Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-10-26
The War---prsiticn. Moyer ents. an-
Prospects Of ihe Armies in the
Crinra.

The last Official dispatches report the
South side of Sebastopol to be occupied by
dctachments Of French and English troops
who have had distinct quarters OF the town
assigned to them.
The Russians concentrated their forces
in the Northern forts, and were OCCASION
ally Gring upon the town, 10 which the Al
lies replicl, from the two forts which re-
mainel in;act' Nicholas and Quarantine
and from the ruins OF other forts. Prince
Gortschahol. in his reports, describes the
firing of the Allies as heavy.
Preparations were making by the British
aaI French engineers, by the sinking Of
immense mines, TO destroy the splendid
docks. urseuaIs aud ship-buildinr yards Of
SebastopDi. aud thus uVroot the place as
a naya! strIuohD.i Though there IS no
Official information on the subject, the Al
lied gen ,-.,s. .oc obvious reasons, being ST.
len, as to their future operations, there are
various premonitions OF 4 vigorous cam
paIn in the open field.
Prince @ rtschakoif on the 23d ult. re-
ported that $4,000 men had been landed
al Eupaloria, and that on the 10Th this force
was increased T. 5000 men. lie has
since r-n)7,ei that ".mpOsSingmlssc~" of
the Allied troop continue to threaten the
lef. wing Of he Russian army from the
valley Of Bl lcr, whilst force amounting
% between $4,000 and 10000 threaten the
right winsof the Russians from Eupatoria.
1t is uncertain, and VIII remain 50 for
some lit.le time, which of these threatened
attacks is the real one. but there IS quite
enough in Prince Gortsnhakolf' despatch
e5 10 show that he considers himself se-i
og>ly threatened in front and on both tlankS
Another significant fact Is that the English
land trans port corps are in full activity;
that the fed batteries Of the artillery are
in marching order; the large numbers of
the French cavalry have embarked for Eu-
patoria, and by the te!esraphic accounts
f'om Vienna, it IS stated that thcalliel fleets
had left Slba-topol on some secret eXpedi-
tiOn.
The Tins correspondent, wiring on
the 2lst, is not at all slneuine that the
Russians viii be forced to abandon their
position on the approach Of winter.
The correspondent Of the Daily News
takes a different view. lie says:
The belief gains ground thar the Rus
SLAMS ar preparing to cyacuate the north
side OF tir LGrJyr Of >rLastOpy!. The ex-
tenSivc earJlwprns which have been lately
Constructed, and others in course of con-
struction, are regarded u simply intended
10 cover their retreat and protect the rear
guard OF the Russian army. Carts have
come in empty from the direction Of the
Mackenzie heights, and have gone away
laden. it Is supposed. with provisions.
These arrangements are supposed 10
indicate an intention to retire. 1t is still
understood that 4 combined movement IS to
take place against ii, cne.ny's position On
the Ma .krnz;, heights. \ direct attack
fromB .kshi-Serli spoken of, the approach
from the South being made by a route
which is kept a secret. and which will have
til cde-t Of avoiding the euemy's fortified
intrenchm,ats.
l. Norl, Of Brussels. takes hopeful
view Of Russian affairs in the Crimca. y
writer in that journal saws:
"TEa situation Is 20. entirely TO our dis
advantage, AMI the honor pl oar arms has
been in nI.waycompromis-d. Our men viii
no longer he obliged 10 offer themselves up
as holocaust, bUt will now he able to de
fend themselves in = close fight, and sell
their lives at = Li-A cost
The same paper states that out O. the
l0.019 seamon who h1l undertaken wi,h
Their officers, the defence of Sebastopal only
a fourth survive, and some six or seven
officers.
In order which Prince GortschakoT has
addressed to ais soldiers, the Prince al
init. Il 1,.s e FINN nm n l001 mon Der