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About The Oregon Argus. (Oregon City [Or.]) 1855-1863 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1855)
the oitEtiON arms, rcDi.niiu:i KVKtr SATUinur wouninu, BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS. Office-Good's Building, Main st. Edito rial Koom in first story. TERMS The Aauue will In furniihnl at J'itt Vullart per Annum 'ir Sit MjiiIIh for Thru OuUmi. Itf l(o Sulicriplinni received for hit than Six Hunt hi. No pnper iliirontiiiued until nil arrenrnget are paid, vnrw at the upHiiii of the puliliihrr. AliVKUTISlNO KATKS. Ono rti:tro (J 2 lines or lean) one Insertion, $.1,011 " two iiuortiuiu, 1,00. ' " " three iiiacrlions, S.'i.OO. Kuch su1mciiiciiI iiwortiuii, $1,011. nciuonublo deductions In tlimw who ndvcrlUe by the year. Job Printing;. 'J'iik raorniKTon or Tim AUDI'S in lurrv to inform llin public that lis him just received n lurjrn tuck f .11 ll TYl'li ami oilier new print intf material, llinl will Ihi In llio s.ccdy roi -;jit of liddltioii muted lo nil II ii riiiiirinriilii of Ih n lo cality. IIANDHII.lJs, l'l ISTKIIM, IW.AXKS, cauds, ni(ci i,.i:s, i-ami'Iilkt-woiik iiinl other kin Is, dime to order, on short notice. Treuicuriou IVtol nl (he ilvcenl V.tcrllon tu l.oulsWUcl--Wholesale Hlauiihlct DlnhulU'iil taunt net or the Infuriated Mob Twenty Men RHlUlt (I'ioiii tho I.ouUilllo Join iiul , Aug.. Wo deeply regret to li.tvo l record llio mciicit of violence, bliHMlfheil, mul Iioiimi burning Inch tci'iirro.1 iu our city yesterday. Wo cun not now express our great abhorrence 'f such lh'n,-Sj nor cun we find apuco in which to niiy what wo would with toiuiy njiuii thin subject. A terrible redpoiis! liilily renin ukiii thono who huvo incited llio foreign uiiul:ition of llio cily to the deeds of violence w hich wcro the cniiiiiiciicuincut of the rioui iu the Viint und Kiglith Word. Wo nro confident that llicso riots were not oc casioned by anylh'ng that happened ut liny of llio voting phic a. The election throughout llio city, a far nn wc cun learn, hud pancd oil' with uniisii iil quiet, with llio exception of a bruud outrugo In tho I'irsl wnrd, of which wo ahull eposl: presently, und ("mo fighting at tho Kihlh Ward noils, iu which no one wuamiich hurt. The riola woro oc casioned by in liscrin'nalo on J miirdcroua assaults committed by foro'giicni, th'cfly Irish, upon inof fensive citizens, icuccab!y utteiidiiig to their own Iius'ikww, at H.niie distance from any of tho voting places. All tho circumstance competed with Ilium assaults strongly indicate that they were pre meditated mil instigated by other artic8 than thorn) by whom Ihey wore actually committed. Wcure not now prepared lo sny that they were the conscnucnecs only of (he incendiary appeals, for boiiio timo past publicly made to our fore'gti ppulution, by boiiio of tho leaders of tho nnti-American parly, or thut tiny were instigated by direct instruction of men with fiendish hearts who con trol in a great measure tho uuiiuus, and arc able to dictate actions to tho Germans and Irish who mu le theso utlacks. All tho fuels will probably bo ascertained judicially, and then Iho responsibili ty will rest where it pnuwrly belongs. Tho cir cumstunocs, as detailed to us, aud tho confessions of nemo of the miserable wretches who were made 'tho victims of their insane folly and murderous yi- j olenee, show that theso assaults iiioii iinoflctidiug und uutivo born citizens were preincdi atcd, and: that the blamo nllachcs to others who are as j et unuimrd. Wo have not now time to give details. Wo as sert, however, and are euro that it will bo proved by rcsicetab.'e witnesses, that every act of blood shed was begun by foreigners. That in evory in elancj where mortal violence ensued, the beginning of the riots was nil unprovoked slaughter by for eigners of peaceable Americans, while quietly pass ing in the streets at a disluuco from the polls. This infuriated tho populnco, isn.l a prompt and terrible resort to inch violence, by which many foreigners were killed and much property destroyed won the coiucrpieneo. In the first ward ubout 9 o'clock in the morning whilo tho election was proceeding quietly nt the polls, Sir. Gcorgo Hinge, a rcspeclublo and quiet American citizen was brutally assaulted by a par y of Irishmen on Jackson street, without having giv en any provocation. He was knocked down and terribly bentcu with stones and clubs. He attempt ed to cscapo from llio fiends by w hom hu was at tacked, and ran into tho alley of an adjoining house, whero ho was followed by his blood-thirsty iissai!.:u!s, and cut, stabbed, and