Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-10-24
THE AFRIoA's MAILS.
sEBAsToPoL NOT TAKEN, BUT FORMAL
LY INVESTED UNINTERRUPTED
uIHuTTNg m a.,
THE WARl

FIGHTING, &c. Sc.
From our exchanges Of yesterday we gather The
following details of The AfIica's mails;
1.-THE most extraordinary excitement has been
caused throughout Europe by the discovery that
the reported fall Of sebasIOpolis fulse--lhe de-.
slruchOn OF the Russian feet false-the blowing
up Of Fort Constantine lalse-ihe eighteen lhou.
sand Russians dead purely imagnOTy--lhe twenty.
two thousand prisoners entirely fubulOus--Men.
sohikolf's melo.dlmalics altogether sham--the
dispatch TO Omar Pucha forgeIy--nnd the whiIe
story, to present appearance, the grandes hoax Of
the uge 'tl
We do not know what hos occurred, excepting
that TO latest authenticated accounts, namely TO
the 2slh September, three days later than its re-
ported fall, The French and En. ISL aays did not
wave over svyosIopol, neither had the city been
attacked.
A Liverpool correspondent writes;
"The process OF disabusng the public mind was
conducted vety gradually On w edntsdai, soon
alter lhe baltic soiled it began 10 be remarked as
singular that no official continuation Of The intel
ligence 20 extraordinary, had been promulgale by
the Government, Toward evening ilwas geneTal-
ly admitted that some Of Tie details might possibly
De incorrect.
A Liverpool paper, not remarkable loT lis early
ntvlligence--noI indeed ior intelligence Of any
knd-altsmpled TO sustain the sinking spirits OF
It's readers by issuing lithOglaph, representing The
blowing up OF FOt Constantine, with The English
and French flags waving from tie Church oil ST.
Vladimir Not much encouraged Thereby, the
public, per fOIce, 0gTeed 10 wOit for tho morning
papers, which would doubtless contain an Off
cipl announcement of the glorious aud astounding
victory.
The following is the official announcement,
made on the evening Of 1hunslay, October 9th, by
the British GoveInmenf;
London 0gzsts Extraordinary.
formulation VI ths sruet copy VI IsltgrdpAie
dttpaleh, r,eeibsd Oclobsr 8, 10 a, a., and
transmitted By he agent Of En9 land in RalIa-
cha, BuehTsIL ms S0h September, 1854, "a,
p. a.
"LOrd Shayord, CoaitanGnopls, to Lord Ciarsn-
don, MinlSttrOf Foreign Allure. london.
a "Sepleln6vT 80, 1853, AT 9 pm.
"l'he allied aTniies established their basis VI Op.
CITATIONS at Baluklava on the moIaing Of the 2Slh,
aud weIe pTsparing 10 march without delpy upon
SSVaslOl oil. The AgNmemnOn aud other vessels Of
war Of the allies we're IN lhepat Of BdlsklaYa---
There were facilities tlet6 lOI discriminating tue
6atleTns uuin.
"ltis stated that Prince MensohikolI was IN the
iOEcemenlsj that The fortified place oil AnHpu has
been burnt ny the Russansi that its garrison was
marching TO HE scene Of acliUni and that con,
yOy VI ammunition, escorted Dy COssOcks, had
been taken aud destroyed by an English detach.
ment.
"rhe BanShee, bearer OF tls news, len the
CEilnea The evening Of the day belOTe yesterday.
"STRATFORD De REDoLlTFE."
To the above the London Tunes appenhs the
remarks
"lt will be observed that the clerks OF Tie For.
eisn Office, from whom this plecious document EN-
anales, have actually made the despatch arrive al
Bucharest six hours before they represent il as
having been sent from Corstantinoplr, Such peg
verse stupidity is seldom found even IN ilie most
inveteTals iapisls. Even in the PGfeign office, it
must be known that bucharest is not seaport,
that the despatch was not transmitted from ihere
10 ConslanIlnoplet and that Tue journey between
these two places could not be performed, m SIX
hOurs Aud Yet these gentlemen, so pTOIuSely
praised last Stsson, have actually, In the most uu
lucrative Ioun known TO our government, in va.
Eelte extraordinary, published this most 0stOund-
ing statement.
The error they have committed is palpable
enough. The despatch was Seut from Conslan.
llnople by Lord Stafford on tile 30lh Of Senlem.
Der, but with n caTeleSsneSS beyond excuse, they
have transferred this date TO Bucharest, where tie
despatch probably arrived on the 4lh inst.
| II was not 10y any anxiety TO give the public the
earliest intelligence on a subject on which the
most painful interests felt that tile PuEegn Office
was thus to sullily itself in Europe. The les.
patch ilseems, asteceiyed at half-pIsl o o'cock
yesterday morning, early enough for The first ed-
ton Of the morning Hal eBj but It wOs not until
late in tieaileTnUonthul This very Extraordinary
GaE tie appeared. Such apublicaliIn ~ dis race
to the Foreign office, and an lnsultiO the coun-
| Try, which has no relish Tor the STUPID ractical
t,kr IN mas in 10
at Downing s,Eeel.
The FTeuCli Minister for FOtelgn Affairs hns Te-
ceiyed despatch identical with that published IN
tie GOZelle. And the following respecting the
despatch 10 Omar PaCha, wOs posted Un the Pans
Bourse, on the afternoon OF ThuSdny, the 9th.
'VlENNA, October 4th.-The Minister Of France
10 the Minister lot PoreRn AGairsj .
"'Hhe intelligence said 10 have been brought by
Tartar TO Bucharest is conlIadicledJy luther adj.
vices from that city
'luwasnn eGuggeralion OfllIe battle Of the Al
ma, and we ure still without later intelligence
from ConsIonlujnle ;han The gath
"rhe AustIuin Consul III Odessa has ielegIap Pied
TO his government lhhille struggle has recommen.
ced TUm Tue 26th 10 the 9th, on which day the
niles were posed OIL tue BaulJeck, 10 VESTS lrom
SevnslopOl."
From The abOyeit appears that too ddyS after the
reported Eal OF SeVnslupOl, the allies were con
siderable distance from the landward walls.
WHAT REALLY HAS HAPPENED.
The London Times publishes;
"MARsELLEs, evening 5th.--The FTeuch steam.
CT Nil, from Consiunllnople 26th OF September,
has arrived with dispatches. Tie capture OF Sc.
vasIopOl s Tot confirmed. Lori BuIgLeTsh, who
left Malta IN The British steamship Pury, before the
Nil, with dispatches Tor the English government,
hos not yet arrived"
"PARIs, 6lh.-The Russian entertainments on
the Baalbeok were carried, after a tlITd battle,
AMI The allied Generals were preparing to luj
siege TO SebasIopol in regular FORM trhis is pro-
bable, but, il will be observed, is moi nulhenlica.
ted ny dUle.l
ViESNA, evening, Oct, 4.-ltis now 10 o'clock,
YET tue Turkish embassy has received no news fIom
Omar Pacha, eonfunalOry Of the taking Of SeUOs-
tOpO.
BUCnAAEST, Sept 2s.--on the 29d Of September
The allies took ali the GOtls lying on the right bank
fort Constantine side) Of The port OF SebsslopOI
and the tumoT was spread that SeLastopol itself
was taken.
On tue 30lh September the Russian embassy al
vienna received lelegTapho intelligence that two
forts had been taken, but It wasnOt known wheth-
eT they were meErly ADVANCED forts, or within the
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