The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-11-18
MAILS BY THE ATLANTIC.
N f w 3 R . M THE CR NJ T. A
DEPL0RABLE CONDITION OF THE ALLIED ARMY.
TIE RUSSIANS sAr NO pAnAcr Is poxr.

NE RUSSIANS sAv NO pAxAeE DoxE. 1
The Russian Embassy at Vienna had re-
ceived . dispatch dated from Chernitch
of 2Sth October, stating that The |
bombsrdment Of Sebsstopol had been carri-
ed on vigorously to tie 20th, but without
much damage TO the defense.
Also, from Odessa, October IS. saying the
"bOmbardment of Sebastopol was continued
up TO TIE 23d, but nothing decisive had &C.
CURED"
The Russian official statement reads thus:
"Sr. PETERSBURG, Oct. 26.-Prince Men.
chik"f rites nnder date oi the night OF the
goth: We return the FIRE of the enemy with
success. The damage caused to the fortifi-
cations is trilng. The fire from tie enemy's
ship has not been renewed. A part Of the
reserve has arrived and the remainder is ex-
Pected."
A BREACH EFFECTED.
The Paris Moniieur oil the 3Oth confirms
previous intelligence by saying: "a letter
from Varns informs US that Fren, h steam.
er. which left the Crimea on the 2lst con.
firms the news respecting the destruction of
the two outer forts OF Sebastonol. More.
over, the land batteries had made breach.
The allied armies were only waiting Tor the
opening Of second breach, in order to make
the assault"
SUCCESSFUL SORTIE OF THE RUS.
SIA,S-.FRENCH BATTERY DES-
TROYED.
According to a Russian Official dispatch
pu lished in the Kreutz Zcilung, dated ST
Petersburgh, Oct. 28, the siege continued
uninterruPtedly up ~ the 23d, the fortifca-
tons had suffered but little. rhe Russians
had made a successful sortie, and a French
battery OF eleven guns and eight mortars
had been destroyed. Lord Clanricarde's son,
Lord Dunkellin, was taken prisoner.
THE GEAR SENDS HIS SONS TO
THE WAR.
Michael and Nicholas. youngest sons of
the Gar, arrived at Odessa on the 18th
Thence they would proceed, in the course OF
day or two. to Kaischenof, Prince Gorcha.
koffs headquarters, in order 10 take active
service in The army. Previous to their leav.
ing st. Pctersburgh, a solemn rel,g ous ser.
vice was held in the presence of $4,000 Of
the army; the Gear, his sons. aud The ,ruops
knelt on tn. field anu invoked the blessing
" heaven on their arms. Alexander Is at
Warsaw with the guards, and Constant ne is
the only son now remaining with the Gear.
STATE OF THE ALLIED ARMIES.
PROM CAVALRY OFFICER.
We bivousc in the open air, and as for
eating, ] haze plenty OF biscuits, and coca.
sionaIly an lucky enough u get piece of
meat, but Tor The charity of my neighbors,
no. ever, ] must eat II raw, as | have no
cooking utensils, no drinking cup, no plate.
| l generally eat off piece vi deal. or the
lid Of tin. il lucky; in tact am pretty
near starving. One thing we ha' e in plen-
ty-grapes; there are hundreds vi vineyards,
aud we gorge all day long. in spite Of hot
era, which carries of some forty or & " OF
Us daiIy--in fact. il is drcimating US Ny
regiment is q perfec, skel ton. The da, 8
are very, very Int, aud the nights are very,
very cold. with the heaviest dews I ever saw
We lie down in boots and spurs, aud ,ress
jackets, covered with cloak, not TO sleep
tor 1t 10 too co for that. bit 10 rest. II
cholera is still raging-the last account
heard. was that forty five had died that day,
but really The wonder IL that any are | 10
alive. We Chat is The men sad regimentai
Oficers) are either starved, or cut food
against which our stomacls turn, and, in or
der 10 live, we are obliged to eat loads OF
grapes from the vineyards close al hand
The days are very hot, the nights v-ry cold,
and our clothing consis Of one suit on our
back; the de~s wei us through every nigh
just like rain. When taken in, we have no
medicine, no place TO be nursed in, no one
to care 4 straw about US, as the immense
mortality has made. and invariably SO, every
man more or less callous.
There is no doubt that the Codstreams
and 23d Fusileers wavered and retired n liz.
tie at Alma, but came on again, and il ia
said that the fire from the Russian batteries
nights was So severe, that the Duke Of Cam.
bridge ordered his division To retire, but old
Sir John Campbell said: 1.-THE Hiyhlanders
never retire with an enemy IN front OF your
Royal Highness." aid ON went the Highlan-
ders with the bayonrtt; they made mince-
meat OF the Russians. This is the story.
From the Correspondent Of the Morning Herald.
Cholera is committing the most tear ri
ravages Nothing that we have yet seen OF
the disease al Varna in any way prepared us
Tor such visitation as the present. For
the last WI eek or fortnight it has been liter.
ally moving doAn our men by hundreds dai.
ly. The French are not suffering ar %
much, though stiil their loss is heavy. No,
u day passes with Us without three or four
OF the officers and about 200 men being car.
ried of by this terrible disease. Two days
ago, not less than l6 900 .. our men were
out VI the SICK list, aud that out OF an army
Of now nearly 10000 men. rhe ague has
also become very Prevalent-in fact, no one
here is from under the doctors hands more
: than three or i,ur days u, time. This IN
usual sickness-and, above all, the rava e.
{. OF the cholera-are attributed 10 the fatigue
: exposure and PrIvation which all the troops
have undergone and still undergo.
From the Times Correspondent.
OCTOBER, l3.-lt is row eighteen day,
since our army bv brilliant and d.rins