BISIIII 1 • 1 L =MI m CHA.RLES' F. READ 4k-11 , 1 1 0e,i'ts eokqek. ik- f , l` / - , stationedat , eatheart's hill l ii , l &l the curly pert' f tt the •il diy;' and efitirtivitids- - tic : tift ccis tee - right 'to Ithe Pieket-litstfie Cover the" - -Worimafiff Mad. ' .All the etriotteitritatid igentleinen; Who' rather,abound here lost - noWcl.were in'a state of gt eat lexeiteMent, - iiticidotted - the' plain in' i eettentri4.-attire-Whielt"reealiM Oho's old me , modesiitif' "COwes - ,'aint,:y . achtitig, and' sea - bath=' ;; ing--were - :eottaged tit 'a *seri:eft Of - subtle man oeuversito'turn the flank 'hit littivary-lentiles,' and ii',lt getr'i,o, - the'frimt,-atid:!their*ec e s s was: anistc ditithle tri theicenterkiki, and singe nutty. -- tiity.' iii Tartar's, TUrklaint!fipotorianet, t rt ,fiere -- -.sil 'g,ularly . -- perturbed 'el'eti- such -plat d people, - tind:•thronged every kpidlivhith- com manded he stnallest view of ithe . plisee.rl At 16'34 n,-...Pelllstsier.and hta -staff - 'irerii bp' i to trio, observatory fM' the right. The" French" tren - ehes - were erowdhd , With men as close as.they could" piteli,• and seer-Could gee' I our inietithrOugh the break~ the ciol'isiii or ' dust, whit-h Werstlitiost irritating, already in their trenches. ...- . .. . - •-•' .- . -1., - - ' A 'few - Minutes' befisre lii.2: o'clock the Preneh, likea swarm of heei , ,. -IsSited froirt the trenches close •to: the ttimed I.lfalakiiff, swerinediup:its face,;and • ,e're :through the embrasures In the - tWitikling-4an eye. They crossed the seven TnetreS of'ground which permeated jhertirfitorril - the' enemy at - a few boundstliey- drifted; as light IV' - pant] quickly as titittintii leaves before the find, hattatlion afierliattallion, into' the embr.asures, and in . it 'minute iirt - iiii after - the head of their col- Orrin isstiell front the ditch, the tri-color - was floating 144yer the . - Korniloff bastion. The masketiiw:is yiaty feeble at firSt, indeed oar allies toiN the Ru - ssians quite toy siirririse.and very fe4, ilf them were, in the LlVlrtiakiiff; lett the e sminlreeiwered themselveeVand risen 12 • o'clock filp past 7in the evening, the Freneh had to :Meet" and defitit' the repeated attempts of the enemy to regain the work and the lit 'tie' Redan, when weary of the Ifearfid slangli. ter of 10- Men, who -fity in t hote;sand over the exterior o• the Workss," the l'ifeseoyite general,: despair-lit of succeits,l Withdrew-his exhausted - legions, hltd.preparect - -withadrriirable skill to et:inmate' the piece. 101- the s!reneh attack on the lel,ftt . l know nothing„ bUt _that., ffiri'. tended ill Tettrnest, it Was not successful, and was follOwerl by ioni6 loss to sow allies. As" soon as the " tri-color' -w - ers - observed waving . overlhei phrapet of the Milak - iitT through th,.it smoke Ui"id dust, four rockets were sent tip from Chiihnian's :meek one aftler aniitner, as a sigtial ifi it our assiiult on the..ffedarf. ,1114 weee altiiit•borne tack by the violence of the wind; and the Silvery"jets id" . .sparkii, they. , .threw °tit on- exploding,- were- n early - inyisl ' file agaiik . the r:iw gray sky. I , ItArit stillest minutes past twelve when our (. men'T - Teit[ the - fifili parallel.- The titsketry . 1 contnienttell at - once, and in loss . than live minntes.l dluriun which the troops had to pass I over aliiiu thirty yards from the approach to the paraPe of the Redan,they 11,1-1,1 lust a large - portion Of . keir oit-ocrs, - and Were deprived . of the aid 474 their - leaders, with the. exirep tion: I have, stated. . The .rifletrien advanced admirabry:ibtit frain their piesithin they . could ' not do - .oinill to rednee the fire of thegnns on , the flank rind below:the re.ettle.riiig, angles, A,e- they eitine nearer the- eneMy's fire be 4-1-arvic. 1e , 4 fatal. - They . crossed the, .atfati i 4 without diMetlitY ; it wai torn fo: pieces and de , triiVer)'.lb our shot. and the' men :stepped • over andltlirong,h it . With ease. - The light. division onside straight fir thh . salient and , Prineeting angle of the redan;- and mine to the - diteh Which - is here - about- fifteen, feet deep. TPi.,l party "d'etitiled f ,, rl,ti t e - purp-se placed the halders.: bet tle: y - wlre ' found to be too Atiirlt. -' -1 - loWiever.' hal' there beim DEtAILS OF THE ASSAULT. S enough of them that would notlhave ;matter -1 Frorn.the Correirnende n t 'of'the London Timer. - ed much, hint some had -been 4;11 'behind in ' Foram Dirtstox.CAsse, ' 1 ' . - -. the hands-fir the dead, : or wourehed men, and -14 One n)01-4 . Sept •10th•1855. others had seer?-brokim, so- that if One can. great act of carnage has 'been, credit' the Statements- made by those" whii ridded to th tremendous but "glorious trag-, were: present, thi - .4.e: was' not . more than six or edy (If witie l. the; while world, from the most seven hidifers.at the - saliiint. The men, led civilized natlyiiis; : down to the"most barbarous by their officers, feared into the ditch aticl ,hordes of th' -East, has been the anxious and - scrambled tip the other side - , whence they got exc!ted audiittee. Amid the shouts.of victor fy . and cries of despair—in frantic reji.tle.ing ,t. • up the -para Pet almostwithout opposition, for the few fiutisians who 'were in front ran hack st.ci pasSioni e sorrow—a pall o f, black -smoke and got bel4nd their traverses! and. breast. • streaked lipthe fiery flashings of. exploding works as soon as they saw our Oen on t0p,;,1 fortresses, descends upon the stage on which Ana opened:lllre upon them. -) ' ' 'l has been detiieted so many varied" traits..of -As the light division rushed nut in the front,' , huniu i rei se i-y a m ] ,Ot.huitian greatness, such they were, iedrept by the gans . ofi the K trraek I Ilh endure ce and calm courage, sueh light- battery andlby several . pienes : oi l i the proper I, De's and w: ' kness,.across.which have:stalked - right of theredaa, loaded heaVily with grape,. thuracteri . .hith .history may detvelop .. as which (..itsect them Considerable loss - ere they I e i r largely as th - - struggle in which they are en reachted•thelient or apex of the work - - at I gaged, and :: ell to gigantic proportions, -or which they - rivere•to assault. • ' he storintng 4- 141 ch she may dwarf into j - iiettiest diniensieng, cofunts"of the ..gretond division suing frotn 1 as ullwertilyhbe