Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-10-30


or Of f5evastopol The Russian Licences on
the North Side The Personnel Of the Russian
Army--Tho War Feeling among the Russian
Soldiery.
Among the passengers who arrived at this
port on Tuesday last, by the packet ship Uni
verse, from Liverpool. DIR. Davega. who
comes direct from the Russian camp ut Sevasto-
pol. where he srrv, in the capacity of surgeon
IN the medical staff We paid him visit yes
terday, aud In the cours of general conyersa-
tion the wnr in the Crimca aud tho contend
ing parties on both sides. obtained the following
particulars. DR., pavega was eleven months in
the Crimen n considerable portion of which time
was spent immediately in thu camp, where ho
hud an excellent opportunity of becoming NO
aunnted with tho character of the Russian sol
dierr. aud the men by whom the, are command
ed What he states. therefore mny be regarded
as reliable. although it will be found widely at
variance with many of the accounts published IN
the English pnp"rs.
THE NORTHERN run STRONGER SIDE of sEVAsIo-
At the time of his departure tr"m the Russian
camp, which was in The middleu last month. the
allies were in possession of the Southern side of
Sevastopol, the Russians under Gert-chakoH still
retaining und~pu,rd pa-srs-ion oi their strongly
fortified posit N on the North side. This part
of the city, he states, is still stronger than that
which hey have lost. or more property speaking
appears they did not intend to hold il longer
than was necessary 10 give them time To remove
their hospitals their guns,npd whatever else they
considered Indispensable. Their forts command
every pa,t Of the side which lies below them,
completely within the range of their guns, ut II
depth of nj least over one hundred feet. II Is
evident trom this that they are IN still better po
sition than they were when they had possession
of the whole citv, ~ they can rena1r that pnrt of
yb Ia tlp 4ip al ul
er untrnnlle. Ibi, j. 50 well known by the al
lies that they are actually beginning I" regard
their late success, bul dearly purohascd n tri-
umph as very unproilablc, II not worse than
useless On the 9th, hand, II Is matter of
congrntulaton, he says IN the Rursinn camp,
among the common sndiers.who understand
the great advantage II gives them over their foe.
For seven months the work of fortiiyng and.
strengthening the north side has been going on,
mud now such is the perfection to which they
have b,ough, that work. that every Hill hns been
converted into Ii font, and every point where can
non can he plncrd is absolutely bristling with them
Here they not only command the south side, but
they render il utterly impossible for the Allied
fleet 10 enter the hnrbor, or 10 come even with n
long distance Of IT. In addition ta this, the rond
from their camp to Odessa is occupied by differ
ont Attachments Of their Amy, which. including
the force in the camp. numbers ;,0oOOl well dis
ciplinrd well equipped, well provi-ioned. and
every way effective troups. But this IL MT NIL
their facilities for the transportation OF troops
nre such that they Gnu II nee cessury. bring Their
whole disposnhlr force into the Ciim,n in The
course ola few days. The road from Perckop is
open to them, and they nrc constantly receiving
from thn, placc immense supplies of provisions,
he statement that they were deficient IN their
supplies is therefore untrue, md we were told
thnt ut present they have sufficient for several
months. should all commune ntion with that
point he cut off by the Allies. Onr reader mny
remember Tint in the paper which brought the
account of the "fnll of Sevu-tnpol.' It was stnted
that the Russians were in full retreat toward
perekop md that n detachment of thirty thous
aud of the Allied army wa. despatched 10 inter
eept Them. This WITS not only inlsr, AS proved
by suhsequon, accounts, bat utterly absurd, as il
nav nppenrs thai the Ru~Snns had not the rc
motost lden OF !, treating, and were determined to
remain where they were and defend their position