Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-01-19

lday mofning. the goth uit, ind t6aehed
her dock hero at quarter past three this
alternoon. asi ~ neie5 'H0 sei+ ~
She brings eighty two passengers, ID
cludng Com Perry. 4 ff
The Africa arrived at noon on Tie 24tii.
The Sarah Sands had put into Cork with
her sails damaged, and would proceed TO
Liverpool %
Tho Arabia sailed from Marsciles on
Dec 2lsi, with lG40 French troops for the
Ctimea ar
News unchanged -
The event Of the week is NapoIeon's
speech to tie legislature Ii is warlike Ia
its tone II makes no mention Of any pros
pcci Of peace, and was Immediately follow
I'd by "A loan Of i've hundted million francs,
! which was unanimously voted
An important meeting Of representatives,
# the five powers had been he'd at Vienna.
Result not lranspired. 81"
The Russians continue to make sorties.
The Allies had received rcinforccments
10 the number Of 5000 troors.
The weather was more favorable a
Nothing new in the attitude Of Austria
or Prussia. Ae3 I'D
The British Foreign enlistment I'LL had
become law.
Parliament, had adjourned
No news of impotdnce from the Cfimen.
4 high Diplomatic conference was to be
held al the residence Of the British Miuis-
ter in Vienna, on tbe 2Sth Of December
The Ambassadors of England, France,
Austrin, Prussia. and Russia, and Prince
Gorcllakoif, were TO take part 10 the dis
lcuss;on. The conference was to be of A
private character
A Vienna dispatch Of the goth says that
(iorlschakof presented note, which he
had received from St Petersburch, 10
Count Biol II is believed to be unsatis-
factory. but it is no, the final reply Of Rus
sia in regard to the Russian mission to Lon
don, Of which high expectations have been
formed.
IL has been surmsed that NJ. Usendorn
was merely the bearer Of an autograph let
( tel to the Queen and that his instructions
were merely to watch the course Of events.
Nothing certain, however, was known.
| Aflirs before Sevastopol were unchanc-
ed up 10 the 2Oth of December The Rus
slams claim to be doing considerable dam
age to the approaches of the allies. New
erlheltss, tue French third parallel was
mounted with cannon. f"a
An official dispatch in the Paris Jfoni-
hir, from Balaklava, says: "l'he situation
of the allies is excellent. Gen. Leprandi,
however with 10000 men, was crossing
in the vicinity of Balaklava. MenschSoff
was sick, aud Gen. Osten Sachen was in
command. In the meantime $4,000 Turks
had landed at Supatoria."
The destination of Omer Pasha's army
was kept a profound secret. 1t was tho't
they would invest the north side of Ssyas-
topol
The Railway expedition from England,
was already on the way in seven steamers
and two sailing ships, with all the material
for building a railway from Balaklava to
Sevastopol.
The wretched state of the country, from
heavy rain, had almost put stop to opera
tons.
Communication between Biekop and
Simpheropol was completely impossible.
and week had elapsed since carrier
had arrived at Odessa from Sevastopol.
At last accounts the weather had i'm.
proved. with heavy frosts; and both armies
were renewing their activity.
Admiral Hamn, writing on the 18th
ult, says that the place had kept up a toll
erably brisk fire. The enemy had made
vigorous sorties against our lines and those
of the English. As soon as he reached the
parapets he was received by well-sus-
tained fire of musketry and repulsed at the
point of the bayonet. after an obstinate
struggle"
A skirmish occurred near Inkerman, on
Dec. 18th.
Omer Pasha has left Shumla 70, Con-
stantinople.
Turkish troops began to arrive from Var
IA, on the 18th.
A letter in the Soldata Friendi says:---
"The defense Of the fortress is now to be
conducted ON a new plan. The costly ma
terial will be removed from the bastions on
the walls. and carried back to the ships -
Twenty-Five ships have been equipped and
are row ready for sea. II is probable the
garrison have reviewed the places which
they pretended to have left" H3o iaaw
The Tremabin Blatt says, likewise. that
the defense of Sebastopol will be confined
to the fort. $50 t0n
We have further particulars as to the ma
val sorIie from Sobastopol. Two Russian
steamers towing six gun boats. ran out Of
the harbor on December 9th, and after fir
ing on French steamer and bomb-ketcb,
we've compelled to retire. au
The passage left between the sunken
slips was only vide enough for one vessel
to pass ri time.
The Allied ipets are moved outside the
double Bay of fCbcrsonesus. ash
Orders had bsen received at Warsaw 10
complete the additional works of the Cita-
del within the first fortnight Of January.
Marshal Paskiew;ch had ordered the
immediate enrolment of three parks Of fly
ing artillery. -
The recruits Of the new levy are TO create
Il second Grand Army Of Reseve, TO be con-
cenlrated in and around Moscow.
Twenty thousand men were occupied in
forli(ying Kiel
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