New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-06-23

ming loud through the air. and blowing the earth on all
d vet always left space for three horsemen 10 pass On
hprt in the storm; and he got TO imagine at last tnaV
ate and happy star had made sacred the LIE OF MS
chief ,., h.+
after changing the position Of the MOSCOW DAT
,olons by moving them TO a ground where they woulu
ne sheltered from the enemys fire, Kornon passeu INC
ekbrdge and began TO ascend the western slope VI
The Maakof When lie the seaInen on duty III
that part Of the field they greeted him with LOUD chee
hut Kornof forbade them He pointed to the crest u
Mount Rodoph where all was hushed, ana sara "
his people "When the English batteries are as Siioi,
A the French yOnder, then and not I'LL then' "o VIZ
cheer" ia
"Kornioff assembled the MalakoR Hin from tne sue
of the Karabe suburb, and gained the llF" nam "
the intrenchment which covered the ironV Vi INC
tower He quilted his saddle and began TO 20 through
the batteries on foot. The fire was very heaVy' "hen
Kornfo reached the tower he found that us guns hau
been slenced and deserted but Admral lS'oinlh sun
answered the English by wesuStalheu hre from ue
earhwOrks which covered and hahKeu the stone Duiu
t,g II occurred TO KornO that the ground floor OF the
tower vonld be suitable for ambulance or field hos
,i,ol and he cave directions accordingly. After
This ne WAS going TO mount the upper floor
az the tower but Admiral lstOmin dsSuaded
him from doing So saying that no one would
he found on the top KOrniof remained tor some
time al the foot the His aiddecamp begged him
10 return home and in answer he pointed TO the ground
where the Boutr and BOrOdnO regiment we're stationed
SAYING We will just go those battaons, and after that
we will go home by the hospital road He still oitered for
few minutes longer but at ength-it was then half
past eleven oclock-he said Now let us go. He moved
toward the spot under shelter of the breastwOrk
where the horses awaiting him but he had scarcely
yet four steps when the uppermost part of his left
thigh shattered by round shot Gendre raised the
head of the wounded chief and tho other officers near
soming up aud hitting him in their arms, they together
laid their Admiral under the shelter of the breastwork
between two Of the guns. For moment KOrnloG was
able to speak and he used his waning power Of utter
ance as to say, Defend sebastopolP He then became
senseicss
"KornoiT was carried to one OF the nearest ambuan
ees and having when there, recovered full conscious
ness, he took the sacrament OF his Church He knew
that be taken 10 the hospital, and perceving
that shrank from the duty of lifting him for fear OF
the pain they give, nc undertook the task himself
and by singular effort cOntrived To throw his mangled
body upon the litter which awaited him. He was car
ried TO the hospital There. at intervals, he I'M
derwent pangs cruel as 70 wiring from him
more than once a shrek Of agony; hut at moment when
he was free from sharp pain, he LAID both hands upon
tbe head OF the chief Of the staff who stood at his side,
and said Tell everybody how pleasant II Is to die when
the conscience is quiet He sent tender words 10 his wife
and to ms children and from time to time prayed thus
20 Godl bless Russia and the Emperor Save Sebasto
pOl and the fleet? After taking an anodyne potion he
was trauQui and seemed to be DOING but upon Off
Ger coming in with story that the English batteries
had been almost slenced and that only two Of their
guns were stn firing, Kornilof seems to have become
aware that the arrival had brought with 1t udings
which interested the bysander for he reused himself
TO ask who was there and he told OF the
English guns being senced he collected his last strength
and cried out, 'Hurah! hurrah? He then became
insensible After few minutes he ceasedto breathe"
The general result Of the eannOnade is well Iemem-
bered The French batteries silenced 10y the Rus
sian so early as lOg in the mornings exploding maya
zine giving coup de grace TO the efforts OF the French
engineers before they had inflicted serious damage on the
works of the enemy bOmbardment undertaken by the
allied fleets ended without any influence whatever upon
the fortunes Of the day At point only had the Rus
SLAMS clearly the Of the struggle. The English guns
pointed against the Redan had got the dominion over
that work. and opened path for the assault with which
fine dav was 10 have ended But the French their part
had failed and they once succeeded in paralyzing
the purpose of the English The assault was postponed
in obedience to the demand OF Gen. Canrobert In this
way once more the tender exgenees Of the bond which
united the mighty States forbade them the fun use OF
their strength A tact compact required that their
armies should act together in great operations and
CHANGING at this time from the fortune of that
the English condition TO assault and the French
not it resulted natural consequence that the tenn
porary impotence of the power Carried with it the
abstenton of both. What benumbed the Allies was the
Alliance"
been probably carried by resOlute assault on this
18th of October has been determined in the airna.
tive by our English engineers, and their Judgment
has been ratified by the weighty authority of Gen.
de Todleben. 1t must be observed, however, that
Gen. de Todlebens argument omits the consideration
of what might be effected against the assailants by
the fire from the Russian ships.
'Planly also that agnaTy road TO the conquest OF
sebastopo which the great engineer Of the Russians can
now so surely point his former opponents might
not have been easily found by the assaung columns
and in the absence of panic involving the collapse OF
all steadfast resistance likely that the besieges
in sormng the place. would have had to undergo heavy
slaughter Therefore the opportunity which presented
itself to the Allies this day not one so unspeakaby
precious as those which, thDee over occurred In the last
ten DAYS Of September STILL the predicament into which
the invaders had thrust themselves Of such kind
that they would have blessed indeed il they could
now have found to capture sebastpo even at the
cost of cruel losses and it happened that they had
opened chasm I'm the enemys line OF defense their omis
sion to push the advantage must here take its place
and be numbered constitutes the fourth Of the lost
occasions which these volumes have to record"
With the failure of the cannOnade and the resolu-
ton against an assault the third volume ends The
fourth which includes the battle of Balaclava, will
be reviewed in another article.
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THE FERNANDO WOOD LEASES.