The New York Herald Newspaper, October 1, 1855, Page 2

2 in the back of the neck and in ‘the small of the back; ‘the latter the knife 1 the lung, and also broke one of the ribs, This wound may prove fatal. Im the melee Casey’s pistol was taken from him, He was heard 40 exclaim, “Good God, don’t murder me; I will fight you ony way.” fey, it is said, had pulled his pistol out several times dating the day, and once before on Casey. The following persons were arrested:—Dantel Harru sews PY Casey, Henry Derrick, James Hennessey and John Lynch. Mr. Cushing was also taken to the City Prison, and Doctors Shelden and Rowell immediately at- tended’ to him. He requested to bave a priest sent for, which was complied with, and then wished to see Mr. y. When he came he said he hoped Mr. ‘would have no hard feeling towards him. | Mr. swe taken to his room on Pine street,. He was formerly a member of the Asamrahly feo this county, and was late- sy elected Clerk to Le ah rvisors. Mr. Cae formerly kept the “Crys «boarding noase ely tens oy ve on Bush street. {t is hardly necessary to add that the parties have been at enmity for some time x account of loca} political difference. More Trouble with the Indians. {From the San Francisco Heraid, Aug. 22.] For several’ years past, a deadly feud has existed be- ween the Taaieus residing on the frontiers of the Ameri- (an and settlements on the North Pacific. The ndigns ing within the English territory are known as the “King George” indians from the fact that they Delieve that the celebrated personage whose name the} ‘ear still lives and sways the destinies of North Ameri- a. They call the Americans residing on the frontier “Boston men,” nd look upon the Indians who reside within the same territory as their allies. Fights ¢con- stantly occur between these Indians when the canoes come in contact outside of the common fishing grounds, where both tanger generally fraternize and spend the time in feasting and merriment. Outside of the charmed eircle of the common fishing grounds they are deadly enemes, and wage a war of extermination against each other. Recently @ party of Indians residing within the territori: limits “ot the United States, went on a Ashing excursion, but were wrecked upon the northern shore of Vancouver's Island. They were immediately seized by the King George Indians and mur- dered, sixteen in number. in cold blood. Both parties are now arming for a war of extermination, and bloody doings are expected. It is supposed that white influence i# at the bottom of the whole allair, and that no oppor- tunity has been lost by some badly disposed whites re- siding among them, to foment a quarrel and kindle a eral war among’ the ignorant fadians, We are in- rmed that the United States sloop of war Decatur, which is at present undergoing repairs at the Navy Yard, is under orders for Vancouver’s Island. It is rather strange that we have not received news of these proceedings by any of the recent arrivals from Vancou- ver’s Island. “We are disposed to place every reliance npon the soutce from which the above information is de- rived, and are therefore at a loss to account for the silence waintained hitherto in relation to this matter. Miseellancous Items. EAnmigcake iN SAN FRANcisvo.—About twenty-five mi- nates past 3 o'clock yesterday morning, this vicinity was visited by a slight earthquake, which lasted about twenty seconds, producing considerable alarm and confnsion in some portions of the suburbs of the city. The shock was quite perceptible in the lower portion of the ity, but Was most severely felt at the Presidia and the Mission Dolores, and along the hills intorvening west of the line of Jones street. A family residing in St. Ann’s Valley were started from sleep by a violent shaking of the house, which caused a general commotion among the picture frames hanging on the walls, and several articles of furniture were moved from their places. At the Presi- dio barracks (he iomates were all awakened by the shock; and at the Mission Dolores the inmates of every house were awakened, and in some instances the people rushed into the street in alarm for their personal safety. A rumbling sound, as of a heavily freighted vehicle passing over a bridge, accompanied the shock. A gentleman who arrived here last night from a farm situated near the Coast Range, about six miles south from the Mission, says that the shock was very severe in that vicinity, and in view of this fact, it is not unreasonable to conjecture that the next arrival from the South will bring us news of a heavy earthquake on the lower coast.—Sun Francis- 0 Herald, Aug. 29, Say Francisco Powce Sraustics.—Whole number of arrests during the month of August i 57, aa foliows:— Murder, 3; arson, 1; assault with intent to kiil, 1; grand Jareeny, 27; perjury, 1; riot, 4; mayhem, 1; assault with @eadly weapons, 61; petit larceny, 21; burglary, 4; re- ceiving stolen property, 2; forgery, 1; drunkenness, 145; assault and battery, 07; breach of the peace, 23; threats of bodily injury, 15; vagrants, 25; disorderly conduct, 79; misdemeanor, 14; obtaining money under false pre- tences, 1; insane and violating city ordinance, 26; com- mon prostitution, 12; malicious mischief, 22; counter- feiting, 8; false imprisonment, 1. Total—857, Dis- eharged, 310; fined, 90; sent up for trial, 23; bound over to keep the peace, 2; sentenced to confinementin the city prison, 127, ‘Sucve oF THE MuRDERFR OF Stmrirr Prasrx.—An Ame- rican had been arrested near Sonora who had confessed to being a participant in the bloody butcheries at Ranche- ria. The Mexican who shot Sheriff Phoenix, of Amador sounty, and who was well known, had been surrounded; but just as his pursuers were about seizing him, he drew & pistol and shot himself dead, Mr. Dimon, who was so Gesperately wounded in the Rancheria tragedies, and whose wifé met with such a lamentable fate at the hands ef this band of Mexican savages, has so far recovered as to be able to attend to his ordinary busifess avocations. Naval News. The United States steamer Massachusetts, §. out, Lieut. Commanding, sailed from San Franciseo on the 26th August, for the Mexican coast. She is ordered to visit Acapulco and other ports in Mexico, to inquire into the late injuries inflicted by Mexican authorities on persons and property of American citizens, She goes iully prepared for an active cruise, and with the neces- tary instructions from the Commander-in-Chief of she fquadron in the Pacific, to enforce the liberation of all American citizens who may be unjustly detained by the partizans of Santa Anna. She will probably return to this port next spring. The following is a list of her off- eers:—Lieut. Commanting, Samuel Swartwout; Lieuts. Reginald Fairfax and J. B. McCauley; Acting Master, A. A. Semmes; Purser, C.F. Cutter; Passed Assistant Sur. m, William D. Harrison; Passed Midshipmen, Jonathan ‘oung and Dulaney A. Forrest; Second Assistant En- gineer, William A. R. Lattimer; Acting Assistant Engi neer, Edwin Sutton; Third Assistant Engineer, George W. Tennant; Captain's Clerk, P.R. Fendall: Boatswain, Alexander Tyler; Gunner, 4.’W. MeAlpin; Carpenter, ©. Cassidy. Marriages and Deaths, MARRIED. In San Francisco, on the th of Augast, by Rev. H. Brierly, Mr. John H. Stans, to Miss Henrietta, daughter of John F, and Harriet Miller, In San Francisco, by the Rev. Mr. Thurston, Mr. Hen- ry Murat to Mrs, Catherine Stolyenberger. ‘On the 18th August, by the Most Rev. Archbishop Jo seph S. Alemany, Charles Welsh to Miys Elizabeth @. , both of San Francisco. In San Francisco, at the residence of General W. H. Richardson, United States Marshal, by the Rev. Dr. Seott, Captain Richard L. Whiting, of the mail steamship Sonora, to Miss Josephine P. Finnall. ‘On the 4th August, Mr. William Board, to Miss Mary D. Hamilton, both of Santa Clara. ‘At Santa Clara, August 16th, Mr. John Tower, to Miss Charity Holmes. ‘On the 16th August, Mr. Jacob Graves, to Miss Marga- ret Elizabeth, daughter of Jonas Statler, all of Santa Cla- Fa county. In Campo Seco, Angust 16th, Mr, Charles Barlow to Mrs. N. Mi. Clinkinbeard. At St. Mary’s Cathedral, by the Rey, Father Gallagher, Mr, James J. Ayres to Miss Mary O'Brien, both of San Francisco. In Sen Francisco, Sept. 1st, by the