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The wars & local soldiers, 1856

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How British Officers Are Treated Now the War Is Over. (From the Times, 16th May.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 August 1856 · page 3

The rejoicings for peace do not extend to our gallant army in the Crimea. Yet British officers are not soldiers of fortune, who are only anxious to cut their way to fame and wealth by the sword; they are…

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Panama Railroad Accident.--over Two Hundred Killed and Wounded

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 30 August 1856 · page 6

We have received from Washington Wright, Esq., of the Golden Age, who was in the cars at tho time of tho accident, the following full and complete account:--"The greatest of railroad calamities has been reserved…

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Civil War in Kansas

Empire · Monday 1 September 1856 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The intelligence from Kansas reports the breaking out of civil war, and confirms the news of the destruction of the town of Lawrence. The hotel, two printing-offices, and Governor Robinson's house, in Lawrence, had been…

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Dreadful Collision on the Central Railroad. Two Knows to Be Killed.—fifteen Hadly Wounded. Buffalo, June 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 September 1856 · page 5

A collision occurred at an cady hour this morning, on the Niagara Falls section of the Central Railroad. Two express trains came in contact near the Pekin station. Two persons were killed on thc spot, and…

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The Canadian Press on the Probabilities of War. (From the Montreal Commercial Advertiser, 31st May.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 September 1856 · page 5

WHILE the American Government is doing its best to provoke a quarrel with England, a state of anarchy, sufficient to engage all its energies, exista in its own dominions. Congress men commit murders, senators…

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The Canadian Press on the Probabilities of War. (From the Montrsal Commercial Advertiser, 31st May.)

Empire · Monday 1 September 1856 · page 2

While the American Government is doing its best to provoke a quarrel with England, a state of anarchy, sufficient to engage all its energies, exists in its own dominions. Congress men commit murders, senators…

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A Glimpse at the Past War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 September 1856 · page 3

ONE of the latest letters from the Camp before Sebastopol, by the Times, correspondent, contains the following striking passage:— Every day we glean something new from the…

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Mortality in War. (From the United Service Gazette.)

Empire · Thursday 11 September 1856 · page 3

The following statistics of the losses of the British army during the Crimean and Peninsular wars will be perused with considerable interest. The improvements in firearms do not appear to have occasioned the…

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News From Mexico—the Spanish and French War with That Republic, (From the New York Herald, July 5.)

Empire · Monday 29 September 1856 · page 5

"We received later news, from Mexico by last evening's mail from New Orleans. The question of war between Spain ami Mexico had not been settled since former advices. Whether it will be settled amicably is for Spain…

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Prospects of War with the United States. [From Our London Correspondent.]

Empire · Thursday 2 October 1856 · page 5

The possibility—for one can scarcely say probability —of a war with the United States has, as you may easily imagine, been very generally discussed among us of late. Whilst everybody admits that there is no…

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The American Enlistment Question. (From the Examiner, July 5.)

Empire · Thursday 2 October 1856 · page 3

To make bad worse is the only possible result of the debate on the American enlistment question. Every one condemned Mr. Moore's ill-timed motion, yet every one was ready to…

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Mryality in War

Empire · Tuesday 7 October 1856 · page 2

The total amount of killed and wounded of the British forces in the Crimea, from the 19th September, 1854, to the 8th of September, 1855, was 13,880, of which 4565 arose from siege duties, 4396…

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The Reveue and the War. (From the Times, July 1.)

Empire · Tuesday 7 October 1856 · page 5

The Quarterly returns of the Revenue indicate an increasing prosperity, even under the dark shadow of war, and afford the promise of a much greater improvement when that shadow shall have fairly passed away…

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Russia After the War. (From the New York Herald, June 9.)

Empire · Friday 17 October 1856 · page 3

It is understood on all sides that the new Emperor of Russia, like his father, begins his reign with projects of vigorous and radical reform. The situation which he inherited having come to an end, he is now at liberty to…

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A Naval War. (From the Leader, June 28.)

Empire · Tuesday 21 October 1856 · page 6

It was a, Greek saying, that we injure our enemies because it is pleasant, and our friends because it is easy. There are persons who imagine that it would be easy to injure…

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A Naval War. (From the Leader, June 28.)

Empire · Tuesday 21 October 1856 · page 6

It was a Greek saying, that we injure our enemies because it is pleasant, and our friends because it ia easy. There are persons who imagine that it would be easy to injure…

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The Last of the War

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 25 October 1856 · page 5

The Crimea was completely evacuated on the 9th instant. The plateau of Sebastopol, the ports of Kamiesch, Balaklava, Kertch, and Eupatoria are once more in the…

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The Wounded Officers

Empire · Friday 31 October 1856 · page 6

In relation to the two gentlemen who had been shot by Ensign Pennefather, the Argus of the 27th instant reports as follows:—We have the pleasure of being in the position to state that Ensign Lucas is going on…

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War Office Folly and Stinginess. (From the Daily Telegraph, 1st August.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 November 1856 · page 6

GOOD faith towards the public creditor is one of the first principles of English statesmanship, and good faith towards the public servant is an obligation of not less importance. Governments are not exempted from…

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