New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-05-27
European News by the Europa.


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from Liverpool on the afternoon of the 10th inst.
The allied fleets had sailed from Sebastopol,
Omar Pacha had won great victories on land
over the Russians
George Laws Grape Shot has turned out to
be q Russian privateer, and has captured a
French merchantmen within sight of the British
coast Several English steamers we're sent to
capture her.
Sir Charles Napier, with the line-of-battle
ships under Admirals Convoy and Chads, were
keeping up rigorous blockade Of the Gulf OF
Finland, which would render the escape oil a
single Russian ship impossible.
A most formidable force of row boats is being
| organized by the Russians to harass the lnvao-
| ing fleet, for the shallow waters. Eight hun
bred armed boats are already enrolled.
1 Napier is so well aware Of the formidable
nature Of this force that he has hastily applied
| to his Government for fleet of small steamers
that may penetrate wherever row-boats can.
severe battle has been fought between the
4 Turks and Greeks, in which the latter were
| routed with much loss
With the exception of the Pir@us, all the
coasts of Greece are rigidly watched by the
French and English ships of-war.
Pirates are swarming in the Archipelago.
An English brig had drifted ashore on the
Isle of Andres; there was no one on board, but
the cabins were drenched with blood.
Odessa was successfully bombarded-all the
batteries and magazines were destroyed; II
Russian ships of-war were sunk by the allied
| fleets, and IS ammunition and storeships were
| taken
The town of Odessa itself was spared.
The loss on the part of the combined fleets
| amounted only to eight killed and eighteen
wounded.
/ Gen. Luders retreated towardsi Czernayoda,
4 and it is said the Russians lost many guns,
ammunition stores and baggage wagons, even
their military chest
On the 29th a Turkish flying corps crossed
the Danube below Silistria, in order to destroy
the Russian strand batteries. They advanced
| to Kalaresh, where there was hard fighting for
! some hours. The Turks fought bravely, but,
being overmatched, were ultimately forced to
retire. ""
| Authentic accounts to April % confirm that
Silistria had been exposed to repeated and
| violent attacks, but up to the above date was
| uninjured.
Constantinople, April 24.--The Russian bat.
teries at the Sulina, mouth of the Danube, have
been bombarded by part of the allied fleet Nc
details had come to hand.
1t was reported that the Russian fleet put to
sea from Sebastopol on the 28th April.
l. The Gear has offered to Prussia a treaty Of
commerce on the most favorable terms. No &C.
ton as yet taken on it.
1t is again positively asserted that the French
army Of the East will be augmented to 100000
men.
The formation of camp of 10000 at Bou.
logne, with view to an expedition to the Bal
tic, is also spoken Of @m3
The following important dispatch was tele.
graphed from Vienna, of date May 8.
4 1T cireulates in Bucharest that on the 18th
or 10Th of April, Omar Pacha advanced with
10000 men towards the Dobrudscha, and bat
tie took place with Luder's corps between Silis-
tria and Rassoya. During the night Omar
| Pacha had detached q division in the direction
of the Black Sea, and when the battle was at
| its height the next day, this corps attacked the
Russians in the rear, causing unexpected con-
| fusion and CONSERVATION.
| BENEFIT OF MISS SoMERs The benefit Of Miss
Somers at Placides, this evening, will, we doubt
not. be q brilliant occasion. We expect to see
one of the most crowded and brilliant houses Of
the season. If the talent of the fair beneficiary
and her efforts to amuse the public during the
past winter are duly considered, together witt
the attractive bill offered, such will not fail tt
be the case. The musical drama of &c Guy
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principal members of the Varieties company
| will appear. Layater Lee and his wonderful
children will likewise appear in a variety Of
performances
ORLEANS THEATRE opera of s'se-
miramis " is to be presented at the Orleans
Theatre tonight. We see by the bills that
this house will be closed for the season OF
Tuesday night next.
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4 CUBAN DEMoNsTRATIoN.-Th fourth anniver
sary of the landing of Lopez upon the shores o
Cuba was celebrated in New York, on the 10th
by the Cuban exiles in New York and the mem
bers of the Lone Star Order
SARATOGA SPRINGS. Arrangement for th,
coming season are rapidly progressing. Hotel
and boarding houses are repairing and refurnish
ing, and the springs and public grounds are il
course of perfection.
| The MARTHA WASHINGTON CAsE.-We Learn
from the Helena Dark. Shield, that the exa
minaton of the Martha Washington prisoner.
was concluded on the 18th John N Cumming
1 was acquitted The remainder of them were
remanded to prison for further trial, in de-
fault, except William Kissane, who gave bal
in the sum of $4,000.
Miss Caroline Plummer, single lady, who
died at Salem, Mass, on the 18th inst, had &C.
cumulated fortune of 100000. By her will
she left Harvard College $4,000, to found i
professorship of Moral Philosophy $4,000 Il
the Salem Athen@um; and about $4,000 te
found a Farm School at Salem. ....
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A KENTUCKY HUNTER. correspondent d
the Evansville journal writes as follows about a
Kentucky hunter
/ Wat Eckman has followed hunting for live
lihood since the year 1881 Since that period
he says, he has killed thirty eight bears, nine
hundred and eighty four wolves, three thousand
eight hundred and forty seven coons nine hun.
dred and ninety foxes, nine hundred and sixty,
one wild geese, two thousand and forty pleas
ants, forty-four ground hogs, eighty wild cats