Rev. Dr. Scott, Mr. Edward Kelly, of Calais, Maine, to Miss Elizabeth McClay, of Salem, Mass. In San Francisco, Sept. Ist, by the Rev, Mr. Wyatt, at the Pine street Episcopal charch, Mr. Charles Nevelles to Mrs. Eugenia Verbrughs, allof that city, Tn Oakland, at the residence of Mr. 3. Beel, by the Rev. Dr. Eckmann, Mr. A. Heineberg to Miss Regina Davidson, both of San Francisco, DIED: At New Almaden, August 15, after a short illness, Mar- tha Jane, daughter of Thomas and Mary Bryan, aged 5 years and 11 months. Tn San Francisco, Samuel Moss, Jr., late of Philadel pha and for a long time a residont of New Orleans, in 8th year of hisage. In San Francisco, of scarlet fever, Julia Eliza, daugh- ter of Marvin and Lucinda J. Tifft, aged 7 years, 3 months and 25 days. At Fort Point, Aug. 25th, Mra, Sarah Ann Ashley, wife of Mr. S, J. Ashley, aged 24 years. On board bark Live Yankee, June 12th, on the passage from Hong Kong to San Franciseo, Douglass M., son of D. M. Davis, age: 15 months. Aug. 17th, of hemorrhage, Mr. Daniel Barr, a resident of Santa Clara county. In San Jose, no 15th, Don Juan Soto, in the 68th year of his age deceased was & native of California, ‘of old Spanish descent, and in early life, at the breaking ‘out of the Mexican revolution, was a soldier in the royal service at the presidio of San Francisco. At Forest City, July 20th, Susan A., wife of Dr. R.3. Werton, aged 38 years. In Nevada, Aug. 19th, Samuel G., son of A. and C. Y. aged about 2 years, pose, Aug. 19th, Mr. Hinckley Bradford, merly of Vermont, aged 26 years. {nm Columbia, Aug. 16th, Mrs. Lizale 8., wife of Mr. C. = d 18 years, aries K., infant son of John C. and Sarah A. King, Oe ee te and nineteen days. & oOoneT Fo; 3 Withee, ened a3 pon rward, June 27th, Henry Jn San Francisco, Sept. 2, at the residence of the fam- Ny, near the corner of Folsom and Thied streets, William rick, aged 12 months, only chil) ». and Mab. Pores. y chill of James P. and for- ‘Of Small pox, July 16th, at the residence of J; pio lasgow, Scotland, Miss Margaret We ‘< In cisco, suddenly, Mr. George Thornton aged 30 years. Tn Oaklana, Alameda county, on Sanday, the 2A inst Fanme Louise, youngest child’ of Thomas’ P. and M. [ Hamilton, aged one year and two days. Markets, Saw FRANCISCO, Sept. 4, 18 Frovn. Jobbing sales 4€0 quarter sacks Santa Clara at 97; 100 do. domestic at $7 873g; 250 do. Green Valley at $7 50; 400 do, Chili nt $7 25; 250 do, Yreka at $7 25; 300 do. Magnolia at $7 50; 450 do. Golden do. Sierra Nevada at $7 8736; 26 ea. 600 quarter sacks Ashi Bt a Golden Gate do. at 80 60 per 200 Ibs.; and 110 b Jogo and Haxall at $13 50 per Dbl. BEAT. —Sales of 384 sacks choice at 24¢¢.; 430 do. do. at 2 1-166. ; 160 do. do. at Jo. a 21. ; $05 do. good at 2c. and 63 do. inferior at perth. Banuxy less firm, * of California Include 1,180 sacks, in lots, at 1)ge.; and 242 do. at 1160. par Ib, Oxts.—-Sales of 225 sacks California at $1.05: 800 do. do. angt , ng 600 do. Eastern at $149 per 100 Ibs. NE, ‘ale last even! of BO wacks ( ” ov at Tie. per ib, alifornia Bayo ONIONS, —Sales of €0 casks at 126. per Ih Dawnaane—Sale of 00 bags at 1Ko. per Ite eacks at$1 75; 700 do. at $1 8736; 200 ee 80, OO dan at S113, & Hay wad 500 of ‘bbls. old Clear at $16 per half wae ge blag pe (last evening) at to-day, at $28 per bbl. 4b bbls F mnove at $22 per bbl. b. tins at , of 900 tes and 24 bhds., in , 06 do. at 18c. per 1b. SYRUP—Sale of 300 kegs Hast Boston at 74c. per gall. Buranpy—Sale of 200 gail’s Sazarac at $5 50 per ee ‘Tra—Sale of 50 bus. Oolong at 450. per Ib., and 100bxs. Congo, private. The sale of 6,000 es. Green, reported our steamer review, should have been 600 cs, News frem the Plains, MAJOR HALLAR’S EXPEDITION—BXECUTION OF FOUR INDIANS. [t will be recollected that @ company of immigrants were massacred by the Indians last year under circum- stances of peculiar atrocity and barbartty. jor Hallar was sent out with some of the military to punish the In- dians. The Oregonian publishes a letter from one of the expeditionists, dated Camp Ripley, Cummas Prairie, July 29, 1855, from which we make the following extracts:— We hid no incidents of any consequence after leaving the Dalles, until we arrived at Fort Boise, where the major held a twa wa with the Bannick tribe of Snake In- dians. While holding the confab, four of the Winnass band (which is the tribe by whom the massacre was com- mitted) had the temerity to come into the council; they were known to the interpreter, who signified to the Major that they were in camp as spies. The Major did not intimate to any pe.son his knowledge of their being there, until the we wa was over, when he had them ar- rested. They were tried next day by a military com- mission consisting of three officers, and the first one on being tried confessed all, buth the share he himself had in the massacre, and also that of his fellow prisoners, and even went 50 far as to promise to take the troops to where there were more of the murderers, a promise which he evidently did not intend to fulfil, as ciream- stances which transpired afterwards proved, for while the sentry over him was being relieved, he made a spring froin the tent the court was holding its session in, threw off his buffalo robe, and bounded with the speed and agility of a deer for the river, which he would have reached ina very few springs; and if he baa, his eseape was certain, for they are the beat swimmers | ever saw, The whole camp was now in an uproar, officers and men running for their guns and revolvers, and hallooing to shoot him. Sergepnt Kellehard was ser- geant of the guard, and was relieving the sentry over the prisoner at the tie he jumped from the tent; he drew up his musket and fired; and fortunately (for I consider it only a chancs shot for him, although only a few sieps off) hit him in the back; he ‘made one spring in the air, and fell on his face, and in three or four min- utes a)) was over with him. The whole affair, from first to last, did not oecupy more than two minutes before everything was again quiet. The Court proceeded with the ‘trial of the others; they were found guilty of par- ticipating in the murders, and were sentenced to be hung over the graves of the murdered emigrants, a sen- tence which corresponded with the feelings of all pre- sent. Accordingly, next day, July 18, we took up our line of march for the massacre ground, which is about twenty-five miles from Fort Botse, on the river of the same name, where we arrived about noon, and immedi- ately set about constructing a gallows, in order to carry the sentence into effect. Lieut. Hodges was detailed with a party to bury the hones of the murdered emigrants, the wolves having dug up the bodies after they were buried last full. ‘The gdl- lows was erected immediately over the mound the bones were placed under, and on the spot where the immigrants were shot. Everything being now in readiness, the citi- zens and soldiers attached to pedition were paraded at sundown, the prisoners pI {ova wagon aud taken to the gallows, and their sentences having been read and interpreted to them, the ropes were placed around their necks, and at the signal the wagon drove from under them, and they swung into eternity. They were told by the interpreter what they were to be hung for. Tey said it was right and just that. they should die on behait of their tribe, to satisfy the Sockelly-tyee and the Bos- tons for the murders committed by their tribe, so that the whites should not molest any more of their tribe, but let them alone. In this opinion they were a little mis- taken, for if any more of their tribe are caught they will be served in ihe same manner. The bodies were left hanging until sunrise next morning, when they were taken down and buried at the foot of the gallows, ‘which was contrary, I believe, to Major Rains’ instructions to Hallar, which said if any were taken they should be left hanging, as a warning to the other Indians; but the offi- cers would not stand it, it being unchristianlike and bar- barous; and I believe they were right, for 1 think, with them, ‘that instead of being a terror to the Indians, it would have been an_incentive to them to commit worse acts of barbarity. The gullows was left standing, which is warning sufficient. News