M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-02-02
The STATE Of Emropc.

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Pai1hsn mortafs to the nor;hefn fort
that they are able TO throw shells across
the hatpor and the town into the French
third parallel. The English Lancaster
guns are said TO be a failure; their pow
er is enormous whrn che hall strikes the
point at which il Is aimed, but the gun
rarely sends two balls to the same point.
and as yet no means have been found TO
prevent this deviation.
1t is sai1 that orders have been sent
from London and Paris to the army in
the Crimea, 20 take Sebsstopol at any
risk, since without such blow the ne
gotia,ions with Austria canno. be car.
ried on to advantage, The Generals. on
the other hand MaslgJ thsit o5sfaslons
until the arrival Of 0mer Psshs.. But
the Turkish General. disgusted with the
way in which the Turkish. troops are
treated by the Allies, refuses to 60 to
the Crimea, unless he has an entirely in.
dependent command; and since the
Turkish army is entirely worthless with.
out him, his request will probably be
complied with. Lord Redcliffs has, by
his intrigues, prevented the Hungarian
Gener rails from being employed in the
Turkish army OF Europe, in order to
please Austria. The RESULT now is, that
omer Pasha has become indispensable,
and in a position TO dictate terms.
Admiral Dundas returns 81 last to
England, without having won golden
opinions. Sir Charles Napier is now 10
London, but he does not venture to re.
peat his Dragging in the Reform Club
The French Admiral Hamelin is like.
wise TO return, and more energetic Ad-
mirals, Sir f. Lyons and Admiral Brust,
both men Of tried energy and expert.
ence, are 10 replace them. .....
The Spanish Cortes have resolved not
to sell Cuba for any price, and that they
offer an asylum to all the foreign refu.
gees ia Europe.
Prince GorchAkoff. the EmbasssdoI OF
Vienna, has declared that his powers are
too limited to give any decisive answer
ia regard 10 the acceptance OF the four
conditions as interpreted by the Allies.
The three powers have accordingly con.
sented to wait fourteen days from the
end Of December. for the definite reply
Of Russia. >,
The exeriions Of the Sultan for the
speedy reinforce ement OF the Allied ar
mics in the Crimes by the army Of 0meI
Pasha. are gracefully acknowledged by
The MoniIeur. The difficulties about
Omer Pasha's independent com msnd led
to the adoption of different policy
of campaign. He is to land at Eupato-
ria not at the Ksicha, as origiauslly in.
tended and to marrh either against Pere.
koP, or TO fight Prince Menchikofl's de.
vision. which is now al S. mpheropol. -
The telegraph repor, about Liprsrd's al.
tack on Balaklavs. on the Gath, is NIT
credited, though il caused some ureasi.
ness and slight decline Of the funds
The French loan finds favor.
The attempts Of the English Govern
ment TO enlist foreign trUopS have al
ready signally failed in three States :
Prussia, Switzerland and Spain; the
Governments of those countries having
officially declared that they cannot give
permission for foreign enlistment. The
minor States Of Germany will soon make
a similar declaration; and the most un'
popular measure oI the Ministry will
prove an evidence OF their short sight.
edness and their utter incspacity to
comprehend either the English or the
Continental mind. They are reduced tU
the necessity Of enlis,ing such volun.
teers as present themselves q, their de.
pots, withot being allowed 10 canvass
the foreign States with ell the snowy
sp!endor Of the English army.
The political negotiations, and the
attempts at peace, are again marTed By
the unexpected turn of the military
operations. Sebsstopol wss TO be de
stroyed and taken, before the Limitation
Of the Russian power in the Euxine, the
reduction of the fleet and raising Of the
fortress could be proposed to the Car
without irritating him. But it seems
that the incapacily of Lord Raglan de-
stroys the schemes OF Lord PaTmefstof.
Accordingly. orders have been given to
attack and take the fortress at any price.
The bombardment was to begin on The
2Sth, and the assault was expected on
the 3lst Of December last. Our latest
accounts from the Crimes extend only to
the 26th, and up to that time nothing
had been done. .,.. ,..,
| peculiar feature OF the present wal
is its unusual cruelty, reminding US Of
the middle eges. The English officers
do not take any care Of the wel-beinl
Of :heir soldiers, either in the camp or il
the hospital. of 10000 sent during th,
last year from England to the seat oi
war, only $4,000 remain on the rolls; tn,
remainder have died, OF are rotting in
the hospitals at Balaklava and Scuiari
whittier they are conveyed in way
which equals all the horrors OF the mid
die passage Of the slavers. .a
The great Russian Hospital 10 Sebasto
pol has been shelled ard destroyed BY
he English, in spite Of the yellow Ast
which fluueIed upon it,and which woul,
have been respected by Radetzky o
Haynauj 1000 wounded Russians fount
here horrible death. The Euglish ex
cuse this act of barbarism BY sayin
that il was a mistake, and that the
: we're induced by . Polish deseIter to he
lieve that the great building was pow
: der magazine. You know that from tn
: :ime of Copenhagen and Nasarino, tn
! English have always been great In mis-