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fcfct &sjjlm Stitton. 1. SHEBIDAH",. -Editor. WEDNESDAY, - - OCT. 25. 1C54. JC2"-The lengthy letters of our Cor respondents, Lave crowded out several important editorials. Vic Ralston. It may not be gen erally known,' that this ' gentleman has jasi received a fine and large assort- f meat of Jewelry of all kinds. AH in t teres ted will do well to give him a call and aee his stock- J'ohks & Allen. Our readers will .take notice that the Hardware Store ! of -these gentlemen is not "adjoining the Bank," as appeared n ' their-ad-rextisement. It is now opposite the Bank, since the removal of the same, wher Capt. -Johns will be found ready to wait on bis numerous friends. THE 1IHL.IND WIAXUFACTCMIIM Ci - . COJH PANT.: : : . 'J: i,Thia Company has been organized un- f .der the general act of incorporation, with 'an authorizing capital of $50,000, and - (he design -of the Company is to increase .the manufacturing interest of this place -They have purchased of Rezxor, Ris Itt.ft Co., their Factory and Mills, and -.will now, iff their present organization, ' afford -an opportunity for the subscrip tion of Stock to those who may desire. , 4With an increased subscription of $10, . 000 the Directors propose to double the r capacity of the Factory, and still fur- 1 Cher increase the business from time tn time, as circumstances will warrant. Their present Superintendent, Mr. S. 'M-Smith, we are informed, is an old, ' experienced and practical Manufacturer, ;and occupied a prominent position in 'he Utica G lobe. 31 ills, for a series of :years. - The fact that he has become in terested in this Company, is of itself a sufficient guaranty as' to the future pros " perity4 of tho corporation. Success to the Ashland Manufacturing Compa-iHj.;- ri i . ?: ..: ... T . - , BANK FAIUBEii. - Last week we noticed the failure" of ' the Newport Safety Fund Bank, of Ken tuckyr This Bank has issued largely, -billa under ? the: denomination of $5, "nd a we before stated, there is no se curity on a single dollar, except over 45., Almost one year ago wo warned the public of this. fact, and proved by facts and figures that sock was the case ; and if any of our readers find themselves VT? axen m," tney can oiame none, but .-hemse-ves. This is one of the results vi -nsj unio email noio -jaw. - xne on ly way We can1' get rid of this worthless foreign trash is, to drive it right home Bpon them,.r '..',.' . .7 f- hi The Kanawha Bank is not considered 'good, j The i-itsworth Bank, (Maine) Ealamasoo Rail Road Bank, (Michi- ,-gan) Suffolk Hank, Knickerbocker Bank ,aad .Eighth Avenue Bank, (N. Y. City) -have fulfilled their fearful destiny. Nearer home we-find the Kentucky ,Trast .Company Bank, in a precarious condition. " Their doors arc closed ; when -they will he opened, we cannot say. - The only encouragement we can give bill holders is, to ' watch and pray " for the "good time coming All kinds of Indi ana money is considered bad, except, perhaps, the.. State Bank. Recollect, reader, the whole of itls considered bad, and most break soon. Those who take 'Indiana money after this date, do it at , their -own risk. .. .; : i. .. r The operations of the Small Note "Law, has been rather oppressive up to 'the 'present ' time, but it is evidently .bringing about good results. "Tirst, by idriying home worthless , foreign Bank paper j- secondly, it brings into circula ;tioa the paper of our own Bunks, and Ctold an J Silver. '. Previous to the time she law took . effect, scarcely a dollar of Ohio money could be -bad, while Gold and Silver was oat of the question. Now, however.' we have a reliable currency. .Truef Change .is. scarce, but a radical -change cannot be effected in a day or a month. .We confidently hope that a few -jnnntha will 1monnrrnr,f tha utility of -. : - j the law. We shall at least have money -,4hat we know something about. f ' i ' .-. '' - . The Next House of Representatives -Elections have been held in eleven States for members of the next House of .Representatives, with the following .esult : ..- -? ... . Arkansas , - -; -. California- , 2 i Florida - I Maine ., l 5 3 6 17 21 9 1 Vermont . Missouri- -Peons'ylyania. . Ohio ..Indiana . Iowa. w -South Carolina l 8 2 . I 6 fiVr'- Total, 24 . . 62 ., ,1a the last Congress the. above States were represented by 48 Democrats to 38 "Whigi."" The i six Whigs from Missouri jarcr'all iia.- .favor of the Nebraska Uill, . and Jhe probability ia, that although the r- Hcmse may:be opposition by a .large ' preponderance, there will bo but a small majority against that measure. ' " JC3C"TheIarfisbnrg(Pa.) Telegraph T haa placed at the head of its column the 'same of James Pollock, the newly elco-"'- d Governor, for President in 1856, .in. i i j ..-j . . ;, Correspondence of the Ashland Union. FIFTH OHIO STATE I AIH. Dk. Sheridan : I paid a flying visit lo the State Fair on Thursday last.' As yours is only a Weekly issue, I shall be under the necessity of embodying in a single letter all those things which I considered worthy of " making a note on ," and, consequently, will occupy more spaco than may be agreeable to you or your numerous readers. THE TRIP DOWN. We left Mansfield on the G:20 morn ing train, via. S. M. & N. Rail Road drawn by that eplendid locomotive, " Hocking said to be one of the lar gest and most powerful in tho State Our train was augmented to forty-nine cars before we reached Newark, and had 3600 passengers aboard. Wo were com pelled to occupy a common box car, as the Company had not regular passenger cars . enough to accommodate the one teutn part ot tne crowd. I ne morning air was sharp and bracing, and King Jack Frost showed his utter contempt for all Liquor Laws, by furnishing the entire company with nasal protuberances very much resembling a beet. The country along the Road from