New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-23

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the midst Of the disasters that have bafal1en nd
he even beheld the ruins Of Sebastopol without
any real encouragement.
Peace is not 50 seriously thought Of heye. and
all that is said about It in England, Franco and
Germany, is silly. doubt even If there viii be
any negotiations. but il there be. depend upon
it that they will be undertaken Cd our mart I'M
merely to gain some secondary obiset-nos at
all for peace"
France Hints ct a European CONGRESS.
The idea OF calling together q European Con-
greas, s'to settle mot only the present Eastern
difficulty, but all the complications in European
relations, that have arisen since the Congress II
Vienna'-in other words. to readjust the bal
anceSof poWer-is reported to be the pet idea of
the Emperor Napoleon, and to be exceeding
distasteful to England. Napoleon is said to
have actually commissioned NJ. de sieboch, the
Minister Of saxony, who has gone to St. Peters
burg as bearer of the views Of the smaller Ger.
man States, to bring the suggestion under the
immediate consideration Of the Emperor Alex
ander.
How utterly displeasing this proposal is 10
the English government may be inferred from
the language Of the London Times, which says:
sRather than submit our quarrel to a Congress
in which Russia would be omnipotent By The
vote Of her vaesals and mercenaries, let the
sword decide between us! We did not draw it
without counting the cost, and we ought not to-
sheath it without some better guarantee than
can be afforded by the wisdom or frmness Of o
Congress Of European sovereigns. II It Is need
less to soy that the influence Of France, more
than Of Russia, ia feared in q Congress-
In connection with this alleged idea of Ma
poleon,s ls the publication in Paris Of panph-
let entitled, 'JNecessits dun Congress Paci-
fie3-
pamphlet has made a sensation. Pains are ta-
ken to promulgate that the writer is a H. Du-
regier, but the general impression Is that the
Emperor himself is the author The work is
largely quoted from in the English Journals.
II advocates the immediate call Of Congress Of
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M%@...@. .5E Denmark.
NJ. Bluhme, the Danish Plenipotentiary for
conducting the Conference on the Sound Dues,
IS understood TO be now occupied in preparing
o revision Of the tariff, to be submitted TO the
nations interested. Within a few days the
Danish government has issued invitations for a
new Conference, and has, on this occasion, in
vited Hamburg, Bremen and Lubec to be re-
presented. #5
The idea Of having the revenue deri7able
from the Sound Dues capitalized and paid off
Dy the various States has been given up, and
the retention Of the dues under conditions less
burdensome to commerce is TO be the object of
the coming conferences, which are expected to
open in January. sr4a &5 *.
. The War in Asia.
From Asia We learn that the garrison Of Ku-
tais has quilted that place, and returned to
Gorl, defle leading into Georgia,
The Press a Orient states that General viii.
liams, as well as the other English officers who
were at Kars, will remain prisoners Of war, but
that one of the conditions Of the capitulation
| was that the Poles and Hungarians should pre-.
serve their liberty. The latter have arrived
at Erzeroum with General Kmety General
Mourovlef has, it is said, sent column on to
Akhaltzk.
selim Paoha, with Il, 900 men, is still al Ire.
6lzonde, waiting for the arrival Of the Egyptian
division.
The Baltic.
In the early part Of the present year the Rus.
sian government ordered that all persons who
came to Finland from Sweden must renair
| there till the end of summer a new order il
now promulgated, and foreigners who hence
forth visit Finland must remain there till til
end Of the war.
Treaty 6eftceee Russia and United States
The following is published in the Enelis
papers:
A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin relate
4 tLuES1
and the United States have concluded q treaty
offensive and defensive, in case War should bres,
out between Britain and America, but snothe
/ version is, that the agreement merely relates t.
| the purchase Of ships of war.
The following is a paragraph in the Vienn.
Austrian Gazette: s'There is good deal Q
talk in the military circles Of treaty havin.
recently been concluded between the Cabinet
of St. Petersburg and Washington, in which
they bind themselvns to lend each other effect
i've assistance in the event Of war breaking ou
between the United States and the Western
Powers 1t is fusther said, and with greater
probability, that Russia is negotiating with the
United States for forty five or fifty ships o
war.''
A letter from st. Petersburg of the 18th says
81 have already sent you an account of the
betrothal Of the Grand Duke Nicholas HI
was born on the 9th Of August, 1881, and tht
Princess Alexandria, daughter of Prince Petel
of Oldenburg, to whom he is afhanced on thu
! 18th Of June, 1885 The Queen Dowager of thu
Netherlands, Anna Pawlona, aunt Of the En-
peror, has since her arrival been residing in tht
palace of Anitehkiew. I am told that she has sue
ceeded in establishing sort of harmony between
Alexander II and the Grand Duke Constantine
The Emperor is generally beloved on account Of
his mild character, but the Grand Duke ii
heartily detested He is likewise dreaded, hit
| YloleHce OIL character DelnG Such that he TOT
often passes the bounds of common brutality. -
This fault, which is generally so rare in q youns
man, is strikingly developed in the Grand Duk'
| Constantine, who resembles in all respects hi
| two unoles, Constantine and Michael, Of deplo
| rab1e memory. The Grand Duke, who is sin
cerely to bepitied, falls at times into paroxysm
| of terrible fury, and these attacks are followed
| by q sort Of physical and moral prostration, =
Do not, therefore, believe the newsm ongers, wh,
announce that the crown Of Poland will be giveI
to the Grand Duke Constantine
Austria
| The Wiener Zeitung announces that thu
| city of Vienna intends to take under its speeia
direction the celebration of the festival in honol
Of the Tooth anniversary of Mozart's birthday
On the 9th of January there will be monster
concert, at which nothing but music of Mozart
composition will be performed. There will b.
between 1000 and 1900 performers, profes
sional and non professional, present
In the month of March next the usual mum
ber of recruits will be raised in Austria. N
unnecessary noise is made about the matter
but CraeoW, Prxemysl, and third point at tn
Eastern extremity of the Bukowina, are bein
very strongly fortified. Cracow will be one q
the strongest fortresses in Europe. Ten thou
sand soldiers are still assisting in the construc
tion of the Galician railroads.
| England
The Queen has appointed William Miller, no,
her Majestys Consul General in the Sandwic