New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-19
NUMBER 23s.

NUMBER 23s. |
Foreign News by the Arago.
The dates from Hare and Southampton by
the Arago are to the 10th Of December The
news is not important, and relates mainly to |
rumors Of peace negotiations.
II is stated by the Hamburg correspondent Of 1
the Daily News, that the King Of Sweden has I
ratified o treaty with England and France. The |
two Allied powers guarantee the. territorial in
tegrity Of Sweden, and the latter engages mot to
alienate any part Of its territory to Russia.
ine hlgh contracting parties engage to commu-
nicate mutually and reciprocaily all PROPOSE /
tions coming from Russia.
H. The Peaee and War Question.
Rumors Of peace were still rife in France and |
England, and it seemed certain that both Rus |
Hia and Austria we're aware Of the fact. a se-
paration between France and England was mot /
to be thought Of, and il the latter has consented
to foregoing conditions, which she may have |
considered essential to attaining the object both
have had in view, it is said to be s more out Of
Difference for her faithful ally than from any
conviction Of her own, as to the necessity Of the
sacrifice
Count Esterhazy left Vienna for ST. Peters-
burg on Sunday, the 10th, with important dis
patches containing propositions for pacifca-
tion This document is Enthusiastically distinct,
and it is stated 70 be the intention Of Austria,
on the event of . refusal of her ultimatum by
the Gar, to withdraw her Ambassador from ST.
Petersburg. 55l s.;s 53s S35s f.555 s5 ts
Some Of the Continental journals speculate
upon the reopening Of the Vienna Conference,
whilst others seem positive that Russia will
consent to nothing which she has hitherto re-
jected. The Daily News, in reference 70 Count
Esterhazy's mission, says: 6 Blessed is he who
expecteth nothing, for he will mot be disappont-
ed" The French correspondent of the London
Times likewise expresses the existence Of strong
doubts Of the aceeptation OF the negotiations by
the Gar. In his letter of the 17th date, this
correspondent al1udes to a difference which ex-
listed between the French and English govern
ments relative to the conditions on which they
would make peace with Russia, and says that
rumors mention the name Of the King Of Sar-
dinis as the principal promoter Of the arrange
| ment of the difficulty tf>s5
Count Esterhazy q instructions are to return
| Immediately to Vienna in the event Of the pro-
positions Of Austria not being accepted by the
Russian government. es
The Fall Of Kars Confirmed.
| The Inualide Russe announces that Kars was
surrendered to General Mourayieff on the
26th Of November. The Muchir, Wassif Pacha,
eight other Paohas, Gen. Williams, and the en-
tire garrison, are prisoners Of war. 8@s
Galignani states that the park Of artillery at
Kars, when it surrendered, numbered q hun
dred and twenty field pieces and few heavy.
siege guns. The garrison is believed to have
| been about 1000 strong. The defles between
I Kars and ErSeroum are held by Russians
II The Military Gazette of Vienna, of the 4th
inst, says Gen. Bebutof has established his
head-q quarters at Kutais, and intends shortly to
resume the offensive against the Turkish army
h,pA paI. ~ IT,
: have good winter quarters in the valleys, and
7 the army is abundantly supplied with all it re-
quires by the population of Armenia, the COM
misssriat paying cash for all they receive.
The Vienna correspondent Of the London
Times says: .s%
:. The news Of the fall of kara has here been
!, received with a mixed feeling of sorrow and
pleasure. The great public is well satisfied
that the Russians have at last obtained eoms
: success, 'sas they can now afford 10 make tht
concessions required Of them The militar,
J., world, on the contrary, declares that the indif
}, ference Of the Allies to the fate Of the brav
t, garrison Of Kars is ssunpardonahle 2 and Oma
4 Paeha is also greatly blamed for marching .
Kutais instead Of advancing directly from Be-
d toum towards Ardshan and Kars. The Aus
Y trian military critics would, however, do we
: to recollect that Omar Pacha has hardly an
d baggage train, and that 3 want of the necessar
10 supplies for his army renders it almost imposs
If BILE for him to quit the neighborhood Of th
il coast. That the fall Of Kars is here considere
y an event of considerable political Importance
you will see by the following extract, which
It from the Ost-Deutsche Post:
The Russians now have their victory their laurels
ford bulletin speak of fortress taken and give
inventory of tho guns powder stores etc. therein foun
The Russians boast than the Allies for the
have captured halfsarved garrison half dozen p
chas complete staff they have taken whole fortref
linda
no longer say that they have suffered unintel
supted series Of deteats w..
n The foregoing is ironically meant, but still i
!, correctly expresses the views Of the official ant
a non-ofioial politicians inhabiting this city.
d Miscellaneous. ..8.
e It was asserted at Constantinople that Red
= sohid Pasha had recovered his influence there.
Capt. Maussion de Caude, Captain de Vais
. seaux of the French army, has been appointed
d director Of the fort of Kameiseh.
q In the Crimea snow continued to fall. It wa
confirmed that next spring the English army Q
s the East will comprise six divisions, and will b
4 divided into two corps d'a7mee, commanded b,
Generals Campbell and Eyre.
Great arrangements were already being mad
9 in the the Baltic ports for victualling and pro
viding the necessary supplies for the British flee
next spring. Contracts have also been made ii
! Sweden for the French fleet, and it was reporte
also for an accompanying army.
FROM hupla IL lS St8teO that the greatest dif
IS fculty was experienced in maintaining the pa
It per money in circulation. The patriotic gift
towards the expenses of the war are chief.
e made in paper, 80 that the Treasury gets it
- notes returned to it.
/ Mr. Russell, the Times correspondent il
% the Crimea, alludes in strong contradictor
D language to the statements made by DR.. Dave
ga, in reference to the Russian war, and pub
l. Iished in the New York and English Journals
e He says, " No, no, doctor, you may be o Yanke
y Muscovite Of the genuine free despot type, bu
you cannot tell these little fbs about your dea
comrades and expect Europe to believe them.
d In conclusion Mr.. R. says he is only led to max
', his remarks upon the Doctors statements ssles
h the readers of the New York papers should tax
4, them oil for gospel.'' AS the Doctor was anon
n the Russians, while Mr.. Russell has only bee
n with their opponents, the latter's testimon
ID against the former cannot be regarded as COZ
elusive.
ID From the Baltic.
p The latest Swedish papers contain many pr
es vate communications from Finland from whic
to we learn the great losses to the country an