The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-10-04

From the London Times Of Sept II.
On Saturday, the sth Of September, within few
DAYS of the anniversary Of the landing OF the allied
forces in the Crimea and 316 days after the OPEN
ing of the beseging batteries against Sebastopol,
on the 18th of October, 1854, a final and victor-
Gus assault was made upon the Southern part OF the
town. Before night the French flag waved IN triumph
upon the Malakolf Tower, which had fallen before
the indomitable courage and perseverance OF the
assail>ants, and within few hours more the Rus
sian garrison had evacuated the Karabenaia suburb
and the Southern portion OF the fortress after blow
ing up the magazines and principal works, setting
fire TO the town in many places, and then endeav-
oring to withdraw by the bridge across the harbor
from this terrific scene of devastation and defeat.
So fell SevastOpol. The castrophe surpasses in
horrible interest all the preceding scenes OF this
gigantic contest
The columns of the allied armies, combined in a
fourfod attack, struggled all day with equal vaor,
though with unequal success, against the principal
point marked cut for assault. The extreme right of
the French attack was directed against the work
called the little Redan which was at first carried by
the impetuosty ofour allies, though they were sub
sequently driven back by the fierce resistance OF
the Russians. The second and principal assault of
the French army was against the Malakhof, which
was carried by storm, and determined by its fall
the fate, not only of the day, but of the seige.
third attack was made by the British forces on
the Great Redan, and, although we learn that the
salient angle of this formidable work was at one
moment carried and occupied by our troops, it
must be added that they we're subsequently driven
but of it by the FIRE of the Russian batteries which
commanded it, and this check in some degree d.
minishes the exutation which viii be felt in this
country at the triumphant termination Of the seige
The French columns on the left also assailed in the
fourth place, the Central Battery, but failed to es
tabsh themselves in the work.
We have no doubt that every man who attacked
the defences of Sebastopol on that eventful day,
fought with the same undaunted gallantry and the
determination to carry the place or TO perish
in the attempt; and although the results OF these
several attacks were unequal, all were animated
by the same spirit and contributed TO the great re-
suit. The FIRST prize of this glorious victory be-
longs of right to our gallant allies the French,
since the Malakhof Tower, the key OF the main
position fell before the vgor of their ASSAULT but,
with that chivarous feeling which is the noblest
bond of men no have fought and conquered togeth'
er, the names of all those who carried the rugged
defences of Sebastopo deserve to stand side by side
on one page, and no invdous distinction shall sully
or lessen their common renown.
The Russians on their side unquestionably de-
Tended the place with the utmost determination,
and on more than one point they had the advan-
tage over the besiegers But il was the courage
OF desperation, for this effort was their last. No
sooner were the outer works taken, which laid the
town and the port at the mercy of the allied forces,
than the men of war and the steamers in the har
Dor all set on fire, blown up, sunk or destroy
ed either by the Ere of the allied batteries, or by
the orders of the Russian authorities. Such was
the fate of the Russian Black Sea feet, on which
the Imperial Government had expended incacula.
bic sums of money, and incessant labor-that feet
which two years ago threatened the very existence
OF the Turkish empire, but whose solitary naval
achievement, an atrocous outrage upon TAR
inferior force at Sinope.
OF the authors of that nefarious attack what re-
mains? The Emperor Nicholas sleeps in the vaults
of ST. Peter and st. Paul, no longer conscious OF
the chastisement his wicked ambition has brought
down on his empire and his heirs. The admirals
who commanded, and the crews who fought on that
OCCASION have most of them fallen in the batteries
of Sebastopol The very ships for which Russia
contended at the Conferences OF Vienna as essen
tial 20 her dignity and power, are torn plank from
plank and scattered upon the waves. The dock
yard and arsenal were already, on Sunday, in pos
session of the allied troops; Prince Gortschakof,
had it seems, solicited an armistice, though we
know not whether it was granted but his troops
were hurrying away with the utmost precipitation !;
and considering the moral and physical results of
such defeat upon the remnant of his army, it may
be doubted whether the Russian General can at
tempt to make any further stand on the North side
Of the harbor.
These great events terminate the siege of Sebas-
topo properly 30 called, for the allied armies have
achieved within the last three days the grand OBJ
jects of their enterprise. They have wrested from
the whole military power of Russia, a fortress
which she had converted into place Of extraordi-
nary strength and defended with nnumerabe hosts
of her best troops. They have annihilated the ma
val power on which she relied to secure her supre
macy in the Euxine, and to establish her authority
from the shores of the Caucasus to the mouth of
the Danube. But above all, they have shown the
servile and creduous nations OF the East that the
powers now paramount in the world are not those
Of anaticsm and barbarlc aDsOlutlsm, out those OF
liberty and civilization.
In this struggle Sebastopol became at once the
test of the strength and the reward of victory
To reduce it by force of arms was TO overthrow
that colossal fabric Of Russian influence which a
century and half of rapine and intrigue had called
into being until il overawed the surrounding ma
tons and threatened the independence of Europe,
While the expedition 20 the Crimea offered the in
caculable advantage of circumscribing within few
SQUARE miles of the enemys territory ali the hor-
rors of war and of stalking the strength Of four
empires on single point the result of our victory
il as boundess as the globe. Ii tells the world that
tie alliance Of England and Of France has stood
the test of warfare by the sufferings Of the camp
and the perils of the field. 1t assures mankind
that their united policy can impose its will and exc
cute its resolutions, even though the timid stand
aloof, and though men of baser minds may aban-
don the cause OF their country in her hour Of need
We owe our success in no slight degree to the
unwayering hrmness with which the Emperor OF
the French has pursued this enterprise and adhered
10 the pote that dictated. But we owe il no less
70 the clear and unanimous resolution oil the people
of England, whose mind was made up that this
thing was to be done. In the course of these
events, which broke in so suddenly on our wonted
ayocations, we have had much 10 learn and much
TO bear. At times the tedium OF suspended excite.
ment became almost intolerabe, and more than
once the fanhearted or the iaetious lost confidence
in the result Yet what is the isctg WHAT'S il We
have dOney
A wear mas not yet elapsed since the allied armies
set foot 10 the Crmea Within that time they have
won three pitched battles, and twice assaulted q
fortress Of extraordinary magnitude. They have
encompassed the works OF the enemy with trenches
extending over more than 80 miles Of ground
they have armed these trenches with the heaviest
ordinance, and kept up so incessant fire that MOI
only an incalcuable amount Of proecsiles has beer
consumed but five or six seige trans have beer
worn out. They have created at Kameseh, Eupa
anMHa IarN