The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-05-30

Report Of an American Officer at
Sebastopol.


The Paris correspondent Of the Tribune
writes:
II have received intelligence from Sebas-
topo through private source (from an
American oaicer) which gives character
to the operations now going on there quite
different toithat derived from the interested
statements Of the French and English jour
nails.
''It is struc that at The date of the l7th
some of the defences OF the town near NAL
akoif tower and the Bastion da Mat had been
destroyed by the allied guns; but it must be
reeolected that these were the most advan
ced works Of the Russians; that they were
erected under the FIRE OF the enemies CAN
non, and were, consequently, imperlectly
constructed; that they were Of no great val
ue in the defense Of The place, and were
reinquished without much of struggle.
"Their destruction was anticipated by
the Russians, and argues nothing towards
the final result 1t is not till the assault
ing party places itself in advance of these
worls that the guns can be brought to bea r
with crushing effect; so that at the date
mentioned nothing had transp,red before
Sebastopol 10 indicate an advantage in fa-
vor Of the Allies. The preensiun of the
latter that their guns possessed a superiority
over those of the Russian is not true, &C
cording to their own admission made on
many occasions since the commencement
of the siege. The most important defences
Of the Russian garrison are mouatel with
the large marine guns taken from the ships
of the Russ;on feet, and these guns are
made after the models Of The best and lar
ges guns in the French and Eaglish SER
vice.
At the proper moment these will do
their duty in defence Of the place. The
last Russian dates from S4yastopol are to
the 10Th, anl these demonstrate clearly that
the feeby defended Russian outposts once
taken and slight advance made towards the
city, the allies have been Srres ted. their
FIRE diminished, the amount OF harm which
they are accomplishing against the heavier
Russian works reduced almost to nothing;
and that these injuries are readi y repaired
during the night. Added to this, certain
timidily reigns in the allied camp. from the
belief that all the most accessible approach
es to the city are mined, and only await the
pressure Of q large body OF troops to be
exploded 1t has now bacome a serious
question with tbs allied generals whether,
if able togain the interior Of The city, they
will dare 10 risk their most annihilated ar
my under the play Of six or eight hundred
guns from the opposite bank Of the river
and in strong position where they viii
have no guns to meet their Ere effectively =:
Admitting then, that these forts DO not en-
Ter seriously into The taking Of Sebastopol
they do, however, seriously enter into the
question Of holding it Or Of tho 6nAl sue.
cess Of thc campaign.
"raking calm view Of the subject on
The ground, my Informant et sebastopol is
Of the opinion that the probabilities are
opposed to the taking Of the place as well as
70 the success Of Geld csmpaisu,
Es1- Since the beginning ofthe year. S..
7s5 tons ofcoal have been shipped to Ball
tiuoFe from The Scbuylkill, Pa region.