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IMPORTANT.
THE VERY LATEST.


II is reported that the British Charge d'Affaires
at Teheran has suspended his diplomatic relations
with the Persian government, in consequence of
that Pcuer hautng resolred, as It is said, to take
Part against the Porte ard to march an army to the
frontier. This movement on the part Of the Shah of
Persia had for some time been apprehended, as his
relations with Turkey were such as to induce him to
take advantage Of the increasing difficulties OF the
Ottoman empire. TIE news, however still requires
positive Confirmation.
The Morning Post states that Ccnstantnople
Geographic despatch of the Sd reports the prevalence
Of great alarm and excitement, owing to the news
from Snore The account given Of the action is sub.
stantisliy the same as the Russian. The fleets were
bound 10 enter the Black Sea. Persia had declared
war against Turkey
With respect to the Persian declaration OF war
against Turkey this is the natural consequence of
treaty offensive and defensive between Persia and
Russia concluded some months ago. II adds new
comp lication.
There is nothing late from the Danube.
Teleeaphc dispatches in the Chronicle give the
detail, Of the Turkish success in Asia.
Schamyl and Selim Pacha had taken various for.
tresses; and It is stated that they surround Prince
Woror zoff on all sides, in the vicinity Of Tells.
The Turks were Icpulsed In an attack on Alexan-
drianope, in Georgia, but have blockaded the cta-
del Of Abista. Its fall was daily expected.
The Journal de Coustamtinople mentions report
that Schamyl had defeated 5000 Russians, and
Vienna paper states that the attempt TO land Is 900
Russians near st. Nicholas was repulsed with heavy
loss
Advices rom Bucharfs. Of the 9Th inst. announce
the srrival ofLlcyds steamer, the Ferdinand AZ Ga
iatz from Constantiropls, after stormy passage Of
three Neeks
The probability Of ga smistce is confirmed Byte
departure Of several staff officers from the Turkish
quarters for Coz stantpople Instructions also
said to have reached Omer Pacha to provide winter
quarters for the different divisions of the army.
General Budberg the Russian commissioner extra.
ordinary, arrived at Jassy the both November, and
was receives with great pomp.
Letters rom Jnssy, tho rarts Of Mcldava, Ct tbs
ID iis.ani. s.~.a ths. GSlsrL Cataa Sacksa Vas
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The War I'm Europe.

our agent st Liverpool! succee ed IN obtaining
and placing on board the America, for Halifax, tne
Col ling deepatch, which we now find ia the Lon
con pap,rs by this arrival =
'phe latest news from the Danube states that two
romnaDies of Walachian militia had succeeded Ia
cfossiDc the river during the night ana deserving "
Omer Pacba. They gave some important iaformS-
zion respecting the Russian movements, and report
fbe Russian army IS bsing far from 80 effective as
she Russian bulletins dscae."
Ga the line Of the Danube we have not much else
TO report. The Russians are announced, November
80 as pushing their troops forward on the 70 I'd to
haefat. Tie Turks are still engaged in terrifying
that place. They continue to hold the island Of No.
kan. ON the Goth Russian major was killed in
skirrnish near Giurgevo.
From the city Of ConstsDtnople letters are 10 the
26th November. At that date detachments OF Re
difs continued to pour ID, and already 0,000 have
been forwarded 20 the army in Asia. The Russian
prisoners who at Constanhnople have been sent
60 Kutaya. The Porte Gas already published) had
definitely replied to the English ambassador that the
draft OF the Tote, before spoken Of could not be
taken into consideration under present crcum
stance ard that the determination of the Sultan in
sccord With his Minister'S was that negotiations
could not DO resumed 80 long as the Russians con.
tiuaed 10 occupy any portion Of the Turkish soil.
The Turkish navy had given brilliant eltertaio-
ent, which lasted two days. to the admirals OF the
French and English sqladrons, on board the Turk.
iSh flagship, tho Mahmoudieh Sir. Edmund Lyons
bss taken ths command Ct division, under the Or
<9ers Of Admiral Dundas.
Other accounts from Constantine lie state that a
lie putation from the Nussulmsn tribes Of MnTreia
rad arrived there Thee Asstc tribes have declared
apsipst Russia. This deputation had been received
~ PesohiS pashe ed ~as T. &c .rescat3 % TO
u.taD. TIC weather had been very bad doug sac
s.Las., aad ..9a lisa begn - f.l ~ SSyFas % trs
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rocket. whilst their prottgt receives sound drub-

. ing.