part they played: A dull, the fifth parallel rushed up irnin i . fliatel; after I . i itrielg e • siiene, 'br•titen at - distant intervals . , the light dii:ision, but - whim they r::ime up by -the crash of citadels "and. palaces as they kiose to the apex, Brigrefier Wipdhuni very fir into dust„ succeeds the incessant dialogue judiciously H irteight thein by *.ilight detour ciaie . eantioti_whi c h have spoken so hull on the right anti of the light di l vision; se ag and so angr il y throughout tut entire year,and. to comedow i n on the slope of the proper left sunless separated from - each other by - a'' lase of the Reilati. The first embrasure to t ired if fires rest on thttir arins, - and gaze with whi e :fi th e y c l rrnoivrars in flames; hat 'in. - wing ratted eniet4ms on all that rethains . of. the- on to the' neit. the Men' leaped info the 4; ditch, 1 , obji-et of theiF c‘inhicts. ' . aid with the' and of ladders and liratrh Othor's I On the iniriling of the Sth of - September, hne ; 's, serain bled up- on the tit her side ,I elrnb- , 1 the weather': hanged" suddenly,. beet) . nting . bit , ; ~d ;I f ., 1, ,., ,Ara1 . )44, or poured iii.t hrti , igh th.ie rite. 1 lkr:1 - co'.(l. . bitten wind rinht from the y r. which were t7rilefefidedi, -C,;'. Wind- ~ tcYfth, side 'f Sera7topol, blew intolerable ; haM was the first, or one of. the i1r , 7 4 men on -1 I ,otis of du , "into our faces. The sun. was- this 'tide ant with him' entered 'Daniel Itia- 'iscuted ; t : sky was of a leaden wititry honey, a great grenadier of 7 the . - flirty-first.— 1 1 Gen. - :, ellissier during the night col- As I fahon4 entered witW a Cheer, he was li i :iced adetit oo,ooo.then about the Mamelon. shOt titough . (the head by a hiistiiin .rill.r.man,:! form the storating• columni for-the Male- arid fell dead lachiss COL,Windhkm. .- . Ar ud Lil 4 Redan and to " provide the. ne- . -.Ai our men entered . through I the' embra- lin( rser* es. The French were reinfOre:- sures; the 'few Hiissiins whO .were between k r.s , o oolSardMiam i , who "marched 'up' the:salient and thebreastworks retireated to the '"' r hee-Ch.erna-ya last night, ft was arrann- • 'latter, andl-got fri.itn 'the trai-er:eti tfi its - pr..- Coat ibe.Ereneh were-to attack the .11tra. tection,' Frahm it thei- - fteired 'din 'it" qttiek . at 1 : 10011 , and-ss soon as their attack' be- - fire' on they parapet of the.... satie94. which wa'', , that ire Were to assault the Reda!). - crowded' . b- p yli the It en Of . .114„ t4l iviSton,und . At 101-2 She .Second division and the light on the gapslthrongh he rbs inner prirapet ~ ir the: .isica% moved down to the trenches, and Ri l ian ;' Red fitiri tnen''',AVitly ahrinfittuatitni. re pla ce d ' tl the advanced parallels as qui- which all et rs detilOre,: hut calinot iit*iipi, 1 and un, tentat,l o u s l y as possible: About retrierly On SI ell ficeasiong; - -:bi;graii- to rettirti ,. ' same 110 91 Gen, Simpson and staff ni'Oved ' the• fire Of t!: enemy Wit hope, allviincing s Or , t ,., rn to the aid- parallel of the Green hill crossing heft mi . ft he' traVer - seg, Itittitred 'and :cry; Sir ,Hertry Jones, Lob - ill to move fired - as. quitik 'as they - could, but ilid,little ex- , id . or futi . t:,) nevertheless insistpi s in being ettition,U4 th '. litiSsiatits Were well &Hind by' ~ ..+l. down to ; witness theassault, and 'was .' 143. the ' araliO on a lit,tor,'?in- which he .4 ~ ,Du ssiati!Titl;itienfielittiftlie lower traverse...4,', . -. . . • . the lureastwiik. There -', Were Jib+ ,grimlps. Or iained till . I was over. rh was, as 1 baie •near ihe base oflhe liedaii, WhOi kept_ alt a I ,a bitter Id day,:andh at would .galime- r „ „ r ....„„ r - men .. !:, As if i . 4(l . ol . in „f . n ' 1 _, , beep. onished "at - the ° ' aspect ,uf ; the . assault *as '-.S. preak the:etietOy `c.attie rilshink dab generals as theY viewed the. assault:- up 4-oni the baeriseksln :the- rear for the Red.'' oi annanAlar-in-thief, Gen. Simpson.,-, , s.at ./okand inereasedltheforen and intpositt of IS treneh4lwith his eyes and nose fustia7: the fire, w.hil4 Out'. soldiera dropped risty.and' i the cola find dust, end 'hie: cloak 'drawn' ..enot?Oraged ;the .. RUssians,kr their,iinniobility' (t er his h ,ad to protect - him-against both: and-. the Weekhesi'Of their 'fusilad4from Which ' Jones Wire a red night-cap, and reclin. the Cairn) , tkiri; -ell protected; l'ln - SO‘iti'the' i his lit T; and Sir Richard 4S-irey; the - 4 3 ffieers', by itiioe. - ,atuf - in.44- by cl*ple and 7rnitste .geucrl itadi.4 ,l, white pocket-, daring, triedlSto axe, 44ir „tolitheril. of% . They' 'chief t ied over his cap and .ears,which had an ittipr - -to t -Obit the Redttnia-as ruined: - . - so ,ewhat from* martial and :bele and that'll .:' y advaaned they . . wini4L'Aili . hi' zl. .- . . -t ar , . The Duke of Newcastle Irat . - tik4ll . iik : ,!' 1 L -- - • ' 1: '-' Snnuner's wine over, ' Fogs are falling down ; And with russet tinges, • Antuat's doing biewm Boughs a.e daily rifled • By the gusty, thieves And the Book Of Natu;e's Getting short _of leaves. „ • . • Round the . fops or }minis, °Swallows as they flit, Give like yearly tenants,. , Notices to quit Skies of fickle temper; Weep by tarns _sad laugh, 'N'ig'ht and day together, Taking half4nd-hall. So October efideth.— Cold and most oevenso.— But the months that follow, Sure will pinch utirorse. * ay FOR LITTLE AUES. ICE BY MMUS DUNN ENGLISH lirecollect a little girl, 1 - Whom in the way I met; . • To shut my eyes and, look within, plainly see her yet. 11t• eyes they bad an, azure hue— Our wildlitig,siolets not more blue— And from her gipsy hat's duress :A 1 single brown and waving tress Escaped, and on her shoulder flung • Alshadow, where it careless hung. Ail artless-happy dear was she, A 4. eyes of man would like to see. I topped the tripping, pretty maid, And.in a jesting humor said-- SWeet, will you be my wife, `To bless'and beautify my life? `Pain too Buie,' now said she; • Sir, mail I older be;' - N. l further wonkfthe darling say ;• Bu archly smiling„ ran away. . . T years had passed when I'sat down t elide a lady dear; • W 'spoke , more love by - eye .than tnngue, • . card more by eye than ear. U on her checks a modest glow K pt moving faintly to and fro; ' • Ea i f dear blue eye lay shily hid • . Be 11l eath its white and quivering lid.; . Atid by its rise and fall, ber,breast i -•. - . Brirrayed its ocean-like unrest., - A' •ealt.h of lore was in her eyes; Her bosom was a mine of sighs ; . \ Hdr heart was in my heart; her hand • Trembled in mine ai this demand— `S.Weet,- will vou be my darlinr. wife, - I li bless and beautify my life?' `0 1, I am older now,' said she, I Tl; l an that first time yoa spoke to me ; -` A rl now I may not run away'4A • ,It Was not needed more to say. - . There is a little gird, jest now. 