The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-10-04
Arrival of the America at Boston.
ADDITIONAL FOREIGN NEWS.

Boston, Sept. %.
The Royal Mail steamer America arrived
here from Halifax at about nine O'Clock this
evening The mails brought by her will be
forwarded by the early train tomorrow morn
ing over the New Havana road, and will be due
in New York az O'Clock the same evening
letter from Paris dated the 18th inst.
says: The TIE Deum ordered by the Emperor
at the Church of Notre Dame as thanksgiv-
ing to God for the capture of Sebastopol. was
chanted this morning with all the pomp which
the Catholic Church is capable of displaying:
the Ministers, the great Deputaries of the
State, several of the foreign ambassadors,
numerous Generals, the Senator'S, the mem
bers of the Legislative body, the Judges and
in a word, all the great bodies of the State, .
together with the different members of the
Academic and learned institutions were pres I
ent.
! a more brilliant display of uniforms en-
/ broideries, and decorations, has seldom been
seen. The Emperor went to the Cathedral in
grand procession, escorted by strong detach-
ments of guards, Cuirassiers of the Guard and
. Cent Gardes. His Majesty was in carriage,
drawn by eight horses led by lackeys in SPLEEN
did liveries.
I He was accompanied by Prince Jerome, and
wore the uniform of a General. The Empress
troops of the line were drawn up on both sides
of the streets leading from the Tuilleries to
the Notre Dame.
A vast crowd of spectators lined the streets
along which the cortege passed, and the win
d6ws of the houses were filled with people.
His Majesty, both going and returning, was
, greeted with hearty acclamations of ''Vive
PEmpereur." All the houses on the line of
the procession were profusely decorated with
English and French flags.
The Cathedral of Notre Dame was decorated
internally and externally with English, French,
e Turkish, and Sandman flags On the column
u also was large escutcheon bearing the English
. and French arms. The sight of the standard
, of the Protestant English in the venerable
/. Catholic Cathedral of Paris was very remark
= able. 1t was. in fact one of the most curious
? things that has occurred in the course of the
;. alliance.
A dispatch, dated Paris, Wednesday, Sept.
: II, says that fresh requirements are ordered
: to proceed to the Crimea immediately, to Join
, the Grenadiers.
A dispatch from Vienna states that Baron
: Ku5eck, President of the Counsel; has died OF
: cholera.
In regard to the losses of the French a
: French letter says:
at is reported in Paris that no less than four
a French Generals were killed in the attack on
= Sebastopol on Saturday The death of Gen
!, eral De Selles, however who made the attack
l / on the Central Bastion is not confirl1ed. The
: names of those killed are Generals Ri ret, LIE
' Breton and Mel. General De Marolles Is
missing, and it is feared that he has met his
death from the explosion of a mine
General Donestoen is severely wounded, and
: the favorite aid-de-camp of General Pelissier
: MORALLY so. Of the French casualties other
J, wise we know as yet nothing positive The
+ total number is as yet not allowed to trans
: pre- Some believed that it will be found to
{ amount to 10000 including the English loss,
e while others from lower estimate
= Probably the returns, will not be given un-
: til after the celebration of the TIE Deum in
! Paris.
i The London Times speaks of the probability
. of the Russians maintaining themselves in the
, northern forts, but says the works there are in
+ terior to those they have quilted, and do not
! comprise the resources of an arsenal and a
i town, and that they are supplied with water
! by wells only. 1t also says;
we take the final destruction of the Rus
:, sian steamers by the orders of Prince Gorcha-
I koH to De further proof of his intention to-
), retreat; otherwise these vessels might have
: been sheltered for short time under the large
I northern batteries. From these indications we
. conclude that the present object of the Russian
q Generals is mainly to save the remains of their
i army; and the strategical question which re-
> mains to be determined by the skill and vigor
OF the respective belIigerents is, whether the
: allied forces will not prevent that object''
? The lines Paris correspondent writes that
the Russian artillery men were at the guns
but with that exception complete panic took
: possession of the Russian army at the appear
,, ance of the Allies at the Malakoff tower.
; The Journal independence Beige, says that
at the third assault, generals, officers and sol
r diers, were all mixed together
An order has been received at Marseilles to
suspend the embarkation of bumbshells, and
to land those already shipped
! Gen. Canrobert was offered the dignity of
! Marshal of France, but declined to accept it,
that he might not detract from the luster of
the achievement of Gen. Pelissier
The America, on her arrival at Halifax, fired
thirty-six guns, in commemoration of the VIC
tory.
The Bilancia of Milan, announces that fifty
Mazznans had arrived from London, design
ing to kidnap and carry off his Holiness, the
Pope; when he should proceed to inspect the
works in progress at Porto d'Anzo. The plot,
however, was known to the police, and the CON
:, spirators were obliged to take to tho woods of
Valmontone and Palestrina, where they were
pursued by the gems darmes.
The Russian view of taking sebastopol