Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-05-01
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FURTHER DETAILS ny THE AFRICA.

FURTHER DETAILS BY THE AFRICA.
The European mails 10 the 18th instant by
the Africa are at hand, and we CLEAN from them
some further extracts:
Later from the Seat or War-FemaIes or
dered to leave sebastopoI.
The Military Gazette Of Vienna contains a
letter from Sebastopol, which states that Gene
raj Ostensacken, on the 18th ultimo, published
an order Of the day, enjoining all women to
quit the town ut once. The Grand Duke
Nicholas, taking into consideration that great
number Of these women possess nothing in the
world has been pleased to accord from his
privy purse 100 rubes to each woman having
a family, to enable her to remove, and from
20 roubles to 80 rubles to each unmarried
woman, according as the case might seem to
require 1.-THE rouble is little over 4f) TWAS
supposed that this order was given in an
dcipation of active hostilities on the point Of
being resumed.
The skirmish OF the Twenty-second.
An officer of the Royal Artillery, writing OF
the skirmish Of the 22d March, says:
The enemy attacked the French lines close
alongside where he lay; . ravine only sepa
rated them. They at first drove back the French,
and part of them then turned to their right,
crossed the ravine and took our trench In flank.
We were unprepared, aud at first thought the
advancing body was one of the French. But
Wears found out they were the Russians, and
ordered his men TO lie down and wait till they
came with within twenty PAGES, and they did
so. When the enemy was close enough,
Wears shouted, "Now 97th, on your pins, and
charge" They poured in volley, charged,
and drove the Russians quite out of the trench.
Wears himself struck down two Russians, and
was in the act of cutting down a third with his
sword, when another man, who was quite close,
(for the coat was singed, fired, and the ball
entered his uplifted arm close to where it joins
the shoulder, and he fell. The arteries were
divided, and he must have bled to death in a
few minutes.
Thus his end was as peaceful and painless as
soldiers death could be, and netting could
have been more noble, devoted and glorious
than his conduct in this, his first and last en-
>gagement Poor fellow he chose the psalms
and lessons for the preceding day, and read
the service, when several of us met together to
worship God; all present must have noticed
the fervor of his manner; little did we think
he was so soon to be numbered with the dead.
Colonel Kelly is a prisoner at Sebasiopol,
slightly wounded. Captain Montague is a
prisoner and is not wounded.
The Siege of Sebastopol.
The garrison of Sebastopol was on short ra-
tons, as the authorities preferred storing up
their supplies in magazines to issuing full ra-
tons.
Two fires had occurred in Balaklava-a cir
cumstance which excited suspicious of treachery.
The Russians were concentrating themselves
towards Baidar.
The allied generals were awaiting dispatches
from home before beginning the bombardment.
They were anxious to spare the public buildings.
War Feeling ia Russia.
Private letters from St. Petersburg state
confidently that the fanatical war party has
completely got the upper hand, and that Alex
ander lis throne would not be worth weeks
purchase, if he were to attempt to thwart the
current Of national feeling. The rich mobiles,
who in their hearts long for peace and will be
the greatest sufferers by the war, are compelled
to swell the popular cry. They offer large con.
tributions in the hope Of ayerting a sweeping
al catorem property tax amounting to confis.
cation.
The Peace Prospects.
From the following remarks in the Paris let
ter of the London Times, the English govern
ment would appear to less practically inclined
than has recently been supposed:
What you have mentioned concerning the
disposition Of NJ. Drouyn de Lhuys to accept
concessions scarcely compatible with the pre-.
vious policy and attitude of the allied powers
has been confirmed to me in a quarter entitled
to respect Finding that his opinions were not
shared by the English government, it is said
that he informed the Emperor Of the fact, who
without hesitation, instructed his minister, to
adopt in every respect the views of Lord Clar.
endon, and with this determination NJ. Drouyn
de Lhuys set out for Vienna.
A letter from Vienna, April 9Th, says:
"Prince Gortschakof and NJ. Titoff continue
to assure his Majesty and Count Buo that Rus
STA is prepared TO make great concessions for
the sake of peace, but the Austrian authorities
are well aware that they regularly receive re-
ports from the numerous Russian agents who
In Serva, Montenegro, Albania, Roumelia, &c.
are preparing the Greek Christians to make q
diversion in favor of Russia, Should it become
requisite
Russian Officers Shot.
Admiral Istomine was killed by a she'll in the
Malakhof battery-the same person who was
well known to Sir Edmund Lyons and who ex-
changed presents-"a cheese for deer some
time back. The Russian captain (Kowseof)
who was on board the Agamemnon some time,
and was ultimately exchanged for Lord Dun
kellin, was shot forty.eight hours after he was
landed for having been captured drunk.
The Gar Alexander.
A letter from St. Petersburgh, Of March 81,
in the Borsonhalle Of Hamburg, says:
"The Emperor Alexander has the intention
to visit Finland, it is said, and in particular
Helsgnfors, with his bother Nicholas, before
the commencement Of operations in the Baltic.
The militia of St. Petersburg are to assemble
shortly, under the command Of Prince Scha.
kowsk when the Emperor will pass them in
review. To-day an ordinance has been pub.
lished concerning the beard Of the soldiers.
The Emperor has designed to order-lst. That
the soldiers who mount guard on week days
shall not be required to dye either their hair or
whiskers; and I'd. On Sundays and feastdays
they must mount guard with their hair and
whiskers waxed and dressed"
The Russians ut simpheropoi.
A private letter from Simpherobol, published
in the Vienna PresSe, and dated March s, men.