Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-10-25
MONTPELIER, VERMONT, .THURsDAL

( fday-brsak, che Inkerman batteries firing briskly
A council of generals was held to-day, as
head. quarters, the sick were cleared out OF the
field hospitals, and it gradually oozsd out that
tho assault would take place tomorrow at
twelve O'Clock. The firing was tremendous all
day, but clouds Of dust, which high wind from
the north drifted into our faces, rendered view
of the place impossible. %' aa
About three O'Clock two-decker was set on
fire and burnt all night. A steamer towed other
vessels near her away to the dockyard harbor,
but the lines Of men-of.war are still in TACT
Flames broke ont behind the Redan In the fore
noen. The bombardment was renewed ct dusk.
A Sandman corps was marched up to reinforce
the French. There was heavy explosion in the
town at eleven o'clock, P. M. The men oil take
forty eight hours provisions, cooked, in the
trenches with them. Nothing is known of the
plan Of attack.
September 8-ll A. NAH corners from,
Balaklasa and the roar Of the camp are stoppSis
by line Of sentries Another line Of sentries
in front prevents any one going as far as Cath
carts Hill, or the picket houses, except staff Of
ficers or men on duty. The FIRE is exceedingly
heavy. The assault takes place at noon. The
Fourth Division is now under arms. .t
THE NALAKoFr AND NEIcHBoRHooD AFTER THE
ruL "a
Moving down on the right flank Of our cav.
airy pickets, small party Of US managed 10
turn them cleverly, and to get out among the
French works between the SIamelon and Mala-
koff. The ground is here literally paved with
shot and she'll, and the surface is deeply honey
combed by the explosion of the bombs at every
square yard. The road was crowded with French
men, returning with paltry plumber from Ssbas-
topol, AID with files Of Russian prisoners. many
of them wounded and al detected, with the ex
ception of fne little boy, in Cossack's CAP
and u tiny uniform-great-coat, who seemed nth-
er pleased with his kind captors. There was
also one stout Russian soldier who had evident
ly been indulging in the popularity credited
sources of Dutch courage, and who danced all
the way into tho camp with Zouave and an
Indegene. There were ghastly sights on the
way, too, Russians who had died, or were dy-
ing as they lay, brought so far towards the
hospitals from the fated MalakoA. Passing
through maze of trenches, Of gabionades, and
Of zgzags and parallels, by which the French
had worked their sure and deadly way close to
the heart Of the Russian defence, aud treading
gently among the heaps of dead. where the
ground bears full tokens Of the bloody fray, we
ONE vt last to the head of the French sap. It
is barely ten yards from that to the base of the
huge sloping mound of earth which rises full
twenty feet in height above the level. and shows
in every direction tho grinning muxzle Of ita
gun. The tri-color waves placidly from it,
highest point, and already the French are busy
constructing semaphore on the top. Sser
briskiy ont Of the sap--avoid those poor nsngl
ed braves who are lying all around, and csm,
on There is deep ditch at your feet, somt
twenty or twenty-five feet deep, and ten fee
: broad See, here is the place whore the French
crossed-here is the bridge Of pIanks, and her,
they swarmed in upon the uususpecting defend
. ers of the Malakoff. They had not ten wards t,
: 20. We had two hundred, and were out O
y breath. Were not planks better than scalin.
;, y, ladders : See how easily the French crossed
:, You observe on your right hand, as You issu
" from the head of the French trench, line o
!. eabons on the ground running up to this bridge
;. That sa flying sap, which the French made tn
:. instant they got out Of the trench into the Nal
=. akof 80 that they were enabled to pour con
:. tinuous stream of men into the works, will
comparative safety from the flank fire Of the ell
i emy. In the same way they vt once dug
trench across the work inside. to see if ther
were any galyanic wires to fire mines. Noun
,. the parapet and descend--of what amazin
thickness are those cmbrauurcs.
Frem the level Of the ground inside to th
top of the parapet cannot be less than Gig htee
to feet. There are eight rows of gabous piled on
"a above the other and as each row recedes toward
rs the top it leaves in the ledge below an exceller
rs banquette for the defenders Inside the sight
I'd too horrible to dwell upon. The French Al
r., carrying away their own and the Russian woun'
n ed, and there ARE five distinct piles of dea
as formed to clear the way. The ground is mar
of ed by pools Of blood, and the blood is alread
sa noisome swarms of flies settle on dead and
mn ing broken muskets, torn Clothes caps, shake
ne swords, bayonets, bags of bread, csntsens al
on havsrsacks are lying in understandable wreck
at over the place, mingled with heaps Of shot,
nv grape, bits Of shell, cartridges, case and can
,ly ter, loose powder, official papers, and cooki
tins. The traverses are SO high and deep th
"a. it is almost impossible to get view Of the Nj
oh, akof from any other spot, and there is hi
not mound of earth in the middle or the work,
tho ther intended as kind Of shell proof, or I
In remains of the cid White Tower. The CUR
nes which to the number Of sixty were found in :
ar work, are all ships guns, and mounted on shi
so carriages and worked in the same way as shi
rts guns. There are few old-fashioned, odd
Dst shaped mortars. Look around the work, q
red you will see that the strength of the Russ
ter was his weaknsss--he fell into his own bon
put proofs. In the parapet Of the work may be
vas served several entranoes-very narrow outsi
but descending and enlarging dOwuwards, Il
was opening into rooms some four or five feet hi,
ans and eight or ten square. These are only lg
lers ed from the outside by day, and must have BIZ
as pitch dark at night. unless the men were ALLOW
ng, lanterns.
At Here the garrison retired when expo,ed t,
rom heavy bombsrdment The oder Of these narr
and ohambers il yillainous and the air reeka w