'rho its upon my knee; ' Her .eyes are of a hazel hue— i'..' • -. 'they - say she looks like tile: -.. . Th 1. bee-like humming of her' voice Which makes my spirit so rejoice, The dark-,grown tresses fia acing _wild Ov r the shoulders of the child, Tr], deep glow of her cheeks , WI ch health and happy fzelings speaks, Th fondness of her up-turned gaze, Re i d! to me utv earlier days; Ani in my s'pirit's earl hear - Th accents of the prattling dear - I alied ti be thy little wife, - ,To I I I less- anll beautify my lif.;-- ..•_. 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' 'The 'Office' ra . tell on- all 'flies, •• hie' ' t mug 0111 ~ rOr the etlerny'sfire by then. courage.'_ The' men ofthe diffikent. regim4nts - •beettme Tin- . gleti together inf . itteitritablei . coufusion. , • The 19th med did ndt care for' the sirders of the nffitiertidt theEt,44th; nor did - the -•soldier7S of the 23d heed tht enttimandsktf an officer,whd did•rtot•-bidongth their regintent. .The'.-offi eers'enuld not ffild their trien-the , men.hild lost si . gh4 of their own officers. All the brio. adieri wive Col. Windhstn• Were wounded or renderedlinfit fir the gnidtuice ofthe attack. That gallant officer did all that man diuld do to'fortn - his 'nien' for the attalc,and lead them against tl* eneMy. :•Proceeding - from trans verse to transVeON: he' coaxed, the , nteit.t o come ciu4 and anticeeded several • titnecin forming al - few . 'of ; ' Them, but - they. Melted away as (list tta be laid • hold - of them.,•and eitt - Z;T fell, in their little ranks de retired to. comer tn keep tit their fusil l ade. Many - of theni , croWti e d the lu*er.oart of the inner rittrapetltdd kept up , a, smart- fire upon l the enemy; btlt nothing . would .inditee thetn‘to come nut intro th . :tiapen Spat.ennd charge the breastwork. .ThiS was lall git,ting - •on 'at. the proper. :eftface Of the Redan, while nearly the same tome Was, being \repeated at the sa lient.. Estery mement'eur men were dimin- ishing in n'tnnberS, while the llttessians - Carle I up in • swtirms trtnn the town -arid rushed down fromtheNfalakofE which ' had now been ocenpieti. h' the ;French. •,. hrice did.-. Col. , .Windhamisetici . offs cers to Si r ' ' W. Cotiring- - ton, who Was in the . fift h parallel begging of him to E.ll - 4 tip - Supports in scene order of i formation j' btu all three of 'these officers were wounded - as they passettifrinn the dile!) o f th e Redin to the rear, and. the Colonel's own 'Aid-il-Carti . P, Lieut. Swire of the turn. ' : teenth, a gallant young officer,l was hit clan- ' gerously in the hipas7he went on' this peril oas errand: . Supports were., indeed sent up, but they katne Op in disorder from the fire to which-. they • were exposed on their way, and , - rrived in driblets oak• to lnerease . the confusinn and the carnitge. Finding that he could ctgleet no.tnen on that ; left flee Col. Windham passed l through.one lot the cuts of the inner parapet, , and walked over to the right face, at the , ,dristaticenf thirty yards-from the Russian breAstwork, to•whch he Moved in a parallel line, to ,a ; close fire, but wenderfel to say,' , without being touched. • . • The C•olitnel gat, some riflemen /111.1 a feW Of the 87th i togettier; but no 4ouner had he broierht anent tout than they were killed. wounded, air dispersed by a colicentrated fire. The offieer.l, With the noblest ditrotion, aided Col. Windl)ani, and -he beeatne, the special mark of the enemy's riff: mutt. 1 Then arrow . neek. of salient was too elo:e to ti lon= any kind . - 44 formattnit, and the mitre the Men crowded iiito it the inure they ; tat nut of order, tail the store they suffered' front the enemy's tire. This miser4ble wnrk lasted for!:m hour: The Rus,ianswere now in dense Masses behind the hreastworle. and Col.. Windham - walked !rick InToss:.llie mi e n space to the left'to make one more aitempt:to retrieve the day. T e mew . of the tparapet of the salient, who were firing at tha'; Russians, sent theie shot at him, anti the latfer, win) were pouring vu!ley after Vttiley on all point's of the head of the, work, likewisedirkted their mnskets against . him, but he pas4e...l thrinigh - this eross fireln safe ty, and got t:within:!the inner parapet on tffe left, where the men were Iteeoiniug thinner and thinner; A Russian officer) now stepped. over the breastwork, and tore twn a gabion •wiflt-his oWn hands ; it was t make ru n g f ,- 1: 21 .field-Piece. Vol.i Windham exelaimed . , . to several s4.thliers' whi) Were Oiug over the parapet, , %Yell,. as you . are so intld of &leg, why f o nt V - ou shoot. that Rus l itiatt V - Th 4 .fired a vnliiiy and Missed hint. and s•yin . after the fteld-pieCe began to play onl the head of the sllient•iivith grape. Gil. Windham saw there . was an time . to be lost.. 1-:tt had sent three office . int re-infiireemetitt; and above all, for rate r in forMation, and he now resoly ed to eo nt ;Pen. Codrington. Seeing ' Capt. Cre.arlock , the 9 0 th near to him busy in encottrag• g, his Men, and exetting himself re " with g t energy .to get! them - in order,. he said—' I must go tb, the general "for supports. Now thind,let it he known, in case I - ant killed,why t. w - etit away.' lie cr;ssed•the par apet and, diich, and 'succeeded i• gaining the fifth paralkil throtigh a storm of grape and • rifle hullet4. in safety... Sir W i iiiiem - Cod-, rington asko hint ; if he' thought he really could do anything with such sit i ppOrts as he 'Could affierd; and said he Might take the Roy.' als, who - were then' in the parallel. ' Let the oTf!ers come ,out in fi s •ont—let ds advance in order, and it the Men keep their formation the Redan 4, ours,' .wtt's the colimel's reply; but he spo4 too line—for at that very our -ment our men were' seen. leaping down into the ditch, or ritiming down the parapet - ofthe salient, and through the ; embraslll.o4 ont'of the work into thedbeh; •While the Russians followed theno with the iniyo4t, and 'with' , It-avy intisici.try.