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od to ot ein it, and the same day I heard that she ~~ had sacrificed herself for her father, and 1 blessed, and loved, atd honored her for it. . I did not see her again; but she was merciful and put off her marriage till | was gone. And

thet are u silcht, and he asked, in a subdued tone, ‘ How long have you ' been a widow ?’

* greeks after I married him, leaving my father a long list of | gambling and other debts to pay. J have no reason to revere | his memory.’

‘Thank you for saying that,’ ejaculated Mr. Hardcastle. | ‘ It gives me courage to say what I wish to say.’ —

But Walter Hardcastle was so long getting up his courage | that [ became quite tired and wandered away; when I re-|

ne about an hour after, I found that the day was fixed.

THE WAR, |

THER PARTICULARS OF THEGREAT BATTLE, OF NOV. 5rua—GALLANT CONDUCT OF ! THE ALLIED ARMLES!

We copy the following summary of news by the steamer |

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Union at New York, from papers received last evening by | Valentine & Co. and Gunnison’s expresses.

The markets in the manufacturiug districts are dull. bat’ confidence is well maintained. The sale of the ships, 77 in| nuwber, belonging to Mr. Oliver of Liverpool, is fixed for | the Ist of December. His dishonored paper will be taken in| payment at par, and the sale will therefore virtually amount

to a division of the property among the creditors. A meeting

to-morrow, when a most disastrous statement of affuira is | pie to be set forth.

e have not got an official, or even a full, account of the | bloody battle of the 5th, called the Battle of Inkermann. | The Journal de Constantinople gives the following account : |

* Karly on the morning of.the 5th, a Russian army about 40,000 strong, of whom 30,000 men consisted of rei:nforce-

s ments which arrived on the preceding evening, under the Be command of General Danenburg and the Grand Dukes ci Michael and Alexander, profitting by an intense fog, marched Be upon Inkermann to the extreme limit of the English army, | Es, and attacked them vigorously. . | 7 General Cathcart assembled about 8,000 men, whom he PS opposed to the Russians, and for more than two hours this ee handful of brave soidiers had been struggling with the most ch against an army so superior in number,

heroic intrepidit when the Sotatb troops arrived in all haste, and jci ing themselves to the English with an admirable spirit of fiater- | nization, opposed to the enemy a body of about 3,000 men, | who charged the Russian masses one against five, and repn!sed | 2 them with the most irresistible impetuosity. ; The Monet brigade arrived soon afterwards, and its arrival | completed the rout of the Russians, who retired in disorder about 4 o’clock in the afternoon. During this engagement 8,000 men of the garrison of| Sebastopol made a sor'ie, and attacked some companies who |

metres from the place. Genera] de Lourme] went immediately with a few batta. |

attack with intrepidity, repulsed the Russians, andy forcing |

the place.

lost the services of more than 10,000 men.

Russia is willing to negotiate a guaranteed conditions. The London Times has an editorial on this report, which concludes as follows: «

We can forsee no prospect of peace until the fortune of |

affairs of tne East and of Europe. That is a dispute which’ negotiation will not terminate, especially at a moment when | the contest is raging with the utmost earnestness against the stronghold of Russian power ; and the fate of the allied armics before-Sebastopol is the event which will determine the course Mr negotiation, There is no road to peace but by victory.”

The British War Office has issued a circular calling upon all the embodied as well as the unembodied militia, to give as many volunteers as possible to the regiments of guards and the line, and to the royal marines.

The alarm in England seems’ to be subsiding as to the position of the allied armies in the Crimea, wnich, with the reinforcement arriving, were deemed to be sufficiently strong to carry out the i of the campaign successfully. A winter campaign in the Crimea will evidently take place, and wooden bartadke for 20,000 men were being shipped by the British government. © ; .

