New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-11-05
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Ion Ton We ~ camp eorrsappndsnes Of J.pndau Times
CA8P BEFORE SRBAsToPoI., Sent "a - THIS
centrast between me actual nroceetlinss nf IN
Aflief afInies sifice the Stk Of tbis nasyfb anJ
the issered dfeams b #Aish the put,lia ~ hs,.es
~ represeated By the. pxesssa are fuiulg;rs. Il
as. striking as i is painfnl. The Russlans, u
lar from lying in discomhtnre over banrdIass
wastes. are Salnily strengthening ftsir pos;tf
ION thesnorth side. The face Of the eo,tnfrv Tr;s.
ties vita their caanon and their hstssris, a.
wrtesths rear Of heir guns isseandipe ttsronpIi
our camp, and occasionally eauals sfs ,,oise 4.
! Jhe old eahnonades which We fondIy hoped bad
died into siienee forever. = There is nd trace Il
lany intention on theirpart to abendon q r,ssf.
lion on which. they have lagished 50 much care
and labor They retired from the south sidt
wfenSit became untenable, shaken tS PIECES by
q bonfhafdment which it il imprscticsble Tor Il
TO IeBew They have BOW between thehngefve.
and us, a dsep arm OF theasssSa river, an 4 TIN
SIDES ef plateso as steep. $50 wali.. Via, bel
them get oil at. their leisnre,s and looked. on
much as we would have gazsd on me mimic re-
presentation Of such scene ct Asttey's, while
the nssa an batsalions fled il eaafess colunr,
over the narraw bridges emerging jn anbrokeu
Forder oft Of tAatfrightf1l see of.ragine ere and
ssmoke, which was ssed up into billowsof fame
hytbe frequent expiosionof great foftresses 4 IA
haagasines. What time oar-generais woke 10
and knew what was going on, / cannot tell.,bus
tm IS certain sthey did not .as, q sbody~distrsss
themselves BY any violent efforts to ogeta near
view .. % sne ensmy's movements early in the.
IL was late in theday when Fert Raul blaw
up At About $50, as we'll as can no recall
Ieet, that magnificent work was shaken. vio-
lsntiy, heaved upwards, seemed TO fy into
pieees--the breaking masonry and embfasures
emitting sheets Of white smgke, lighted up fse4-
and then esilapseds as ,itwere, into ruins sThe.
sraine missed in the first instanee; hut, SO esol
FNe.e the enemy, SO perfectly satisfied ofour, in
awed us ty their tFeh1ehdous energy in destrfIcs
ition, thatt they cent across avhoatsxith afews
men N he's about half Enast feur q Clock in the
evening, who quietly landed and went into tlre.
fort, andlwere. seen by several people in the act
of entering, in order to prepare fof the explo-
sion which followed immsdiatey after they had
retired; Spies have, however, informed the su-
tle most positive manner that the Rue.
slams were prepared to retreat, and had all in
readiness 70 cover a retrograde movement in case
the hset suoceeded in forcing d passage, and the
Allies eyinced determination Of ofthrowine their
whole farees the north side Their field
guns and guns of. position were all in readiness,
and were strengthened by very large corps Of
cavalry, which weuld bold our. riafantryy in
check, and our cayalfy could not, Of eoarse, get
over the water in less then aeveraf days, snors
could il gain the heights Of Msekenzie unless
ne lnfaatry had previously established than.
: Every taing was forsseen ana calculated. and
the aRussishss ~erets In hopes tbat they might
catch Us at a disadvantage amid somesof their
fortified posiuons in difheult country and 1ne-
tEieve' their past disasters, or, at al events,
make ID masterly retreat But when they saw
that all was hesitation, if not confusion, in the
army of the Allies. they recovered their eou-
rage, staaed the situation in the face for one
mament, and the next were busily engaged in
making the most Of it, and they have now erect
edssuch batteries as to shut up the hartor to
our present nsvy,a ahdso render any attempt toa
cross 1t asrash as it would be undesirabie4 Yes
tefday they finished q new line Of bastesiss,
to-day tce begin TO make some in reply. The
papers which arrived yesterday must have been
amusing to the authorities, fer they fave as.S
suredly falslfea all those absurd antieipations
of fnrther victory, of utter routs, OF vigor-
GUS pursuit, and of energetic action of which
these mere writer's and readers men who have
read Thucydides until they are stupefed, and
hage muddied their brains porting over histories
of wars and lives of generalss aud who have
~ = $50 ~ -. "a
aefs, sbonapartes ana Melilngtons, involving
aisagreeaSie inlerences ana comparisons have
rid cuionsly and upJustfhaoly induiged
itisqoite eyldent Lhattne expecsat,ons Oh the
people a. nome nave NOT peen grained to- the
iuii extent, ana @ tha. We are moi IN nndisppted
possession OF senastopoi, ana that the Russlans
arg ~ not utterly defeated, ana that the campaign
VIII nave 20 ne renewed next Year ey doing
What might nave been done three weeks ago,
HOW many men WILL hussia nave In the Grlmea
oy the amesthe ophntfyis IS .ht iof maiitaIy cpe-
fataons' should sne 90 aeterminaed TO mold II,
and be able TO maintain the wars san the north
size there are sfe@ houses, nut there are yery
large msgazlnes,: frsIs on the western sex-
sremity of tae fort9ern shore STANDS e Fort Con
ssantlhe. l lne fooi y covereo 1nto great deptn
wiz saho oags' ahd mere afe large guns
mounted on IL en- oafoeHes put many ofsthe
q very neayy Parapet WIN tfaversesllh iracts
7 iihe OF oa.terles-serlkes out lrom .he hoFtn
sue Oh she loro' auu csesss .ae ssaMaTu M lace Oh
Lhe cnn, cem5nuhicaelpg WIN tne wasp foft'
star fort, ana the WORKS Q, thes sea asfaneesi
towards tne mouth q the Eeloek. sext 70 Con-
'taatine, on me narDor, there Is large earth-
WORK, win heaVy gunss penlnu wnch Is the
'ttaael, wnlch mas recehsfy oeep mucn strength
,ned, ana 40 IN commanding Posision on . hllf
'lde. 50 Sc #3t9 5#s