beaten until he was supposed to be dead, when one of theso inhu man brute deliberately opened his knife, and pro ceeded to cut the throat of tho murdered man When this act of violence was mado known, a par ty of Americans started in pursuit of tho murder ers, who wcro subsequently arrested and lodged in jail by the Mayor and City Marshal. In the afternoon, between three and four o'clock, several Americans wcro fired upon ond sevorely wouuded while quietly walking or riding by tho Ccnnan brewery on Jefferson street, near the Ilcargrass bridge. Among theso wcro some gcu tlemeu from Jefllrson county and several rcsect ub!o citizens. One gentleman who was fired at, was riding in a baggy with his wife seated by his side. About tho same tiino a perfect shower of Miot ami bullets was rained upon every American passer by from the windows of some houses occu pied by Germans upon Shelby street, in tho neigh borhood of JIad:aon street Assoou as these occurrences were made known it was ascertained that largo bodies of foreigners, rmed with shot guns and rifles, had assembled in 'he ncijlikoi hood of the brewery and the houses in fcihclb ,UVI' i """l fccei'Sto ""est theuc oflln deis, several w re badly Wounded, aud the incensed and infurlatod mob burned tho brewery, end sacked iLe houses from which the shots were trod. In the 'ghlh war J, the most serious disturbanc es oceurrsd ub ut si o'clock in the afternoon. A Mr. KhoiLss, iu company with two friends, all Aru.ricau tilizt us, w.ji quietly pasaing upon Ma.n street, near Chap-.l, wh n they were tut Uju by a party of IfU Irishmen, w ho, w ith bumble oaths, swore tfu")' would clean the streets of every Ameri can, Fifton shots were fired upon them. Khodes was lied, au 1 both his companions badly wounJ t ! . cc of lj)c:a s.riously. The Irithmca thtu raa mm . M MMH, V.illtor & I'murli ti VOL. 1. OREQON up Ch:iol street, und on h. ing pursued took refuge in a house at llio corner of Chapel and Murkel t., whence several hots were fired by the Inmates, by which several American citizens were wound ed, and two were kilhd, a Mr. Gruh.,111 ni l a Mr. IIob.011. The firing fnun this huuso continued fur ionic half hour. The Irish were armed Iu the teeth with fire anna of every description, wliilo tho Americans werealmoit cilt'ndy unarmed, and were obliged logo to their li Hues to procure arm lodo fend llieinarlves and their friends fi 0111 the mur derous fire of tho Inrono wretches who had mado this attack iimu them. I let wee 11 six and seven o'clock, a suf!ieiciit force had Ufsemblcd loeajiturc the miirihrerof young Graham; an altcmpl was mudo to hang him, but we hear that ho is still hung. In the meantime a fusllale of shot gnus und ri fle was kept up again t imy American passing by lite row of houses at the corner of Kiev. 111I1 and Main, belonging loan liUlumin named (jiiiun, a brother of l ather Qiiimi, n lluinmi Catholic priest Several Amcricnns w ere w ouuded by hots lired from these premises, and the utleution of the crowd was given to lliem. They Were filled with Irish men, mid with loaded arms, 01 the sequel proved heyoud'a doubt. All attempt no mado to dr'vo tin-in out, and the hwifoi were fired, whether on the ins: Jo or oulsido wo do not know. M hi e bur ning, the frequent reports showed that they Wcro well provided w iih fire arms ; and the confessions ofn poor miserable dovil, w ho was rescued by CupU Stone, provo that they were filled with arms, and contained thirteen kegs of KvJor, provided for the occasion. The houses are slilt burning us w e write and tho riot is not J ot subsided. We have neither space uor timo to enter into any particulars. Wo w ill atlempt to do so tomor row. A number of Americans were s'o'n by the foreigners, und a number of foreigners met a heavy retribution. Wo do not know how many havo been killed, hut have already heard of some twelvo or fifteen iu all, and somo twenty or thirty havo been mora or less dangerously wouuded. We will givo details to-morrow. Vurthcr I'.ntteutan. From tho Louisville Journal, Aug. 8. As we stated yesterday, there wore several list fights at the different polls on Monday morning. Iiflmcdialcly after dinner matters ussumed a moro serious aspect. Tho first cerious difficulty occur red in (he upiK-r part of the city. A couple of gentlemen were riding along in a carriage, when Ihcy were tired at from a house by Germans, or Iri.li, and one of Ihein wouuded. Tho tiring was repeated. Kdw. Williams, a wutchmaii iu the Second Ward, Joseph Solvao and John I.atta, Americans, went (here. Latta hud his leg shat tered by a musket ball, Selvago received eovernl