The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-04-25
News by the Baltic.

The Gear thus spoke to the represen-
tatives of the different bodies of the
| State:
I will maintain firmly the plans traced
out by my father In his address to
the Council of State, the officers of the
Guard, and deputation of mobiles who
reported conserving the militia, the
Czar expressed himself yet more strong
ly: CT solen.sty Declare" said he,
that 1 will not give up the first inch of
Russian territory to our enemies l
will take good care to prevent their PEN
etrating further on the soil of our coun-
try and never never may my hand
wither first will affix my signature
to treaty which shall bring the slight
est dishonor on the national honor
This speech was responded to with ve-
hement applause. b,
czARs SPEECH TO THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS !:
We make an extract:
L solelnnly declare here before you.
gentleman, that remain faithful to all
the sentiments of my father, and that I
will perseYere in the line of political
principles which served as rule to my
uncle, the Emperor ALEXANDER, and
to my father. These principles are
those of the Holy Alliance. If that
alliance no longer exists it was not my
fathers fault. His intentions were al
ways upright and loyal, and, if recently
they were misunderstood by some per-
sons, do not doubt that God and histo-
ry will do him justice, 1 am ready to con-
tribute towards a good understanding
on the conditions which he accepted
Like him, Isdesire peace, and wish to
see to the evils of war terminated but
if the Conferences which are about to
open at Vienna do not lead to aresult
honorable for us, then gentlemen, at the
head of my faithful Russia, will COM
bat, with the whole nation: and will per-
ish sooner than yield. --- .r @+
AT AND AROUND sEBAsToPoL.
1t appears from both the Russian and
French reports that in the night of the
2lst of February the Russians succeed
ed in thtpwing up with great rapidity
new redoubteon the right bank of the
carccnisg harbor Within forty-eight
hours Gen. CANRoBERT resolved to force
the new position, and the attack was
made before the work had been compile
ted. A large body of French troops, un-
der Gen. MONET, advanced in the night
of the 23d against this redoubt. The
Zouaves rushed upon the entrenchmonts
with the utmost bravery, and sangu-
mary contest ensued, which cost nearly
500 of these admirable soldiers. The
Russian infantry regiments of Selen
ghinski and Volhynia, under Gen.
great steadiness, and after severe COM
bat the French column was compelled
to retreat This unfortunate result
has been attributed to several causes
The disclosure by spies of the French
plan of attack, the fire of the Russian
vessels in the harbor and from the sur
rounding forts, and want of steadiness
on the part of one portion of the assail-
ants, who are said to have left the Zoua-
yes to bear the brunt of the engagement.
On the side of the French the force con-
sisted of only half brigade of Zouaves,
1000 strong two battallions of ma
rines, $500 strong, and 400 volunteers
lin all, less than 4 $500 men. The Rus
SLAMS were 10000 strong, and the un-
fortunate Zouaves fell into regular am
buseade. Nevertheless, such was the
dauntless vigor of these troops, that they
stormed the redoubt, and held one half
of it against fearful odds, when the Rus
slams succeeded in outhanking the col
umn the marines were separated from
the Zouaves, and driven back in all di-
rections, and the latter were completely
surrounded by the enemy. A second
time, they succeeded, by sheer hand-to-
hand fighting, in completing the capture
of the redoubt,- but no sooner had the
Russian infantry fallen back, than the
batteries and ships opened terrific fire
upon the work. and rendered it untena-
ble It was not till than that General
MONET, who was twice severely wound
cd, ordered retreat, t,-and, though the
night was disastrous from tho loss of
many hundred lives, and the failure of
the chief object, the gallantry displayed
by the Zouaves was such that this re-
pulse may well be ranked with their most
brilliant achievements. -.
DOG HUNTS AND SALAD. sz1s-
A much more cheerful tone prevails
in the camp of the beseigers. The En-
glish officers have established horse races
on the "Karani Race Course" and in
the absence of foxes, dogs hunts are no.
tilted to come off every Tuesday and
Friday. Several Frenchmen have writ
ten home for seeds, to cultivate salad |
gardens.
NEGLIGENCE IN HOSPITALS.
The Parliamentary Committee engag-