- add even threw sneies. an grapeshot . ati!thein riff they lay blithe diteh.— The faet -West That the Russians having accu nittlated-...4icrar thnusands .of 'nett - behind - - the breastw( l irk, aniEseeing our Men all seat tired up . .an4, confined. behind the inner par apet of the Cvaversh,'ernssed theihreastwork, through whi z eli several iiele.-rtiecl were now playing, with.grapenn the ironer face of the .Redan,: and ffnirge4-our. broken ',evotips with the liiiimer,' : :itt theNime time tha t r ' the rear ranks, gettink on die breastwork, poured a heavy hail 4 1 _) 9 11e 4 .0n them 044 • the head • .. t of the advanFing column. The struzgle g that took place Was short, desperate and bloody. Our soldier's' taken it every di advantage. •- met tue enemy with the bayonet tnU, and isol li t c d combats .. - t.'Jok place stifich" • the heave felloteti who StoOd their viand had to defend themi!elves against three or four ad-. versr. ti es .ht In this melee the:(4l.!ers, armed only. with their swo . rds,i had little i ha' thoss who carriAOistola ibui-h opportunity of u : ing them in itieihn,rapid :Enniost. They felllike heriles, and Many agallant soldier with thilm. The, bodies tbr Eingiiih'tutd Ru-sians locked in an einbraee 4ith dehth could not relait, fiuL had rather retifented - all the — closer, lay next. .day inside th'e Rednit'As evidenels s►f ` the ter. ' rate animoSity‘ of ti!ie.strutzgle. ,But the'sol- Id weight Of thss ad*ancing man:. urged 'and - red !moment from the rear by corn patiy.after ornnpanyrAnd hattallini niter - blo t:LI:ion; prevailed atiiut against the isolated: itild . litiointed band' ivhei had abandoned the, ittLotection ollunitnitnity and courage and bud. lost the advantage of discipline end obedt'enee. As thierigt. tienne giant rock had . advanced into the sea and ; f4rcol bark the:waters that bpf - feted-if,-*SO 4id tbei,Russlifn columns press down aftaleatffieliti9i of coldietit which fret- FHB • - - . - ; ted-their- edge with fire en d s teel and tonteind;-- ed in. vain.vainat.their ,tlorellextr . - Thefi* 4l lP -) glinghand .was..forCed heek.. - . the -. enetny . ,_ who moved on' crushing -friend - and* the !be neat)i their solid tramp; andhleeding, pant , ' jog, and 'exhanated,-.ourtner lay in-heap* in , : the ditch beneath the parapet,sihelted think, selves, behindeturies and_lts bornb.erviee s. the slope of the work, or endeitycirel fiase back again to our idianced'paraltetnnd-stin.' *and - Ltd tri run the gauntlet ela tremendhus. fire.-iMaiirpf them lust .their or - were Aeriotisly wounded in this attempt. 1 ,The • siecnoiu the _ditch was appalling althoAgli Scene , * 'the officers' have assured me that they and the men were laughing at - the *pre cipitation with whith.manyhrsv o fel I( twa did not. hesitate to plenge epee the ,mass of bayonets musitet,,, And Sprawling The:ladders "Were" 'alf knocked doviiiOr broken,'-So: that"-it' wa i l; -difs; cult fur the mien to getnp nt the other-Side; and. the deed,..the dying,'-- the 'wounded; end this so'uitil; were all lying.in beeps ,to,gether, The Russians came out . of the einbrastireS, plied. them, with stones,, grape-shot, and the bayonbt, tnit - ivere.kenti flirL•ed the fir e ofour hatterlett and riflemen, and itn= . der : cover of this fire many of( ioer men es (*p to.t)ie,approachea. le some iestinces =the enemy persisted in remaining outaele 'in order to plunder the hitt - lies of those Who were lying en the _atop ! ) if. the w:i . Ine t -ail& paid the pehaltyfif their; AshiteA in Ibeing , qrefebed beSide their 'flied;' but othersitame tbrthen.a holir errand: aed actually brilu, , ltt water to our wounded; if this lust Set be true, -it: is _hut right to disertidit the.story . that the placed our wounded over the !nag:tante in the rear of the redan,' _near the barrack, battery, ere they fired it!—the' only foundation fur which, as far as I_ can discov er, is that many of the .bodies of our men. found in the redan, were dreadfully, scorched . and burned ; but there *ere, mealy ,RaSsians lying'there in a similar: kale: - I ! Otir.itttack laStedabout tut hour and three quarteris', as well as I could make oat, and in that tine we lost More men than at Inkerinann where the fi_hting lasted fur seven hours. - It is difficult, as ,I have had occasion to- ob serYe on former invasions- ' to give With any TretensionS to accuracy the'details of st-bat ltt!it becomes:elniest impossible to at tain cerreeteese iri.deseribieg such an affair as the assault on the redari tinder . the 'pecu liar 6i-cum:Nimes which' attendA it. In ad- - 1116(in to the smoke of battle, there were ay dust Mingled with sand, Which blew right into the laces of the men and swept the hills 'its their rear, which were criaded with spectators, or those. 'who tried to be-and the irregularity - of the ground offered other impediments to their view!; hut greater than all these obstacles thief that uu otie could from any eeeceiyable pireition in front See what was rein' on inside the Jac which seemed to engarf Our soldierslWith lin its htige dun-coltired ntgged-- parapet... 4 only to vomit there fnrth again in dimillslied narilberS.. It was all along but-too plain to understand what - ;was.taking place Within from the externalastiect of that ilLfated Work -the sbeies 'id Whieh; hate astonished the vii•erld with the sight of British trtnips, in flight twice •in twit successive 'ettueks tin its fiirmidaliie defenses* :i ., This' redin has cost us more lives than thn4eaptire of I3adajoz , not to *peak . or duke who have fallen in the trenches and ap proachea to it; and, although the etterny evac dined. 'man scireelyelaini the credit-of having eauied thorn stet' toss that they tired owing to their dread itif a renewed a s , sault. On. the contrary, vrr must, in fairnei.. ad mit that the Russians Maintained their grip of the place till - the French were fairly eatai • lished .in; the Malaki4,and the key of thelpos: ition was torn form' their grasp. ' They might, indeed; have remained blthe *place longer than .they-did, !Its- the Fr ench were scarcelyin a'conditioti to molest them' from the. Malakoff with 'artillery, .and . enuld not be permitted. to; interfere 'with our attack! had they_ been able to send reiniorcernents to 'us; but the Russian' deneral.ie a mat oi l too' much genius and eitperietice as .a soldier _to ;lose Men in 'defending an untenable position,! 