Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-11-08

There is no sign of any present intention
on tho part of the enemy to abandon their
position on the north side. The celebrity with
which they throw up and finish the most for
midable looking redoubts on the land and sea
| sides is astonishing. They are admirable
diggers, and Marshal Tnrenne, | believe it
was, who was wont to say that as many bat
ties were won by the spades as by the mus
kets. The fire across the roads increases in
frequency and severity every day, and we
have to record the loss of two men in the
Bluffs, aud few trihing casualties from the
enemy's guns, but the mortars of the French
must have caused serious injury and impedi-
ment to the Russian workmen, and have
greatly damaged their magazines.
THE ANGLo-FRENcH COMMISSION Is sEBAs,-
ToPob.
The Anglo French Commissioner sits
daily, and IS busy appropriating the spoils of
war found in the town. The number of
i guns of all kinds captured exceeds 4 900; i'm
/ fnense Quantities of-sinall aims have been
carried off by the soldiers and sold, but there
are still small piles of them remaining. As
| the Russians lost 1900 men between the
morning of the 5th and the evening of the
9Th of September, it is likely that we CAP
mention the muskets in store which belong
ed to men placed hOrs de combat during the
preceding part of the siege. The Commits
sion acts on the principle of dividing the
spoilS in proportion to the number of men ac-
tually borne on the strength of the respec-
tive armies in the camps before Sebastopol
Their labors were interrupted the other day
by Russian shell, which scarcely gave them
time to adjudicate on the proprietorship Of its
splinters, as it burst as soon as 1t fell through
the roof of the building in which they were
/ sitting -.
If the Russians are spitefal, they will open
fire some fine day on the town and make il |
too hot to hold us; indeed, the Bnfls are to be |
withdrawn for the present, and the strength I
of the French in the town had been diminish
ed, as useless display of force only drew
the fire Of the enemies batteries. Brigadier
General Windhanl, our Governor of Sebas-
topol, is assisted by an active little staff lie
has lost the services Of the Captain Rowlands,
one Of the town majors of Sebastopol, 41st
regiment who is appointed Brigade Major to
the second brigade Of the second division.
Captain Lewis, of the 81 regiment, has sue
ceeded as aid-de-camp to Drigadier- General
Windham, in lieu of that gaiant young Of
licer, Lieutenant Swire, of the 18th regiment,
who was severely wounded on the morning
Of the Sth. The duties Of the Governor are
not very onerous, and the population Of his
district is essentially migratory and nomadic.
Five hundred arllerymen were added; to the
garrison OF the town some days ago.
INVESTMENT OF THE NORTH SIDE.
Are we to invest the north side or not? III
so, when DO we begin? We may STAY i'm our
present position till the crack of doom. and
the Russians will remain in theirs, and the
war may thus 90 on for half century. Tho
great road from Kadekoi to the camp gels on
but slowly, bat areally great work is in the
course of execution, in cutting kind Of ca
nal for the waters OF the streamlet which
runs through the fat, marshy land close by
the Railway between kadekoi and the top Of
the harbor. This work will materially tend
to the strength and efficiency of the Railway
in winter, and will carry olfthe surface water
which turned the whole of this marsh into
| 4 lake IA winter. The Slrdinans arc at
work on The Railway from the Woronzoff
road TO the main line at Kadekoi; but our en-
Sineers declare that they take such pains in
celebrating, polishing and finishing off
trenches and cuttings as to lose valuable time. |
The French have not yet done anything to- |
wards the execution Of the line laid down by |
Mr.. Campbell from the Col de Balaklava TO
kamicsch.
| ilEGolSM OF 10Y AT THE CAPTURE OF THE |
REDAN.
The following is an extract from aletter of
an officer of the Light Division:-"Sebasto- |
pol, Sept. lS--liy 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 he lives. He is in the
next regiment TO us, and | have the details
from a wounded sergeant of ours who lay
next him during the day and the night of the
Sth. lallude to young Durham Massey, of
the l9th-l believe the youngest officer Of
the army. lie is known as Redan- Massy,
Tor there are three of the same name in the
regiment. This noble boy in tho absence of
his cousin, led the Grenadier Company, and
was about the first man in the corps to Jump
into the ditch of the Redan, waving his sword
and calling on his men, who nobly stood by
him, till, left Tor nearly two hours without
support, and seized by fear of being blown
up, they retired. Young Massy, borne along
endeavored to disengage from the crowd, and
stood almost alone, facing round frequently to
the batteries with his head erect, and with a
calm, proud, diSdainful, eye. Hundreds of
shots were aimed AT him, and at last when
leading and climbing the ditch, he was struck
and his thigh broken. Being the last, he
was of course left there.
Now listen to this The wounded around
were groaning, and some even loudly crying
out. A voice called out family at first, loud
ly afterwards, "Are you Queen Vic oria's
soldiers?' Some voices answered, 81 am
. | aml' "Then,'' said the gallant boy, 'let
! us not shame ourselves; let us show those
! Russians that we can bear pain, AS we'll as
: fight like men, There was a silence as Of
} death, and more tAan once he had it renewed
10y similar appeals The unquailng spirit Of
beardless boy ruled all around him. As eve
ming came on, the Russians crept out of the
Redan and plundered some of the wounded,
at the same time showing kindness, and in
some cases giving water. Men, with hayo-
nets fixed frequently came over the body of
yonng Massy. One fellow took away bis
havcrsack. Sometimes he feigned death
At other times the pain of his wound would
not permit him.
Russian officer, with a drawn sword
: came to him, and endeayored TO diseEgage,h he
e sword which the young hero still grasled-
/ Seeing that the resistance was in vain, he
, gave it up. The Russian SMILED gently and
; compassionately on him, fascinated, probably
f by his youth, and by the boLl, unfaltering
5 glance which met his When the works Of
5 the Redan were blQwnup in the night by the
: retreating Russians, the poor boy had his
: right leg feariully crushed by falling stone.
e He was foundi in the morning by some High
: landers, and brought to his regiment almost
# dead from loss of blood. Great was the ioy
: of all at seeing him, as he was abont TO be
f returned as "killed" or missing Danger
S ously woundel'' was substituted, but he is
y now doing we'll"
= rThe Mammoth Cave Pork-h -house al
: Madison, Ind, belonging to David White, i.
! in order for the slaughtering season. lie has
: in store and under contract, eighteen thou.
. sand packages of cooperage, three thousand
- h,rralc of konatvha o,lf ouJ n corrosco,l;o,