IvEMLY ilERALD. WB!*N&9MAt MbRNtKQ, 2!', 1864^ By the ArfivAl of the Baltic, we hav4pe\vs Of the greatest itttcFcst from Europe. A^tet-r Vible buttle was fought tn the Crimea,the hfth of this UWath, in Which, according to the AngimPrcKch amounts, the Ltussians tost 8000' br 9,000 men, and thwf own loss was 4,000 Or 5,001). The Mlt^s Claim to haVe gained the Victoryj,'out it has been dearly purchased. Ajm the hftlt, the whole Russian garrison !h Babastopd^ comprising some 0&,00Q -tnen, Made a softie and attacked the f}ght V.'htg of the English position, tsefote the pl^cA. they hmititaincd theif ground With great courage And AfhtliesS, alid after A struggle which con tinued throughout the day, the Russians were itpuisc'i witir tetfibih loss'; many Very Valua ble lives ahtong the Allies were lost. No leas that! fOuf Renerals of divisions among the En glish, were severely wounded. Though this battle has probably been the most brilliant af fair of modem times^though the mighty gen ius of the greatest Waft'lors of our day have been at WHi'k to achieve it—Slid though the result may be considered as a decisive Victory tp the Aliies, yet is theii' present position, one of great daitgeP. Of 30,000 lighting men sent out by crngtano, it ts estimateo that ner enec tivc force at present, is not over 15,000 men, so dfeadbil has been the mortality from the Combined in&UehceS t)f Wat, disease, and casu alties; The French have not snltefcd its se verely as the English, though htAny of the di Visions Under General Bosgnet, were killed in the action Of the 5th; The Turks have proved themselves to he cowardly rascals. The winter, which is now almost at hand, will be very unfavorable to the Allies. Tht extreme cold to whicli they will be exposed amid the snows of Russia, and to which they have been unaccustomed, must tend to make their position one of great peril. The powers And resources of the Russians have been much i Underrated) and their knowledge of the science t)f war looked Upon with contempt. The A1 lies now haVC found 0!it their mistake, and it; Will require all their skill and superiority to retrieve it. They are making great prepara tions at home to send more troops to the Cri mea. France will send out 50,000 men, and England will bear half the expense. England will also send out several regiments. We give in another column a description of the rival cavalry charge, taken from the Lon don Titties, which Wag the hmst attractive fea ture of the battle, of the -fifth, and on which 4 the result of the day's contest probably de* pended. * The miscreant who attempted to throw vit- j rol in the face of Madame E. Wallace Ban-! chelle, has been arrested. A tin oil feederi containing the poison, was fonud upon his per son. The fiend does not assign any reason for his murderous act. Many other ladies have suffered from the acts of this diabolical man. A destructive fire occurred in Hartford on the night of Tuesday last, It broke out in a four story brick building, and the Sanies rap idly spread in the book bindery of Messrs. Shattuck & Co. The firemen were early on the spot, and did good service. Theldss of books, Ac., Was about $9,00(1. Bon de Chets, the Spanish Minister, was Violently thro.vn from his carriage while dri ving through Washington on the 23d. He is lying in a dangerous condition. Two Sue young men, named Mordicai and Adolph Henry, residing in Mobile, went on a hunting excursion in Polecat Bay, on Satur day Sight. The companions they went out to' meet, having returned without seeiug them, much anxiety was felt on their aeeonnt.— About noon of the following Tuesday, a boat drifted into shore, and in it were the bodies of the two ill-fated young men, dead and fHMen. A gang of villains have beeff attested in Kentucky, for kidnapping free negroes in Ohio,! and sellmg them tnto slavery. Three broth ers by the name of Young, hate been taken in custody on the abote charge. Many others are supposed to be implicated with them. Edward C, Marshall, who murdered Jane North, his paramour, in Lynehbnrgh, some days since, has been examined in the Mayor's Court and sent on for further examination in the higher court. He gives as his reason for ^ the dreadful act, that he kiiied her beean.se -he loved her, and was jealena aE her His previous character was proved to be good. A yottng*femaie stave came to her death the other day in New Orleans, from the effects of inhuman treatment at the hands of her mistress. It appears that, the iittie girt was troabted with worms, and her appetite was made so voracious by their presence, that she took food wherever site could steal or find it, This stealing was probabiy the cause of her being beaten. Alfred Artis, of Shelby county, Ohio, was tried )ast week, and convicted of murder in the first degree. The charge against him was that, about a year ago, he caused the death of his own daughter, quite a young gir], mt%8er hig her by the stow process of starvation ex pose re, cud the most disgusting and fiendish cruelties. Another daughter, otder than tin deceased, wasnwilness against him, On Monday morning last, the schooner Sa rah Elizabeth, belonging to Port Monmouth In this county, capsized while Raffing' in ^eu York Bay, and one man, Oapf. HcOerfan, Wa! drowned in at: ? opting to reach the shore.