Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-01-24
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.

huoilS HcT passengers dIe Souliuouuie CITY,
of The Japan squadron, and the bearer of dis
patches from St. Petersburg.
Extracts from Foreign Journals.
RUSSIA.
Orders have been received at Warsaw to cnm-
! pete the additional works Of the citadel within
! The first fortnight of January. Prince Paskie-
witch has ordered the immediate enrolment of
three parks of flying artillery. The recruits of
the new levy are 10 creale 4 second grand army
OF reserve, 10 be concentrated in and around
Moscow
Twenty thousand men were occupied in forti-
! flying Rer.
A Russian ukasc has been published ordaining
! that whoever after battle shall commit acts of
cruelty on the wounded, or unresisting shall
suffer death.
The chief engineer officer who conducted the
defence of Sebastopo is Gen. Destrem, \ French
man.
A levy of ten mea in every thousand has been
ordered in the eastern half Of the Empire, to be
completed by March 18th.
The frontiers of the Kingdom of Poland next
TO Russia are denuded of troops
The Constitutional states, on the authority
of a Warsaw informant, that the news of the re-
cent calling out of the battallions Of reserve of
lie Russian corps Of Grenadiers is incorrect.
The resource in question WAS exhausted as long
ago as February last.
ENGLAND.
Parliament has adjourned and the Royal as.
sent has been given to the foreign enlistment
bill. The measure continues unpopular. 1t is
said that the articles of the German confedera-
tion expressly forbid German subjects from en-
tering the military service of foreign States
The war was absorbing all interests, and a
large loan was about to be effected.
Col. Colt denies, in letter to the London
Times, that he has offered to supply pistols 10
the army Of the Gar.
The U. s. steam frgate San Jacinto, was at
Gibraltar on Dec. u. The steamer New York
passed the Straits on the same day.
FRANCE. :,
On Tuesday, the 26th, at one o'clock, The
Emperor opened in person, at the Palace of the
Tuileries, in the Sale des Marechaux, the legis-
lalive session Of 1855, and received The oaths of
the new members Of the Senate and Corps Leg
islatif The throne was placed at the end of
the room on dais, in the bay of the window
looking into the garden. On the right Of the
throne WAS placed q chair for Prince Jerome
anu OU lclI aHOlUcT lot TTInCe
Napoleon, absent on the Emperors service.
he Emperor having taken his place in front
of the throne, having Prince Jerome Napoleon
on his right. and Prince Eouis-L -Lucien Bonaparte
and Prince Lucien Murat on his left, the whole
of the persons being outstanding and uncovered,
the Grand Master Of the Ceremonies, after hav-
ing the order of his Majesty, said, Gentlemen,
he seated" The Emperor then delivered the
following speech:
Me<sicurs les SENATOR'S, hlesseurs les De-
putes: Since your last meeting, great deeds
have been accomplished. The appeal which
made 10 the country to defray the expenses of
the war was so well responded to, that The re.
suit has surpassed my hopes. In the Baltic as
in the Black Sea, our arms have been victorious
Two great battles have added ren0wn to our
standard. The intimacy Of our relations with
England has been brilliantly atiestrd. The Eng
sh Parliament has voted thanks to our generals
and 10 our soldiers. A great empire made young
again by The chivalrous sentiments of its Sove-
regns, has detached itself from the power which
for forty years has menaced the independence of
Europe. The Emperor of Austria has conclu.
ded ! treaty-detensive to day, offensive, per-
haps o-morrow-whirh unites his causes with
that of France and England.
Thus, gentlemen, as the war il prolonged the
number of our allies increases, and the ties al
ready formed become closer. For what ties are,
in fact, more secure than the names of victories
shared by the two armies aud recalling i CON-
mon glory, the same anxieiies and the same
hopes agitatng the two countries. and the same
aims and the same intentions animalng the two
Governments in all parts of the globe! Thus
the alliance with England is not the effect of a
but it is the union Of two powerful nations as-
sociated on the triumph of a CAUSE in which fLr
more than Il century their own greatness, the
interest Of civilization and the liberty of Europe
are ut The same time involved Join me, then,
on this solemn occasion, in thanking here, and
in the name of France, the Parliament for its
esteemed Chief for their valiant co-operalion
Next year, should peace not be established.
hope to obtain the assistance of Germany
whose union and prosperity we desire.
am happy in paying Il just tribute of praise
10 the army and fleet, who, by their devotion
and discipline, in the South rs in France, have
nObly answered my expectations. The army of
The East has hitherto borne and overcome every
thng-disease fire, tempest, and privalons,
city constantly re-vicluaed, defended by a
formidable artillery on land and sea, and two
hostile armies superiour to us in numbers have
been powerless TO weaken its courage, or sub.
due its spirit Each man nobly did his duty,
from the marshal who seemed to have forced
death 10 wait till he had conquered, to the pri-
vale soldier or sailor whose last cry in expiring
was prayer for france. and a cheer for the
elect of his country. Let us, then together pro-
claim that the army and fleet have deserved we'll
OF The country.
War, it is true, brings with it cruel sacrifices,
yet everything bids ME push it on with vigor,
and for this purpose count upon your assis-
tance. The army at present consists Of $4,000
soldiers and .ll3000 hurSes, and the n Wy Of
$4,000 saors ahoat. II is indispensaby ne
cessary to keep this force in an effective state
and to fill up The vacancies occasioned by the
annual discharges and by the war, | shall ask of
you, as did last year, u levy Of 100000 men,
A law will be brought before you for ameliora.
ting The position of soldiers re.enistng without
increasing the expense; it will be of immense
advantage 10 increase The number of veteran
soldiers in the army, and to allow in future the
weight of conscription to be diminished. hone
that this law will soon meet with your approval
/ shall demand Of you authority to conclude
new national loan: Although this measure will
increase the public debt, We must moi forget
that by the conversation of the Rentes the inter
est OF the debt has been reduced by 81 millions.
The object of my efforts is 10 place tho expen-
diture OH level with the receipts, and the ordi-
nary budgets, to be presented to you will be
found in equilibrium, while the resources of tho
loan will suffice to meet the demands of the war.
You will see with pleasure that our revenues
have not diminished, that industrial enterprise ia
sustained, that all the great works of public