Mansfield to Utica is broken and hilly, but from the latter place to Newark is. a level plain. When wo arrived1 at Frederick some wag started the story that wc had run ever a man a mile back. Of course there was a general " piling oat " to bco the " remains " of tho unfortunate indi vidual borno to the station. It turned out, however, that the luckless individ ual aforesaid, was under a bridge! Each gave his neighbor a knowing look, as much as to "say, " anything green over there ?" The sell was heartily enjoyed by all who were not taken in. As the train ncared Newark, at least 1000 male passengers, .ourself among the number, crawled on tP f the cars, to get a good view of the City and surrounding couu try.We arrived in town about 11 o' clock, and was Won mingling with the great crowd. Amid the hurrying and bustling of people," the swearing of Je hnes, and the rattling of vehicles, wo made our way to the Depot of the Cen tral Ohio Rail Road, took a special ac commodation train, and in less than half an hour was set down at THE FAIR. GROUNDS. - . ' - The Fair Grounds proper, consisted of about 30 acres, enclosed by a high board fence, wich included the famous mounds about which there has been so much said and little known. These mounds are supposed by some to be the remains of an ancient fortification. By others, to have been a place of sacrifice of some warlike race anterior to the As tecs. And by others, a 'vast circle thrown up by the Aborigines the orig inal - " Know Nothings " into which they drove the wild game, and slaugh tered them without mercy. Leaving these theories to the speculations of the curious, we will enter THE fNNEB CIRCLE, ' Upon entering the enclosure, a scene grand and - imposing - preniulm- itoalf. Standing on the outer embankment which was 30 feet high we could take in at a single glance the whole of the vast arena. The crowd which tho officers say wassli!o,UUU on JLnursaay was moving to and fro like tho waves of the sea. Sonio were visiting the Stock stalls somo were in the Floral, Farmer's Manufacturer's or Mechanic's tents- some lounged at case on tho ancient em bankments, while- hundreds of gaily dressed ladies, with their male attend ants " fast " young men promenaded in the shade of the greate oldforest trees, whose wide-spreading branches and yel low foliage almost' excluded tho feeble rays of tho October sun. Thousands of peoplo surrounded' the Stock ring,' in which was being displayed the best hor ses of the . Buckeye State, Hero was a little group of committee men, vainly endeavoring to bump their honest pates against a conclusion in regard to some disputed point, while there was a lot of urchins devouring ginger bread ," ap parently without the slightest regard for expenses." Everybody looked happy and cheerful every " body seemed bent on " going it " at all . ha: was indeed gratifying, J1 g1 riseNv the happy denizens o ral districts of Ohio; to honor the Enterprise our nome otato. it was a luaion in which" even the '? old fogies " of De mocracy could heartily join. As we gazed intently upon the imposing scene, visions of the. future greatness of Ohio floated through our imagination, and emotions of pride swelled within our breast that wo were one of even the humblest of her citizens. . THE STOCK. The display in Stock was grand, ex celling, it is said, all former Fairs. - The Stock stalls extended nearly around the entire enclosure, and were nearly all oc cupied.. Horses. Wo never was, and never expect to be, much of a judge of " horse flesh ," and, consequently, shall adopt the opinions of others in regard to the merits of the horses exhibited. Among those which attracted favorable notice was " Clay Trustee ," raised by Hon. Henry Clat, and now owned by Dr. J. Van Pearse, of Lancaster. He took the first premium at the Springfield Fair. " Flying Cloud owned by Messrs. Orr & Lado, Melroso, Seneca county, at tracted universal attention. ' He is one of Black Hawk's best colts ; his owners paid $3000 for him. Mr. King, of Ken tucky, had on the grounds " Grey High lander ," said to be one of the best blood ed horses in tho United States. Mr. King had also on the ground a three years old black filly, which he sold fur $500 ; and a two years old filly, which ho refused to sell at any price. Mr. K. took the prizes on thorough brede. "Top Bcllfoundcr ," owned by James Peirce, near Looray Licking county, took the prize for the best " horso of all work ." Mr. Warden, of Mt. Vernon, took the premium on the best yearling colt. Cattle. The display of cattle was certainly grand. The two great foreign importations into our -State during the past year, has had a decidedly beneficial influence. The Short Horns were well represented, but were excelled by tho Ayrshires. Tho Durham cow " Star Light ," imported last year by Hon. Cha"le3 Phellis, was much admired. She is three years old, and weighs 2000 lbs. " Giantess ," owned by John H. Bbcck, of Petersburg, Highland county, also deserves particular mention. She is three-fourths Pattoti importation, and it is attested that she has given 763 lbs of milk in ten days 2G lbs to the pound of butter. SJiccp. " In Sheep, the exhibition was very large, more than four fold greater than that at Cleveland two yearsago. In the fiue wool, we have-among exhibi tors, W. H. Ladd, tho Messrs. Iluinrick house, of Coshocton ; Batchclo and Howe, Manon, Kimball, Jewctt, etc. In long wool, Penny, Chamberlin, Had ley, Dr. 