, 1855-03-17
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tue bleBe SuOuSlOpOl Is SAID TO be tour
times as strong now, as at the time Of the
battle Of lnkermann. The chief interest
now GENRES in the proceedings of the Con.
gress Of Vienna. Hopes are entertained
that the negotiations may lead to peace
equally we'll grounded npprehen sions pre-
vail that the present negotiations will fail
to reestablish peace, in which event all
concur that the war will assume vaster
magnitude.
The French aud English Ministers at
Vienna have received the necessary powers
to.erAble them to reopen negotiations.
Prince Gortschakoff is understood To-
have received written Instructions from his
government with regard to pending nego-
tiations-the exact contents are, of course
secret, but rumor, from well informed sour
ces says that Russia again expresses the
Cars readiness to enter into negotiations
for an honorable peace, and also his earn
est desire to pu: an eud to all present d:f
aculties.
A letter in the Pays dated Constantine
pie, Jan. 5th, says: A column Of rife
men had taken possession Of the important
position Of Camsra, near Balakava, after
driving out the Russians, vino occupied it,
The enemy in this affair experienced severe
losses they were completely put TO the
route, and fed preciptaiely, burning their
forage and tents. The loss of the Russians
ct tSabastopol and neighborhood during the
list days Of Decenber, is estimated at more
than 6,000 men,"
The London Times contains q letter from
scutari, dated January 8th, which says
that the mortality at the Hospital was on
the increase (; the deaths, from January 4th
to 7th, inclusive, amounted to l79 The
number in the Hospital, on the 7th Of jan
uary, w@ IS officers and 4,332 non-com-
missoned officers and privates. The atmos-
phere Of the Hospital was becoming SO
pestiferous that arrangements for transfer
ring convalescents to Malta or England
were highly necessary.
The Times, in leading editorial, draws
o most deplorable picture Of the state of
the army in the Crimea. At the beginning
Of January it could muster only $4,000
bayoneis the artillery aud engineers had
been reduced in the same proportion, aud
cavalry no longer existed as force. The
deaths amounted to sixty day, and the
number disabled by fatigue and sickness 10
1000 week. This ratio, the Tines thinks,
will rapidly increase.
1t is computed that out Of $4,000 men
nominally 6t 70: service, only 1000 are in
good health. The army was an army of
invalids at the beginning Of the month, al-
though the Crimean winter had not set in.
The TINES comes to the conclusion, that,
unless some extraordinary stroke Of for
tune intervenes, we are about to lose our
only army, the object Of so much pride, of
90 much affection, Of so much tender soli-
cituds !" and asks if the nation is prepar-
cd for this disaster
Letters from Odessa OF the 9th Jan
state that Q hard frost equal to 9 or 10 de-
grees below the freezing point. had brought
the roads into fit state for the conveyance
Of troops aud munitions Of war to Pcrekop.
The BOiOEgne Gazette publishes advices
from Berlin, stating that, in diplomatic cir
cles, no doubt is entertained that Russia
and Austria will come to an agreement on
the freedom Of the Danube, and the ceSSa.
tion Of the Russian protec,orate in the
principalities.
Vienna letters boast of Austria's good
faith, and determination to proceed to hos.
tilities. Austria has gained the object
about which she was really interested.
The Emperor of Austria has abolished
the punishment Of death in the Austrian
army.
An approaching Congress Of Nations is
more and more confidently talked OF. The
London Daily NeCs says: 1--WE may be
induced to repose some confidence in the
result Of that Congress deliberations if the
United States are invited to take part in
them, and accepts the invitation"
The English and French works outside
Sebastopol are progressing towards COM
pletion. The. French batteries were daily
approaching nearer to Sabastopol, and the
last English battery was in course Of ter
mination. Up to the latest dates, nothing
OF Importance had occurred.
The Piedmontese government-Sardenia
and Savoy, have joined the alliance Of the
western powers. Sardenia is reported as
being willing to send Is, 900 men, recruited
from all Italy, to the aid Of the allies in
the East.
The Senates Of Hamburg and Lubec
have issued an edict forbidding foreign en-
listment, and il is expected that Bremen,
Maeklenburg-Schwerin and Strelitz, will
also issue prohibitions Of the same descrip-
ton.
Prussia still remains neutral, and accu-
ses Austria Of having gone too far in con-
cluding separate treaties with the Western
powers. The object Of Prussia evidently is
to prevent Austria from taking an active
participation in the war.
Both from Berlin and Vienna it is stated
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