The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-20
NEW YORK HERALD FRIDAY, JULY co. 1856
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VIRGINIA military iasrIrurs, Jely IL, Ao55
To rHs EDiroes OF rHs RioKMoND WHio:-
The following ie col from graduate ~ US issii
tntioo, BOW saving 50 q surgeon IN t1s Russian
army n 3 pa-t'pol, having Questioned some Ia,sess
ayoDs those WI, Dav- bseh o50nso,sd wi.h 30 ID
s:i,u.s IL soJl esssd b, members Of tie l,rd
.t vlsiS's that u be puolshet. send you tn .rs-
fore copy Tor pue.lcAsioo, aod simply SD tas: De-
Whitehead 10 q native OF tle county 0i " snssnoad,
a. d graduated as this lnsti:unon II JAY, 1851.
FRANCIS u. 5MirH
SEBAsroPOL, April Ii 1855.
Coz. y. h. sMIrH-Not belOy particularly engaged
this evening, sna baviog pastel in review maay Of
the sgreeabe "reminiscences co1nestsd With my
lore youthful days 40 ca5es OF me Virginia Mil
taly Essi.ute, nave conceived tle idsA q wryaag
you fSw iines, she ASSOCIATION Of our nas oeing
inseparab}y Connected with thai instis1siol have
bad We pleasure Of meeting only re OF my class
mates sincs my dep 4rtUse from the inss.suee, AID
independently VI T. Q lnI0sma.i0a FURNISHED ms by
item concerning its aHArs, have NAMED Ia le
nest aoeolore ignorance OF every event Snich may
nhve trsnspred Withio us otecinces sinoa tbs. tina
While student OF n,ediclce aS PHILADELPHIA, AID
just before competing my MEDICAL sy1 ,ses Nc yle
University II r pDsSJvanls, mad NC CASTOR !, s,ci
from y0u ceIsih ate es a0lis,,ng the fa:s thAs
! wastsrmeyly student cf tae Virginia Military In
stture. Permit NE, sir, 70 EXPRESS TO you up,n
upon this occasion my Grateful Askno We'd nsnts
| for The kII and prompt msnney 10 wnica you ae
coded 81 my reques. am in . para Of Oh, ylobe
| WHOM Is Ut present the mos, ioteressing Of al
pla es, from the nature OF the events OF daily occur
rel CO, and have, therefore, deemed t to bs MT In
s2pyopii to address you these few haes thoayn
lnf,lecly written, which msy possibly prove agree
distant, AID at the same time Interesting usys OF
the worc. an IN the Imperial ssrv CO " RI ssis,
as military pbysic an and surgeon. am indebted
TO Prince Gorlschakof TOR the peculiar advantages
1 or lrv IN mt On a.,
regimen. Of i've thausaad msa, "!S:achss O,Gna-
tcy'-1snk betteen that II Maj: and Lisu:snsn;
CcioreA l am q. present attscoed - Que OF tbs
large hospitals ~ Sepastopol. Ate. bavinu gcadl-
/ lett the Uni.ed States for Fsanos. Uo,nry arr
val a. Paris, entered iDaUedlatey upon t1e p:ac-
cal study Ct medicine. rsInal1ed in Paris Snol.
one yesr spd tnIte months, lefs Pa.is for Vienna
last foil, remained in Vienna three 49, aud than
left Ruseia have been ia RU ssla fous m ms
one month as SehassopoE.
sebas;opoi still remains. Ths Eagiis1 ard French
have IDaoo no progress yet towards taking IL Sno
my arrival here several sofes have bssn eff-c I'D
by the Russis1s with marked SUCCESS, she 1Sh + ~
have always lost cons der able Dumo1r. tGs allss
have been bomoar1ipg the city for the last i've days.
a. caused great deal VI damage, pat i: has o,eE
dreadtu)lY psid fov-toe batteries Of the allies ars
now nearly client, and those OF the R1ssiaRs stronger
II 60 evtr. Tee Russisns are concentrating troops
| about Ssbastopcl Events nave proved toas tue
Epplish colder 1s ch Inferior TO either tae French
or Russian, snd tnat with certain exc otiOns the
Russian IL % good as the French. Ee,ss ooo will
never be taEep il may 10 blown by the Ra,siaos.
surgical OPT fs:ions, ans must retnsia at sae anoa
lance tonight, because tbs Russians infant N sEing
apolt,e. have very little time q, present - write.