from on. The news from Oregon is up to the 27th August. Tho Colville zold mines, first pronounced a humbug, are now well spoken of again. Mr, Bauton, just arrived across the plains, reported a texrible Indian maseacre of emigrants this season, at Devil's Gate, on the Sweet Water river. A train of 300 men, women and children, were atiacked by the Chien- nes Sioux, and 150 killed, and all their stock, provisions, &c., captured. The remainder of the train reached Salt Lake City in a starving condition. Among the slain were Gen. Lave’s brother and family. It is reported that 70 whites have been murdered near Fort Colville by the Indians. Lt. Derby has just com- pleted the survey of the military road from’ Salem “to Astoria, a distance of one hundred miles. From'a copy of the Portland Standard, received per Republic, we learn that there has been quite a rush for the Colville gold mines, some fifteen hunired or two thousand persons having left for that region. Large numbers were leaving the Willamettee Valley for the same diggings. A letter from thence stated the writer to be making $10 to $12 per day, and advising others to flock thither. Large quantities of mining stores were gofog forward for the use of the miners. Mr. O’Neil, the agent of Wells, Fargo & Co., was about starting an express for these mines. Some Indians had brought in some of the dust which they had dug. Two of them said they hai dug two days and carried their dust to the priest who rep dit to be worth $80. The vicinity of the Dalles is said to resemble Sacramento in 1849, Later from the Russian Possessions, (From the San Francisco Herald, Aug. H. BM. frigate Amphitrite, Capt. Charles Fredericks commanding, arrived trom Ayan and Sitka, Russian Pos- sessions, yesterday morning, and anchored at Saucelito— all well. "By this arrival we are informed that she arriv- ed at Petropaulowski June 11, after a passage of 30 days from Honolulu, ‘Sailed trom Petropaulowaki for Ayan, Amoor river, Jane 14, and arrived there July 9, after a passage of twenty-six days. Was five days lying at anchor in the channel leading to the entrance of Amoor river, during which time she was engaged in sounding. Found the town of Ayan almost entirely deserted. It is a neat little town, built of wood, contains a neat wooden chureh and thirty-five houses.’ While lying at Ayana Russian iron steamer was blown up, at the same tine proclamation was issued to the inhabitants of Ayan that all private property would be respected and spared everything, with the exception of the steamer. We also learn by this arrival that the brig Leverett ar- rived at Ayan, having on board Messrs. Swan and Clit- ford, who, it will be remembered, were accused some time xince of forging whalemen’s ‘drafts to a very large amount, and who escaped from Honolulu, The Leverett sailed to parts unknown ; Mr. Clifford sailed in her, and Mr. Swan in the whaleship George. Both vessels sailed from Ayan July 10, The Amphitrite sailed from Ayaa July 16, and arrived August 8, after passage of twenty- a There was nothing new at Sitka; all was quiet. : It will be recollected that, after the second visit of the allied fleet to Petropaulowski, information was obtained that the Russians were in strong force at the mout the Amoor river, which rises in Mongolia and falls an arm of the Ochotsk sea, (Gulf of Saghalien,) opposite the north end of the peninsula of the latter name’, the peninsula extends north and south about one hundred and seventy leagues, connecting, ‘according to the best navigators, with the main Innd southward from the mouth of the Amoor, and thus forming with the main Jand the Gulf of Saghalien on the north, and the Gulf of Tartary on the south, It is thought by some that Saghalion is an island, an4 that vessels can sail through the Gulf of Tartary to the Gulf of Saghalien. “It is not absolutely determined,” says Findlay, “whether Saghalien be an island or peninsu- ja, but as all evidence certainly tends towards the latter opinion, that appellation has been retained.” ‘The following facts will tell what is known. respecting it—la Perouse expecting to find a channel through this to the Sea of Ochotsk from the southward, penetrated as far to the northward as his vessel allowed, but the depth at last decreased at the rate of a fathom a mile. He then sent two boats to sound, but they only advanced three miles into six fathoms. He also was told that a sand- bank, overgrown with sea-weed, connected the two coasts. There was no current observed, and therefore la Perouse concluded, from these facts, that if there was a channel it must be very natrow and shallow. To the north Krusenstern found the water to be nearly fresh and of a dirty yellow color. As soon ashe had doubled Cape Maria (the northern extremity of Saghalien in the Ochotsk sea.) and in the channel separating Saghalien from the continent (Gulf of Saghalien) the water, undoubtedly from the Amoor, was quite fresh. Captain Broughton advanced nine miles farther than La Perouse trom the soath iF (Gulf of Tartary) and found the channel closed on all sides by low sand banks, without the smallest appearance of a passage. It must therefore be considered that Sag halien is joined to the continent by a flat sandy neck of Jand, over which it is possisle the sea may wash when the strong southerly gules which occur here drive the waters to # higher level, and that this isthmus may be of comparatively recent date, and still on the i from the deposits from the Amoor, so thet th rts may be correc But to retarn to the ex- CS of the allies to these ye On_the 7th o' Jaly the Amphitrite, the Pique, and another English ves vel, the name of which has escaped our memory, afte: 1 a cruise in the Ochotak Sea, anchored in the 6 Saghalien, opposite the Amoor. To the north is the town of to which « visit was first paid but as the town was almost deserted, and as it had no fortifications ot arsenals, it was «pai Nothing was destroyed but the Russian fron steamer which was found in the bay. In this connection it may be proper to state that Swan and Clifford, the Sandwich Isiand for cers hed brought with them a considerable quantity o fouls to this place with the intention of selling; bat find- ing no buyers they deemed it pr other out of the way pla then proceeded to the mo th of the Amoor, but were una- ble to enter in conseqn ee of a sand-bar running across, Boats were sent out ch advanced considerably up the mouth, but no fortifications, Russians, or Russian ships- of-war could an@where be discovered. The British ves- sels remained in the Gulf of Saghalion for a few days, while soundings were being made, and on the 15th of July Amphitrite sailed for this port, and the other two ves terling’s fleet from China in the Gulf of expected that the Kassian veesels-of-war that Admiral Sterling was ghalien is an ad, 4 join the Allied flert of the Pacific at the Amoor by sailing through the Gulf of and this accounts for his presence there. What the Russians haye cone with themselves and their yes. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1855. river, or probal Siberia itself, The Engli ia tho Guilt Martary, aoter the. command of Sterling, is very strong, and consists of tive steamers, among Which are the Styx, Barracouta and Encounter, and two fifty-gun frigates—the Winchester and the Sybil. ‘The French fieet is also large, and is composed of some five or six veseel News from the Pacifie Islands. By the way of San Francisco we have advices from Honolulu to the 28th of July. The Messenger, of Tabiti, of the 15th of April, contains a decree of the Governor, Monsieur du Bouzet, dated Port of France, New Cale- donia, declaring that island part of the colonial domain of the French empire. This decree was issued by orders emanating from his Majesty the Emperor, after recetving a tayoratlo report of the beauty of the ports, the mineral richness and the agricultural resources of the island, by Monsieur the Post Captain, ‘lardy de Montravel. In the same paper appears a notice on the part of Mr. John Kigord, formerly Attorney Genera) of this Kingdom, of his intention to leave i, on or about the 25th April, and it is known that he subsequently Jeft for Japan, Fits iate Majesty, says the Honolulu Polynesian, feel- ing the