Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-06-13
Foreign News
ARRIVAL or TIE AFRICA.


!. '.,... IIALrrAx. June 5.
The Steamer Africa with adviccs
from Liverpool, London and Paris to
Saturday the 10Th nit arrived ut this
port atsfour O'clock this afternoon
EGENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
The .adviceE though interesting,
are ,notof startling Importance. =:
The Vienna Conference will prob
abIy,besagnin opened. = i.
- SECRET expedition ia preparing
in the Grimea by the alHrs.
i. The general aSpect/of the affair.
of the ilIirs before >Scva-topnl,-i IL I'm,
.changra, though tltcrc has been some
hard li4h1ingy = h. -.
Con I'e1tisier contcnplates an at
tack orsthc Russians in the field.
~ The lioton Of u want of conf
denec ID the English Ministers was
not sucsessful in the House Of Com
mons 4 -
The Eitcst ndvfces from the Cri,
mea, 80, >an engagement took place
before IT,. NQg@tnil' battery, in which
the, Erpch DESTROYED the Russian
outw6rlM. *. - ~ 49,
The Conferences at Vienna it was
reportr9, would re- open on Monday
The 2QtIt uit. ..
Couns Buol had an interview with
Lord Westmorcland, at which Count
Bourgohey suggested that the mem
bers OF Che Conference would again
mect, hut the French and English
Ahnisteys could not give n reply
1t is unGcrstood ,Aat if they assent,
BuoFwisl again attempt to arrange
the-"thisd point" .'.
cGiMERcIth INTELLIGENCE.
The lharket for BreadstuH' contin-
ued duls and rates nominally UNI
changee; Western Canal Flour . is
quoted st 4Os. d A2s., and Ohio at 45s.
a45s. g.; White Wheat las. 5d.al2s.
Tic lroviSion market was firm,
and PRICES were slightly higher. cIo-
sing steady. Lard was steady at
the lastauotations. Sugars and Cot
fee wcrA firm, but the market closed
dull. e., l.. L. -.., -. r.,
Naik N hc Steamer Washington. --
Baltlt5m s rast6pol-LmpwtaM A.
mHiaA 0fMe Eir,tch. ..,...
+ The Aoniteur contains the follow.
ing repqt from General CAxRoDrRr,
addressed to the, French Minister of
War, aEd dated May 4th: ..
MonsFm lie lWa,rchl: My Teie.
graphicMispatch Of the I'd gave YOU
the accQ CUNT of the taking by main
force, end the occupation by our
troops, GA work ofcounter approach
which tie enemy had raised in front
ofourlca alta cks. This work, which
was Of considerable extent, was
composed Of two broken lines, sep
Grated ky an interval Of forty meters,
and the. extremities of which were
supported by some natural obstacles
of tile gfouRd. 1t was in communi.
cation Nth the lunette of the gcner.
al bastian- by n deep trench, and had
been mounted with nine hand NOR.
tars, tho fire from which seriously an
noyed CUR works. This advanced
position was Of very great impor.
I tancc to the enemy, as from It they
could perhaps have destroyed one O
our recently completed batteries a.
wei II as ahe, works around it.. ana
would have had a cross-fire on OH,
attacks on the Flagstaff Bastion. !
4 1t waa therefore necessary for II.
to prevent the Russians from ,estab
fishing themselves definitely in mi,
\ place fa,mcs, and an attack ON il wa,
resolved on as soon. as the work,
! should have reached a hight su flicien,
to protect us from the fire of the r,lac,
or Mt least should do SO partially.
/ According to orders received from
me, General Pellissier prepared tho
general arrangement for the attach,
the execution Of which was confldet
to General de SALES, seconded b,
| Generals Bazaine, de la Motteroiile.,
and Rivht, and Lieutenant Colone
4 Raoult. major Of the trenches.
At.erf o'clock on the night OF tn,
lst, atthe momentwhena very brigh
!, moonlight enabled a movement r.
made insorder, the troops formed in