buckshot about his body, and Williams was slightly injured. The report reached the loner pari of the city that six Americans had been shot, and were lying in Dr. Fylo's office. This caused the assembling of a large crow d, which proceeded up town. Tho first attack mado by the crowd was ou a Gorman named Vogt, iu a house from which shots hud been lired upon Americana, on the corner of Clay and Madison, lie wussliut stabbed and beaten. An other German, named Jacob, who was sitting 011 a stuircuse, was dragged out, stabbed and benlen. Ilis recovery is doubtful. Every thing iu the lower part of the liouso was broken to pieces. The crowd proceeded to tho comer of Madison and Shelby, where firing from the houses hud tak en place, and they riddled two groceries. A Ger man rnwmakor, named llcin, who wus walking along the street, was beset by tho crowd aud terri bly beaten. The crowd then ransacked a German beer house, comer of Waluut and Shelby, kept by C. Kislcr, and two houses occupied by Gurmaus ou tho comer of Shelby aud Marshull. A German named John l'ellcr wus stabbed soveu times, but not dangerously injured. The uext scene of the riot was Jefferson street, near lieargruss Crock. Here a party of gentlemen coming into tho city was fired upon by foreigners from llio houses, and some of them seriously wound ed. Annbruster'l brow cry aud several houses, from which the shots were fired, were attacked and the contents demolished. The brewery was after wards fired and burned down, with several oilier houses. A number of window panes iu other houses were broken. Several Germans were very badly beaten, aud an Irishman, named Patrick Murphy, was shot j he died this morning. Ou l'restou street, below Muiu, John Sutherland, an American, was shot, but not dangerously injured, and au Irishman was shot and beaten. All the German houses allocked wcro those from which shots had been fired by tho occupants. While this was going on in the upier part of the city, several persons were fired upou on the lower part of Main street. About 5 o'clock two Ameri cana were shot from an Irish house, while going along on Chapel street. This at once brought the excitement to the highest pitch. The Irish row on Maiu street, above Eleventh, was attacked and fired, and several persons were killed and some bunted. A large number were wounded. The Irishmen who shot Graham while lie was taking care of Uhoadcs, an American, who had been shot, was hung, but cut down before he died. At least thiity shots were tired from houses on Chapel street. It is impossible to ascertain all that were wounded. Malvin II. Scott, Americau, has his arm badly shattered by a bull. Seven or ciuht houses on the north side of Main itrect, ubovc Eleventh, an l two on the south sido, wero burucd. A man named lUchard lilackburn, who had hold of the ple of the American Eugle Company, was shot about 3 o'clock this morning. The houses wero nearly all owned by Francis Quoin, who was killed. Later at night, one of the groceries ransacked on Madison street was burned down, and also two Irish cooper shops on Main street. There were several German cooper shops iu the same vicinity, but none of them were burned. We aro cr.ddily informed that the mob had uothiug to do with this fire. There were somo warlike demonstration this morning ou Fifth street, near Main, but belter counsel prevailed, and the crowd finally dispersed. The result as far as we can learn is that fourteen men have been killed, six of whom were Aineri pans. Three oilier are expected tu d'e. We have not b' en able to ascertuiu how many have ben wounded ; we have learned of about thirty more or leas wounded. Wesee it stated that the Hermitage, Gen. eral Jackaou's hour: and burial place, is advertised fur sale. .MKHll'...Unin nimuhl Know mtuitht of C.nrnnrts, CITV, OREQON TERRITORY, SATURDAY, SEP T DIVIDER 29, 1888. LATE FROM EUROPE. The Allk-a Yet Jefore Scbn.stoj.ol! Preparations for Another Assault. Humored Doath of Pen. TodUcbcn. The Queslloa of Vurelitm r.ntuiiuenl la the Vhtleil Hlntes. Tur. Sikok. The French works aro so close lo the ubalti of llio Mulakoll' lh.it a man may throw a stonr into it. The aballis isdescribed as truly for midable; it is formed of the trunks of oak and beech, from the woods of the Crimea, aud is more tuan six feet high, llefore making a fn-sh as- suult altrmpts will bo made lo destioy it. The Uuasiuits are slill nl work on the s:luoi, and are ulso repairing the ltedau. The exchange of alio! aud shell is almost iueemint. AFrinch despatch duled July SO, says: "Ev erything is prepared fur a general assault in about fifteen