New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-19
FROM SEVASTOPOL.
Of TIE London TimeA


SEvAsroPoL, Thursday, Sept. 20, 1885,
The pr0cee diDgs of the Russians all day inscru
table. They were assuredly very busy in removing
by means of military wagons and store-csrfs large
quantities of provisions ana stores fro the large mag
sziDe by the waeIs tdge, which 10 nearly Op Osite TO
Fort Nicholas and convey ing them over the ridge to-
word the Bebek, but hen as if to demonstrate that
these movements are by 10 means indicative OF an In
ten,ion to leave, they ae forming aprodeOus deoe; to
the north east of Sev8sO ,o in the direction of Belbek
also end not far from strong earthwork deserving
the Of re6oubt or fort The piles OF sacks and
bags stacked up ia pyramal form, are plainly dis
CeDible with the naked eye but 1t ID not ascert4ned
that the carts which removing the sores from the
Forth side unload at this new depot. On the contrary
il seems If carts from the Interior come down rom
Syupheropol, and deposited stores at this locality
which must be SOHO where in The pelghbo hood OF 4m
iscbi The carts from the north side, which are nov
apparently occupied in carrying away provisions, keep
along the road whiah passes the citadel and winds
along The to- of the ridge near the sea and when they
descend that ridge they lost to sight, and do oot
rea pear. II they were song to the new depot toey
would keep far away TO our right and AXE the
road which is Iealy parale to the northern SIDE OF
the roadstead of Sevastopd. These carts are to be
seen not only at the great storehouse between Fort
Caffeine aud Hollsndia, but at the citadel and at
Fort Constantine and it would seem as If they came
empty and went away heavily laden. The number OF
them is endless. They are not creaking, iumoeriog
brabas drawn BY oxen, but light well appointed null
tory carriages driven by soldiers, and excellenty
ho seo rendered quite apparent by the speed Win
at them fiom the south side. The large magazine
which the enemy seems most soicitous TO empty is
very spacious pie of buildings OF dark grey stone,
with small wincows, and is DoE unlike prison or pen
tensTy. Tie sides form square, but we cannot
ascertain what is in the yard in the center There
Quay before it, along which borses, carts. and me
rush full fpeed whenever the French take 1t into taer
heads to annoy them One gateway opens on The quay
AID there is another each of the remaining sides
Of the quadrangle, except that on the north. Inc
buildings are two stories high, and rooted with
tiles which elTeady beginL0g TO loot much tat
tered under the a lebhOn of the French shells Some
distance behind the storehOuse there are prodlgous
quantities of Goa piled 10 The hight Of man or there
abou,s and iutersected with walks or passages,
tbroul which we can zee the soldiers going TO and
fro. The Goals arranged symmetrcaHy in sq ares,
ard at corner there is either large weighing
machine or small crane. AZ yet the Russitns neve
not touched these Goals Further away TO the left the
enemy have a small arsenal or store of cannon and
shot, which may possi6ly contain, however, seve-
raj thousand guns. In addition 10 the main stream
of carts there always many divergent Currents
and small streams Of vehicles proceeding between
various stations on the north side and Mac
kepzies farm, by different paths through the brush.
wood, and communicating with the detached
camps spread all the face Of tue slopes be-
tween lnkermapn and the Belbek. The Russian
DonDybrook fair has disappeared; /. had been sr4du-
ally melting away since the 9Th and 9h OF this month,
and now all that is LEFT of it consists of few tents sud
disms1e huts Ga the bill eide, near the citadel,
they had established suffers camp like our o Sn at
kaekoi but moro extensive, and AL day long thus fa
used TO swarm with soldiers, officer, pedes'rans aud
cavaliers, carts and arabs, and women aud droch-
skies, from dawn TIL evening The police of the place
scented TO be excellent ano, az IL out OF the range
of shot and of anything but of some wonderfully
err attic roct cts the gay CROUCH. Possibly,
the burnt cut shcpkeepes of Sevastooo resorted to
this spot ard sought email commerce there. 1ney
certain ly had custom enough; If the payment was
equally liberal ard certain they could not c)nolain
much. Now our shells can almost reach this spot,
and our rockets from below the Msl4sof can MP up
the fair frC en- end TO End aud so the Muscovs have
absr dor ed all but some hardy suffers and fe "
cSntGier.
FRIDAY Morning Sept. 81.
Tbs stiffness, which is elmost starting after the
mighty tupnults viii have broken on our ears FIR
opg year, s'il continues. Trers is not sound to
break the silence which prevails little distance from
the camp except the boom of occasional gun from
Fort Constantine the duh report of the French
tars. The heet-what good is 1t here, nov that the
Russians have sunk and destroyed their ships, aud
that the admrns tacity admit that they csnno, force
apasssee The fleet has given NJ pracrcing and The
mortar boats get steam up and let ii off again, and
that is all. AT day break this moroiog through
the mist on the Mach ridge pamerous lioe OF
watch. fires and later in the early light strong
column OF the Russian infantry was visible in
bivouac 10 night OF the telesraph-staio1 and 10
the le of the spur battery near the Mackenzie roai
Par, of these have marched away again In the
of the Gsv. The others remain In the same place
and are busy hutiog themselves, an operation which
they perform with great skill and alacrity. They
were encamped in a sort Of chapparell, and they
have already cleared a rood bit OF 1t ana connected
the branches into the sides and coverings OF Their hus
TIER arms were piled when they hrs: came, but in
three hours after the arrived the glbteaing bar
rels and bsyoDets hao disappeared and had poss oy
beer placed IN some dry and secure place The re-
cent heavy rams will bll al the wells and swell the
watsrcoufses OF this district and il vii no longer DO
ubter sble by large bodies cf men, Having secured
their right laLk by the very formidable earthw JrSs