Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-02-07
THE NEWS.
LIE NAR

| LEX :! AZ.
/. There is remarkable scarcity ofintelligenc
respecting either the progress of the siege o
/ the progress CT negotiations Of peace. Tht
! chief interest now centers in the proceeding
| of the Congress at Vienna. Hopes are enter
/ tanned that the negotiations may lead to peace
but equally well-grounded apprehensions pre-
vail that the present negotiations Will fail t.
restablsh peace, in which event, all concu
/ that this war will assume vaster magnitude
The French and English Ministers at Vienn:
have received the necessary powers to enable
them to reopen negotiations. This intelli
gence is derived from telegraphic dispatch
dated Vienna, the 18th inst. Letters from
| that city inform US that the policy of the AL
| lied Powers will be to retard negotiations, in
the hope that in the meantime the fall of Sc
bastopol will happen, to influence the decis-
ion Of the Czar. On the 10th or 18th ult.
Prince Gorchakof is understood to have re-
ceiyed written instructions from his Govern
ment in regard to the pending negotiations.
The exact contents are. Of course, secret but
rumor from well informed sources says, that
Russia again expresses the Cars readiness to
enter into negotiations for an honorable peace
and also his earnest desire to put an end to all
present difficulties. 1t is also stated that the
AustrianMinister expresses an earnest desire to
see peace, but will, nevertheless, firmly insist
upon the acceptance, by Russia, of such con-
ditions as the welfare of Europe demands; but,
it is added, Austria will hesitate to conclude
an offensive alliance with England and France,
until the latter powers shall have stated exact
ly the nature of their demands. As set-off
against this statement, Count Buol, the Aus
trian Minister, is reported to have declared at
complimentary dinner to the Ottoman Min
lister that Austria would fight side by side with
England and France against Russia. Vienna
letters also boast of Austria's good faith and
determination to proceed to hostilites. Prus-
sia, it will be remembered, has formally refll-
sed to mobilize and place part of her army in
Prussian Siiesia, to cover the left flank Of the
Austrian forces now in Gailicia, assigning as
a reason her confidence in the pacific inten-
tions OF Russia. Prussia further accuses Aus
tria of having gone beyond the stipulations of
her Convention with Prussia inasmuch as she
ilbS COLiCiuutu ScpSIdlS iItStltS Will OtEEE
powers which virtually do away with that Of
April 20. The object of Prrssi, is evidently
TO prevent Austria from taking an active par
ticipation in the war. Both from Berlin and
Vienna it is stated that great efforts are being
made to obtain the consent Of the Western
Powers to an armistce. The Prussian Cahi-
net is urging, with peculiar earnestness, the
necessity of suspending hostilities, until the
belieerents shall have pursued further the
present endeavor to arrive at an understan-
ding. These are mere rumors, but nothing
else is at present within the reach of the pub
lie. An approaching Congress of Nations is
more and more confidently talked of. Tie
london Daily NcUs says: We may be indu-
ced TO repose some sscon fidcnce in the result
of that CONGRESSES deliberations elf the Uni
ted States arc invited to take part in ssthem
and accepts the invitation" Sardinia is re-
ported SIS being Hing 70 undertake to send
Is 600 man, recruited from all Italy, to the
aid Of the Allies in the East-thc reason as
signed being, that for want Of an outside en-
terprise to engage their attention, the Italians
are growing restless. The Senates of Ham
burg and Lubec have issued an edict forbid
ding foreign enlistments, and it is expected
that Bremen. Mecklenburg Schwerin and
StTeli,z, will also issue prohibitions of the
same description. The army of the British has
almost completed its war compliment. Let
ters say that the Swedish army is Immediately
to be placed on war footing, by the addition
of sc, 600 Swedes and Is, 900 Norwegians.