New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-04

WV Of certain points Of the position hcm ne &c Oh
Ae )eh 10 our extreme night 81 siS h ,Ses.
sny Esvy 6ring. AZ TIE smoke generally hangs IN
0iek cloud. between the earthworks, nor can It be
Sspe,ed uness BY brss WIND l., IL one o. see i ,hs
frssch bareries had been GA Cathcarts Hill on the
morning OF the 5h he would have beheld then, just
ere 81 O'clock the whole Of this scene marked out IN
Ieen detail IN the clear morning ac The men IN oar
tresches can be sitting down behind the raverss
Or stroIling about in the of the parapets Small
trains Of animals and flea Of passing over tee
ground between the irci ches and the camp ana tee
emily smoke that catches the eye rises iron the Kettles
Of the sodiery from rife 10 the adv sncec "orHs.
On the left, however, It can be seen ina me feacn
trenches crowded with men, and taat thel, Da.'e
pes are al manned, though the men keep wen oe, VI
view and the mante's and screens are Yet DO sn pc
fore the muzzIes OF some Of their guns Ine men oe
heath the psrspcts swarm ike bees ies -
ed Russians are in view repairing INC "o4Ao VI .n7
T1sys.sff Batter, or engaged in throwing up new
vmt which promises TO be Of considerable srengIo,
= front Of their second line Of defenses. Suddenly
along the ear1hen curtain, between nos anu bas,
Cons, three jets Of fame spring up into the ar and
hurl up ss many pillars of earth ana dust Wnlcn are
warmed into rud0y hues by the horizontal rays Oh 'ne
sur. The French have exploded three fo1gassss 70
blow in the countcrscarp and 10 serve as HShA' "
Instantly from the sea TO the Dockyarl-creek there
seems 10 run a stream OF fire. and h5ecy, cnrhIs ren
b;,e smoke rs though the earth had suddenly oeen
rent no the throes Of an earthquake and was vomiting
forth The material Of her volcanoes The nnes OF me
French trenches were at once covered as though le
very clouds OF Heaven had setted down upon mem
and were wbirled about in spiral Jets, in estoons, III
clustering punches in columns aud IN sheets, al COM
Mingled, involved together BY the vehemeat ham7s
beneath. The crash Of sui tremendous hre must
have been appalling, but the wind AM Tue pecular
condition of .he atmos Dhere did not permit the SOUND
10 produce any great ecc; on our camp IN tns c;S
Er De rsason the noise must have been te'iinc
and horrible.
The iron storm tore over lie Russian lines, tossing
up, as If in sport, je's Of earth and dust rendins
ssunder gabions, sD1 s1uelchinS me par aPe's OF
bounding over among The houses aud rams III theT
rear The terrible files OF iron, abou, four miles In
front rushed across the plain, carry log de h aud rum
with H. swept win s heavy and iTeslstDe Wings Tue
Russian faks and searched then center 70 tue core.
volley 60 Startling, so simultaneous, ana tTeineh1-
eusly powerful probably never yet uttered san
the found its voice. The Russians seemed Tor
awhile utterly paralyZed. Their batteries were not
mapned with strength IA TO enable them TO reply
20 such m overlapping aud crushing fire; bat the
French leapDg 10 their guns with astounding energy
rapi1i.y and strength, kept on filing the ar WHO tue
hurting Storm and sent 1t in unbroken Jury asalns
their enenJes. 80
More than 200 pieces of artillery of large libre, ad
1irably served and weldirected played necessarily
The hostile ines In law moments gfeat van o.
smoke-"a war cloud rolling ddn'-spread IRON the
guns over on the left Of Scvastopo but the roar OF
the sho, lid not cease ard the cannonade now peaed
forth in great r e. ular bursts, now died away into
boarse uuinurs again yelled ny into tumult or rat
lied from end to end Of the lie like the fefre Of in.
