Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-06-05

81 1t is said that some of the officers and
soldiers enlisted in Sardinia to serve in the Cri-
mea, averse to going that they kill them
selves to avoid ia very uneasy trouble, as by
going that they would die quite as speedily as
they could reasonably desire.
WILL THEY LET HIM Go ?-Mr. Greeley, Of the
n. Y. Tribune, who is now so-journng in Paris,
writes to his paper as follows:
'.Thc Emperor will not 20 to the Crimca, as he
had strongly intended to do. His baggage has
been some days on the way, but will probably be
stopped at Constantinople and returned. In fact
it begins to be understood, even by the French
and English, that no laurels are to be reaped by
the besiegers of the Russian stronghold at least,
not immediately. 1t is now privately whispered
that the siege must be raised and the Russians
beaten in the open field-in fact driven out of the
Crimca--belore the siege can be seriously resu,n-
ed with any hope of success-( You remember that
children required to lay some salt on the tail
of the bird they aspire to catchy Up on Lake
Superior they used to talk of mining director
who dug in one spot Till the rock became hard
then he stopped and tried another place. have
not yet heard that he got rich by this sort of
gineering, and don't think the Allies very like
ly to take Sevastopol by letting 60 of it: though
have no doubt that is the best they can do
But having taken the wolf by the ears, we shall
Sc what work they shall make by letting him go.''
The GREAT BoMBARDNENr.--The correspondent
of the London Times writes as follows, under
date Of April 10th:
''During the whole Of the morning, the firing
continued on our side with little intermis sion,
while the Russians was evidently slackening. AT
about four O'Clock, however, all tn, enemy's lines
and batteries suddenly sprung into life and vcor.
Vollevs from 100 to $50 guns were fred at once
from the Redar, the Flagstaff, Barrack, Garden
and Malakotf Batteries: even the Mameon which
all thought destroyed AMI unsenaS!a, fired five or
six guns in rapid succession. Their shot came
in upon our works like hail. On every point
along our lines, balls were to be seen bounding
and plunging, and shells bursting ike fireworks
in the air. Never, perhaps was such a concen-
trated aud destructive eannonads witnessed since
| the commencement of the siege. All felt that it
it continued two or three hours, our works would
be leveled with the dust, although both English
and French kept up terrific FIRE, the enemy in
spite Of our utmost efforts gave FIVE guns in reply
to our one. al oHi -
Suddenly the cnemy's batteries made dead
pause. For nearly quarter of an hour not a
| gun was fired. The allies kept up their lombard
ment; the French battered the Flagstaff and work:
to the left; our shot plunged into the Redan and
Malakoff; and our l3-inch shells burst in regular
succession in the center of Mamelon: but not Eve
! guns did the Russians give in reply. Nearly q
minutes passed on their side in this state of inac
tivity, when again suddenly the Redan and Flag
staff broke out in heavy yolley, and maintained
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