Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-06-14

FOUR DAYS LATER FROM THE SEAT
OF WAR-IMPORTANT SUCCESSES OF
THE IES=sANGUINARYCO CONFLICTS
New York, June l3-noon-The mail steam
chip Atlantic has arrived, bringing news from Eu.
rope to the 2nd instant. Her news is by far the
most important since tho announcement Of the bat.
tie of Aim& r. 4 Il. rs,. ,srtured Keroch in
the Sea oil Att 81 ~ ~ 'oi ii resistance
| They had also carried The t..s AL emp at Tcber-
Maya and gained several successes before Sebasto-
pol The news comprises accounts of three several
successes of the allied armies. u -
| Firstly, of the French troops, who were con =
petely victorious in sanguinary conflict lastir q
through the whole night Of the 22nd and 23d Of
May. During this battle the French took an i'm
| poriant position of defense or place de armes be-
| fore Sebastopol, which they still retain Not few
| er than 5000 men were killed or wounded. mostly
| in hand TO hand encounter with the bayonet----l
/ The second success was in brilliant and rapid
advance on Tchermaya, in which they succeeded in
seizng and retaining the Russian lines without sus-
| tanning much loss. The Russians abandoned their
| camp and retreated to the hills -
The third success the secret expedition Of
| the Allies, directed to the sea of Azof The expe-
dtion obsiped possession of The fortress of Kersch
and now command the sea, in which there are Ia
OF the Allies steamers THE Russisns, on approach
of the enemy, blew up the forts and set fire to four
steamers thirty transports and half million sacks
Of breadstuf to prevent them falling in the hands
of the Allies q. - Sac ~. lT-li bsl - 8
France and England have decisivey declined
any further Conferences at Vienna. $500 49,
LATEST NEws.-Begium is about Joining the Al
lies.
Breadstuas dsll and unchanged; Provisions ad-
vauced; Cotton active. 80 - B. !, ..r7sJ
The French have established q camp at Tcher-
goun. iet5s ~.
tits now certain that Belgium win furnish e, 600
men TO aid the Allies. ~. I'll as e.
Somebody's of peace are said to prevail in eonse-
quence of the recent Russian reverses 3.a 5~
VERY LArEsr.-When the steamer Driver was
sent into the Baltic ports to serve vessels with sn
Official notice of the blockade she found the Amer
lean ship Samuel Appleton" of Boston, which
was served with warning to clear out within six
days. day or two afterwards, when out cruis-
ing, she fell in with the "Appleton"-an officer
was sent on board to examine her papers, which
were found perfectly in order; whereupon the Of
hcer demanded to see her bills of lading The
American Captain objected, and began to make
difficulties. The officer insisted that the "Apple-
ton" had just landed at Bsltistport 10000 reyol-
yers, $4,000 rifles besides about 500 bales of Cot
ton as the ostensible part of her cargo The ship
was carefully overhauled, but nothing contrabsnd
was found
A French private dispatch from yarna states
that the Allies are in possession of Tchernaya on
the right bank of the river. 41t y 'ss.e9,
Two Russian batteries and several bataions
were detached from the north of Sebastopol and
are advancing for the support of the retiring force
English funds opened Friday, with o further |
slight reaction, but gradual recovery took place,
and the market closed with renewed firmuess |
and a decided improvement in the afternoon, at
trbuted to the satisfactory accounts of the
of the allied squadron in the Sea of Azoff-eouped
with the report that the Grand Duke Constantine |
had resigned his position as Grand Admiral in the
Russian navy and that the peace party is in the
ascendant at St Petersburg. Tsta' r TT9EI
The bullion in the bank ofEagland has increased. |
,r.. PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.
NEw York, June 18th night-The Tribune |
publishes the majority and minority resolutions
presented yesterday by the platform committee in
the American convention.
The majority report is for submitting to the ex-
isting laws of slavery and declares that Congress
has no power under under the Constitution to leg
islate upon the subject, or to exclude any State
because she had admitted or rejected slavery; and
that Congress ought not to legslate upon the sub
ect of slavery in the territories or in the District
Of Columbia; and that any interference in the lat
ter would violate the compact BY which Mary
land ceded the district, and would be breach of
national faith
The minority resolutions declare the repeal Of
the Missouri Compromise a violation of plighted
faith, and if an effort for its restoration should
fail, Congress Should refuse TO admit any slave
State from the portions of territory where slavery
was excluded by the compromise No action has
been had on either report 73s
SECOND DIsPATcH-The convention bias been
engaged to-day on discussion of the natursliza-
ton laws .-.... -s...
The platform committee has made its final re-
port, the consideration of which will come up when
the naturalization question is settled. ---
New YoRK, June 18th, uight-Cotton advanced
one fourth cent Sales of 1000 bales-New Or I
leans midding IL "a Upland niddng l216.AI
Flour declined l2a to 25 cents-Sales of 600 bbls
good Ohio 9.5Oa975. Southern quiet-l1 % to
l1.62.. Wheat dull with declining tendency
Corn a trihe lower--75 900 bushels mixed at 99a
o. Pork trifle higher-Sslcs Of 500 old mess
at 17.12 to 17lS, new l7.75, prime Is co. Beef
firm. Lard firm with an upward tendency-Saes !
of $3.50 bbls. Ohio whisky heavy 35s35t Coffee
steady-sales OF 1000 bags of Rio at l0sl1c. SUI
gar in fair dernand-sales Of 1000 hh6s Orleans Il
5 6 s Stocks Deuteronomy unchanged.
NEW YORK. June Is The Pacific sailed at
noon with 2l1 passengers. atg ia -s-.s f'-s
PITTsBURG, June l3, p. m.-The river is falling
with 8 feet water in the channel. Weather clear
and COOL EaHs. ~ L..g
LOUISVILLE, June Is, p. m--The river is station
ary with Ct feet water on the falls. 4
-sI THE nCEAN STEaHERS wv /