Such con6uct on the part Of our rulers is as ds-
gri6rg 10 e reOatafoa as 1t - detri9entd TO the
ioteresis OF England. Lord AhTdeea Is ena sing
the part of Il Nat Fdinegnt IN the gentle pas
Is ~ If arms now ~ frOgTess in the East q,
what Il worse tNsreria Hite ground for hope
inst be all bestr bimeell To any purJose, even ~
the last momeut Lord Abara een-ihe aneCd0ts
rests upon good authorty-is sid to hsye oe-
claTsd that, having once witnessed forty taoa-
sai d dead and woun ed nen exposed GA a battle
field he shrIks from s5e awful responsibility
Of being party 90 any wsrlike operations Such a
sentiment is novice dscredltabie TO Lord Abe,-
deea's heart; but ii commemorative Imagination SO
unnerva hun be oughJ 70 feel that It IL his duty,
when wariks operations become inevitable, u retire
from the helm 81 Affairs which he has longer the
self possession to guide. His sentimental decaratlon
Is Ike that OF surgeon who should say that, having
once witnessed the agony of patient under painful
oyeratioD be never could bring himself to performi,
Would this be any apology fer his emitting the
Operation wnen ~ became The only means OF saIlng
the life of his paiieat? The nov raging 10 the
east has not been begun by the Snltlnhas not been
incurred by any misc nduct on his part But, being
ssssiled he can only be relieved by war encounter
ing war. Ii Lord Aberdeen's delicate nerves unit
him for this task, LET him throw up his office and
allow men TO undertake it of less susceptible but IN
reality more humane temperaments.
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sINOeE.
SINUVE.
RHE SCENE OF Tds NAVAL CoNFLICr.


stroll on sbere TO see the place and sketch it
from the circlinq beach sgreeaby filed up a long
lovely evening. The sun had yelled his bloodsiot
eyes behind q Ozark bank Of clouds, leaving lurd
thts of purple yellow to pervade earth, air, and
water. The wiud, hushed; the bay, as frozen over;
The town. silent as sleep death. not even tSit-
terug bird to break ,be heavy Stiffness Of walk;
fisher men drawing their nets lang idly, penae
Fails woopg the breese 10 vain, and lazy oars uninl
Drayed along boass' sides; all SinOpe the emb05i-
nent Of CAIN repose IN its highest idealty. The
Smp'es, palaces, and porticos, erected by power
VI line OF kings have been levelled with the dust.
Noug hit remains Of much magniicence save dirty
oriental town Of thousand wretchei houses, sur
'oundea by erumblng walls and tot ering towers OF
Byzantine eopsfruc ion Almost equally q wreck is
She enormous hnll Of an embryo twO-de ,ker, wh CHI
stands unlaur ched On the stocks built here where
timber ard work are cheap; never finished; ao yed
g rot Does this fact elucidate the subectt Alas
dor Sirope.
The ancient capital oc Poutus under that great
man Mthrda:es Equator and re biz thplace of that
great beast, Dogenes the Cync originally the colony
q ire Mesiafs aud deriving its name from an am-
pnibous young LADY who was the unnstural offspring
a. river and towc the Asopus a1d Meth0ns, after
sic eoped sither With third elsnert, Apollo Or the
sun shows ndesd hut few traces Of such iiustrious
spteceCents. Many fragments Of ancient architec-
tur3i art hogever such IS broken columns, mutt
lated cornices. ard hitcefaced inscriptions arch
Tf3yes ard sepuchral stores, have been made of
in raising these feeble frticaons and Trey still at
Test what Sin0pe ones was while the quaFrieS above
the tOwn, whence ore ofthe salcareous beds ia the
trschgtic rock oveTlaid by black vlcanic formation
sef lbs to have furnished i building materials, tell
eloquent tale of its sudden downfall. for large
blocks lie there bewn and ready for removai. some
scuiptured and some actually on their way to the
city. We saw also the picturesque ruins of an aque
due, designed by Pliuy tse Younger TO supply the
Stnopians ssh good water from distance of sixteen
miles; and the ancient mole can be distinguished
under the sea- enclosing considerable space along
the shore, and leaving only narrow entrance for
galleys; but many Of the great square stones COM
hama ha..y aud a hwrt
tor of the waves with the aid OF that universal de-
sroyer. Time
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THE VERY LATEST.


Accounts from yisnoa, dated Monday, Dec. II,
state
The larger Turkish vessels which we're DIES royed
had each 500 soldiers, besides artillerymea, on
board, and large sum OF money, being bound for
the east coast Of the Black Sea.
a fourteenth vessel ped unchanged.
The battle began at an hours distance from
s,inope.
On the % nothing was known Of the defeat at
gonstantinople.
A6vicss from Paris state tina. the news Of the
sissster 10 the Turkish feet was received with
she profouE dest establishment and grisf The empe-
ror is stated TO have been overwhelmed by the intel
fjqence Explanation is mperatsely demanded why
considerable portion of the Turkish naval force WAS
permitted to be anihila,ed within SO short distan e
Of where tie powerful English and French fleets
wete lying ia inglonous ease. Also why the Eng
i,sbuan slaGe reported that tour days before this
disaster he could not End an enemy"
from he Iiv e. pool lines Dec l4-s u.
