The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-02-02
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NEWSsOF PEACE.

aates 10 SATURDAY l9th. Passengers l0S.
Arrived at Halifax Friday 3lst al 9. 30 P.
NJ. Asia arrived at Liverpool early Sunday
18th inst. but lay off several hours for wan,
I Of water. Reached her berth at noon =
Baltic arrived at Liverpool on Thursday IL.
The general news OF the week ia that
Rnssia agrees to negotiate on terms pro.
posed by the lilies. Final announc GENE mt
was made ut Vienna, and telegraphed to the
London Times in these words RUSSIA ac-
! cepts Allied proposals unconditionally."-
Tins is authentic. 1t caused immense sen.
/ sation, funds rose per cent, cotton f. nth.
ing and panic reigned in other markets.
/ Next day Government published dispatch
from Minister Seymour at Vienna as fol-
lows:-"Russis agrees TO accept the A HES
! proposals as basic Of negotiations" This
qualified announcement crushed the excite.
ment aud alarmists began to fear that Rus
negotiations. In the meantime funds re-.
main steady. Previous to the above an
nouncement Vienna papcrs represent a
state Of affairs as most serious, unexpected
and alarming and that all persons of the
Austrian embassy have received orders to
quit ST. Pe,ersburgh and Russian embassy
to leave Vienna.
The actual circumstances were that
Count Esterhazy had rendered to Count
Nesselrode ut st. Petersburg the Austrian
allied note Of December Cd, he said he was
not authorized to enter into discussion, but
if his note was not accepted unconditional.
ly before Jan. 9Th, he and all the Austrian
embassy must leave st. Petersburg. TO
prevent this Nesselrode communicated with
Vienna direct, and Jan. 18th, Prince Go RI.
chakof produced memorandum expressing
q general inclination on the part of Russia
to negotiate, but proposed certain dtera-
tons in the programme. Count Busl for.
mally received the document, the next day
Friday 18th, but inasmuch as it did not con.
osition, Austria could make no reply, with.
out the occurrences of France uHd Eng.
land.
The ambassadors of those powers accord.
iugiy sen to Paris or Londen and received
for reply that the western Powers had no
mative to change decision which had
been already carefully considered; further,
that if by Jan. 18th. Russia did not accept
the ultimates Esterhazy and the Austrian
legation would leave St. Petersburg and
Austria would Immediately seek to obtain
the armed cooperation of the Gcrmanic
diet against Russia. During the week that
elapsed between Russia's first and second
reply, intense apprehensions existed at VII
enna, although without sufficient cause, for
the Austrian Cabinet had taken precaution
to satisfy the western powers, that notwith-
standing the rupture of diplomatic relations
Austria would not be in position to COM
mence hostiliiies this year. On 10th, ap.
prehensions were set at rest by announce
ment above stated that Russia agrees to me-
gotiate on the terms proposed. Very little
other news.
Nothing important from the Crimea.--
Numerous ambuscades Of kossacks are dis
trbuted arourd the allied camps, but vig-
lance prevents many stragglers being cap
tured. Several additional explorations were
made in Sebastopol. The docks now al
most destroyed. France and England each
reserve one gate as a trophy. A Paris pa
per is published with dispatch from Gort-
chakoff saying that party of French wear
ing white cloaks to prevent being seen in
snow storm advanced BY night and surpris-
ed some Russians whom they bayoneted.
Our party retreated when the Russian re-
serve came up.
Gen Codrington's latest despatch Jan.
st reports merely that the health ofthe ar
nv is good. Baron Eilbarch left Berlin on
the 18th on return to Paris. Sweden con-
tinues warlike preparations. The Copen-
hagen official journal denies the existence
of any circular regulating the Swedish al.
lance on the part of Denmark
ST Petersburg letters say Marshal Pas
kiewitch has requested as his dying injunc-
ton to the Emperor to make peace. He
never would have given this advice to Mich
olas, whose battles he had fought, but to
the young Emperor who had no hand in rails
ing the war, he urged the policy OF peace.
The French council of war continues its
sittines at Pari' Two commissions, one
for the army and one for the navy are ap-
pointed.
Ar. Stewards Speech.
WAsAIxsToN, Jan. 81.
Senute. Mr.. Seward reviewed at length
the history of the Central American ques-
ton, including the proceedings of Great
Britain ia that country, and combatted the
positions of Lord Clarendon on the points
at issue between the two governments, and
he arrived at the conclusion that the Amer
lean positions are just, and the American
demands are right. He then osked what
are the United States new to do, and pro-
ceeded TO the conclusion oil his speech as
follows
can now only glance at some OF the cir.
cums,ances which affect the question, !