Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-12-30
The Details by the Washington.

Inc De'd1S Dy the w dsnnBtOH
BY the United States mail steamship Wash
ington, Capt. j. cavcndy, which lcft Bremen on
the l-t. and Southampton ON the 9Th inst, and
arrived nj New York ON Sunday morning, we
have London acctu UNITS of the 9th.
The Washington brings los passengers and
about GjO tons OF French, German, and British
goods
The America arrived at Liverpool at midnight
the 3D. inst.
THE TREATY WITH AUSTRIA.
The most important intelligence brought by
this steamer in connection with tive Eastern war,
Is, tie fact that Austria hn- Il, trlA joined the
Western Powers. The boGi'e / l'aI~. Off
Gully announces HAT on tlr - )tv, l,bcr trcu-
~ - Allure ia 1il,til. y aIt the
plenipotiuiies Of Austr II France aud England.
he precise t. of thu ally N, tiat known.
but it is .nd that if Russia docs not Yield within
three months it. conditions vii come INTO force.
or, in, other terms, thai Atstt:a will fight ON
the side of the Western Powers. From an OK
p, ricncr of The lenrral iaith' g -ncss II Auslru.
there was adl~po,ltun to di>iru>t The prospect
of any substantial advantage from the alliance.
TIE SlllPWRECKS IN HE BLACK SEA.
The details of of the losses 10y tie Allies dur
ing the great gale in the Black Sen had been re.
ceivcd, and nppear in III" London journals Al
though very severe, they are not great II was
anticipated. Fourteen ships principally sailing
TRANSPORTS. were wrecked near Sohaetopul. Two
ships of the line (Frsneh) and thirteen vessels.
of different clussee, were driven ON shore near
EIpntora. Some of these w,uId be got oil
others had ioen burnt to prevent th. il iuling in
Ia tie hands of the enemy. The tns,nCks fired
upon the crews whilst attempting IL Escape
One Russian trlgHte sunk near SehJ-tupol. A
vast quantity Of winter clothing. provisions and
ammunition. for the troops. was last in these
transports. The loss of life wao iriAhtful on the
part of the crews of these Transports
FROM SEBASTOPOL.
The M"nitcur puhliehrS topographic DIES
| patch from General Caurnhert, tntrd, Nov %
Nothing of importance bad oc,ssr.. Il Since the
! 18Th the batteries of the aics bad not di~coniin.
ued their fire. During cncuoutr of English
riilcm,n with body of Russians the latter were
| defeated. The reported battle ON the 18th turns
nut (" hn,e been II mere s"ltlc At The Rdssinn-
! ho were driven back with the loss of 300 killed
the French lneing 40 mcn.
Prince Men .chlkoh states that on the 9th the
! fire of the Alles had hccomc very feeble. But a
Dispatch from tonstantlnol lc stat' that the bonn
| bardmcnt had hecn renewed. The allies were
surrounded and pr"tecied by m enormous cir
cumvallation, consisting at curtains with ad-
vnnccd hastons and immcn - earth woIks in triple
lines. The French Lad rcpccl several sorties,
and there were c"nsant affairs between the pick
cts. Fresh rriniorcrmcntS were arriving daily.
The men were busy hutting themselves. Flags
was agreed to exchange LORD Dunk, Hen by de-
sire OF the Car, for II Russian captain.
In I'M attack of Eupntoria, the Russians had
! been driven back with considerable loss.
y Geographic despatch from S"ba>tnpol, dated
25th, states that the Russians had made sortic,
and were rtpulscdb 10y the British, WHO seized and
! kept possession of Il battery of o guns.
THE CZARGINEN \ MONTH TO MAKEUP
HIS MIND.
II il cnptiIputly stated TINT tho time 10, Il
to RUSSIA to declare her intentions, by the three
| powers who have signed the treaty of the I'd of
December is only month.
RUSSIAN TROOPS ORDERED TO THE
NISTULA.
a despatch from Warsaw announces that q
corps of Russian infantry is being concentrated
on the left hank of the NIstula, and that the
corps AT Pnnutin is marching towards NoIhynia
and PaodolIa.
THE BALTIC FLEET.
| SECRET NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Il TIREMENT
OF SIR CHARLES NAPIER.
kIEI lIoLsTEIN, Nov. ~ lhr strirtrst So
crecy with regard to the precise period nt which
the entire fleet will leave the ruojtRs territories
Is preserved. To any of the Ships about Ia de
part for England no ntimarion is afforded beyond
the necessary and unavoidable ~ignn,, "prrpare
for sea, and transfer Your sHrplua, provisions {"
10 such ships Indicated.
Sir c. Napier, in all probability. will not he in
command of the Baltic fleet during the campaign
IT lSJ5. He the officer appointed 10 that
important position in obedience To the wishes If
his c"unirymrn, who justly entertained proper
estimation at hi qualifications for the post. His
| bravery and abilities n an officer we'll known,
and. although there are others in the service his
| equal IN every respect, there were few who were
| thought "a competent to take II fleet into action,
nnd t" lead it 10 victory. Bat with that prudence
| which he was not supposed to pos -ess and which
he has exercised with the concurrence If tie Ad-
| 'hlralS and officers under his command. hr Ina,
wisely ahstnlned from putting his ships against
| '' grant" haitrrl.s of SwraborE aud Cran,tnrit
without the co operation If large body If troops
~~ntn, curing Tia" present campa IN cuul not he
lofnsh'd' Under the peculiar cireup>tmlc in
winch, as commaIdor in chief of IL most eff
e'h' meet which has ever existed ia ia, n,nnI, Of
'n' naval history of England, he la, been plnced
u" p'a'se = que t" him for the discrimination he
nas vAere'sed IN not mourning the risk of tho
IiPhhhg' It not destructiou nt any uor,i,n &c
~" n"et under his order, which could have IN
'ai"oIy occurred had ho eonlrou,sd the enemy