— Capt. Barteg, who was also thrown into tin water, was saved. FnAXKMH S. M?M^, Esq., i., a^wiated with the T/M American, as assistant Eriitor. SVe have no doubt his additional services will reader it even more popular than it has been heretofore, This gentleman has been for sev eral years a reporter of the above journal, and bis reputation is weii established. Main Street wants Repairing. ^*0 One tan help being fbtdtbly struck with the great improvements Which the spirit and enterprise of ouf mti^ens have ejected in Free imhi Within a few j'eara. Large and beauti fui edifices are daity in course of construction, the sure indications of increasing wealth and thrift. We are P.'O ionger compelied to tsy.de through mud hue^-deep, if we wis^t to visit bur nearest neighbor Our Side-walks are well paved or planked, throughout the principal streets, lint amid aii this improvement, one very im;mrtant item has been neglected, and that is, the Mending of Main street. Winter is now rapidly advancing, and,we can aiready see what sort of a road we are to ihave Mr the next four months. Aiready, the mud is SO deep that a horse can scarceiy puii an empty wagon, and as to crossing it on foot, woe i'cttde the desperate individual who at tempts it. Thanks to certain of "ur citizens, we cHw make oat to cross when t^own town, but to undertake it up town is foolhardiness. W e ai wavs pay our friends across the street, a good bye visit in the latter part of this to g* them before April—gre^t guif of mortar w hich intervenes, precludes the possibility of the go ing to them, or their coming to us. There is no reason why Main street shouid uot be a passable thoroughfare during the winter, as Wcll.as the Summer months--. A [can!; can be devised to make it so Without a very great expense. We appropriate largts sums Of money every year for tins purpose, but we nevet see much good effect from it. It is just as bad now as it was ton years ago, and wiii be just as bad at the expiration of the next ten years, unless some n:Ore effectual plan than the present, is tried. Permit us to make a suggestion. Let a sumctentiy ihrge sum of money be ap propriated, to make a double tracked plank road, beginning at the terminus of the Keyport road, and continued the entire length of the tittagc. I!y doing this, we ensure to ourselves, a good road for the next seven or eight years. At the expiration of that time the piattks wii] probably be much worn ; then let them be covered over with sand and gravel to the depth of four or live inches. In this way, we will have a macademized road, which wiil, with a tittle attention occasionally, grow har der and better, the more It is travelled upon. Tins plan has been pnrsned in many of the vitlages in the State of New York, and has been found to be an excellent one The old planks form a solid foundation for the gravel, and prevent the wheels of vehicles from sink ing into the mud. It is true this plau will involve considerable expense in carrying it out, but when it is fin ished, there is no more expense. Whether it be a feasible one, or not, it is certain that the present system of carting a load Of dirt here, and another there, is a useless waste of time and money, for we see the good effects of it, Only utlttl the hfst heavy fall of rain. Some thing shOtlid be done, add If any one can sug gest a better plan than the Oud mentioned above, let lam make It known. We earnestly invite the attention of our citizens to this mat ter. It is one which concerns thepnbiic good, and we all have a deep interest in it. Besides the convenience to be derived from it, it will add greatly to the appearance of the town. 40?* The State Gazette says that applica tion will be made to the next Legislature for an act directing all township elections to be by ballot. INFORMATION WANTED. The following notice appears in the X. Y. Trt&Mwe.'