The» Russian General dwells with much pleasure on the tempestvous state of the Black Sea, the roaring of whose waves, he says, he can hear from his quarters, and gloats ever the idea that some awful disaster will have befallen our vessels. It is said, too, in the same despatch, that a con- siderable number of Turks had deserted to the Russian camp, and this unusual abandonment of their standard is accounted for by the severe privations they have labored wader for some | time, no less than by tho sarcasms and harsi treatment to which they have been exposed since their pusillanimous con-

maha My course lay are kept as secret as possible. The next mail will certainly | a sages : : Jie we 99 hee “it toMtm and asked for my discharge. | convey decisive news.

ncw that [ see” you onee more, you art a widow-—-you are! of Broussa, or to the neighbourhood of Sinope,

frve, and yet I cannot summon courage to utter the words | aot listen to in my heart.’ “She remained provokingly | hey state that the Russians endeavoured,

of the creditors of Mr. McHenry, of Liverpool, will be he'd}

supported the French lines, which were not more than 100 |

lions to the assistance of these companies, who sustained the

them to take flight, pursued them to within 20 paces of the | Quarantine Battery. At that point a serious wouud forced | him to stop, and the Russians were enabled to take refuge in |

| We are glad to pe able to aunounce to our readers, and more

In these two affairs the Russians, in killed and wounded, | i

The loss of the! , allied armies amounts to about 3,000 men in killed and? wounded.” |

A despatch from Vienna states that the Russian Envoy | Gortschakoff has intimated to the Austrian Cabinet that |tageous. ‘This important property is uow in the hands of the peace oi the basis of the four |

\& “swindling measure,

TUK EXAMINER.

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Anutber letter states that a considerable number of Tartare, |

gas to be married to Captain Lawrence. 1 knew that she | who are reckoned at nearly 30,000, have made their oubane: |

sion to the allies. \ to settle down as colonists in Turkey, and a prose has been ;made to them that they should be trangported to the province

They requvsted that they might beallowed

fof they would | any proposal to remove them to the Debrudscha. first by intimida- , tion, and afterwards by foree, to get them to emigrate to| Kazan. Since the commencement of the siege,

ments of the allies, for wages of one franc a day. :

A despatch from Balaclava of the 7th November, received | via Vienna, states that reinforcements for the allies were | arriving at the rate of 1000 men daily, and they were over- |

joyed at the arviyal of these anxiously expected detachmeuts. |

Roth ¢he allied armies had compécted their third paraliels, which were connect 4 by meang ofa trench. The allies were obliged to form countermines. The minor town was strongly barricaded.

‘The Russian news states that the allies having received considerable reinforcements on the 6th, 7th and Sth, made a demonstration against the left flank of the Russians 5 the latter retired from the plateau to the right bauk of the Tehernaya.

The following account was brought to Murseilles by the Telemague, which left Constantinople, Noy. 10th, with despatches to the French Government: — ew

On the morning of the 5th the Russians, 35,090 stroug, attacked the rightof the English positions, towards Inkermann, The Knglish batteries were taken and re-taken several times.

At noon the Russians made a sortie from Sebastopol against the French positions, but were repulsed.

The Kussiays were also ultimately repulsed toward Inker- mann, after a bloody battle, which, lasted cight hours.

Their loss was 9,000 killed and wounded.

The English loss was also great. Four g:nerals—Catheart, Strangways, Goldi>, and Torrens—were killed, and four wounded, Brown, Bentinck, Buller, and Adaws.

Thirty-eight English officers were killed, 96 were wounded, and 2 were missing. 442 rauk and file were killed, 1,760 wounded, and 156 missing.

The Frene!: had 1 seal killed, 2 wounded, 14 officers killed, and 21 wounded.

The English Guards alone lost 20 officers.

The Russians fired on our wounded, as well as on the detachments who were sent out to bury the dead on the 7th.

General Canrobert was wounded.

The Russians were pouring in in large masses from the North, We require further reinforcements instantly.

The Dake of Cambridge was slightly wounded, |

The Patrie publishes the following telegraphic despatch, dated Hamburg, 19th inst.

The oificia! bulletin of the Lattle of the Sth has arrived at St. Petersburg. Geueral Soimonoff, who was dangerously wounded during the action, survived only a short time. General Liprandi was wounded,

la confirming the intelligence of the battle of Inkermann, General Canrobert states raat the battle was the most obsti- nate and bloody, and that the Russian loss was enormous.

Lord Dudley Stuart, M. P., is dead.

THE EXAMINER.

CHARLOTTETOWN, P, E.I., JANUARY 1, 1855.

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THE LATE WORREL PROPERTY.

e who reside in the first district of King’s county, that thle Government has purchased the Worrel Estute from ue recent proprietors, Messrs. Pope and Co., on term3 which, we trast, will be found to be highly advan-

especially to th

leeal Executive, and we have no doubt that if the settlers

| who have not yot purchased the fee simple of their farms, are

really desirous of becoming freeholders, they can attain that

war has decided whether the influence of Russia or that of | important position at a very considerable less cost than they England and France is hereafter to preponderate in the! would incur had the :

Estate remained in the hands of private individuals.

