The Shasta courier., 1854-02-11
DAYS LATER
FROM
ENGLAND AND THE U. STATES.


Great Naval Engagement betsceen the I'mks and
| Rnssians in The Black Sea-Defeat Of the Turks
acih the loss Of thirteen Uessets-Admnal Osman
/ Pdsha taken Prasoner-Great Slaughter of the
/ Turks az Asia-Resignation of PalmerSton-
| Another Confagration in Nep York-Immease
loss of Property-the Monster Ship Great Repn6-
| lie burned.
The Brother Jonathan of the Nicaragua line,
arrived at San Francisco on the morning of the
End inst, bringing New York papers to the 5th
of January. and London dates to Dec. oath
Adams s. Co. furnished us with full files of
evening last, 5th inst-one month from New
York.
| A Washington correspondent of the New
| York Herald states that treaty with Mexico has
been negotiated with Gen. Gadsden, and gives
the following the terms:
| 1st. Provides that Mexico shall give the Uni
ted States such boundary, as will enable us to
protect Mexico from the incursion of the frontier
| Indians.
| end. Provides for right of way for rail-
| road to the Pacific, las MEANS" to quote the
language of the treaty, :. Of forming a CONNER
cial barrier against the attacks of The Indians
| Sd. Provides for the abrogation of the Ilth
| section of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
consideration of money given. which is to be in
full of all past depredations
| 4th. Provides for specific enforcement Of Te-
huantepec right OF way
| 5th. Contains alternative proposition to the
second article, to the effect that Mexico shall
cede to the United States bonnGary which
| will include the route known in Lieut. Parke's
map as g Lieut. Col Cooks wagon route" ex-
tending nearly to the thirty-frst parallel, and
going due west, so as to give us large acces-
sion of territory. and taking in the whole of the
| peninsula OF Lower California, including Sono-
| ra upon the payment by the United States to
Mexico of fifty millions of dollars.
| PER CoNTRA-The Washington correspondent
Of the Journal Of Commerce asserts, that 'nothing
| is definite i'll regard to Mr.. Gadsden's negotia-
ton, except that Santa Anna refused to cede an
inch of territory to the United States and that
before he would accept the terms proposed, he
would sacrifice the lives of fifty thousand men,
and his own among them"
FOREIGN NEWS.
| HALIFAX, Wednesday, January 4-The Royal
! Mail steamship Canada, Capt Stone from Liv-
erpool, on Saturday, Dec. a. arrived at this
port at nine O'Clock this morning. en- route for
Boston. She brings 60 through passengers.
The Collins steamship Baltic, Capt Coinstock,
from New York Dec. 10. arrived off Liverpool
an the evening of Thursday, Dec. %, but did
not enter her dock until the following morning.
The Turkish War.
1t is credibly asserted that the British, French,
and Turk h Fleets entered the Black Sea on
| the 10Th of December, their supposed destina-
| tion being Sebasttopol.
| Three vessels of each squadron Ewere left to
guard Constantnope.
| The Gear having frequently declared that the
entry into the Black Sea would be considered
| by him equivalent to a declaration of war. the
wit Of R,,sO D..
and London was Immediately looked for.
| The Russians attacked Kalafat on the 4th of
| December, but were repused, with great car
mage both sides, four thousand men having
been slain on the battle field
| Persia has declared war against Russia, caused
by direct promise from the Gear to remit the
debt and restore disputed territory to Persia
The Shah had placed 81 1000 troops at the Czar's
disposal.
| great naval engagement took place between
the Russians and Turks off Shops, on the 3Oth
of November, in which, according to the Russian
account no less than seven of the Turkish fleet
| were burnt or sunk To the last Oman Pasha
refused to strike his flag, but continued to blaze
away from his shattered ship at the Russian
steamers that were towing it toward Sebasto-
pool. At length he taken, wounded on
| board Nachimof IS ship, and his frigate sunk, so
that of all the spoils Of his " brillian: victory"
the Russians took into Scbastopool only few
wounded men, but not plank Of Turkish
| ship
The engagement took place near Snope; 5000
| Turks have been killed. and many taken prison
ers. Several officers, both English and French
were on board the Turkish fleet.
Observe that this report of the victory was
brought to Odessa by Russian aid-de-camp of
Menschikof, and from Odessa it was telegraphed
to Vienna. The confirmation came from Bu-
charest and other Russian sources. But here is
The Other Side.
The RUSSIAN FLEET ALMOST CUT TO PIECES
SEVEN THEIR SHIPS OR DEsTRoYED.-
Having given the Russian account of the battle
learn by telegraphic dispatch received at
Paris, Dec. IL, that the Russian force considera-
bly, outnumbered the Turkish.
In addition to the six ships of the line men,
toned in the Monitieur the strength of Nachi-
moff S fleet, he had twelve frigates. a brig and
FIVE steamers, in all twenty-four sail, while Os-
man had but fourteen. The Turks fought with
most desperate bravery, and caused the Russian
the loss, in sunk and burned. of two ships of
the line three frigates and two steamboats,
The shore batteries were totally insufficient for
protection. The remaining Russian ships were
so badly disabled that they could take prizes,
and could with difficulty make their way back
to Sabastapeo
Great Britain.
The vacancy in the Cabinet caused blythe res
ignation of Lord Palmerston, remains open.
Gov. Kossuth left London for Constantinople
on the a3d of December. OF course he would
not have taken this step without an intimation
from the Sultan that his presence there would
be welcome.
Great Fire i'm New York.
A fire broke out in Front street, New York,
on Sunday night, .26th Dec, and burned down
four buildings The wind was blowing north
west and took the burning brands into the rig
ging of the Great Republic. which was loading
for England at the foot of Dover street. She is