Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-04-18
LATEST NEWS.
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA
War Declared agninst Russia
by the Allied Powers!
HOSTILlTIES COMMENCED!

HOSTILlTIES COMMENCEDl
Large adoance IN Breadst0s Z!
After portion Of our edition was worked
off, the papers coninining The news brought
by the Two sleamers--America and IIei,
mann was received, and we stop the press tc
give condensed summasy.
The news brought by the America is tc
the Isl inst.
Flour had advanced TO 38s., and Corn ,c
42043s.
The Queen of England announced to
Parliament that the Emperor of Russia had
refused to reply to the Ultimatum, and, after
a brief consideration, war was formally de.
claIed against Russia.
The latest advices say that hostilities had
commenced on the Baltic.
A dispatch from Vienna, dated March
goth, says the Russians had attacked Kala-
fat, and taken three redoubts.
The rupture between Greece and the Sui.
tan is completely adjusted.
The Austrian Bank has declined furnish.
ing the Government VIZ VI ss cash on State Sc.
Advices from cQttapGsi ~ ~ Estate tha,
retusssd ses sissTssa ely bsnubs Sn hss
without having sdssslt dsss;ltropeea&i * removing the
distractions placed tbaesby Russia.
The debate in the British Parliament was
very lengthy, but war was formally deelar-
ed on the 3lst; at the Royal Exchange.
Ii was reported that Napier had taken 0
Russian frigale; also, that a Russian snip
had been seized at Waterford, and they
were retained as prisoners but The reports
were doubted.
Ii ID confirmed that the Russian forces
have crossed the Danube in great force tc
strike decisive blow before Ihe arrival o.
The allied forces.
On the 23d ult Gortschikoff crossed the
Danube above Tulsku captured eleven guns
and Two hundred prisoners, and occupied
Tulska and several (orls on the righ, bank
Of the Danube.
General Luders crossed with the main
body a, Galalz, without much opposition
The Russians attempted TO cross The Dan.
ube at Oleniiza when desperate battle en-.
sued. The Russians were repulsed with q
dreadful loss; fully 5000 Russians were
left dead on the field, and the Turks were
so badly cut up, that they had TO retire
to their enlrenchmenls.
The Hermann's dates are to the 2Sih ult. She
brings the following news:
The courier who had been dispatched by Eng
land and France to Russia, with the ultimatum of
these two powers, had returned with the an
nouncement that no reply would be made. The
Queen announced this to the Cabinet on the 9th,
concluding her declaration with the remark that
the Queen relied on the bravery of the army and
navy in the emergency.
The Parliament was to consider the message on
the 31st, and the declaration of war appears in
the London Gazette of the 28th ult. The same
day the Legislature of Paris received message
from the Emperor Napoleon, declaring that
Russia had placed herself ina state of war with
France.
The French Government announces that it
will not permit letters ofmarque to American yes-
sells.
Napier uceb udu dHCuOICu Uh- ACIl Uu tnC
9th.
Eighteen thousand Russians crossed the Dan
ube on the 23d of March, and $4,000 more crossed
at Maishein. without molestation. Some skir-
mishes occurred between the Russians and Turks
at bridge at the island of Tuhata. The Turks
destroyed the BRIDGE and 1000 Russians were
precipitated into the river and drowned.
The Emperor Napoleon's announcement
to the French Chambers was received with
extraordinary enthusiasm.
All the warlike measures in France and
England were prosecuted with increased
haste.
A division of the Russian feet had left
Sebastopol to provision Russian garrisons
on the Circassian coast.
The overland India mail had reached
London with later advices from Calcutta and
Hong Kong. Shanghai was in possession
of the Patriots.
The rebel army was in winter quarters
near Pekin.
Advices from Australia to Feb. 4th were
also received. The returns from the gold
fields were increasing. New and very rich
mines had been discovered