duys." Ji'LY '.'I. Gen. Siuiptin telegraphs: '"I'lio Ilus siaus continue lo hold Iheir strung Hltion mi the Macken'e, and the slrong hinge of highla over hanging L'rkusta und the Vullcy of lluidar. It is rcirtrd Ihry have also n force of artillery and in fantry at Alnoku. The French huve pushed for ward the w hole of their cavalry into tho Valley of llaidur, resting the Surdiiiiuns Uki tho left bank of the Soiihui river, and commuuiculing with the Fiouch upon the Tchcruuya, while the high ridge protecting lluluklava is guarded by the Turkish ar my." The "Timci" correspondent writes: "Stagna tion seems to reign iu the cump and trenches ; even the heavy tiring has died away; yet the approaches advance, aud every day sees the Allies uearor tho crest of the Mulakoll', which will uow require nil the tenacity of the Uuasiuua to hold. A few days since llio Hiiseiuns succeeded lu establishing ritle pits iu front of the French sap." July 30. Giirlsehakoir telegraphs, ''Yesterday the clioiny opened a heavy fire, w Inch lusted two hours, against tho Flagstaff llustlon. We replied willi vigor.'1 - Advices from the Crimea to the 29th July an nounce continued preparations for another expedi tion. All the lighter vessels of the fleet wero as sembled at Kuiiiiesch. It was reported at Paris 011 the 3d of A ugust that the French Government hud official notifica tion that the bombardment of tho Malukoffand lie dun had been resumed preparatory to another as sault July 30. Gortscbnkofl" telegraphs: "There lias been a partial cannonade ou both sides, but noth ing of importance." Tho Viceroy of Egypt is negotiating with the Uedouins to serve in the Crimea. Kumicseh and llalaklava were crowded with vessels recently arrived for the secretexjieditioii. The French Government has charlored U7 small steamers for river navigation, each to convey 000 men. It was rumored that Gen. Simpson had resigned. It was surmised thut the licet would attempt lu force the hurborof Sebustopol, in conjunction with the assault of the hind fuices ou the works. It was rumored that Maj. Gen. Todllebcn, the scientific engineer who planned llio defcutos of Se bastopol, is deud. UutCht. ur TEI.EORAHI FaoM LONDON TO I.IV- KarooL, Aug. 4, Noon. Tho "Weekly Newspa per," just issued, says: "Wo learn that the Siege of Scbastopol is ubout to be raised. Also, thill a comniuuiculion has just been received from Ger many by tho N cstcrn l'owcts, which may Icuit lo sturtliug results." Sea or Azoff. Magazines along thecoast wero being destroyed as found, and small steamers were engaged in surveying. The allied fortifications were progressing. Asia. The accounts from Asia Minor are con tradictory. Tho Russians aro asserted to have sus pended operations against Kara and Ereeromn, and to bo retiring, but this is considered very doubtful. NuaoTi.iTio.N6. Family inlliicnce und intrigue are actively at work. Tho Austrian Archduchess Sophia, hisligated by a letter from the Dowager impress or Kussiu, had boeu acting upon tne J.in perorof Austria iu favor of peace, and tho hitter wrote an autograph letter to Nupoleon, who sends Gen. Letting with nn autogruph reply to Vienna. The contents of these letters ure profoundly secret. Great Itrltaln. In answer to the message of tho Queen to tho House of Commons for supplies, the Chancellor ef tho Exchequer had proposed to issue i7,U0O,UUO additional Exchequer bills. The London Times had an articlo on Consul Uowcrofl's arrest, aud prcuches in fuvor of pre serving friendly relations with America. Juiluor Gibson, in I'urliament, relerreu to tins editorial, and asked the Government lo furnish in formation on the very important subject of llio neu trality of the United States. Lord Pulmcrstim replied that an arrangement had existed at Halifax, by which persons going there from any quarter whulcvcr might be enrolled, but it appearing thut it led to questions whether or not tho luws of the United States hud been viola ted, the liritish Government being desirous (hat 110 such questions should by possibility arise, has put an Cud to the enlistment of forces at Halifax. France. The official report in regard to the loan shows 3,1100,011(1,01)0 fruncs, six limes the umuunt asked for. Tho report of the Minister of Finance describes the loan as tho most surprising financial operation ever effected in any country. The number of sub scribers to tho loan is 310,0110. VoUuil. The Daily News says General Count itiiiiionski has arrived in London by f. ciul invitation from tho Government. He comes direct from tho East; und it is evident ho can only have been invited to England with a view to enable