American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-10-25


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sailed from IIagfe- an The 2Gilfult., and ar
rived at New York Thursday afternoon.
By this arrival we are in possession 81
dates from London tothc day of sailing
.; TbS Canada, mails have also come 10
hand, supplying additional details. S'
g. The pspers now received cohtafH ,tth
full particulars Of tbe1srdrhiIds ana fails0f
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70 inks1h jz;75 al Saturday, Sept. O..
The weather changed suddenly yester-
day, This morning II became bitterly
cold. A bitihg 'wiiiJ Hight from thes north
side 6fSefastopdl blew intElerabig cldlds
of harsh dust in. our faces. The sun was
obscured; tbs sky was Of leaden winlry
grey, Early Hlhe tt6tnihg strong f5rue
ofcavalry, under the command of Colonel
Hodge, was moved up to the front and
formed chain Of sentriss in front Of Ca
thArt's hill and alb along our lines q mo
person was allowed to pass this line unless
be was staff officer or was provided with
a pass, Another line Of sentries in the
rear OF item was intended to stop strag-
glers and idlefs' from Balaklaya, and the
object in view was probably topreyent the
Russians gathering any inimation of our
attack from the unusual accumulation Of
people on the lookout hills. Ifthat were
SO il would have been better to have kept
the cavalry more TO the rear. and not oadis
play TO the enemy line Of hussars, han
GERS and dragons along our front. Al
II 80 the Highland Brigade. under Brig
adler Cameron, marched up from kamara
and took DIP its position In reserve at the
right attack, and The Guards. also in re-
SERVE, were posted on the same side Of the
WoronEoff Ibad: Tha first brigade Of the
Fourth Division served the trenches Of the
left attack the night before; and remained
in them; The second brigade Of the 4th
Division Vas in reserve: The' Guatas,
only marched out that hUrfiing, were turn
ed out againafter arriving atithcir1camp.-
| The Sd Division, tilassed ciia the hillside
before their camp, were also in reserve, in
readiness to move down by ihe1Lefl al
tack in case their services were required
General Pelissier during the night collect
ed about $4,000 men in and abuntihe Ma
melon. TO form The storming columns for
the MalakoH ahd Little hedai,. and pro-
vide the necessary reserves ThelF fench
were reinforced by 5000 Sardinians, Nho
marched up from the Tchernayslast night
1t Was arranged that the Frehch sere 10
attack the Maakoff at noon, and as soon ms
their attack began, that we &ere 10 asssttlt
| the Redan.- AT the saitie lime stirling
cnlemn Of French was, / understand, 10
ff,ake diversion Oh the left and menace
the line Of the Bas,ion du Mat. butt do
not believe it was intended 10 operate seri
ously against this part of . the town, The
Possession of which, in military point of
view, would be of minor importance. The
cavalry sentries were Posted at $50. AT
1880 the Second Division and the Light
Division moved down to the trenches, and
were placed in the advanced parallels as
quietly and as unostentatiously possible.
About the sathe hour Gene Simpson and
aff,moted down TO the second parallel of
the Green Hill Battery, Sir Harry Jones,
too i'll to move hand or foot, nevertheless
insisted on being carried down. to witnuss
the assault. and was b0rhe TO the parallel
on a litter, in which he remained Till all
was over 1t was, as have said, bitter
cold day, and stranger welld, have been
astonished at the aspectofthe British Gen
erals as they viewed tho assault. The
Commander-in- Chief. Gen. Simpson, sat in
the trench, with his nose and eyes just fa-
cling the cold and dustand his cloak drawn
up over his head 10 protect him against
both. Gen. Jones wore a, red night-cap,
and reclined on his litter and Sir Richard
Airey, the Quartermaster7 General hada
white pocket-handkerchief tied over his
cap aud ears. which detracted somewhat
from martial and belligerent aspect The
Duke of Newcastle was stationed at Cath
carts hill in the early part of the day and
afterwards moved off to- the right to tue
Picket-house looking over the Woronsotf
read. All the ameteurs and travelling gen
tlemen, who rather abgiind here Just now,
| were in state of great excitement, and
dotted the plain in, eccentric attire. which
! recalled ones old memories Of Cowes; and
4 Yachting sea-bathing engaged in a
4 series Of sdbfle manoeuyres to turn tho
flank Of unwary sehtries and to get" the
4 front, and their success was most creditaI
\ bic 10 their enterprise and, ingenuity. !
The Tartars, Turks and Eupatoriahs We're
! singularly perturbed for such placid people
and thronged every knoll which cOn,mpan-
n ded the smallest view OF the place, At l0:-
4 as, Gen. Pelissier and his staff went up to
the French Observatory on the right. The
French trenches were crowded with men
as close as they could pack. and We could
see our itcn through the breaks in the
clouds Of dust, which were most Irritating,
!, all ready in their trenches. The cannon
ade languished ,purposely towards noon
but the Russians catching sight Of the cav
! airy and troops in front, began 10 she'll Ca
thcart's5hill and the heights, and disturbed
the equanimity ofsome Of the spectators By
their shells bursting with loud 'sthudsI
right over their beads. "A few minutes be-
\ fore ~ o. clock, tho French, ike saswParm
Z Of bees. issued, forth, from their trenches
close to, the doomed Malakof, swarmed up
lis face and were through the embTasuref