Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-10-31
sebastopol-1nteresting Incidents of the
Siege.


Siege.
ABoY HERO.
SEnIsroPoL, Sept. 1s.-By the way, must give
YOU the history, in few words, of few hours in
the life of hero, and, depend upon it, Of future
great man if be lives. He is in the next regiment
| 10 us and have the details Grsm wounded ser
geapt of ours, who lay next him during the day
and night of the eighth. allude TO young Dun
ham Ma.Sy, Of the I9th-I believe the youngest Of
fcer in the army He is now known as 'Redan
Massy,' for there are three Of the same name IN
the regiment. The noble boy, i'll the absence OF
his cousin led the Grenadier company, and was
about the first man in the corps 10 jump into the
ditch Of the Redan, waving his sword, and calling
on his men, who nobIy stood By him, till, left io'
nearly two hours without support, and seized b;
fear OF being blown up they retired. Young Massey
borne along, endeavored to diSengage from the
crowd, and stood almost alone, facing round tIe-
quently TO the batteries, with head erect. and with
calm, proud. diSdainfuI eye. Hundreds OF shot
were aimed at him, and al last when leading and
climbing the ditch, he was struck and- his thigh
broken. Being the last, he was OF course, ieit
there. Now listen 10 this: Tie wounded around
were grooming, and some even loudly crying out
voice called out fantIy al first. loudly afterwards,
Are you Queen Victocia's SoldierS!' Some voice
replied, q ami ami Then said the gallant hoy,
'let US not shame ourselves; let US show these
Russians that we can bear pain, as well sS fight
like men, There was q silence like death, and
more than once he had 1t renewed by similar ap-
peas. The umquaIling spirit Of that benrdIess
boy ruled all around him. As evening came on
the Russians cTept out Of the Redan and plumber.
ed some Of the wounded, at the same time showing
kindness, and in in some cases giving water Men,
with bayonets fixed, frequently came over the
body Of young Massey. One fellow took away his
haversncS. Sometimes he feigned death. AT OH.
er times tie pam OF his wound would not permit
him. A Russian officer, with a drawn sword,
came to him aud endeavored 10 diSen93ge the
swsrd which the young hero still grasPed. See
ing that resistance vas in vain he gave it up
The Russian smiled gently aud compasSionately
on him, fascinated, probably, by his youth, and by
the bold, unfaltering glance which met his. When
the works OF the Redan were blown up III the
night by The retiring Russians, tie poor boy had
his right leg fTghtruly crushed by falling stone.
He was found in the morning by some Highland
ers, and bCrught 10 his regiment almost dead f:om
him, as he was about to be returned as killed or
missing Dangerously wounded was substita
ted, but he is now Going well.
A CHASTITY SPECTACLE.
| It's almost incredible 10 state the loss of The
Russians in Sebasopol alUne; thousands and ihon-
sands OF dead bodies purify the air, and, indeed
| almost the earth. have been to see Sebastorol
and TO describe the state Of ii is almost impossible
it IS lrghtful den; the last two bombardnentS
have made lrightful havoc in the town; 1t can on
~ DC compared TO Selves II Is TIddled with shot
aud she'll. The buildings look quite perfect fGom
our latteTieS, but once near them you find them
nothing but shells; nothing remains Of the inside
but plies Of rubbish; staircase, no floors, Moth
ing remains except an unSeemy mass, nor Is there
door CT window in the town, wherever you could
turn nothing but dead bodies piltetI top of eac
other meet The eye, and .rrId stencil saluetl the
nose; but what was more shocking still, the re
were casks filed with arms, legs, hands, toes and
fingers, piled away in heaps.
STRENGTH OF THE WORKS,
| The batteries consist OF solid rock, with huge
pieces OF granite laid regularly, with enormous
wet Sandbags, one heaped above another to an IN
credible thickness. This was their parapet with
embrasures just large enough 10 allow the guns 10
pEotrude, and behind these parapetS, and between
the guns, Were hoesof sufficient size 10 held 40
or 50 men comfortably, cut out of the rock and
huge trunkt OF trees laid tranSyerSey, with Tegu-
lar layers OF sandbagS pile up to the height of The
parapetS. When the tie became too hot for them,
they used to leap into these holes and once there
they were comparatively safe. In each Of the Sc
retreats they had cooking utensils and bedding and
on the least alarm they could rash on. and run up
their guns which had been withGra wn; and If any
had been damaged they could dig up fresh ones, as
they always had a reserve buried i'll The ground
| beside each gun, of which they must have had an
immense number, as vast amount Of broken guns
| lie beside the embTaSureS. When our men enter.
ell the ReGan they found quantity of soup made
| OF bread and meat. One OF the men of our ship
found camp kettle in the Recian, and brought It
to the ship, and we have the pleasure of drinking
coffee brought from there.