The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-10-09
Tie Fall of ScbaslOpOi.


Tie Fall of ScbasiOpOi.
The London correspondent ofthe New York
Courier and Enquirer. under date Of Septem-
ber IL, writes rs follows:
This time there is no hoax. .Sebastopo is
fallen indeed. In England the glorious tidings
are not so rnn,h circulated as dffused; the air is
full ofrejoicings you pass man in the street and
bis bean,ing face tells you IS much as a second
edition foil Of dispatches; if you were deaf and
could not hear the bells or the cannon or dumb
and c'uid mt ask the meaning of he enthusiastic
gatherings at every street corner, if you could
not read a word from the pacards staring at
You from every wall and window, ynu could not
help knowing That Sebastopol is fallen. Indeed
the press. the telegraph, the railway, are quite
unequal to the OCCASION; the Times cannot he
bought for shilling secondhand; the pnlice
have to guard the newspaper OFFICES from the
eager c'owds thar hesiese them: SO the good
ews has 70 spread in the old primitive way.
and tht second editions come Imulimg after
Every body j., un tiptoe; the News isn't so far
wrong in sa, Ing that university England get.
telhdruuk;" the very ho'rs look intelligent aud
aiimated the vrriest dulard seems TO half ap.
precia,e the extraordinary OCCASION. The trnlh
is that Eng land feels AS il her day Of rejoicing
had come; aud she rejoIces without stint or
measure.
The tale of the victory is soon told On
Wednesday. the 5lh, at day break, the fourth
bombardrnent, and BY far the ferce,t, the best
planned and the most effective, was opened
against Sebastopol. Prince Gortschakot' says
the fire was '.fercely violent" and ''nftrnal."
1t. va, kept up incrssanlly until mon OF tho
9Th, when the guus Of the Malakoff were 81
Ienced. A tourtold assault WAS then made sim
ultaneousy BY the French against the Malakoff
the Redan of Careeuing Bay, and the Central
Bas,ion, and by the English against the Great
Redan. Al these assault were for the moment
successful, but only the Malakoff could be held.
The English succeeded in gaining possession OF
the salient angel CT the Redan, and the French
took both the BastiOn and the Little Re.
dan, but these position were 50 commanded
BY the inner lines, from which the enemy kept
up lnurderons fire, that they could not be sus'
tanned. II is said that on the two lower tiers
of the MalakofF the French were sheltered from
the enemy's fire in front, and were thus ena-
bled to make more complete lodgnent than
was INbSSlDc III Ille CuSc VI tuO uiSiO SHH"oSS
Central Bast"n and RedunS. However, has all
along been supposed, the Malakof proved the
key to Sebastopol, and no sooner did the enc
INV see il in possession OF the allies than they
began to destroy the for,l6cations. explode
| mines sink and burn their ships, betske them
selves to their northern defeuces. On the night
OF Saturday, the 9Th Instant, they evacuated
the .son,h town leaving it in universal c"ntuSra-
ton and ruin. Oflhe feet nothing remains but
three small steamers.
In Gen. Simpsons first despatch, he inform.
ed US that "the attack against the Redan did
not succeed" Nothing was said of the cor
responding failures Of the French in their as.
sault Of the Central Bastion and Little Redan
aud nothing to explain nor pallate what bore
the semblance of defeat. As WAS very nat
| ural, this occasioned no little disappointment;
it was rather dampcr upon the joy with which
the victory was received that the English did
not share the glory OF the victory. Subsequent
dispatches, especially those Of the ehiYalrous
Peissier. have ehowed that equal bravery WAS
exhibited, aud equal glory earned, by each Of
the assaultng parties: and, though there is still
sort of wish that the English could have taken
q more brilliant and more demonstratve part
IN the final consutnmatiun, no one can Say that
any prudging or envy i, observable amid the
universal enthusiasm which accords to the
French the chief laurels won on that eventual
day.
You will notice that only the southern part
Of the town is, as yet in the hands of the allies
the universal expression is that Sebastopol has
fallen Perhaps in the moment OF success we
are again drIuding ourselves rs t. the obstacles
vet remaining to Il complete possession Of the
place. It is, however, represented that the
| north tewn cannot mold out long; that the ior'
tress, though strong are "t'hrge enough 10
| pr,tpct a numerous garrison, and that the Al
lies will I've able efieclualIy t" attack them from
the south town. The Russian army s also III
| a yery ~ ecarnus condition, aud all the adran-
taues Of position, numbers, supplies, and morale
are now with the allies.
The other side of all victories must succeed
the bright side. As yet we only know in gen
eral tina, the casualties were very heavy. The
Eurlish los in killed and wounded 1000 men
in lhe attack ON the Redan; and five or Elk
hundred uf these are said to have been Killed
Tn. Sardiiiarls took no part in the assault, but
the, had few nun killed in the trenches VI
the French loss we know defntc. "Penpru
ton Ss5astopol" This is not just the day OH
which to review this question.
CLARKE MILLS, Esq, the sculptor, has recent
" SUSTAINED the loss Of beautiful elk he had
procured at great trouble and expense to be
used as a mo,l,l in snnr Of the works upon