Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-04-22
ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC.
GIVE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.

1 NEh H'A' ~ 80
Arctic has arrived bringing Liverpool
dates of April 9Th
An unprecedented number of emf
grants, chiefly Irish, were ut Liverpool
waiting for a passage to America. The
price Of steerage passage had advan'
ced to se5 los. a -
Sir John Franklin's name had been
struck off the list of the British navy,
he being given up as dead.
The growing crops in the South OF
France present very healthy appear
ance. Many agriculturists were raising
wheat instead of grapes.
Fifteen packet ships were being fit,
ted up at Liverpool to convey troops.
Both Houses of the English Parlia-
men, went in procession to present a
cordial address to the Queen in support
of the declaration of war.
1t is said that Napoleon has written
letter to the Emperor of Austria re.
minding him of his promise to regard
the passage Of the Danube by the Rus
SLAMS as a caSas 6elli.
Francehus loaned Turkey 100000
francs. lie Roy de Chabrol, eminent
Partisan Bankers, have failed.
Austria still wavers. Prussia makes
no sign.
THE WAR.
The intelligence from the Danube is
unfavorable for the Turks. The Rus.
slams captured tho fortress of Hirshova
on the 2S,h, and had also taken the strong
position of Babadagh, thus obtaining
command of the Upper DObrudsha, as
the country lying near the mouth OF the
Danube is called. ltwas also reported
that The Russians had captured lsaktchi,
another fortress below Hirshova, on the
9th. The details of these actions have
not come to hand. 1t was reported that
1000 Russians had left Sevastopol in
FIVE steamers, 10 assist the operations of
Gortschakaff' beyond the Danube. The
Turks were throwing reinforcements in-
TO the town of Varna, strongly FORTH
ed post on the western coast of the
Black Sea. The British feet was cruz
sing off Varna. These Russian move
ments have changed the entire plan of
the campaign.
The last accounts state positively that
tho 4OOO Russians from Sevastopol had
landed and seized the large island of
Duuavie,z, below Snltscha. 1t was al
so said that that the Russian feet threa-
tened an attack uponVarna. The Rus.
slams are razing all the fortresses in the
Dobrudsha.
The Russian loss at Turtukai is sta
ted at from 1000 to $500 men.
1t is said that Omer Pasha had anti
cipated the advance Of the Russians in
to the Dobrudsha and ordered the Otto
man forces there to fall back upon the
wall ofsTrajan, which is strongly forti-
fed, where the Russians will find them
selves compelled 10 encounter, 10000
Turks, advantageously posted. s
Admiral Sir Charles Napier is an.
chored with twenty-five ships off the
Island of Moen in the Balic. A por-
ton of the Russian feet is frozen in at
Revel.
The shipments of troops from France
and England are going Oh rapidly
France has already sent 10000 and
England 10000 men.
There was nothing of importance
from Asia. Zarif Pasha had been ap.
pointed commander-in.chief of the OF.
toman forces. His appointment is re-
garded as an excellent one,
1t is stated by telegraph that the Gear
has sent letter to the King of Prussia
saying contemptuousIy that when the
allies emancipate the Christians in Tur-
key and leave the Turkish waters, he
will evacuate the PrincipaIities.
The Sultan has dismissed the Grand
Multi, and Rifaat Pasha and appointed
successors more friendly to the allies.
The ship FIavio Giovia, from Ant
werp ostensiably for Montreal, had been
captured and sent into the Downs load
ed with arms for the Greek Insurgents.
A new levy Of $4,000 men had been
ordered in France, ul
Advices from Odessa of the 25,h,
state that the entire Russian fleet had
left Sevastopol, it was believed to at
tack Varna.
There are rumors of ,rcachery on the
part of the Commanders of the differ.
ent fortresses which have fallen into the
hands of the Russians. Omar Pasha
had marched forward 10000 men to
strengthen the position between the
Russians and the Balkans.
1t is stated that Hirsova stood the us.
saul,s of tho Russians for three days be-
fore it capitulated.
Prince Paskiewitch left Warsaw on
the 18th for the seat of war.
The Russians fearing that oesel Isl.
and will be the first point Of attack by
Napier have placed there a garrison Of
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