The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-28

ness, adjourned to the evening when further br 81
ness was disposed of, full report of which wi i be
published a. soon as space will permit. The, con-
vention will sit again this morning.
The Wing and Abolitionist State Cor 4ventions
closed their sessions in Syracuse yesterday afternoon
The fusion movement was eminently sue cessful The
whig party was swallowed up, body and bones, by
the abolitionists, and its very name is now only
matter of history. Horace Greeley was affected to
tears at witnessing the last arti' uatons of the de-
funct party and the way in which the old poiiti-
clans generally took it to heart was extremely af-
fecting. brief abstract of the proceedngsis given
under our Geographic head but owing to the de-
mands upon our columns by the European news,
We are compelled to omit the detailed report
The News from Eur0pe-The Fall of Eeb0s-
top0l.
AT last, it seems, French valor and British
courage have prevailed over Russian endu-
rance, and Sebastopol after siege of eleven
months, has fallen into the hands of the enemy
There can be no Tartar in the case this time
On the 9th and 10th September the telegraph
wires were constantly charged with messages
of victory, and multiplied dispatches from the
military and naval leaders on both sides
leave not the smallest room for incredulity.
1t appears that on the 9Th the expected bonn
bardment commenced on scale of unprece-
denied magnitude. After three days inces-
SAINT fire, the assault was made on the sth-
the French directing their efforts as before
against the Malakotf, the English aiming at
the Redan. From the brief dispatches which
have been received, we gather that the French
were repulsed six times, and suffered a loss
which has been estimated at $4,000 men they
succeeded in the end, however, in establishing
themselves in the Malakoff on the night of the
sth. Meanwhile the English had Jared differ
emily on their left. The Redan was carried
with comparative ease. But, after planting
their flag on its walls, the British were attacked
by force Of Russians with such impetuosity
that they were forced to vacate the work.
tanned themselves there, the other fortilications
of the Karabelnaia suburb became untenabe.
Accordingly, during the nights of the S-9th,
and on the morning of the 10th, Prince
Gortscbakof blew up ali the public build
ings and ships, set fire to every house that
would burn, and crossed over as he says, with
a very small loss TO the north side. The al
lied troops though occupying the line Of de-
fences from Careening Bay 10 the Redan, had
not venturcd, it seems, to enter the suburb
when The last accounts left; as the whole city
was ruined and every building was either in
flames or in ashes
Ii is yet too soon to say, as some Of the al
lied journals have done, that the Sehastopol
drama is played ont We have yet to learn
how the Russians will avail themselves Of their
position on The north side. 1t will be remenl-
bered that for some time we have heard Of pre-
paratons being made for a retreat of the Rus
sian army to the Star fort, showing that Gort-
schakoii was not blind to the possibility Of the
capture Of Karabelnaia, and indicating that in
the opinion Of the Russian chiefs its fall would
not involve the ruin OF the army. 1t is posi-
bic that the north fort may yet for some time
defy the victorious Allies
But the warmest friend Of the Russian cause
cannot deny to the Allies, and especially to
BE French-t to such men rs Bosquet and their
comrades tribute Of applause for the
achievement we this day record. Eleven
months have they been encamped on those
heights suffering every i'll that can ailct hui
manity, disease cold, prvation and dscour-
agement besides the ordinary contingencies
OF the battlefield; the whole world has
derided their efforts, and cheercd on
the gallant Todlebcn and the men
who fought for their homes and their native
soil natives as well as foreigners have urged
the abandonment Of the enterprise, and at
tributed its commencement to overweening
vanity and ignorance on the part of the allied
chiefs; general after general has given it up
in despair, and gone away 10 die or been re-
called over hundred thousand good men,
English and French, have laid their heads under
the Crmean Sod yet, in spite of all. Napoleon
and his Allies have persevered, and the con-
sequence is that Sebastopol exists no more.
In historical point of view the event has no
parallel. There have been seges where the
valor of the besieged has avaled to defend
the place for longer period of time-but
there never was one at which so much human
obstnacy, or so much scientific skill were dis
played; nor, on the other hand, was there ever
an instance Of so many human lives being
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ground. As long as this world lasts. Sebasto-
pol--or the site where il stood--will be clas-
sic ground.
So far as the war is concerned it must not
be supposed that the fall Of Sebastopol implies
the submission OF Russia and the establishment
of peace. So long as Cronstadt defes the
strongest fleet the Allies can equip. Russia, it
1a al ,,y;11 InlJ
The fall Of Sebastopol does not even decide
the fate of the Crimea. 1t has dealt a fatal
blow at Russian prestige il has destroyed
Russian supremacy in the Black Sea; it has
cost the Gar more money than ten years of
peace can make up but il does not reduce
the Empire to that humiiating position in
which, as Gortschakoif said at Vienna it would
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