Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-06-29

ii so shallow near lagahroB aHu IL III TO poo'a'
OF Maiioupol It says that: 5as
at is place of much commercial activity. In
it is gathered the grain brought from the INTERIOR
and taken by Genoese merchantmen, who have not
| forgotten this route, which was so well known to
their ancestors, and where the Genoese flag was
at one time so powerful. Beyond Marioupol the
coast bordered with cliffs, runs nine and half
miles to the southwest, and terminates at Cape BIZ
eo.a at the foot of which Is formed tongue OF
sand seven miles in extent to the southwest curv-
| ing towards the west. There are fourteen feet Of
water at about mile from the shore, from Mariou-
pol TO Cape Bielosarai. The same bottom is found
the whole length Of the tongue at half mile from
| it's eastern shore 1t changes to the southwest OF
the lighthouse, and successfully throughout the
whole western part, when only fourteen feet are
found at two miles from land. From the north
west Of the lighthouse along the coast which runs
towards the west, the sea gets deeper and at mile
| il is sixteen feet" a6 .aet
| s a THE CRIAEAs &t t3HH
! USs From the London Times
aE n. PARIS, Monday, June LIP. N.
The French government has received the fol-
lowing telegraphic dispatches: a
/ General Pelissier to the Minister of Var.
/" VARNA, June 8--5 in the afternoon.
Yesterday evening, we took sxty-two pieces
ofcannon in the redoubts of which we gained pos
session. Thirteen officers have been made pris-
oners. Our losses, of which do not yet know the
number, are rather considerable, as might be ex-
pected from so great q result"
The foregoing you will have received before this
The loss Ia the attack of the redoubts is very ser
ous. and among those hors de combat are said TO
be a general officer and two colonies. The mum
Der is not yet known. An affair of such magni-
tude as the capturing of sixty-two guns must me-
| ccssaiily be attended with considerable loss
The MaInelon vert, which has just been taken by
the French, il 10 the east, in front Of the Mala.
khotf tower or, more properly speaking, Of the
! large Malakboh battery. 1t commands the ca
reening port, the military buildings belonging TO
! il, and the communication by which the garrison
Of Sebaslopol is constantly receiving reinforce
ments from the army outside The occupation Of
this Mamelon, moreover, deprives the Malakhoff
tower OF the support which 1t received on the east
ern side, and which considerably annoyed the
French works. 1899 sgt
The capture Of this position, In which the French
have established themselyes, cannot fail 10 have
very immediate consequences on the fate OF the
great Malakhof battery, on which, IN the opinion
of lhe military men, the destiny Of all the south
ern part Of SsbsstQpol depends The post which
the English have taken possession OF, and in which
they have eat bihed themselves Is not very clear
looking at the plans in relief Il win be that il
Is nearly on the same line rs ON the Mamslon vert
The occupation Ncf Il viii therefore permit the
English 70 combine with the French In an attack
on the great Malakhoff battery, the fall OF which
Il now considered a. not far Distant
Prince Gortschakoff, dating June 9, thus reports
on the assault OF the previous evening:
"The allies kept up very heavy bombardnlent
on the eth and 7th until six o'clock IN the evening
when three French divisions advanced and attack.
ed Rcdoubt No Z. They took tho redoubt on the
Namelon, (Kamschaika,) and the two redoubts
(selingl,insk and Volhynia) near Careening Bay,
and aiso battery between Selnghinsk and Bss-
ton No. /. Pm. y
"Our troops retook the Mamelon redoubt, but
the French, strongly reinforced, again attacked
a ID took 10 once more
ain the end we were masters Of the battery, a.
g. the one between SeInehinsk and Bastion No
/ J the French holding lodgment from which we
hope to repel them.
Z Our troops fought nobly and the result Is that
the enemy's loss exceeds ours. He has lost $500
and we have made 275 men and officers prison.
ers. We have also taken two guns
The correspondence Ia down TO the 4th. The
Guards had lost twenty-five men nom cholera. The
81 Il regiment had also lost many men, The weather
was excessively hot The army had received about
six thousand drafts since May !.
Il was thought the force under Sir George Brown
would return and land about six miles east OF Bal
aklavs, and form junction with the force ON The
Tchernaya
All accounts agree that there Is vast amount
Of disease and dependency In the garrison OF Sc
bastopol. Private letters aud documents from
Kertch give fearful account Of the sunerings Of
the Russian army as well from wounds as sick
ness. The frequent burials which arc continuing
to be made on the cemeteries on the north side,
confirm the information on this subject.
Information Is said TO have Been obtained that
the Russians have secured communication With
the Crimea, independent OF the road tiaversng the
Isthmus Of Perekop, by means ola line oil boats
across the Svasche. afi
HERrcH-soxI INCIDENTS IN ITS cAPruRE
The following is from sailor on board the feet,
10 his former master in the county Of Cork IL h
written on Russian document, picked up after the
capture OF Kertch, and sent home as trophy
commemorativeoi that memorable exploit;
KsRrcH, May 20.
Sra: You win see by the above heading that
We are again on the expedition referred to in the
last letter had the honor to write toyou, General
Canrobert resigned his command early this month,
and the advantage was taken; of we went again
with "a sail Of shipping, large and small, with 90
900 troops We had on board 700 Turks We
arrived here and disembarked on the Queens
birthday, the Path II took us only three hours
10 dsembark. No sooner had we landed, under
| cover Of our chipping, which kept up continual
| fire, than the mission to burn, sink, and destroy
| began. Houses were rans,cked--beauhful ones
too---their valuable contents we're taken, the viz
lage Get on ERE. The place was in ono continual
blaze. The Russian army on our arrival retrested
a. fast ~ they could, but our ships shellcd them
l.pretily. saw many horses running without their
riders IN the retreat was on shore assisting TO
land the troops. The same General, &c, com
nmnds a. G. Sir @. Brown)
On their retreat they blew up every battery they
had together with magazines, 70 that am most
happy 10 say Kertch is taken without the lose OF
one man. Il was splendid sight TO SEE the bat
teries blow up alter dark some hundreds Of shells
exploded In the air, together with the embrssures.
The people Of Ksrsch treated our poor fellows