Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-06-29
LATEST EUROPEAN NEWS.


pool dates of The l4lh inst.
THE WAR -Silstria still holds out -
There had been considerable fighting al the
outposts and the Russians were making I'M
mense sacrifices IN carry the place, but il is
though, ii can hold Out till the allied troops
arrive.
Omar Psshs YVES al Shumls. Prince
PeskIewitsch was at Jassey.
The fleets in the Black Sea were quiet.
Admiral Napier had exchanged shots
with Hrlsingfors, bu. no decisive action had
taken place.
Negotiations were proceeding busily,
bu, were involved in obscurity.
II is reported that The Gar has rejected
the las. Austrian note, and was assembling
force Of Cossscks TO threaten Tfansyiva-
MA.
The result the Austro- Russian Confer
ence OF Tesdrin was not known but sup
posed to be favorable to he Western Pow
eTs.
1t was reported that The Turks made
sally from Slistra on the Sh and destroy
I'd the approaches of the besiegers, filling
up The mines before Sllisria.
the sp'ingng of a Turkish coun,ermine.
Russian reports say that Musa PsSha,
the commandsnt OF Siisria, had been killed
BY cannon bsil.
The reported victory Of The insurgents in
Thesssy is believed to be fiction.
An unconfrmed report states that Eng
lish vessels had destroyed large amount
Of property in The harbor of Brahs.rd, Fin
land.
Admiral Napier was anchored off Sea-
borg, June 9TH. A Russian feet Of 10 line
Of battle ships was anchored behind the
batteries.
Admiral Dundss had ,elegraphed tina. The
Russians voluntarily permitted French and
English merchan. ships to leave Odessa.
The fortress Of Redout Kyle was entire
ly destroyed, May l9'h, by portion of the
allied fleets.
Schamy had taken the impoftan. Rus
sian fortress Of Usurghes and was marching
with $4,000 men against Tiflis.
Reports concerning negotiations are con-
fc,ing. One says that Russia has consen-
ted TO evacuate the Princpalilies, provided
the allies restore the status gus ante velzum.
Another says that he has Internationally
refused.
CHINA AND lNDIA.-In the English House
Of Commons, Sir Charles Woods said tina,
the Government could not confirm the re-
port lha, The insurgents assisted by foreign
ers had driven the Imperialiss from Shang-
hal
The London Standard states that the
BRUSH war steamer Encounter and The u. S.
on ,nv 1nprT1aifsEs al Sha6ghae, April 4ib.
On board the Plymouth George McCankIe
was killed and others severely wounded.
Capt. Pearson, of The Rose S!andsh, was
dangerously wounded. The victors cap
,ured 2 twelve, six and eight FOUNDERS.
There were no other details of the engage
ment.
Overland advices states that a Russian
fee! was of Singapore. The report that
Dos. nj ohammed had formed an alliance
with Russia was doubted.
The latest from the ship Oriental, (report-
ed lost in the Chinese seas) sis,es that
both the other ship and cargo consisting of
10000 chests of Tea, much will be total
loss.
SpArN.-The fist detachment Of troops
for Cube sailed from Cadz on the Is. Of
June, in the steamer Isabella Calolica.
SECOND DESPATCH.
The political advces by This arrival are
interesting but no. highly important. Ac-
counts from The Ess. are still warlIke, but
no actual fighting of moment is reported
Aff,irs on the Danube pretty much as q,
previous accounts.
The mos. important advices Is the fact
tina. Slisria still continues 10 hold GU,
btavely sgsins, The Russians. The hopes
are strong that she will be able to maintain
herself until reinforced by The sllied armies.
There has been considerable diminishing on
the outposts Of SIIisiIia. The Russians
were making immense sacrifices of life to
carry foriresses with but little success. The
Turks throughout. have maintained them
selves admirably, and will do so until the
allies come up. Omer Pasbs was at Shum-
Ia i; PaskaewiIch at Jsssa. 1t is said that
the Russians suffered dreadful havoc by al
tempting and spinging the Turkish counter
mines.
Merss Pasha. commander OF Silis,ria was
killed by common ball.
The Austrian and PIussian conference
IS viewed as highly favorable to the al
lies.
Twenty-Five transports had arrived ct
Vsrna with allied troops.
The Russians were busily engaged forty
Tying Jassy.
!. is eaid tina. the English vessels near
Finlsnd destroyed large number Of gun
boats and merchant ships of the Russians,
and set fire to the whaIves, by which i'm
mense amount, Of property was destroyed.
The whole English light division al Var