Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-05-11
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26th, states that gold to the amount of g, ,500,-
600, had arrived within few days from Aus
tralia.
The leading British journals complain bitter
ly Of the delays which have taken place IN for
warding troops to the seat of war. They ridi-
cue the fetes that have been given to the princi-
pal officers on the route, altogether mistimed
under the circumstances
The Hon. Edward Everett is on a visit to his
family at Boston, and we regret to learn that his
health is not good.
A late London paper says:-
Both the English and French forces are now
concentrating in the neighborhood of Constanti-
noplc, with more satisfactory speed than had
previously been reported, although there is still
a strong disposition on the part of the public to
complain of time lest. An apprehension is ex-
pressed that, unless the Turks soon received aid,
the disaster of Sinope will be repeated on land,
has aroused great nnxety and impatience, and
every omission or delay, however slight, is ye-
hemently criticised"
A London letter says that the intention of
Austria remain in much uncertainty as ever
According to some accounts the breach between
the courts of Vienna and St. Petersburgh is wide
and irreparable, and the animosity of the Gar
against the Emperor of Austria is greater even
than against England and France. But it is
easy to see that iu order to blind the Western
Powers, trick of this sort might easily be got
up, and those who are best acquainted with
Austria, refuse therefore, to be led away by it.
No event short of an actual conflict between her
| troops and those of Russia, will have any inAu-
ence upon the intelligent portion Of the English
public in inducing them to trust to her future
! course.
Among the items by the late arrival, is one
announcing the discovery of gold at the Cape Of
Good Hope.
A despatch from Cannelton, Indiana, dated
May 1st, and addressed to the Louisville Cou-
rier, says:
Matt. Ward, accompanied by his wife and
brother, arrived here yesterday on the Jas.
! Park" They went on board at West Point, at
u O'Clock Saturday night. Considerable ex-
citerncnt exists among the citizens, and it is
proposed to address 3lr. Ward letter request
| ing him to leave the town. No violence will be
used. Mr.. Ward is the guest while here, ol
John I. Rey, Esq.
a correspondent of the Baltimore Times, nomi-
mates Millard Fillmore for the President and
Albert Pike for Vice President in 1856.
A correspondent of the London Times writing
from Paris under date Of the 18th, says:
My private letters state that the affair o
the Black Warrior, so far from being settled, has
been urged on with extreme violence by Mr.
Soule, and at the present moment wears very
threatening aspect"
Another tetter from Madrid, dated the 18th
contains these words
q 1t is stated that the American Minister has
demanded of the government the recall of Cap
tain General Pezuela: and further, that the off
Ger who shall succeed him shall have power tC
settle upon the spot such disputes as that arising
| out of the affair Of the Black Warrior. large
sum of money is also said to have been demand
ed, but the amount named is so disproportion
ately large that we forbear to mention it,
A Washington dispatch says:
&" 1t is well known here that the British Gov
ernnent advised Spain to settle the Black War
rior affair at any price. Still, it is feared the
news of the refusal will prove true. If so, yor
may expect decisive measures by our Govern
ment. The Administration is determined not
to refer future outrages to Madrid"
It is affirmed, but the statement wants confir
nation, that Denmark, Sweden and Norway
have executed a treaty with Russia, binding
themselves not to permit more than four ships tc
enter at once any of their harbors.
Another attempt at mediation in the Eastern
Question, on the part of the King of Prussia, is
spoken of.
Sir Charles Napier, has addressed'a report tc
the English Government, in which he does not
dissimulate the immense difficulties he has tc
contend against in the Baltic. The ships of his
squadron have made nine merchant prizes, but
no naval action has yet taken place, either there
or in the Black Sea. We have not vet heard
that shot has been fired, and the British pub
lie are getting very impatient. Admiral Dun.
das, especially, is accused ofwant of energy. II
| is now officially announced that Russian squad
ron left Seblstopol, and very quietly, despite the
| combined fleets in the Euxne, proceeded 10 the
Circassian Coast, burnt their forts there, and
took away five thousand fighting men, without
opposition, to reinforce Sebastopol
Letters from Constantinople state that the
Greeks fast leaving that capital Up to
the Sth, 5000 English and French troops had
actually arrived at Gallipoli. 1t is said that 10
900 british troops will be quartered at Constan-
tinople, and that barracks are being prepared
| for them.
The Charleston Courier gives the following as
the substance of the remarks recently made by
Mr.. Fillmore in that city: &c believe in the ex-
pansive growth of our Republic, and am ther-
oughly persuaded that she is destined to cover
the whole American Continent with her starry
banner and her free institutions