importance of support trom France, and know- ing that she looked with # very jealous eye upon the high duties imposed om her brandies, recommended repeatedly und earnestly to the legislature, the redu>- tion of those duties to such a scale as would prove satis- factory to her. He may have had his own opinion of the extent to which France would be benefitted by the change, but he recommended it to remove a source of ent, and, as everybody knows, recommended it in vain, His successor has beon more fortunate, and it the first session of the legislature under his reign had done nothing else, it would deserve to be long re- membered for having renounced what we must call a rejudice with a view of obtaining a substantial benefit, fa the removal of that, stumbling block to a re-arrangs- ment of the treaty with France, we see a happy though a recent change. On Monday, rays the Polynesian, the dedication of the new Hall of the Odd Fellows took ‘place. The ceremony was of the most dignified character, and the decorations of the room reflect great credit on all who designed and executed thers. The singing was good, but the address was imdeed worthy of an order instituted for such high purposes. We will say that when we discovered it to be the production of one who also pulls an editorial oar, we felt that our “craft” was not in danger. MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON vue 10nu inst —Cahu.—Kor Honolulu-G. M. Robertson, C P. Kalama, W. Webster, — Naome. Ewa—J. D. Blair. M falua— — Keawehunahala, Koolwuloa—R. Moflit. <oolanpoke—R. (3. Davis, Hani—Mr. Maui. Lahaina--J. W. Austin and fe. Wailuku--H. Kuihelagi, Makawoa—Jno. Keanapali—D, Kaauwai, ight and Kamaipelekani. —H, L, Shelton. Richardso: Molokai. The Turf. CENTREVILLE COURSE, L. I.—TROTTING. A trotting match for $1,000, mile heats, in harness, came off on Thursday afternoon last, between the famous trotting nags Taconey and Mac. Taconey won. It wasa capital race, and closely contested throughout. The attendance was not as large as was anticipated from the character of the race and the fame of the nags engage |. Taconey had the callin the betting, and the odds ran from 100 to 80 to 100 to 70 before either of the horses came on the track. Warren Peabody drove Taconey, Mr. Spicer taking charge of Mac. The horses seemed in capital condition, and it was hard to tell which looked most like the winner. Taconey’s gait was too fast for Mac, and that carried him through successfully, First Heat.—Mac won the pole. The horses dashed off at a gallant rate with the word, Mac hal a length ahead to the quarter in thirty-eight seconds. Going down the backstretch Taconey made a brush, and took Mac off his lege, He passed the half mile pole a couple of lengths ahead—time, 1:14, On the lower turn Mac made a gallant effort, and reached Taconey’s wheel. ‘They were head and bead coming yp the homestretch, but Mac broke at the two mile heat distance, and Taconey won the heat by two lengths. Time, 2:3234. ‘Second Heat,—Mac was half a length ahead when the word was given, but Taconey soon passed him. He broke going round the: turn, and again nearing the quarter pole—time, thirty-seven seconds. Going down the back- stretch Mac was half a dozen lengths ahead; but passing the half mile pole and around the lower turn, Tacone; made a tremendous brush, which reached Mac’s wheel. Coming up the homestretch the horses were lapped and doing their best. The brush had been too long for Taconey, and Mac won the heat by a neck. ‘Time, 2:3234. Third Heat.—Both horses having sweat out nicely and dried up well, a bg ys heat was anticipated. The friends of Taconey still offered 100 to 80 that he would win. Mac was a neck ahead all around the turn and to the quarter pole, in thirty-eight seconds. Going down the backstretch Taconey passed him, and led a couple of lengths to the half mile pole, in 1:13}g. Mac could get no closer, He broke swinging on the homestretch, and ‘Taconey won the heat by three or four lengths. Time, 2:8844. ‘The following is a summary :— : ‘Tucrepay, Sept. 27.—Mateh, $1,000, mile heats, in harness, Warren Peabody named ro. g. Taconey. G. Spicer named br. g. Mac, ‘Time, 2:5234. 333 A match for $200, mile heats, best three in five, to wagons, came off on Saturday afternoon, between ch. stallion Ploughboy and r. m. Prairie Maid, which was won by the stallion in three straight heats, The betting ‘was in favor of the mare before the start at 100 to 40, and two to one after she lost the first heat. The atten!- ance was small. Ploughboy is @ fine promising Black Hawk colt, and will make a fast one tmtime. He is rather small, which is his only fault. It was thought by the friends of the mare that she must win, notwithstand- ing she had but three legs to trot with, the other being quite lame. Ploughbcy was never headed but once in ibe race, and that was in the third heat, when soon after getting the word he broke up and the mare led hi! around the turn, He passed her on the backstretch, where she broke up, and won quite handily, in 2:49, ‘The following is a summary -— Saruxpay, Sept. 29.—Match, $200, mile heats, b three in five, to wagons, Hi. Weodrufl named ch. s. Ploughboy..... C, Wright named r. m. Prairie Maid. Time, 2:52-2:53 34 — ‘The famous old stallion Washington trots this after- noon at the Centreville Course, in a match for $2,000, against an unknown gelding from Newtown, L. 1. Wash- ington has produced some of the finest stock in the conn- try, Rose of Washington being one of his get. It is ra- mored that Washington will astonish the natives this atternoon, Messrs. Juhnson and Conway have also a match for $1,000 on the same track, UNION COURSE, L. 1.—TROTTING. A match for $1,000, mile heats, best three in five, to wagons, came off on Friday afternoon, between », g. Jack Potter and blk, m. Black Bess—Jack Potter to carry 15 Ibs. more weight. Jack won in three straight heats. This was a capital race, but it would havo been much better, and the result probably different, had not Black Bess been lame, she having picked up a nail a fow days previously. It will be recollected that these nage trotted a match, rigged equal, about a week since, Ja & Potter winning handily, The betting was 100 to 75 on Jack, The attendance was larger than usual. First Heat.—Bess won the pole. The first time the came for the word it was given. Bess broke soon af the word was given and Jack led her a couple of lengths around the turn. She broke again passing the quarter pole—time, thirty-nine seconds, Going down the bac. stretch the mare closed up to Jack, but broke at the hail mile pole and then fell back a length—time, She fell of more on the lower turn, but coming up the omestretch she made a brush for Jack and reached h': wheel, She could not stay there, however; she agmia left her feet and Jack won the heat by a length aad « half. Time, 2:40. ‘Second Hettt.—Jack went away with the mare lapped on his wheel, but going round the tarn he shook her off and led to the quarter pole, in forty seco Going down the backstretch the mare lap him ani trotted finely until nearing the half mile pole, when she made a break and lost two or three lengths—time, 1:20. On the lower turn she made another break and was three or four lengths behind. Jack trotted finely all the way up the homestretch and won the heat in 2:4234. ohird Heat.—Jack broke twice going round the tarn, the mare lapped on his wheel. Hts breaks are rather aa advantage than otherwise, They went in this manner to the quarter pole in forty-one seconds. Going down the backstretch the mare would occasionally get to his addle and then fall off again. Jack passed the half mile pole with the mare Jap) on him, in 1:21, On the lower turn the mare fell off a cxuple of lengths, which lost her the beat. She trotted her best under the oir- cumstances, but a lame horse is not a reliable one for a race, Jack Potter won the heat bya length and « half. Time, 2:42. ‘The following is a summar on Fripay, Sept. 28.—Match, $1,000, mile heats, best three 1721 212 22 a bed to wagons—Jack Potter to carry 75 lbs. more weight. Hiram Woodruff named b. g. Jack Potter ity Jas, Whelpley named bik. m. Black Bess, 2238 Time, 240—2424¢—2: VIRGINIA. New Marker Covrsh—Finet Day, Sept, 25.