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Carnage among the Russians.

OF the Sisters Of Mercy who have left St.
Petersburgh for the Crimea-ninety six in all
at least sixty.three are stationed in and about
Sevastopol; of the latter number, at least hall
are in the town itself, and those around them
portray in very lively colors the amount of car
mage which the fire of the besiegers causes the
Russians. 1t appears that the wounded are for
the most part removed to the north side Of the
fortress, and thence to the interior; but from
the frequent want Of means Of transport, and,
on the other hand. from the inexpediency Of
moving those severely wounded, their numbers
in the town become extremely unmanageable.
The extreme distance from their sources of sup
ply makes it impossible to convey to the troops,
much less to the sick, all the necessarIes they
require; the article. Of which there was the
least deficiency was tea, so essential to the com.
fort of Russian; but of sugar there was
great lack, so that even the officers were oblig
ed to be alowanced. Leeches cost a silver
rouble piece.
The descriptions Of the scenes these pious fe-
males passed through after every more impor-
tant affair are fearful. That Of March 24tb, is
more particularly mentioned ,on which occasion
500 wounded were brought in for treatment in
"a hours. From the number Of amputations
and other serious operations, in which they as
sisted the surgeons, they frequently had to
stand on floor some in:h or two dee p in blood.
The visit paid by two of the ladies, accompa.
MED by priest, to the MalaEhOff Tower. and
their celebrating Divine service there under the
fire of the enemy, partakes Of the romantic.
After climbing the hill, and entering the for
tress, where they find the soldiers and the sail
ors assiduously occupied in returning the in
cesssnt FIRE of the enemy, they reach the tower,
now destroyed, where the deceased Kornlleff
formerly had his quarters.
After passing through a easement occupied
by the Sailors they attend long, deep, dark,
corridor, with a row of oaken columns on each
side. Here mass was celebrated; all the ne
cessary paraphernalia was at hand, having
been brought thither from church that had
been destroyed: and after a sermon from the
| Pope, they carried the church vessels in pro-
cesson round the bastion, with tapers in their
hands, the enemy firing all the time They
subsequently, go out on the ramparts of the
fortress, and are shown the lunette, Kamts-
ch atka, and the two chains Of sharp-shooters
opposed to each other, but yet so near that, as
the soldiers there say, they might eat their
broth out of the same plate According to
all accounts the bullets of the Allies rifles are
doing more havoc than the balls of their cannon.
THE AsHMAN INsrIrUTE.-This is an instis
tuition of learning located in Chester County,
Pennsylvania, and incorporated by the Legs-
lature of that State, and which the late Gen.
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, at
Nashville, Tenn. have endorsed. The pur-
pose of it is to educate colOred persons for the
Christian ministry. whose field Of labor is to be
the great eeatendom Of Africa. 1t is to be a
great and valuable auxiliary Of the ColOniza.
tion scheme. 1t is believed that educated col
ored men will prove much more successful in
evangelizng Africa through white men. They
will have. in greater degree, the sympathes
Of the people who are to be benefited. The
climate, also, is much more favorable to the
health of the colored than that of the white
race. The Convention at Nashville passed a
resolution, recommending the Ashman IDsti-
tute 10 all the Churches.