With Every consideration ~ Ioqr fI Mal,,,,n
IRON the Syracuse JournA July III
E1tract iron etter cated II St. Petersburg, June j.
to iriends in this city
few days eircs wen, IN com pa1y With some
three hundred excursioDists 10 PefNrhof and Cr)n
sladt. We Lao The osst steamer on the Nsva,
bsDd Of music from tne Imperial Guards, sud, best
of Sil, ! ali dozen Americans Passing dawn the
river We had nne chance to see the vast .eoara
tons made for defending the city itsef since the d.
clarAsion OF the state OF SIEGE bssarss have bsen
| thrown MP on all the Islands AID c,asts Every
person whO hss visitt lis capital mas, yes asp
/ hJm'y remembrancss tf the gardens and groves of
| the Vof sihs OstrcE Toat vulnerable iaand, " IL
bss been smiling and Aumbsring ever snce the days
Of Peter, - INV g,rt IN tut aIn1or, and nu 1bsr-ss
astelts, IN the sbspe OF snapl ism little quo boass,
are in con,ii uai att. Dcance.
An hours voyage brought Us IN fali sight Of toe
forts Of CronsaSt shortly after the ase Of the
allies was looming up five or six miles bsyoad.
To evffy o. OF us whose mind hRd D en as all ceat
toward CO .cuIa'ion of ths character Of tas war,
every foo: Of tie way b:car,s otsres ing. SsreEs'
acrofs tie gull snoEe o. Finland, tie subma
, Wall Ut stores end pilipg, at wnich an any has
been &C up,ed durIr the past winter. lie object
Il TO shut the norta channel, which, thong gene
boats. fou n ss nat picture TO yourself this val
ss arsnd piece Of tRulsS masonry i, fnisn graz
| lie bic Pster's qusyp On the c,n'rary, iss pre-
SEM is only denoted by spesks and soots here and
teeIe, and by long rank OF dtsm xntiet fig stes,
| anchored 50 AZ 10 command every art o, Il:
Coming nearer we passed two fsets o. RusJ "a
| GuDboats. These ee perhap SKY fee. long. some
pro, eled by steam, some by oars tbs firm r. ar
| rying ,hrs Q great guns, the lattes tw,. roe Rus
| slams a'm 70 have ~ great 8 nuybA' OF these ~
the allies. Il Is also sa,d tina. the Rossan DO, Its
ore m uch better adapted TO these wa,ers. Whds
1 on board enc some weeks since g. trial Of her
ms bipery, there ere shown me several p ,rts for
which this superiority il claimed.
/ Soon We Come TITO goodiy compsny of seam
freates, ard smsng them mos: trim o: al was tn e
ksnscnAtks, built Sumo yeats siacs a. New ,rk.
Then We made our way through all the Russian
feet, the bands on eve'y sids playing tbs nstions!
anthem, cborusse by burf4hs loud sad long.
| Tpen We ran close under the forss sni Batteries
oftie celebrated rsrro~ passage-toe western gaze
| OF the Empire. Il would greatly tax tn, b,des;
imsgnstlon, not spuyrtd on by the visw issel, %
isscS even 70 immeDfe c,moinatien o dssen ,ss.
! Al our Iish:, lowered For. asnscu's u OF knrse-
ssce shape, foue tiers high, and ct granite. O1 the
lett was Kron Knn Castle, fstress of III, gras.er
sze Sse'chspg oni from thsse ere long rang Is OF
batteries G. vsfe5 with enocnous gus. Fsrsher al
valttd on The left vas Risbandtne grea es tort o.
| all.
Like kron Castle, 1t ia circular i, plan, AID bull.
| OF grari-e hevn in greE, slu1red blocks. sid f1r-
thty in Il ont Fors Alex and r, aud &c % ,sr D.
other forts, from which branches long iDss or
w caDron In battery. TIE channel ftslf rs 80 nsr
row that DOT more tasn two three veasels co nd
be arranged abreast IL IT, ard it Could D, sveo. 8;
any NJ men by the conceb tfatsd lire Of NJ a-!y GIL
these forts snd batteries by FIRE coming from
dive different directions. Add, then, 70 tlis taa.
two first class slips OF the line stand protected by
the forts but sweeping with their w1oe bros tsides
the whole barnei leDgt5sise--tha. no place c,uid
be better iitteo f'r defence by submarine bats-!es
-tta, according to &c cunts Jacob, the m sstsr
spirit IN all such devices, has been constantly st
work think Of all these, and yyn Will shon bs in q
way TO estimate the probable ems ia.io, of any
foe waopr,ciaims his iltention Of passing that way
10 b,s dinner IN 81. Petersburg.
| lang way out vas the hostile fee, then n1r
befiDg twenty six, aud sr steamers except one.
rney stre g.d III io,g lines across the Galf,
ana their magnificent oesyanoe NO doubt gladden.
| ed the hearts OF the Eoc'shmen OF ons pSety. Is
| IVES Q spleodid sight. By tue aid at glass every
pant Of tner hula were se IN DISTINCTLY. Frey nave