Washington sentinel., 1854-01-06
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| An insurrection had taken place at Crimea in
favor of Turkey. The provinces OF Bessarabla,
| Kheran and Taurus had been put under martial
| law by the Russians
The Turkish army had crossed the Georgian
| frontiers and marched upon Tfs. They were
| welcomed every where by the Georgians.
The Turkish forces were occupying the Girvln,
which was abandoned by the Russians on their
approach ,n,o,.:
was doubled, although battle fought there
on the Goth, with considerable slaughter
| The rupture between Persia and England hap
pened anterior TO the declaration of war by Persia
| against Turkey, occasoned by an insult 10 The
British embassy.
The British consul at Jassti had retired from the
| Principaties.
| The Russian government has ordered that all
| foreign merchant ships going INTO the ottoman
ports of the Black Sea, conveying munitions oi
war, shall be seized, although under neutral flags
England.-The English cabinet met on the
| 3d. Sir George Gray had declined the offer of
the Home Secretaryship. II was reported that
Lord Palmerston had been invited 10 resume the
Office in consequence of Lord Clarendon threaten
ing TO resign.
The liberal papers complain that Prince Albert
is too busy in the affairs OF the army. Some at
tribute Lord Palmerston's resignation 10 the cabals
| in that quarter
France.-Reports that the sincerity Of the em-
peror in the Turkish alliance dstrusted IN
| England caused great indignation. The French
cabinet We're considering the expediency OF making
an explicit denial of the rnmor, and Napoleon ex
| pressed himself in favor of action.
China.-The Chinese insurgents keep hrm pos
| session of Shanghai The rebels had been de-
| feated by the imperiasts at Annoy. The Canton
| market continues firm.
Latest-By Telegraph.--A Vienna paper says
that the allied fleets have entered the Black Sea
on the peaceful errand OF preventing further col
| sions.
The intelligence that the Turkish feet was at
| Sinope was carried TO the Russian admiral by an
| Austrian steamer.
| Paris papers publish documents purportlng TO
be the letters of instructions from the four powers
| to the ambassadors at Constantinople. They bear
rather hard on Turkey
Vessels Destroyed at Halifax.-HALIFAx,
| Jan 3-The brig Halifax arrived on Tuesday, re-
ports that she fell in with the schooner Forrest,
| Johnson, of Addison, Maine, on Sunday, took off
| the captain three men, and boy she was twen-
! ty miles S. S. w. of Cape Sable, and total
| wreck. The following day, ten miles south of
SaMbro light she fell in with the Mary Augusta
| Of Machias, with her main deck under water, and
deserted The captain Of the Halifax put four
men on board, with the intention OF bringing her
| in, but when five miles of the harbor, she cap
| sized The hands on board made their escape,
| bringing off with them the vessels register, and
| the captains chest containing clothes, &c. The
| opinion is, that the captain and crew had been
/ washed overheard.
Disasters by the Late Storp.-BosroN, Inn
| nary 4.-Further accounts from Cape Cod report
that at least one hundred vessels have gone
| ashore.
| Accounts from Provncetown state that the
schooner Mount Vernon, Of Westport, Maine.
with hard pine lumber, is wrecked on the east
coast, near Wefeet, and all hands but one lost.
The captain was found dead in the cabin. Vessel
a total loss
i
. Destructive Fire at Albion, Michigan.-AL-
BIoN, Jan. 4.-The Albion College building took fire
/ this morning while the students at breakfast,
| and was totally destroyed. The contents Were
| mostly saved. Loss estimated al fifteen thousand
| dollars. No insurance.
Organization of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
| Jan. 3-The legislature Of Massachusetts
| bled to-day. Charles E. Cook chosen presi-
dent of the senate, and Otis p. Lord speaker ofthe