The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-02
ATTIVNI Oh InE 4 mefICI.
Highly Important.
COMMANDMENT AND
Fall Of Sebastopol!!
THIRTY THOUSAND KILLED.

HALIFAX. Sept. 27.-The steamer America has
arrived With liverpool dates of September 18Th.
She brings The important news that SrbastopnI
was taken by the Allies op the 9Th after three
DAVIS bombard;Hent and sig unsuccessful assnnIts
The loss Of The Allies was % 900 mrn. The
French lost five Generals ~ !"ulng Rnsguet
The Russians ev"cuaied the fown after blow.
ing up The defeDcrs, sinking the ships and burning
the houses. Nothing but smoldering ruins were
left.
The allies were marching along the coast TO cut
OF the re,rea, Of The Russian army.
Cotton was easier owing to an advance in the
Bank rate Of interest. Sales of the week 46 600
bales
Brradstuffs dull and unchanged. Consols 9Ol.
SECOND DISPATCH.
The loss in the st"rming of Sebastopol y as 49,
600 men on The sid" Of the allies and I 5 900 on
thai 81 the Russians. This is the statement Of
the French and English Journals. from which these
reports derived.
Immense materials Of war Tell into the hands of
she allies
Il is stated that the allied Generals have recev-
ed orders to dema" The unconditional surrender OF
all Russian troops, stores and delences, including
Odessa.
Sugar had advanced Is
Money WAS more stringent.
The steamer Pacific arrived cut on the 18Th
The intelligence OF The fall OF SebastopoI was
received al London with exfravagant demonsra.
tons OF JOY. The fact officially announced
in the theatres and I'll public places
Sebastopo was attacked on the morning OF the
9'h at four diff rent points. The French under
Bnsqnet assaed the Malakoff. the English attack.
ed the RedaD, and a combined force OF English,
French. and Sardinians assaulted the central has.
ti"ns. All these attacks were made simuIta ne.
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a terrific cannoDade, but the assaIlants neverthr.
less, were six times thrown back with terrible
slaughter. Finally, however, the divisions of
BoSquef and Mchlahon succeedrd in eff; cling
Iodgm"nt in the Maakoff, and The Russians, find.
all their efforts drive them on, fruitlrss evacu
at"d the south side of Sebasr opol, deserving eve
rythIng and leaving nothing b. hind, They eros
sed the harb"r to The north side, destroying the
bridges behind them. Atter the capture of the
Malak"H Gen. De Sales attempted twice TO take
the central bastion. hut was driven back by the
Russians. with frighfuI loss.
General Bosquet. to whom the honors Of the
day are principally due persisted in the final as.
sault. the losses Of The allies were enormous,
III" following are the dispatches relating to this
e. eat evenri
General Simpson tPlrgraphs on the OH that The
snU'h side OF Sebastopol was in the hands Of The
Allies, the Russians having evacuated the place
magazines, setting fire TO the town, and burning
all their ships except three steamers The bridge
communicating with The north side was DESTROYED |
by the retiring Russians.
The French Minister Of War saws: Karabe. |
naIa ADD the south side Of Sebasropo! have ceased
10 exist The enemy perceving one solid occu-
patton evacuated The place. after blowing up near
~ al" the delrnces.
Prince Gnrtschskoff the Russian commander,
tel graphs Oh the 9th, follows: The defenders !
OF Se0asi"Po after sustained fire of ball for three
days, and rcPuslng six assaults, could not drive I
the enemy from the Malakoff. Our brave troops
resisted To tne last rx rrmy, and the enemy found
nothing in The southern part of Sebas.opol, but
bOod- sta med ruins
The successful assaults on Sebastopol. was
ma by the divisions Of General Bosquet and
Mcmahon. =. +
The Allies were doing grea, damage along the |.
Sea of Aznff. They had DESTROYED Russian ,ner.
chandize, valued at sever millions
The latest despatch relative to Sebastcpol IS
dated at Paris on Saturday, and states that twenty
hive ihoasand Allies had left BaakIava for the
north side S-ba>topol, and that the Russians were
IN full retreat. Other accounts, however. state
hat the Russians were in possession Of all The
FORTS on The norih side, and that the fleets could
not enter the harbor until Fort Constantine was +
reduced
Bellemere, VINO attempted To assassinate Napo.
eon. was clearly shown to he insane and will
not therefore be tried bur will be- sent to an asy.
um.
II is reported that Austria has Offered to med;.
ale between Denmark and the United States,
"lsnl 1t strange, asked a friend The other day,
shat STA Isaac Newton should ever have induiped
II clownsh freaks ?"
when gid he % we inquired.
why when he was dividing the ray of ligh.
o be sure'-for ~arsn't that ct:Iing up shines I"