The Georgetown news., 1855-08-16
Arrival of the Uncle Sam.

Arrival of the Uncle Sam.
Fifteen Days Later from the At,nnti'
States ard ECr0pr--Drath of JoI*
Rag:am--Parir in IN Rev York Mar
ket--Fa of Breadstuffs.
The Nicaragua Steamship Companys
steamer Uncle Sam, G. II. baldwin com
mander, arrived on the llth inst at two
O'Clock P. NJ, eleven days from San Juan
bringing dates from New York to July
20th-twO weeks later and from Liverpool
to June 30th-seven days later than previ-
Gus advices.
FROM THE MEMORANDA OF THE PURSER.
The IsthmuS of Nicaragua was never in
better or more healthy condition, as a
ploof of which. the Uncle Sam brings $50
passengers. of which number 40 are ladies,
and Sc children, and yet not single soita-
ry case OF sickness has occurred on board
either steamer, or on the Isthmus, since leav-
ING New York ! hat there is no cholera
or sickness of any kind on the lSthmuS Of
Nicaragua, will be vouched for by all of tie
passengers.
The Uncle Sans passengers will reach
New York in nineteen and half days.
August llth, arrived at San Francisco,
max NJ the passage from New York inside
If twenty-five days. and from San Juan in
ten days and twelve hours.
A despatch dated the Goth ult., states
that Sweaborg had been bOmbarded and
/ the stores destroyed. 1t also cOrroborateS
the statement that large number Of infer
! L:
pectediy.
Forty-six Internal machines have been
discovered in the Baltic and destroyed
Ohe of them exploded on the poop of the
Exmouth. Admiral Seymour and Captain
Louis. who were examining it at the timc
were severely injured.
THREATENED DIFFICULTIES BETWEEN THa
ENGLISH AND FRENCH IN THE CRIMEA.
The Paris correspondent of the Times
speaks of communications having taken
place between the French and English Gov
ernments, arising out OF complaints by Gen.
Pelissier, on the want of combination or of
energetic support upon the part of his Eng
liSh colleague.
NO RENEWAL OF PKACE NEGOTIATIONS.
! Authentic advices from Vienna state that
there is no foundation whatever for the
statement published in several German pa
pers that new proposals Of peace have reach
ed the capital from st. Petersburg
Africa! oT thr CauscoIa at FIa fax.
/ BY the arrival of the Cnnard staamsl ip
/ Canada at II liflx on the 18th Ju'v we
/ H., 1ato from, I 11y,r,Nopl 70 flu t.,
making the news only thirty-fve days from
Liverpool to San Francisco.
! THE WAR.
| Lord Raglan was buried on the Sd of
July with all the pomp which ciFcumstan-
ces permitted.
There are rumors that Pelissier is about
to he superseded,
| Since the repulSe Of the 18th June, the
Ali IS have been strengthening their ad-
vances against the Nalakoff Tower and
Ptlssiers latest despatch, dated the 4th of
July says his works are progressing salts
/ factorily.
General Simpson telegraphed on the 4th
OF July that there was nothing new since
his last accounts.
The main facts have been already stated
of the unsuccessful attack upon Sebastopol
on the 18th Of June. The papers per the
Canada contain further details. including
PelisSier's despatch.
Numerous works Of art, captured from
the Kertch museum. and from Gen Wran-
giles private collection, are on the way to
Paris
Careful estimates show that this war has
already cost hllf a million of lives and yet
no decisive battles have taken place.
A dispatch from Berlin. dated July 4,
states that the town of Nystadt ut the en-
trance Of the Gulf Of Bothnia has been bonn
barded and destroyed.
Russian accounts, under date Of June 10,
say the Allied HotilIa. of $50 guns fired fer
eight hours against the batteries at the
mouth of the Narva without effect. and then
withdrew to SesElar Island.
JUNE 20-i'he Allies made descent on
Kotka Island, destroyed the telegraph, and
burnt the Government store.
JUNE 2l.-Some Of the Allied steamers
took soundings in Nystadt Roads, VII le
Others fred some hours on Port Revel with
out doing any material injury
JUNE % AND 22.-OccasOnal shots were
exchanged between gun-boats employed in
shore and the Revel batteries
The Journal Of st. Petersburg publishes
a correspondence respecting the recent af
fair at Hango, stating that the flag of truce
was not visible. and accusing the English of
making improper uses of flags of truce gen
orally.
On the 9th July the bulk of the Allied
squadron was off Cronstradt.
FRANCE.
On the 5th July the Legislature voted the
loan of 50000.000 francs. In addition to
this loan an increase of taxation is nron, G
ed, namely: One-third increase of & utv on
all spirits, ten per cent OF rn ;lu,,. -. y"