The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-30


high We lose great many men from them and these
know web how 70 take advantage OF every lit
them Get in here and one shoots While the others load
fbr him and they do vast deal OF execution 70 aru
lerymen These pits are thick al aroanu .ns cy ana
may shoot at them with cannon but with little ell
ect as soon as he his rifle he dips down In his
hole and you nothing more until you hear the crack
Of his rifle again and they are pretty sure TO get man,
and the balls which conca and very heavy for a
gun generally go through and through You never find
them lodged Without they had struck bone which Is
IN ne broken and shattered In every direction rem
feripg ampuiaton necessary.
But Russia has the best soldiery in the world They
have fear about them in this particular. They
different from the soldiery If all countries It is impos
sible to get up panic in the Russian army they win
with the stubbornness of mule and be shot down
by Thousands and think Of running without they
are ordered to do They know nothing but to obey
You might order out a thousand of them against mil
lion and tell them to stand and fight If they had of
with them that would stand, believe the last
might be shot down. and you would the least
movement towards running.
Although we lose a good many men, do not think
more than the enemy when they make assault upon
ms then we rake them down-yes by thousands. l
have two assaults made with the attempt to take
the MalakoG hill tower it is called the tower that
stood has been koocked pieces time ago but
Il IL now fortified with bastons the 18th Of June.
You have long since read accounts OF It in the newpa
pers They made two desperate attempts to take it, DUR
hs took
Raee aS abe a o hours nigh as dark as n
night. We rather got them though drove them back
over their dead which lay in heaps all over the hsdes
many men, but We afford to lose hundred where
France can one. The Russian soldiers like flies kill
one and ten will come and take his place.
BY the sinking of the ships, thereby forming barr
cade have for but two of our fortese, those
nearest the BY this we take the cannon
from the Others to fory from the land side which we
DONE but the OF the orresses are most too
heavy il the only fault could have to using them on
land But although we have taken a great many
non from the forresses for this purpose there enough
left to sink the whole OF the msnse feet that
lying out here il they to attempt to enter the mar
49, That nrttGa tt.na Tnrf ia on
q scale too grand. You form idea from engrav-
ings what appearance these Gne fortresses make
ball makes but little impression on them in fact,
none of Importance.
On The norh side Of ne bay is also succession Of hills,
lion, You ind o., hsn al basions facing in ecey d0ec
hon. These Jastioas and ,tdoitts erd up the ban for
mile or so tram The city, and some q them are rey elective
pouring nsariga continual yecm Of balls across Che bag
into the enenlgs Lderg Wich nearest The bay. think
il very doubtful cheAer he French WoaM be able TO hold
Of IL jrom he ja fhat the hi on he aoh siae are taller
than those Of The south and the Gig and The batteries on
them think, eoad fore Ter 70 leore q IN the main
south side viii finish this by saying that II IS the best
fortified place ever There is no hill or mound
where cannon could be placed with advantage but you
man naturally feels little lonesome here when he
is by him self in place like this with other Amei
am the only left. Those who have been here
either dead or left for home. When arrived here
found two American physicians, but they left after
They were not well pleased and before saw anything
of the benefits to be derived by being here they preu
diced great deal against the place. but fear It
taeir fault; in fact know it was If they had
anything to complain Of.
1t is true things here not one could expect to
find at Paris Every thing Is very dear here; you pay
twenty-five cents for every plate portion Of your SOUP
your beef your bread mutton, butter, &c. Coffee and
tea every time you order is twenty-five cents They pay
y man, however, enough for him to live on the cheap
scale and to make his dinner off of two plates; but
American must not do that The officers Of the Russian
n pav se the @ hey spend d
Of money And another thing, they all educated men
You find scarcely any of them who do not speak uenty
two or three different languages besides their own In
this respect they superior to The Polish officers
are If any thing superior to the Russians They speak
all the European languages except the English cannot
account for this fully that of them speak English
There is Pole who occupied bed in my room that
speaks well six different languages.
