The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-06-27

and now the batteries opened 70 coHsT
their retreat
Il 10 stated that the fight vas lessee
rious than We imagined, The RussiAns
came on as on the lefs Of the right a.
tack, close 60 the WorenzoE road, bus
the troops we're, ready for them. and
drove them back in spite Of theis very
heavy musketry. A part Of the Light
Division took them In faux, and, although
the caemy kept up q very heavy Gre
from a distance. they did rs but little
injury. II does not appear to have been
o sortie, or even premeditstsd Sttsek
but, whatever il was, che Russians were
completely foiled. They had pushed
out strong column Of troops, and pro-
ceeded, it is supposed, to execute some
works In the rear 70 the edTsneed
parties which were sent on towards eur
lines to shield the work from cbsefIs-
tion.
Our sentries were on the slerl, andas
the enemy drew near they gave the
alarm, and the men we're IN readiness
for them. The Russians crept upon
their bollies, delivered volley at the
parapes, which did no harm and then
rushed on, but they we're received By Q
very heavy and well-direoted discharge
of Minnies, which killed and wounded .
considerable number Of them. They
then lay down again, loaded, and tired
from The ground, but their officers in
vain endeayered 20 lead them up 80 ouF
lines, from which our troops kept up On
incessant FIRE. The enemy, who lost 81
every volloy, notwithstanding theiE co..
tion, after nttering repeated cheers and
yells, principally raised, one may imAg.
inc, BY the officers, retrsated down tho
hill, and it could bs seen that they bore
great numbers of dead ana wounded
along With them, Il 10 supposed the
Russians had $50 hors dc c0nbat.
THE TRUE CAUSE oP oANRoxRr's AEsIoRA-
TON,
The European Times ef the 26tA
thus discusses the true cause Of Oanlo-
bert'a "resignaiion:"
re announced last week The yssigAas
tion Of General Canfobert snd the ap-
pointment Of General PolissisR % ks
successor. The cause Of the change
was the alleged ill-health Of the 6rst-
named officer bus it required little sa-
gacity to see that there was some fes-
son other than the one assigned, and 81
is now generally understood in this cOun-
try and in France that the transfer Of
the chief command arose from the En-
peror's dissatisfaction NTH MarshaI g.
Arnaud's successor. Canrobcrt is brave
to fault, but personal in Q commander
lis subsidiary 10 higher and rarer qualif-
cations. When q man falls into dis
grace his defects, whatever they be, are,
il must be confessed, rarely understate&.
and it is now declared, on what seems
to be reliable authority, that General
Csnrebert is deficient in the capacity to
plan those great military designs which
constitute What 10 called geHins, and
without which no man can become 0 rs-
ally great soldier,
Il is asserted, moreover, that be is
vaciliating-a fatal defect in a man at
tho head of ON army and that having
made up his mind to certain course Of
operations, he will abandon it just ct tho
point of execution. II those defects Of
character exists, the Emperor Of the
French would appear to have takea con-
siderable time to discover Them bIt
the truth is, that the absence Of success
is always fatal TO q soldiers prestige,
and since tho opening ofthe campaign
in the Crimes, with tho exception Of
the three great battles which inaugera-
tod it, nothing has been dono to satisfy
tho military ambition of our impetuOus
noighbors. If oil the accounts which
hail the installation Of the new comman-
der are correct, Gsa. Pelissier posses
ses every qualification which bis prede-'
cessot wsnted-6rs at strategic powers,
consumate tact, vigor of charastor, and
an iron will, which nothing can turn
from its purpose.
Both soldiers leara ed the trade ofVaf
in Allegria, and Pelissier has lefs Be.
hind him some not very pleasant remia-
icencos connected With tho eaves Of
Dahra, whom he smoked q number Of;
Arab chiefs and their families, Vho pre-.
ferred sufooation to capture. Even
this incident which does not speak favor
ably for the humanity Of the neU OOm-.
mander, has bcsn toned dOwA Ia -
harshor features since has essuMed tAA
oommand-in.chief Of the French toroSa
10 the Crimea. Whist Is moss 70 ShA
pufpesc Is, that he is the fAyofits Of the
army; they have faith 10 his tAlsnfs ],
and that, in Paris, his slsvAsioa tOss
garded as o new chapteH in the hiSNs1y
Of the war. We sincerely hope foS ths !,
sake Of the common cause, that thess
prognostics will be speedily realized, for /.
it is certainly time that something On a,
great scale should be carried out at the.
place Of conflict.
LIQUOR PRoHIB1TloN IN ILLiNo1s.--Dess
patches from Chicago Friday evening.
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