Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-11-07
LATEST NEWS.
FURTHER BY THIS BALTIC.
IMPORTANT NEWS.

her most important h""s' WIS ahhouleei III yes
,arday's Nirginiau,
Tbe Baltic left Liverpool at p minutes pas, r
:, The afternoon of Sunday. Goth Of October AMI
,ncanntered strong westerly gales and heavy
ans f,r eleven consecutive days, being repeated
T., reduced to a speed of only three miles per
i,n-. At midnight Wednesday. October
a th. when in lat. - long. %. passed the steam
ar Pacific. On Tuesday, the Both, 80 miles
Northeast of Cape Race a large iceberg
The steamer Ericsson left southampton for
New York ON Friday, the 10th of October.
The Baltic brings u passengers and among
,be number is the Rev DIR. Charles Mnnege-
.ade. of Norfolk.Na.
FROM TIE cRIMEA.
:. cp1MEA. Oct. I5.-The enemy abandoned
.,,i. morning the valley of the Upper Bel
nnok. and retreated to the heights between TINT
,olley and that of Baidar. He was induced to
treat by our movements on IIami and Albat."
The army at Eupatoria is said to have occu-
Mod three important mountain passes. In the
ddayalrv actions near Eupatora. General DIAL
,anvlle had only twelve squadrons under his or
lars while the Russians had nineteen.
Rv accounts of the 18th from the Crimea, the
.dvanced posts of the allies, were on the l2h
within five leagues of Baktchseral. The Rus
s;ans were retiring slowly. Everything leads to
the belief that General Lprand intends to defend
,be lines of the Belbek. and 10 rest upon the
rns commanded by Prince Gor Schakoff
The battle which would definitely decide the
possession of this ground was expected shortly
10 take place.
Other accounts state that the Russians have
srrrounded the north side of Sebastopol with n
obain of new Notifications, and placed it in a
state to support the attack. All the plateaus"oh
tho north side, it is said, are covered with re
loubts and earthworks, and on the line of the
palbec new works, constructed in the form of the
| Nameon have been raised.
| The Daily News says =" We believe that
there is no doubt of the fact that General Smp-
son has resigned the command in the Crimea, and
has recommended General Eyre as his success
or. The government, however, have declined to
accept General Simpsons resgnoton.'
VAST STORES DISCOVERED IN sEBAsToPoL.
letter from Sebastopol of the I'd ult.,
coved in Paris, states that the English have
. found in the karabelnaa 2222 pieces of cannon
| 200 900 bombs and round shot, 10000 tons of
coal. 3O00,000 rations, engines. anchors and
metals valued at 100000, besides arms and
clothing.
THE ALLIED EXPEDITION IN TIE BLACK SEA-
COMMANDMENT OF KINBURN.
The correspondence received from the Crimea
describes the sailing of grand expedition,
consisting of eight ships. with 10000 French
4 and nearly 1000 British troops from Balaklava,
for a destination mperfeotly known in the camp.
relcgraphs, however, of later date have init
mated that the expedition made its appearance,
bat an appearance only, before Odessa, and later
telegraphs announce that on the 18th detach-
ment of the allied fleet effected a descent upon
the Spit of Knburn, near the salt water lakes.
The pennsular of Kin5urn is one of the most
important military and naval positions on the
south coast of Russia. at the mouth ofthe river
Bong and Dnieper, and opposite Nicoaetf,-
The telcgraphic dispatch describing the landing
Of the detachment land which comes from Nlco-
aeH via St. Petersburg) states THAT the num-
Der of troops disembarked was inconsderabe.-
toward the close of the day six steamers began
10 cannonade the town of kinburn. Ike for
tress however, replied in such manner as to
keep them at distance, and damaged one of
the steamers"
A dispatch from St. Petersburg, Oct. 18th,
saws that the fortress of kinburn resisted the al
lies bya very heavy fire up to the 18th on which
day. at noon. the allies entered the place.
BY their position at Knburn the allies place
in close blockade the naval arsenal and the port
Of Nicoliarff the towns of Kherson aud }erislaff,
and the whole regions watered by the Dnieper.
Bong and lngoul.
THE CAMPAIGN IN AsIA-REpULsE OF THE RUS
SLAMS AT KARs.
The allies have achieved another great vcto
ry-tIe defeat Of the Russians before kars This
affair was achieved by the Turks, under Gen.
Williams an Englishman, who has maintained
lis position in Asia against unexampled Difficult
ties The dispatch received by the Ottoman
minister at London from the general command
ing at kars under date of the Goth ult, annonn-
ces the following.
The Russians attacked kars to-day. The
combat asted eight hours and during the strug-
gle, which could not have been of n more deadly
character, the enemy, after repeated efforts made
with its full strength. succeeded in entering
some of the batteries, but was repulsad with
heavy losses. After having made considerable
forts, the Russians compelled TO yield be-
fore the courage of our brave soldiers and To re-
e tire in state of complete confusion. IN addition
10 the dead and wounded removed during the &C
ton, 900 dead were left in the trenches and the
ayirons of the fortress: 100 prisoners were made
al one cannon captured. Our losses amount to
~ or $40 men, among whom we have to de
q IRE the death of several superior officers, The
! russians are preparing to rctreat' and to aoan-
II I'm the siege"
DESTRUCTION OF TWO RUSSIAN TOWNS.
The Moniteur contains report from Admiral
'ruat, of October %, showing that an exped'-
ion against Taman and Fanagoria.in the kerstch
: ''raights had completely succeeded. On the
h :lihnfSep. Comnandaut Bonet left kert>ch
If faman with ten gunbouts, ayiso and a
eanar. On arriving off Fanag"ra, he threw
''me shells into the redoubt, and proceeded to
,omhark about mile from the fort. Daring
be interval, the Russians abandoned the place.
mi the allies took possession of 1t IN the pres
of force of cavalry from 60 To 500 strong
ach retired Immediately A few shells were
r"wn among them. On the following day our
aops employed in destroying all the h"u
IA F0uagorn tia, could have been con'erted
no shelter for troops. At Cape 81. Paul TO
oAqas and four mortars were found IN the tort
iamnn there were II 81 FOUNDERS lett IN the
md. By the ID of October the destruction of
Gn2n aud Fanagoria complete. The "Npe-
ion was about to return to kertsch.