The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-10-31
ADDITIONAL NEWS BY THE AFRICA.
Very Interesting Details-Afair in the Grim

ADDITIONAL NEWS BY THE AFRICA.
Very Interesting Details Affairs in the Crimea-
But little has occurred at the seat of war beyond
the fact that the Allies were threatening Perekop
and that their advance had for time been checked.
French troops were being concentrated on the
Danube, and Odessa was expected to be immedi'
ately Dombarded by the allied feet which was be-
fore its walls.
Gen. Simpson, in his last despatch, dated Sevas
topol, Sept. %, says that Q 500 men were employ
ed daily in making road from Baaklava to the
camp. Fatigue parties in the town were engaged
in getting timber and other materials from the ruins,
in order to get shelter for the troops, ere bad wealth
er sets in
The Russian fire from the batteries on the north
side, caused Gen. Simpson some little annoyance,
but has not prevented work from being carried on.
By the explosion Of a kind of Internal machine,
numbers Of which had been dug up in various parts
Of the town, and around the batteries an officer
and nineteen men were wounded.
Gen. Simpson reports a trifing engagement, in
which the 18th Hussars and the Chasseurs beat
back the Cossacks near Kcrtsch.
A letter from Sevastopol in the Frankfort Gazette,
states that the sunken Russian ships can be raised
without difficulty, the Russians closed them in
every part but one, and attached hose to the hus,
so that the water can be pumped out when requir.
ed.
Pelssier and Simpson, according to the Daily
News, have had meeting, with view to prevent
what they consider indscreet revelations by news
paper correspondents, military and civil
Gen. MarmoIa declares in an order of the day,
that he will severely punish the authors OF any let
tiers which may have been found, informing the
Russians OF the movements of the allies have in
jured the position of the latter
A letter from Sevastopol n the Marseiles Jour.
nal says that one of the orders which has been ex.
ecuted by the troops with the greatest pleasure, is
shat of filing up the trenches 1t is stated that
the troops regard their prospects favorably that
great number OF the soldiers of the class Of 1887,
who may now quit the service, do not wish to do
The Expedition against Odessa
The allied feet, which according to the last news,
sailed on secret expedition from SevastopOl, AL
chored oil Odessa on the Sh day of October. Prince
GortschakO reports that the force consists of eight
ships of the line, twenty-seVen steamers, and one
other vessel. No news of the bombardment had
been received up to the latest dates but was ex.
pected Immediately. Odessa, since the destruction
of the corn ports in The of Azof has formed
the chief, if not the sole of support of the
Russian army in the CrimeR. The Emperor of Rus
STA and suit arrived al Odessa on the 22d Of Sept
but left again the next day for Nicolae to attend
council of war. -..
Demonstration Of the Allies upon Perekop.
A despatch from Prince Gortschakoff, dated Oct.
9Th received at ST. Petersburg states that the allies
had advanced from Eupatoria, threatening PEI ekop,
but had retired on meeting the advanced posts Of
the Russian left flank. Sixteen battalions of Rus
slams were thrown into disorder.
Reported Retirement of the Russians.
According to the Frankfort Post Zeitung, the body
Of the Russian army had been withdrawn from the
plateau on the North side of Sevastopo towards
the heights of the Belbeck. Only few thousand
men now garrison the northern forts.
In the neighborhood Of Nicolaief some 5000
men are concentrated, $4,000 of whom belong to
the newly raised military.
-. Russian Losses at sevastopol
The Invade Russo gives detailed account of
the losses Of the Russian garrison on the 9Th of
September, as follows: Killed 1854, wounded G.
05S, Commissions /, 205, missing ,754-total ii FOL
The same journal states that the Russians lost 800
men on the 10th of August, 1000 men per day
every day up TO Sept. 9Th. Thus it would appear
that the losses of the garrison for the last three weeks
of the seige amounted to $4,000 men, irrespective
Of disease.
Affairs on the Danube.
According to the COnstantinople Journal the
commander of the Turkish army Oh the Danube
has received instructions to provide ratons for forty
or fifty thousand French troops, who are to arrive
at Sistria about the end OF October.
telegraph dispatch from Constantinople states
that the Anglo Turkish contingent has received
orders to proceed TO Schumla.
Defeat Of the Turks in Asia
Gen. Mouravieuf has forwarded to St. Peters.
burg report Of a successful engagement, in which
the Cossacks, militia, and Dragons, commanded
by Lieutenant General Kovalerski, defeated a de.
tachmont of 1900 regular Turkish cavalry, and
1000 Bdshi Bazouks. The Turks had about 400
killed.
Ali Pasha, the commander who took part 10 most
OF the last wars Of Turkey, was made prisoner.
The Turks lost all their guns.
The garrison at Kars still holds out, though re-
duced To great extremes. Part OF Omar Pasha's
forces was advancing from Batoum to attempt to
raise the blockade. The Turkish force now at Kars
numbers 10000 men.
Franco.
The Moniteur announces officially that the EN-
press has entered the fifth mouth of her pregnancy
and that her health is excellent
An alliance between Prince Napoleon and the
Princess Royal OF England, it is stated by the