The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-05-26
TIE W..H IL TIT. CR!NEA.

AoH'''H Illus.
Where the Russians oct their shot and
ehcll from il Is rot easy TO determine. an!
still less can it be a@rcrta:noa how they carry
such prodi.ious loads OF n,ocriH into the
CITY, The real strength Of the corps Of OS-
ten Sacken ard Lpranli. which extend out
side as far as below Railar and the Bclbrk.
cannot be exactly discovered, but steps will
shortly be taken to beat up their quarters
with the aid of the Turkish rcinforccmcnts,
and an offensive movement NAV be expected
against the cncmv's right flank in few dave
The French, developing tina. high degree of .
military science for which they are cclebra-
ted. use all the means known in modern
sieges with considerable success and advance
their works daily towards the enemy. whom
they lombard and cannonac and DISCHARGE
rockets at incessan'lv The sap anl the
mine are at worl; eating their way slow Y in
to the outer dctcucrS Of the place, bat the
cannon will never TAX" Srhastopol.
We have ria'lc z much more serious in
preston on Tie town and the batteries than
we did last year. and cur allies, irs.cal of
being "snnilrd cut" " Tie Russians. have cS-
tabShcd to Il certain extent a SUPERIORITY of
fire. and have maintained a vigorous cannon
dI!'I 'iV1IlSt iil' Idtt VIII
ont remission or fccilcncs> sine this tIav
week, inlic'in. thereby treat loss Of life and
,lanarc TO tn" cncmvs STRONGHOLD The Rus
sian army seem f. =" Iwinflin. ay"av or to
be doomed to r;,,';v.v. W. hear OF men
marchir. away :, Oh 1T ..an! and rear
and of Others ,Dsccn'int from MacEcnzi"'<
Farm toward, r. lar apI Tchorcoun, but
,hcv are swallowed ~. as II We're. wh"H thew
enter tn, ravincs hehi..l Us. Th" army of
the Tchcrnava is vi>ihlv decreased. The
men are probably drafted Oh to the north
side Of ;lic town, for the cncampnlcnt of the
enemy at IIoiIan,lIa has been scn>ih'y aur-
lnentcl and the force at the rear Of the
Round Tower has also been STRENGTHENED.
1t appears that our fleet is not quite idic,-
Every niHht one English and. possibly, one
French man o.-war rams in AID discharges a
broa.!,idc into the town. The Wranclcr
was the first. and Sic is supposed to have
done The mischief with her heavy guns
The Naiorous went in so close that H.. enc
INV caught srth O.! her. and rs she hsclarg-
cl her broa'lsitle they sent the vcr, frst sho.
Sian through her padIchox. and obliged her
TO haul oil as will as she could. The batter
les continue their fire all day as usual. The
effect of this continual pounding is tircsomc
to dcerc beyond all expression. The most
enthusiastic amateur is weary of 4 fe!1-dav
after four hours firing OF the ROYAL Horse
Artillery and few vollcvs of small arms
What wonll he be if his tympanum were cx-
posed to the cca,leSs heat of the bursts of
tremendous ordnance and the dull echoes of
the bomharlmcnt anon. the bills, mingled
with the treble of rifles, which pop, pop, pop.
for ever. morning noon and night. and low
have ,!onc so Tor r ION" week: There is no
quiet in tent or hut. Every fresh roar OF
she guns, every sudden cNp'o>on. sends Us
runnin. to the top Of the hill top to see wha,
is the matter. or keeps one in an uneasy
anxious state. in which writing IS all bat It'll
possible Rcd,n. Gartcn Batteries, Hound
Bate nv and Earrack Battery, were worked
with activity through the day The Round
Tower has had enough OF it and is nearly
shut up; and the fire on the Maiaelon is Sc
heavy and constant that the enemy canno,
get up guns TO IT..
1t was stated that the French would cx-
pOie their mines (io"qrd,>, | bclicvc). thi,
evening at O'Clock then the time was tie
ierred iiI six o'clock, and finally to an in
definite period in the evening, and the groups
of spectators. tired of waiting on the hills
retired to their tents The Field Ma>hail
and his stall were among the number. \;
halt-past s O'Clock. however three pillars nt
red flame hur.cd through the air with an
appalling crash from under the batteries Of
the Flags tail Ba>tion.hIowin- up the iarapet>
and platform OF the outer work and layln" II
in ruins. The fourth and principal mine
was not exploded. as it was .ound 10 he close
to the gallery Of i;u>ian mine. ans. 80 far
the explosion failed, and The French were
unable to make sucl. \ lolrn!cnt rs was an
tlcipatc1 hu: they rushed III and established
themselves IN the course OF the ni.Et ~ 4
portion OF the work, and, to- the best OF ny
belief. they are there at present The Rus
slams, hcl:cyir. the explosion was The s.ra
for a general assault. ran to their guns. and
for an hour their batteries vomitcd fort!
prodic ouS volumes ol fire and smoke a"ail>,
our lines iro,n one extremity to TIE other
The force and fury OF their cannunale wa,
astounding but notwithstanding the Length
and strength OF the fire it caused but little
damage to the works or to their defenders.
NAMING a TowN.-Thc early settlers Of
Barre, W.. did not like the name of thcil
town, which was Willcrsburch. and deter
mining to have new name. they met toHeth
rr in town cting 10 talk the matter over
One of the leading men came from Barre
Mass, and h" wanted the town to- take tia
name Another prominent citizen cam,
from Holden Mass, AMI he insisted that th'
town should he called IIol,lcn. The peo;,l,
liked both Of these names well enough al,
it was finally determined that the Guc>;io.
should be decided bv "anic OF boxing, he
tween these two mrA. SO the meeting al
iourned to new barn. with a rough hcmioc !!
plank floor, and lo contest commenced
After boxing awhile. one of thrm threw the
other upon the floor, and sprang upon him a
:ul. length but the oac who was Undcrncatl
dealt his bl,ws so sSilfnlv, that his cNpo
ncnt sco:, cave in; ard rolling the Holder
man ont of the wa. he iumpcdup and shout
cd, "Thcre-;hc name Is Barre an: barre
it has been to III day. Ih" next day. th'
man who won this victory had 10 cal on the
doctor to extract from lis h'rN the hrm!ock
splinters ne la received willie >rug.ln. OF
the foor-HIDt N'T1F.
Two LIrllr BoY- KILLED TY IiGHr
NING-A correspondent OF tie Io!cdo Il"
puJlicon, writing from South Benz! Ina.
Nav l6. saws: "tpon arriving home TIM
morning. nv ears were erected by the mean
cholv fact that about o'clock last evening
asa very heavy thundcrc!oul passed over oul
beautiful town. two-story frame house il
Water Street. occupied by Mr. Leonard
Haincs. an old and respected citizen. wa
struck by lightning. SCATTERING the building
and SCATTERING the materials IN every iirec