The Placer herald., 1855-12-01
ARRIVAL OF THE GOLDEN AGE.

Europe 10 october 2Uln. ne HGe brought
1907 passengers; among the number are
many women and children
Foreign.
The following is the synopsis Of the foreign
news received in New York on the Sd inst
Up to the l7th of October nothing new
in the Crmea.
Advices from Marscillcs state, that great
exertions were making to complete the en-
barkation of a division of 10000 men under
| General Lanbet.
The English have found in the Karabelnaia
| immense Russian stores of ammunition and
| clothing valued at .f70,o0O.
The Daily News says that Gen. Eyre has
been recommended by General Sim pson as
his successor, but that Government will not
accept Simpsons resignation.
At the ensuing Conference, Denmark will
propose that the Sound Dues be capitalized
for the purpose Of redemption.
/ The Bank of England has raised the rate
Of discount to six per cent. for so days bills,
and to seven per cent. for paper of longer
date. a commercial panic is anticipated,
unless measures be taken to suspend restric-
tive clauses of Peel's Bank Bill and to issue
| paper money.
| Hopes are still entertained that the claims
of Mexican bondholders will be transferred
to the management Of Barring Brothers,
The Allied expedition which left the Cri-
mea on the 9th. after making show before
Odessa, bombarded and captured kinburn,
an important Russian position at the mouth
Of tie Dneper and Bug.
This peninsula is one of the most impor-
tant military and naval positions on the
south coast Of Russia. The fortress resisted
the Allies by q very heavy fire up to the
18th, on which day at noon the English and
French entered the place.
BY their position at kinburn the Allies
place in close blockade the Naval Arsenal
and port of Nicoaeti. the towns of Kherson
and Berislatf, and the the whole regions
watered 10y the Dneper, BUG and Ingou
The Allies have also destroyed two towns,
Laman and Phanagria, in the Straits of
Kertsch
According to the latest from the Crimea,
| the advanced posts Of the Allies were within
five leagues Of Raktch Sera The Russians
We're retiring slowly, Gen. Lpandr intending
evidently to defend the line of the Belbec.
4 battle soon anticipated here.
The north Of Sebastopol has been snrroun-
ded with tortitlcations, and placed i'll state
to support siege.
The Russians, in an attack made upon
kars, were repuIscd with immense slaughter,
1000 being reported as ying dead under the
walls
The Allies are extensively engaged in road
making and hut-building, not only along the
plateau de la Khersoncse, but ali along the
Tchernava line up to Asu. The line of the
railway his leen adopted for the main road
f ON Balaklava to the camps in the neigh
borhood of Sebastopo
BY an Imperial ukase, the embodiment Of
the militia in the provinces Of Orenbere and
Lamara, is to commence on the 18th Noyem-
Der, and end on the 18th December the pro-
portion of men being twenty-eight in every
thousand souls.
Te'egraphic advices from Copenhagen state
that the Danish Government has appointed
NJ. Bluhme, the Director of the Sound Dues
administration, to be the Danish Commis-
sioner at the conference respecting the Sound
Dues, which it is proposed to hold in No
vember. The report is confirmed that Den
mark will propose that the dues shall be
capitalized for the purpose of redemption.
Some of The German journals pretend to
be acquainted with the principal particulars
of the great Council Of War held at Nco-
laeitf on the lst of October. According to
them General Kotzebue having declared, in
tie name Of Prince Gortschakoff, that he
would maintain himself in the Crimea if
supplies were insured to him, and the Empe-
ror Alexander having promised all necessary
assistance, the Council declared for contin-
uiug the defence.
The Paris Uaipers describes the rejoicings
manifested at Jerusalem and the Holy Land
on the arrival of the intelligence Of the fall
of Sebastopo The Greek and Armenian
population alone displayed an i'll feeling on
that occasion. Their patriarchs, however,
offered up thanks for the act of Grace in the
Church Of the Holy Sepplchre, more in obe-
| dence to the request Of the Governor of
Palestine, Kaimil Pasha who assisted at the
ceremony, than from sincerity of feeling.
/ The reioicings at Jerusalem continued for
/ three days.
a St. Petersburg despatch says, the failure
Of the Russians at kars was attributable to
the number OF generals killed at the com
mencement Of the attack Notwithstanding
the heavy loss, the Russians took fourteen
banners and stand of coors. The block
ade Of kars is re-establishcd on its former
footing.
Atlantic News.
A dreadful accident occurred on the Pacific
Railroad, running out from St. Louis on the
lst of November. a large number of the
citizens of St. Louis, and OF the State, had
started for Jefferson City, the Capital of
Missouri, on an excursion to celebrate the
opening of the road.
When the train reached the bridge at the
river Gasconade, the structure gave way,
precpitatng the locomotive and a portion
i of tLla cars q dist anca Of thirtu faat lillinc