Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-04-11
Cifu Correspondence.
From Philadelphia.
Correspondence Of the Democrat & semtinsa-

rope The Vienna Conference had been formally
opened on the 18th. and all eyes were turned upon
It note the chance nf peace, which are consider
ed to he nearly equally balanced with those for
a protracted war. The Allies have re-opened
their fire upon Sebastopd with good effect. The
manifesto of the new Gar To his army is looked
upon as a very decidedly warlike manifestation.
The Roebuck Committee is still engaged in prose-
cutting their inquiries in regard to the management
Of the war by tie last British Administration.
In the English market cotton has slightly de,
clined and breadstuffs slightly advanced in price
The details of tie foreign news brought by the
Atlantic furnish US with a long account Of PAM
phlet upon the conduct of the Crimean expedition,
which has recently been printed in Belgium. and
excited much attention in France and England
Its authorship Is attributed to Napdean Banaparte
(ssn of Jerome) to Emile de Girardin and OF e :
1t states that Louis Nap,lean is the author and
irventer Of the expedition against Sebastol u.
That he sent on full account of his project 70
Marshal ST. Arnaud, by whom it was submitted
to council of war
AT first, Lord Raglan, nearly all the naval Com
manders, and Prince Napolean were strongly op-
posed to it, but the Marshall succeeded in convin-
cling them despite the princes representations to
the ccntrary--that it would be mere holiday
task-that the Russians force in the Crinea would
be easily subdued. and Sebastopol conn lletcly at
their mercy, at the worst, if compelled to be-
siege it, it would lie compelled to surrender in a
short time.
The author alleges also that after the battle of
Inkerman and Baakava, Lord Raglan proposed
to embark the relics Of the army, but the French
Generals apposed the proposition. The whole
pamphlet is very well written, and'gves striking
picture of the blunders of the war. Its political
odect appears to be to hold Louis Napolean per-
sonally responsible for the Crimean expedition.
Uncle Sam has recently been achieving quite a
victory in a small way John Bull. in our
peaceful city, b.; the capture of detachment Of
Her Majesty's troops. or in other words, warrant
was issued by Commissioner Heazlit for the arrest
of the parties concerned in the enlistment of
troops for the English service in city. Thir-
teen of the recruits had been embarked upon the
steamer Sanford, bound for New York, but Mar
shall Wynkoop procured steam stug, and, be-
fore the steamer got below the Navy Yard boarded
it and arrested the recruits. He then returned to
the city and went to the Office, No. 6S south
St!cct. Ns-C.c Wiz WeIc otsppcSCu
to have been the managers of the business, were
arrested. All the parties taken before tie
Z. S. Commissioners. The recruits say that at
the depot they furnished with free tickets to
Nova Scotia, NTH the understanding that on
their arrival there they were to be eulisied for
service in the Crimea. ana to receive $50 bounty
and IS per month pay. Three Of the parties
were held to bail $1,000; two of them in $500,
and the rest were committed as witnesses. 1t is
supposed that Sunday last sixty recruits
sent off, and but for the interp s;tion cf our
authorities, considerable number of recruits
would probably have been obtained here, chiefly
among poor homeless wanderers. who are out of
employment and whose prospects are desperate.
The communication received by number of
different spiritual mediums, in regard to the
dition Of European affairs, and the truth of the
of the death of the Russian Car bro ght by
the steamer Africa, which were published in
Of our newspapers, and v hieh were all more or
less conflicting in their character, have all been
proved erroneous by the intelligence brought by
the Atlantic. II therefore follows either that the
whole modern philosophy of spiritualism is erro
neous or that the ejaculation of Falstaff-.' how
this world is given tolying! !" applies with much
justice dsembodiel spirits as to the inhabitants
of this mundane sphere, or that the mediums who
furnished the communications in question were i'm
posters anil therefore unfair representations Of the
system. Those who are very anxious to believe
in the philosophy may adopt one or both of TIE
latter alternative, but the first is the most legit
mate Inference.
Still the delusion has spread here to very con-
siderable extent. Public meetings are held at
different halls several times every week, and a
number of private cir, les in operation every
evening in different parts Of our city. ! attended
the lecture Of a female NJ. d., on the subject, a
few evenings since. The characteristics Of her dis
course were extraordinary profusion of acords
and almost total absence ofideas, but when she
did give occasional utterance to the ghost of an
idea was to the effect that from her stand point
spirituasm was an endorser Of her peculiar views
OF socialism, hydropathy, womeli's rightism Sc,
and if the address had contained a little more
spirit and not been intoerably tedious, it would
nave been quite capital farce
snobism is assuming cane-ine development-
not that the most worshipftd members Of cur sno-
bocracy are meeting the sad fate which Dromeo
feared, that of being turned into cur-tailed dog
but that when the iilustrious Mr. Sume Pumpkins
wishes to give striking manifestation of his dis
tinguished consideration to the Justly celebrated
ur. Block Head, lie presents that worthy individu-
al with cane, which the manufacturer assures
him was constructed Of wood taken from the
timbers Of Independence Hall and not to be out
done in generosity, Mr. Block Head, Of course re-
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