—Poststake, two mile heats, $100 entrance. Wm. H. Gibbons’ b. m. Philo, by Mariner... 11 ©. P, Hare's b. b. Michael Angelo, by Zingaree,... 2dr. Time, 3:7 Sxeonp Day, Sept. 26.5 Tatiey and Cheath Wm. H, Gibbons’ two mile heats, mile heats. Wm. H. Gibbons’ b. m. Philo, 4 years old, by Mari- ner, damn Carsandra., ‘m 4 Maj. Thos. Doswell’s br. m. Selene, § years 6 Epsilon, dam Beta... James Tally’s ch. f. Lucy Pbitli Tally-Ho, dam Betsey White ssaaecia John Belober’s br. b. Peaks of Otter, 4 years old, by Childe Harrold, dam by Priam,..... Time, 640464635. 4dr 1 1 | gi uke this time? ‘EUROPEAN ASFAIRS. Additional Details and Speculations Regarding the Fall of Sebastopol OUR FOREING CORRESPONDENDE. &e., ke. ae, Our Paris Correspondence. Panis, September 13, 1855. The Full of Seastopol—No Jartar this Time—AU Paris Gone Mad-—Eyfect of the News at the Bourse—Opinions of the Paris Presi The Te Deum—Mockery of These Reli- gious Celebrations aver Hecatombs of Slaughtered Victims —The Full of Sebastopol no Harbinger of Peace—Europe Entering on a Ten Years War. ‘The fall of Sebastopol has driven us all mad. At first, when the telegraphic despatch arrived, ‘‘memor temporis acti,’ men shook their heads incredulously, but when another and another followed in rapid succession, and the whole truth grew and grew till it stood before their eyes in all its colossal beanty and proportions, they fairly gave themselves up to that intoxication and delirium with which the triumph of success fills every human bosom. Every one,Jaughs{at the distinction of Northern and South- ern Sebastopol; such distinction is considered simply absurd. The Sebastopol which, day and night, has haunt ed men’s ideas and dreams for twelve long months past, was situated on the south of the bay and comprised the docks, arsenals, storehouses, dockyards and all the resour- cos of the maritime power of Russia in the Black Sea, Such are pow one vast heap of smouldering ashes, Strong forts exist on the northern «ide, it is true, bat these can be regularly invested and taken with unerring certainty ina given space of time, They are isolated fortified places, and no more; and a very general opinion prevails that the Russians, true to their ancient policy of retreat- ing from, and destroying what they cannot keep, will not attempt anything more than a temporary defence of them, But ‘audi alteram partem” was the best of the ancient monitions, on which principle it is only fair to make the following short extract from the Russian jour- nal The Nord:— After the capture of what many persons will persist in calling the Malakoff tower, the Russian commander-in- chief came to the resolution of evacuating all the south- ern part of the place, and of concentrating his forces on the northern side of the Bay of Sebastopol. The determina- tion was to be anticipated, In the present situation, the garrison of Sebastopol would have worn itself out in use- less efforts to preserve a heap of blood-stained ruins. Russia would have sacridced the best ofher blood in hor attempt to hold a position which was no longer tenable. The decision of Gen. Gortschakoff gives proof of the euergy of a great captain. It saves Russia from the weak ition in which a false interpretation of the point of enor would have placed her, The Russian army, con- centrated in the northern part, will heneeforward pos- sess that unity of action which has hitherto been wanting toit. The Sebastopol of the south is replaced by the Se- vastopolof the north—a formidable position, bristling with innumerable pisces of cannon, and which will be henceforth defended by an army solidly united, together. Impartial history will'speak of the defence of Sebastopol, ‘as well as the attack on it, in giving alike to the besieged and to the besiegers their proper share of abnegation ant of courage; it will render justice also to the resolution b; which Gen, Gortschakoff, in making a momentary sacri- fice, and avoiding a useless effusion of blvod, has ‘known ‘how to preserve to Russia an army inured to warfare by ‘a year of contest unexampled in military annals, and to place it in positions which will enable it to be masters of the situation. ‘The genera) sentiment of joy and congratulation can- not be overstate], 1t does not assume quite that noisy attitude which we hear of in London, but every one is greatly pleased. The lion's share of the French in this affair has delighted the national susceptibility. The pros- pect of the war—assuming that there is no chance of peace—taking a character more in accordance with their ancient traditions, with the dashing, romantic chivalry of the people, and of a nature something more consoling than the repetition of last winter’s horrors, is hailed with unaffected satisfaction. All the public buildings have been illuminated; the Paris Exchange has been in a fever= ish ferment; the place where the Bourse stands has been sometimes impassable; and though there has not been that rise in the funds which many anticipated, the amount of talking, gesticulation, vaticination and ama- teur dilettanté generalship has been prodigious, There is an article in the Pays, from whieh the following is an ex- tract, which is thought to put the position very fuirly:— All the fortifications which have fallen into our pow- er are so many works of attack, which are about to be directed against the bulwarks of the Russian town. The line cf the externgl fortresses is at 1,200 and even at 1,500 metres (the metre isa yard and three inches, about) from our present lines, * Under these conditions the vigorous blockade, which was in principle impracti- cable against the whole town, becomes pertectly feasible against the fortresses, and if at a given moment the communication may be interrupted between — tho garrivon and the army of Liprandi, the hour of ihe complete surrender of the besieged _ troops may from the present moment be “mathemai- cally indicated, according to the roles of a nor- mal siege. But we should not be astonished if the Russian generals, who are all essentially versed in strato- gy, and who never defend except what can be defended, were to regard as we do this eventuality, and retire from the place before it fatally falls into our hands, They would, doubtless, only leave us ruins, for it is also their invariable system to burn and destroy what they cann t keep. But the result would not be the leas obtained, ai | the proud Sebastopol, the bulwark of Russia, the sword suspended over the lberties of Europe, will not the less have ceased to exist. What influence will it exercise on the resolutions of Europe, and on the attitude of the great power of Russia? With what determinations will it ingpire the Court of St. Petersburg ? Will there spring from it one of those sudden illaminations which enlighten the path of duty and of truth? It will, at all ovents, place our army On the highest step in the admntration of nations, and give additional glory to the grandeur of our country and {ts policy. On the first announcement the guns of the Invalid roared their -terrific thunders through the still atmos- phere, and produced a sensation of intense excitement er the capital. Sebastopol had fallen! Was it a mis- Men were slow to believe. Inape- rial messengers were seen galloping to and fro in red hot haste—fresh telegraphic despatch arrived, and the walls were everywhere placarded with them; all could not see them at once, and one man rend aloud for the many. The next day the Moniteur announced that the Emperor, Prince Jerome, the grand functionaries of State, the ministers, mars! generals and constituted bodies, ‘would re (thursday) to the cathedral of Notre Dame *Te Deum”? for the glorious news: that in the evening all the public edifices would be illuminated, and ever theatre in the capital thrown open to the public grata tously. All the accounts from the departinents speak of the enthusiastic manner in which the news was recelyed. ‘ouen, the deepatch was read at the theatre amfist vociferous cries of * Vire UEmpereur,” + Vive UV Armée,” and the houses of the town were illuminated. At Amiens, there was a similar enthusiasm. The house of General Thomas, who was wounded at Alma, was seized upon, and covered with banners and laurels; and when the wounded officer appeared at the window, the acclama- tions of the populace were loud and incessant. 