We have been often told that the Land Purchase Act is ” and that even if it were put into operation,.no jand could be purchased under it at the max- imam price prescribed by the Act; indeed it has been said that the very Estate which has fallen into the hands of the Government could never be purchased under twenty shillings an acre. All we need remark in reply to this nonsense is— that the Land Purchase Act is now about to go into full operation—that, taking into account several important con- siderations connected with the purchase, the cost of the Worrel property will not excecd five shillings an acre all round,—and that those whose interests will be affected by the working of the Act have full confidence in the Government that its provisions will be honestly and imipartially carried out.

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LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM EUROPE.

Tux English Mails, from the 18th November to the 9th De- cember, arrived at Halifax in the steamship America, on Saturday, the 23d December, and reached Charlottetown

duct at Balaclava. « To the stories these deserters may have told the Russian. General, and the rated accour:t they have given of the. position and prospects of the allies, is attributed the confilence. ians appear to have in the success of this last desperate

attempt against the allies. In one of the most recent letters from the Anglo-French Sitigetetelethat the 13th was the day on which the The troops are described as most

nal states that the shells of the | fires in Sebastopol, but that they + Russians before they could extend

___ hounted fresh cannon at every point,

he fire of the hesiegers, but shee) ‘anol in pnkine off the

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mann, on the 5th November, is the last engagement fought,

and though not sc sanguinary and destructivéte gee allied

forces as at first represented, it has neverthgfess resulted in a

ning Most calamitous joss to the allies—many Pf the flower of

ne ee chivalry having fallen in that vic z

have ample details of this battle, and most iaferesting incidents

from Pictou on Thursday last. We will make no apology fur greatly reducing the space usually allotted to editorial matter, as the details of the progress of the war in the Crimea, with which our files of English papers are crowded, possess far more interest to the geucral reader than the dis- cussion of questions of a mezely local character. We there- fore devote nearly all our space in succeeding evlumns to the insertion of interesting particulars connected with the war.

[t will be seen that much of the intelligence from the East

has been dimly shadowed forth in the telegraphic despatches |

received at Halifax from New York. The*hatile of Inker-

ous fray. We

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much in harmony with the policy of Russia, to convince, us that there is any real sincerity in the alliange which Francis | Joseph and his ministers have entered into with England and | France. However, it is wise to widen as much as possible | the breach between the Czar and the German powers. Parliament was to meet on the 12th December, but it had not transpired whether so early a session was called for the | purpose of enabling the Ministry to apply for more taxes in|

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nearly 4000 aid-of the war, or to cousu!t the nation on what further steps) "Nearly a year,” she replied. ‘Capt. Lawrence died a few Tartars, with 250 cars, have been employed at the entrench-' 46 to be taken in the progress of hostilities.

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NEWS BY THE LAST ENGLISH MAIL.

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The War in the Crimea ---The terrible Battle of Inxer- mann.---Loss of British Transports and great destruc- tion of life by storms in the Euxine ---Alliance, of England and France with Austria.

Since the battle of Inkerman, no other engagement had occurred in the ncighbouruood of Sebastopol up to the date of the latest despatches from the seat of war.

The reported Joss of a large fleet of transports aud men of war in the Black Sea, is unhappily confirmed. Pray:

The most important piece of news by the America is, that Austria signed a treaty with the Allied Powers on the 2nd instani, at Vienna, engaging to take the field should the Ew- peror of Russia prolong the war beyond the Ist of January next. It is understood that ,Austria has taken this step, in consequence of the issue cf the battles of the Alma and In- kerman, and fears of her subjects in Italy and Poland revolt-

ing. Prussia, too, joined in it on the 6th.

Livereoo.t, December 9.

Parliament, which meets on Tuesday next, is not to be eall- ed upon to provide more money by loan or otherwise for meting the expenses of the war. Last session, the house of Commons voted nearly £10,000,000 of. additional annual taxation, with power to issue Exchequer bonds and bills to the amount of £6,000,600, until the new taxes should be- come productive: and there was besides about £2,000,000 of surplus to begin with. It is now stated positively, and apparently on official authority, that Mr. Gladstone has paid his way, that he has still-a balance of nearly £5,000,000 in his favor ; and that he is consequently in no present need of money. No financial measure, therefore, will be produced before Christmas; and it gepends on circumstances as yet beyond calculation what may be needed and proposed when the regular session shall commence in February.