'Townsheud, &c, &c ." Hogs. The display of hogs excelled all former Fairs put together. Tkey were all of tho finest breeds, and put for ever to flight all our pre-conceived no tions of famine and all that sort of thing, this winter. We felt like exclaiming with a Massachusetts poet, Pull must he be who faili to recognize, The grunting glorica of Columbia's Hties, Would any Buckejro Moses dare forbid The use ol pork J they'd lynch him if he did ! Pork, above all, felicitously great, Squeals to found cities, dies to build a state. Let other lands their lavorito beasts exalt! Pigs are the things fur Sucker eong and salt. ' THE TENTS. . Turn we now from the Stock, and en ter the tents. Floral Hall. Floral Hall, always the centrepf attraction with tho ladies, was a complete failure. We saw noth ing worthy of notice except a largo Cac- Uus, and that was brought there to sell. The drouth has made sad havoC among flowers and green house plants, the past Summer. We have excelled tho exhibi tion at some of our-own County Fairs. The disappointifient of tho fair visitors", was manifested by any amount of indig-- naut "pshaws," and other consoling expressions. " There's a good time com ing girls wait till next year. Farmer s llcul. Xlio exhibition m this department was as good as could be expected. There were somo Sweet Po tatoes that surpassed anythiug we have ever seen, and would have proved most excellent substitutes for brickbats in an Irish melee. There was also a fair dis play of Fruit, Vegetables, Honey, But ter, Cheese, &c. Mecluinic's Hall. The exhibition in this department was very good fully equal to any former Fair. To attempt to particularize would bo useless. We regret to loam that Messrs. Whiting and Mansfield, our both failed to get their Clover Machines en tho ground, although eachmado eve ry exertion to do so. Had they . suc ceeded in getting them there, there can bo no doubt as to who would havo taken the first and second premiums on those articles. Manufacturer's Hull. This, to us, was decidedly the most attractive feature of tho exhibition. It was certainly hard to excel, especially in the Fine Arts. Ohio Artists never made a better display. The Daguerreotypes were positively as near perfection as t'uey well could be. The subjects were all handsome, and the pictures ditto. Faces were there, that if the originals arc half as handsome, wo need not hope for a deliverance from su icides for love's sake during this genera tion at least. ' GENERAL ITEMS. ' The whole number of entries was near ly 1900 -about 300 more than at any former Fair. ' . - The number in attendance is also said to have been larger than ever before. Wc were informed by ono of tho offi cers, that the receipts would not fall much short of $20,000. Pickpockets were as thick as buzzards on a carcass. One unfortunate man was relieved of a wallet containing $1000. The general arrangement of the whole Grounds was excellent, and did great credit to the Officers of the Society. The many kind attentions which the Ed itorial fraternity received at their hands, will long bo remembered. We will now take a glance at things OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE. As we passed through the main exit gate, our ears were - saluted with a series of noises that sounded worse than the " confusion of tongues " at Ba bel. It seemed as' if. the whole army of damned spirits in Pandemonium had emerged from their subterranean abodes, and had came up to dance a hornpipe for the- special edification of Buckeyedom. Here was about a dozen different can vass tents erected, in which were being exhibited some of the greatest living cu riosities ever seen by mortal man. The first was a " French Giant " something less than twelve feet high, while next door was a Cow with an extra horn grow ing out of the middle of her neck, which seemed to be designed expressly for play ing the " gouge game ," when she had a hostile meeting with any female quadru peds. Here was tho body slave of Gen. Washington, 120 years old, who was represented by a painting on the outside as pushing the General's old " war boss " back on his haunches, and looking any amount of daggers at the innocent brute, by way of displayinghis authority. Next came , a, band of Negro Minstrels. A famous " colored pnsson " was giving a grau-1 '' breakdown ," both heels turned up like a Laplander's sled runners, whilo in the back ground a grand " overture " was being performed by tho balance of tho Company. The famous " Bearded Lady ," and Miss Coots, the "Fat Wo man ," held their levees in the next tents. Next comes a Mustang horse without any hair on, who is making a bee line for tho chaparral in the distance, with John Gretnbr, of tho State Journal, close in his wake,, in the act of throwing the "lasso." The largest . Anaconda ever captured, was also exhibited in the same tent. A Monster Ox weighing 5000 lbs next door. Then comes a grand cosino rainio view of the Universe, with a paint ing on the outside originally used to frighten children with. ' Each of these humbugs were supplied with a brace of gassy orators, who gave glowing descrip tions of tho wonders which could be socu within for " only a divie " Add to these Uncle Tom's Cabin, Flying Hor ses, Swings, the ercrfasting New Eng land Soap man, and the yelling of about two hundred Omnibus boys, and you can form some idea of the " noiso and reonfusion " that reigned. " outside the circle ." Close by, tho Ashland Boys had erec ted a very comfortable booth, which we found under the special targo of " Fath er Mathcw'." By the way, the old gen tleman tells a good story on the boys, which wc will repeat, at tho same time begging pardon for giving it publicity. Just -above the entrance the boys had placarded in largo capitals tho words " Ashland Boys ." This attracted the attention of an elderly couple from tho interior, who were strolling about in the vicinity. "Ashland Hoars' read the old gentleman. " La me, husband ," exclaimed tho old lady, " I wonder wby they don't take them up to the stalls, where the. rest of the hogs arc?''' You havo only to mention this little circum stance in the presence of any of the boys, to send them instautly in search of some one round, the nearest