For description Of Sebastopol 1t is impossible for me
give IT in full It is very pretty place even now
although 1t has had shower Of bombs and balls poured
into for the last ten months but know that this
would alter the appearance Of any city One Of cities
would have long been in ruins from the fact that
houses which Is not the In Russia have no idea
there house in the place covered with anything made
Of wood Tin and brick used for that purpose alto
gether II it otherwise the place would be burnt up
in day; for when the rocket falls in house every
thing Of n combustible nature goes
There beautiful buildings here, both private
and public some fine churches, one magnificent one
The library building, which is situated on the highest
point Of the city proper, is beautiful edi6ce 1t con
fans many valuable things models OF vessels &c The
books all taken out at present. but find them in
most Of the newspapers of the day The Maison Nobque
Is another beautiful building, situated this port.
II is kind of assembly club building roomed in it
for while The buildings Of the place are mostly made
0f kind OF stone that abounds here TO great extent
white soft stone that resembles marble much, and
which can be dressed up very easy.
Sebastopo is situated three hills, or rather covers
hill and the sides of two others, and the south
side Of the bar harbor and about two miles from the
The hsrbor Is about mile wide, with several in
let's of which out between the two hills and Sc
paraes Karabelnai this portion OF the city Is called
from the city proper Across this inlet is temporary
bridge little south Of east from the marine barracks,
and about verst theequarters Of mile from the ~
IL the hill which stood Malakof tower, and which is
defended by a bastion grand SCALE The Maison
buildings are situated were the foot Of the Hill
and from them TO the tower il the portion OF the city CALI
ed Karabelnai. ridge down from the MalakoT hill
to the bay On this ridge have two excellent bastons
hut the ground where they situated Il considerably
lower than the hills fronting them viii III are held by the
French, and on which they have some excellent guns
From the Malako tower running all round the city
succession of smaller hills those Immediately adjoining
the city being held by and the others by the enemy
We have ten bastions besdes the Maako tower this
side Of the bay. These form complete semicirce,
encircle the city on this side.
Important Diplomatic Note from Count Nes-
selrOdc.
The Frankfort correspondent Of the Independence Beige
gives the following full analysis Of the last Russian
circular II addressed by Count Neselrode, under
date of 10th June to Prince Gortschakof Ru ssian Am
bassador at Vennn) in reply TO the communications
made to the Governments Of Europe aud consequently To
the Imperial Cabinet of St. Petersburg by the Austrian
Government after the rupture of the Vienna Confer
The despatch refers to the Communications of Count
fkterhazy, AUSTRIAN Envoy NJ St wuicu
consist Of two dispatches the FIRST relates to the cir
eumsances which led to the rupture Of the Vienna
tatons; the second defines the actual position of Aus
tra The poe of Count Buo did not require any reply
from Russia nevertheless to satisfy the wish verbally
expressed by Count Eserbazy TO know the impression
made by his communications, the present dispatch
dertkee TO embody the reflections which the Emperor Of
Russia ordered Count Ncsselrode to communicate 10
Prince Gortschako TO rule for his language.
The actual attitude OF Austria confirms the conviction
OF the Emperor Of Russia founded upon assurances
ceived directly by Prince Gorschako from His Majesty
ia inlp fhA
Of disagreement and complication set aside in
20 the maintenance Of the pacific rela
lions between the two countries To characterize the
position distinctly taken feaeat ps) by Austria the
despatch quotes Count Buos despatch in which it il
stated that the Emperor Of Austria does not admit
the chance Of provcaon which might force it TO abin
don that attitude. Russia approves of this She testi
fees the complete unanimity In the sentiments of the
two Monarchs regards the conservation and consola
tion Of the direct relations Of good AMI
accordance between the two nations. In this moral
vcion Central Europe viii be safe fro the vicisstule
Of the struggle which the Western Powers prolong with
impacabeness which did not diminish during the
Vienna deliberations.
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