Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-09-27
LATER FROm EUROPE.

night II q
The week which this arrival covercs is more q
barren of news than any similar period since
the commencement of the war. With the
execution of the appouncement that the Rus
SLAMS iu the Tchernaya are again menac'ng
the allied lines, and surmise that England,
ipstigated by France, is about to pick quar-
rel with Naples, the papers contain little else
than odds and ends of correspondence respect
inc the battle of Traktir, and the lombard
ment of Sweaborg.
/. DISTRESS IN ODEssA.--The Captain of
French brig, who was wrecked near Odess,
and remained in the city until exchanged, has
returned to Marselles.
He gives lanentable accounts OF the gen.
eral distress which prevails among the inhab-
itants of Odessa, and many .opulent families
hitherto, he says, are literally starving. The
inhabitants are in constant apprehension OF
be;no bombarded The town is mined.
PRoeREss OF THE WAR.--The fight OF Trak-
t;r seems to have little effect on the course Of
events in the Crimea.
The Russians have retired up their narrow
and we'll fortified passes to the steep platue
where, according to General Simpsons latest
report, they are once more prepared for oiien-
siye movements. Attention is therefore again
turned to the siege Of Sevastopol.
Very little information on which judge
ment may be founded, can be learned, either
from the dispatches Of the Generals or from
the correspondence of letter writers before The
city, To our previous knowledge the beseig-
ers had approached very near to the Russian
defence.
We now learn that the foremost parallel
which had been begun at the two ends was
completed and united in the middle on the
18th of August-since then fortnight has
passed without much incident.
Gen. Simpson mentions q small sortie in
which the Russians succeeded in destroying
some gabions For the rest, the daily life OF
the camp, its hardships and amusements, the
death or leave of individual officers, fill both
public and private letters.
On the great preparations Of the last ten
weeks, the hope of the besiegers are fixed, and
the fire that will open when the time comes,
will be unexampled in the history Of warfare
The Russians, meantime, are actively en-
gagged in bridging the harbor, to remove their
defences to the north side shonld the south
side be taken.
The evils of divided command are more
and more felt.
The line from Baidar to Inkerman, dis
lance of twelve miles, is occupied by the
French, Sardinians and Turks, with part of
the English cavalry. Each nationality under
its own commander, and totally Independent
of all others.
The communications which have taken
place between Austria and Prussia give reason
to believe that the German Power will end
by agreeing upon a political programme which
they will be able to oppose to the beligerent
parties, who may be tempted to extend the
war beyond the object for which it was osten-
sibly undertaken.
Reports speak vaguely of plan to unite
the commands Of all the troops on the Tcher-
maya in one hand, as six weeks or at most
two months, are the utmost limit that can be
assured for active military operations.
Attention is turned to the means of sup
plying the army during the coming winter. r
! Mr.. BETTY. civil engineer, has recd
orders to construct two linos- 81 n 46Ts1
from Balaklava to Kamiesch. teQ..
horse power, and the other from MSeaSl
the Woronzoff road near the Sandman posi-.
ton over the Tchergoun, to be worked by
locomotive. The labor of effecting these
roads will be supplied by the French and
Sardinians.
Mr.. Betty believes that the original rail.
way will last during the winter, and 200 men
of the army corps are now engaged in repair
ing it. ....
Stores and sheds are being erected as rap.
idly as possible, and other preparations for
the winter are going on with energy.
Prince Gortschakotf briefly says the fire OF
the enemy continues as before-there is moth.
ing new. On the same day Gen. Pelissier
telegraphs: "All goes we'll in every way.
We are making progress"
The WAR IN AsIA.-Inteligenc from Asia
Minor is reported to be more favorable to the
Turks. According to the Turkish Bulletin
the Russians advanced on the 4th of August
against the entrenchment of Kars and attacked
battery.
An artillery fight ensued, which lasted two
hours, and the Russians retired leaving 100
dead. Allowing for exaggeration, it would
seem that no general attack had been attemp.
ed.
Erzeroum is said to be completely relieved
The Vienna Cabinet has already replied
to the last circular of Count Nesslerode, the
existence of which is now out of doubt.
} At kerpi Keni, village on the road to
kars, skirmish of cavalry took place
Afterwards the Russians broke up from Er.
zerOun and retired on Kars across the Sog.
hanli range Of Hills.
Letters say that Omar Pacha will not 90
to kars, but will move on to TiAio with the
, twofold object of menacing the communica-
ton Of the Russians with Georgia, and cut.
ting Oft their retreat, and also of presenting
: an opportunity to the Circassians and other
,, mountain tribes to join him.
l. Expectations. are general that this paper
. will be redeemed by the proceeds of loan to
be raised when the war is over.
3 Prince Menschikoff is said to have retired
; to monastery at Moscow
, DAMAGES TO SEvAsropoL.- Gortscha
kotf writes from Sevastopol that the forti6c A.
tions have greatly suffered, and that the gar.
rison has experienced considerable losses.
Writing on the 18th, the Prince notices the
- new bombardment commenced on the 10th
, and adds On our side, despite the violence
of the bombardment, the artillery in the town
! replied with considerable success, and with nc
ess energy than that Of the enemy; and by
,, its well directed fire silenced some of theil
| batteries, and destroyed the embrasures o.
{ others.
The serious damage done to our fortiGca