corner. - Mounting an Omnibus, we left the Fair Grounds at 5 o'clock, under a per fect canopy of dust, and reached the city justinimo to take the evening train for home. We were soon " rushing o'er the plains ," . homeward, at the rate of. 30 miles per hour, fully convinced by what we had seen during the day that this is a great country that Ohiol3 a great State, and.her Fairs " swino pumpkins !" I beg pardon, Mr. Editor,' for having occupied so much of your space; but how could I have said lea?, and done jus tice to tho best State Fair 'Sfer held in Ohio? " B. Correspondence of the Ashland Union. New York, Oct. 2lst, 1854. The gloom which fell upon our City like a visible shadow when the loss of the Arctic was announced, has not yet disappeared. It is true that the arri val at St. Johns, N: F., of the Propel ler Vesta, with thirty-one of the Steam er's Crew, and tho intclligcnco that the HlwlownsmTOj4sCQnil -ateIsboat Andihcrcntain- mg together forty-hvo persons reached Cape Raco in b-futy, havo lessened the supposed aggregato of victims ; but as nearly all the rescued are employees of the ship who like base dastards de serted their duty in the hour of peril, tho report of their safety creates very little interest in tho public mind. ' The entire number of lives known to be saved thus far, is' one hundred and eight, and tl0 three boats not yet heard from are estimated to have contained from seventy-five to one huudrcd souls, One of these missing crafts was manned by Mr. Soulie, the first mate, tho boat swain, and four hands, who were sent by Captain Luco, to look after tho Propel ler, and could not afterwards be taken on board the Arctic. Tho other two were first class life-boats which might be made to hold forty or fifty persons each. Mr. Burns, tho Agent of Adams & Co., states positively that one of them was nearly filled with -ladies, only four men being on board of her when she pushed off from the wreck. He thinks this boat had oars. . How the other life boat was occupied none of tho survivors who have been heard from, seem to know. ' It is a matter of doubt whether the family of Mr. Collins wero tilted into the sea by the breaking of a boat's tackle or not. They may have been among the ladies in the life-boat, yet it is quite as probable that the first account was true. There is not, I fear, any good ground for believing they were saved. The fearful les3on taught by this ca tastrophe will not be lost upon the own ers of our Ocean Steamers. The Im portant fact connected with this disas ter cannot fail to make an indellible im pression upon all " who go down to the sea in ships." Tho Arctic was racing through a blind fog at the rato of thir teen knots an hour, when the Vesta struck her ; she had no fog-bell ringing ; and with four hundred souls on board she had not boats for two hundred. Possible the aix boats might have sus tained two hundred and fifty persons afloat in still water, but they could not have been rowed and steered properly with more than one hundred and fifty on board. Of this I am positive, aa I know the size of the craft. There should bo a fog-bell continually ringing in a fog' and the speed checked to preveut accidents of this kind. There are rumors about town this morning that Mr. Collins has-become insane. This I find on inquiry, to' be untrue. He is, however, laboring un der great prostration-of body and mind. Confusion worscj?ounae( reigns in the political cffpnero. For the May- oralityJffito " aro six. Richiuonds in thc-flcTil," viz : Augustus School, hard Shell democrat ; Fernando Wood, both shell democrat ; John J. Hcrrick, whig; James W. Barker, know-nothing ; John N. Geuiug, independent ; Wilson G-. Hunt, reform. " For most of tho Charter offices there are from three to five can didates, and who will come right side up out the Chaos, (Eoirus himself co'ild not guess. The oldest and shrewdest campaigner are at fault, as well they may be, after the late astounding news from Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. The verdict in the case of Dr. Gra ham seems to give universal satisfaction. His counsel have given notico of a bill of exceptions, but if wise, they will not move for a new trial. Another jury might be less lenient. Tho maximiuni of punishment uuder tho verdict, is sev en years imprisonment, and the general opinion seems to be, that ho should be sentenced for the full term. .lager, found guilty of manslaughter in . the third degree, has been condemned to the State Prison for three years. - His offence was the stabbing to death of a man named Moran, during a drunken quarrel. Yesterday another fatal knife case was concluded in the court of Oyer aud Terminer. The prisoner, Charles Graham, was found guilty in the same degree as lager, and received the eaiuc sentence. It would seem, however, the spirit which is rit'o among the rowdies of this city, has not been checked by tho lato examples. A deliberate homicide was committed in Bromc Street last night by an unknown man, who leaped upon the platform of a Harlaciu car and knocked the brakemau off. Tho unfor tunate man, whoso name was Rickcrt, died fifteen minutes afterwards in con sequence of tho injuries he received by the fa.lL A rowdy who had been en gaged in a disputo with Rickcrts on Wednesday last, is suspected to be the guilty party, but he has not yet ' been arrested, ' ir'oiiie of the small Banks, of this city are shaking in the wind. ' The Knicker bocker, Suffold, Eighth Avenue and Bank of tho Union, have suspended op 'erations, and their circulation is going in for redemption. It is scarely possible that bill-holders should sustain any loss by the failure of these concerns, what ever may bo the fate of tho depositors. The fact is, we have too . many banks of the small fry class. They do auythiug but a legitimate business, aud the soon er they are wound up