'and his. - retreat was effected with masterly] skill Audi with , perfeet ease he the fire of a 'vie-, tOrious enemy. cOvering,- his rear by the: flames of the burning city, and treinenduous esploAeUs, Which spoke in tunes of porten-. tons war sing to thole who . might have wish.; ed . ' to castoff his retreat, he led his hattabonS, in - narrow files across a deep arm of the - sea,:, conimanded by our - guns and in the face of Most poWerfu I fleet; paraded them in our sight niihey-eHr4sed, and -ctrried offall his nose useful -stores and m unitions of war. - He:left fete trophies and many bitter memories. •TIIIs IN7'ERIOR OFSEVASTOPOL. .1 . WEDNESDAY, Sept. 742„ It is -delightful to abandon the-old herding, `.` iege-of.Sevitstopill," which, for the last .threemonths, might have been. steretyped„ but it is,not clear. what is to 'be put' rfl. its! place, forthe enemy, having abandoned the south side, seem prepared to defend the north aide, rind!to - erect there another monument of engineering skill, and.to leave Other ineineri els of their. dogged -resolution.• The wonder; ufall visitors to the- rains Beyastopol isdi= v ided,- 7 they astonished .at the strength' of the , works, and -that they were ever taken ; they are' amazed that men valid have defen.., ded: thenvno lung .10h such ruittaround. them, These fee/ings are-apparently in oppositiori; to eatth.other;:tint a glance at %the plrere,erxild-! esplahrtheapparenteuntradiCtion.: Klsclear in the first 'place,ithist the fire of our artillery-. was searching -out every nook amid, corperl of the town,'and that, it would hi:avow:A/trolly_ in/ possible:Sir:the Russians to keep.any body , 'men tot dekd knit Jibe art .itad:4,atteil , without ouch. inue l lerous-Ilissas , would -speedily , ir emituilitta.bornb.Protifie large-and ..numerous las they -srera, ~-eet...hold the reeiiiiite Circe , u, , -resist a general .( oticerted Watch ell along ; .t 4 ; line .1 0 P;i9us ! On lbe other iland,.,t4a farentiithactiau 711/ 4 , 61 unimielves is r;r<XligiOt. One . he oar engrneeri feebly saying y are badiyi,” traced " . ,ned.that, kind of gilt. (Oil it ix spite evident iiiatthe Rusian, ) is m, ler.tbe In' the _open field; furs been:enabled to sustain th e , - dims beinhirdetent eVer,,kno.ten and en .e.11 , - ,en ‘ 1 1 ,1 *.! / 4 ege, that he, yeas reo(l4l.l.4_„c4,__ilb• bin of.Tephiethg !htle.genera, asaan!t r ana 444 a - sub.equ.nt attack upon him at fOur points **only INCLTafful at : otie, which,forinestelY happened to be the key, of his position, and the inferenee fa that hia engineers wereof eott:, tmatmaie ability, and furnished with ar. SE tifteitti.titNugiltithit. wu*,,iiigl. qu4 u to-our. best,efrurts._ -' 1 - , • •,, The,snrprise th anghout the camp on Sun , • day morning was ;beyond 'dekeriPtiiin 'when` the tiewajlipreetl:thit SevaatoPol was' on -fire ' and ' that '.het, enenty ,were' retreating ,,-, ; 'h e , trentendetu,s exploileme, ,Whio - shpok ;the. VerY ' grpund.likelr ,mitny..earthclitakes,..litiled..t.o.. disturbed' In:lei . .of our wearied saldier.4:= When I rose ere'day:ibreak 'and" got: - itiC - tO Catliciart i it hill,lbeiewere•tint many offieers .atat-linfe fin that - fSvoiate spot -;,-and the !deeps e(s ,i'iho had;;-J,id..:down tii . rest, ,tlofibtful . ot the iuccess of the .'retich, mid certain of our , Own . ' failnre,.,little Cl reamed that sA•ii r siOicol was ours 'All - Was reidy 'fir a • retie:Wed as' sat/it on iltie.tedan;t b.iir-the .. Resale-1 )it *ovine kept . np:i,brisk fire from: the rifle ailtikai i d,em ; faresures -Ito the. hist .moment,. and .haying adopted _the 41atne Plan. along their,l Ines, So as • to blind; itir• 'eyes end . engage Our aft - onion abandoned , it;•ii4"is tipposed,:iiliont,sl•2'o'CloCk aed . ,tbe - tolentte having attracted the attention of our. iitiein,-leolnei Vqitintker.s . crept _Upland !nuked ,t brougltrin ,e,tit biat,S ti re, and found the place. deserted by All save the dead and ..dy ing; • Soctin'idlerVeard•'7.vandering flees-glehin ed. thrthigh - . the ' streets 'and .thitskirts-of . the town—pciint:.after point' became alight— s the flemes.shoneout of the - windows of tho ; lions: es-L--rows'of 'mansious caught and burned up, and ere 'daybreak, the town of SeYastoptilL=- thitt fine . 4nd,.stately Mistress of the Euxine, on :which lie, had so often' turned, a lnfiging eye.; was On fire front theSa tethetieckyard-- creek, Fort Alexander-waa blown up . with a stupendinis„crash 'hat, made the earth reel, early in the . 3 t night. ; At Sunriself mi l , large ea:- phis:ens oiei the left If Alowed io quick , iice.l.ei,- sietr; endjaniumeced the destructiOn , f •the -Quarantine forts and theimagazines of -the batteries Of the Central bastion:and; Flagstaff fort.... In iii moment 'filter the propi.i. ;left -of , the .sedan paat's the seem: of a very heavy ex. plOsion, which must have dekroyed a • num- her of Wounded men on both . sidecii .- - .-Fortu natelY th44.soldiere who had entered it early in the night *ere Withdrawn. Tate; Flagstaff . and garden: blew up, one • after another, at 4:45.. At!s:39,there were' t;to..,ir the largest and. grandest explosions on the kit that ever shook the earth—inest,probable from Fort Alexanderi and the; Grand .neigatitt: The rush of black-smoki of gray and• White va fair, of inissci of shine, .beams of tubber and tnaSonry into, the ate was-appalling, an-I then follmied the roar of,ii great borribirilment. ; it was a, ittagazine of shells'blown I into the air, and exploding like sonic gigantic pyrie technic display in the sky.:the.ell'ect of 'the inutimerahle flashes of fire twittering- high up in'the ColuMn of • dhilt smoke over the town. andahen changing rapidly into as triiinv balls of ' White smoke like little clinic's% All this time the Russians wire marching with sullen tramp /milks the-bridge, and boats Were busy , carrying efrmatetief front the town; i or. bear. .ing men . to the tooth side, tei complete the work' of destreetioni and • renew the fires of hidden mines, or light up_ initeitchi‘d houses: Of the fleet; all, thati remained visible were the steamers and the masts of the sunk en line-of-battle shiP.4.