The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-25
NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST z5 1855

An English and French squadron have proceeded by the
ehna Sea TO the mouth Of the Amoor river where the
despatcy says there will be severe fighting There
are about ten ships Of in these fleets which would
The line Of battle ship Monarch Is the Gag ship of the
English feet.
TEN VESSELS OF WAR EXPECTED.
panloWs whence tbe spUye WIZ JON a.
visions they may be expected in about three weeks
The officers Of the oblgado think they win separate the
the French here both fleets however, will directly
10 TINS port Their arrival win increase business to
Amphitite have sailed for the sea Of Ochotsk 10 join the
rest of the feet also the two steamers which for
m Ty employed in bloehading Petropaulowski The
fleets will sail to the Amoor river after provisioning and
fitting out at this port.
IN MEMORY OF THE DEAD.
Rear Admiral Eruce while at Petropaulowsk caused
handsome fence to be erected around the cemetery in
which were buried the bodies Of the killed Russians
ana allies IN the battle Of last year large tablet bear
erected which, it refers to all alike will doubtless
be respected when the Russian inhabitants return The
and sublime picture. The lofty mountains from their
peaks down to the very shore clad in a mantle of
snow; the cold was not severe All was gloomy silent
and desolate. 1t showed almost incessasy ior three
weeks while the Obligado was there The brig left ya
paraso for the Sandwich Islands proceeded thence to
kamtschatka, and thence here She has very
severe weather at the North.
Further Particulars from Sitka-- The Place
Not Eyacuated-Statement OF N. Kostro-
mAtkOM, the Russian Consul.
From the Alta California, July al
We learn from the Russian Consul H. Kostromtkoa
that the intelligence published in the morning papers Of
yesterday untrue regards the evacuation Of stka
by the Russian residents. 1t will be remembered that
there is now convention existing between the Hudson
Bay Company the Russian American Company
which was celebrated at St. Petersburg and London
by the provisions of which this portion Of the Rus
sian possessions is exempted from hostiltes. Con-
mil ho Of fha l1al
fleets committing depredatons is the Governor
OF stka or his officials, ignorant of the chvary and
magnanimity of the French and English marine to
suppose that they would override the stpuatons of the
British government, and attack defenceless place
True the French have not entered into this treaty but
the very nhmanty Of the destruction of trading post
occupied by harmless inhabitants and almost defence
less In guns and men, would be enough to its
safety. The movements of the allied fleets in the Pa
cfc up to this time, have been characterized by
mendabe regard to the behests of humanity.
On the arrival Of The feet the Brisk scrt in to
communicate with the shore. The Governor sent off his
Secretary to state that he hoped the provisions OF the
Convention would be observed the place without
ssance. The Commander of the Brisk replied that they
had only entered the piece 70 ascercin IL the Dwira
Aurora were tbere in which case the Icrch feet would
have cut them out but no harm was ir,cnded to the
town The reports regarding the starving condition Of
the Russian American Commercial Company we learn
from Mr. Beverly c. Sanders to be also unioupcd Pro-
visions plenty. Mr.. Berlin, of the Decoro OF
the Company weni on bonrd the Accste, on her crlv
and obtained facts which ct variance with those pub
The climate at present of Stka Island mild and agree
able, though occasional ogs appear like those of
coast. The mountains rising from the immedi-
ate vicinity of the coast clothed with dense forests
pine and cedar Farther back they ascend into the
gons of perpetual snow and in clear weather present
TIE grandest scene imaginable. The town contains po
pnlaion of about thousand, mixture of whites and
Indians This country taken possession of by the
celebrated Russian buccaneer Schelehof in 1778 The
harbor excellent and will easily accommoda hundreds
of ships We learn that the operations of the Ice Com
pany have produced marked effect upon the business
Of the place. The inhabitants peacefully pursuing
their daily avocaiions when the fleet left No panic had
existed, nor had any Of them fed into the interior.
DEsnTrToN IN TIE AMERICAN Ice COMPANY AT SrKA.-
1t reported that sit,a in the virtual possession
Of the American Ice Company, who report that the rus
sian inhabitants after learning the intended visit of the
allied feet to the place. Notwithstanding the treaty o.
protection abandoned the place and fed into The int,
rior. We learn that the Ice Company in starvr-
condition, having been in daily expectation OF 81
from San Francisco loaded witch provisions This
nine days ago and the vessel had not arrived when the
feet left. The war vessels supplied them temporarily
with provisions NOTHING had been heard at Sa the
ship Zenoba. From the above facts presume no ice
will be received in town for several dsys to and
similar state of affairs with that of July 1852 be expo
rienced.