Ministers to arrivo at some final decision on the I'uhsh question. Another Assault to be Matte. The I'uria correspondent of tho New York Timet, writing under date of A ugust 2, savs: Two days only have chinsed since the dute of my last, and the accumulation of intelligence is but m.'agre. A despatch from Gen. J'elissUr, dated the STtli, slates that "nothing m w had ta ken place." Unt a despatch from Gortschakuli" says of the same day, Hint a violent cannonade, lulling ten hours and a half, h id been mudo by the Allies, lo which the Kussians vigorously re plied. Il is probable, therefore, that Pelissier in his despatch reported the cannonade, but that I lie passage was struck out for some reason by the Government, before sending it to the Muniteiir. No despatches have been made public for three days, though the communication by telegraph is open. The assault will not now be long deferred, and the date of the lolh of this mouth aceim more than ever probable. The French in their trenches, and the Itussians in their ambuscttd before Malakoif, were but forty yards apart) and aimed at the white of each other's eyes. Pelissier was unpopular. Todlebeo, entirely recovered, had given a new im petus to the work of the second line of defence be hind MalakotK The Allies were aware 'of the pre parations waking at home U render their secvud r tulitra irnnitr r KtBUS ) nurt Hlar. Mlrtns.M winter more comfortable than llio first. The let lemjust received breulhe (strong hope, if not a lively confident?, Unit the season will be sjieut in, and not before, Schaatoiol, uWIII Hcliasliol he Taken 'IM TI10 lnvalide Jittssc publieiic 11 remark nlilo urticlu, futir columns Ion":, tnnkr tho lieaditw: "Will Subaslopol bo Titl.on I" Though frco from bra'piilocio, it coiicluili-s with expressing tlio conviction that tlio for tress is iniprcgnublu, thougli it confesses that tho Allies would lmvo inevitably taken it, had they assaulted il from tho position tlicy now occupy, on tho morrow of tho day they arrived, there. It says Scbastopol can replace 0110 hundred dismounted gnus in n uiglit, or can exchange 50,1)00 fmifjtted troops against 00,000 ffi'sfi troops ; that tlio Allies cannot, with doublo tho foico they can dispose of, cut oll'tho communication by l'erckop : thatlho Russian army, fighting fur its country and iu sovereign, is animated by a belter spirit than is tho licterngc-neous mass of French, English, Tuiks, Egyptian, and Sardinians, contending fur tin abstract idea and fur a confused interpretation of the duties of civilization ; that four days after llio tremendous bombardment of tho "3th of March, Scba-stopol was stronger than be fore ; that nt this moment, tlio daily Allied losses arc greater, mid tlioso of the garrison less, than ever before. It goes 011 to show tho tremcudoiis preparations for tho recep tion of the ct'otny, if it succeeds in obtain ing a momentary foothold. Tho Conslilu loiiNcaHeets to consider this urliclo m n desperate effort to reassure tho pcoplo of St. l etersbtirg, and oilers as a reply to the question, "Will Scbastopol bo taken !" tho sentiment that it will. Tho Allies havo not learned wisdom by experience, nnd nro as ready to-day to unucrrato their enemy as ou tho l"th of October. iNi.tnuvrs 01? tiik v.n. From tho Correspondent of the Loudon Times. CampHefoke Sehastopoi., July 10. This morning wo wero roused by a pretty heavy firing ou tho Uedaii, which, com mencing nt daybreak, lasted for nenrly four hours. About eight o'clock it gradually died away, nnd for tlio remainder of tho day the occasional booming of the guns was heard as it has been daily for months. The causo of this morning's activity was that the Redan wns impeding tho construction of tho heavy battery by. which the Hritish hopo to reach llio shipping, and cither to desiroy them or force thcin to leave tho po sition which they havo held with such ob stinacy, and w hich they used with such ef fect on the 18th of Juno. It will bo remem bered I hat on that day tho Russian vessels, moored iu doublo lino across tho harbor, fired double broadsides on the ndvnncing allies, nnd mowed them down with more fatal cll'cct than oven the works of the Mala koll'and Kcdati. The French, especially, sudcred much from this terrible fire, which wns sustained during tho wholo nclion, Con. I'elissior, though by no means a cnulious commander, is understood to shrink from sending his troops to bo a second timo ex posed to such n reception. The Defence Tho general opinion is that no new at tack on tlio MalakofT ought to be hazarded until the fleet is dislodged from its position, and driven into a part