Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-09-26
one week Later from Europe.

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nesday night. She brings one hundred
and ninety three passengers. including
the newly appointed Spanish Minister TO
Washington, Messrs. Pringle and Morgan,
members of.the House of Representatives
from New York, and B. F. Angel, Esq,
late d. IS. Consul, at the Sandwich
Islands. MIR A. brings especial despatch
es from our embassies at Switzerland,
Paris and London.
The news by this arrival. particularly,
from the seat of war, is not of very, strik-
ing importance. yet it possesses many
points OF general interest. We make up
the following summary from our files:
PROGRESS OF THE SfReR OF. SFBAsToPo1...
The bloody episode of the fight of
Traiktir seems likely, to have little effect
on the course of events in the Crfmea.
The Russians have retired up their mar
roWed aud well fortified passes to the
steep plateau, where, according to Gen,
Simpsons latest report, they are once
more prepared for offensive movements,
Attention is. therefore, again turned to
Sebastopol. Little on which a judgment
may be founded can be learned. either
from the dispatches of the Generals or
from the correspondents of the letter.
writer's before the city.
To our previous knowledge that the
besiegers' sap had approached very near
to the Russian defences, we now learn
that the foremost parallel, which was be-
gun at the two ends, was completed and
united in the middle on the 18th of
August. Since then fortnight has pass
4
son mentions small sortie in which
the Russians succeeded in. destroying
some gabions. For the rest, the daily life
of the camp; its hardships and amuse>
ments, the death or leave of individual
officers. Eli both public and private letters,
On the great preparations of the last ten
weeks the hopes of the besiegers are, FIX
ed, and the FIRE that will open when the
time comes will be unexampled in the
history of warfare.
The cannonade Of October last, says
the Times, was trifling to that of April
April was surpassed by the two days
which preceded the capture Of the Name
lon but all will sink into insigni6cance
with the iron tempest which will be short
ly poured on the besieged city. The
weight and range Of the guns. the num-
Der and size of the morLarS. the new pos
sitlons won by the batteries which has
marked the summer. will Try the endu-
rance Of the Russians to the utmost
The great scale on which such bonn
bardment is carried on, and the preparn-
| tions necessary for its execution, render
the delay which prccedes it matter Of
surprise. In April the allies threw
against Sebastopol. in nine days. $50 900
shot and shell. The cost Of The British
ammunition alone was 800, 900 pounds
sterling Yet April is now locked upon
as time when we undrrvalued the enc
my and did not know what Sebaslopul
was.
Even on ordinary days the Russians
often throw 1000 shot in the. "a hours.
and six hundred shells into only one part
of the British position. Whatever the
resource of the garrison. and the strength
Of the works at which they labor night
and day, there can be no donbL that the
approaching struggle will determine the
fate OF Sebastopol. Tor the winter at least.
No one can pretend to (oretel the issue !;
all that is spoken Of with certainty is that
the line Of battle ships in the harbor will
be destroyed, or at least driven from
their position so as to be made powerlcss
against the aSsaulting troops. Whether
the bescgers shall take Mllakoff, whuth.
or they can keep it. whether it will lead
10 the immediate capture OF the town, or
only to Interior success-are all matters
OF doubt. Should victory not favor the
oesiegers' arms, they will probably be
forced to wait in inactivity till another
spring. when change of1aotics may as
sure success. The besiesing generals
have set all ON the hazard Of doubtful
struggle at single point, and we must
wait the result"
The Russians, meantime, are actively
engaged in bridging the harbOr, TO re-
move their defense TO the north side
should the south be taken.
The evils OF divided command arc
more and more felt. The line from Bald
are to lnkerman. distance Of I2 miles. is
occupied by French, Sardinians and
Turks with part of the English and ca
vaIry--each nationality under its own
commander, and totally independent Of
all others. Report speaks vaguely of a
plan TO unite the command Of all the
troops on the Tehernaya on one hand.
AS six weeks, or at most Two months,
are the utmost limits that can be assured
for active military operations. attention is
turned to the means of supplying the ar.
my during the coming winter. Mr.. Beat.
ty, civil engineer, has received orders TO
construct two new lines of railway; one
from Col de Balaklava to Kamiesch, to
be worked by horse power, and The other
from Radekoi TO WorOnzOf road. { near
the Sandman position over Tchergone.)
to be worked by locomotive. The labor
OF erecting these roads will be supplied
by the French and Sardinians. Mr..
Beatty believes that the original railway
t1.il Lat rl,n-:.c.