The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-07-09

seemed TO emphasizs by their repetition some very
pain coFnand, We began to get nervous II wss
growing darker and darker TOO. that with our
glasses we could with difficulty dstipeush the ac-
tdAi state OF afsirs Al last. through The twilight
We decerned that the French were pouring in
Meanwhile, the fall of the Msmelon and the pur.
suit OF the flying foe. did not by any means bring
the combat TO end on the side of the allies The
)uaves emboldened by the success, and enfaged
by their losses, carried their powers q step too far
and dreamt of getting toto the Round Tower by
coup de main A new crop of battle grew up over
ali the Inter senins hollow between IL and tbs
Mamelon, and the ripple Of muskes shots plashed
and lesped over the hill side. The CONTESTANTS
were not enough for victory there too, bu. thew
were enough tor q ssneuinary and prolonged con-
test contest to the eye far violent than that
which preceded It. The tower ITSELF or rather the
VICTORIOUS stump of what was the Round Tower,
took and gave shot aid shAll and musketry with
tne most savage ardor and rapidly The Il re OF
I've musketry was Ike one sheet of fame, rolling
oacs"aros and forwards with a daoeipg ruoys-
ment, and dwarfed as II was by the Distance and
seen BY Ge in profile, could scarcely be co.oosrsd
to asy thing small or large, ex ,ept the notes of
piano hasced into fire throughout some rapid
turn.
When morning dswned With the wind blowing
even stronger than yesterday the position held by
both parties was one of expectsiiaB. The French
we're in great force wiihin and the outer slopes
OF the Maneinn, and also in possession OF two out
OF the three otfsetts attached to the Msmslon on
the Sapoune hill. The dead were seen lying mixed
with Russians upon the broken ground outside ne
Maiakof Tower, and were bel 10 carried up TO
camp In no slack succession. On the rear OF the
Mamelon their Efforts 10 entrepch themselves were
being OCCASIONALLY interrupted by shells from the
ships in harbor, and from battery not hith. rto
known 10 exist, further down the bill On our side
365 rank and file aud 35 officers had been killed and
wounded. On the French side nearly double the
number of officers and a total Of not less than
1900 men. PROBABLY more. 1t has been stated as
hgh $780, but there must be error in this state-
msnf.
AT Havre, on the 18th instant, bloody riot took
place on the Qusy between a number of white
American sailors and negro seamen. The
whites mt to the house where the groes bo ardsd
AID fierce fight ensued, The whites were driven
back to the Quay, where they made stand, and q
bloody bsttle took place. The police force in er.
fered but they were overw elmed and dtiv back
two or three of them being severely wounded Two
or three of the Americans were dangerously wound
ed-one instbat fight and one in a rencoutre " hich
took place fe " hours after About sixty two ar.
rests were made.
At Berlin. on the oh of Juue, masonic celebra-
tion took place attended by several American visit
ors-among them, Mr. Wise, Secretary of Legation,
and son of Hon Henry A Wise Amongst the
tossts drunk Were one each TO tho XII g of Prussia
the Ancient Lodge of York Masons, and the visiting
Brothers from America.