Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-12-01

GIVEN STEAMERS CHARTERED IN EMO
LAND TO CONVEY RxfNroRcz-
AExrs TO rHE AlLIRs.
NV YoaK, November. 81.

NkW ioRK, November, x7.
The steamer Baltic. with four days
later advices from England. being TO
the 18th inst. arrived at this port yes
terday.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
The news from the war bys this
steamer is Of highly exciting and in.
teresting character incessant and san
gsinary lighting had taken place,
stree the last advices. between the al.
lies and the Russians in the Crimea
The entire Russian force under Men
schikoff, and the allied forces, fought
a pitched battle on the 9th inst, the
Russians retired, but both parties claim
the victory. s
The allied Generals have transmit
ted the most urgent dispatches TO their
respective governments. for reinforce
ments, and fifty thousand Frnch for
ces had been instantly dispatched to
the scene of conflict.
The steamers Europa, Alps, India
ma. and four or five others, have been
chartered by the English government
to convey reinforcements to the Cri.
mea.
The report of the massacre OF the
English light cavalry in the Crimea,
under Lord Cardington, is, in the main,
confirmed; they charged Russian
battery Of thirty guns, and four hun.
dred were killed, and only two hun.
.dred returned.
On the 4lh there was sanguinary
engagement ; on the 9th another ter
rible combat, Including a sortie and
general attack by the forces under
Menschikoff. The battle lasted from
day-break until four. o'clock in the af
ternoon both sides claim to have
whipped. The English took abou
1000 prisoners, and the Russian,
stormed several of the batteries of III,
allies and silenced the guns. The al
lies lost 5000 and the Russians 5000
The Cars two sons were in the bat
tie.
The fighting was resumed on tn,
following day, but the result was no
known when the Baltic sailed.
The allies were preparing to storm
Sebastopol. before the Russian force
recovered. and practicable breacl
was effected.
Russia, with view to complicat
negotiations, notifies that he will trea
direct with Austria on the four points
Since the battle Of Alma, IMenschi
koff, has been reinforced by the tor
ces under Generals Chomutof, Lapra
idi and Korfi. The entire infaptr
force Of the Russians at Sebastopol
is $4,000, which, with the cavalr
and artillery, swell the entire force I
1000 men.
The best that can be said Of the new
for the allies is, that il is of rathc
doubtful character. whether they wi
be able to maintain their position
several hard battles have been fought
and in each they have conquered. bu
their loss cost them as much as ds
feat. AT the same time, so closel
: have their affairs been drawn, tia
{ each party persists in sclaiming tn
} victory.
, It's now admitted that the defer
ses at Sebastopol were moderated Q
d well as the bravery Of the Russian
r and the force that Menschikoff had
G the field was wholly unexpected.
The massacre of the English ligl
cavalry arose from misconstructio
of orders, causing six hundred cavalr
!. to ride distance Of a mile and ha
n under cross fire from Russian ba
e terry Of thirty guns, and the cons'
quence was, that in fifteen minutes a
but two hundred of them were kille;