and their notes re deemed from tho proceeds of their stock in the hands of the comptroller, the bet ter. The Kuickei-bocACr Savings Bank dlso has failed. . - The weather hero is warm enough for August, and the furs, merinos, and oth er winter goods, behind the plate-glass windows of the fashionable stores in Broadway, look singularly unseasonable. The cholera, which has nearly ceased its ravages on terra Jirnt i, is making frightful havoc at sea. Ou board the Harvest Queen, froia Liverpool, and the PisaUorc; from Havre, both arrived t yesterday, the tot aj. number of deaths on Vthe voyage was one hundred andtwenty- fiyc.Lj3eycuty-five dead bodies, were thrown overboard from the former aud fifty from the latter. Business continues to bo dull, and.re trcnchincnt of expenses seems to be the order of the day among our merchants; still there are no heavy failures, and al though wc shall probably havo a "tight" time this fall and next winter, there is a fair prospect of a renewal of trade iu the spring. The Clearing house which was established last spring by the different banks, has been the cause of the sus pension of the banks reported above. If a bank fails to settle up its account dai ly, it is suspended from tho paivilegcs of the House, which causes a general run upon it, which few banks can gp through safely. ST. CYR. THE EUROPEAN WAR. Details of the JVetcs by the Balt ic. The Battle of tie Alma. o The following is a copy of a telegraphic dispatch from Visoount Stratford De Rcdcliffo to the Earl of Clarendon, dated Constantinople, September 23d, 1854, and transmitted by her Majesty's consul general at Belgrade, under September 30th, 7 A. M.: "The entrenched camp of the' Russ ians, containing 50,000 men, with a nu merous artillery aud cavalry, on the heights of the Alma, was attacked on the 20th instant, at 1 P. M., by the allied troops, and carried by the bayonet at half-past three, with a loss on our side of about 1,400 killed and wounded, and an equal loss on the side of the French. The Russian army was forced to put it self in full retreat. " War Department, Oct. I, '54. . The Duke of Newcastle has this da received a telegraphic dispatch from General Lord Raglan, dated Sept. 21, of which the following is a translation : " The allied armies yesterday attacked the position of the enemy on the heights above tho Aluia, and carried it, after a desDcrato battle, about one hour and a half beforo sunset. Nothiug could sur pass the bravery and excellent conduct of the troops. The position was very formidable, and defended by a numerous artillery of heavy caliber. Our loss, 1 regret to add, is very considerable, but no general officer has been wounded. The main body of the army of the ene my was estimated at from 45,000 to 50, 000 infantry. A few prisoners, among whom are two general officers, and two guns, have been taken by the English. (Sigued) 'Raglan." From other sources we learn that tho Russian artillery was arranged in three batteries, and that the Russian force was quite 50,000 men, including a fair prop ortion of cavalry. The battle commenc ed at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and at 3 o'clock the Russian position was car ried by the bayonet. Marshal St. Ar naud and Lord Raglan commanded per sonally. The English steamers protect ed the passage of the Alma from the sea, Gt-u. Tlioniassoii (Fi-cuch)riw.i3 ahot in the abdomen. uuio;icd fatally, and Gen. I Caurobcrt was wounded in the .shoul der. The following, from the " Monitcur, " is the dispatch from MnrshalSt Arnaud to his Government r ' ' . v" "" " Bivouac on the Alma, Sept., 20. We encountered tho enemy ' to-day on the Alma. The woody ravine through which tho river runs, studded with houses, and having very steep slopes' ou tho left bank, was occupied by the enemy in great force. These slopes were strong ly entrenched, and covered by a power ful artillery. The allied armies attacked those difficult positions with unparalleled vigor. Our soldiers advanced to the as sault with cries of Vive VIZempcreurt ' and carried all before them. The bat tle lasted four hours, and our loss was 1,400 killed and wounded. I am as yet ignorant of the loss sustained by the English army, which fought valiantly against au obstinate resistance. ' St. Arnaud." the battle of kalantai tlains SECOND -defeat or the Russians, From tho small number of guns or prisoners taken by the allies at tho Al ma on the 21st, wc infer that their (tho allies) success amounted to no more than driving the Russians from their position on the Lights. At all events, Prince Menohikoft' had managed again to bring his forces into order, aud on the 23d of September, he gave battle to the advanc ing forces in the plains of Kalantai, ou the river Katcha. After a sanguinary eugugcnieutu, which lasted sonic hours, the Russians wore totally defeated, and pursued to their entrenchments before Sebastopol. Here they appear to have made a third stand and to have again offered battle to the invaders. . sebastopol. From our scanty materials, we find it impossible to make anything like a con nected account of the attack on Sebas topol. The dispatches published in the English papers, abound iu repetitious and contradictions. A dispatch from Onier Pnsha to the Turkish Minister at Vienna, is reported to state that ' Sebastopol is taken with all its material nn& Jlcet. The garrison were offered free withdrawal, but they preferred remaining prisoners of war.