Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-07-09

where she will be due at AN early hour III / 'laae
marning.
The steamer North Star, of Vanderbilt line, ar
rived at Ilavre on the 2Dth ult.
The steamer Hermann from Bremen, via. South
anpton. sailed from the hitter port ON the 2oth
ult.. for New York. having on board $50 passen-
gers and some $50 tons of cargo.
THE SIEGE OF sEBAsroPoI.
Lord Raglan's dispatches and the newspaper
correspondence are to hand, describing the gal
laat capture of the Mamelon and the Quarries.-
The details are highly interesting, hut the main
facts have been already stated in general correct
ness.
DEFEAT or THE AILIEs-PERRlBLE SLAUGHTER!
The Allies have made an unsuccessful attempt
to storm Sebastopol. The most sinister rumors
prevail in regard to the transaction. BY some
accounts the English loss is set down at four
thousand men, but the report is believed TO be
much exaggerated.
The following are the only official notifications
of the event.
Lord Panmure regrets to have to announce
that he has received information that the English
troops attacked the Redan and the French the
Malakoff towers at daylight on the morning of the
18th. without the success which has hitherto at
tended our efforts. Both the French and our
seves have suffered considerably. The names
of the officers who have fallen will be forwarded
Immediately, but it will be impossible to receive
complete returns of all the casualties before the
Both June inst, at the earliest
The Moniteur announces that the Government
has receiver two dopatches from Gen. Pellissieor.
The first dated the 18th, informs of operations
concerted between the General and his Allies,
and that the Turks and Chasseurs made a recon-
noisance towards Artodar, Gen. Bosquet occu-
pying the Tchernaya. The next day at day break
the French and English were to attack Malakoif
tower.
The second despatch dated the 18th, announ-
49, ,bot tho ATTACH had failed md that Dltlnnph
the troops had showed the greatest ardor, and
had gained a footing ON the Malakotf tower, Gen.
Pellissieur was obliged to order their retirement
into parallel. This was effected with order and
without molestation by the enemy.
Private accounts published in the London
STANDARD, say the loss of the British officers in
killed and wounded, amounted to no less than
seventy. Among the kill id are General Sir j.
Campbell, Col. Yea, and Col. Shadtirth.
From the ohstinacy and courage with which
the combat WAS maintained by the British at the
Redan, and the necessity of eventually retiring
from the attack, the slaughter on all sides has
been immense, and if the information be enrrect,
the loss in killed and wounded of the British alone
amounts 20 very little short of 4 900. The great
est portion of the loss was experienced in a ra
vine, where a powerful and unexpected battery
was opened on the troops. There is reason to
fear that the loss has been very great, but Lord
PalmerSton said last night, no additional informa-
ton had arrived The Allies lost terribly by the
Russians springing a mine and during the con
fusion they recaptured the Mamelon Tower.
Previous advices were to the 18th, stating
that there had been smart firing on both sides,
but without any result of Importance.
A despatch from Bucharest, via Vienna, con
firms that an expedition has been undertaken
against Pcrekop. Pellissier is exceedingly say.
age against the telegraph messages Napoleon
sends him. lie is reported to have recently re-
piled that when anything occurs he will let the
Emperor know, but that he has not time to act
us n telegraph operator. This, according to RI
NOR, accounts for the recent absence of news in
the Moniteur.
THE BLACK SEA.
The Russian account of the successes of the
allies in the Sea of Azoff. is published. Gort>cha-
kutf confirms the successes claimed by the allies
bat says that operations against the Sea of Azott
were expected that not having means TO oppose
the hostile fleet the garrisons had orders to blow
up the batteries and retire; that the grain stores
burned by the allies were mostly private proper
ty. and do not materially affect the supply in the
army-inasmuch, anticipating such an attack,
supplies were mostly conveyed by land notwith-
standing the facilities offered by sea.
The correspondence relates the horrible afro.
cities perpetrated by the French and Turks
at the capture of kertsch. A boat expedition is
rumorcd to be preparing to enter the river Don,
but the Russians have the entrance defended by
twenty-seven gunboats.
General Adujanon, vice Helmon, of the Cos
sacks of the Don, has issued an address for their
general enrolment as militia.
THE BALTIC.
Admiral Barnes with a squadron of seventeen
steamers has left kiel for the Baltic. The rest
of the fleet lay off Scaker Island.
The recent attack on an English boats crew
at Hang. under n flag oftruce causes much excite.
ment in England. Evidence rests solely ON the au-
tbprity Of "a pauro tho solo Suryivpr who asserts
he heard the Russian commander say Il don't
care a damn for a flag of truce Unparalleled
supposition is that the Russians supposed the
boat was taking soundings as recently was done
at Kertch.
Admiral Dundas has communicated with the
Russian authorities and British Government,
through the Danish Minister at st Pe tersburg,a and
demands redress.
The Russians account in the Invalide Russian
says, six were killed and the remainder are prs-
oners.
A despatch from Dantzic confirms that the off
GERS of the boat, Lieut.. Genest, DR.. Eastens,M Mr..
Sullivan, aud all of the crew except six are piis-
oners.
An |infernal machine exploded under the En-
gIish steamers Merlin and Firehy, off Cronstadt,
on the 10Th, but did not damage them serious
ly.
Prince Gortschakoff is appointed resident Rus
sian Minister at Vienna, NJ. Tilotft to Wurtemberg,
and VI Fontem to Hanover.
Russian influence is very active, even in the
smallest German Courts.
The journal of st. Petersburg publishes the
semi official discussion on Count Wahowskis
French Circular of May Odd.
The Journal also semi officially says, that
peacei is possible If France and England are viii
llng.inasmueh as the 4th point is morally ,although
not formally, settled; and the other points name
W the paviratinn Of tho nanuhp and the pyHpu-