—"Denison P. Lewis, (or, as he is sometimes called, Judge Lewis, while traveling and exhibiting a grizzly bear and other animals, became deranged in or near Trenton, New Jersey, and has since died in Norwich, Cohn. He is supposed to have had with him a large pocket book, containing money, checks, drafts and cer tiheates of deposits, whM%i is missing.— Any person having information that shall lead to the recovery of the above proper, ty andpapers, or git-e information of the above supposed deposits In bank, wili be liberally rewarded by thesHbsOribcr. who is brother of the deceased, and adminis trator on his estate. The public are cau tioned not to pay any of the above drafts. Address James II. Lewis, Xorwichtown. Conn." A CONSUMMATE VILLAIN.—About 2 o'clock on Friday morning, 17 th inst., as we learn from the Po^, Mrs. Schwalincy er v as aroused from her slumbers in her own house on Marshall, between 17th and 18th streets, by the presence of some one in her chamber, w ho was endeavoring <0 place a vial or other small instrument to her nose. Thinking that perhaps it was her husband, who is 3H engineer on the Central Railroad, she struck a light while lying in bed, when lo !%e discovered the person of a stout white fcHow*ybom she had never seen before; She- instantly shouted murder, and her cries arousing the house, the fellow rushed down the steps and escaped through a window in the basemenC by which he had entered.— In running down the steps he missed his footing, and icli heavily on the stair-case, leaving traces of blood on the steps. The lellow entered the house for the purpose of robbing it, and to accomplish this ob ject endeavored to administer chloroform to Mrs/ Schwalmcycr.—Ric/wnwid jEhi.g. NEW RAILROAD. Application will be made to - the Lcis lature, atits next session? lor a chartei for a raiiroad to be called the ' The Cam den and Key port Railroad,'' from sOim point on the Camden and Atlantic Raii road to some point, on Raritan Bay, at oj cast of Kevport; capital, $2,000,000, to b< increased to $8,000,000. For an aet creating a company with : capita! of $2,000,000, with the privilcgi ofincreasing it to $8,000,000, having foi its object the construction of a Raiiroat from some; point on the Delaware Bav south of Raccoon Creek? to some point ot the Raritan Bay, at or near Keyport. MASMCgPSBTTS EbECTio^.-^-M now ap pears that of all the members elected t< tlie lower house of the Massachusetts leg islature, only one is separately and drs tiactively a Whig, 863 being America! and-1 Fusion; ilfws. .-^.-.-7 GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE KtVAL CAVAt^Y CHARGE BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. Our eyes were-, however, turned in a motaent on out' owti cavalry. IVesaw Brigadier dCuCrdlScariettride along in front of his massive squadrons. The Russians—evidently cor^n their tight hiue jackets embroidered with sil ver lace, were advancing on their left,, at an easy gdHbp, towards the brow of the hii!., A foMst of iances glistened in their rear, and several spuadrons of gray coat ed dtagonhs moved up quickie to support thent as they reached the summit. The instant they came in sight, the trumpets of our cavairy gave out the warnihg blast, which toidns ali that in another mo ment WOwontd sec the shock of battle beneath our very eyes. Lord Itatgan. ! and his staff and escort, and groups of odicers, the Zouaves. French generafs itnd officers, and bodies of French infantry on the height, were spectators of the scene ds thohgh they were Iddkihg oh the stage from the boxes of a/theatre. Nearly eve ry one nism&unted a&d sat down, aednotn word was said. The Russians, advanced down the hill at a slow canter, which they changed to a trot otid at last nearly hal ted. The iirst line was a.t least .doable it was Three times as deep. Behind them tvhs it similar line, equally strong and cdtnpact. they evi dently depised their insigiiiHCant looking enemy, but their tiitiB was come. The trumpets rang out again through the val ley, and the drays and Enniskilleners went right at the centre of the Russian cavalry. The space between them was only a few hundred yards; it was scarce enough to let the horses "gather way," nor had the men quite space sulEcient for tuc fuli play of their sword arms. The Russian line bring forward each wing as our cavalry advance and threaten to An nihilate them as they pass on, Turning a little to their left, so as to meet the Russians right, the Grays rhsh on with a cheer that thrills to every heart—the wild shout of the Enniskilleners rises through the air at the same instant. As lightning j Hashes through a cloud, the drays and i Enniskilleners pierced through the dark jmassesof Russians. The shock was but ior a moment; mere was a ctasn ot steel and a light