The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-10-05

| belt clock tha whole of this seens mar asu o1' .
keen detail 10 the clear morning ar nv 1p y.
| ,us trenches can bs seen sitting down pehina 10
traverses or strons abeut 10 the rear Oh the para
| pets Small trains of animate and tiles OF nen ar
passing over the ground between the trencnee an
the camp and the only smoke that eatcnes me ey
| ises from the kettles OF tue Soioieft VI HUN
| rid In the advsnced works.
| On the left however, 1t can be seen tnat tn
French trenches are crowded WIN men, snu ina
| their batteries are all manned, though the mel
| keep well out of view, end the mantets and
screens are yet down before the INJURIES Of SOM
| of their guns. The men beneath the psrapet
swarm like bees. few grey coated russians ar
Ia view repairing the works OF the Flagstaff bar
terry, or engaged 10 throwing up new work wnicf
promises 10 be of considerable strength In front
their second line of defenses Suddenly along ths
| esrtheru curtain between Nos. and BsEinns
three jets of flame spring up into the air ant
hurl az mary pillars of earth and dust which arr
| warmed into rudy hues BY the horizontal rays
the suu The French have expl lded three fou'
gases TO blow 10 the counterscaEp and to serve q
/ o signal to their men.
Instantly from the sea to the Dock.yard.creei
| there seems to run a stream OF hse, and eecy
curling, rich white smoke 80 though the eartn nae
| suddenly been rent Ia the throes of an earthquake
aud was vomiting forth the material OF her volca
| noes. The lines OF the French trenches were q
once covered as though the very clouds OF HEAVIER
| had settled down upon them and were whrleo
about 10 spiral jets, In festoons. In clustering
punches, Ia columns and 10 Sheets ell com mingled
involved together by the vehement flames beneath
| The crash of such tremendous FIRE must have
been appalling but the wiud and the peculiar con.
dillon of the atmosphere did not permit the sound
| to produce any great effect on our camp; 10 the
city for the reason the noise must have Deen
terrific and horrible.
The iron storm tore over the Russian lines, tos.
sing up, a. II Ia SPORT jets OF earth and dust, rsnd
log asunder eabions, and "fauechiog " the para.
pets, or bounding over among the houses and
ruins in their rear. TIE terrible ales Of iron,
abou. four miles in 'front.' rushed across the plain,
carry ing death and ruin with Ii, swept with its
heavy and irrisisibie wiogs the Russian hanks,
and searched their center the core. volley 10
startling 80 Simultaneous, and tremendously pow.
erful was probably never yet uttered since the
cannon found its voice The Russians seemed for
a while utterly paralyzed. Their batteries were
not manned with strength enough to enable them
10 reply to such overlapping and crushing dre
but the French lesplng to their guns with sstound-
ing energy rapidly and strength, kept on filing
the air with the hurtling storm, and sent Il Ia
broken fury against their enemies
More than 600 pieces Of artillery oflarge callibre,
admirably served sud well directed played inees-
sanity on the hostile lines. 10 few moments
great veil OF smoke-"a war cloud rolling dun
spread from the guns over on the left OF Sebsstopo
but the roar of the shot did cease aud the cam
nonade now pealed forth Ia great irregular bursts
now died away into hoarse murmurs, again swelled
up into tumult, or ratified from end to end of the
line like the file frs Of infantry. Some wallis went
down before the guns at once, but the e8rhworks
yawned 20 receive shot and shell alike However,
so swift std lncessant was the passage of these mia.
silss through the einbrssures, and along the tops
OF the parspets, that the enemy had to lie close,
aud could scarcely snow Themselves in the front
line OF deioGses.
