Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1855-11-01
ONE WEEK LATER FROM EUROPE.
Arrival Of the Africa.
ADVANCED.
HALIEAx Wednesday Oct. %.


The steamer Africs, with Liverpool. dats6 to
the 18th inst, arrived this forenoon, and will
be due at Boston TO. morrow evening.
The Hermann sailed from Southampton on
the 10th.
Advices from the seat Of war are somewhat
interesting, although matters ara quiet 81 Sc.
bastopol, with the exception Of an occasional
shot from the Russian batteries.
The allies are active on the Danube. Kats
still holds out.
A slight engagement occurred nsar Ksruch
which terminated favorably 10 the Allies.
The Allies were threatening PereAop, and
the bombardmeEt OF Odessa by the allied heet
was expected to take place Immediately.
The menace Of the Allies upon Perekop hss
been checked for the present. The Preach
troops were concentrating on the Danube. =.
Ten thousand men were employed IN max.
ing q road from Balaklava to the Allies camp
al SebaStopol.
A franklin paper asserts that the RussiaA
army has been withdrawn from the plateau on
the north side OF Sebastopol toward the nights
oil Balkeb and that the garrison OF the northL
ern fort consists only OF few thousand men.
In The neighborhood of NicolaieG forty. Ave
thousand had been concentrated.
A British fleet of five ships had been sent
to the coast of Italy, proceeding first 10 The
Bay OF Naples. The allied feet anchored DO.
fore Odessa on the 9Th of October. 1t consisted
of eight ships Of The line and twenty .sevee
steamers.
he Emperor Of Russia arrived al Odessa on
the I'd Of September, bul left the next day fot
Nlcolaieff 10 ati.n a council. Detailed &C.
counts show tie Russian losses for the three
weeks preceding the fall of Sebas,opol 10 have
been over $4,000 men, without counting the
deaths by disease.
Rations have been ordered TO the Danube
for 1900 French troops who are expected to
arrive at Silistrio about the last OF October,
The Anglo urkish contingency had besR
ordered 10 Shumla.
The. Austrian Government had issued Q cir..
culHr TO its representatives, iE which il sayV
that though Prussia is al liberty 10 act as me-
diator the present is mol the proper time ; that
The Western powers must follow up their sd.
y~sntaees and moi treat with Russia until she
is expelled from the Crimea.
General Mourinoff announces o successful
engagement between the Cossack militia asd
dragons, and the Turkish cavalry nnG BASH
BaZoukS, nearly three thousand strong. The
Turks had four hundred killed, and All Ptshs,
The Turkish Commander, was taken prisoner
The Turkish garrison at Kars have been rsv
duced to great extremities. 0mer Pasha wss
"u'"hcihs itoln DaIoum u attempt 10 rolSe no
siege.
From the Baltic we learn that the Russians
were repairing Sweoborg with great activity.
Accounts concerning he commandment Of Riga
state that the batteries at the mouth Of the
Duna suffered very little, but that OF Bsllea
they were much injured. Three Allied YES
sells anchored al the mouth OF Sulis on Sep.
tember %, and set fire 10 len vessels.
NlIeteen ypSSelA have bptn caniuFP1 Of fhA
coast Of finland.
FRANCE. The Times correspondent says %
alliance between Prince Napoleon and The
Princess Royal Of England was rumored in
political circles.
DENMARK.-lt has been announced that Ia
Danish Government has invited oil the mari.
time powers, including The United States. 10
meet in Congress a. Copenhagen 10 settle the
question o! The Sonnd dues.
GREEcE.-The ministry had resigned, and .
new one had been formed.