Demoine courier., 1855-10-11
From the Missouri Republican.
European Correspondence.
LONDON, September 10, 1855.

LONDON, September 10, 1855.
Mr.. EDIroR: Ii was las, October,
during my stay IN ST. Louis, tina, l en-.
tered your Office and read ia the Repub
lican the fall Of Sebas,opol.
The South side Of Sebas,opol has
now fallen-the English arc electrified
they are nearly mad with excitement,
the placards and large headings in The
PAPERS stating that S%ebaA,opol is NJ more.
and tina, The Russian fleet is destroyed
has intoxicated them; bells are ringing,
guns are firing, and The people are has,i
ly walking to and fro wnhou, anv ap.
pasen, object.
The Malakof and Redan have, ate,
resisting for nearly twelve months, fallen
into the hands OF the allies. The Rus.
sian garrison have yielded q part OF heir
stronghold after holding j, aga,ns, he
most tremendous cannonade ever known
IN the annals Of war aud The united ar.
mics Of four nations; nor did they y,rli
until they had driven those armies back
from the walls six G umes IN
q day, and then, yielding only to ri
2erior numbers, there was no surrender,
no capi.ula,ion, NO asking tor ,erns.-
The garrison. with tina. fixed ds,ermuna.
ton and patriotism Tor their county
which has stamped their conduc, through
out their devoted defence, destroyed their
town by fire, blew up The Notifications
they could not hold, sunk their shipping,
crossed the harbor 10 The North par. OF
their d~efences, and LET, the enemy the
ruins to take possession OF. After Twelve
months continuous struggle, after the
total destruction Of the English army, the
expenditure Of over one hundred million
Of pounds sterling aud the loss Of up
wards Of seventy thousand men. the al
lied armies take possession of the ruins
Of South Sebas,opol. M costly spoil
was there to satisfy the hope Of the sol
der, no defenceless women lef, behind
upon whom 10 sa,ia,e their passion, 40
Inhabitants 10 abuse, no property ! pill.
age and destroy. no stores oil wine r.,
make merry with; NO.. sIl gone. Tha,
devoted garrison Of 81. 200 men lef. moth
ing but the bodies oil their fallen brothers.
and the charred s0nc.. sprinkled with
the blood Of heir defenders. The pas
sage Of the garrison ACROSS the floating
bridge was . grea, success, for had The
allies been able 10 have prevented II, the
garrison would have !:ad to lay down
their arms, and both South and North
Sebastopol would have fallen. entire, in
the allies hands; the safe evacuation oil
tho place and destruction of the town by
the Russians while their enemies were
in possession, T0bs tina victory Of much
Of i's glory. though j, ma no, lessen the
importance Of the posi,I"n gained. Il
has now 10 be seen how tar the allies
will be able TO command the North side,
or whether they will be able TO inves, il.
One Of The great causes that tended to the
taking Of The MalskofT was their being
able 10 approach close Il il by trenches,
and concentrate upon its very threshold
a large body Of troops prior 10 the attack
but a deep harbor now separates III.
combatants. yet j, is said that the Rus
SANS can pour a deadly fire from sheil
North forts into the South. The eva.
cua,ion and destruction Of South Sebas
topol was the master stroke Of a msscu
lire mind, and ex,ricaied Russia from 4
great peril, and saved the Russian army
IN the Crimea from a retreat. That ar
my lie now united and the stronger; be-.
fore, il was divided beiwe cen North and
South Sebas,opol; the passage Of The
garrison from the South TO the North
has consolidated and strengthened il, and
before the Allies ran destroy this army.
and before they can DO ei,iie, they mus,
leave a portion Of their troops in Tie
South and cross the Tchercaya and Al.
tack; then The siege operations will com.
men again, and il 70 q improbable,
il the Russians have sufficient provisions
in the Moth forts for The winter, but
tina, the world will yet witness a s,rug.
gle more p%ro.rac,ed ant bloody Than the
last.
The Allies concentrated The whole oil
;heir armies (excep. The 10000 Sardini.
ans and French on lihe Tehernaya) for
the attack, and their united force mus,
have been great. This mass. expelled
six times By the Russians. Il las, sue.
eeeded in making = lodgmens in the Ma
lakof. There 10 no official account Of
the loss, bu, il is though, that the loss Of
the Allies cannot be less than fifteen