of tho harbor whero it will bo ineffective against tho Allies. Of course I say nothing of tho means by w hich this is to be effected. At present every thing seems to betoken on both sides tho busy preparation for a determined attack and a stern defence. On our part it is only the repetition of w hat has often been des cribed tho ceaseless landing of shot nnd shell on tho encumbered wharves of llalak lava, tho toil of wagons nnd of sttings of mules along tho parched nnd thirsty road, w hile tho w ind carries its clouds of dust bo furc it, enveloping whole convoys, nnd mak ing them invisible for minutes together, or whirling along in eddies with a spinning pillar of dust like a water spout. The mon otony of tho trenches is relieved by the conviction that a few days will see tho re newal of the cflbrts which were unsuccessful three woeks ago. The Sap of the Mat.iUoff. Tho French aro making visiUo progress in their sap towards tho Malakoif. Half way between this stronghold and tho Mam elun, whero our allies are firmly established, a lung trench is visible, which shows bow far they havo advanced in tlio interval since tho last attack. The Russians havo made no serious attempt to retake tho latter po sition, although tho night before last tlicy made a little sortie, iu which some sharp fighting took place, the end of it being that the Russians retired after somewhat, inter rupting tho French works. Iiut tho enemy is, 110 doubt, much more actively employed in strengthening llio MulakofT itself, which ho must feel to be tho key of Sebustotiol. Should this now celebrated hillock fall into tlio hands of the Allies, no ingenuity or ob stinacy of defence can delay tho capture ol the southern side beyond a few weeks. Thcro is every reason to believe thut the Russians are day and night at work deepen ing the ditch mid constructing auaius. a very large body of roop3 is constantly un der arms, and every means are u .cd to avoid a surprise like that which gave the French such easy possession of the Mauieluli. tw Russia Work. Rut it seems to m not aluiio tho Mala khofl and Redan which tho enemy is strenL'thcninLr. The Russian eninners are evidently constructing works on a very large scale behind tho fortilicatiutu with w hieh wc have bceu brought into contact. The w hole Kl tlst.Ut t I lt. Vive Dollar Year.. no. a. harbor is nlivo with boats. Crafts of all shapes mid sizes are continually crossing and rccrossing, carrying gabions, fascines, and trunks of trees for the construction of abattis, us Well as provisions and iimtntitii tion. They discharge their cargoes and im mediately return for fresh ones, each bout coining lo mako somo twelve or fourteen trips a day. Tho ships' boats seem nil to be employed at this work, which is no doubt porforuied by tho sailors. Tho largo sup ply of wood yielded by the forest of tho Crimen has been 0110 of the chief aids to the defenco of Scbastopol. Fuel for tho steam ors and for cookery has been obtained iu abundance, and tho want of coal has proba bly been little felt. Troes felled and brought n distance of ten or twelve miles form the strong abattis, six feet high, which is one of the-chief defences of tho Redan. Fas cines for works havo been obtained from tho samo (piat ter, and are brought iu largo quantities. The Weather unit Wealth. Tho camp is healthy enough, and it is pio'iable that tho summer will pass nwny without any of that sickness to which the nation has looked forward with such forebo dings. Tlio heal is by no means ciptal to what has been tho general temperature of tho country iu former years; and fever nnd diarrhu'tt havo prevailed to a less extent than usual. Vrostects of the Ktcge, July I'l. Nothing now to-day. The French nnd the Turks have filially relumed from their reconnoissanco, nnd the country about llai dur is again in the hands of tho Cossacks. Tho quantity of catllo driven in by them is vory great. An attack on the Russian po sition is considered all but hopeless. .Na ture seems ns if she had constructed the plateau they occupy as a vast defensible po sition, which 50,000 men may hold against four tunes their number. Ol tho reduction of Subastopoljiroper before the winter, 1 have no kind of doubt. That tho Russians will hold out with all the obstinacy of their character, even fifter tho destruction of their ships and the capture of the Malakhult, may bo expected : but the possession of a new position, commanding llio harbor and tho bridge of boats which crosses it, must event ually cause tho enemy to retreat. The Russian generals, though bravo, nnd determined on 1111 obstiuulo defense, may fairly