The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-06-27
Within S~ebastopol.
IA Letter from a Russian.
sTE.,Ino.r LOAD or woUNDED.

In spite of all the efforts which tn
enemy nave made, our bulWarbs stauC
as fast as ever. Long before the bonn
bardment began, the journals of thu
West informed US that our walls and fort
were speedily to be pu t to new proof
This made US redouble our precautions
and we bore firmly the truly murderous
fire TheHiSche which threatened al
with destruction. Nevertheless, thou.
sands were devoted to death, and it made
one shudder to see the Chorus the
steamboat pass every two hours of the
bombardment, from the south to the
north, with SO many wounded that she
could scarcely carry them.
CHILDREN BUILDING .BARRIcADEs.
The southern side of the tow suffer
ed most severely and is hardly to be re-
conized-5OO houses have been totally
destroyed, and grass is growing on Their
ruins. The beautiful theatre no longer
exists. Though the upper districts Of
the town are not SO much damaged yet
there is not a single house to be seen
which does not bear manifest traces OF
the bombardment. The streets are eve
rywhere ploughed up by shot, and the
pavement is totally destroyed: while at
every corner stand whole pyramids of
the enemy's cannon balls and exploded
shells, which were daily collected before
the opening of the fire. In many streets
five or six such pyramids are to be seen,
each of them from 8 to 10 feet high
Nevertheless, business is continued, and
booths are opened for the sale of goods.
Prices, however, are enormously raised,
and sugar costs one silver rouble [ Is J
per lb. The supply of meat is more
than abundant, but bread is exceeding
ly scarce. The streets are filed with
people, and crowds OF children run to
and fro, assisting at the construction of
barbados ard pelting each other with
balls of clay. Our life in Sch: stopol is
agreeable to US, for use is our second ma
ture. The greatest activity prevails i'll
the harbor of Ekaterin, where cannon
balls, powder, fascines, sacks, and pro-
visions are landed in astounding guam
titles, as they are forwarded from the
northern forts. In a word, neither the
thunder of the enemy's cannon, nor the
siege of Sebastopol is suffered to dis
tarb US any longer We mourn over our
dOfGtS4ItCS1 huO dlC SlCONlbS IuClI
blood without result before our brazen
walls. We read many absurd state
meuts about the condition of the be-
sieged but the absurdest of all is, un-
doubtedly. the news that we suffer from
want of supplies, and that hundreds and
hundreds of US are daily cut off by death
of all which no trace isto be seen.
From the London Times .June 4
Barely four days had elapsed since
the squadron forced the Straits of YEN
kale and entered upon this astonishing
operation. BerdiaEsk, Arabit and Gen
itchi fell in rapid succession, and before
they were conscious of their peril the
Russians found their storeships and
magazines in the hands of the enemy, or
only to be rescued from capture by in
Simultaneous destruction. The enthusi-
astic satisfaction which the nation will
feel on this accession, is heightened by the
remarkable fact that our success has not
cost the squadron a single life, one man
only having been wounded at Genitchi,
though i'll all probability this bloodless
victory has inflicted a severe blow upon
the enemy than the hard-fought and
dearly won fields of the Alma and of In
hermann. The loss of s. ores, of food, Of
wealth, and of tho means of transport,
is a greater calamity to the Gear than
the defeat of any army for, indeed, of
what use is any army, and what resis-
tance can it offer, if it be deprived at
the very outset of this campaign of the
means of substance? War in the Cri-
mea has this peculiar character, that
five large armies are at this time AIRY
ed within the narrow limits of that pc
n%insula, although the natural produce of
the country is in sufficient supper: any
n of them. III ordinary years the Cri-
the nourishment of its own scanty popu-
%lation, and last year the harvest was be-
low the average; this year the c~ultiva-
ton of the soil has been neglected.
The result is that the armies must all
be fed by provisions brought from other
countries that is al operation for which
we are now prepared, and which tie
Russians nave hitherto been carrying
on by the Soa of Azof on a gigantic
scale. But although we have not yet
invested Sebastopol in the prope sense
of that term, we shall soon have inves-
ted the Crimea, and when the supplies
are st off the greater the force of the
enemy may be in that country, the less
able will he be to maintain it there.
Another circumstance which causes
the most sincere satifaction is, that the
rapidly with which this squadron has
swept the Sea of Azof is the first exploit
in the present war which the nav have
been enabled tie perform on their own
England has not uuderyalued
the admirable devotion, perseverance
and courage, shown by her seamen in
this campaign, under many strange and
unusual circumstances-their attention
to the wounded. their gallant behavior
at the siege, their firm attitude at Eupa-
toria, and the boldness with which they
have naVigatod the Euxine throughout
the Winter. But they have had to do
with an enemy who sunk his ships, and
who continues TO fight behind walls, and
no real opportunity has been afforded to
the feet for an achievement worthy of its
power. The occupation of the Sea of
Azof is an unparalleled display of the
means of destruction possessed by such
: squadron. Under the orders of Ed
nund Lyons and Admiral Bruat, who