New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-09
q Of the News by the Asia.

from Liverpool at half past l o'clock on tn,
afternoon of Wednesday, 18th, with 100 passen
gers, a full cargo. and the usual mails. Wher
about ten miles west of Tuskar light, she strucl
upon sunken wreck or rock, and was found tt
be making water, Capt Luce Immediately pu
about, and telegraphed to the shore. The in
formation was at once sent forward to Liverpool
me steam-tug Dreadnaught was dispatched tt
meet the Arctic returning off Point Lynas anC
accompanied her back to the Mersey. About
twenty OF her passengers got on board the
Dreadnaught, but the rest, having every conf
aence In the noble ship, remained on board
me Arctic arrived in the river at 3 o clock on
Friday morning, and was taken into dock Her
machinery is but slightly injured. Such of the
passengers as could procure berths have come
on in the Asia, but the majority will await the
Arctic's return Her mails are forwarded by
the Asia
Another absurd story about the wreck of the
City of Glasgow, and the carrying of her pas
sengers to the coast of Africa, had been ascer-
tanned to be pure fabrication.
The steamship Sarah Sands, from Portland
Me-, arrived at Liverpool on Friday, the 10th.
On the Sth and 9th, in lat. 44:52, Ion. 1885, fell
IN with large quantities of ice; was detained
"a hours, but received no Jury.
The steamer Unicorn was spoken P. M. of
Friday, 10Th, six miles east of Eddystone, all
we'll, and has, no doubt, since arrived at South
ampton, though not telegraphed
intelligence from the Falkland Islands states
that the United States corvette Germantown
had demanded from Her British Maiesty's brig
Express some prisoners who had been detained
for trespassug on British fishing grounds. The
captain of the Express refused when the cap
tain of the Germantown wrote an imperious de-
mand for them, threatening, if it was not COM
piled with, he would fire in the Express, and he
beat to quarters and run his guns out. The
captain of the Express however, maintained his
position, and delivered up the prisoners to the
civil authorities, by whom they were fined The
affair is stated to have occasioned some acrid
correspondence between the United States and
British authorities, which had been forwarded
to the respective Governments
decree in the Madrid Gazette authorizes
the firm of zangronig s Co. to establish line of
eight steamers between Havana and Havre or
Liverpool, or any other ports of France and
England
The following summary of news was, in part,
prepared by our Liverpool correspondent for the
steamer Arctic
Austria is reported to have sent her ulti-
matum to Russia. Prussias position is IN
changed
Spain refuses to meet Mr.. Soule's demand, hut
will remit the fine of $4,000, levied on the owners
of the Black Warrior
Via Trieste, it is stated that the British and
French ministers left Athens May s.
Greece will be occupied by $4,000 Anglo |
French and is blockaded by the fleet.
The war news, by the Asia, is interesting,
lnd the next will he more so if France and Eng
and, as reported, intend to invade Russia
The number of Greeks expelled from Constan-
lnopie during the month of April, was IA 600, |
IND 2O00 had become ttoman Subjects to escape |
he operation of the decree
A great fire had oecnrred Mt Constant;nonla |
learly 1000 wooden houses were DESTROYED
1t is announced that on the 18th January the
'rench took possession of the Isles of Pines.
Prussia is reported to have ordered a levy of
10000 men
one hundred thousand men are to be en-.
amped IN the Pas de Calais, namely 10000
round Bologne in four camps 25 600 at Hell
tut and St. Omer, and the cavalry in the vii
gees nearest to the sea coast The destination
TINS force is unknown to the public /
A steam boat, named the Jasper, on the
ay to join Napier's fleet, blew up at Beachy
cad The crew, thirty three in number, es-
ped IN the boats, and were picked up at sen q
Liverpool ship
son the 18th, the British Baltic fleet took
ssesslon OF Boomersand, on the Island of
land,
Capt, Barclay, of Ury, celebrated sporting y
laracter in his day, and the inutntor Of walk :
6 one thousand miles in one thousand hours :
ed at his residence at Try, Scotland, 9Th inst,
red rs. --->'''
THE WAR. :
A dispatch from Constantinople, dated the
TN, announces that the outer works of Sebas \
pol has been cannonaded by the French and 4
lgEsh fleets, with guns of long range with =
wv TO destroy the advanced works of the r.
ice, previous to a general attack, The Rus .;
ms retire from the exposed forts. y z
dispatches have been receiyad ot Wanna
m the headquarters of Omar Pasha, giving /,
favorable account Of the recent operations n
ms forces on more than one point of his
ition ''''
The Russian corps which was known to have ~
n collected at Turnu, near the mouth of the
ita, Is stated to have been repulsed on the in
h OF April, with loss of 1900 men, by the nF
rks quartered at Ncopolis under Sail Pscha, VI
IN the I'd of May another Russian detaeb h.
Mt was beaten at Radova, not far from Kra wi
o. There is every reason to believe these re-
is to be accurate and authentic.
was further reported that the Russians had ~
elVed severe check at Silistria, but the 81
IS requires confirmation ~
rom halafat, an engagement is reported be- ,rs
en- SIX squadrons of Cossacks and five of we
klsh Hussars, near Radsan, on the 4th of Of
y The Cossacks were defeated, and lost 60 en-
SEES, guns, and 1870 men killed Su
wenty-two merchant ships have been cap ali
81 since the bombardment of ODESSA ~.
he Turkish feet had entered the Black Sea
TX Ahmet Pacha is in command and Hassan pa
ma Eg ptianl second, The feet had ON I'll
rd oOO0 men, $4,000 stand of arms, and 200 "o
non; also, money and stores for dsembarka- gr'
at Abasia his
ushaver Pacha Capt, Slade,) was on board is s
wee Admiral. Sefer Pacha, the celebrated an'
assam chief, accompanied by forty officers. me
ng them Major de Georges, of the Sandman aS'
es accompanied the expedition. The feet ,leS
lbered "A sail, carrying 1880 guns, and was olt
lombard Redout, Kaleh, Souchum Kaleb. act
anapa; also to dis mbark a land force aec
sr Sefer Pacha, to effect junction with con
Circasans IN
We turkish, one English, and two French iul
u war were cruising off Prevesa Three ltl'
10 russian 8 fps in the port of Santa Croce van
Ragusa, were watched by French friyate OF Il
seph Varady and Franz Bartalis, agents of Wer
nth, were hanged Mt st George, in IRAN peel
mia, on the 9th ult Two of their asso.
g were sentenced to Is years imprisonment L
ghteen thousand Russians have been mt that
dw combat by fever since the occupariop If at t
and
Hamee Pasha, II years of age, son of the orot
roy Abhas Pasha of Egypt, left Alexandria nte
Jonstant'nople on the 4h, in the steam am m
Faid Gahaad, on a State visit to the sui alta
and the Sultaus daughter, his bride In the
quence CT the tightness of money the youno see
groom could only scrape together about ther
ooo as present to his father. in law. part
l, sum, being considerably less than ex- your
d, makes it doubtful if his reception win Cru