Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-10-05

i " r'..-~ es~N~"A't
| ln maiden meditation fancy free. Ae.
Farewell, and whereso er thy voice be tried. M
4 a Why TO yon mountain turns the gazing eve? 4
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
That teach the native moralist to die, 83 \
| Pity the sorrows Of poor old man, iss.s
whose BEARD descending swept his aged breast, !,
Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, N
Man neveris but always to be blest. ~
ss M s From the London Times.
| We have received the following letters from our
correspondents in the Crimea, which, however
only bring down the narrative Of events before Sc
bastopol to noon on the 9Th Of September, the
hour at which the French and English storming
columns were in the very act Of rushing to the as
sault against the city which, during three previous
days bad been devastated by the terrific fire
brought to bear against It by the Allies: a
THE OPENING SCENE .,s sss
SEPT 6.--At dawn on the morning Of the 9Th OF
| September, the French opened fire, The air was
pure and light, and gentle breeze from the south
! east, which continued all day, drifted over the
steppe, and blew gently into Sebastopol The sun
shone serenely through the vapors Of early morn
ing and wrcaths Of snowy clouds on the long lines
Of white houses inside those rugged defences Of
| earth and gabionade which have 80 long kept our
l.
ships lay floating on the waters of the roads, which
were smooth as q mirror and like II, reflected
them, and outside our own feet and that Of the
French equally inactive, and not quite 80 useful to
| us, we're reposing from Katzatch to Constantine
| as idly as though they were painted" upon ~
painted ocean, From Cathcart's Hill the eye en-
braces portion Of the defences Of the Quarantine,
the French approaches to 1t and to the Flagstaff
Batteries up TO their junction with our left attack
across the rarine at the end Of the Dockyard
Creek. sp n 81 n
| One can sweep over the Flarstaff Batteries
works--the suburb Of ruined houses or rather the
sites Of cottages and residences, which are al that
Is now left Of long streets by the fire Of our allies
enclosed between the Flagstaff and the crenelIated
sea wall, and, looking over this wall take In at q
coup dGi the civil town behind It. still presenting
most stately appearance il rises on the hillside
tier over tier full Of churches, stately mansions,
and public buildings Of fine white or red sandstone,
with gardens interspersed and trees growing in
the walks, These structures are not exempt from
low neighborhoods Of whitewashed houses, which
belong to the garrison to the poorer Inhabitants
The hill on which this part Of ths city stands rises
from the rear of the Flagstaff Battery to the height
| OF 200 feet or more, and presenting steep face
TO the creek from the dockyard, sweeps round to
the roads into which II descerids sheer behind the
| southern forts We cannot see the houses which
are built upon the face Of the hill but those which
are situated on the eastern face or on the descent
10 Dockyard creek, are quite discemible by the
naked eye. This is poor suburb at the base, and
thence the houses rise In terraces with flights Of
steps and curving roads up to the brow Of the hill
sffiW tg1i THE BoxnARDxKSr. l4
The bombardment Is beginning to tell on these
buildings. A church, decorated with many small
pinnacles At the angles Of the roof has been struck
by shell, which has burst In the roof Some of
the best mansions have been split Open. or cape
from their cracked walls on the day = others are
| perforated right through with shot-hoes through
which the light Is visible--windows, doors pillars,
and columns are broken Or DESTROYED. Ii the
rubbish Of the suburb, next 10 the Flagstaff works
there are several batteries In excellent order.
which are not injured by the allied batteries, and
which have not yet fired much if at all They are
mostly feches, and seem intended as OUTLYING
works OF the second lime Of defences Near die
top Of the hin, inside the creneated wall, a por.
tion Of the Interior line Of these defences Is to be
A battery, called the Crows Nest from ts
elevated position, Ia placed near this line, and has
an extensive command over the right OF the French
let attack and over our sailors batteries In the
left Of our et attack to which Il Is rather trouble
some. This contains couple Of large mortars in
addition TO some long.range guns, aud can bear on
any uoopn UttWttn hhe outer defencHa ana the
foot OF the hil on which the town rises and the
rnvine between our left and the left French attack
A very strong series Of earthworks crowns the
ridge Of the same bin, and the defences broken by
the creek are continued towards the right by the
various batteries (Barrack Road Garden Black
Batty, &c.s) which are connected with the Great
Redan, and thence 10 the MsIakoff and its outlay
ing works. The superb behind these defenccs next
the creek, and In front Of our left attack, u IN
complete ruins but our line Of batteries IL almost
too far 10 do injury 70 the public buildings behind
the suburb, although our old parallel has been dis
armed as being too FAR and the guns moved into
the second parallel and various batteries In front
Of II. ~. IS av li HdnV b44IH
Behind the Redan are visible the long line Of
the dockyard and arsenal buildings, and the bar.
racks, which have been rendered sninhabitable on
the near side by our flre---the great sbeers, the
floating bridge seross the roads 70 the north side
the two lines Of men-of-war--fhe Twelve Apostles
and FIVE twodeckers, frgatcs and steamers Then
on the right, lie Mahkof Mamelon, and the White
Works, and Mount sspoune peering beyond over
them, and the north side--the ctadel, II Russian
camp Inkermann, its batteries es5 the pnsesu Of
the Belbek f;rming the becxerosna, Which h de-
~, ...eu still further 5y s,s1p " bhlo sea
c yrr ssrs er FLAME.
Suddealy. along the earthen curtain between
numbers seven and eight bastion's three jets Of
| fame spring up into the air and hurl up % many
pillars Of earth and dust, which are wa1ned into
ruddy hues by the horizontal rays Of the sun, The
French have exploded three fougasses to blow in
the countescarp. and 70 serve as signal 70 their
men. Instantly from the sea TO the Dockyard
creek there seems to run stream Of FIRE, and
Heecy, curling, rich, white smoke, ss though the
earth had suddenly been rent in the throes Of an
earthquake, and was vomiting forth the materia
of her volcanoes. The lines Of the French trench
es were at once covered as though the very clouds
Of heaven had settled down upon them, and were
whirled about In spiral jets in festoons, in cluster
ing lunches, 10 columns. and in sheess. All com
mingled, involved together by the yehementismei
beneath 4 M ~
THE STORM or FIRE, MFH