The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-11-16
ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICA.

Baltimore, Noy. 9.-The America has arr ed
at Halifax. The cotton market is steady End
unchanged. Flour closed firm at an adva,iee
of two shillings. Wheat had advanced six
pence To nine pence corn advanced three. 10
four shillings. The rate of interest is lowered
Consols closed at ninety-four five-eighths. HSs-
STA and Austria are on the point of actual bGs-
Titles The bombardment of Sebastopol &S
progressing at the last dates, but had not sasr-
rendered.
Nothing of Importance via st Petersburg
,Se6astOpoi, Oct. 2l.-Operations of the De-
siegerst continued Their fire was effecti-aly
answered. The Notifications were but E.'le
damaged. "
Tiedizond, Oct 9.-Abasia chiefs refused to
receive Schamyl's envoy. Hazif Pasha co:sSe-
quenty cut off all communication with the CAST
of Abasia.
Paris, Friday nigM.-No confirmation OF he
entry of the Russians into the Dobradscha, IL re-
fore it is doubted.
Sir John Burgoyne on the l4th fixed site for
batteries, which will destroy the Russian lip
ping.
A Russian war steamer was captured by the
fleet.
The Monitcur of this morning contains a ac.
count of victory over the Russians near Gu hri
The Russians lost their baggage and thirty 9 ms
A Russian general was killed
The Turks began to besiege the citad :, Of
Gumri, when the Russian corps which foru ally
defeated the Turks at Bajazid advanced II the
rescue from Erwan. 1t was rcpulsed and 'hut
in deGle, and suffered considerable loss The
latest advces show that twenty days elapse be
tween the departure of the besieging armies som
Balaklava and the opening offre upon Sch lSto
pol. The batteries were ready on the 18th. On
tho Ttb tha fro onapad from, land md
The London Times says it is informed that
Mr.. Soule, the American minister to Malrd
was, on Tuesday, the oath. refused permission
to pass through France, on his return rom
England to Spain.
The Post announced, semi-oflicially, the ecqui
stion of SANTANA, in st. Domingo. 1t ants9untS
virtually, if not absolutely. to anneXation.t
The bombardment of Sebastopol commSNlceC
on the 18th. and continued till night. & The
Russians lost FIVE hundred killed and Wound
ed. Admiral Korileff was killed. The .Sftif
cations suffered but little On the 1879 tho
bombardment was resumed from the allic< bat
teres only.
The Russian dispatches say that the ,-iarri
son make frequent sorties.
When the mail left Constantinople o. the
10Th, five steamers had arrived at Bala Java
with the wounded iii repelling the great ;iortic
oil twenty thousand StrOng.
Raglan and Canrobert formally sum ,onet
Sebastopol to surrender, and required e wo
men, children, and sick, to be sent avs , anC
flags to be hoisted upon the hospitals. o fan
as known. the Russian army concentrate lg OF
Upper Bebek already numbers $4,000. 4,
The allied army is divided into a sieg-sarm,
and army of observation. The latter is ostcC
on the extensive table land which Sc, arate,
Balaklava from Sebastopol. 1t is accessible,
only from two points. The Russians az how
erng on the outside of the allies positiof }. Or
the 18th they made strong demonstfai bn OF
the northwest extremity Of the camp, b.' wcr,
kept in check They retired without bo lie.
On the I'd, 5th and llth, the garrison of Sc
bastopol made sorties, and destroyed Sons
small works.
On the evening Of the 9TH, a convoy f fou
thousand Russians succeeded in enter az Sc
bastopol.
The allies number one hundred and tea thou
sand, and eight thousand additional srencl
troops were ready to embark from Marseille
on the Dist, and eight thousand TURKS from
Varna.
Letters say the allies have three bundled gum
in battery.
After few days fire, the allies will ettemp
to storm the garrison, which is estip4.ted a
forty thousand men.
Admiral Machinoff, who commandcr4, at ST
nope, is commandment at Sebastopol de ha
published an address, saying he win d.fend i
to the last, and any one will be weFsme t.
shoot him if he don't.
Advices to Constantinople to the 1876,
The Russians have retaken Eupatort
The English garrison of five hundred retired
The loss of one gun is denied by the fnglisl
papers. Is
The allied force sent under Gensral aosoue
and Achmet Pasha, to Perekop, was to sreven
the advance of Russians.
Affairs look black between Russia a u Aus
tria. A great council of war was held at Vienna
al which the Emperor presided.
1t is reported that Austria summone Russis
t. withdraw from the frontier of Gallo,
The whole Austrian army was put On wa,
ffoting on the 10Th.
The garrison of Vienna has order to be
l ady to march at AZ hours notice.
. Russia in the mean time continues to menace
Whstria
The Gear has gone to Warsaw.
Forces are concentrating on the ustriar
frontier. Little doubt is entertained at Vienna
that ere long there viii be actual hostii ties.
Prussia. = Austria returned an a, swer tc
the last dispatch of the Prussian Gov nment
repeating that Austria will adhere inf, ;ibly IL
the policy expressed in the note of tht 3Oth q
Aeptemher. The action Of Prussia Is Il ,ked for
with anxiety.
England -Bskish feet leaves tie, Baltic