We have received news from Constantinople, By
yienns down to the Sd instant. The news Of the
disaster of Sinope is officially confirmed, and had
Just reached the Porte.
Upon the receipt OF this information, the British
ard French ambassadors had mediate.y despatched
two steam fflgates from the combined sqnadrons 10
Sinope and t~o other steam friyases to Varna, for
the purpose Of procuring precise intelligence. Upon
the return OF these yessels it was thought probable
that the c6mbiEed fleets would receive orders to
ter the Black Sea- to prevent If possible any further
collision between The Russian ard Turkish naval
forces.
It is stated by the Russian accounts that the
squadron subsequently, destroyed at Sinope was en-
gagged in conveying forces to attack Soucham Kalsoa,
and that it pursued into the port of Sinope by
the Russian feet. If this account Of the circum-
stsbces preceding the engagement be correct, it
would give somewhat difereat character to the at
tack as the Russian forces might be justified in in
urrupting convoy destined to invade portion Of
their own territory.
The destination of tie squadron is, however, still
uncertain; and it is more probable that the trans
ports were confey ing reinforcemeuts aad provisions
"a Betoum, where the Turkish army stands ia need
of both.
TIE Posts leading article says that there can
hardly exist doubt that the Almirals had by this
time entered, and are now in iun command Of the
Black Sea.
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the Brltih markets and what reoirrocsI conces,;ora
are hey 70 De MADE by France 10 induce our ogera-
mem nj 20 alleviate tee duties WINS. aud thus iad,-
tSuy olnnish our present enormous cousun 1tion OF
and 4 is 10 re hoped that Mr. Oivaras Efforts vii -
sowe backed IN the ensuing session that he ministr,
Fill be obiPcdto take tie matter into s,r;ons enc.
sdfation: fer indeed, who ref ect 90 the coro
perstve Effects Of vine drinking and spirit drioki,g
cs0 for o moment, refuse to Acknowledge tue I'M
Ioltsnee Of encouraging the former. What l. nav
The staiA Of the case The duty vine is uaiforniy
SIS 80 per gallon an the effect has been almost 10
exclude he use of vine from the working classes
ard 10 cause decrease in its consumpt IA OF 81
per cent during the last fifty years while tha. Of
ardent spirits increased during the same period at
As per cent in fact, We DOW consume only oGe-
fifth of gallon Of wine per head against half gai-
lon half century alo. This decrease of general
wine consumption Will be abundan'ly evident from
the following returns (rom the circular OF Messrs.
Maxwell q Son) Of foreign wine in gallons, hat
pbid duty In 1892 aud 1870 Iesnacliuily.
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Spain.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or
THE CoRTES-rIEAECEs OF TIE COUNTRY.
TIE Liverpool Times, of the llth, says The
intelligence from Madrid is Of very serious kind.
and may Re considered as portentous of an approach
ing coup d'6tat. by Geographic despatch of sbe
9th december, we learn that the Senate had adopted,
by 105 votes to 60, the resolutions opposed by the
government, and recommended by the majority OF
the committee. These resolutions it may be rcmem-
bered are 70 effect that the Senate ought to proceed
with bill before it on the railways, instead OF, in
compliance with the wish OF the cabinet, dropping
H. and waiting until new hill on the suhlecs pre-
sented to tire Chamber Of Deputies BY IL, shall be
cent M 10 the Senate. tnt ~
In consequence OF this unn.,ssas-aois dc'eas vs.
asrn, W electric Telegraph, on TIC lo'h,a ssyd -
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Execution of James Shirley.

HoLLlDAYSBURGH. Friday, Aug l2 1853
James Shirley was executed at this
place this afternoon for the murder
Oh.
AT one o'clock the prisoner, habited in
his shroud, accompanied by Revs. John
Sullings aud Lloyd Knight, descended
from his cell 10 the Jall.yard and walked
with firm step 10 the scaifold which be
ascended unassisted, and took MS seat on
stool, After singing and praying BY
the Clergy they took leave Of him.
Thomas G. Mcdowell, Esq. and prison
er's Counsel, also took leave OF him,
when Shirply remarked, that if any one
else wished to take leave Of him they
might do so. All the prisoners present
in the Jail Yard then shook hands ith
him. alter which the sheriff asked him il
he had anything to say TO whicA he re
piled:
81 have nothing, except that hope to
meet all these gentlemen present III Par.
adSe hereafter did better than !
thought should. This is not The back
ing up Of the spirit ofthe man; it is the
spI,il Of God that enables me 10 DO so;
never was a bad man naturally; wish 10
say the cause oil all this is intemper-
auce.'
