The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-12-06


steamers, and drew of part of the enc
my's FIRE from them--a movement whicl
| was acknowledged by Admiral Lyon
by hosting the signal of "Well done
Queen!n It was a marvellous sight t.
see such an immense vessel as tht
] Quces passing the other liners inside
Unfortunately, the respite which she
brought was only momeutary, for, being
| in but six fathoms water. she was il
| danger Of going on shore unless she
anchored, while if she had anchored sht
would have had to leave her anchors be.
hind, and perhaps something more, for
she had caught fire from a red hot shot;
she was thus obliged to yield to the forza
maggiore, and withdraw. q
The .Sa,1spareil, owing to her unwield-
mess and the defects in her propelling
force, which fails always when most nes-
sessary, would have had a hard fate had
not the Shark, tiny little stream tug,
which attends the .SanspareI as planet
does its sun, or the jackal its lion, gone
In and towed out. It was a striking
practical Illustration of the lion and
the mouse, to see the little Stark; help
out the colossal Sans lsariek, but at the
same time it was most gallant feat of
seamanship. 1t is reported that admiral
Lyons sent In the commander of the
Shark with the word" Go in; you viii
find there a coffin or your promotion"
Both the Agememnon and Sanspareil
were obliged to leave buoys for their
anchors, but they left also some heavy
smarks of their presence on the face of
the forts. Both ships did not quit their
posts until nightfall, for Admiral Lyons
determined to be sunk rather than give
in. =.
I cannot refrain froin telling you a
happy mot spoken the day after the as-
tion. The Turkish Admiral sent his
excuses to Captain Mitchell, of the
Queen for having gone between his ship
and the forts. The answer of Captain
Mitchell was, that he considered him
to do has duty best who was nearest to
the enemy"
The loss of the feet in men amounts
to 46 killed and 26s wounded.
Now, you will wish to know what was
gained by the bombardment AS I
told you in my last letter, the batteries
were never more than for few moments
siIenced, SO that is difficult to say weth-
er this took place in consequence of the
injuries sustained, or only IN order to let
the guns cool. The day after the bonn
bardment, the Sampson went down to
see what injury bad been done to the
forts Well, they look as if they were
marked With win small if-ax h:is Lanl
afraid it is not of very dangerous
character, except, perhaps, on the north
ern face of the Cape Fort, where at Que
g the angles two of the porthoses have
been thrown into one, but a considerably
larger one There is, Indeed a rumor
current that they were obliged to steady
a part of the Cape Fort by butresses
but L have not heard of any one having
actually seen with his own eyes the
butrcsses.
Here you have, then, the palpable
and disadvantages of the
bombardment before you, and you may
Judge wether the first is worth the sec
ond.
The night before the bombardment
a boat, with mufHed oars was sent to cx-
plore the two shoals the crew went all |
round, and SO close in that they could
hear the people talk. and would have
been able to understand what they said,
had they known their language. Two
small Russian Steamers which were,
likewise outside the sunken vessels when |
the action began we're lying off the en-
trance, but mistook the boat as it seems |
for Russian According to the observa-
tons made, the depth of the water is so
uncertain and variable, that large YES
sels could not enter beyond eight faith
pms of water, which scarcely brings them
within $500 or 1900 yards.
From the constantinopIe Correspondence OF the |
Journal of Commereel
Incidents of the War,
THE DISABLED ALBioN.n
The dismantled and battered French |
ship of the line Albion arrived yesterday
N Bujukdere Bay, towed by the Grin |
,cos. This vessel, with the Agamenlnon
md Sanspareil, bore the brunt of the
action on the 18th. She had Is killed |
md 72 wounded in the days combat.
She was towed down to Constantiuople
ibis morning to be docked. As she
passed, with her main and mizzen masts
shot away, aud her sides showing the
marks of the frag, band on board play
ngenlivening lairs-a strange contrast
10. the scene which had been witnessed ON |
1oard week before. She has several |
arge holes near the water line, which
Iave been temporarily boarded up and
painted and the round marks of the
hot are to equal to that Of a first rate,
With her battered aspect and the interest
f14 "a Gnrbf affr0nfnH arnu-Hc
during her passage down the Bosphorus.
The Spectators eyed her silently with
farious ideas and sympathies-the Eng
ish, with pride, mingled with sorrow,
,he Turks with apathy which might veil
my other feeling other parts of the
population with something like secret
qualification.
THE SLAUGHTER Is COMING.
No one can say what viii be the num-
Der of wounded in the great assault
ghich may one day take place. It is
veil to state the truth at once.-Alma
s likely to have been far less deadly
han the struggle which will take place
n the breaches of Sebastopol. The
enemy there viii probably be unable to
and if he have a trace of cour-
lge. or even of natural instinct, he will
iefend himself with desperation, Every |
ilreet may have its barricade, and the
,ery ground over which the assaulting
.egiments pass may CONCEAL the deadly
nine. - 80 s.f.l.
SACK EXPECTED.
The prisoners and even tine deserters
'a5 that the Russian generals as deter |