The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1855-01-04

HashiBgtOn-.-infeTes Accounts OF
the TeTTibIc Storm iH the Black Sen---
Mazzinrs Letter 10 the Polish Commit
tee---PeTsOnai Incidents and Adven-
lures IN the Terrific Battle Of Inker-
man.
L. seems that the treaty Of alliance be.
tween England. France and Austria,
I binding the latter soon TO declare war a.
gainst Russia. was signed on the cod
day Of December. Strange time for such
an eventl Forty nine years ago that day
witnessed the destruction of the Austrian
and Russian army upon sanguinary Geld
OF Austerlitz by the French. under the
command Of the Emperor Napoleon. -
Now it sees treaty concluded between
! the nephew Of the latter and Austria, and
the initiatory steps taken TO commence
bosiilities sfainst their then allv.- This
is not the first OF second time the 81 Of
December has seen important events
happen.in the grea. roll Of European his.
tori. The First Napoleon was crowned
Emperor Of France on that day, and the
present one consumma;ed his memorable
coup d'efat upon the sar1e anniversary.
Singular thoughts must have presented
themselves TO the minds Of the French
and Austrian Embassadors as they alTiv.
ed their signatures to treaty tha, mas.
have called up to their recollecious The
memory Of Austerlitz
The losses sustained by the allied feet
in the late storm in the Black Sea we're
fery severe, and are keenly regretted in
England. The London Times Of the 5,h
says:
In this instance. however, ihc losses
come in form and in time the mos. un-
fortunate that could be desired by the
worst enemy of the expedition. The to-
tai loss Of men at the vaTlons stations on
the coast ofthe Crimea, on the disastrous
18th, cannot be less than thousand. be.
sides those that have fallen into the hands
Of the Cossacks. The loss Of vessels was
thirty British and French wrecked, and
half as mary dismasied at Balaklava. and
eighteen wrecked or dismas.ed at the
month of the Katcha. Our men-of war
thanks to the precau!ion OF frequently
trying their cables--have come Off with
no further damage than the loss Of guns.
or of masts, or.of rigging, the twisting of
their rudders, or the springing some
leaks. The French have lostthe Henri
W. noble three decker, and a favorite
war steamer. Thus far we have sustain
ed no loss beyond the ordinary drain of
war; but the greatest calamity is that Of
which we scarcely now know the full
The Prince magnificent new screw
steamer, of 300 tuns, carried cut The
other day, to BalakIava, the 46,h Regi. |
ment, all the winter cIolhing for the troops
engaged in the siege, including 10000
great-coats. flannel suits, under, clothing,
socks and gloves; beef. pork. AMI other
provisions; hospital stores for Scutari; and
vast quantity Of shot and shell to carry
on the siege. These are wholly lost. and
nothing remains OF the Prince but half a
dozen Of ,her numerous crew, who man
aged to get on the cliffs, when she was
broken to powder against. them. The
Resolute. with nine hundred tuns Of gun
powder, also went 10 the bottom Thus,
it seems, all the materials for Carrying on
the siege ant providing against the Sc
verify OF the winter have been carried off
at one fell swoop; and. even if We think
to content ourselves with merely main,
tanning our position on the hights before
Sebastopol, it is evident that we are not
in a condition to stand our worst foe. the
coming winter. Everything seems to
have conspired, under a mysterious dis
pensaton Of Heaven. to make the loss of
the Prince the greatest possible disaster
Figures are but feeble language for the
description of such a catastrophe, but
the value Of the Prince, as she f1oated, is
put at fl5o00o, and her cargo at half
million. There must have been nearly
200 souls on board. The thirty trans
ports, utterly lost, with most of their
crews, at Balaklava, are put down at
f15,00o each. So here at once a million
of money went TO the bottom, in form
Of which money conveys but faint idea.
The other losses enumerated above, the
French ship-of-the-line and war steamer,
the transports lost on the western coast,
the many vessels Of all kinds disabled,
make up another million to be added TO
the naked pecuniary estimate of the loss.
But the true way Of stating it is, that the
army is utterly disabled for the present.
and left to no other protection than Heav-
en- and that yaIor which the British sol>
diers is ever sure TO display IN the face Of
the greatest difficulties, the direst priva
tions and the most overwhelming num-
bers. Yet, never was the ancient valor
of our race put TO so tremendous trial
A Constantinople correspondent Of the
London Times. after speaking Of the dis
astrous effects Of the storm, says:
Win regard to the hutting of tie
troops, am sorry to say that the pros
pect seems rather gloomy, as no foresight
has been shown in the matter, and every
thing remains to be done. The orderfor
the tools with which to construct this
large number of buildings IS dated the
12th of November, and was not received
in Constaniinople until the 17th. The
list Of articles required is of enormous
length, and it is totally beyond the capa-
biliiies Of this part of the world to furnish
them. Orders will be sent of 10 Malta
and other places, and with great efforts
the thousands Of trowels and hammers,
and the hundreds Of thousands Of nails
may be furnished within month from
the present time. The wood will not be
forthcoming even at SO early date, and