New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-13
THE DAILY CRESCENT.
EUROPEAN NEWS.

IWDotails by the Washington-siege Of ST.
III Iistria Raised.
Ill II The United States mail steamer Washington
.gbjapt d. Lines, from Bremen June 49,, and
ii southampton June u, arrived at New York
II afon the 9Th inst.
HH The War.
hE The Vienna papers announced, on the 18th
III ult., that Prince Paskie witch had received or
II ders from st. Petersburg to retire beyond the
Nj Pruth, and then to surrender to the Sultan that
Nv g material guarantee" go arrogantly claimed
SO insoently seized, SO feebly, so unskillfully
Eand pusllanimousy defended.
wv The London Times afhrms that in q short time
there will not be one Russian soldier on the west
| ern side of the river Pruth
| The Paris Moniteur announces that on the
y 18th of June the Turks made tremendous sortie
u from Silistria, and attacked the Russians with
M1spreat fury. Gen. Schillers WAS dangerously
IS wounded and had to be removed to Kalarasch
tAIt appears that on the 18th the Russians sprung
Wthrec mines before Slstria, without doing any
Il damage to the walls The Russian storming
columns were prepared to mount the expected
@I0reach, but we're attacked on three sides by
E<he Turks. A fearful slaughter took place,
I'll and the Russians fed in terrible disorder The
ElI Russians were employed on the l4th and 18th
Hi in removing their dead Three Russian Generals
were wounded, and all the Russian siege works
III totally destroyed. The same day, the garrison
IA and destroyed all the Russian works there,
III Telegraphic dispatches from Vienna state that
III q convention had been concluded at Constnnti-
u nople between Austria and the Porte, relative
s3i 20 the Danubian Principalites Its principal
conditions are that if Russia voluntarily retires,
WI the Austrian troops will enter the Principalities
and form line of defence between Russia and
t5srurkey If Russia refuses to retire, Austria
kWWill take such measures as may appear neces-
HI AIRY to insure her doing Austria agrees
IA Withdraw her troops when peace is fully es-
Pm sblshed.
NINA dispatch from Trebyond states that the
lk,s.issans have been surprised and beaten by the
- Gircassisas in the Darrell pass.
EeN Eighty thousand Austrian troops were on
Es5 their march from Bohemia towards the eastern
frontier All the Austrian garrisons were being
Ii reinforced, and all the disposable troops were to
lS be concentrated in Vienna.
XII The Paris Moniteur publishes an official mott
h8l fcation Of the blockade of the mouths of the
A Danube, and Of the Russian ports and harbors
III in the Baltic.
la The death of Mussa Pasha, at Siistria, is con-
| drmed He was killed by grenade after an
4 flssault which was calamity repulsed. He re-
& fused 2, 000 GOO roubles offered to him by Prince
lH Paskiewitch. Immediately upon his death be-
VII ing known, Omar Pasha dispatched Suram Pa
4E sha, with 80 600 men. TO maneuver, as if desir
"a GUS to give battle, and under of this move
IN ment succeeded in throwing 1000 Turks into
] XII Silistria.
HD From Greece we learn that, after the Turks
L@ had been worsted at kalambuca, they received
"a reinforcements and totally defeated Hadji Pa
i@ tros. karo Tassos, after obtaining two slight
AZ advantages had also been defeated. The allied
~ ambassadors were negotiating an honorable
submission for the insurgents. and there were
hopes of an arrangement.
The attack upon Anapa, on the Circassian
# coast, was to be made by ship line, as the
A guns on the steamers were not heavy enough to
Fa4t each the Russian works. Lord Radcliffe had
wv Eaaite recovered. His recall from Constantine
pile, at the instance Of the French Government
~ was expected, as diplomatic action is to be left
& during the war, in the hands of the commander
Ell in.chef
ta Circassia is all in arms, and would cooperate
Hi ii was said, in the attack on the Crimea. The
5ia camp of Schanyl is fortified by European off.
gfAf GERS, and he has assumed the offensive.
Hi, A private Geographic dispatch, received by a
5gjs Greek firm in London, states that military in
Hill surreetion sympathzed with by the fleet, had
aaE taken place ut Sebastopol, and was with diff
s8 Guilty suppressed. The soldiers, it appears, com
}gM planned of their Treatment and food, The leader
NEl q Major, had effected his escape.
Al The Finnish Gazette confirms the destruction
' by Admiral Plumrdge's squadron, Of wharyes
+ Igunboats, lumber, ETC., at Braheastadt, on thu
! AS0th of May, and at uleabourg on the 1st o
"A June.
I'd "A dispatch from Dautzc states that 90 Brit
N ISL and ID French ships had made junction OF
iaW the 18th Of June at Bornsund, 20 miles from
WI Sweabonrg, and were to proceed to the Island Q
khf Gogland.
AkI England
,x$~ In the House of Lords on the 18th ult., YER
A$ animated discussion took place on the subject 0
VI the war, Lord Lyndhurst took COMPREHENSIVE
II review of the whole question, and was replied t
d by Lord Clarendon and Lord Aberdeen, the for
lher of whom gave utterance to sentiments wit
T. reference to the guarantees to be obtained fror
Russia, which gave general satisfaction
" The departure of the magnificent screw steam
ship Indiana, from Havre and southampton fu
u New York is fixed for the 10th of July Thi
II ship is said to have accommodation for passen
Y gers far exceeding in luxuriousness and com
Y fort any thing that has ever yet crossed the AT
D. lantic.
- The Crystal Palace at Sydenham was opene
for the first time the 18th nlt. to one shillin
visitors On this occasion L ,659 persons en-
tered the building.
h Three pays Later.
The royal steamship America, Captain Lang
from Liverpool on Saturday, June "a, arrive
at Halifax on the 9th inst, en- route for Bostol
The Collins steamship Baltic, from New Yor
on the 10th Of June, arrived out at Liverpool q
7 A NJ, on Wednesday, the Dist.
~ ~. The news from the seat of war by this arrlV
sSssssst is of the greatest Importance.
SM The War.
h@ The siege ofSilisria has been raised, the Rll
lEN slams defeated by the Turks, and driven aero
G8 the Danube
W The order of events was as follows Siege O.
w, erations were commenced on May II, and col
INV tinued until June 49, the attack and defen
AAbeing carried on ineeasantly, and with equ
YMG1rayery on both sides.
4 PH Repeated storming parties were directt
1 N against the entrenchments, mines and counte
NJ mines were exploded, causing immense slaug1
5# ter to both besegers and besieged Mus
HI Pasha the brave Turkish commander, was kill
si# Nv a she'll: after which Frince Paskewiteh, Il
III Russian commander, was struck and disable
I'M nv spent ball, and will probably die.
7lA On tie 18th of June tremendous attack W
" ordered under Generals Gortschakotfand sclli
ders. but after severe Citing, the Russians we
\ repulscd, and Turkish brigade sent fro
L. n shumla by Omer Pasha succeeded in enterii
n the fortress. Thus reinforced, the garrison
~ the 25th made sortie; desperate handt
~ \ hand contest ensued and ended 70 the compile
i t d;scom 6ture of the Russians, Prince Gortsch
FsH III loff was severely wounded. General Sohide
4 had his leg shot of. and two other Generals ne
III killed
~ kW I'D retired FfrIstinr Il