- •• 2. :1 . As siatit!ii:it wasclaWn. the Frenifh began to steal froiti their trenches hiei the!fitirr.ing town, undi - imayed--by theflarries, by the ter= taws of the explosionk by the fire ottat lurk ing enenty,lor by the fire of their own: guns,' which, kept -on sloWly diseharging, cannon shin and griipe,into the suburbs at regular intereala, pOssiblY iiith the 'object of det6r_ ring sti'aggferS froinfi--kir.te their lives. :But red . . breeches ;and, 'Mite. breeehes, .kiiiii - mid ,4uuaye fez,l could Siein be distinguished amid -the flames, and mining from hon-e to house. Ere flee o'abiek there were imiiiliers' (,f been coming badk with p l undei, siteh- as' it was, and Russian refiea-were-otiered . for ;sale. iti. the camp 4fore the ,Russian biutiillions had marched out Of the :city. The -sailors, too. Were not behind hand. it•liioking. for , “ loot," and' Jack ' &Mid . lie.T.S.'n - stiigieeing -intder chairs; tables, led himberirtg - old pictures, through every; -street,'-and "making hi; way - back-to the;trenches with vast aceutrfolatimis of .worthles;sness. ; Several men 10-.4 their., liCee by explosions on this and the.following day. At 7 1 :10, several sinall detOnatiens of shells and-poWder triagazineS took place-in the town -behind. the Retian, and 'also im -the; left of the! Dockyard ,Creek... -At 7:12, iin- • mense clouds of taktek....snaiik e .ro, e ,tr ien h te hinort . Paulrohably . fro a stamer whic d h f We fd-and , bu p rning in the M dockyar e d.— The Ruseian . coluiniisi which had 'been -defik ing in a cant-unions stream across the bridge, now .latleame broken into small. - - bodies, or went over in intermittent masses, tiaseatheit by the shotia . nd "shell:Which plunged into the water . close beside them. At 6:4s;the last deade column 'niarched past, and soon after ward the bridge was pulled -asunder, and. - the pieces were lan floated across 'to the north: -side at 8.07.',. The beats did not' ceaseto pull backw• rd -end forwrii'd ; all the time, and the steatite S ' We're' 'exceedingly hairy Jong • after the gar, ison pOved. At 9, there 'Were, inaey -- 1 explosiOnsin theanwa amid the burning rue ins, and the battlementa of ,fort Nicholas ap peared lin fl4ues. .Still therewas no;explo- ' .sion there Filar in fort Paul. • ', • 1 - - It solhapf4nfil the . tat.; theremnants: of the Trenchlregitnents, engaged-Oil the left against the Malakoffl and - the LittLe , ltedate`inareited to..theiri tent this morning, our seciiiiii diVi was pion d • maim ; up on thy-parade gretind in front of ,their camp, and the 'French' -had to. 'pass' their - line's. -The irtstant._t i be- . leading, regime 4 of ;Xoutives -icaniii up to . the spot where clur first regiment was placed, the men .with ono.Apeittiineuits bursar 1 . 4).141_12e ; air with. 4,ll,Englisfri cheer. .11 . 41 , ..rrinteli of fi cers drew. their sword 4, their . Men, dressed up and marched pastas if at revieat, wink regiment. after iegimeht caught Ur the eryi 'and' at hist. our :men- pre e' l entriti airtlas:' to-bor.-. brave corn-' aides - of ..bl a riutev.; and; ,the- .oBuerl ,on both picleS , saluted- each uttler wi th their swords; and this continued : ti, I - the' last man bad Marched. bY.I" r '' -' - ',i •-:-....: ' ' ' -• Mingled 4ith - the - iplunderers from -the front- were.manylkUuntied.men. - The'aintitt . ' lances never evased,:iiiite moving bieivily and slowly :with their - turdims,-aginnrattling at it. ariat to the, frift , -.tor 4, fre , bil!rg ~ and . the . ground between the trenches Ind . the bang) was studded :with 'eaCidets Or 'mule litteri...:- . - Already the thneral parties' had commenced 'their 'labors. I .. The :Rnssians- all • ;thi s time were swarming au theinorth.Side,,-and • totl( the liveliest ,inte,rest in theProgreSSOf ;,the explosions, and ',confla4rOtiniis." . '•Tliey 'Joel up.- ground itt their. Old - tairapit,..and. SW - Mania gall Over the flee - Of the Mlle behind ; llte northern: fortit.-' idoving duwn,'luswevtir,Ain. the ' i t*ht, prink .of .ottr:'otraity; pfioicetii ii .altiiikll . party i - - -, - • =NM s2l MI jy. RI MEM ---. . of us managed; :• t . o • 4 tu •” r .l. n:A . he rn ,-; ct !v erly, . s l i m to get_ utramong the I.terich . voria l ti4W4gif the '.lti r itiiielOit and lfalarliott : ' -The 2 6,,ronintf is herWil here I I - T.'paied :With 'Shot :and shell; and thii.:serfitee.isdeoply;hOnescoml4 ;. hy . :the , eFfiftitill'.Ol..theixirutr4.4lt-.VOrY N,l'sli,Plrd. Tiler/ ,Were.g4iiiily stght..4 on the Way.,, - oo IttiSsrarit who - 6:4_ died be - Were' d')',.i t ig as't Nei iti'y; llt i niglit;'aii'eir til*Ard thelasPitats from tile:fl NI Itlitritkoft -.Passing:thrangle a Attu ofTtrenrbea,:tif-tattiondes;'And id zig-zags and paraltels,by ‘vbiett , „the:Frer,ell : -, had • worked rheir sure and 'deiid i li Way 'cl eie tii:the; heark of the-Rossi to defense; 'and' ' 1 reading - gen di' ,! fitnottei :the "beaps4trdead, Where thwe ' d bear e 'full tokens of the bhiody , fray, we 4, ,, a - vtaS.t,:-I.ti thre head of the,,Frenchlittp.: -, t I s il r) iiiirely ten iardi - front tha t: the.b.oe of the huge siva% mitihdidf - . earth:Which riS.Ca : 'l . ol .teeny feet ',.!in; 'bight, above . the..,levet ','. and 1 shut, ' In. , every (iirectiort-the' grittning.tuttz. zles Of its guns. The tricolor waves placidly, froiirits higheSt point,; slid alreadythe French are bus,y - : coustriieting a ser.uiphore . „on: . the top. I Step briskly. ,out. To! the. sa p —a void . those ' Poor . mangled bravi...s Wit() are lyYng •- a1 • 1 around; and tutee 'on. •ThOc, is":Oditeir at your feer, , ''soms tw enty. or. t wen t.,) , -two , feet • . deep ;and •ten:feet •..bnitut, ':-See, here lathe .place, wbere , tjle French Grosrd 7 -here.,i- s. th e bi Lige of plaiiks, 'arid here.-they . SWertned'in upon the unsiispecting, dv.letiders Of the Mat aliottf' Plie)\-had not. ten yaiiilS 1010." -We had t No hundred; arid were then Out i,f breath.: . \Ver+ nut pletika, better than scaling-ladders? See.h4_ easily the .14'rench crossed. - You ob serve! on your right, 11 - and; as you issue fiimi the hiad of t lie French trench, a line of galii lon., o h thee around running' up to - this bridge. That it-i,a flying sap, which. the French. - made -tin;: it they - gut out, of the:trench into-the -Aalitltotr, so that they .were enabled to - pour .a continuous _stream of men : into the works, with lioniparative tstfetV froth the- flank fire of the eiletny. 