Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-11-30
ARRIVAL OF sTEAMER AFRICA.


Three days later from Europe.
The siege stiH progyss.ine IA alis, j. erisi-
cal petition Great ssaat Of yesntorecments--
Latsresting detaiis of the Ssr-Fio~ tending
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NEW Yonx, Nov 20, 1854.
The Royal mail steamer Africa arrived here this
evening, from Liverpool, with 90 passengers, and
dates TO the 18th nstant being four days later than
the advices per steamer Baltic.
The siege Of Sebastopol was progressing slowly,
but no decisive result had been attained
AL the mail steamers had been taken up by the
British government 10 send instant reinforccments
to the allied army. There will consequently be no
mail sent until the sailing Of the American steamer
Pacific, the government having taken the Niagara
off the Halifax route.
The next adyices win be received by the steamer
Union via Southampton, and win be four days Ia
ter After this there will be an interval of one
week until the sailing OF the Pacific.
PROGRESS or THE SIEGE.
There Il nothing really later from the seat of war
A pause has ensued in the field fighting before Sc
bastopol Dispatches, both Russian and British,
say the siege is progressing with regularity and that
preparations were making by the allies for an as
sault.
Both parties are greatly in want Of reinforce
ments. The besiegers, however, are worse of than
the besiegcd The Russians begin to be in want
of ammunition.
The allies have suffered fearfully They have
been reduced by battle and disease to 10000 men.
This terrible fact was causing much alarm in Eng
land and France, and the utmost efforts were ma
king to send instant achievements. All the mail
steamers are chartered for the service. A
The winter was setting in severely, and stormy
weather had been 4elt In the Black Sea. Two Turk
ish fiigates had been wrecked.
7 Tho o-raat RtIaeiau hoanital in Saha at0rol cnr-
tanning 1000 wounded soldiers, had been set on
fire by the guns of the allies and burnt.
AUsTRIAs REPLY TO PRUSSIA.
The Austrian note in reply to the Prussian note
Of the 30th Of October, arrived ut Berlin on the
18th, and as far us the contents have transpired
Austria gladly accepts Prussia's promised support
in the prncipaties but lays great stress on having
this assistance viewed as a logical and necessary
consequence Of the treaty of April goth, rather
than as new arrangement.
PREPARING FOR AN ASSAULT.
It was expected in the French camp that an as
sault would be made on the 9th of November, and
it probably would have been, had not the Russians
attacked the allies position.
On the sixth the firing was slack on both Sides
and preparations were being made for an assault
scaling ladders &c, had been ordered up from the
camp.
-Four Russian ships had been sunk in the harbor
ships was the famous "Twelve Apostles which
had been doing so much execution as a battery
against the beseigers.
HORRORS OF THE SIEGE.
The typhus fever has broken out in Sebastopol,
induced by the great number of unburied dead.
To add to the miseries of the inhabitants, confa-
grations were also continually occurring from the
red hot shot thrown into the place. The supply of
water was also getting exceedingly scarce.
axrIa tIy ~tsrawo an
saht and preparing for street fighting, posting can
non to sweep the streets, and terrifying the houses
and preparing other means for desperate resist
ance.
The English official account of the action of the
9Th did not reach London until the 10th, owing to
telegraphic Interruptions. Lord Raglan says:
"The enemy with an immense force attacked
yesterday at the dawn of morning, the right wing
Of the English position. The battle which resulted
was extremely obstinate and not till past noon was
the enemy definitely repulsed and forced to retreat
leaving the field covered with his dead, and with
a loss OF several hundred taken prisoners The
number Of the enemy much exceeded that in the
battle of Alma. The losses Of the Russians are
enormous Our losses have also been very great.
Generals Sir George Brown, Bentink, Adams, But
Ter, and Torrens are wounded. The conduct Of
our troops, in the face of an enemy so superior In
numbers was most excellent"
A Russian official letter says that the arrival of
the Grand Dukes at Sebastopol produced such en-
thusiasm in the ranks that the Russian commander
thought well to turn IL to account and consequent
ly, on the 9th, the garrison made two sorties, the
first at one o'clock in the afternoon, against the
English, and the second at two o'clock, against the
French.
The affair with the English was most desperate,
and il Is said the Russians succeeded in spiking
their guns. On the side ofthe French fifteen guns
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Russians retired with all haste, when the French
division pursued them until under the very walls Of
the city, where they were received with most
murderous fire, and had TO fall back. The strug-
gle was most sangunary and obstinate, and was
prolonged until nghtfall.
Prince Menschikoff admits a loss Of A 900 men,
and adds that the loss of the allies was at least
equal According to his account $4,000 Russians
were engaged in this affair.
Menschikoff announces that he is about to con-
centrate all his forces at Batchesrai, Simpfero
pol, and other places.
Admiral Nachimof, who was reported dead, Is
said to have recovered and resumed active duty.
ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE
Vienna dispatches to the 18th say Dispatches
from Balaklava TO the lth have been received this
evening, according TO which another great battle
has been fought, In which the Russians are said TO
have lost 5000 men, The loss Of the allies was
Sickness was on the increase in the allied camp
A Turkish s0-gn ship had been sunk in gale
In the Black Sea-
Official Russian news, via Vienna, states that
from the 9Th TO the 9th nothing Of Importance had
occurred. The bombardment continued, but the
breaches were always repaired.
IRON THE BALTIC
AT Petersburg adviees report that the English
feet had left the Baltic, and that winter had set in
with unusual severity.
ENGLAND.
Lord Palmerston did not leave London for Paris
until the 10th. sli f.aft s
An official statement Of the affairs Of Messrs.
Allen a Anderson had been Published. The estate
would pay about IS. in the pound.
FRANCE.
A new French loan Of five or six hundred mil
lions Of francs Is spoken Of
The French troops were being withdrawn from
Italy.
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