For a few minutes, then, the French had II all
their own way, and appeared TO be On the point Of
sweeping away the place without resistance: but
after they had red few rounds from each of their
humorous guns the Russian artillerymen got TO
work and began to return our allies nre. They
made good practice, but fired slowly and with pre-
cison, as IL they could not afford to throw awav an
ounce Of powder. The French were stimuIated
rather than impeded by such reply 20 their acton
tshing voeys and their shct flaw with Increased
tfty soEg the line OF the deeuses, and bounded
In among the houses of the town. But at were
we doing all the time? What was our admirable
Naval Brigade and our gallant siege train doinef-
They were just working their guns as usual, and
had received 20 orders to open general fire Our
batteric, therefore, rendered but little assistance 10
the French, but they msintalned their usual de-
sructive snd solid "hsmmering' on the face If the
Redan aud Of the Mslskctf and aided our invs,us.
bic allies by keeping up regular shell practice on
the batteries from the Creek TO the Reden Now
two or three mortars from GOrdOn's, then two or
three mortars from Chgpm6ns. hurled 10 and 10
Inch shell behind the enemys WORKS and connect.
ed the discharge by rounds from long 32s or 6ss
But all this has nothing to do with the .ipge and
meantime our aiies are pounding away with exa
eeedog warmth az everything within range Of
hem. Our Quarry Battery, armed with Two NOR
ars and eight cohorns, just 400 yards below she
Redsn plies the suburb ia the rear of the Msekoff
vigor ously, and keeps the top OF the Redan clear
Re1an and Mslakotf are alike silent, ragged and
torn. At mort the Redan fires three guns, and the
adjoining batteries are equaly parsinopOus. The
parapets are all piited with shot and shell. and the
sides of the embrasures are greatly Injured. so
that the gabions sticking out and are tumbled
Town 10 all directions. There is no more OF that
inc polishing and of that csbinet makers work
which the Russians bestowed on their batteries
)ur constant fire by night, 1ismep, and inces-
liant seeiling have prevented their assldous aux.
ETY. as to external appearance being gratifiad.
After two hours and halt of fu;ious fire the ar.
iierymen of our allies suddenly ceased in order |
o lot their guns cool and to reat themselves The
tussens crept out to repair damages to their |
works and shook sand bags fall of earth from the
,3rvaette over the outside of their parspes Their
runners also took advantage of this sudden cesss
ion TO open our ssiors' batteries In the left at
ack, snd caused some little 10y from the
crows nest" At 10 O'Clock, however, having |
previously exploded fouaassss as before, the
7reDch reopened fire, itpossibie. more rsb i'd and
remeudous than their first, and continued 10 keep
I up with the utmost vigGr till MONDAY, by which
ime the Russians had only few guns In the
7lapstatfroad and Garden batteries in position to
epiy. We could see them In great agitation send
ng men and carts across tbs bridge, and at 9 o.
lock powerful column of Infantry crossed over
o resist our assault, while a movement toward
ukermaun wac made by the army of the Bebek
Soou after fire began early as O'Clock. the
working parties which go to the north aide ev
ny morning seemed to be recalled, and were march
d back again across the bridge to the Bouth, no
oubt to be in readice's for xpscte5 assault.
from y till o'clock z. n the fir slack; he
french then resumed their with the same
stounding vigor at dse az at 10 O'Clock, and
ceased their volleys of shot and shell against
ne place till II when darkness set n and all I'll
no rtsrs and heavy guns Englisb well French,
opened vi she'll against the whole line eff defenses
description Of this 10 now impossible. There
not one instant in W hich the shells did not his
lie through the air-net moment ia which the sky
vas not scanned by their fiery illuminated
" their explosion. Our practice wa beyond all
raise Every shell burst it ought and the lines
If the Russian earthworss of the Redan, Malakof,
md of all their batteries, rendered plainly vsi
lie by the constant light of the bursting smells The
ussans scsreely attempted reply.
At O'clock it was observed that frgste in the
iae the North side smoking and as it grew
larker flames were seen to issue flom her sides
Meu and officers rushed 10 the front in the greatest
ieisht aud excitement and as night car, 90 the
whole vessel broke cut into grand blsze from
item to stern. The delight Of the crowd on Cath.
isfts Hill was intense " Well, this Ia indeed d
isht-to see one of those confRended ships touched
It lasi!' These and many different and stronger ex-
,resslons were audible ell Sides bat there we're
,ome who thought the Russians had set the ship on
ire, that incendiaries and malcootents were at
york, ard one seGtlemas even went 50 far to say
,sl their cavalry from Eupatoris" 1t 10 not known
precisely how the thing was done.
Some s.yit was done by the French. others by