed themselves oy climbing into the branches
! OF the cocOanut and palm trees, and some
sought refuge on the roofs of their houses,
which, however, were soon burst asGnder by
the water, and all were swept ont in sea, a
vast majority of them to be heard Of no more.
Indeed, it is remarked that almost every one
persisted who failed to reach the trees. The
cattle We're all drowned, the boats swept
away, and every means of communication
with other districts destroyed. 1t is b. lie, ed
that in the districts passed over by the wave
not more than from q fourth to third of the
population survives. The Government seems
to be tliligent inrelieying the distress of the
survivors.
The Marx Lane Erpress, in its weekly re :
view, again alludes to the small supplies OF
wheat in the provincial trade. General dull
ness and further decline in these markets
ale announced. The close of Russian navl-
CATION will make America their main source
of supply for red wheat, and j: remains to
be seen swhether she will ship freely at pres
ent prices or await advanced values.'' The
uneasiness and anxieIies prevailing in politi-
cal affairs have caused q revival in local trade.
The arrivals OF wheat were moderate during
the week, and prices were one shilling and
sixpcnce to two shillings better.
AT the opening Of the italian Parliament
yesterday, King Victor Emanuel spoke of
the threatening posture of political affairs,
but felt confident that moderate counsels
would prevail. In abiding to the church he
said that the liberties granted it onght not to
affect those OF the public; bills would there.
fore be proposed for rendering efficient the
reservation of the law regarding the Papal
See.
"A lcotcf IrOtll beFlli1 utiGcf tEtCc OF the 16Cn
says that Prince Bismark was expected to be
i'll that city within few days. A story that
appeared in New York paper recently
about the state OF his health, in which it was
said that softening Of the brain was appre
hended. is pronounced to be an utter fabri-
cation.
letter from the Rolhschilds is published
in the Pail Mall Gazette of yesterday after
noon contradicting abs olutely the story of
the Paris correspondent Of the Cologne Ga
sette that they had promised TO advance Rus
sin money.
Tie steamer Montezllnla. captured recent
ly by supposed Cubans, has been off the Tor
tugas heading for Laguarl; a Spanish war
vessel is in pursuit. She had quite y valua.
BILE cargo aboard, consisting of ?, 900 bags cot
fee. l.500 bags corn and numerous packages
of dry goods.
The bill passed by the French Chamber o.
Deputies fora stay of the prosecations,o of the
Communists has been elected by a commit
tee OF the Senate. s As
Fifty thousand pounds sterling in .Amerl
can eagles for New York and fifty thousand
sovereigns for Canada were withdrawn from