Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-10-26
LATER FROM EUROPE.
Boston, Oct. 18th, 1885,


The steamship Baltic arrived at New York
last evening at about 6 P. NJ, with four days
later news from Europe. Her news is highly
important.
A great battle had taken place in the Girl
mea, in which the Russians were almost en-
ltirey annihilated. Ten ships of war sunk.
lSebastopol has fallen, and+ the city was in
flames. Ten thousand French and English
soldiers had been killed, and twenty thousand
Russians had been taken prisoners. One thou
sand guns had been captured; but Menchikof
with the shattered remains of his army, still
refused to surrender,
SECOND DESPATCH. The Baltic left Liver
pool at o'clock on the morning of the 4th
with 900 passengers.
THE WAR.-Eight hours after the Europa
sailed from Liverpool on the Beth ult., official
news was received of great battle at the
river Alma in the Crimoa. On the Dist the
Allies stormed the Russian entertainments and
after four hours hard fighting, carried them.
The English and French lost $500 killed and
wounded, while the Russians lost 5000. Pr-
vate dispatches supply the further particulars;
namely, that the Russians, under Menschikoil
in person, rallied on the river katscha on the
3d. and again gave battle to the Allies. He
was again defeated and driven into his en-
trenchments behied Sebastopol, where he again
rallied and fought third battle on the oath,
and was third time utterly defeated He
then fled with the remnant Of the troops into
Sebastopol, which was beleagurcd by sea and
stormed by land. The Russian fleet in the
harbor of Sebastopol was then burned. Ten
ships had sunk. The Russians lost $4,000
men, killed and wounded, when the garrison Of
% 900 men capitulated, and were made pris-
oners Menschikotf with the shattered re-
mains of his army, fell back and barricaded
the inner harbor, refusing to surrender. Six
hours were allowed him to consider the matter
and it is reported, though not officially, that
he surrendered at the expiration of that time
LATER BY THE AFRICA.
sebastopoi Not Takens
The Africa arrived in New York on Fri
day, the Goth inst, contradicting the news OF
the fall of Sebastopol, but confirming that of
the severe battles in the approaches to the
place. as follows:
The News FROM THE CRIMEEA.-The fall
of Sebastopol is not confirmed. The accounts
published on the arrival of the Baltic appear
to have been false. An official extra Gazette
published the following from Lord Stratford
de Radcliffe to Lord Clarendon -
"CoNsTANrINopLE, Sep. 80, 8 O'Clock, P. NJ.
The allied armies established their basis of
operations at Balkalava, on the morning of
the 2Sth, and preparations were making to
march without delay upon Sebastopol. The
Agamemnon and other vessels of war were in
port at. Balkaiava, where there were facilities
for embarking battoring trains. 1t is stated
that Prince Menschikotf is in the fold with
10000 men, and is expecting reinforccments.
The Notifications Of Alma have }ccn destroyed
by the Russians, and the garrison was march
ing to the anticipated scene Of action"
The French Minister at Vienna has tee-
graphed as follows to the Minister Of Foreign
Affairs -
VIENNA, Oct. 4.-The intelligence said to
have been brought to Bucharest, for Omar
Pacha, is contradicted. 1t was an exaggera-
ton of the battle of Alma"
The Austrian Consul at Odessa telegraphs:
" The struggle recommended on the 25th,
and continued uninterruptodly up to the time
our courier left on the 9th. The Allies were
on the river BaaIoock, 10mies from Ssbasto-
pol, on the 81"
The change Of news from Sebastopol was
very gradually broken to the people, anil it
was not until the afternoon Of the 9th that
the official contradiction made its appearance.
The Allios,two days after the reported capture,
were considerable distance from the land.
ward walls
A despatch dated Paris, Oct. 5, says:
The Russian entertainments on the river
Ballbeck were carried after third battle and |
the allied Generals were preparing to lay
Seige to Sebastopol in a regular form"
On the Both September, the Russian en-
bassy at Vienna received Geographic intelli
gence that two forts had been taken, but it
was not known whether they were merely