New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-27

Low them AZ the lower or eassrly end OF the town
runs long fortified mole st the end Of when sso.
house Tfis u called the Quarantine Mole, and shelters
great crowd Of ships Of al nations Their crews are never
NJ rm.d 10 go into she town, but strictly imprisoned
within small waedn and strictly guarded qusra1cne
S, AZ th foot of the cliffs even II they should happen
10 be detained there for six months al time
tense Of preserving themselves from disease me hissus
have uaGe the quarantine hateful Poh'ies tyranny;
Az The tim. OF our visit this mercanne PRISON ot al
nations was very crowded, and on the morning oi
the s2d each vessel had her coors az 'he mas"esa,
,snrsd for ,he Russians The attacking force had
ordsr 20 give this mole wide BERN ss Pssoie IN
order he Gu; Of reach OF It's pre- n;a,og .nv 81 .as
nsntr,ls within The following was tue ataeNns iorve
r~snch Mogador Vsuban, De-csrtes Ca'on' thaghshl
Ssmpson. Terrible Tiger ke.r,Sa,iVn Tmmsnda, ngon
The Sanspareil and Hle ehfyer acted aS reserve Lns
60 rrcc.ded 10 another similar mole a. tne northern
,tr.ntv of the cliffs called The Imperial mole inceng
- 80 Russian .hivs Of all sorts, and some large
s,or,, or barracks. Bo,h moles had ornid"oe array
of enbrasures and there was psery oe'we,' mem a.
the foot Of the cliffs but es far as we couh earn ,hey
wcra bsslv "a for guns. We counted over 10 emora
snrs The steamers hsd Orders TO 70 ~ Tar a. m
shore so as 10 rake and destroy the ImperI Mole and
sh;ppnr but TO avoid firing upon any part Of the town or
upon the shipping in the Quarantine ''oe. ,,
they begsn the Sampson leapng IN most ghlaouy
From tie large ships about 81 mller on " was most
curious sight When within about 20ooyards each steamer
delivered the fire of her enormous guns heh "hceea
round in circle of about bali mile IN diameter, esa
ng up he fire in succession Thus they kept wheehns
and twisting about Ike many WALKERS, without ever
torchng getting into scrnpes. The guns IN the mole
answered steadily and IN the course OF an hour the Nsosn
came toward the fleets fire from red-hot sho and nd
ed in several places Happily, the hre was gof under
and she returned to her post For loug me the terrific
FIRE from the did not silence the mole AT length
il became slow, though regular, answering sbont once
very two minutes and toward o'clock shed az the
back of the tongue battery caught fire. aad IN e. min
ues the whole that blew up Inc steamers connued
mixing N. ships with shot and she'll and they on fire
and sinking the mole when behind
sm. Ieds ON the low sandy shore them, battery Of
,,lfar- cd
which were at the moment within muketshot Happily,
nobody was hurt though perfect shower of balls fell
around Lem knocking tie about and powing the
all around them Upon this the roeket-boas and
steamers orened upon them and soon sent them camper
ing. few minutes after the sheds behind which they
sheuorod themselves, burst out into furious The
steamers kept up their FIRE dl about o'clock In the
early Part If the day, while they so engaged Her
Ma;cys eam-igate Arehusa was ordered TO attack the
sortb,in side of the Quarantine Mole battery diver
sion for lis guns had Frequently been troublesome. Moth
inc could be peer than the way in which she stood in,
hove TO- and delivered her fire, filled, tackled, and again
delivered her broadside. Shortly after the breeze fresh
encd and sic deliberately reeed her opsas, though
under fire and then recalled by the Ad-
cbsutncn slpped out Of the Quarantine Mole.