receive credit for tho possession of prudence nnd forethought. As long a a placo can bo held with o chance of success, or even of damaging tho enemy, (hoy will hold it; but all their proceedings givo rea son to believe that tlicy will not allow their troops to bo cut to pieces merely for the credit of having mado ft dospelato resist ance, nnd held without advantage for 11 short timo longer nn untenable position. No doubt this Englishman hopes so. When they see that their retreat is serious ly endangered, it is not improbable that they will altogether abandon the southern sido, which they can hardly hope to hold should llio allies be ablo to command the harbor. They, no doubt, count at least on being nble to prolong their resistance until tho winter sets in ; if that bo impossible, they will most likely withdraw to the north ern side, which it may bo impracticable to lay siego lo beforo tho spring ol lofiu. What may bo done during that timo lo strengthen tho works wo may judge from tho industry und skill with which they havo labored in tho defense of Scbastopol proper. As to provisioning the troops, tho fact Hint tho dangers of hist winter aro foreseen and discussed, is a warrant that they will not recur. At nny rate the crushing burden of oveiwork will not press on our nn n, for wo will have tho French on all sides of 11s to tako part in the labor of tho trenches. A singular fact is, that during tho winter ev ery man cooked his own food. Tho cold and wearied soldier, creeping back from the trenches, found his junk of stilt meat, w hich he must light n lire to cook, often wilh wet wood, probably tlio work of moro than an hour. The consequence w as thut ho often devoured the food in its raw stale, or con tented himself merely with rum and biscuit. A 'better system has begun to prevail w ith regard lo cooking. The Malakhun. JV1.Y 13. Last night the Russians kept up a tremendous firo. Il has been blowing a galo Cir tho hut twenty-four hours, and the wind bore tho sound of tho heavy guns toward us, so that tho very ground shook. 1 am sorry to say that tho battery which tho French havo constructed between tho Mani elou and the Malakboll' hat hreu knocked to puces by the mwrfid fire iif the titter furl. A colonel and about thirty officers and ineii woro put hurt dc combat, nnd the siege works have received a decided check. In fact, as the Allies advance to the actual de fense of the place, they must expect to mucl more elaborate woiks, ami obstacles heaped on ono another wilh all the caro which nine months of preparation admit. F.veit now the enemy are strengthening tlio Malakboll every day. It is not what it was on the 18th of June, and a fortnight hence it will not be what it is now. I'lio battery at the Wliilo Works however, still goes on, and iu clfect will bo proved in a few days. Murderous Mistake. I'Vorn the Corresjioudent of Ihe f.ondou News. After the atluirof the lth, I may rcmaik, nrl.ll..vi'.,i..n . fit., 'Iu.u.iltr...tt., Illlt, and other tiei.rl.lKirii..' batteries had rcc-iv- .l ...1?..;.. .1...;, ( nil. s""" b"-" ies In the Ouutrie on the one hand, an I on the Mi:ie between Ih. Mam- clou and M.dakhulf on the ulher- iu thu1 ilustcnso without tin' miuiII. l 111 rnngeini nt for signals with the rniieli. Auotdm;;ly, 011 Sunday night, when 11 kb-uiui Jure? if f'niuhilijiloytil out f win tho Muwi'im to support those who wi ry nlreaily engaged in repelling iho'ciieiny, our Twenty ono (inn battery tijirmd Jire vn tlum, nnd kept il t'p most (dleitivcly till a bn n'lil.-ss messenger nrrivol to giio uolico of tbn murderous mistake. Tho wi ll-tinied bluiid. r, T learn, nwor.h d the enemy most Valuable ni l, nisi hud it been much longer continued would liaioto sultud ill I In) repul.e of our allies mid llm destruction of their hard worked sap. That such 1111 error could arise is nlxml equally the fault of ourselves mid the sulli rcis ; fur tho arrangement of some hvkIi m of sicim! to distinguish 11 friendly from a lnetile pmly ou ground which il wus Mutually under stood that our guns should be prepared to play at night, seems so much a matter of couiKo that tho rawest r ciuit that ever joined it inarching regiment Would ham thought of it as, the Inst step 111 the pi. m. With such generalship what ariniis could succeed Vviisucil of TaMux the Mall.lintT. Our engineers say that with the ndiau lages of position lately gained, and the leg iihir npproaches now iu .iugros, wlmirvi-r tho nature of the defensive works, their de struclioli will bo easily ellicted, and the capture of the hill cii-uivd ; bill those who rcmcmlicr tho nsp et of this same hill ut the cud of September, lu I, when ils only de fense wns a lull isolated whilo tuW'cr, and who recall how lightly wero rogunhd the labors of tho bu.