New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-11-02

machines numbers Of which had been dug nj, n
various partssof' thetown and around the bat
teries an officer and nineteen men were wounded
6ent simpson reports trifipg engagement
10 which the 10th Hussars and the Chasseufs
beat back the Cossacks near Kertsch i'5s3
= A letter from Vienna states that several
| bankers there give credence TO the Iumor tha,
Russia is contr acting loan In North America
and that the negotiations are likely to be con
cluded. 81
Marseifles adsices of tie 1GtR state that the
Miaister of War was sill using every exertion
to reinforce the army In the trimea. ~ "
/ Aistter from sebastopel in the Frankfort
EGazette, states that the sunken Russisns shiss
Ecan be raised without difficulty as'the Russians
closed them in every part bur ope, andattaohe ed
| hose to the shulls. so that the water can be
| pumped out when required. =, =
Pelissier and Simpson, according to the Daily
sews,.have had asmeeting, with o view to pre-
vent what they consider iBdisereet revelations
Eby newspaper correspondents, military and
civil. s7r'- ser @.f- ,ss4e..s- t,"es - ~ :.
| Gen. Masmora declares, in an order Of the
days that he will severely punish the authors
tof any letters which may have been found, by
informing the bussisns Of the movements of
|;ths Allies, to have ipjarea the position of the
latter. -,
A Dispatch from Prince Gertschakof, dated
Oct. 8, received at st Petersburg, states that
the'Aylies bad advanced from tupatoria, threat
ening Perekop, but had retired on meeting the
advance pestsof the Russian left flank Sixteen
battalions OF the Russians were thrown into
disorder ssS
According to the Frankfort Post Zeitung,
the body Of the Russian army had been with
drawn from the plateau on the north side of
{sebastopol towards the heights Of the Belbec
unly few thousand men nov garrison the
northern forts. go s~ y
In the neighborhood, of Eicolaieff some 45 OK OF
men are concentrated, 28. 900 of whom belong
to the newly raised military. -
Her Majesty's ships London, Rodney, Albion,
Leander and Wasp, have received orders TO pro-
coed under the command of admiral Stafford
to the coast Of Italy, They will begin their
mission, it is said, in the Bay Of Naples.
A letter from Seb,is.opol, in the Marseilles
Journal, says that one of the orders which has
been executed by the troops with the greatest
pleasure, is that of filing up the trenches. IT,
is stated that the troops regard their prospects
so favorably thatsa great number of the soldiers
of the class Of 184I, who may now quit the ser
vice, do not wish to do so.
The allied fleet, which, according to the last
news, sailed on secret expedition from Ssbasr
topol, anchored off Odessa on the Sth day of
October. Prince Gortschakoff reports that the
force consists of eight ships of the line, twenty
seven steamers and one other vessel No news
of the bombardment had been received up to
the latest dates, but was expected Immediately
Odessa, since the destruction of the corn ports
in the Sea Of Azof, has formed the chief, if not
the sole means Of support of the Russian army
in the Crimea. The Emperor of Russia and
suite arrived at Odessa on the 22d of Septem-
ber, but left again the enext day for Noolaieff to
attend q council ofwar. ssf 2a5s & *..s
The Lapalsde Rttsse gives detailed account
Of the losses Of the Russian garrison on thea8th
September, as follows: Killed, 2,6s4 !; wounded,
9 ,058 contusions, ,205; missing. l. Z 754-total
IL ,70l. The same journal states that the Rus.
slams lost 800 men, on the 10th. August, and
Z 900 men per day every day up to September5 B.
Thus it would appear that the losses Of the gar
rison for the last three weeks of the siege
amounted to $4,000 men, irrespsctively of dis
ease
According to the Constantinople journal, the
Commander. of the Turkish army. On the Danube !
has received instructions, to provide rations for
forty to fifty thousand French troops, who are |
to arrive at Silistria shout the end of October
A telegraph from Constantinople states that I
the Anglo- Turkish Contingency has received |
orders to proceed to schumla.
Mediation.
In circular addressed by the Austrian Gov
ernment to it's representatives, it is intmated, /
that though Prussia is at liberty to act as me-
diat0r between the belligereRt powers, the
present is not a favorable time for such, media.
tion; that, in fact the Western Powers must \
follow up the advantage gained, and not treat /
with Russia when they have expelled them from |
the -Crimea. The manifesto asserts that the I
most perfect understanding existed between
Austria and France . =
-,ss - The War in Asia. > ~
Gen. Monrayieff has forwarded to st, Peters |
burg d reportof a successful engagement, in |
which the Gossaeks, militia and dragons, com |
manded by Lieutenant General Koyalerski, |
defeated o detachment Of 1900 regular Turkish |
cavalry, and 1000 Bashi Bazouks. The Turks |
had about 400 killed.
i Ali Pasha, the commander, who took part in |
most Of the last wars of Turkey, was made pris
oner The Turks lost all their guns.
The garrison at Kars still holds out, though |
reduced 70 great extremes, Part of Omar /
Pasha's force vas advancing from Batonm to |
attempt to raise the blockade The Turkish |
force now at Kars numbers 10000 men,.
The Baltic.
The Russians are repairing Sweaborg with
the greatest activity, enlarging the barracks
and building batteries, etc Z ar . rss%
Further accounts from Riga, though meagre,.
of the bombardment, state that the batteries at
the mouth Of Duna. had suffered little, hut the
battery at Balfen had suffered considerably. /
On the 25th Of September, three trigates am
schored at the mouth of the Riyer'Sa and the
boats crews set fire to ten vessels, 1
Rear Admiral Penand, describing the-e expe-
dition to the GaH of Bothnia, by one French
corvette and two. English steamers, states
Eleven Russian vessels, anchored off Buran, q
small town on the Finnish coast, were captured;
also, eight other small vessels, making thetun-
mage captured2 500. sa-N7 s.E
ts,es.t Great Britain. s-sS = 4
Thursday, the 10th inst was the weekly
Board day Of the Bank Of England a pro-
tracted discussion took place, but no change.
was made in the rate Of discount
: A meeting Of the creditors Of Delisle & jan
.voin has been held, and the statement Of their
affairs was very satisfactory. ..,s.$..
France. =
y The .Moniteur announces, officially, that the
Empress has entered the fifth month Of her preg.
nancy, and that her health Is excellent.
An alliance between Prince Napoleon and the
Princess Royal Of England, it is stated by the
Times correspondent, is rumored in political
circles. ,s4s = 80 -
Denmark N 5s.55sl 8 .gss4sg
1t Is announced in one Of the London papers
that the Danish Government has invited all