The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-10-06

mission will be occupied with making out a
return Of the material abandoned to us by
the enemy. The exultation Of our soldiers
is very great.
Sept. I2.
The enemy has destroyed the remainder
Of his fleet, Nothing now remains anoat.
The Allies are hastcning preparations in
case Of Gortschakoif attempting to reach
Perekop or to unite with Liprandi.
THE CATASTROPHE.
The catastrophe surpasses in horrible in.
terest all the preceding scenes of this gigan.
tic contest.
The columns Of the Allied armies, com.
bined in four.iold attack, struggled all day
with equal valor, though with unequal sue.
cess, against the principal points marked
out for assault. The extreme right of the
French attack was directed against the work
called the Little Redan, which was at frs,
carried by the impetuosity of our Allies,
though they were subsequently driven back
by the fierce resistance of the Russians.
The second and principal assault of the
French army was against the Mslakoff,
which was carried by storm, and determined
by its fall the fate not only of the day, bu,
Of the siege. A third attack was made by
the British forces on the Great Rcdan, and
although We learn that the salient angle OF
this formidable work was at one moment car.
ried and occupied by our troops, it must be
added that they were subsequently driven
out Of it by the fire Of the Russian batteries
which commanded it, and this check in some
degree diminishes the exultation which will
be felt in England ut the triumphant termin-
alton Of the siege. The French columns on
the left also assalled, in the fourth place, the
Central Battery, but failed TO establish them.
selves in the work. We have no doubt tina,
every man who attacked the deieuces Of Sc
bastopOl on that cventful day, fought with
the same undsunted gaautry aud the same
determination to carry the place or to perish
In the attempt; and, although the results o
these several attacks were unequal, all were
animated by the same spirit aud contributed
to the great result. The first prize of this
glorious victory belongs of right TO our gal
liant Allies the French, since the Malakoi
Tower, the key Of the main position, fell
before the yigor OF their assault; but with
'i"N 'N'ilbS Nhl'h ~ 'llt fDDi's'
bond Of men who have fought and conquered
together, the names Of all those who carried
the rugged dcienccs Of Scbastopol deserve
to stand side by side on one page, and nc
invldi0u. distinctions shall suly or lessen
their common rcnown.
DESTRUCTION.
The Russians on their side unques.onably
tI dad 4
nation, and on more than one point they
had the advantage Of the besiegers But il
was the courage of desperation, for this ef
fort was their last No sooner were the
outer works taken, which laid the town and
the port at the mercy Of the allied forces,
than the mcn-oi.war and steamers in the
harbor were all set on Iirc, blown up, sunk,
or destroyed, either by the fire Of the allied
batteries or by tho orders OF the Russian
Black Sea heet on which the Imperial Go
ycrnment had expended InCalculable sums Of
money, and inccssant labor-that fleet
which two years ago threatened the very eI.
stence Of the Turkish Empire, but who G
solitary naval achievement was the atrocious
outrage upon far inferior force at Sinope
or the agitators Of that ncfarious attack
what remains; The Emperor Nicholas
sleeps in the vaults Of ST. Peter and ST
Paul, no longer conscious Of the chast se.
mont his wicked ambition has brought dp~ 4
on his empire and his heirs. The Admiral-
who commanded and the crews who fought
on that occasion have most Of them fallen in
the batteries Of Sebastopol The very ships
for which Russia contended at the Conferen.
ccs OF Vienna as essential to her dignity and
power are torn plank from plank aud scat
tered upon the waves. The dock-yard and
arsenal were already, on Sunday, in posses.
sion OF the Allied troops Prince Gortscha.
koh had, II seems, solicited an armistce,
though we know not whether it was grant.
ed but his troops were hurrying away with
the utmost precipitation and, considering
the moral and phys cal results of such dc.
ieat upon the remnant Of his army, it may
be doubted whether the Russian General can
attempt to make any further stand Oh the
north side If the harbor.
WHAT HAS Been DONE?
\ year has no. elapsed since the Allied
Armies set foot in the Crimea Within tina,
time they have won three pitched battles,
and tuice assaulted fortress of cXtraordi.
nary magnitude. They have encompassed
the works Of the enemy with trenches ex-
tending over more THAI 80 miles Of ground;
they have armed these trenches with the
heaviest ordnance, and kept up so incessant
fire that not only an incalculable amount
OF prcjectiles have been consumed, but five
or six siege trains have been worn out
They have created at Kamesh, Eupatoria
and fenikale three military stations which
the Russians have not dared TO assail, and
Balak'ava has become popuous mart. a
railroad connects the harbor and the camp !;
an electric chain binds the Crimea to Eu.
rope, and conveys to us in few hours the
udings OF these triumphant successes. Up
wards OF 900, 900 men cncamped within the
lines of the Tchernaya have been conveyed
thither and are dail y fed, clothed and hous.
ed from the resources Of Western Europe.
All this has been effected in spite Of the RI
ror OF Winter, the heat of Simmer, at the
distance of 5000 miles from our shores, and
within one little year from the sailing Of the
expedition the leading objects Of the cam.
pagn are accomplished, and Sebastopol is in
our power. The military and political re.
suits OF this event open new chapter in the
history Of these transactions to which we
shall shortly take occasion to revert, but, be
they what they may, the grand fact now
before us justities the confidence we have
never ceased to feel, and rewards our hopes,
Tor within twelve months from the com.
mencement of this enterprise Sebastopol has
fallen, and the po,cer Of Russia IN the eaters
Of tie Eurine, is at az ead.
THE VICTORY.