The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-23

WOODS MINSrREL6-Minstrel Hall, "A Broadway.
CASTLE GARDEN-EauEsrRIAs PyRvoRnArcE
Hew York, Thursday, November 80, 1864.
The News.
BY the arrival o. the screw steamship Canadian,
q Portland, Me-, we have three days later inteli
0snse from Europe.
1hs siege Of sebAstopol still drags its slow
laAgth along" and although efforts are made TO
satsipats . result BY vivid descriptions Of the des
Dsate extremites to viii h its garrison Is reduced,
end even by rumors Of its fall, these accounts seem
6woauce no corresponding effects on the English
aAakets, t,eir influence being rather unfavorable
han Otherwise.
There u nothing, in fact, in the present advices,
Hsde mp as they are from the complement of the
Hevieua Incidents Of toe siege, outline Of which
~ have already laid before our readers, which in
dsates that the place may not still hold olt until it
y relieved. The highly oolorsd speculations Of
Aswrpsper correspondents, and the mendaci Gus
statements Of fabricated dispatches, weigh but lit
- against the fact tha. neither on the land side nor
N that Of the sea have the besiegers az yet been
aAle to penetrate within the line OF the defenoes.
Thus far, en-, the anticipstiors formed from
The Tremendous resources combined for the reduc.
Non Of the fortress have been set at nsught 1t was
q the prompt results expected to be achieved from
Aeir IMP ecedented magnitude that the calcula
Hons wnicl led to the expedition were founded.
should these hopes be disappointed, and any con-
siderable time be wasted before the place, skilul
y planned attack bya sufficiently powerful Russian
1aoe supp sing that their reserves can be brought
up in time tor the purpose, may at any moment de-
ssss the grand object Of the edition, aud obligs
the bssegers to assume the defensive.
The history Of siege operations justiles in
doubling whether, in spite of the eDorn," e
Macriei assembled b. the allies, 3soG' y
70 offer any exception TO their &c rN results W
lenciennes, in 1898 sustained a siege Of fortydve
days, with only l75 cannon. DaDt1ic in;lsl3, held
sut for los days, with 500 cannon, and then only
yielded through the pressure Of famine. Cnilad
Rodrigo yas defended by ooly sc guns, and set held
eui fer twsnt! one days. The Russians have at Sc.
has opel 500 cannon, ard these are mostly all o.
large calipre W at probability is theie, therefore,
IN speculstps the prox,mste surrender Of the
garrison, buoy u, as they are by the hope OF be
ing speedily relieved?
!, must be remembered, too, that tina alliss are
emily provisioned for six weeks, and that notwith
sesbding tho alleged friendly disposition Of the Tar
tar population, the descriptions forwarded home by
statement must either be false, that the friendly
eetings of the natives are controlled by their
appsehensions OF the doubtful nature of the
eentess Il, therefore, the place can only hold out
Sne few weeks longer and as present We see no
reason Why it should not-thc Cdmesn expedition
nay possibly end in . total failure.
These are, Of course, mere speculations, but they
aasune aomsthing Of force from the protrac'ed re
- x>hi tha LOptr has oadv in
spite Of the confident anti ipstons formed by he
csmnanders Of the expedition OF its reduction IL
three or four daye. Il would be curious If the
s'tmid counsels," 80 injudiciously alluded 10 ia the
French Emperor's letter to Madame 81 Armand.
should after all, turn out to have bssn suggested
y correct views.
The statements mad 10 these advices of the pro
liability Of an immediate rupture bet ween the Car
and his tyo powerful Germ IN neighbors probably
emily Ieprese mt the surface of things. We shall be-
hsve in the fact when we see a Russian army ad.
vancing into GAllicia. A to Prussia, abe has too
nuch to gain by remaining neutral 10 hazard her
ioserests by provoking hostilities with the Gar.
Prom Ass we have rumors Of victory having
been gained over Schamyl by one Of the Russian
generals
There il NO other foreign news Of interest. TIE
fset ofthe Frcnc Emperor having male the ansnde
Ao~orab to Mr.. Sou6 is confirmed.
The foreign Lews received via Portland did not
tsnsR,c in time yesterday to have any be rine
upon this market. Flour was in moderate demand
fss dome sti, use and shipment to tie Beitish pro
vinces, and At unchanged prices. A cngo Of Gens-
see white wheat sold at 81 IS per bushcl. Indian
corn continued active with sales for OK .,r5 ~ e0c
SIC. for Western sound mixed. Pork CLOSED dali,
and ness was not saesbls, in large lots, without
soms concessions on the part Of holders. About
1000 bales Of cotton were sold, sho wing decline
since tbs commencement Of the week of about one
eighth Of cent per ID. Tho foreign news prosuced
Ne effect upon the cotton market, and was nc. OK
Dsssed TO. Quotations are mainly Influenced by the
@sunt Of stock In first hands, and the state of the
nssey market. Some six or seven cotton laden
vessels are saii to be on the way, chiefly from New
Orleans, for this port, one Of which has carg, Of
17oo bales, part Of which had been sold to arrive
b stated thst sterling bills dra VI against c,.ton
WIN soon be more plenty In this market. Il isre.
ported that one large blu house has EGO 900, or
about $500, 600, on It's way by mail from New Or
leans for this city.
convention between the United States and The
Kingdom Of Bavaria, for the mu nal extradit,on of
fagitives from justice in certain cases, was duly r.
kHed ON the LIST instant, .. London, and has iust
been made public by proclamation by the Pre-
sident.
Robert W. johnson has been re elected TO the
United States Senate by the Legislature of
Afhansas.
The Grand Jury having brought In bill of 10.
dSc.ment for manslaugiter against John D. Zines
TO- the killing of Officer Gourlsy Of the First Ward
po'es, BY stabb,ng HIM 10 tb ! Ing Vi}1 dix
knife, while the de'.asss s.'au,t.d % mike
Hines prisoner, the >,'i Asl for the prisoner