The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-05-04

+ the top of the parappt, all unaImed as he was.
be hurled dsiwn stones on the Russians He
was struck by ball, which passed through the
ouer part of his arm, aud at the same time he
received bullet Though the shoulder. We
are all reeic@d that he is not dangerously woun-
trd, and that the army will no; long be- deprived
ni his SERVERS. After an hours fight the enemy
+ were driven hack, but We have to depIorp the
loss Of the following officers, killed, wounded
! or missing Col. Kelly, 34th Regiment, killed /;
Lieut.. Jordan, 9th Regiment, killed: Capt.
Cavendish Browne, 7th, killed Lieut.. Wears,
S7th Regiment, wounded; Capt. Montague,
Royal Engineers, missing and Major Gordon,
1 Royal Engineers, wounded
I Two Greek or Albanian Chiefs in fnll cos
tune, who seem To have led on the Russians last
night, were among the Killed. The town was
SIT on fire about o'clock this morning in two
places towards the west part OF it--at least
one large house--Was burning till l2 O'Clock to-
! day. Lord Raglan visited Sir John Campbell,
and afterwards went through thp trenches
! The fire was very slack to-day on both sides.
This moment. - o'clock, (night,) hiIr was
sitting IN an officers tent of the first hattal0n
rifle brigade, orders caine for Brigadi-r Geti-
eral Garrrtt'S brigade TO turn out. The rifle bri-
gade under Lrntenant-Cnlonci Norcntt was un-
der arms in a few minutes, and has Just marched
over towards the Woronzon road.
The 6Sth regiment and the 10th regiment
have followed them, and | have returned TO
write my letter. There is good deal OF firing
along the front, and there has been one sharp
brush brtwepn the French aud Russians on the
right, hu; as yet there SENS no cause for this
unusual movement. The men were turned out
quietly without hugle, and were ordered tp
march without noise. The French have seut
about : 1000 men into the trenches on the right
Tonight
The number of guns now in position in our
batteries is 50 large, and the stores OF ammunition
ready to open the IRE upon Srhastopol 50 enor-
nous, that very large force is required at all
hours TO protect these extensive preparations
from the salies OF the enemy. In fact, our own
siege material is now one ofthn incun.brancts
which clog the operations OF the allied armies,
and before any other course of action can be al
tempted, the engineers must have tried the full
effect of those vast engines which they have
had at last directed against the place. Th- am
uunition, solid shot, hollow shot and rockets,
must be- spent, for they can neither br brought
back into store nor lett where they are. The
hravy iron guns will be worn out and compara-
their three hundred or four hundred rounds zach
Of these enormous prolectles. Should the effect
of this tremendous fire answer the expectations
which the assurances of the engineers would
lead us TO entertain. il may BE- followed by the
fall of the place bot at any rate The experiment
must now be tried, and we must await the
result.
ATTEMPTED SrIclDF or GAMBLER IN NEw
YoRk Clrr-LosS or $500, ,00O-FARo BANKS.
"A wealthy gentlemen named Balee, from
Mar Wand arrived here some two weeks ago up
on a visit 20 his friends. and b-came a guest of
Carlton House. He fell into the habit Of visit
ING the gambling establishment OF Broadway,
and became at Faro '.dtspelate better" On
some occasions the sharpprs would play the
game IN such manner as to let tb" intended
victim fria four or fie.- ftndred dollars. When
satisfied that their customer was fit to b. pnckpd,
operations commenced in earnest. He often
riSkrd on ssans turn several five hundred dol
lar "chips,'' amounting in the aggregate to some
$4,000 or $1,000 by the mere drawing of one
card from little tn box in the hands Of the
'.draIrr" In this way the poor man persisted,
until he was neecrd, at last, Of nearly every
dollar he possessed W. have bren assured that
MS t''SA " M IpldD4h fACtf NF iIid ~ tti'u-
sand doIIars-aIi IN the short space OF week
or ten days.
During the past fony-eight hours Mr.. B.
has been IN a state of great excitement. He be-
came quite unconscious on Saturday and made
his way 10 the house of Cinderella Marshall. in I
Leonard street, where he was cared for. A S /
O'Clock in the evening be much worse, in
deed crazy at intervals. A messenger was dis
patched by the andlady for doctor, but before
his arrival Mr.. Baiee attempted 10 destroy him .
self by swallowing SIX ounces of laudannm from /
a bottle, which he carried in his pocket. The
atteudanc" of DIR. Clark, DR.. Bradshaw and Dir. I
Bacon was forthwith procured. The stomach !.
pump was used freely, and every effort was
made to arouse him, not uusuccesSiuIly. Last /
evening Mr.. r. was living very weak, but the
physicians were OF the unanimous opinion that
he would survive.
Lost in tI.e Weeds.