Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-07-01
COX BOARD THE VILE p. PAaIs, B.LrcHIK.

- MAY 81, 1854.
"MossIEuR LIE MINISTER: The two combined squad
rons which sailed on the 18th April from the Bay o. Ma
varna in order to their warlike operations in
the Black Sea- cast anchor the goth May off Baltchk
where they intending without delay to take IN water
and necessary provisions It has not been our fault II
the hostile operations which have marked this cruise OF
more than months duration have not been more active
and more important The Russian naval forces have
kept themselves constantly shut up in Sebsstpo under
the protection Of the thousand guns of that FORT SO that
during twenty days which spent cruising that
point unable to induce single ship Of the enemy
to accept tight even with our scouts.
On the other hand steam cruisers gathering
up over the whole Black Sea merchant vessels bear
ing the Russian flags These captures amount since the
opening of hostilities to considerable number And
finally the division Of ships and seam-frgates which
dispatched upon expedition along the coasts OF
Crcassa has established the fact that the Russians them
selves had abandoned the sixteen forts which they had
been more than half century in establishing with great
labor and in the midst of constant combats along the
two hundred leagues of coast which separate Anapa near
the of Azo from Batoum which is close to the Turk
sh frontiers This result it seems to me, is new check
to the Muscoyite power In ne Monsieur lie Minister il
your Excellency will please to consider that the imperial
port of Odessa has been completely destroyed by our
staamships that the Russian feet, defed in it's ports,
has dared leave them in order to avenge that dis
com6ure that it is henceforh upon pain of capture in
terdicted to the Russian flag to the Black Sea- OF
which the Gar had pretended to make Muscoyite lake
finally it is considered that all the Russian possessions
the of Crcassa have been destroyed abandon
ed and that consequently the flank of the Russian army
in Asia finds itself uncovered cannot help admtng
this first phase of the operations of the squadro
has already produced sufficiently notable results and
to the advantage of the Western Powers all to the der
ment Of Russian influence on the Black. Sea-
Souak Bay figure two Greek full troops and
some passengers; in all 400 persons.
An order of the day addressed by Admiral HAME-
to the French feet in the Black Sea- containing
summary of glorious achievements during the preceding
Caho Ia IN,
like those of Jericho will be for lack of the blow
ing of trumpets." The desire of vengeance which
awoke for moment by the supposed firing upon flag Of
truce to have been entirely satisfied by that bloody
bombardment of Odessa They generously and humaney
abstain from attacking Odessa Caa any half
defended seaport doubtless because they know that pos
session could be taken Of those places without doing
some harm to the Russians who, since the firing upon
that flag of truce have given the allies no cause of
0enceat least sufficient to justify another at
tack Where, however, Russian ports be takenwith-
doing violence the humane principles upon which
the allied Admiras in the Black Sea conducting the
war; they have objection to Selling them. Thus, the
Moniteur of the Sd instant informs that Redout Kale
and Po had been occupied by detachments of the allied
squadrons." These posts had some time before been
abandoned by the Russians who themselves had first re-
| moved or destroyed oil the public property.
On the Danube also all promises WE'LL it is asserted, for
the allies. Sistria still holds out and opporune
the river the relief Of the town. sadly dis
committing the besiegng Russian force hoped that Omer
Pacha will have time to the After the grand
Of Varns in which the British and French
Generals and Admiras all took part, OMER PAcHA started
for the relief Of Sisra with large army In the mean
time the French and English troops Fastening by
and land from Galpo to the Balkans, and there
mise Of decisive operations grand scale. Gen.
BoSApARTE has left the Turkish capital and gone to his
camp at Galipo to take the command of his division.
The Sultan has given him most atterng reception, and
presented him his departure with rich star studded
with diamonds, and four splendid war horses
/ PARIS, JUNE Il, 1854.
4. American readers will naturally seek in the Paris
correspondence Of this week intelligence in relation
to the effect produced in France by the arrest Of
the French consul, M. DILLON in San Francisco
am happy to be able 70 say that nothing has &C
aggravate the position Of this unfortunate affair
The organs Of the press, without exception be
lieve, while they have treated the outrage commit
ted on the person of the French consul with be
coming dignity and spirit, have not, by ntemperat
and minatory comment, rendered difficult and perhap
impossible Of attainment the aende honorable and salts
faction which due from Government to the in
suited flag Of France The official Journal the NonteIr
has yet contained any alusion to the subject 1t
PROBABLY make last 10
the announcement that satisfactory acknowledgment
have been made by the Government at Washington. T.
Pe states very briefly the facts of the case and adds
The affair is clear that it cannot in any Civ
occasion serious difficulties between the Government
Of France and the United States" La Patrie over
jealous and repeatedly rebuked semofcia pertly re
marks this morning that the dgnfed and spirited speech
of Consul Dillon made Judge HOFFMAN reflect, and re
Election speedily induced him to recant, revokng tn,
day after the dangerous decision Of the day before Blu
that the Patre thinks, is not sufficient The qu1ntun
suac of Acknowledgment, however, the Parie does moi
doubt will be forthcoming The De5ats with its
characteristic discretion, abstains from comment, and
gives in three and half solid columns impartial and
the fullest statement Of the facts Of the The semi
official Constitutional Of yesterday thus notices the affair
u "We stated summarily yesterday by what strange
orgetfuness OF the most solemn conventions Amer-
Judge had dared arrest consul at San Francisco
the honorable Mr. Dillon. The California press and the
papers Of New York themselves concur in rendering hon.
age to the conduct at firm and temperate Of the
representative Of France. 1t is known that Judge Ho
man admitted at the end of three days. that his
mens have been held responsible for the conduct
their agents and do doubt but that the Cabinet
of Washington will accord to France signal reparaon for
the outrage which hos been offered in the person of s
consul in California" Stating the fact Of the Con-
stitutionnel continues: Judge Hoffman, by aberrc
ton which gives rather sad idea of certain magistrates
of the Uniop thought himself justified in overriding the
| convention of 23d February between France and the
United States He pretended that in signing the