The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-06-23
TELEGRAPHIC!
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER
ST. LOUIS.
New YoRK. June 90,

New YORK, June 20.
The steamer st. Louis, with advices from
England to Wednesday the 9th inst, arrived
here last night.
By this arrival, we have nothing important
from the seat of war.
The steamer Asia arrived out on the I'd
inst.
A dispatch received at the Admiralty from
Sir Edward Lyons, dated Kertch, May /,
states that the squadron in the Sea of Azof
had appeared before Jenicale, landed body
of seamen and marines, driven the Russia ms
from the place, and destroyed all the depots
and the vessels at the place laden with corn
and supplies for the Russian army, only one
man was wounded. Since entering the Sea
of Azof, he had destroyed foGr steamers and
240 vessels, which had been engaged in car
ryng supplies for the Russian army in the
Crimea.
The Conference at Vienna had been for
mally closed, at the lats sitting held on the
4th.
General Pelissier telegraphs to Paris, June
LIST, as follows:
ave have sprung two mines in front of
the Flagstaff Bestion, the second explosion
doing considerable damage. In constructing
our outworks, our engineers found two trans
centmes thick, and placed al equal distances,
and buried just beneath the surface, each
case containing 18th of kilogramme of
powder, and covered with Illuminating ap-
paratus, which would explode by a simple
pressure of the foot. All are being taken
up by the engineers. ao
A dispatch from Prince Mentchikoff, dated
May 29th, states that the allies had occupied
Kertch, but had not pushed inland. He says
measures would be taken to prevent the al
lies from cutting off communication with the
Russian army.
The Port Gazette of Frankfort, publishes
dispatch from Odessa, stating that the
Russians were raising batteries to command
the channel near Graitchi, which CONNECTS
Putrio Lake with the sea of AZof.
! Another dispatch states that General
! Ouschakoff had arrived at Perikop with his
division, comprised of four regiments of in
fantfy, each three thousand six hundred men,
General Grossenheim had also arrived at
Perikop with cavalry division, consisting
of four regiments, each nine hundred and
sixty strong; these will give Gortschakoff
Reinforcement of eighteen thousand men,
Letters from Berlin of the LIST inst. say that
the successes of the allies in the Crimea
had made a deep impression at that court
letter received from the French camp
in the Crimea, dated May %, says that the
allies were on the eve of great events; that
everything had been prepared, and the last
arrangements made in council Of war, at
which all the commanders of the land and
sea forces were present; that all the re-en-
forcei1lents had come up, making the Fren CHI
army amount two hundred thousand men.
Both houses of the Parliament met on the
4th. The Newspaper Stamp duty Bill had
passed in committee of the House of Com
mons, and the subject then postponed.
long debate took place on tie conduct
and policy of the war, Minor Gibson con-
sidering the Turkish Territory intact and
safe, condemned the further prosecution of
the war, which he said was an indefinite ex-
tent, and only pursued in view of military
glory.
Sir w. Molesworth denounced the tempta-
ton which had been presented to Russia for
the conclusion of the recent peace, and con-
tended that the Safety, as well as the glory
of the British Empire. would be perilled by
any signs of cowardice.
The crops in England promised well.
At St. Petersburgh, on May 23d, 100 cases
of cholera had occurred.
The Bey of Tunis is dead, and his cousin
and successor had peaceatly ascended the
throne.