- They surrendered on the 25th." We havo no trustworthy intelligence of what part the fleet played in th con flict. - One account says that ten Russ ian ships-of-war were burned and sunk. Another says that the fleet surrendered and took no part in the fight. Yet anoth er states that Fort Coustautine blew up, or was blown up by shells from the Eng lish ships. And a statement is made which may have sonic foundation in truth, to the effect that the .Russians were totally disheartened by their re peated defeats, and did net make a pro tracted resistance, as they might have done. Their fearful loss, (18,000.) how ever, fcusc. indicates a sufiicicn 3y bravo dc- Tin: LATEST. Warsaw, Sept. 27th. It is confidently asserted that the Emperor Nicholas will conic here early next month. Vienna, Sunday, (Additional.) Both Cracow and Olmutz have beon made store places for ammunition aud arms, and every thing tends to show that Au stria is preparing for a war with Russia. Should the Frankfort Diet join with Prussia, Austria is resolved to enforce the four guarantees, in common with the Western Powers, without either Prussia or tho minor States. THE VERV LATEST THE FALL OF SEItAS- TOrOL 1 OUBTFCL. Vienna, Tuesday, Oct. 3. Prince MenchikofTs dispatch to St. Petersburg, is doubtless dated the 20th, not the 20th, for his last dispatch was eleven days en route. The local papers published the follow ing : Five hourn after the bombardment, Fort Coustautine blew up. Ten thou sand Russians were buried in its ruins. Paince Alenchikoit' fled to Fort Alexan der, where IS, 000 Russians surrendered. Tho -.illied fleets simultaneously destroy ed the outer harbor fort; and vanguard of the Russian fleet. Prince Menchikoft is reported to have unconditionally sur rendered on tho 20th. The Morning Chronicle, after investi gating the sources from which we deriv ed the iutellij;onee of the fall of Sebas topol, remarks that there were many.de tails of the story which savored rather too much of tho melo dramatic eflect to be implicitly adopted, aud asks why the news sent to Omcr Pasha should not have been simultaneously sent to the English and French Governments? Still, adds the Chronicle, there can be little doubt that by this time tho desired suc cess has crowned our offorts, and at all events it can only be postponed a few days longer. Tho retreat' of Prince JJenchicaff with his army would amount, in fact, to abandoning Sebastopol to its fate, and although very little is certain ly known of the capabilities of tho place for defense, wc arc at least assured that the term fortress is very inaccurately ap plied to it, and that it could not offer a prolonged resistance to the arms of tho allies. The hope of the Russian Gen eral would be, no doubt, to receive rein forcements sufficient to enable him to ad vance and relieve tho town, but when we consider that 20,000 additional troops, including a strong force of cavalry, must already have joined the allied command ers, we may feel satisfied that they will give an excellent account of whatever hostile army may bo brought to inter rupt their operations. - THE NEWS OF THE VICTORY. When the news" reached Constantino ple, it was ordered that the city should be illuminated for ten successive days. Marseilles' was illunrnatod when the news was brought to that port. On reaching Boulogne, the dispatch was con veyed at once to the Emperor, who was engaged in reviewing tho troops, hie hastily perused the cypher, then turned to his generals and said quietly, " Sottas- topot est 2rise ! " The announcement was received with cheers, aud was briefly communicated by the Einperor to the army. He said : " This news "was prob able. I havo now the happiness to an nounce it to you myself, aud at the mo ment I speak I have little doubt that the flags of the allied armies aro floa'ting On the walls of Sebastopol."' At Liverpool," Manchester aud other cities, the news was welcomed by t tho riuging of church-bells and by the dis play of flags. -At London, the Lord Mayor aud civic authorities, shortly be fore 10 o'clock, on the cveuiuar of Satur day, Sept. 30th, proceeded to the Royal Kxchange to proclaim tne victory ol Al- , . . ' T- v " ' . THE GENERALS WHO HAVE FALLEN THE POLES. 1 1 mentioned yesterday the rumor cur rent that the bravo Ge:reral Canrobert had been- killed, i I hav. since learnt, and it will give satisfaction not uly in France but in England, that the rumor is now stated to be only partly true. : It is said that Geperal Canrobert is only wounded, but that General ..Thomassou is killed. r There appears to-be no doubt that two of tho French Generals are lur de compat, and that at least one of them is killed ; but in the midst of so many conflicting rumors," it may turn o-ut that there is a mistiko as to the names. I also hear that three Russian Generals aro killed. ' -'-- " ': ' ' Tho Chasseurs de Vincenns are said to have distinguished themselves great ly. It was that distinguished corps which Carried the heights in front of the French position at the point of the bay onet. As I am mentioning the reports in circulation, I may state that it has been asserted here to-day that the cause of tho unexpectedly rapid fall of Sebas topol was tho fact that the Fort duNord was garrisoned by 10,000 Polish troops, who laid down their arms and . surren dered tho fort without firing a shot. I have no means of cither confirming or contradicting this report ; but even if it were correct, it would appear a doubtful reason for tho immediate .surrender of Sebastopol, if it be true, as stated by Marshal Marmont, in his memoirs, -that the Fort du Nord so far beyond the range of tho place that it is of no use either for tho purposes or defense of attack. Morning Chronicle Corespondence. Tho Invasion of the Crimea-Incidents of the Cumpalg, &c. DESTRUCTION OF OLD -FORT. The place selected for landing is a low strip ef beach and shingle cast up by the violence of the surf, and forming a sort of causeway between the sea and a stagnant salt water lake one of these remarkable deposits of blackish water so frequent along this shore of the Crimea and which abound close to our present quarters. The lake is about one mile long aud half a milo broad, and when we first arrived its