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sRzAV POLITICAL CONFERENCE RE ~ i
h NJ SPFFCH PROM NAPOLE0N-NkM31
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political INTELLIGENCE. ,6f.
rrfe steamer Arabia sailed from Aarseiess on the
80, Mn DO French troops for the Crimea
Mon political conference was % Re held y tne
-ss;enee 81 the British Minister az vienna en suy
18Th ult The Ambassadors q ms ,sars II
III he discussion. The eoulerence nlss
n 81 the nj positive ehAraslsss oo,,, ,hat
rr;nee tsoisthakosf pressn, noee Esslssse =. u
81 Petersburg to Cous BuoL y - Rnss;a
unsatisfactory, but IS not fe ma. which their
The Allies were defining ne sense ;n,ss hereto
Tahinet waslto understand the four Pc nss
fore proposed. < .sss.,. We and |
thereby influence ali Germany on her sue = |
people il is thought will toree. snels
accept tie proposition Of the Allies. ,..a
Il Naeh excitement continued throughout IN ~
- ia War question. which WAS absorbing VI W
terests Nothing definite had been done IN 10
ent Thsproposed loan however woaia = si;;ss
Il 4 fly believed thai Prussia will JOIN tne AlllHs
Indeed that lie steps tsken by Austria VIII eornpsS
T.,- endorsements f Russians were daily afrns
ine al seb.ssopol Thenexi battle, 4 i taxes psa'e
viii be the most despeFate ana hoooy g NJ
Rsth British ANA French funds were inncn aept
ii n,IIer eSisting circumstances ana the necesssy
afakine loans England has secured afs Ea aoa.1
= Pc I9St.n vessels If war attacked freren
The fifstf S4sasiepe The Engllsn, iflsA'Ss
thousand Turks, with disision Of french hgu-
English artillery, were ahSut to seige PerekoP-
There are 81 lines there.
There grats esent OF the week has been Napeleons
speech to the French Legislature 1t is warlike in
its tone, and makes mention Of any prospects of
peace, II was Immediately followed by lone Of
500,ooo0oe francs unapimopsly voted
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR
Affairs 1t Sabastopol hH The 20ih Of December
were anehanged. The Russians however claim TO
be doing considerable damage to tis approaches Of
the allies, but nevertheless The third parable ofthe
French WAS hristling with mounted cannon.
Tho reiusereements afeeieyed By the allies up to
the 18th Of December amount TO 1900 men. Il
Gen. Menschkoff masllying sick at psten. SakeH
is la command. a
Five thousand Turks had landed at Eupatoris.--
The destination Of OInst Pachas army was pro I
fonn1s Il was thought he would invest the
north side Of Sebastop0E lie lelt Shnaila for Cons
stantihohe on the l7tebf december, but his future
movements were not kaown.) The Turkish troops
began Ad arrive FROM NaIna on the 18th
File Communication beMeea Perekol and Sehas
topoi was completely interrupted. week bad +
elapsed Since courier arrived at Odessa from Be
basopol. III
AT the last accounts 1.-The weather had improved, /
and there had been a heavy fAost Botharniles were
renewing tlseir activity. Several sor,ies were re-
ported, and the Russians had been rePdlsed |
a0rders have been reVyedMt Warsaw TO complete
the additional. works Of heTDatadeI within the first
fortnghtof january Prince Pasklewitch has Or
dered The immediate enrolment Of thee parks of
flying artillery The RECRUITS Of the new levy arctic
create second grand aeIly of reserve TO be concur
tgeed in and aronnd Moscow. Il
Twenty thousand men were occupied in Certifying /
Riga.
4 Russian Ukase has been published ordainihg (
that whoever after battle shhll commit acts 81 cruel
~ on The wounded unvesisting shall suier death
The Chief Engineer officer who conducted the de- [
fence Of Sehastopolis Gen, Destrem, Frenehmen. 7
THE VERY LATEST HY TELEGRAPH re- Lon
BON
CoysTaSrisoPLE Dec. b. # is confidently ssser- !
ted that the resolution bas been adopted TO storm
sebastopoi soon as theIurkish reinforc9lhents I
come UP. Il
The French Is i said Ire to storm tie place @klst
Tie British and Eurkishsforees attack AenschkoiTS (
army. i
III is reposted The omar Ppcha has written to The 4
SSltaa making the condition of his accepting The I
coaamand ofthe Turkish totces atSebastopol, that
be shall lave tMJ votes 10 the Cornell Of Warglu +
order 70 pregent big being outyoted by Lord Bingham
vIEssA Dec. ss.-A despatch from warsaw an
nounSes that the Russian naval ariilerymen were \
taken out Of the Baltic tefi, and 70 teir pFesence
at Sebastopol is due the recent precssianot fbe FIRE
from that place as well hs the new found b5iants
Of the fleet
The foreign troops la5e been Withdrawn from
Tuscany /
a qsiarrel has sprung Up between the king Of
Naples and the Jesuits upon the question of the Su-
periority Of the Pope OVER fhe Kings Of the EARTH
Destructive Fire #
Al the early hour p tiye Wednesday morning, 4
fire was discovered in the warehouse occupied liw
Vim. B. Walter on Cauieron Street Just above The
Union Hotel and before il could be arrested it de-
stroved the valuable blhcS Of buildings three in
number, comprising thdtsn which the fire origina-
ted and the adjoining two occupied by G. Il Wood
Go. There had beeni a light fall of snow, and
there was but little wind but the supply Of water
was scant aud it required all the vigilance Of; DUR
efficient Ere companies to keep the flames FROM
spreading 10 greater extent. Ii VAS with immense
lahor that the warehouse of Il. 3, Allen, adjoining
Mr. Walters, was saved.
Tie Gre Is supposed 10 have been accidental &
When first discovered, il proceeded from the cellar
where It was perhaps communitated from the first
f0orI We regret to state that Mr.. Walter not OILY
lost bis stock OF goods, but all his books and hc-
conYs. Many Of sthe goods of G. L, Wood & Co.. L
were saved, though in tbf damaged conditoniHci-
dental 10 such disastrous occasions Mr Allen and
Mr. Chase will experience some loss from the hpr-
RED removal Of their gohds, though we trust il viii
lie slight Mr.. Rosenberger The -four inspector, Had
his Office in Dir. Wallets house, he lost his books,
tools, and quantity 9f Hour.
The two lower buildings belonged 10 W. L. Clark,
and were insured; the corner building NisNlhe
property OF Isaac Wood and the insurance altogeth-
Ell on ii and the stock the firm is about 81 500 Of
which 81, 900 are in the Valley insurance Company
of this piace-beiRg the whole loss this Company
sustains Mr.. Walter has an insurance of 81 300 la
Pitisburg on a stock Of goods worth about 900,
in addition to which there were one hundred bar
reIs Of -four on storage making the loss in the build
ing something like 5000, exclusive Of hooks and
accounts. The whole loss may be set d0~p, at the
lowest at $4,000, and il falls upon esteemed aud
citizens of the town.
Wiachestsr Republiean
Wheat-Stadks Burned.
Gro IT, BuRweL1, of Clarke counfy (says ahe
Manchester Republican lost BY fre, last week, fur
stacks that would have yielded about six hnEdred
bushels Of wheat Partot thresAing machine was (
also destroyed The desttucsion is believed to have
been the work fan nfendiary, as ii took place at
night, some time after Tie operation of threshing
had been stopped. Mr. Burw.ll is one Of the most
extensive farmers in THE Stat having raised, i've K
believe, as much as sixteen thousand bushels Of
wheat in seasonato say nothing Of other grains.
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