The Nevada journal., 1854-07-21
Per adams 8 Co.'S Express.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER
SONORA,

SONORA,
The P. M. S. Co.'S steamer Sonora ar
rived at San Francisco at o'clock Satur
day afternoon. We are indebted to Adam
i Co. for the first delivery of papers. w
are also indebted to Wells, Fargo & CO
for files Of papers.
We take the following summary frsn
the Union Extra:
FoREiGN.-The English Militia ar,
about to be called out. The Turkish feet
consisting of thirty-three ships, entered
the Black Sea on the 4th May, taking am
munition, &c, to the Circassians.
In France, the duty on caps and Aus.
tralian woods has been reduced
The Gar is said to be about proceeding
to the Danubian seat of war. Twenty-Five
! thousand men have been demanded by
France from the Sandman governm .nt fol
the purpose of the Eastern war; The Sar.
dlnian government declared that it desired
nothing better than to cooperate with the
allied powers but that in the present state
of its finances twenty-five thousand men
was rather too much seeing that the whole
amount of troops in Piedmont was only
about forty-sight thousand.
Prohibitions has been issued in the Eng.
lish Army refusing leave to correspondents
of periodicals to accompany the troops.
The steamers Retribution and Highf1yer
have captured two Russian transports con-
veying munitions Of war, specie and $50
soldiers.
The loss of the Russians since the be-
ginning of operations against Silestria is
estimated at from seven TO eight thousand
men.
The French corvette Cation had captur-
ed, in company with the English frigate
Furious, a certain number of vessels in
the bay north of Sebastapol, quite close
in shore and under the eyes and within
musket range of 1900 men, forming the
garrison of Eupator:a.
The troops of Omer Pasha have driven
the Russians out of Krajova. Several
forts along the Circassian coast have been
destroyed, A despatch from Omer Pasha,
dated Shumla, May 9th. states that Sail
Pasha had, on the 2sth April, defeated the
Russians at Nicopolis, and that the Rus
slams had lost 500 men. On the I'd Nay
Col. Silliman Bey had also defeated the
Russians at Redova, not far from Krajova.
The Patrie says that various attempts
In different parts had been made to cross
the Danube by the Russians, but that they
had been repulsed with great loss.
The Daily Neacs says that the Minister
of Foreign Affairs has received a report of
a most signal advantage obtained by the
Turks on the Danube. 1t is stated that so
Russian guns were spiked or taken.
Accounts had been received from the
Danube that, owing to the sudden rising
and overaowing ofthe river, immense dam
age had been done their works de-
stroyed, and it is added that illness to an
alarming extent had broken out among
them.
The Augsburg Gazette, generally we'll
informed about Russian movements, states
that the epidemic had already put hors du
{ tona6at $4,000, since their occupation of
the Dobrudsche.
The Russian government have ordered
that all the stores, batteries, &C., DESTROYED
by the combined squadron shall be recon
structed at the city of Odessa. The allies
are now in sole possession of Varna, and as
the French nave already advanced to Adri-
snople, the Turkish garrison of that city
is on It's way to Shumla.
At Constantinople it is asserted that the
French will place reserve corps of 5O,-
900 men at Rodosto, where their engineers
are already taking measurements for for
tiled camp All the best tacticians agree
in considering Prince Gortschaowf's expe.
dition into the Dolmdsche a strategical
blunder.
The Constantinople writer adds that
the Russians have experienced such Sc
we're checks near Rasscra that they have
probably lost all inclination to renew their
attempts in that quarter for some time to
come. The English part of the Constan-
tnople garrison-6fteen thousand infantry
has already reached its destination, and
as many French troops are expected.
The official "Observation" has a strong
ly pronounced dislike to Russia, but its
correspondents are extremely impartial in
their reports. One of them writes that
the Anglo-French cruisers have taken
thirteen vessels. four of which offered such
a vigorous resistance that they were sunk.
Six have been taken to Varna, and three
to the Bosphorus.
Omar Pasha had several Of the Bashai
Bazourks beheaded Some six hundred
Of these fellows were taken aboard the Eng
lish steamer Astrologer, at Frebizond, and
just as they were starting for Baytown,
they amused themselves by trying wheth-
er their new guns would carry as far as
the shore.
As the whole population were assem-
oled to see them start, two were killed and
tour severely wounded. This new kind
OF salute seemed to produce no sensation,
.or 10. tne apathetic by-standers did not take
''ie ~ trouble to move from the shot.
ine Car is reported to be in state of