boarders and surface wero frequented by vast flocks of wild fowl. There is another sheet to the south cf us, and there is another to the north, betweeu our camp and Eupatoria. The causeway is no more than two hun dred yards broad, and it leads at the right or southern extremity of the lake, 'by a gentle asceut,!to an irregular, table land or plateau of trifling elevation, dot ted with tuiuoli, or barrows, such as are seen iu several parts of England, and extending to the base of tho very re markable chain called, from their shape, the Tent mountains. . Towards the sea, this plateau presents a precipctous face of red clay-and sandstone, varyii gin bight from 100 to 150 feet, and it terminates by a descent almost to the sea level, at the distance of noiirly two miles from the shores of the lake. Thence towards the south thero is a low sandy bdaeli, with a fringe of shingle raised by tho action of tho waves above' the level of the land, aud saving it from inundation. This low coast runs as far as the eye can' reach till it is lost beneath the" base of the jmountaia ranges over Sebastopol The country inland, visible fiom the decks of the ships, is covered with cattle, with grain iu stacks, with farmhouses, aud seems capable of producing immense quantities of live stock and fodder. The stuble fields are now covered with wild lavender! southern wood, and. other fragrant shrubs, which tho troops are now busily collecting for fuel, and which fill the air with an aromatio perfume. We could see the people driving their carts and busy in their ordinary ociu pations. Now and then some Cossack,s were visible, scouring along tho roads from the city of Simteropol, the capital and down south towards the menaoed stronghold of the . .Czar, but they were not numerous. v . -;J . . THE LANDING OF THE TROOPS. As the ships of our expedition drew iu lines parallel to the beacli the French fleet passed under steam, and extended itself on the richt, and ran in closa to tho shore, below t he cliffs of the plateau, There small war steamers went much nearer than ours were allowed to go and a little after seven o'clock the first French boat put off from one of the men of war, not more than fifteen or sixteen men were on board her. She : . was beached quietly on shore at the southern extremity ot the red cltn. The -crew leaped out, they formed into a knot, -on the strand, and , seemed busily engaged for a few ; moments - over one spot - -of grouud, aa though they were - digging a grave. Presently a flug stall was visible above their heads, and iu a moment more the tricolor was run up to the top, and fluttered out gaily to tho winder. The French .were thus the. first in taking possession and seizins tho Crimea. There was no enemy iu sight; The most scrutinizing gaze at this moment could not have detected a hostile uniform along the coast, . The French admiral fired a gun - shortly after, eight o'clock, and tho disembarkation of their troops commenced. In . twenty-two : minutes they - say that they got 0,000 men on shore. Tho ; instant the French , bad landed, a regiment" was . pushed on to reconoiter, skirmishers or pickers ,were sent on in front. As each regiment followed in column, its predecessor, do- ployed, extended front, and advanced in light . marching ; order.. ' 'tirailleur, spreading out like a fan over the plains. It was most curious and interesting to observe their progress, and to note the rapid nianer in which thev were ap propriating the soil. In-about an hour utter their nrst detaenment naa lanaea nearily 9,000 troops on shore, and their advanced posts were faintly discernible between three and four miles from the beach, like little black specks moving over the corn fields, and darkening the highways and meadow paths.. . The French armv were on board a line of battle shins, and were at once carried from their decks to the laud by tho men of war's boats. The Montebel lo caried upwards of 1,400 men, in addi tion to her crew. - The Valmy had in all 3,000. ... The Ville de Paris and Henri Quatre were laden with men in proportion, aud all the line of battle ships and steamers had full cargoes of troops. In fact, it was found that their small brigs and schooners were neither safe nor comfortable, and that they were better suited , for carving stores , and horses than men. t The fleet of French men of war carried more than 20,000 men. . - Onr. army amounted to 27,000 men, and were embarked in a vast nuni- bre of transports, covering a great ex tent of" water. But they were, carried in comfort and safety, and though there was still much sickness on board, it was as nothing compared with the mortality amongst the closely packed Jb rcucn. Perhaps no army ever was conveyed with such luxury and security from shore inshore as ours, in tho Wboto history - -bdlft'iO o'cloc rtui to thettfore of clock one black" ball was the Agamemnon, and a ffunwaJ nre5. to enforce attention to the meant devision of boala to afsem.e uid ships, for which. - - B they are told oh to Ofsembark infantry and artillery.-. The7C Wa do enemy in sight, but long before' the French had landed their first boat's c.Vgo the figure of a moutftcd officer, followed by three CoBsaeks', had fallen within the fft f many a glass.