The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-01
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ARRIYAL'oF THEsAFRICA.
AWFUL CONFLAGBAVIoSs. MoRE BATTLES
-TERRLFIc SLAUGHTER THE ALLrEs
VIeroRIous. StR Gro. CArHcAar AND
'rwo sorlfER BslTrsH GENERALS KILLED I
THE ALLlEs REIsFoRcEp. -s s.-
The Africa has arrived with Liverpool
dies to the 18Th.
NKw York. Nov. 90.

.Ot oPoSNnntlOu ditu fJOO IOT cAp0Ft. UT
leans fair 8 Id; niddling 54s. Upland fair,
I'd; middling ST = the demand is moderate
and prices In favor of the buyer. g.5f
Flour has declined Cd. Western Ca
nal Asa; Ohio 46s. Wheat has declined
Sd. Corn has declined Is per quarter.
Yellow45s /; White46s. M = a,,
y The Beef market is firm, and prices a
trife higher. Pork is higher. Lard is
easier, but not qnotable lower.
Neutrality-suspicious. in American secur-
tiles b small, and stocks have, declined
~ General Epselifgence.
There ismuch ofimpertance inher news.
A pause has ensued in the fieldfghting be-
fore Sebastopol. Dispatches from both
Russians and British say that the siege
pfogressesw with regularity and preparations
are making for an. assault. Both parties
are in want of reinforcements-the besieg-
ers worse than the beseiged; The Rus
slams begin to want ammunition. The.
Allies are reduced by battle and disease
to. $4,000, which caused much alarm in
England and France, and the utmost ef-
forts are making to send instant, reinforce
ments. All the mail steamers are char.
tered. :" ~" ~
The winter is setting in with severity
stormy weather on the Black Sea, and two
Turkish frigates were wrecked
The great Hospital in Sebastopol, con-
tanning 1000 wounded soldiers, was burn
ed by the FIRE of the Allies. N VI = /
There will be no mail untilthe arrival of
the Pacific on the goth, the Government
having taken tie Niagara off the Halifax
loute.s. g ave - Ng. ~ Il. 3.
large. French loans are spoken of.
The Austrian note in reply to the Prus-
sian note of the 30th Of October, had ar
rived at Berlin. AS far as contents had
transpired, Austria still gladly accepts
Prnssiaspromise of support in the Pnn-
cipalities, but lays great stress on having
this assistance viewed as logical and nee
essary3 consequence Of the treatyJofsApril
Goth, rather than as a new arrangement. 4
1t was expected in the French camp
that an assault would have been made ON
the 5th had not the Russians attacked the
Allies positions on the 4th. The firing
was slack on both sides, preparations be-
ing made for an assault Scaling ladders
had been ordered. -Four Russian ships
in the harbor were sunk by the Allies fire
One Of them the Twelve Apostles.
The Typhus fever had broken out in
Sebastopol, from the stencil from the vast
numberof unburried dead.
Confagrations we're continually occur
ring from red hot shot. Water was get.
thug exceedingly scarce. The, Russians
are preparing for street fighting, and are
posting cannon 10 sweep the streets, forti
flying houses, DC. s
English official accounts of the actor
ofthe 5h, did,not reach London until the
l6.h, owing to telegraphic interruption.
Gen, Raglin says that the enemy, will
an immense force, attacked at the dawn o
morning, the right of the English position
The battle was extremely obstinate, and
was paA Anoon before the enemy was def
initeiy repulsed and forced to retreat, leay
inc the,field covered with dead. Sewers
hundred prisoners were taken. The mum
Der Of the enemy much exceed that at tn
battle Of Alma. The loss Of the Russian
was enormous, & Our losses has also bee
very great. Generals Sir George Brown
Be6tink, Adams, Britteraud Torrens, weI
,yonnded. The conduct OF the troops ]
the face Of the enemy;so superior IN nun
bers, was excellent. f
a Russian official letter says the arriy
of the Grand Duke produced such enthu
iasm in the ranks, thatthe Generalthougl
LIE would turn tito account Consequen
ly. the garrison made bwo sorties; first
one o'clock, p. NJ, against the English
second at two o'clock, against the Frencl
The affair with the English was ofthe mo-
deperatekind. 1t is said the Russians sll
ceeded inspiking their guns. Onthe 81
of the French, 15 guns were also spike
by Russians. After this, the RUSSIANS =
tired III all haste, when the French div
ion pursued them under the very walls
It was received with most murderer
fire, and had to fall back. A sanguina'
and obstinate struggle ensued which "
nrolonged until nig6t,faIl. Z ~ .'s.,. , ..s
Mapscbikoff admits a loss Of 1000, al
adds thatthe loss Of the Akes was at lea
equal. According to his account 2
odo Russians wore engaqen in this affair
Manch;boff,a ff,apponnces that he is abe
- oo,,rcntrate atllthe forces now at Ban
" I.o,,;a Yo s;,nnnayonoi and other places.
"'''saI,r xI.aI NfocS;noff Who was s,t report