Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-01-11

THE CONDITION OF THE ALLIEs.-The
losses sustained by the allied feet in
the great storm in the Blach Sea are
likely to prove very disasterous to fu-
ture operations. The London Times Of
the 5th gives the following particulars:
elm this instance, however. the losses
come in a form and in a time the most
unfortunate that could be desired ty the
worst enemy of the expedition. The
total loss of men at the various stations
on the coast of the Crimea, on the dis
astrous 18th, cannot be less than a thou
sand, besides those that have fallen into
the hands of the Cossacks. The loss
of vessels was thirty British and French
wrecked, and half as many dismasted at
Balaklava, and eighteen wrecked or dis
masted at the mouth of the Katcha.-
Our men-of-war-thanks to the precau-
ton of frequently trying their cables
have come off with no further damage
than the loss of guns, or of masts, or
of rigging, the twisting of their rud-
ders, or the springing some leaks
The French have lost the Henry ", a
noble three-decker, and a favorite war
steamer. Thus far we have sustained
no loss beyond the ordinary drain of
war; but the greatest calamity is that
of which we scarcely now know the
full. The Prince, a magnificent new
screw-steamer, of 2,7OO tons, carried
out the other day to Balaklava, the 46th
Regiment, all the winter clothing for
the troops engaged in the siege, includ-
ing 10000 great-coats, flannel suits,
under-clothing, socks and gloves; beef,
pork, and other provisions; hospital
stores for Scutari; and vast quantity
of shot and shell to carry on the siege.
These are wholly lost, and nothing re-
mains of the Prince but half dozen
of her numerous crew, who managed
to get on the cliffs, when she was
"broken to powder" against them
The Resolute, with nine hundred tons
of gunpowder, also went TO the bottom.
Thus, it seems, all the materials for
carrying on the siege and providing
against the severity of the winter have
been carried at one fell swoop; and,
even if we think to content ourselves
with merely maintaining our position on
the heights before Sevastopol, it is evil
dent that we are in condition to stand
our worst foe, the coming winter
Everything seems to have censpired,
under a mysterious dispensation
Heaven, to make the loss of the Prince
the greatest possible disaster"
"Figures are but feeble language for
the description of catastrophe, but the
value of the Prince, as she fioated, is
put at f15O,O00, and her cargo at half
a million. There must have been near
ly 200 souls on board. The thirty
transports, utterly lost, with most Of
their crews, at Ralaklavs, are put down
at fI5,OOO each. So here at once
a million of money went to the bottom,
in form of which money conveys but
faint idea. The other losses emu
merated above, the French ship-of-the-
line and war-steamer, the transports
lost on the western coast, the many
vessels of all kinds disabled, make up
another million to be added to the naked
pecuniary estimate of the loss. But the
true way of stating it is, that the army
is utterly disabled for the present, and
left to no other protection than Heaven
and that yalor which the British soldier
is ever sure to display in the face of the
greatest difficulties, the direst priva-
tons, and the most overwhelming num-
bers. Yet never was the ancient valor
of our race put to so tremendous a
trial"
A Constantinople correspondent of
the London Times, after speaking of
the disastrous effects of the storm, says:
"With regard to the hutting of the
troops, am sorry to say that the pros