'ln . the saute' were they' - at - onee dug trench across the: work inside, to - se e if atel-e wertruity 01V - 41'14: Wires to-fire mines! Aloinit. the tputapet and descerid-irt what aniazina t , thickness are those embrasures l— .F.rotii the level Of the' gro.md inside to. the, top of ti-^ parapet pallid be less than eight:, ten iket. There are eight rows of gabions piled one ahoy() another, and :as cacti :row recedes towards the top it leaves 'the ledge •,- b e low below' an excellent banquet fur thedel,4iders.. Inside,, the shilit, is too. horrible ',to (id!' up 'on:, The French are carrying away flail; ' own dud the Russian wounded,alid there are five distinct piles of dead formed to. deer .the . way.] The ground is . Marked by pools of blood; , and the sntell is already noisoine : swari,ns of flies setae on' dead ' 'and dying"; br,;ken . nmiiket4; !fin' clothes ' caps, shakos, swords, -bayonets, ' bags- of bread, canteens and haversacks, - are. lying in. indiseribahle ,wreck, all over the place, mingled with heaps of shOt, ~r grape, hits o f shell,..tairtiidges;case and eiiii .ter, loteie powder,offic.ii-- papers and eookitigktins.' .. The traverses are so high and deep the the is impossible almost to get ..a vi e w of th e wholo of the Malakoff from. any one spot, and there is ti high' mound of earth - iii th , :,middle of the Work, either iiitended 'as it kind' of shell proof, : or - the'-reMaiiis of -the Ord: White 'rower. The gulls, Which- to tit_ immt,tir:of sixty were. tound..in the work, are ell, - shiV-s-gtinsouotintiid on ship's'earriages, atid . wl,cked in the same .Way, its ship's guns. ilicre;are a feW oid:fit,hiuned, liddly:Aaped -iortai. Lioi;k - around the work, and - you Will see:. that the strength . of the, Russian - was hi* ; weakness—he fell -into the owp-tiontb primir; . In the parapet of the, lic.work.inay be • 'observed seVeral entrances , very traw put side, but de:cending- and etitargiug di;in- Ni•ards, and opening intotoutris s,.,ii - te four 'or five feet•high- and eight or ten square: ,These are wily lighted front theutitside it:, day i - and must have been pitch dark .at . .at 'night, unless . . .. the ineti ere allowed lanter Here the . garrisiUt retired when exposed t o :a heavy pornhat dinent.. ' The' War: Of these iiiiiTow :Chat - fibers 'is ' villainous, and: the - air reeks with - liiistd and ! abominationsontitterable : : 'There are - ikve.ral of „these places, :and,. they might-. *et- defiance : to the heaviest mortars 'in the, world. Over the roof is'ti-, laiyer:of ship's" masts era in 'junks and depositedearefully,;-. tlien there ' is over thetn a-SOlid layer of earth,. ':that that.* lay er:trigabions, .aird,alinve }ithat a- pile of" - eartlt again. in ,ilne of the.te. 1 dungetrus, which is :excavated.' in. the. ; solid 1 roek,, And . was probably beneath . the. old \Vitae Tower,. the officer. etennianding • See'in.- ed to' have, lived; - It triust'lia‘te becti - a'Area- - *rY 'residence. : -The flour an& the: etiftlauce were literally,,, a tout deep:with 7repOrts. to-- returns, and- perhaps ; dispatches 'assuring' the CZar that : aid place had sustained „nu ' dat nu% ~. , The garriso n were inthese mirth w . chambers- enjoying their 'siiesta, 'which: they invariably take - -at 12. o t eloek,: when 'the French burst in on..tlietn, like.o.torrent, and. as it were drowned them in their hulas: Of nil the pictures of thebort-M..4 of . war IA li - ich haVe ever been presented to the world, the hOsp"rtal of SevaStopol presents the most horrible - heart4Onding, and - revoking.: It cannot be des cribed, and, the-imagination of a FuAelli cauld not conceive anything, at all like pinto- it-- :How 'the: ticar hiintaii,body can be mut i lated .and yet- hold its soul w i th: in, when every tiMb IS Shattered, and every vei ii 'amid artery is potiring - the - life 'Stream, One Might study tere'at every step, rind at the:saute time:wonder-how I the wilt kill.! ... The building used, as a hospital- is, one of the noble ptleS insidelbe duekyar d wall, and ~ . . . - - . 1 . i,i situate' in ttie, cenre - or the row at right an igfes to the linii' . of . . the 'Retiati.': The Whole - row-WaSPet •- •itliarli , exposed lo - the itetioni of, shut aud:,tihelir:buittidiug river. the - /iat an. and to the missi,e.a.,diretitod .at, tur,l4/To4,§Ut•- • . tery.i. ar.:4 it be a rs . in sides-F:arts, .iiiclowS . and &tit's, fret:pent and diAlactiVe rProefS - fit' the severity - tit the attinduzide.,l. - Enterir'ig' r ono 'or these doors - 'i , :' beheld aue#4, -- isigheas`; few. nets, thank God,,f.hav?s le vae, 4,taa,41 ! .:lie a: lung,low,rtann,_support4,b ) l ~ , ,luare, pi ttar , i, ', arched af,"the ; tut) and: ditil;) : I :tgittoi, thrttugh shattered and : ung IU At A 1 i W•rra" 14 . 4 lay; 'the WOuldeilltiSStaii4,,:,-'-Wlio- hid betiVitliaii. dotted f , - our. I fferei ea by' their . general. - --, The . lionnilo,. did :14ay.1.-,- . ,..N0„. btt,thei dead, .;the . rotten laid testertitg-raulises,. i irtTtle .M.e soildierf , who Were:left •ludst : ill-I.llair:ArZtre.sgirny' UM.elith:),l' , tinorred: f0r,P0,41-4114 3. 1. 21 !).1. they: 'could .be,stoWed; i,unitt on the IlOkrit:AlicraOtt., Wretched ties . ties and . betlsteads, 4 or pailt.ta , t ,f , btraw, blypd Mufsattliatedwithlilia a s i vihi c ii' oozed : tad. rtriciteled thrteigit ..ttp • ou. , :thii" flour, mingled with the : droppings- of 'eurrup:' tam, ill nit-'the roar 'or ea — ploding: : furtriSea„ in, their. unrs, ; with-. skit,. ,and :ItherllS..,pOuring thmugh tlie,to4f*rd. sidos„of -the, nantia in which Or/. 4Y . 1 100. 1 th.i.t. FP 41 44 *, -, hi* j R ;it ME . . • . - 41 `,ii: i i) - in . .: - . 1 ::!... , .1 .-- f. , .-..:" -...! 1 , _,-,, :--r--7-- :..t.D'ilf.l..T4iV ::- .F g:',!),ii-,.. , , q,M __ . . 4 y. . 4. • 4.4 , 771 1 1;firr : IBM 1 . , • . . 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'Many near . y, ;nal bY ACene': atotilid thernl, 6r- seekingesespe froti) theiriextitme4 :Prong liiidirOlied imitYnttakiT tf 'reds , ind glared out on' the heart -Striate& aMtattW with-stilDh Jooki!