2 o’clock.—I have just come in from attending the ser- vice at Notre Dame.” The Emperor's passage to the c.- thedral was a perfect ovation, A dense crowd of persons which reminded us of the Queen of England's visit, lined the quays cn either side, who rent the air with their cries as he passed. 1 never witnessed such perfect una- nimity; and in the cathedral, when the solemn music swelled up through the fretted vault, and the Emperor and all his marshals, ministers, and grand fanc- tionaries, rose up, together with the audience, to return thanks for the great victory God had vouchsafed ther: it was really a maenificent sight. We know all this is but one of (he shams and mummeries of the age, and sometimes, ;erlapa, are apt to think there is » certain degree of Lissphemy in thus personally mixing up the name of the All Wise in. those results of the brute, pas- sions of man, called victories ; but the spectacle is im- posing, and (ill man becomes really more humanized and more spiritualized, we must accept the shadow for the substance. In the midst of all this, no one thinks of the attompt- ed assassination. We hear that a commission of medical men have pronounced Bellemare maa, and that he has eon sent to Bicetre. Thave left mytelf no space to advert to the political view which, in high diplomatic circles, is taken of the nt victory ; but in few words I may say, that no one Tinave spoken to {¢ tnclined to infer that we are one whit nearer the termination of this eventful struggle. On the contrary, I find everywhere a strong opinion that the real war—the ten years’ war, which the far-sesing bers foreboded—will only commence fram this (9008. Our Augsburg Correspondence, Acosners, Sept. 11, 1855. Effect of the News from the Crimea on Germany ant the Rest of Burope— Why Austria Did Not Fight, and Whe May Induce Her to Do So—League Again Rustia—Th Scandinavian Powert=Probable Changes in te Politic Map of Europe— What Austria May Love and Gain—She Excitet no JealousyNo Independent Kingdom of Po land or Hungary—A United Laly—Position of the United Statee— Necessity of Prudence and Forbearance—A Bar Constellation in Politic—Bad or Indifferent Crops—The Pétato Rot—The Fleets Linger in the Baltiom Why? The effect of the news from Sebastopol in this and all other parts of Germany has been electric. Though some (not all) of the princes of Germany have more or less es- yoused the cause of the Czar, the German people, with the exception of s small portion of the nobility, have always been in favor of the allies. Tt is impossible that a people so well informed and schooled as the Germans are should be mistaken as to which of the belligerents in- chines towards liberalism. The greatand common enemy to all constitutional governmente—to every representa- tive formais the immovable Caar of Russia, From that quarter every liberal effort rince 1815 has been crashed t was from St. Petersburg that the constitutional assem- bites of Germany, France, Itely, Spain and Portugal bad been overthrown, Even republican hed ‘been threatened by. and it was bat thefear of that colossal power which kept down the very ides of resistance. ‘ A battle has since been waged between the democracy of France (for France has been educated into a demo- cracy as the only possible condition of her existence), organized under an emperor, and the aristocracy of Eng- land under the lead of the bourgeoisie, on one side, and Ruesian autocracy on the other, in which, after various reverses, France and England—the aforesaid democracy and aristocracy united—eppear at last to have met with tolerable success. If the telegraphic despatches in- formed us correctly, end this time the Russian telegraph corroborates the news of the allies, one part (the southern) of the fortress and town of Se- dastopol is in the hands of the allies, and the probability is that they will soon have the other. The Russian fleet fn the Baltic will undoubtedly be destroyed, probably by the Russians themselves, to prevent its being seized by the enemy. Sebastopol is in ashes, Should these successes be fojowed up, then it ts al- most certain that the politics of Germany, as well as that of the north and south of Europe, will suffer serious changes, which may in the end be decisive, either for the speedy pacification of Europe or for an extension of the theatre of war, commensurate only with the continent itself. The moral effect of the fall of Sebastopol will be terrific, and this not only from the enormous means em- ployed in its attack and defence respectively, but from the fact that Russian diplomats all over the world have represented the undertaking of the allies as altogether chimetical—as an enterprise certain to involve their ruin—as a siege in which the besiegers were truly tho Desieged party, without the power of escaping total de- struction. These assertions were repeated in the Russian presses, and in all other presses on the continent which are either in Russian pay, or so frighteued by the revolu- tionary tendencies of the age that they look to Russia as the only protector of civilized society. The fact that the besiegers have after all sncceeded in seizing a part of tho fortifications and the town, with a fair prospect of getting all, {s now producing a complete revolution in public opinion, and the old mot of Prince Metternich, that Rus. sia, with all her power, is but “an iron colossus standing on wooden legs,” begins now to be verified. The posi- tion of Russia is now pondered upon—her strength dis- credited, The moral effect on Germany will doubtless be tremendous; for parts of Germany were almost Russian provinces, so completely were the princes identified with Russia, either by family ties or by congenial senti- ments. Austria, Saxony, Bavarla, Wurtemberg, and perbaps the Grand Duchy of Baden, did not share these sentiments, and to these the news will be comparatively agreeable.’ Austria, from the commencement of the war, has been anti-Russian, though she has never had the courage, and certainly not the means, to express. more than her sympathies with the Western Powers. Her occupation of the Danubian Principalities, which has, by some, been construed as tavoring Russia, was neverthe- less a demonstration against that power; for it was ac- companied with the raising of a powerful army, and the placing of that army on the Russian frontier, That army and the occupation of the Principalities enabled the allies to attack the Crimea; without it, the very attack would have been an absurdity If Austria has since disbanded her army on the Galician frontier, it was because that army, which cost $400,000 a day, was really bringing her to the verge of bankruptcy, Austria hag everything but money; had England and France been willing to subsidize her army, it might have continued to render the allies important services by the mere fact of its existence, just as the allied fleets in the Baltic have helped to spread alarm throughout Russia, and to divide her forces by an immense distance which renders their co-operation en- tirely out of the question. Of late, great efforts have been made to render the'alliance of Austria with the Western Powers a more effective one than it has hitherto Been, and I should not be surprised to learn that, for the guarantee of a new loan by France and England, Austria would assume specific obligations toward these Powers, notin the least acceptable to Russia. You were quite right in alate editorial, which saw here a few days age, to say that the moneyed power would at last prevail in the present contest. land and France, if they ma- nage to avoid a defeat, will certainly succeed in enlarging the league against Russia (for such it is, alceady, at this moment) by the accession of the Scandinavian kingdoms; and if Naples do not join it, it is mow more than likely that a demonstration will be made against that hypothe- tical power. The English and French preases are already fores! aming: events of a most serious nature in that re- gion, which it requires no second sight to foresee when one has the means of computing cause and effect. in T repeat, if the Viena conferences, which, no doubt, will be re-opened this