6nty Stone walls went down before the guns al
once, but the eUrbworks yawned to receive shot and
shell alike. However 80 swift and incessaht was the
passago of these missiles through the embrasuses and
dong the tops OF the parapets that the enemy had 10
lie Close AMI could scarcely show themselves IN tue
front line OF defenses.
For few minutes then the French had it all their
own way and appeared TO be the point OF sweeping
away the place without resistance; but alter hey mad
fred few rounds from each OF their numerous guns,
the Russian artillery men got to Work, ana began 10
return our allies FIRE. They made good practice, but
fred slo WY and with precision as they could not
afford TO throw away ounce of powder. The French
stimulated rather than impoced by such reply
10 their astonishing yOleJ aud then SOt flow with
increased rapdity along the line OF the deenses and
bounded in amor < the houses of the town. But what
were we doing all this time What was our admira.
bic Naval Brigade and our gallant siege tram dong
They were Just working their guns as usual, AMI bad
received orders 70 open general ire Our batteries,
therefore, rendered but little assistance to the FRENCH
but they maintained their usual destructive and solid
"hammering" On the face of the Redan and of the
MalakOff, and aided our invaluable allies by keeping
mp regular shell practice on the batteries from The
Cretk TO the Redan. Now two or three morsars from
fscrdons then two or three nl1Itars from Cha2mans
hurid 10 and 3neh shells behind the eaeoiys works,
~ connected lhe discharges by rounds from long 3ss
Of as.
But all this has nothing to do with the siege, aud
meantime allies arc pounding away with exceed
ing warmth az everything within range OF them. Oar
Quarry Battery, armed with two mortars aud elght
cohons just 400 yards below the kcdan pines me sub
urb in the rear Of the Maako vigorously, and keeps
The top Of the Redan clear Redan and Malaksh are
alike silent ragged and torn. Al most the Red3n fires
three guns and the a6ioirsng batteries are equally
parsmonious. The parapeis are all tilted with shot
and shell and the sides OF the embrasu tserc greatly
injured so that the gabions ore sticking out and are
tumoled down in all d ectioDs There lie no more OF
that fine polishing snd of that ca oinetnlikers work
which the Russians bestowed their batteresi our
constant fire by night, rihcmen, and incessant
shelpg have prevented their ossiduous anxiety as 10
Sx,erual appear france being grained
After two hours and half OF furious fire the artillery
men Of our allies suddenly ceased in order to lot their
guns cool and to rest themselves. The Russians crep
out 70 repair damages to their works and shook sand
bags full of earth from the parquet over the outside
Of their parapets Their gunners also took advantage
OF this sudden cessation open on our sailors batteries
N the left attack and caused us some little annoyance
from the Crows Nest" AT 10 O'clock, however,
having previously exploded fougasses as before
the French reopened fire. possible, more ra pd and
tremendous than their first, and continued 10 keep
mp with the utmost vgor till MONDAY, by which time
the Russians had only few guns in the Fiastairosd
and Garden batteries In position TO reply We could
roe them In great agitation sending men and carts 10
and fro the bridge, and at o'clock powerful
column OF infantry crossed over to resist our assault
while a movement toward lnkermana was made by the
Amy OF the Belbek.
Soon sher our fire began as carly as clock, the
working parties which go TO the north side every
morning seemed TO be recalled, and march back
again the bridge TO the soah, doubt TO be 10
readiness for our expected assault. From 10 hll 3
O'Clock L. NJ the firing was slack; the French then
resumed their cannonade with the same astounding
ygor Is a, dawn and at 10 o'clock and never ceased
their yoeys Of shot and shell against the place I'LL J,
Ehen darkness set in, and all the mogtars and heavy
run Epg hsh well French, opened with shell
sganst the whole line OF 6eienses description OF
thls scene is now impossible. There not liz
slant in which the shells did not whistle through
the sir--not Noment in which the sky was no.
scanned by their fiery curves " illuminated by then