The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-19
INTERESTING FROM RUSSIA.

me Ana brings some nfsrsstine intslIieenee ffunn
hussia from which we select the followins.
st. rETERsBURc, Jan. "a I'm consequence offhx
a.fculiy Of fiiins up the ranks Of tSs amy. ~
age OF 81 Instead Of 80 heretofore Thccs sonso
aged or widowed parents hitherto exempted are ~
now ordsred TO serve, farming separate sprps,
Tne military forces Of Russia have boen div3aeA
lnIe nve independent armies. follows The Dslfie
army, a the army Of the Danube, fhe army 81 Werf
,osna, the army Ia the Crimea, the Csucsasa eofps
It 10 expected that Prince Msnssbkos ~ttl .p4e,.
axe second and decisive blow against the alice q
soon as the Grand Dukes srrfve. The two Prince
have probably by this time reached sebsstopoI. :
The most recent letters from ST Petersburs nv
Western Pswerssr lausied at thers. Ev.ry voice
10 still for war. The nobility of Eiscb rorod hsve
presented an address to the Emperor stating that IL
lt should be necessary to make the same s4cr;feas
they did 10 1872. they are q-i:e ready. rsga 8 80
ST PETERsBURG Jan. 2s.-In order to avoid the
neresss of public charges attendant upon the prose-
oon OF long war, an usase orders the Issue Of pa
per money, which shall be rsdsemabls By the state
'hrse Sesrs after the conclusion Of psacsl -
LopAIoRIA-Th Turks at Eupatoris are IN Q ys-
~, oao s.ase captsin of one Of her Majssty'svts.
hn, no hss lately arrived, states that the place ID
fensh ing from cold and huursr The snenv hsvsa
'''Veh all the cattle into the country. - -.
STEAMBOATS, DETAINED IN THE IcK.-In our tel-s
esfapa'c a'spascnes' on Saturday, 1t was anncunc.
Gu ''a' the steamers Connecticut and Commodore
were neiniieo IN oy the ice ON Long Island Sound.
we nave since received the following intcili.
gence:
NEW YORK, Feb 16, Eyening-The steamer Con.
necucut arrived here this afternoon safely She
had used up every pound of coal, but had procured
provisions from a farm house at Huntington bav.
she LETT the steamer Commodore this morning stfil
nemined in The C.. Vanderbilt. which left here
modore, was also in the ice as well az large uur-
per OF sail vessels and seven propellers bu. a. the
ice was getting soft, danger OF their being cus
through was appreheu1ed
SHIPwREcKs AND Loss OF LyFE.-The bark Vie.
tory, from New York for ST. Thomas, was wrecked
on the 6sh Of January, about $50 miles north Of
Porto Rico. Ths captain abandoned her, when be
and four men took the small boat and put off The
mate John Scott, the supercarg", Joseph Frstas,
and elk seamen, took the long boat, which wss
struck by sea and all perished. Capt. Mason and
the four seamen were picked up by the British brig
New Era. The Victory was loaded with an a..
sorted cargo, principally arms and ammunition.
The following intelligence has been received ct
Charleston, from Nassau, New Providence:
British schooner Gazelle. from Matauzas to ST.
ssgo S ae Guoa, was wrecked on the rocks at Math-
ewt3"n' ingua, during gale ON the Goth Of De- :
cemDer. The master was drowned, and the crew 5
saved with difficulty The American schooner Re. 4
uecca, OF Rockland, Me from N York for Turks Y
ISLANDS, sprang aleak ON the 24th and was aban.
doned The passengers and crew were saved By s
schooner Alfred F. S:owe of Boston Tho brig. (
iorno, from Portland, Me-, for Cuba, was totally
lost at Cebaco; material part of the cargo was
saved.
The brig Dart of and from Savannah for Guada.
loupe, was abandoned in sinking condition on the
3D. The crew have all arrived at New York
The ship Gazelie, of New York, arrived at Hong
hong on the 5th of December last In wrecked
condition, having been dismasted and hove down
In a typhoon, on the 18th of November Ia lasitsds
81 10, longitude 4s E. Sixteen Chinese were
drowned between decks, and Mra Dollsrd (ths
captains wife) and child barely escaped drowning
The Boston Telegraph states that letters hsve {
been received from Henry Brevoort tho lsts mis-
sing Treasurer of the Glendon Rolling Mills, datsd y;
at San Francisco, by the last maiis from California
& A descent was made upon house of III fame IN q
Williamsburg, N. Y, on Thursday evening, and
during the melee police officer, named Robeitsoa a.
was shot oy the proprietor ofthe house. Jacob Butz,
aud shockingly wounded. The inmates were %
arrested. ea a.i4
THE ONO RIVERA dispatch from Wheeling
states tn ar tla ice haf c;tv oava Iaak