The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-12-01
LATEST NAIL NEWS.
ARRIVAL OF STEAMER AFRICA
THREE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
The Seige Still Progressing.
THE ALLIES IN AoRTrlcAL POSITION

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Il arrics arrived here this evening from Liverpool
vita O. passengers aud dates to the 18th instant
beng four days later than the advees per steamer
Eslie
trt mo dec 'sive result had been attained.
Al the mail steamers had been taken up by The
l prissa governmental send instant reinfofcements
l 70 TIE sed army. There will consequently he
no maa sent until the sailing OF tho American
steamer Pacific the government having taken the
Il Niagara a The Halifax route.
The next advises will be received by the steamer
Mon via Southampton, srd will be four days later.
fer this there will be an interval OF one week IN.
| Il, the sailing OF the Pacific.
PROGRESS OF THE SIEGE
| There is nothing really later from the seat of
| wsr. pause has ensued in the field fighting be.
| FORE Sebsstopol. Dispatches, both Russian and
British say The siege is progressing with regularity
and that preparations were making by the allies for
On assault.
B1,h parties are greatly in want of reinforce
meats the besisgers, however, are worse of than
the besteged. The Russians begin TO bell want OF
ammunition.
The allies have suffered fearfully They have
| been reduced by battle and disease TO $1,000 men
This terrible fact was causing much alarm In EGG
| land and France, and she utmost efforts were ma
king 10 send instant renlorcements. Ali the mail
steamers are chartered for the service.
The winter was setting in severely, and stormy
weather had heen fel. in the Black Sea Two Tur.
Sish frigates had been wrecked.
nThe great Russian Hospital in Sebastopoi con-
tanning 900 wounded soldiers had been set on fire
bv the guns of the allies and burnt
AUsTRIA's REPLY TO PRUSSIA
The Austrian note in reply to the Prussian note
OF the 30h of October arrived at Berlin on the l2h
aud as far the contents have transpired Austria
l gladly accepts Prussja's promised support in the
Priacipslies but lays great stress on having this
assistance viewed as logical and necessary con
sequence of the treaty of April Goth, rather than as
& new arrangement
| PREPARING FOR AN ASSAULT.
twas expected 10 the French camp that an as.
saul. would be made on the 5th Of November and
il probably would have basn, had not the ussians
attacked tie allies position.
| On the 9Th the firing slack on both Sides
and preparations were being made for an assault
Selling ladders sc had been ordered up from the
camp.
Four Russian ships had been sunk ia the harbor
Of Sebastopol by the fire of the allies One OF the
ships the famous " Twelve Apostles" which
h4d been doing much execution Us a battery
s.sins; the besiegers
HORRORS OF THE SIEGE
The tyPhus lever has broken out in Sebastopol,
iniuced by the great numbers of unburied dead
To add to the miseres of the inhabitants, coIfia
erstons were also continually occurring from the
red hot shot thrown into The place. The supply of
water was also getting exceedingly scarce.
The Russians were evidently expecting an as
ssult and preparing Tor street lighting posting
sweep the streets, and Terrifying the houses
and preparing ether means for a desperate resis.
lance =
The English official account of the action of the
9Th did not reach London until the 10TH owing to
teegraphic interruptions Lord Raglan snys:
The enemy with an immense force attacked yes.
day 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
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
lbszpS have llCn baau
Generals Sir George Brown, Bentinck Adams,
Butler and Torrens 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-
tbuslasm in the ranks that the Russian commander
thought well TO turn to account, aud consequently
on the Jth the garrison made two sortiee, the first
o'clock in the afternoon, against the En-
gIsh, aud 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 guGs. On the side of the French IS guns
we're also spiked by the Russians After this the
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 IRE, and had to fall back The struggle
was mos, sanguinary and obstinate, and was pro-
lOnged until nightial
Prince MenschikOif admits loss of 4 600 men,
and adds that the ioss of the allies was at least
equal. According to his account, p, 900 Russians
were engaged in this aiieir.
Menschikoff announces that he is about TO con-
Centrate all his forces at Batchesrai, Simpfero-
pei and other places.
Admiral Nachimof, who Yves reported dead is
SAID to have recovered and re ,umed active duty.
ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE.
Vienna dispatches to the 18Th say Dispatches
from Balaksva to the llth 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 were
also great, but they remained masters OF the field
Sickness was on the incIease in the allied camp.
Turkish 50 gun 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 hombardmeut continued but the
breeches were always repaired.
FROM THE BALTIC.
At Petersburg adyees report that the English
fleet had left the Baltic aud that winter had set in
with unusual severity
Lord Pamerston did not leave London for Paris
until the 10TH
An official statement of the affairs OF Messrs AL
len & Andes son had been published. The estate
would pay about %. in the pound.
CosIBrERcIAL INTELLIGENCE
From Miiligans CircuInrl
LiraP0ot, Nor. H-Friday Evening Cotton
The sales during the past three days amount to
Hud;i000 bales tor export The demand has been
moderate, with prices favoring buyers. New Or
leang Fair 6 La middiing 5 II; Upland fair 6;
mid I -