The poor fellows very thankful to have escaped Al
together the punishment severe but appropriate. Rus
sian property destroyed and must have belonged TO
Government. The and neutral ships spared,
though completely in our power, and cannot be con
tended thGt place with 50 many batteries on the sea-
board wss deionseess. Some Of the steamers are little
damaged but nothing of any consequence Bat one En-
glishmen was killed and eight or nine wounded, OF
Them severely. No officer has been laid up.
lis delightful to Observe what good feeling there in
the feet and what complete coday exists between the
tv atious Notwithstanding all the sneers OF Pera poll
tcsrs and ssoTant writers the Admires have acted IN
so prudent and wlse manner that Their respective uov
to place full confidence in thcm and Their
conduct 80 far has completely chockmaed Nicholas whe
undoubtedly hoped that winter weather or mutual eal
ousy would. by weakening them, render them less for
CoSsrASTISorLE, Thursday, April97 1854.
Tie Terrible has Just arrived with startling news Odes
81 las been attacked the dookyard burnt the Imperial
Moe and MAGAZINE blown up and number OF Russian
ships-of.Nar destroyed. The following u detaed ac-
count derived from an officer board the Terrible; At
O'Clock on lie morning OF the 22d OF April, the signal was
made for the to commence an attack on the I'm
peral Mole, and the oriitca,lons IN Its neghoorhood
0rdors given not TO fire at the Pratque Mole where
the British shI ping anchored, and az much ~
possible to abstain from wanon destruction OF private pro-
The steamers entered in two divisions The first con.
sisted of the Sampson Furious vauban and Mcgador.
he Scmp.on fired the t shot at the Imperial Mole and
the fire was instantly returned, The action continued
about hours without Cessation but without any de-
ciCed success The Russian embrasures much
knocked about, ard several Of their guns silenccd.
TIA. d. the second division received the signal to
1t consisted OF the Terrible Tiger, Reribation
and ihreo French steamers The Ketribuon led the way
closely followed by the other steamers. The Russians had
laid down lump that is an old vessel was anchored
mak the disano, their guns would carry. The allied
di, sion within this mark, and therefore exposed
themselves lo9 from the shot of the enemy. At rst
however their sVt ca not each our ehip although fhey
suffered severely und.s our fire. The Terrible stood fur
tber in than the and commenced firing redhot shot
After tine loud explosion was heard. The Imperial
magazine had been blown up by shot from the Terrible
and great part OF tire mole which il stosd was rent in
pieces by the violence of the explosion THIS relieved the
squadron from their most formidable opps-
nent, the battery the Imperial Mole. The Terrible
continued fire red-hOt shot. Russian rgate in the
hsrboI took re burnt to the waters edge and blew up
Two figates the stocks were soon in flames, and
Fl, twenty to thirty merchantmen and IL IL believed
smaller vtsstls OF war; were soon sunk burned.
Each Of the vosses which remained out Of action had
caused terrible destruction. The dockyard the chief
object of thee MISSILES and it in flames The
seann of the Terrible which remained the spo, till the
following 1ueeday declare that burnt for days and
two phs and this vast collection Of naval stores must
have been totally destroyed
When the Imperial Mole blew up the feet gave three
cheers, the FreIch commencing Signals then made
to stand in further aud continue the attack At this
the batteries the Upper Pratque Mole, which
the Engsh feet anchored, opened fire, and accord
ing the accounts received the English sailors could
not be prevented from returning the fire. The batteries
suffered .eyerelv, but not silenced.
In the meantime the rocket-boafs had set Gre the
lower part Of the town. Tsis the most melancholy part
OF the ransactOn. The whole Of this part of the city is
destroyed In fact less than half Of what Odessa
now remains. Factories warehouses and shops In
volvea in a common destruction.
The Arebusa sailing fgate eft the body Of the feet and
joined in tie action occasionally, standing in and out du
ring the whole day
At Pm. when the action had lasted I2I hours the
signal OF recall made. The action ceased the Tern
bic having lost two and five wosnded the Retrbuos
three and the Sampson FIVE wounded These all he
casualties that able to ascertsn. Unless the Rus
slams ecoIed from their burning frgatc before m expo
sion then must have been terrific in this spot AL
attempts however to estimate the number Of their killed
and wounded must be mere gpess-work.
A. the Terrible the most distinguished in this action
she wss received with all honors on passing the feet
her tot