The Georgetown news., 1855-08-02


The slaughter on all sides has bear :;
mense and if the information be correc. .ll' ~
loss in killed and wounded of the Pr;..te s;..ne
alone, amounts to very little short of a oon, ,SI
The greatest portion Of the loss was eyUos: 1OOC'
enced in a ravine, where powerful and Pert "I
expected battery was opened upon ~. ~,
troops. 0
The Moniteur announces that the Fran,
Government have received two desnatoL..uu
from Gen. Pellessier. The first, dated -.1
informs us of the operations concerted W
tween himself and his allies, and that " "
Turks and Chasseurs had made reconno;' ,'
ance towards Atodar, Gen. Bosquet arcons ~Uas'
panying the Chasseurs to the Tchernavo'
The next day at day-break the FTon.,
and English were to attack Malakoff torol rn.u
The second dispatch, dated 18th, annonn
ces that the attack had failed, and that ai
though the troops had shown the greato"
ardor and had gained footing in the Mi
akoff Tower, Gen. Pellessier was oblipcd y.
order retreat into the parallel. This W.
effected with order and without molestatio~se
by the enemy. ''''
The Allies lost terribly by the sprnr;rr
of mine, and during the confusion tbSo
Russians re-captured the Malakoff Towar' ,a'
Previous advices were to the 18th STAT
ing that there had been smart firing on both
sides, but without any result of importanno
A dispatch from Bucharest via. Vienns
confirms the report that an expedition bss
been undertaken against Perekop.-TStats
Journal Extra.
UNPRECEDENTED PERFoRMANcE-AM Mrr
PACED IN 2:l719 TO WAGON ON THE Uyroy
COURSE, L. I.-Agreeably to Announcement
the great pacing match to wagons, mile
heats, between Hero and Pocahontas hr
$4,000, came off on 28th June. The match
resulted in Hero being distanced in the first
heat, in the astonishingly quick time Of
2:l719, being the best pacing on record
No such speed was thought Of and The
marking on time was generally several sec.
onds higher-about 2:24. The betting was
decidedly in favor of the mare-100 to 30
without takers. The start was very even
but before the horses had gone fifty yards
the superiority of the speed of Pocahontas
began to be manifest, as she drew away ran.
idly from Hero, carrying him to a break in
his endeavor to keep up with her. She
passed the quarter pole in thirty-four sec.
onds; the half mile pole in one minute and
seven seconds, going at apparent ease
When she reached the drawgate, Mr.. Nc
Mann, her owner and driver, let her loose
and such flight of speed from there to the
stand was never before witnessed in horse
in harness. 1t would have taken very
good running horse to have kept pace with
her.
The following is summary:
TUESDAY, June 21.-Pacing match for
$1,000, mile heats, best three in five, to wag
on and driver, weighing 265 lbs.
j. D. McMann named s. m. Pocahontas. /
Geo. Spicer named gr. G. Hero. .... dis
Time-2I71a.
n. Y. Herald
MISCELLANEOUS ATLANTIC IrEMs.-A
Frenchman arrived at Cincinnati on Tues
day last, who said he was an officer in Ma
pOleons body guard, and was absent Oh
leave of the Emperor. He exhibited signs
of insanity, and was placed in a room in The
fourth story of his hotel He had been
there but short time when he leaped from
window to the pavement, breaking sever
al limbs. He was taken to the hospital,
and $500 found in his possession.
Miss Sally Chappell, of Louisville, Ky,
has sued Gen. Thomas Tickell of MisSiSSiP
pi, for refusing to make her Mrs. Thomas
Tickell.
A wire cable is to be laid between Or.
densburg and Prescott, connecting them by
telegraph connecting the States and Prov.
inces-a necessity that has been increased
by the growing pressure of business inter.
course under the Reciprocity bill The ca,
BILE will embrace two insulated copper wires,
such (only smaller) as are used in the Brit,
ish channel.