•jiStaty.,.wlitt nip!, and:,Jegs., brolwn ,twlsted.,7 af)linters.st,lelcing!throngli titeraw: flesh, int i plored wiiier,f6o3' eity,or Al l erfri s re4 niiieelt by the appr(7ach orderith,rl.4---br, dreadtal'injuriee'm t,heiread i; trankoacint, ed to the lethgli%pok::: Mao:. steqrnis alone nn n 21411 1 ,0 0. p c ' aee- ,Wii ( ll -4te4 '7 r0"-. The atiltdde.; ofsome,were !nano' a•gyfiri, taAic as to ap`rwear and iiinOlne Wthigrotia by ft sorfordrendfel fasCinatfon. rof4iftbrt blriody maii of el4lhing - ind- white Unnes:ca , - `• er,have, been-a buyaan., being, cr,that banked. (g a d ( mass, offle., : tk ever had liipatan.soni.l It . was fearfalit-What the eqswer must hi.. The bodies tirlititphep; 'of 'ilen - Zicri.4.e swollen ;and bloated to an increilibto• dtigreei aiad the faeturei distended Icro. gigantic size; With. eYPS f.rftm - .theifts44etsi t 4 34• the btacliened tongu e killing ipit of, Ocirnouth, coinpressecl tightly 14 'the .teeth;;Which fad Nei upon' it in tlieideith:rattle,'tnade one sha der and reel round..:; '-- "'-.• In the Midst of one of. these." eharnheriSid . "horrors ' 4 l for, t here were ,many of,. ther , were found 'some dead,,and some, living gp . 4tish.sithl ii,rB, and 'iMOng`them poor:-Captairt 'Vaughan of the nineteenth, who has since itte,... `climbed this wounds. -1-tionfesait-Was-itn7 possible fOr me to stand the sight,*hiclt hor rified our. Itnost experienced..surgeone4i,* deartlyclammy stench, the smell ofgangreneti wounds, Of 'corrupted tgood:, - "oe'rUtting flesh, were : intrfertible beyond eridaranc& -- "l3,itt What - muSi have the wounded felt :who•werp. obliged .to-endure; :all this, and4bo:passeo away without a hand to, give, them Ai cup f pf water'or a voice to say. one kindly U:ord -r e ,,, them.'? Most - of these mett 'Were Wiiiinded on Saturdai+nany perhaps- on- the Friday lit. 7 fore--•indeed it.is impossible to - t4tyliowlotig they might have been there— . Itt the inn,47l: of their , retreat the Aleseovites seen to have x.arriful, in . 'dead, men ip get them out of 416 ' way, and ' o haVe put th e m ,:,n.thote-tAlii-hi,;r rid- mockery. So : that- their' ret rent Atras , 4 . e. - eared' the - enemy cared - but little. tor their wounded. On Monday only did_thevjeceiv e those whom, we sent out , to4heto `durirtg . a brief 'armistice' for the purpose,, WhiCh'lt.;;,;s, I believe, sought by . ourseli•es; as' our •OV - en: Crowded hospitals could. not holiitaiS 'Coble, rot contain, and citir overworked surgeons could out teeny:more.: ._.. .- ‘- „. . u The Kane Expedition7Thrilling Adventare. Some of the episodes encountered' diming Dr Kane's. seatreh, have wild .interest. 4.t one time it became necessary to send kis tigue party with provisions, to assist the mein party under Dr. Kane, in' an attempted pis ,sge across i Smith's SoUnd. This.party Wes under the command of Mr. Brooks, first offi cer of the expedition. He was acconipaniee by Mr. Wilson and other.yolineers. Dur ing-their travel they, snowdrift the ice completel : : in pen etraille, and 'a snow drift at last ''Swept wildly ever the Peg, and in the midst- of e. heavy gale from the North, the thermometer, to their dismay, sunk to fifty-seven degree , below zero._ Human nature could not• sup. port the terrible cold. Four.of their ' patty. including Mr. Brooks find Atr.'Wilson' we're prostrated with frozen f!et,, and with diffichl ty three of their ciimpar.ions after en , ntkr- - ing great suffering, reached .!•im the ship - and, ea flounced the ..eottdition of t heir_ contrades..— Their chance, of being reset - led seemed ex tremely small. They were in a wilderness' of.snityy, incapable of motion,. proteeted'oul., by s ea &vas tent; anti with no bled - maiits-Vy which their •phsitiod could be known-,, Even to•drarthese mai rned men wunid:have ben. ,under ordinary circumstances, a work pf_sl'2l - . Kit to the slender party lett at fix ship, it seemed to be impo tz siblee ' Dr. Kane, with the holdness and courage whieh'justilleti the warni tittaehment, felt towards him,by•all under• hid command, iu less•than orte'hourpr- ganized a resetting party; lea!ing..ou board onl y those who were necessary to recievelfle ' sick, and "staked off in' the teeth of a terrific - gale, steering by cornpacc, tn . :rescuer - the Slif- - t'er'ers.: Mier Wepteeo,'town ! ' constjint trim el. during ‘iltieh tiro of thehiurty nted; end .others requir e d to be kept' front sleep I,y - • foree,they struck the traitor thelost party:ind finally, staggering under their burdens,'flue by one' reached the tent; which was' ihriost hidden by the snow,. -. • - ~ • . .• - . The,seenn as Dr. Kane entered the. tent, , wa.s erecting beYond description.' ' ~Thiparty burst out into tears. A blubber fire vraslm. niediately built, pemmican ' dooed, and - ito.- - . Party ate - for the first time 'after leavitigAbe ves•el. lee was also melted, hey. 110,14))g , been to, this time.witheurdrink. Warn fiat as they were, but four hours ere:itilowed for the halt. The maimed o"fth, from Par ty were sowed np in- Buffhlo robiss, placed on sledges nnd droved along by tlieir,tom*n: ions, Dr. Katie walking. in. ; tidy nee, :picking the track. COM of the utmost i,erity again overtook them. Bonsall Mid ifirton,•• alai even the E4Ouinteux boy ,Ilsticel Mitt upon • the snows With? sleep. It - was only by. Circe that they ,wets abused, and made: t6proaCet:O . „ as the cold' seepned. to,have destro,yed,atl,eon ceotion of danger. A larp.). bear rttet- on th'eir.rwa,y; was fortunately scared off h'731) 1 -.. Kaill6, by the slini.te 4s;.faii Hof Ids &dd.—. They 'reached the - thip.after a walk- of ill ty. - twtai.hours, still•dragging thar 'et.' autionsibe. hind them, bet. insensake. Dr. 4ktycstbe intelligent surgeon of the ship from Wh o m we at:hauled the * partirtilsitil - thig Mufti! ' 'tufven titre, received the reinining:faity..' T4iiii of their number died of their-injuriet,:and'itwe others underwent' amputation,,Who•are row , restored to, perfect health., Thoconditic* bf those who dragged.the_sicli, was most bitten - - .table, 'Their mein*, for a time was entire. is - goiii,lid the' Ado, ‘in the milfit of niit ter ing deiitit*h, fetetnided a hospital.- •Themur. agedo and'obt, remaining attendatt...itatt in sole charge.at the ship. '. In thiaAtat4of,svmt : rmulticia the sit& remained for two ... i„,,Alee, a days; but tifterequids they entiraji reCtoteired, mid tha party miderDr. Kane - Stalled' ttree wiekti'afterwarda and ralanted,;thefilabors in thesfield. - •.. -. . It'" -1.• --?'-' 'lt I - . Intrepedity like thi?;tii. rieverjacqbsur t Ra rw o, - It 6 spoken_Pf,,Vlt,h enl,ol9l3xtfile4 POW, by - the stoutest !Waits iii"the. eXpecii: thin. 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