The daily union., 1854-10-13

by the gazet,eers place 1000 inhabitants and
should wonder il in ungenal latitude il contained
But 1t undoubtedly possessed fort with batteries
well armed garrison governor and depot of govern
ment stores The officers of the Miranda conrved with
uncommon skill and intrepdity TO buoy passage for
considerable distance almost unknown river TO
kola and to lay the ship within two hundred and fifty
yards Of the battery.
The governor having refused to surrender the place or
to listen to terms the Miranda opened tremendous hre
which speedily annihilated the enemys batteries and
party, headed by the first lieutenant landed sword in
hand and carried everything before them The govern
ment stores all destroyed and the whole seems
10 have shared the iaea catastrophe which the
ernor might have avoided by surrenderng 10 enemy
whom he had not the power to resist IL is impossible TO
read without deep commiseraton the narrative OF opera
tons which must have inflicted extreme hardshps on
population suffering these terrible ehastsemens for the
sins of its ruler and il Is difficult discover than
very rude and random justice in which make the
Lapandes OF kola responsible for the Menschko mission
and the passage of the Pruth But that of the
ditions of war with the Russian empire 1t is only by
making the people OF that empire feel that they de-
ncees and open TO attack along the whole Of their vast
external frontier that hope drive them into sub
mission and from Lapland to the confines Of Armenia
power and man is alone responsible for these dread
ful and destructive consequences
But though wish that the squadron in the White
like that in the Baltic had encountered force
worthy of its power Captain Lyons and his gallant
Iades have undoubtedly effected all that could be done
under the circumstances and the utmost praise due to
the officers of the Miranda for the skill with which they
took that ship up the Koa river and placed her. without
hesitation within 25O yards of the batteries which were
accordingly very rapidly destroyed. We have still some
TO hope that before the allied fleet quits the Baltic
which will not be for weeks another maritime opera
ton win be undertaken and should be happy learn
now that Sir Charles Napier had found opporu-
nifty perform service worthy of the reputation with
which he started on this command
BLACK
The Russian ships from Sebastopo only crused by day
and returned either Eupatora Sebasopo at night
No shing-snacks permitted to leave the ports Of
the Crimea lest they should give intelligence to the allies
VIENNA, Sept 25I is affirmed here that slight skir
mish took place the road Simpheropol the l7th
after which the entire road in the possession of the
allies Such reports these must however be received
with Fifteen ships said TO be bocka
ding the port of Sebasopo On the 18th the of the
landing in the Crimea reached Odessa and tremendous
sensation il produced
Twenty Russian barges laden with and rags, had
been partly wrecked in gale and partly captured by the
Anphion and Archer
/ A despatch from Marsees announces the march of
$4,000 Turks Bralow and the junction of Schamyls
forces with those of his Lieutenant Daniel with view of
attacking Tihis,
The Turkish army In Asia occupies the camp aban-
doned by the Russians near Kars
A Russian army corps of 10000 men, which at As
rachan on the Caspian under General Perosk and was
with the troops of the King of Bokhara and the Khan of
Kva have marched along the banks Of the Jhon to
Cabul suddenly received counerorders, and is its
way to the Caucasus.