The Nevada journal., 1855-07-20
TWO WEEKS LATER

Francisco on Friday last, bringing 5O(
passengers and mails.
The dates from Liverpool are up to Jun,
9th. A dispatch from Lord Raglan datet
June Sth announces that after lombard
ment, the French carried the Mamelor
and White Tower at Sebastopol. TIL,
French and Russians suffered severely
The Allies may be said to have full poss
ession of the Sea of Azof. They havt
fourteen war steamers afioat there, and q
very important post has fallen into theil
hands. From this post nearly all the sup.
plies for Sebastopol were drawn, Since
the fall of Kertch the captrue of Sebasto-
pol is deemed certain The Russians have
lost since the Allies entered the Sea Of
Azoff $40 transports, war steamers, and
six millions of rations destined for the gar
rison at Sebastopol. Once the Allies could
easily have been expelled from the Crimea
but the day is now past
Gen. Pelissier's plan ofseizing the works
of the Russians outside the lines of defence
has had marked effect. A few successes
have given courage to the Allies, and o
more intimate acquaintance with the state
of the Russian military organization, has
shown theWestern powers that the strength
and resources of Russia at the seat of wal
is not so much to be dreaded.
The police of Brooklyn discovered &C
or so Germans on board the Teazer, o
British vessel, about to sail for Halifax
who without hesitation declared they were
enlisted for the Allied army before Sebas-
tapol. The officers of the vessel are to be
tried for violation of the neutrality laws
The cholera had made its appearance
among the soldiers at Baton Rouge.
The sheriff of New York seized and sold
for $500, valuable gold snuff box pre-.
sented to friend by the Emperor Loui,
Napoleon.
The Regatta of the N. Y. Yacht clul
came off on the Sth June.
! Some of the leading Hotels in New
York have reduced the price of board, OIL
account of the decline in the prices of food
| from s. per day to $3.50.
Barnum realized $40, 900 from his bah,
show. The rush to see the exhibition wa
!: immense.
The State of Illinois has declared agains
the Maine Liquor Law by small majority
James Bell and John P. Hale are elec
ted to the U. s. Senate from New Hamp
shire The Administration has determin
ed to purge itself by turning out of ofic,
some 200 Know Nothings.
At marble yard in Hudson, N. Y. the
are preparing tomb stones with daguerreo
types of the deceased set in marble.
A duel was fought near Niagara Fall
on the 9TH of June, between Kentuckia
named Breckenridge, and N. Y. mer
chant named Leavenworth, in which tn
latter was mortally wounded.
The K. N. Convention at Philadelp hi
June 14th, resulted in the secession of a
the Northern States except New York an
Pennsylvania. The restoration of tn
. Missouri Compromise Line was insisted o.
by the secessionists, as basis of the adiu
dication of the slavery question. To thi
, the majority did not accede. The follow
ing is the entire platform adopted by tn
majority, the vote being so to SO:
J PLATFORM AND PRINCIPLES.
l. The acknowledgment of that Almight
Being who rules over the Universe-who pre
sides over the Councils of Nations--who cor
ducts the AFFAIRS OF men, and who, in every ste
py wnlcn we have advanced to the characte
OF an independent nation, has distinguished U
7 by some token of Providential agency.
H. The cultivation and development of asen
timent OF profoundly intense American feeling
of passionate attachment to our country. ii
history and its institutions of admiration 70
{
veneration for the heroism that precipitate
! our Revolution and formulation Of the virtu
} wisdom and patriotism that framed our Cor
stitution and first successfully applied its pre-
visions.
Ill. The maintenance of the union of thes
United States as the paramount political goot
or, to use the language of Washington, 9Th
primary object of patriotic desire" An
) hence
l. Opposition to all attempts to weaken {
subvert it.
: 2. uncompromising antagonism to ever
, principle of policy that endangers it.
f 3. The advocacy of an equitable adjustmer
of all political differences which threaten it's in
tegrity or perpetuity.
T.. The suppression of all tendencies to polit
ical division founded on geographical discrin
nations, or on the belief that "there is res
difference of interests and views" between th
various sections of the Union.
s. The full recognition of the rights of th