Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-02-16
lRRIVaL OF THE ATLANTIC.
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUR( PE.
Se5vsfOpOF Not Vet Taken.
resignation of Lord John Russell.

The steamer City of Baltimore, for the Philadelphia
and Liverpool line was launched at Glasgow on the
20lh u
THE NEcoTIATtoNs-The Peace conference was i
to open about The middle Of february, at Vienna
TIE Wharf.-The SIEGE.-The latest dates from Sc |
hastopol are the l4h Of January Nothing OF mo-
ment had occurred
From Sebastopol accounts represent the British
army a$ being in wretChed state from Ei>manage
meIt There had leen report of another battle
but il proved to be incorrect.
The Russians had made TWO sortes, and were
repul-ed with considerable loss. The weather had
been cod, but moderanng.
Considerable renf0rcemens were reaching 'he
allies. Gen Liprandl had again advanced his out
posts - Tchernay
Forty thousand Russians with 80 guns, ~err said
to he al PerekOp
Letters from Srbasopo say that the French had
mined he flag staff battery and only awaited IA
vorabIe opportunity to blow it up. Sickness was
increasing in the camps OF the allies Prince Mems
chjkof is reported TO have said Our troops may
4e.i- Generals January, February and March will
fight our battles lar better than we CAM /
he Russians had repaired and re-occupiea the
quarantine tort
The Allies going 10 establish Hospitals for
two thousand men a, Smyrna. ANA an establishment
for convaIescents a; Rhodes
The Russians report numerous desertlonS from the
A its 10 their ranks,
Odessa letters dated Jan g. say that the Russians
viii shortly assume the offensive in the Grim a, hav
tng recei. ed the necessary achievements Large
bodies of Russian troops have been ordered to con-
cenlrate at Perekop, with view of attacking Eupa
tOIia.
1t was postivelv asserted that Omer Pacha's force
wuu d begin operations on The Is of January, IN
der Of the artillery Of the fleets along the coast
The last OF the ulkSh c0yeys left Varna on the lAh
for Balaklava.
i The French 80 gun ship Henry Fourth, whch
ashore the l4h of November, has been converted
mic fort Of great service to the allies.
4 Gepatch IRON NienchlkOff dated Jan. II, was pub
shed 81 Petersl uIg the 25th, to the following
effect he siege operations do not advance Two
successful night S0rlies were made on the 18th and
l5th, in which We took Il English and French pris-
oners The allies los' considerable number in kill
ell Arab deseFers >ay that The Turks treated
with very little consideration by the allies
FROM THE DANUBE.-Ihe Patre says that the re-
cent PASSAGE OF he Danube by The Russians, has given
pi~e Il, Il demand by Austria for an explanation from
Go!1scbako and orders have teen sent to Count Cor
onini to prevent the Russians from recommending the
campaign on The Danube,
From ASIA - rhe appointment of iSme2, Pa>hu 10
the Command of the army Of Antolia has pruduced
the best results among the troops The Turks had
opened communication with Schamyl, whose force
numbers 20, coo men: Prince Peralynski, Pole. and
y 4 Lieutenant il the Russian Guard had deserted to
the Turks. The Tasks had a rumOr that Schamyl is
dead
FRANCE--prince )oeon left ConstantnopIe. for
France, the 1876 on account Of i'll health.
ENGLlND L I'd John Russell has resigned his
position IN the English cabinet and general break
ing up IN the ministry was threatened On Friday
night, before The sailing OF the steamer, Lori john
Russell gave an explanation OF his coudnct. The O.
pInon is that the whole ministry must go ont Pub
Tic feeling TO be tending towards peace
There were numerous rumorS OF failures in Liver
pool, ani the cotton market was influenced thereby.
Cunsuis declined IN consequence OF Lord Jonn Rus
sells resignation,
The Biitish r0yrJiTrpnt was severely denounced
in the Parliament debates
General Brown was about to resume his command
ia the Crimea
The steamer Grea, Britain arrived at Liverpool wi h
three iourtts Of million pounds in gold.
Prussia Prussia Claims right to participate in
the Vienna conferences IA her capacity of great Eu-
ropean power and has sent protest to Vienna. Paris
aGl LoDdon, against any resolutions being passed
without her paruci patton.
Ii was thought that Prussia w0ad Weld o the de.
n3anl Of AnstIia for The mobilization of her army
RUSSIA ~-Russia nleIprets the four points thus:
First The abolition OF the Russian protectorae
over ModaSa and WalIachia those provinces being
paced uoder the guarantee q the five powers.
Sec0nd-ike lee navigation OF the Danube.
! Fhird-Ihe revision of the treaty Of 1871 10 at
tach more completely the existence of the Ottoman
Empire to the balance of Europe
Fourth-The collective guarantee of tie five pow
ers for the conservation and observance OF religious
Il privileges of the different Christian communities
= without distinction of Il I'M of worship.
Il Letters from St. Peetsburgh to the 18Th Jan. are
Of pacific character.
= >wEDEN.-Fhe Swedish army is to be immediately
placed a footing
Acknowledgements continue TO be made be.
: tween Austria an! Prussia respecting the Germanie
army
!, The enlistment Of Swiss goes on slowly
>PAIN From various parts of Spain there ale ac
/, counts i indications of Carlst instructions.
" lTALY.-Ihe Queen of Sardinia is dead
~ FP0u (ETH4 The dates frOu China are IN Dec
II. Pc itical affairs in the southern part of the en-
: pire critical than ever The Canton au
lhorijies had applied officially for assistance from h
American and English consus-with what resail Wa
- not stated Trade was ctmplptrv suspended
I. The LAST OF THE HEROES OF BENNINGToN GONE -
Capt. Simeon Hicks, The last of the Americans wht
were IN the battle OF Bennington, suys The Troy Bud
If get died ri the residence OF his grandson Maynar,
n knight, in Sunderland, Vermont on Wednesday, TIT
t. 25th INST, aged nInery nine years five months ant
N Wo days. He was born in Hobert, Mass August %
al l755 and was the eldest OF twenty two chiIdcn
ii his father. who was twice married Capt. H. serves
" In the revolutionary army at two three differen
stages of the Strugg e-frs under Washington :,
Cambridge and after wards under Stark in I777. III
participated IN all the struggles of the 10th of ugust
at Bennington (Honsuck,) 10 the final and complete
y discontinue of the British. During the greater par
y OF thai day he IN the font ranks and in the hot
re test OF the fight At crit cal moments Sarks' position
is was near his company; many Of his comrades wer
re Shot down, among Others h 5 right hand man H
was married In 1913 to daue HER Of apt. COnstan
Barney of Concord, n. and after the close of th
T. war settled in Sunderland Vermont, where for NOR
tHaD sixty years he maintained the character of Al
ne Industrious honest and respectable citizen Cant
eF was respectable physically f0r seventy year
he mad no experience OF bodily ament-and his death
as ami extreme old age, was not attended by suffering
he rain Vitality and consciousness gradually left hin
final b,r