The cap was then over his face. when
be called cut. Sheriff" The Sheriff
turned to the cuprit, when he continued
II will also say that you, Sir, are gen
tIcman God bless you" The Deputy
Sheriff then. asked him ifhe had any con.
lpsson to make. lie replied, mo, ]
nave nothing to say OH that subject =
Al 81 minutes past o'clock the drop fell,
and Jcmes Shirley was launched from
time INTO eternity. All signs Of lie had
ceased at minutes alter The drop
Tell.
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An ASTONISHING TouTH.--Ihe Cincin
nati Gazette says that Wm. Marcy. a
coored boy from Kentucky, who was in
that city last week can add up columns OF
figures of any length. divide any given
sum multiply millions by thousands with
in fUe minutes from the time the figures
are given him. and with such exactness
as 10 render il truly wonderful On Fri
day in presence ota party OF gentlemen'
he added up column Of figures. eight
in line, and one hundred and eighiy
lines. and making the sum total OF sever
al millions, in about SjT miRuefs. The
eet was so astounding, and apparently
incredible. that several OF the party took
off their coats. aud dividing the sum,
went 10 work. and, in two hours alter
they ccmmeuctd. produced indentically
the same answer. The boy is not quite
seventeen years ofage; he cannot read
or write. and IN every other branch OF al
Fnglish education is entirely defcient.--
He started on Saturday for the worlds
! Fair,
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0bp lmkilaiE7e. n.n1I a M
Who ever knew a person be dubbed
''Uncle Ben. '"Uucle Tom, "or Uncle
Bill" without finding the said Uncle Ben.
Tom, and Bill the very personifcations
of good nature and neighborly kindness!
A person nicknamed Uncle" could not
help being kind, if he tried U"ncles"
take strongly TO children, and will "PIay
horse" with as much zest as if they and
little Johnny were of the same age and
habits. II TO be nicknamed Uncle, .
however. srnacks ofan easy.going temper,
to be christened Old is equally signif.
cant of GOODNESS and i.nature. Who
ever knew an "OId" Brown an sod"
Smith. an "Old" Jo es, or an odd
Skeesicks thai was not the very essence
of meanness and selfshness? Such men
place nice value on dollars and quiet.
ness. and have no more taste for 1.-THE
deWIiry ofchildhood, Than they have for
organ grinders and charity boxes. Rath-
er than be known as s"OId Beeswax," or
"Old" anythi 2, we would cut hole in
the water, and jump in and drown.
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81 closed my eyes in prayer. and com.
mended my soullo God; jul ii was impos-
slbie for me 10 close my eyes against the
one great aud absorbing idea in my mind
that Of being burnt up like vile rep
tile that era Is in The weeds
MY lips upclosed. and as they did 50.
my eyes rested upon my truIy rife; il
was the first time had ttought Of il. for
the distance was great between me and
the enemy; but itlooked like IN old friend,
the only one that had the power to save
me.
# embraced the thought that lha sight
Of my rife called up--a species of Joy
which is nearly oyerpowered by an ago
nizing feeling,
"One chance still remained--a small
chance it was true. but stiIu chance; and
despair cannot parayze and subdue the
heart. while even one faint hope remains.
| lifted the instrument upon which hung
my destiny. As my glance ran over the
intervening distance, | ielt ho@desperate
indeed was my prospect Of life. tor an
hundred good marksmen might try their
skill vain in aiming at an object so lar
of. Then remembered that my weapon
was OF uncommon caIiber weight. and
would throw ball further than any | had
ever seen recolected also til t had
loadened ii that very day with uncommon
care, and Tor long shot.
the Indian moved the torch, and was
about to apply it TO the combuStble ma
terial; there was no time 10 lose The
rifle came 10 my shoulder quick and firm.
and ! braced up my nerves for a steady
aim with a strong effort Of will looked
lhrouge the double sights, and the muzzle
covered the Indians head. My heart
seemed to stop beating, held in the grasp
Of that terrible suspense. 1t was but an
instanl-then the rifle sent an ounce and
hall Of lead on its mission, with crack
that was unusually loud and sharp, and
recoil which threw me back few PAGES
The smoke eurled away, but | dared
not look passed my hand slowly across
my forehead, for my brain aas throbbing
painfully. Every moment | expected TO
be greeted by dense smoke from the
burning prairie. and TO hear the Kissing OF
the burning fame; but nothing Of the kind
occurred. and venlured TO look towards
the spot where the savage had stood with
his torch; | took courage; reloaded my
rife. and hatslIy walked towards the
place.
II reached 1.-THE Indian lay upon his
back. the brand. half exungushed, beside
him, an ounce and a half of lead had pass,
ed through his head. | sank down over
powered with gratitude, and the various
emotions which such an incident was cal.
cualed to inspire. This was the greatest
shot ever made. and probably shall new.
er equal it again. Can you wonder that
| am attached 10 my riael'
Not at all / sa the Captain earnestly
| should never part with ii, il it was mine ="