- The Rusians was ffJiB about 1,1 00 yards. He . -rode slowly along by the w-ge of the cliff, apparent' ly-noting the number, . and disposition, of the fleet, and taking notes with great calmness in a memorandum book. IIe wore a dark green frock coaf, with a" little silver lace a cap of the same color, a sash round his waist, and lobgkleathcr boots. His horse, a fine bay charger, was a strange contrast' to' the shaggy, rough dittle steeds of liia followers, the Cossacks tout, compact "looking fcl ows, .with '.sheepskin .caps,", u'uco'uth clothing, of indiscHui'matjEj cut y and high, saddles. -E.iel of thes. C )J3 v?ks CivrrujiP. a iahco of soma 'fifteen faet.iu length' and a heavy looking ' 'saber. ; At .. times' they took rapid turns by thedge of the cliff in front of us nowlo the left, new to- tho. rear of their pfucer,and occaimm ly they dipped out of sight over he hill altogether. Then they ;arno" ,bick flourishing their lances; and pointing,- .to tho accumulating masspf the. French , it " their right, not nioro than, half a plo from then on the shorey or scampering over the hill to report progress as to the lines of English boats; advancing to" jtho beach. Their offiecrrcmainjpdj for -Jin hour withinrango of a Miuie, riffej aiid when . the Highflyer .stood, in close to shore lie was coolly making-a sketch, his portfolio. v', , -. j j. DESTKUCTIOX OF THfilKUSSUW CAMP. At -one o'clock utost of tho regiments of the light division had.moved effXha beach over the hill, and across the' coin try towards a village,, near . which tho advance of the French: left had already approached. The second ibattaiionof" the rifle brigade led the i way, (Covering; the advance with a cloud of skirnrishersr and the other regiments followed; 4n Tpr--dcr of their eeniority the artilery, under' Captain Auderson, bringingp the rear. By this " timeJ "the Tain began to fall pretty heavily, and the wind rose 'uoa to send a little surf on the beach. . The Duke of Cambrige, : followed by Major Macdonald, led off hid4 division next in order, and many of the staff officer who ought to' have been "liiouuted, marched on foot,as their horses were not yet landed Whilo tho troops" weaec disembarking, one of the reconnoitering steamers re turned with the news of a Rusian camp-.. situated near the beach about eight miles. south of the place where we'were land ing. The Sampson, the Fury, and the Vesuuius, in company with three French steamers, at once proceeded to the spot indicated. . They found a camp of about 6,000 men formed at a mile's distanco froni the sea. The steamers opened fire witli shell at 3,000 yards. The French shells burst in the ai, or fell short. The Fury and Vesuvius were , little more successful,, but the Sampsou pitch ed shell Tight in among the tents, knock ing thrm over right aud left, and driving , the soldiers in swarms-out of the camp, which was destroyed after lc.-s than aiu hour's firing. . '" , -' ? A DASHING). FLEET. I-have heard of. a dashing thingdoue by some of the 7th and; the Rifl.;s, who wero among the earliest, arrivals." " On reaching the rising' grVmhd they observed five Rusian bullock wagons, guarded by somo Cossucks,Tn the distance; thc i-i-mediately gave ch'asej and the enemy at once fled without striking a'blow ; on looking round they saw. a dozen more at a small distauco which they captuied inf like manner, making in all 84 j wagons, containing flour, 1G6 oxen, and six cam els. Tbesi spolia jrrimia of the war were probably the baggage wagons of the Russia, es retreating f rim Sebastopol. THE FIRST BIVOUACT.''"- No tents were scut . on shore,', partly because there had been no time to ' land them,- partly because there was uocer tainly of our being able to find carriage for them. Towards night the sky looked very black and lowering; the wind ro.-to and the rain ML The showers increas ed in violence abont midnight, and early in the' morning the water fell in drench ing sheets, which pierced through tho blankets and great coats of the houseless aud teutlcss soldiers. It was their first bivouce a hard trial enough, in alleon cience worse than all their experiences of Bnlgaria or Gallipbli, for there they had their tcnts,'aud now they learned to value their, canvass coverings at "their true worth. Old generals and young lords and gentlemen were exposed hour after hour to the violence of pitiless storms with no bed but the reeking pud dle under the saturated -blanket or bits of useless water proof wrappers, and the twenty odd thousand ' poor fellows, who could not get " dry bits " of ground and had to sleep, or try to sleep, in little lochs and water cources no fire to cheer them, no hot grog, and the prospect of no breakfast. Sir George Brows slept uuder a cart tilted over.-: -The Duke of Cambridge had some similar contrivance. Sir De Lacy Evans was the only gen eral whose staff had been careful enough to provide him with a tent, v In one re spect the rain was of service it gave wa ter ; but then it put fire out of the ques tion, even if the men could have scraped up wood .to make it. '. The country is, however, quite : destitute of timber. During the night it blew trcsnly trom the west, a heavy sea tumbled into tho bay, and sent a high surf on the beach, which- interfered with the process of landing cavalry and artilery. The most serious results of the wcttiug was a great "11 .L increase m illness among xneiiroops.---SeverSl oases of ohalarrv ocenred, and one officer of the 23d died, after few hours' illness. ' ', i ' ' - v ' Lord Cardigan and his staff landed from the Himalaya at six o'clock on Friday evening. Lord Lucan also land ed on the same evening. The whole of the English cavalry-' out ncre witn-A Lieutenant General to command it and a Major General second in command with a large staff divisional and of brig ades, with Quartcrmaster-Gcneral-and Adjutant-General, with staff dragoons, with ' aides-de-camp, ; Major of Brigade and commissariat officers attached, does not muster more than one' thousand sa bers.. iLord ! Cardigan . star ted ona re connoissance next morning, with a por tion of the 8th hussars, 13th light dra goons, two hundred and sixty rifles of 1st . battallion, and two horse artillery guns. . They went twenty : flve miles saw no -Cossaks, returned very -much fatigued, and suffered sef erily from want of water. Tho hoases had nothing to , drink.from tho time they left the ehipa till Suuday moruiug---more than 4airty hours.. : , ; .