play of sword blades in the air, and the Grays and the red ca^s disappear in the midst of the shaken and quivering columns. In another moment wo see them emerging and dashing on with diminished numbers and in broken order against the second line, which isj advancing against them as fast as it can j to retrieve the fortune of the charge, It! was a terrible moment; " God help them!! they are lost)'' was the exclamation ofj more than one man, and the thought of many. With unabated fire the noble hearts dashed at their enemy—it" was a fight ofheroesi Tbe first line of Russians, which had been smashed utterly bv out charge, and had fled off at One flank and j towards the centre, were cdntiiig back to swallow up our handful of men. By sheer steel a&d- sheer courage Enniskilteners and Scot were winning their desperate way right the enemy's squadrons, and al ready gray hprscc and red coats had ap peared right at the rear of the second mass, when, with irresistabie force, like one bolt from a bow. Thp 1st Rovals, 4th Dragoon Guards; and the 5th I)ra goons Guards, rushed at the remnants of the first line of the enemy, went through it as though it were made of pasteboard, and dashing on the second body of Rus sians, as they were stiil disordered by the terrible assault of the Grays and their companions, pht them to uftet rout. This Russian horse ih less than five minutes af ter it met our dragoons was flying with all its speed before a force certainly not half its strength. A cheer burst from ev ery lip; in the enthusiasm, officers and men took of their caps and shouted with de light, and thus keeping up the scenic character of their position, thCy Clapped their hands again and again. Lord Raglan at once despatched Lieu tenant Curzon, Aide-de-Camp, to convey his congratulations to Brigadier-Genera! Scarlett, and to say " well done-" The gallant old officer's face beamed With pleasure when he received the message. " I beg to thank bis Lordship very sin cerely," was bis reply; The cat airy' did long pursue their enemy. Their loss whs very slight, about 85 killed aud wounded in both affairs, (the second will be detail ed subsequently.) Major Clarke was slightly Woitnded, and had a narrow es cape from a sabre cut at the back of his head. Lieutenant-Colonel Griffith reti red after the first charge, having been woHudcd at the back of the head. Cor net RendCrgUst was WOUndcd in the foot. There were not more than four or five men killed outright, and our most mate rial loss was from the CannPn playing on our heavy dragoons afterwards, when covering the retreat of.our light cavalry. —Loudon Limes. The^ Charge ie Met ^ the. High ^ landers. ** As, the Russian, cavalry on the deft of their line crown the hiH, across the valley they perceive the Highlanders drawn op at the distance of some haif mile, calmly waiting theif approach. They bait, and squadron after squadron tiles up from the rear, tiil they have a body of some 1,500 men along the ridge—lancers, dragoons, and hussars. Then they move rn rcMon it! two bodies, with another in reserve.— The cavalry who have been pursuing the Turks on the right are coming up to the ridge beneath us, which conceals onr cav alry from view. The heavy brigade in advance is drawn up in two columns.*— The lirst column consists of the Scots Grays and of their old companies in glo ry, the EuniskiHens; the second of the 4th Ropal Irish, of the 5th Dragoon Guards, and of the 1st Royal Dragoons. The light cavalry brigade is on their left in two divisions also. The silence is op pressive; between the cannon bursts, one can hear thechampingof bits and the clink of sabres in the valiev below. The ' Russians on their left drew breath for a ' moment, and then in one grand line dash ed at the Highlanders. The ground iiics beneath their horses' feet—gathering speed at. every stride,1 they dash on to wards that thin red streak, topped with a line of steel. The Turks tire a volley at 800 yards, and run. As the Russians come within 600 yards, down goes that line of steel in front, and out rolls a vol ley of Minnie musketry. The distance is too groat, but still ss force of smoke,here! shot of our Q less suspcnst! of the wave! buteretheyi Russians are not checked, onwards tA'ith the whole and^ m^h, through the there knocked oyer by the ies aboVe. With breath ry one waits the bursting Ur the line of Gaelic rock; e within 150 yards, an other deadlylolley dashes from the lev elled ride, :ui carries death and terror into the it si&ns. They whejl-about, open tiles ri; ; and left, and dy back fas ter than they! [me. " Brave Highlanders! wcM done,", touted the excited specta tors; but cv