The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-09-27

DtstreSS IN OdeSSd.-The captain of a French
brig who was wrecked near Odessa. and re-
manned IN that city until exchanged, has inst
returned TO Marsellles. lie gives lamentabe
account OF the general distress which prevails
among the inhabitants of Odessa. and MANY
hitherto opulent families, he says, are literally
starving. The inhabitants are in constant APP
! prehension of being bombarded. The town is
, mined.
! The Var an Asid.-Intelligence from Asia
Minor is reported to be more favorable to the
Turks. skirmish of cavalry took place; al.
forwards. the Russians broke up from before
] Erzeroum, and retired on kars, across the SOC-
| haul range Of hills.
RuD'ors Of NegOtiatioa.-The pro- Russian
| paper, lie Nord, of Brussels, SAYS . If we may
interpret in a pacific sense the returning actv
! lty OF diplomatists, all hope of All arrangement
| Is not lost
The Bombardmem Of Observation-Disclosures
| ing the bombardment Of this fortress the Rus
sian accounts admit a loss of as many as 400
men killed, and about 1890 wounded, which,
Judging from the vast quantity of shell project
| cd INTO so small space, crowded. as 1t appears
to have been, with 1900 troops, does not APP
| pear at all exaggerated but rather the reverse.
1t is still positively stated that the Emperor,
with the Grand Duke Michael, will arrive at
Odessa IN the course of September, and that he
will proceed hence to the Crimea, TO inspect the
| army there.
! Faacs.-The Momteur contains an Imperial
| decree, modifying the import duty on manu(ac-
tured iron and machinery.
The number of French troops embarked at
MarSeles and Toulon, during the month of
August, was 10000, and, in the first four DAYS
OF the present month, the number was 10 less
than 5000.
| The Paris correspondent of the O2t De3tlsche
1"St, VINO is sand to he generally welliDform-
ed writes in his letter OF the 3Oth August:
| The Eastern question led 10 many confer
| enceS while Queen Victoria was in Paris. The
| result OF these conferences is said 10 he a new
treaty between France and England, in which
| all ~ contingencies to which the war I'm the
East can lead are provided for. The treaty
will be probably kept secret, rs it's sole obiec;
is TO give firm basis to the alliance hetwern
the two countries. ! can give you this positive
| assurance, that the Courts of London ami
Paris are fully resolved TO strain every nerve in
! order to break the power Of Russia, aud to re-
| ject every proposal for the renewal Of ncgotia.
tons Tor peace, until the object which they have
| proposed to themselves is attained
| aren't BrifdiH.-'lhere is not one word of
| political news of interest in the papers, if We
| except the rumor current in the clubs, that
Great Britain intends to call Naples TO account,
1
| IAN police to an attache of the British embassy
as the groundwork of u quarrel
! me news OF the death Of Abbott Lawrence
was received in England with every expression
81 regret and sympathy. On the It'll, the Amer
Ican ships in Liverpool displayed their flags at
| half mast
fergus O'Connor, the noted Chartst, has Just
died, aged 80 For some time past he was
under the care of his sister, having been re
| moved from lunatic asylum. He did not
recover his intellect, but died a complete wreck.
London papers contain severe editorials on
the usoessness Of the fleets. The maintenance
and cost of the Baltic fleet alone is estimated
at .c3G,OOO sterling per day
Mr.. Hincks, Of the Canadian Legislature, is
| appointed Governor of Barbados. There are
those who conceive that this appointment is in
rew:rd for his recruiting services in the United
| States.
The Queen and family are at Balmora, Scot
| land.
An American book named "Female Life
Among the MOrmons is reviewed by the
London Times. The reviewer considers it al
together apocryphal.
An ingenious trick has just come to light in
| the Liverpool corn market At this season. the
| grain-dealers keep watchful eve on the ba
roneter, and for some time past it has been
noticed that the barometer in the Liverpool
| Exchange Rooms has (mostly on market days.
! indicated approaching storms, and consequent
| ly higher prices. Watch was SET and spccu-
lator was detected in the act of tampering with
the indicator. Now the instrument is secured
with bar and paddock.
On January !, 1855 the total number Of Brit
ish steamships was ,l80, containing 29S,2lG
tuns, exclusive of engine space.
The London Times mas leader. evidently
| L
and French fleets should be sent to Naples "al-
| though" says the Times, "neither France nor
| England would accept a rood of King BOmba's
beautiful territory. 1t is, however, question
| If France and England are not traitors to their
high mission, when they acquesce in the inllic-
ton Of such intOerable evils as the King in
| ticts upon the deienceless population of the
Two Sicilies. If the NeapolitaEs should ever
be strong enough to take the matter into their
own hands, there is no one in Western Europe
but would bid them God speed!n
Spaia.-The subscriptions to the loan oftwo
hundred and fifty millions now amount to one
hundred and fifteen millions. The reform Of
the tariff IS being compiled. 1t is proposed to
reduce the duty on cotton goods. The duty on
paper and wood is to be suppressed
AustTid.-The harvest throughout Austria is
about an average, neither positively good nor
the reverse.
Haly.-The Pope is founding a college at
Rome for the education of English clergy.
Cholera still RACES in Central Italy. In North
ern Italy the disease still RACES, although some
what abated in vrulence
Russia.-Mercantil letters from st. Peters
burgh contain no general news. The rate OF
exchange tends downward; the heaviness it at
tributed to the large amount of paper issued to
meet the expenses Of the war. Expectations
are general that the paper will be redeemed by
the proceeds of a loan, to be raised when the
war is over.
The Nishni fair for manufactures aud imports
is going oil favorably, good prices being OBJ
tanned, and debts being fairly paid.
Sar}oia-The Sandman Legation accred-
tied to the Court of Tuscany has been recalled,
in consequence of difficulties which have arisen
out of the nomination of certain dttdchc of
the Embassy.
Denmark - The London Times gives the
text of the Danish note addressed to the Amer
lean Minister at Copenhagen, in reply to a COM
munication in which notice is given of the in
tended cancelling Of the treaty which existed
between the United States and Denmark The
Danish Minister says:
" / am charged to observe to you that my
Government cannot admit the connection which
is established by the Government of the United
States between the suppression of the Sound
dues and the treaty in question, which in reali-
ty regulates the rate at which the Sound dues
are 20 be levied on American vessels but of
which the existence of the right on which that
charge is founded is quite independent. AS
the Government of the United States has as
sumed the initiative in the termination of the
treaty, the Government of the King, my august
master, hopes that overtures will be made to it
for concluding a new treaty, calculated to