Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-08-17
Foreign News.

Foreign news.
IT. steamer Baltic arrived at New York on Wed
oaJa1 with Liverpool dates to the 20th nlt' lele-
HeSu %o dspatches have been received from the Cr
mea up to the goth ult
f. seems hardly worth while going into al the
details which are so much like those by former
steamers that without careful examination OF dates
# would be almost impossible to tell one account
from the other. The besiegers are very mucn IKE
soldiers marking time" stepping away oiIgentlv'
but not advancing foot. The most important item
of news is the resignation of General Simpson, the
British commander, and of Omar Pasha, the brave
Turkish leader We do not wonder at either. Omar
Pasha, the only man on the side OF the allies who
has has met with any success, shown any ability
cannot but have felt mortified by the treatment he
has received from his government, now merely tool
of British and French intrigues, and controlled by
men whose only merit is their subserviency and cor
ruption nor can any brave old British officer fail to
perceive the secondary position in which he and his
force are placed by the weakness of the corrupt ars-
tocracy at home; position humillatihgly secondary
to that of his hereditary foes-and what old British
officer can regard the French in any other light
We do not see any statement as to whether or not
these designations have been accepted.
and allies in view of an impending general attack
upon Sebastopo both by and land The attack
bv sea to be made with one hundred ships and forty
thousand men Thirty-two thousand Russian soldiers
ara on the way from Poland to reinforce Sebastopo
on the other hand French reinforcements are oelng
sent on from Marsellles and Algeria, ana ZooOo me"
are to be forwarded Immediately from lOulon ei'nei
to reinforce the army in the Crmea or to De employ
ed on the Danube, should campaign thefe DC ue'e''
mined on The English Government has despatcheo
orders TO BaakIava to send to England or GlbTale1
all the transports available to carry out ten regl
ments OF infanty and two of rifles. Two to three
hundred merchantmen had arrived at Kameisch with
military stores and horses, so that upon the whole
every nerve seems to be strained to achieve some de-
cisive results, and hot work may be expected within
the next two or three weeks.
Nothing of any account has been done in the Bal
tic. No progress made in Asia The Russians were
making some movements on the Danube, consequent
" the shipment Of French troops from TouIon witt
view to service there.
AS usual, the western courts are in stew abou
the position of Austria
But perhaps after all, the most important item @
the whole is the death of the accomplished engineer
General Todben, the real hero of the defence o
Sebastopol There are not wanting suspicious o
foul play arising from the known jealousy entertain
ed against him on account of his rapid promotion
over the heads of older and less able officers as wei
as from the fact that he was looked upon as for
eigner being of Scottish descent although born II
Russia.
Heligoland, which the British are fortiiylng is
small island lying between the mouths OF the Rivers
Elbe and Weser 1t has good harbor.