Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14
F OR2EIGN NEWS
AKRfvAL or The UNION.
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.

ARRIVAL OF THE UNION
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Canard New York ssesnaers saken by ne Rri..
Is ish Gevsrasaens.
The allies Reinforced at Nevastopol- Ru,-
si0Ns Ret,eotec.
New YoRk, Dec. 9.
The U. s. Mail steamship Union arrived
last night ct 10 o'clock, bringing four DAYS
later news from Europe, having left Havre
on the I'd.
The Cunard q. 8. Steamers have been ta-
ken up by the government for war purposes.
Only the Boston steamers will run durino
the war. The Collins line have re-arranoed
the day OF departure from Liverpool.
Dispatches announcing the arrival of rem
forcements at the seat Of war continue with
out intermission. Every available steamship
was being taken up by the Government for
that purpose.
1t is said in the London News that the Brit.
ish Government are paying at the rate Of
$4,000, 900, sterling per annum, for the use
OF steamers alone, besides the cost Of fuel
The alarm in England az to the position of
the Allies in the Crimea, seems to be subsi-
ding. A winter campaign in the Crmea will
Immediately take place, and wooden barracks
Tor 10000 men we're being shipped by the
Government. A dispatch from Balaclaya
OF the 7th was received via Vienna. states
that reinforcements for the Allies were arri-
wing at the rate of 1000 per dav. Both ar
mics have completed their third parallels |
which were connected by o trench. The All. |
lies were obliged to form countermines. Tho
Russian news states that tho Allies having
received considerable reinforcements to the
9th, 7th and 9Th made demonstration against
the left flank of the Russians. The latter
retired from the plateau to the river. 5000
men OF the garrison of Kirchoff have march
ed to Odessa. Prince Paskewitch has or.
1ered another corps of 10000 men to the
Crimea.
The Bombardment of Sevastopol contin.
les. The Allies had not advanced in their
approaches since the 9th of Now, but were
ortifsing their lines in the rear of Balaklava.
Further details of the battle of the 5tb inst.
jailed the battle of the Inkerman. had been
eceived by the arrival of the steamer Tele.
naque at Marseil'es. They state that the at
acking force Of the Russians was IS 900 men
he British batteries were taken and re-taken
everal times. At noon the Russians made
sortie from SevastOpol against The French
ortification, but were repulsed. The Rus
ians were also repulsed near Inkerman. af-
er bloody battle which lasted eight hours.
The Russian loss were 5000 killed and
t
The English loss was very great. Thirty :
ignt officers were killed, 96 wounded and !,
Kissing. Of the rank and file, 442 were
Tiled, 76O wounded and l46 missing.
The French had one General killed and !
NO wounded, one of whom was Gen. Canro-
ert; IA officers killed and 81 wounded.
The Russians were pouring in large masses
rom the North, and reinforcements were re-
uired by the Allies.
The French account says that every thing
as prepared for the assault, but the Allies I
ad postponed ituntil the arrival Of the re-
lforcements.
Prince Napoleon had left the camp owing Z
} the state Of his health.
A despatch from Vienna states that the
ussians had intimated to Austria that they
% willing to negotiate.