Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-03-28
FOREIGN.
By the Arabia and the washington.
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| iilIl Correspondence of N. Y. CON- Adv
| LONDON, February ,28, 1854.-The naval
and military ar namenls of the allied pow.
ers continue 10 be rapidly pushed forward
and Ihe period for striking The first blow is
definitely fixed. In less than three, weeks
the English and French troops despatched
10 Turkey will be prepared 10 commence
operations. anda declaration of war will
then be issued. Meanwhile the opporluni-
ty has been taken Of going through every
Formally customary between nations before
she,, direct commencement of unqualified
hoslili,ies. Couriers were despatched yes
|serday from London and Paris bearing a
summons 70 the Czar, in which h Is under.
stood Austria and Prussia will john TO do.
mand his submission within, six days. If
on the arrival Of the couriers he does not
within that time enter into solemn engage
ment 10 evacuale The principaliiies before
the 30lh ofApril. the process Of driving him
oul is TO be forthwith commenced. He Is OF
course cerlain 10 refuse the demand and as
this refusal will be known before The lapse
Of q fortnight or three weeks, the declara.
lion Of war may be looked for some time
between the 18th and 20lh OF March.
The indignation and bravado Of the Car
are as still as great as ever. and representa-
lions are made of.he ardor of,he population
OF 81. Peter sburg, and OF the eager desire
that prevails to aid him by sacrifices Of all
kinds. The private letters of the merchants
however, so far as they dare 10 convey the
sIighles, hint of The wrilers' feelings, show
the rapid growth of disrusi consequent up.
on the increased issues of irredeemable pa
per, as well as upon the immediate prospect
Of general blockade. .a .l.t
The departure of the English and French
Ambassadors from 81. Petersburgh has taken
place. The English minister left, as was TO
be expected, without an interview with the
Emperor, but his French colleague. M, de
Casllebajac, not only accepted special in
vilalion at parting. but also received al the
hands Of his majesty the decoration OF the
order Of 81. Alexander M. de CasIlebajac
is The person who is understood 10 have
sen. The Gar highly complimentary note
on receiving intelligence of the affair al ST.
nope. lie has evidently an eye 10 the lu-
ture, and wants to return as a popular diplo.
matto 81. Petersburg as soon as all the pres
ent troubles are ended. rta " es an
An authorized account Of the interview
granted by the Gear to the London depu,a-
lion from the Society Of Friends, has just
been published. In reply to their exhona'
lions he said. Il cannot understand what
cause of complaint England has agains!
Russia. am anxious to avoid war by all
possible means, and will not attack, but only
actin self-defence.' This gives The last
blow 10 the Cars reputation.
With regard to the attempted risings
amongst the Cheek subjects Of the Sultan,
no further news has been received. AL
though the insurrec,ion has long been in
preparation under Russian auspices, there
is not much apprehension that i, will become
formidable in as much as few ships OF wal
in the Adrialic will soon cut off all The re-
sources Of the insurgents. For this purpose
Two steamers have already been despatched
from the allied squadrons .oihe coast Of Al
bania sNi h ut aeNe4 e 80 ea
eThe overland mail jus, arrived from In
dia and China, brings statements, thnt The
I Gar has succeeded in inducing the King o
Bokhara, Khan of Kha and Dost Moham
med, TO enter into an alliance with him. l
is upon combinations OF this sort, with his
hopes OF internal dissen,ions In Turkey
that he has nNw wholly TO rely. At ih'
same lime al such reports musI be received
with great dlsrust.
l The accounts from China describe th'
; rapid advance Of the rebels upon Pekin.--
/, They are SAID, however, to bein q position
T Of grea, danger. as their force, afler all IN
: casualties Of their onward struggle, doe
no, amour, 10 above one fourth that Of tn
Imperial generals by whom they are sur
J. rounded. Nevertheless, grea, reliance
placed on the s,reh,hihey derive from ihei
I extraordinary faith in the ultimate trump
II Of their work. q