Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-06-28
Arrival OF the Steamer -.
Louis.

/ Arrival OF the Steamer -.
i Louis.
i NEw YoRx, June 90.
| The steamer st. Louis, with advice
from England to Wednesday, the 81
inst, arrived here last night.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
j The steamer Asia arrived out on th
| I'd inst.
A dispatch received at the sdmiralt
I from Sir Edward Lyons, dated Kertch
4 NAV LIST, states that the squadron in th
sea of Azof, had appeared before Jeni
cole, and landed body Of seamen an,
marines, and drove the Russians from
the place. and destroyed. all the depotl
and the vessels at the place, laden Will
corn and supplies for the Russian army
Only one man was wounded since en-
tering the sea of Azof. He had destroy
ed FIVE steamers and two hundred ant
forty vessels which had been engaged
carrying supplies fs the Iiussian army
in the Crimea.
The conferences at Vienna had been
formally closed at the late setting, held
on the 4th.
Gen. Pelissier telegraphed to Paris
under date of June LIST, as follows I:
We have sprung two mines in front
of the flag staff Bastian; the second ex-
plosion done considerable damage.
In constructing our outworks, our en-
gineers found two transverse lines filed
with gunpowder, each forty centimes
thick and placed at equal distances, and
buried just beneath the surface, each
case containing one fifth of a Killogram-
me of powder, and covered with full
minating apparatus which would ex-
plode by single pressure of the foot.
All are being taken up by the engineers.
A Russian dispatch from Prince Men
schikoff, dated 99th May, stated that
the Allies had occupied Kertch, but had
not pushed inland. He says that meas
ures would be taken to prevent the Al
lies from cutting off communications
with the Russian army.
The Post Gazette, of Frankfort, pub
fishes a dispatch from Odessa, stating
that the Russians were raising batteries
to command the channel near Graitcl,i.
which connects Putno lake with the sea
of Azof.
Another dispatch states that Gen.
Ouschakoff had arrived at Perekop with
his divisions, comprised of four regi-
ments of infantry, each $500 men,
Gen. Grossenheim had also arrived at
Perekop. with cavalry division, con-
sisting of four regiments, each $50
strong these will give Gortschikoff
of $4,000 men.
Letters from Berlin of the 1st inst,
say that the successes of the Allies in
the Crimea had made deep impression
at that Court.
A letter received from the French
camp in the Crimea, dated May 92d,
says the Allies were on the eve of great
events that every thing had been pre-
pared, and the last arrangements had
been made in a council of war, at which
Ill the commanders of the land and sea
iorces were present that all the rein
orcements had come up, making the
French army amount to two hundred
thousand men.
Both Houses of Parliament had met
IN the 4th.
The Newspaper Stamp Duty bill had |
passed in Committee of the House of
Commons, and the subject then post
,oned.
A long debate took place on the con-
luct and policy ofthe war. Minor Glib
on considering the Turkish territory
intact and safe-condemned the further
of the war, which he said !
vas of an indefinite extent, and only pur-
ued in view of military glory.
Sir W. Molesworth denounced the
which had been presented to
Russia for the conclusion of the recent
'eaee, and contended that the safety as
veil as the glory of the British Empire
would be periled by any signs of cow
.rdice, or a desire to surrender those
Ugh principles which constituted the el-
ments of England's national grandeur.
The crops in England promised well.
One hundred and ninety cases of
holera had occurred at st. Petersburgh
N the Esd May.
The Bey of Tunis is dead, and his
ousin and successor had peaceably as
ended the throne.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Liverpool circular of Brown d
'hipley says the news by the Asia had
realty excited the Cotton market, and
rices further advanced Id.
Richardson, Spence & Co. report
air business doing in Spanish and Bal
c wheat at Sd advance. Only $4,000
ushels of American wheat was in mark
t, and it was offered at lbs per bush.
1ithout finding buyers. Flour inactive.
Iorn in moderate demand, but the stock
eing light, an advance of 1sa1s Sd had
cen established. Baltimore and Phil
delphia Flour is quoted at 42a43s.-
fellow Corn at 51s 6da52 and white at
There was no change in provisions.
Iolders of Bacon were asking 51sa52s.
Lard was frmer but not higher.