Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-12-14
ADDITIONAL NEWS BY THE PACIFIC.

ADDITIONAL NEWS BY THE PACIFIC
| NAeoLEoH's LETTER TO HIS ARMY.-Th
Paris Moniteur says that the Emperor ha
just addressed the following letter to the Gen
eral-in-Chief of the army of the East:
"PALA.E OF ST.. CLOUD, November "a.
General: Your report respecting tho vic
| tory of Inkermann has excited deep emotion
in my mind. Express, in my name, to tn.
army MY entire satisfaction with the courage
| it has displayed, with its energy in supporting
fatigues and privations, and its warm cordial.
| ity towards our allies. Thank the generals
| the officers, and the soldiers for their valiant
conduct. Tell them that warmly sympa
thize with their misfortunes and the cruel
losses they have experienced, and that my
constant solicitude shall be directed to the
task of softening the bitterness of them.
cater tho brilliant victory of the Alma, !
had hoped for q moment that tho routed army
of the enemy would not 50 easily have re,
paired its losses, and that SebastOpol would
soon have fallen under our attacks; but the
obstinate defence of that town and the rein
forcements received by the Russian army have
for the momert arrested the course of our sue
cess. I approve of the resistance you made
to tho impotence of the troops who wished to
make the assault under circumstances which
would have entailed too considerable losses.
The English and French Governments direct
their serious attention to the army in the
East. Already steamboats, are tIaversing the
seas with considerable reinforcements. This
increase of assistance will double your forces,
and enable you to assume the offensive. A
powerful diversion is about to take place in
Bessarabia, and receive the assurance that
from day to day, in foreign countries, public
opinion becomes more and more favorable to
US. If Europe should have seen without
alarm our eagles, so long banished, displayed
with so much eclat, it is because it knows that
we are fighting for its independence. IfFrsnce
has resumed the position to which she is en-
titled, and if victory has again attended upon
our flags, it isl declare it with pride to the
patriotism and to the indomitable bravery of
the army that owe it.
send General de Montebello, one of my
aids-de Damp, to convey to the army the re-.
wards which it has so we'll merited.
In the meantime, General, l pray God to
have you in his holy keeping. NAPOLEON.
Letter from VIM Smith O. Brien He Declines
Conditional Pardon.
From Galignani's Messenger.l
SIR: have seen ia your journal-o of to- day g
date an extract from the Limerick Chronicle,
stating &c that the friends of Mr.. William Smith
O'Brien have it in contemplation to solicit the
influence of the Emperor of the French with
our gracious sovereign to remove all condi
tons from the royal pardon" which may be
done,'' the paragraph adds, with perfect
safety and propriety, as that gentleman has
taken final leave of political agitation for
the remainder of his life."
know not whether this statement is as un-
founded as many others respecting me which
have appeared in the newspapers during my
absence from Europe; but if it be we'll
founded, I wish it to be known that such an
application as that here contemplated has not
been sanctioned. still less prompted, by me.
prize beyond expression the sentiment which
has induced a large portion of the Irish nation
to evince anxiety for my return and feel
deeply grateful for the sympathy which has
been exhibited in the United States, the Brit.
ish colonies and elsewhere, towards the Irish
political exiles: but it does not seem to me to
be consistent with the dignity of my country
to solicit foreign Intervention on our behalf
For my own part, am not conscious that
I have done anything which disentitles me
from spending the remainder of my life in
Ireland, which country is not only the home
of my affections, but also the natural sphere
of my duties; and am convinced that sound
policy as we'll as generous feeling dictates the
PRONUNCIATION by the British Government of q
complete and general amnesty, with regard to
the proceedings of all those who were COM
promised in the insurrectionary movement of
the year 1S48.
now find myself compelled to remove my
family, in the middle of winter, from thei +
cherished home in and, and to seek for
them domicile in some foreign country. Such
lot though preferable to Imprisonment in
Van Dieman's Land, naturally gives occasion
for much solicitude; but would rather remain
forever an exile from tho land which 1 love,
than return thither under restrictions incom-
patible with my personal honor, or with the
rights and duties Of an Irish gentleman.
(Signed) WILLIAM S. O'BRIKN
Paris, Hotel Meurice, November %.