The true Democrat., 1854-10-04
Further by the Niagara.
The Niagara's mails bring some additional European intelligence:
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European intelligence:
 Tine Black Sea.
 The Times correspondent, writing from Var na, under date of August 18th, holds the fol- lowing language:-
 Something is going to be done, and that speedily. The opinion is Sebastopol. Kaf1a is spoken of; some even say Anapa is to be at tackled; and others that no place at all is to suffer, but that the troops are merely going to occupy winter quarters at Scutari. We all be- lieve that Sebastopol will be attacked by our combined forces, and that the embarcation will take place in few days. This morning sort of rehearsal took place in the embarcaton and dlsembarcaton of guns on the south side of the bay: also as to the number of men paddle box boats would contain. Lord Raglan, Ad- mlral Lyons, General Brown, etc, were present, and the operations were very successful. The seamen and marines of the ship here assisted, and at Admiral Lyons desire, all the executive officers of the ships who could attend did so. The Britannia has had much sickness Cholera, ) and has lost upwards of 70 men, 50 of whom died in seventeen hours. The Montebello and another French liner suffered still more. The Leander's crew are to be broken up, to fill up vacancies In the t1eets-aso that of the Jena, by the French. The diamond, it is said, will have her guns taken out and will transport troops. The Agamemon, Sanspareil, and High flyer (wlth other ships) are to belong to the covering division, and, of course, will take no troops, but will cover their landing. Sixteen liners will be kept clear to take care of the Rus sian t1eetshould it make its appearance. These are the on dts of naval and military circles, and 1 think there is great deal of truth in them. The fall of Sebastopol will be fine and splendid thing. This bay is crowded with merchantmen and transports The fire in the town has caused much ruin of the streets and buildings A Greek was captured yesterday morning trying to raise another.
 The day before yesterday little Austrian merchant brig arrived here. Such fact might not haze been perceived here had she not com menced an irregular salute to our own flag and kept it up until she had attracted attention.- Then it was ascertained that this proceeding was caused by the day being the tete day of the Emperor Francis Joseph Then the French and English ships dressed "in rainbow" with the Austrian flag at the main, and English French and Turks expanded their powder together.
 The accounts of the great battle fought on the 10th of August, between the Turks and the Russians, near Kars, are extremely contradicto- ry. There has evidently been some gross falsi- fcation on one side, and perhaps on both.- The dearest account we can find of the battle is the following letter to the London Morning Herald:
 Erzeroum August 8.-Zariff Mustapha Pachs was anxious for an opportunity to draw down vengeance upon the Russians for the last sar. prise which they gave to the Turkish encamp- ment on the Turko Persian frontiers, and to efface by bloody battle the shame with which his colleague, Selim Pacha, was then covered by his flight, which left the Russians masters o Bayazid and its environs.
 The Turks quilted Kars on the 4th August leaving in all five battalons and "A pieces o1 cannon as reserve, followed by all the rest of their forces, passed through Vely Kuey, and did not stop till they came up with the advanc- ed posts of the Russians, encamped at Kuruk- dere. They divided their army, amounting te about 26 900 infantry, 45, 1000 irregular cavalry and 1000 artillery, with 52 field pieces into two bodies The first was commanded by Vely Pacha, the second in command being Genera Guyon, chief of the staff; and the other Zarif Mustapha Pacha, commander in-chief and ge. neraissmo, and Kerim Pacha
 Hassan Pacha, at the head of the regular troops of Arbistan, had his corps in reserve r the rear of the enemy, ready to support those battalions whose losses might occasion them to fall back. Ismail Pacha commanded the ad vance guard.
 During the night of the 4th, the Russians, or the first movement of the Turks, came out O their entrenchments, and took position on tht plain about league distant from the Turks 1T the same place where their advanced posts had been the previous night General Prince Be- boutofI seconded by General Prince Dolgerouk Bariatnski, was at their head. Next morning toward o'clock, the two armies were In thu presence of each other; the first signal was mad' by the Turks, and the action began. The bat tie soon became general, and it was dreadful t. behold, and terrible to hear, more than l0' field pieces laundering forth, scattering show CTS of balls, and carrying death into the rank upon both sides. The discharge of the batta