winter, do not lead toa speedy peace, the war, with the beginning of the spring of 1856, will be ageneral one, Spain, Portugal, Sardinia, Sweden and Norway, Austria, Turkey, and a portion of Germeny, will take partin it, and it may be that before its close the political map of Europe-perhaps that of Asla—will suffer an entire or Be change. Powers which now exist may entirely di sappear, and others, which may now be considered insignificant, may rise into Powers of tho frst here I would also add that after all have seen and heaid at Vienna, J have no reason to change an iota I have written you from that place. Austria is undergoing a wholesome revolution within her own borders, under the immediate auspices of the young sovereign Limself, and it is more than probable that she will also undergo an external change by an enlargement of her territory. It Austria is wise—and I can hardly doubt but that. the experience of the last few years has taught her piactical wisdom—she will be quite wil- ling to dispose of the kingdom of Lombardy, if not of Venice, remaining satisfied with Dalmatia and Illyria, and the port of Trieste. This would be sufficient for her Eastern Frade, and she might be »ecompensed for this act of generosity towards Sardinia, by the acquisition of the Danubian Principalities—perhaps by a domineering and powerful posiion in Germany. Such a change of territo- ry and dominion wonld be most salutary to Austria and Germany, to which Italy has always been the heel of Achilles—a vulnerable, unnatural and expensive append- age, which weakened the power of the German empire, in- stead of adding to its strength. There ough histo- rical reminiscences in Germany to assist Austria in a movement of that sort, and the power of a United Ger- many would not be threatening to France, ifit were counter-balanced by a united italy anda fraternal league of the Scandinavian Powers. The establishment of the kingdom of Poland nardly enters seriously into the programme of the Allied Powers. The Poles themselves are of Sclavonic origin, an! as such allied to Rissia, A league between Poland and Ruasia would be much stronger than the power of Russia and Poland united, one as the master, the other as a provin- cial dependency. The same mey be said of Hungury, with its four or five millions of Magyars and as many or more Selayonians, Germans and Greeks. These kiagdoms may not be re-established without giving birth to another holy alliance between Russia, Austria and Prassia, the three lowers who shared the spoils of the division of Po- land. Besides, the Allies have no interest now to weaken any power which may stand between them and the Czar, ant Re aed have they now no interest to weaken Austria, As soon as the fertile regions of the East shall be opened to the trade of tbe world, Austria must, from her geographical position, become the rival of Russia. The material interests of the two Powers are diametrionl- ly opposite, and if Austria becomes German,, she also forestalls the Czars in Frankfort-on-the-Maine. The mari- time possession of any important point in the Mediterra- pean by Austria, need not excite the jealousy or appre- hension of either England or France; for Austria has at- tained her full growth and can merely keep, not extend, whatever she may acquire by the next treaty of peace. ‘The subscriptions to the Spanish loan are not going on ery raplily, and it Is plainly visible that, recourse must he had to the intervention of France and England, in the shape of a guarantee, This will, of course, give to the Allfes 9 mortgage on Cubs, which, in the hands of the Emperor of the French, is an important document, His feelings toward» the United States have not been cullivat- ed by the embussy ot Mr, Soulé, and have scarcely im- roved since the advent of Mr. Dodge. ‘The decided anti- Qoglish, anti-French, and pro-Russla tone of all the docu. mente of our diplomatic agents abroad, the unfortunate Ostend Conferences, the pouting of our Ministers in Lon- don and Paris, have ail contributed to give us in the eyes of the world, and especially of Europe, a position scarcely compatible with the dui and ol tions of « neutral Power. ‘The English and French consider us almost as enemies, and where such sentiments exist trifles suffice to produce a real ruptureperhaps ac. tual hostilities, Let the petti rs in Washington reflect upon it, and above all Jet the American people be prepared for it, so that the catastrophe, if {t must come, may not find us unprepared. As a gonoral rule, it i always those who are most clamoroua for a war that are the first to back out of it. Whichever way we look, the political horizon is o’ercast with clouds, tod itis apparent that nothing but the utmost prudence on the part of the government, will prevent the United Stati being exposed to a storm. These considera- tions are more important just now than Know Nothing- ism, and they override, in the eyes of sensible persons, even the consideration of slavery. If we are doomed to meet the shock, let us at least meet it as a united people; but if we can avoid it by pradence and discretion, let us hy all means try to do +0, and above all things, let us have our ‘‘quarrel just.” There may not be a constella- tion #0 yfavorable to us for another century. Let us have ai r decade's healthy and natural growth, lot ‘us wait till time and circumstances have weakened the Anglo-French alliance, and let us be united at home, and ‘we may, in 4 just cause, defy the world. Let us profit “¢ tn example of Russia, instead of sharing her respon- sibi ities, The cropa in the central States of Europe do not seem © turn ont better than average, expecially the rye crop. which is of the greatest importance to Germany, Russia a1 Poland. The potato rot has also ay and threatens to destroy the second crop «f potat is is the ren- ton why Peles of grain have not receded, But no mat. ter how rich the crops may be, if potatoes have failed breadstults will continue dear du the winter and during the next fummer, t there is another harvest. It is for this reason that the Fmperor of the French has ex ended the period for the introduction of grain free of duties till December, 1956. The crops tn Pol and Hangary are said to be even be- low the avernge, and bd — is ae ie pten = the Danubian Prineipalities. ‘as it may be supposed, the crops in Southern and Northern Russia are in the sarue ratio, and the potato disease should extend also to that country, (hen the victualling of a large Russian army in the Crimea, with the loss of Sebastopol, and without any access to the sea, must become a matter of extreme difficulty, The allied fleets in the Baltic it is believed me aitate La, of on Baw, bn ld Grand Duke Constantive has gone, to prepare ¢ for such an eventuality. | believe, however, and perhaps from very oo) reavon, that the object of the allies is to oconpy the iite of the Russian army onthe shores of the Tal: tw prevent their being sent vo the Crimea in time for de- prox on eficienay, favorable 10 the allies; but who morning may bring forth? Austria still holds the b of power, but ber antecedents render her to use it in favor of Russia. information of the 1 the precipitate retreat of thy south wile of Sebastoph, od us from other quartet on this remarkable and alf It is clear from the mine, aad more ¢8) Russian garrison from some facts have already reach which throw additions! rupt termination of the . graphic despatches of the ‘the report of Prince Gortachak: ew tinue the defence of the pmcete, ance of @ pre-arranged st: town and of the Ruralan areey afer the taker the Koff Tower was very bad, but it wes not quite ra nor was the danger of an immediate {hp iene has 90. ploruly ear ee e title he has so gloriously earn French army, reports that ‘the cnitigncs ot works of defence and the material means a: to thed far exceed anything hithe: ‘of war.’ It had repeatedly been asserted by the h even after the full of any of the great oatworks of Seb topol the besiegers would find every street converted in a mine and every house intoa battery. Nor was th: boast an unfounded oe; such was actually the state d the place; yet no attempt was made to prolong the rd sistance of the garrison in these last intrenchments. Thi Malakoff Tower was the key of the’ position, and it occupie® by theFrench troops, but some days must hay elapsed efor this work could have opened a declsive tir inst the other parts of the town. All the other for and bastions at nightfall on the 8th in the hand of the Russians, The Malakoff itself is but the outwork d the Karabelnaia suburb, and no part of the town proper! called, to the west of the Great Ravine nad Artill Harbor had been entered by the Allied troops, Gener De Salles’ attack on the Central Bastion failed altogether and the Carden Battery, the Flagstaff’ Battery, anil th Quarantine Battery still protected all this portion of th| works, In fact, by a peculiarity which distinguishes thi result of this siege from all others in history, the Allie} took the piace at last without entering it, for the sians were across the water twenty-four hours before t! Allies had passed beyond the walls. Even afier tu. French (ag was waving from the commanding eminene of the Malakoff tower, the victorious troops do not ap pear to have advanced beyond that position, partly be] cause they would have had to storm the second line | the enemy’s defences, and partly because it was supposes that the Russians bad extensively mined the groun from which they had been driven with so much blood! shed. At that moment, then, at nightfall on the 8th September, it cannot be said that Prince Gortachakof ‘was compelled to fly with precipitation from the scene o| this terrible contest; but as he adopted that cours without hesitation, we must look for the motives 4] his conduct to some other fucts, which have come to our knowledge. We have reason to believe that evea befora the close of July ,Prince Gortechakoff had rted to the Russian government that his position in Sebastopol wad rapidly becoming altogether untenable, and that a great fort must be made at any price to relieve the place, o1 that he must abandon it. It iy easy to conjecture thatf the increasing exhaustion of the gar e enormou4 and unceasing consumption of the stores of war, the diffi culty of 01 ing water and wholesome food, especiall: since the destruction of the supplies from the sea of Azoll the discontent and deepondency of tho troops, and th steady approach of the works of the ra, Wi ver; tical fire now fell with ter: ibie force upon the city, aif con. tributed to make the Russsian General feel his position td be most forlorn and hopeless. Under these cireumstanct council of was held at St. Petersburg, and the opin. ion of the highest military authorities was taken by thd Emperor. r considerable debate, and some difference of opinion, (for we understand that Prince Paskiewitsh and Genera) Osten-Sacken opposed the measare taken by the majority of their colleagues,) ft was determine to attack the allied forces on the lines of the Tcbernaya. Confident hopes were entertained that the fortune of that day would repair the disasters of the Alma and Inkermann, and compel the invading army to raise theff siege. The battle of the 16th of August, in which ou: brave Sardinian allies bore so conspicuous # part, and which was decided by the uncompro valor of thre divisions of the French army, had been anticlpated with the deepost interest at St. Petersburg, and in many oth s otthe empire. It ended in a calamitous defeat.| ithin three hours the whole strength of the Russian Keving army, with its reinforcements, was overthrown, and we believe that the enemy lost on that occasion no less 8,000 men, cither by the artillery of our guns, hy the bayonet, orin the waters of the Tchernaya and the anal. We must be permitted to say that of all the faults] ommitted by the Russian csmmandors in this war, the} ttack on the Tehernaya was by far the most extravagant. Jt had no chance of success. It was utterly deteated in three hours by a small fractlon—not one-fourth—| of the allied armii nd #0 confident were the British iroogs, who were brought up in reserve, of the result, of such an attack on our French and Sardinian allies hat while the battle was going on our men didgnot even’ stand to their arms, The battle of 41 a Was, act, a desperate effort, and from the moment of that de- feat we are satisfied that Prince Gortschakoff had resolved | to desist from go fatal and hopeless a struggle ae soon a4 a successful attack of the enemy on the works of Sel topol gave him an excuse to retreat. He began to pri is bridge across the Great Herbor—a work, be it which does credit to the skill and energy of workmen. The arbor of Sebastopol we be- ‘at least 700 or 800 yards across, and to lay’ bridge of rafts, sufficiently strong to provide a secure means of retreat for a defeated army, is a remark - able f of the resources of the at This bri aff Prince Gortachakof hi army. Had itbeendestroyed by a chance shell he would probably have been reduced to capitulate, for his commu- nications with the Belbek might have been intercepted b: the allies. Hence, no doubt, his extreme anxiety to a himself tp etd within the few hours of dark- resistance of Sebastopol detence and the forts of the town, would have the migra reer tirgertgge meting En Md escape entirely cut off. Whatever may have been the 18 of the confis tion which during the night succeeding the battle, and on the following day, itis te ible that afew hours can have sufficed 5 he works and masonry of such a place as Sebastopol. ‘The guns and heavy stores of war must remain, thongh the mi were blown ag ees accordingly we learn from Marshal Pelissier’s patch that an immense amount of matériel has fallen into our con- ove that the Russians of on s—that {9 to say, Prat! " lefeats they had ‘sustained, that they the defence of the place without risk- ction of their army in the Crimea, and pont f their ti pe Ir tht ette aoe pee ion 0 roops. is view be correct, our sueces# Pave not only to ‘Brose invincible columns whose valor {ion on the ih of September, but alas fs shecaeion e” on of r, but al ye’ ypeasures which have marked tho mu B? e campaign—t! uetion of Bea of healt, the increased dimen Gor itn defence might leience ) bat that the n_army, and thet cause of their retreat ia theit morel and boas encounter the superior troo of the is sald that Ruesian soldiers bear edversiti and even defeat, with a more stoical ind any other troops; but we believe it to be itm any army should have sustained such a of hardelipe, of deceptions, nd. of humnilla out being profoundly discouraged and enthusiasm of the Russian army Is #4] by bottle, and {ts discipline is maint hy the these are not resources which can give tr: after being beaten, or restore confidence in further inference to be drawn from this salvo is, that if Princo Gortschakoff (elt lig inabilit{ ta trait. tain bis position in Sebestopols wharp bs 15il Bao mous means of defence, he will find himseyt @ fortiori, less able to hold ® position & aay other patt of the Cefntea against an enemy. fuohed th yi hed fon. manding superior ities of transpor’ godapa tion of the north torts may enable him 19 rest hls roa, for a few days after the late airugglé ; vet thee wor are of inferior strength to those he ha quitted; Oey do not comprise the resources of an and 's town 5 with water by wall only. We ied Tuction of ihe Saree Kone y Ad Soars ony is ever to save the the fn ‘and of the respective belligerents, whetser the allied will not prevent that object. GENERAL SIR GEORGE BROWN ON THE CAPTURE OF his fellow. townsmen in Elgto, off ae 11, with | hl ng 800 of the most inflaen' were his Duke of Richmond, the Har! of March, Admiral Alexander P. Cumming. Mr, Camm M. P., the Hon. 7. C. Biruee, the fion. Lewis rant, Colonel Marshall, bs > Maitland, &c. fter the usual prelim! toasts, the Chairman inary the health of Sir 6 Brown, in acknowledging the gallant General mala : at dion owe powiti int aH gren' ce, aKe, vel ay o'me to greatly overrate aud exaggerate my ser- vicer—(No, no). T assure you, gentlemen, I have tone nothing more thas carry out the orders and instrnotions conveyed to me by a much abler man; and if! had failed to do s0, 1 in wy duty. And more than that, 1 should ha fo my poe ome frien gla n—( a} od took st agian anki ets ta HT had’ not dome my best to obey commands, I think, however, gentlemen, I may do better if | leave nambor cne alone, and believe that through