The Placer herald., 1855-10-06
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER PANAMA

Two Weeks Later Neaos
The Panama mail steamer, arrived at San Fran
cisco on Tuesday last. bringing 500 passengers
The news, in some respects. is important. The
immense armada in the Baltic, has succeeded in
demoshing the Russian fortress of Sweaborp In
the Crimea there has been another battle FOUGHT
1t appears that on the 10th of August Genl Ii
prandi with fifty thousand Russians, attacked tbe
allies on the Tchernay at day break. The action
was said to have lasted for three hours, when the
| Russians were repulsed with great loss estimated
at four or five thousand killed and wounded. and
! six thousand wounded made prisoners. The allies
were said to have reached in close proximity to
the Russian main line of trenches. and also to the
| Malkof tower the key to the town, so much so
| i'm some cases that grenades could be thrown from
| one line of trenches to the other Another bom
| barlment was soon to be commenced, and to ba
| followed it was believed, by another assault
which it was thought mi ght prove successful and
ere this it is supposed that the Malikof and Re-
| dan Towers are in possession of the allies, which
give them the possession of the town and shippinp
The Military Gazette of Austria heretofore
disbclever in the possibility of taking Sebastopol
now considers the new position occupied by the
allies will enable them to succeed.
Omar Pacha has been eordered to the Crimea
and his Asiatic destination abandoned. The Rus.
| SLAMS had abandoned kars in Asia
The bombardment OF Sebasopol was to have
been commenced by the allies on the 17th August
Gen Canrobert had returned to France and was
made field Marshal.
Diplomatic notes between Austria England and
! France, had been freely interchanged in
regard to new treaties 1t was said that an IN.
dersanding between the Three Powers had been
| arrived at 50 far as to bind the three parties not
to make any seperate treaty with Russia.
| 1t is officially announced that the Spanish Cab
met has finally thrown itself into the embraces of
the Western Powers and providing that money
enough can be raised to pay for the expenses,
! twenty five thousand men will he sent to the Cri
mea. The conditions are that the Western Pow
crs: and providing money enough can be raised
to pay for the expenses, twenty-five thousand men
| will be sent to the Crmea The conditions are
that the Western Powers will protect Cuba against
the United States. 1t is said however the Cortes
will upset this arrangement.
The demand made upon Denmark in favor of
| having the sound dues abolished by the United
| States had created some anxiety in that country,
since its refusal to comply with the demand fear
ing that the United States would commence hos
tities by taking possession Of the Danish West
India Islands.
Cen Arista, ex-Presdent of Mexico, died on the
18th of August on board steamer, while on his
way from Cadiz to Southampton.
STATE NEWS.
The general news from the Atlantic states con-
tans no gratifying features. The ravages of the
yellow fever in Virginia and the SOUTH were heart
rendering. Some cities have almost been depOp
uated--those who had escaped the disease. hav
leans lGi9 of the unaccimated of the population
died in nine weeks. So says the New Orleans pa
pers, which, for well known reasons, never publish
half Of the deaths during the prevalence of an
epidemic.
A public reception was given to President
Pierce at the White Sulpher Springs, Virginia
The President, who accompanied by Mrs
Pierce, subsequently returned to Washington
! much improved in health.
A number of distressing railroad accidents have
! happened. Numerous lives were lost.
An address has been issued by the representa-
tvcs Of the twelve st ties that seeded from the
i Philadelphia Know Nothing National Convention,
calling a national convention, to meet at Cincn-
natl on the 2lst November next From the word
ing of the address there is no doubt but it will be
rank aboitionand antcatholic gathering
In the Virginia Know Nothing State Council. at
Richmond an informal resolution was offered by
Hon John NJ. Bolts. embracing the sentiment that
both secrecy and the religious test of the party
ought to be abolished. and that the naturalization
laws ought TO be totally repealed. The object
was merely to ascertain the sense Of the council
on the question: and it was unanimously .n the
| affirmative.
Another secret society has been formed in New
| York, called "Templars" or odd Americans"
| Its members belong to the Know Nothngs and
they bavc organized with view to control the
| actions of the Know Nothing order Their ritual
| Is shocking. 1t is antl-forcign and anticahOlC.
and classes the latter as traitors who are to be re-
/ gaiNcu as so many Dencdlct ArnOIuS. Iney
! obigc themselves to stand by each other in def
ancc of the law. courts. kindred, social relations,
and every principle upon which society is organ
| lied.
The Texas elections are over. Peasc, the Dem
ocratc candidate for Governor, is elected by up
wards of 1000 majority.
: The news from Kansas is still of an unpleasant
mature At last accounts, Judge ElmOre had
nounccd at public meeting. that he should resist
/ the efforts of the President to remove him, on the
grounds that he has constitutional authority to
| do The legislature had constituted itself the
electoral college for the choice of officers for the
! territory. and at last accounts had convened in
! Joint session for the purpose of electing them. IL
has also declared that all officers elected by them
! shall hold Office for the term of six years. The
| people in the highest state of excitement and
it is feared by many, that the upshot of the mat
ter will be civil war.
A letter to the Ohio Statesman gives q descrip-
tion of the burning of catholic church by a
know nothing mob. at Sidney. in Shelby county.
! Ohio. keg of powder was first put under the
building train scattered along the street, and
| then touched Off
How IS THAT?-The San Francisco Citised re
joces over the Know Nothing victory in Vermont.
Our contemporary is. of course, aware that the
Vermont X. Ms supported an abolitionst plat
form and beat the democracy, who battled for
State rghtS.-Stdte Jour.