-y swiirnis of Russians nt they built wilhetit iult riuptioli the ttirlli batteries which have hitherlo proved so per sistent and destructive, may be prrmillei! lo doubt the hicilily talked of. No one iluttld that this position is to be, and will be, ta ken ; but ns far as appearances can bo de pended upon, notwithstanding an acknowl edged superiority of lire and oilier advan tages, this will not bo accomplished without severe struggle and further sacrifice. The lttisslau in fence. from Ihe I'.on.lon Times. It clearly appears that on tho INlli, ns in nil tho preccediiig inslaiiccs, tlio Russians succeeded after the bombardment iu re-establishing tho lino of di fence ol'Seliasliipol iu its priinnlivu state ; and, though it is not denied that the works wero severely dam aged by tho lire of the besiegers, means havo constantly been found to repair I ho lines, and to construct new batteries, even under n heavy lite. This is one of the principal circumstance, which distinguish the seigo of Scbastopol from all other Beiges iu history, and which show Ihe uncommon skill with which the Russian engineers mail themselves of the new system of fortification they havo cren tcd, whilo the Russian troops display equal energy iu the execution of these plans. Scbastopol may be said to bo defended as much by the spade as by the sword, and re pealed experience has now shown that iu worka of this nature-, the utmost ilamngo caused by a bombardment from seigo trains even of unexampled magnitude and power mai bcnjxiind within a J'twhuttn by on attire and rendu tr iurriitoii. That, of course, is a peculiar advantage which works revelled with masonry ne' er can possess, and the contrast which has lately been drawn by a writer in the I '.ilinburg Review between tho speedy full of llio towers of lloiiiiirsund una the protracted r.csii.laneo of tho eatlhwuiks of Silisliia mid Sebustopol is a most iustruolivo lesson in the art of de fenco. To render the bombardment of Se bustopol of any use at all as a preliminary to the lissalllt of tho place, it must bo followed instantly by tho attacking columns, for llm interval of a single night has oil more than one occasion, siilliecd lo eountei balance the efl'eet of 0110 of these gigantic operations. From tho Ciiiciuuall Coiuiiieieiul. timid Times ut II .mil. For more than 11 year past ''hind limes" huvo prevailed iu Cincinnati, tho represen tative city of the Ureal West,, liisnsler followed disaster fast, Fuil was the wold. The crops failed, ihe liver failed, the Hank' failed, and a few business nu n faded. Only tho laX-galherer failed not. 'ItlO people wero disheartened and lust eoiilidence inllie future of our cily, and began to talk of homes elsewhere. The riveis uvre reduced to rivulets, and thecailli refused ils bounty. Winter found our mechanics out of woik, our tnaliilfaelot ies silent, our coal yards emp ty, hunger and nakedness among the poor who could not get umplouiiciit, mid dis tressing embarrassment among the hu -ines men. The grout currents of I ravel swejit wide of us. (bil ling" and splendid hotels were vacant palaces, their banquet halls dc sorted. The souls of the men of Cincin nati were tried, and were found lute. Tho-o who were capucilulcd lu look into the fu ture, thick wilh gloom as it. war., could see beyond the ili-uial clouds a k'nnliiug luic Ill ness that promised belter times. And thou times urn now at hand, l'i'ovidciicc has this b'iisoii f.ivored this people with 11 neliul iuoils accession of wealth. Tho yield of fruits of the earth in great be yond nil example. The summer lias been womlorlully propitious, mul stiinulaliM by llio high prices of grain, the I'al iners have made extraordinary ill'orts, and there are but few of t'.iein who have not this year cultivated an unusual inmil er of acies and exerted themselves with 11 ii i 'il.-tit'il vig or. The corners of 11,1111)' a field where the alders or briars I. ad sway were this tmi cleaned nut. Hits of new ground havo been broken up. Furrows have ben ihuwii linusally near the fence-. Turn i"s have been nai rowed. Suninpv places have b.-r n suWiled, und a del. niiilialiou generally manifested to inalu- evciy inch of soil count, iu the great sum w hii Ii was to be n.ltl, J to our Ciilil aiicudy in hand. And Clod wnt tlm fro ,K the rains, til: sunshine ami ' .'" 'H 'i"'". " lUt ,,1C la 1 , bors of the ti.b-rs ol the call!, nt mod I , , ,i I. I ;"""' . . . , .. "' n u iii'm- wtiioiij ('ov tin 11 d on '('! '"; '')