Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-10-03
PROGRESS OF TIE WAR,

The bloady episode of the fight, Of Traktir
seems likely to have little effect on the course
of events in the Crimea. The Russians have
retired up their narrow and well fortified passes
to the steep plateau, where according TO Gen.
Simpsons latest report, they are once more pre-
pared for offensive movement. Attention is,
therefore, again turned to the siege of sevasto-
poll, Little on which judgment may be foun-
ded can be learned either from the dispatches
Of the generals, or from the correspondence OF
letter writer's before the city. - =, -. Al 4. -
/ 1t was stated in previous advices that the be-
sieger's sap had approached. very near to the
Russian idcfences. We now learn that the fore:
most parallel, which was begun at the two ends,
was completed and united in the middle on the
18th Of August Since then a fortnight has
passed.. without much incident. Gen. Simpson
mentions small sortie in which the Russians
succeeded in destroying somo gabiens. For the
rest the daily lifeof the camp, its tardships and
amusemcnts, the death or leave Of, absence OF
individual, officers, fill both public and private
letters On the great preparations of the last
ten weeks The hopes of the besiegers are fixed
and the fire that will open when the time comes
win be unexampled in the history of warfare.
The Times says
The canhonade Of October last was triaihg
to that Of April; April was surpassed by the
two days which preceded the capture of the
Mamelon; bat oil will sink into insignificance
with tho iron tempest which will shortly be
poured on the besieged city. The weight and
range of the guns, The number and size of the
usortars, the new positions Of TIP batteries won
by the steady progress that has marked the
Summer, will try the endurance of the Russians
to thesutmost., '.-'s 90 =,
The great scale on which bombardment is
carried or, ,and ,the preparations necessary for
its execution, render the delays which >precede
it matter of little surprise:
, In nApri.the allies threw against sevaatopooll,
in nine days, $4,000 shot and SHE'LL: aud the
cost Of the British ammunition alone was f20O.-
900 sterling! Yet April is now looked back
upon ms n time when we undervalucd the enemy,
and did not know what Scvastopol was. Even
on ordinary days the Russians often throw
1000 shst in the "a hourss and 600 shells into M
only one part of tho British position. What
ever are the resources Of: the garrison and the
lstsngtb of ths works ahielf they iabcr night
\ aids dsv;! Gan
proaching struggle will determine tho fate of
Sevastopol, for tho Winter at least. T., g..
No ono can pretend to foretell the issue; all
that is spoken of with certainty is, that the line
of battle ships in the harbor will be destroyed,
or .at least driven from their position, So as to
be made powerless against The assulting troops.
Whether The besiegers shall take the Malakhoff,
whether they can keep it, whether it will lead
to the immediate capture of the town, or only
to Interior success, are all matters of doubt
Should victory not favor the besiegers' arms
they will probably be forced to wait in inactivity
till another Spring, when change Of tactics may
assure success. The besegers' generals have
set all on the hazard of a doubtful struggle ut
n single point, and we must wait The result.
The Russians, meantime, are actively engaged
in bridging the harbor, 10 remove their defence
to the North side, should the South be taken.
The evils of divided command are more and
more felt. The line from Baidar to Inkerman,
distance of la miles, is occupied by French
Sardinians, and Turks, with part of the English
cavalry, each nationality under its own comman.
der and totally independent of all the Others
Repor. speaks vaguely of,a plan to unite the
commands of all the troops on the Tchernaya
in one hand. r..
As six weeks, or at most, two months are the
utmost time that can be relied upon for active
military operations, attention is tnrned 10. The
means of supplying tho armies during the COM
ing Winter, Mr.. Beatty, civil engineer, has
received orders to construct two. new lines Of
railway; one from tho Col de Balaklava to
Kamiessh, to be worked by horse power, and
the other from Kadikoi to the Woronzoff Road,
(near the Sandman position over Tchergoun,)
to. be worked by locomotive. The labor Of
erecting these roads will be supplied by French
and Sardinians. Mr.. Beatty believes that the
original railway will last during the Winter, and
200 men of the Army-works corps are now
engaged in repairing it. Stores and sheds are
being erected as rapidly as possible, and other
preparations for Winter are going on with en-
ergy. ..'..- - -
RuMoRs OF NEeoTrArIoSs.--Th pro-Russian
paper lie Nord, of Brussels, says: -.
If we may interpret in pacific sense the
returning activity of diplomatists, ali hope of
an arrangement is not lost. NJ. de- Bodfquoney
and Prince Gortschakof passed the whole NOR
ming of the aoth ult, together in conference
with Count Buol, at Vienna. The Vienna Cabi-
net has already replied toihe' last circular of
Count Nesselrode, the: existence IF which is
now out of doubt.
The communications which take place be-
tween Austria and Prussia give reason to be-
eye that the German powers will end by agree
ing upon political programme which they will
be able to oppose 10 the belligerent parties who
may be tempted to extend the wnr beyond the
object for which it was os:ensibly undertaken.
The Paris CORRESPONDENT Of the Ost: Deutschs
Post, who is said to be "genera ly we'll inform
ed" writes in his letter Of the 3oth of August /:
aThe Eastern question led TO many confer
ences while Queen Victoria was in Paris The
]. result of these conferences is said TO be new