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Incidents at scbastcpni.

| noTtn were throwing u perfect StoTln ~ NHVl
all over tho field, killing their own aud on
wounded
Incidents at ScbastrpnI.
CLEANED FROM THE BRITISH JoCENhLs.
The two Grand Dukes. sons Of the EmpcrO
Nicholns. whose arrival NJ Scbas,rp,l i
mentioned in General Canrobcrt's report o
/ the battle Of the 9Th instant. hold high ranl
in the Russian army The Grand Duk" Nj
cholas. the third son of the Emperor. is .
years of ace. The Gaand Duke Michael, hi
fourth son. is % ycars old
4 SolpIFRs FEELINGS IN ruE MiD,T oT BAT
rLH.-A letter from q private soldier says
The bullets Of the Mimic rifle gn past yol
with most Internal sound. IT. a. though
mocking devils were snecrlnc at you IN th'
air But your blood soon gets up, thc suunC
maddens YOU, the smell ofgunpowder has in
toxication in it, your veins tinglc a. il fire
was runun: through them. the eyes strain
the Jaws become rigid and in YOU 20" II,
states that he lost himscf altogether at the
Alma, till he found himsclla victor. lie got
IL wound on the forehead, only u Craze, but IT
| bled considerably, " the blood ram down into
his mouth, and in his burning excitement he
drank it as though it had been inspiring
! wine
CLoyLN IIr,ns NJ B,lASLAvA--I have al
WAYS imagined that split skulls and clovcn
heads were figures of speech until to day,
when have, indeed, been terribly cun' incod
of the reality Of such horrors. Some OF the
dead to day had their head, its completely
clovcn AZ if the operation was performed by
u surgeon with sdw. Nearly all .hc Rus
| sians were So killed Our fellow, had been
principally slain with lance thru-ts; I saw
one BODY with thirteen such wounls through
II ,.1,, Az. L. bad
six, all Of which were mere flesh ,und,, and
not dangerous The same man. 'rl tho 18th
Lanccrs,) extraordinary aud in"r dibe as 1t
NAV appear had two horses kiled under HIM,
! one or two sabre and bullet wounds in his
! cap, his sword bent double III its sheath by
MIME bullet, five bullets in his saddle, one
| in his lance-staf, and sword-cuts innunIor-
! able.
| SUNDAY SLRvicL-Ihe Russians opened a
! very heavy cannonadc on us this morning
they always have done SO on Sundays. Di-
! vine service was performed with a continued
bass Of cannon rolling through the responses
and liturgy. The French were terribly cut
by hy the Garden Battery, moro 30, however,
by their misfortune of last night The Rus
slams made stealthy sortic towards morning
and advanced close to the French pickets.-
When challenged, they replied "lnglis, In
Il,
as bona .fde English they say, and ere they
knew where they were, the Russians had
charged them, got into their batteries, and
spiked five mortars. They were speedily re-
pulsed but this misadventure has mortified
our brave allies exceedingly.
A NOVEL EXPLOSION. the 9th (the
eighth day of the siegc,) we had another ex-
plosion on our right attack. The story has
an air OF Muuchauscn about it, and if the
facts were not well known. should have
some scrupie. in telling it. IN cicht-iuch
gun had lust been loaded with live she'll,
and the match was applied to fire il Oh Al
that moment one Of the enemy : lshrli- entered
the gun, and the two shells exploding burst
the gun. Every man in the battery wUs
more or less hurt Some were killed.
A TrRKrfrc >PFCrAcrE.-Tlic Russian bat,
terirs having it now all their own way, ham
mored unrcnittiugly upon u7 with the great
~, yiyacitv. They had .ert forth from their
rampalts loud -honts of defiance or Of victory
wien the explosion nt tho French aud Eii-
gli4h iuaga zin"s acquainted thcm Of onr mis-
fortune; but it was now our turn to crow,
for about half past three there suddenly shot
upwards from the works, or rather the Re-
dan on our front, white livid flame, which
assembled high into the air, and while we all
paused to gaz" on the spectacle, sound
which made the very earth trelnbla beneath
us, followed hv a most awful report, told us
that the Redan had ceased to oNIst--tpr in
the next minute it1 garrison of hundreds,
blown to atoms, diSmclnbero aud Juutiloted
by the action of the cIpO-lun, wer" dIscur-
cred hundreds oC yards above tn" parent Garth,
81 fearful and terrifying spectacle never
have, nor d. hope over again to witness. In
the midst Of a dense volume OF smoke and
,,hi ,.h laI Np.,tp
cending to the clouds, were visible to the
naked eye arms, legs, trunks, and heads Of
the Russian warriors, mingled with CannOns,
wheels, and every object of military warfare,
and may say, with every living thing it
contained. The explosions in the French and
English batteries were like flashes in the pan
Of muskct compared with this
WtlooML VISITORS 10 IuL EscIIsH CANr.-
\ very heavy muskctry fire was heard from
Balak'ava at the camp last night. II was
caused By a troop of Russian horses, who had
broken their picket ropes, and dashed into
the ronch lne Tho Zouaves received tho
charge with u fearful musket hrc, which
brought down many Of the animals, and our
two batteries (marine) before Balaklava
opened cross fire upon the supposed foe.
Our cavalry stood to arins. After half an
hours we'll l-sustained fire, it was discovered
that the horses were without riders. Much
amusement was created by this little night
surprise. Above one hundred and sixty capt
tai horses were secured, including generals
charger, with very fine trappings.
The RIFLlaLS-One of the most wonder
ful things | think is to 500 the way
in which our rihcmen 90 about in small de-
tachcd parties, crawling along on the ground
up the side Of the hill, till they appear 10 be
l. 4 l.. Il.
thus they lie on their bellies till Il chance Of
fers when crack goes MIME and down falls
a Russian. | was informed most crodibly
that ono Of these brave fellows few days
since thought hc would 60 and do little
business ON his own account, got away from
his company, and crawled up close to a bat
terry under the shelter Of a hill, lay on his back
and loaded, and turned over and fired when
after killing eleven men, party rushed out,
and he took to his heels, but, sad to say, n
volly fired after him by this party, lcyellcd
him with the earth, and he was subsequently
picked up with thirty-two balls in his body.
4 NARROW EsCAPE.-A series Of hand to
hand encounters 30 on between our skirmish-
era and tho enemy all day long, and in which
our fellows are uniformly successful They
go out TO these encounters with almost child
ish delight, and the escapes Of some of them
seem miraculous. la oue OF these encounters
Il rileman was taken ON the 26th, and carried
prisoner into the Russian trenchv- There,
in the presence Of ON army, he succr,i~d in
killing and woundins three OF the enemy.
broke through all who tried tu stop him
scrambled over the Eussitn work., and tho
y hole lollcys of shot were sent after him,
and he was pursued by huulrol-, he cuntr,cd
to cluic all. and reached oar camp amid trr-
lnrndous cLeors. Lord Raglan TO mark hi-
successful gallantry, made him a NJ"s'nt Of
-, and paid him compliment ivr ii, tour
age aud activity
MuRL lloGgogs A Russian officer iulorncd
inc tlat he was certain wc never should take
Sobasturol, either by sea or 10y land. The
Russians had thrown uPso many additional
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