The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-19

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HALIFAX, October 10.
The B,itish and North American Royal
Mail steam ship Canada, has arrived at this
port, with adyices from Liverpool to the
/ 49h ut.
At Sebastopol on the 26th ult., the Allies
were fortiiying the North side, ana construct.
lag new batteries. The French were advanc
ing cavalry and infantry towards the town of
! Baktchi Sarai. the ancient Tartar capital Of
the Crmca, which Is situated in II long deep
/ valley, about sixty miles South Of perekop
and contains 1900 inhabitants. 1t is re-
ported that the siege of Ssbastopoi was 10 be
raised. The allies were concentrating forces
/ between it and Balaklayn and between Ba
akluya and the Tchcrnaya, and were con-
stantly rrconnointcring the left wing of the
Rnssilns. a fearful tempest and heavy
rains had occurred at Scbaslopol. The Rus
slams were firing shells into the city from the
North side.
-Four hundred Russian dcscrters, mostly
! Poles, had arrived ut the Allied camp, and re.
( ported that after the taking Of SebastopU
the decentralization of the Russians was com
plete, and that such was the confusion after
tie evacuation Of the south side, that the
soldiers exhausted by fatigue, lay "a hours
without food. The Russian loss was estima-
ted at $4,000
7 a report from Berlin says that Prince
GOrtschakcf would shortly evacuute the
North Forts, but that the Russians were
making extensive arrangements for the winter
campaign.
The Turks at Kars We're short Of provis
ions, and compelled to eat horse flesh
Austria was still desirous Of mediating.
The latest adviccs from the Crimea stat
that Prince Gortschukulf telcgraphed tha
10000 Allied troops landed at Eupatoria ol
the 23d ut., and that they then had 3O,00
men on the Russian liank--that the Allie
attacked the Russian infantry on the 2it
ult., compelling the latter TO retreat, and tina
ON the 25th ult., $4,000 men debouched trOt
5 Eupntoria, and occupied the neighborin
: villages on the left flank Of the Russians.
! The New York ELEcTIoS.-The Ne,
York Herald thinks they are likely to hay
: M interesting time Of it, in that city, at til
@ approaching elections. 1t says:
c We shall probably poll the largest vot
+. that will nave ever been cast upon this il
4 land, because we have so many parties an
c factions in the field covering all varieties an
shades of opinions, that nobody will hay
any excuse Tor declining to vote. For il
d stance, we have the hard shell democrac!
/. and the soft shell; the half shell and tn
: double shell, and the American democracy
the straght-out silver gray wings, and til
o fusion wings; the national republicans, tn
) American republicans, the Know Nothing
= the temperance party the liquor league, III
II peoples party, the city reform party, the abC
e lition party, and the constitutional rights pa
II ~ al! Of which have separate tickets or SCI
= arale candidates, here aud there in the feI,
r, for more or less of our numerous corporatio
'i offices. The pressure upon our columns troi
'; our advertising customers and the curren
IS news Of the day, is such that wc have no
Il the space to give list OF all the varlOu
=, candidates that desire to be elected. Bcsides
4 we have no disposition to spoil the sport wit
,r any premature disclosures Of the results "
- to come.
Wan SrATisrIcs-A curious corrcspO'
" dent sends MS the following "W"r Items
" II has been investigated That ont of 2S7 Wal
)" the present eXceptrd-which have been WI
IL red in Ghristcndom since the Christian or
". that Is mainly resulted from the desire
:! tcrrtory 20 from the desire of plundeT :
=, from rcyrngc to settle questions OF homo
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