Many members of the Society of Friends in Ireland, not- withstanding their repugnance of warunder any circumstances, have been earnest supporters of the Patriotic Fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of our brave soldiers who fall in the conflict with Russia, Several of the principal (Quaker merchants of Dublin have subseribed to the fund.

We have at length complete accounts of the great losses suffered by the Anglo-French expedition in the Black Sea on the 14th ult. Thirty British and French transports were wrecked, and half as many dismasted at Bala Clava, and 18 vessels were wrecked or dismasted at the mouth of the Kat- cha. The loss of men at the various stations on the coast of the Crimea during the gale is reckoned at‘a thousand, besides those that have fallen into the hands of the Cossacks. The English men of war, owing to the strength of the cables, suffered comparatively little, but the French have lost the three-decker war steamer envi lV. The greatest loss is that of the fine screw-stcamer Prince, of 2700 tons. She carried out to Bula Clava the 46th regiment. all the winter clothing for the troops engaged in the siege, including 40,- 000 great-coats, flannel shirts, under-clothing, socks and gloves; beef, pork, and other provisions; hospitable stores for Scutari; ands, vast quantity of shot and shell to carry on the siege. The troops were landed at their destination in safety, but the stores are wholly lost, and nothing remains of the Prince but half'a dozen of her numerous crew, who managed to get on the cliffs when she was * broken to pow- der” against them. The Resolute, with 900 tons of gun- powder, also went to the bottom. Tie pecuniary loss to the shipping is roughly estimated at two millions of pounds. On the shore the tents of the soldiers were blown down and greatly injured. .

The anxiety of the public as to the term of the treaty be- tween Austria und the Western Powers has not yet been re- lieved, and it is probabife that the precise words of the import- ant document of the 2d instant, will not be allowed to transpire till after its ratification this day week. A Paris correspondent states, however, that the purport of the treaty is perfectly well known, that it is dona fide » treaty offensive and defensive ; und that it sets forth that if Russia does not comply with the just demands of the Wes:ern Powers, and take steps to conclude a solid peace within a certain speci- fied time, on the basis of the our guarantees, Austria will make common cause with England and France to coerce her. The same writer adds, that at the Palace oi the Tuilleries, on Saturday evening, when the telegraph despatch announcing the signing of the ‘reaty wus received, a large party happen- ed to be assembled, to whom the Emperor read the despatch, amidst the hearty congratulations of his guests. The corres- |pondent of the Glode states that in the diplomatic circles it \1s believed that the Powers have agreed fully onthe cone ditions of peace to be submitted to Russia by Austria, in the

name of Germany, as being fair and reasonable, and neces- sary for the repose of Europe; and tbat Austria biads herseif to enter into a definite offensive and defensive alliance with the Western Powers against Russia, if, within the time al- lowed to Russia for her answer, these propositions be not accepted,

There are different statements as; to the time allowed to | Russia for her answer, Some state that it is three months; others, that it is ouly one month, to expire on the Ist January next,.and that te three. months spoken of are the delay beyond which the direct co-operation of Austria with the Western Powers cannot be deferred, in the event of the ree fusal of the Kmperor of Russia to make peace on the con- ditions agreed upon by Kngiand, France, and Austria. | Whatever may be the terms of the treaty, the announcement |of its conclusion has given general satisfaction, because it is believed that in the present state of public feeling the Go- vernmont of this country dare not accede to any propositions which were not likely,“in the event of their acceptance, to lead to the re-establishmtnt of peace on an honourable and lasting basis, and, in case of theft rejection, to bring in the effective aid of an armed power, which has too long delayed active co-operation in a strugule in which its own interests are permanently involved. While the French rentes haye risen about 24 per cent., our own consols, afier steadily rising with the rencwed hopes on the earlier reports of the treaty, stand firmly at 923 to 93,

THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.

Viexva, Wepnesbay Morninac.—The Presse makes mention of the sortie on the 25th of November, and states,

is notorious all over the world; and its antecedents are too external lines of

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the allies have been thoroughly fortified, Yor this purpose works of considerable strength, well fur- mshed with cannon and mortars, have been placed so as to command both the ravines up Which the Russians advanced -o the British camp on the morning of the 5th November, The ravine leading from the fortress of Sebastopol, up which General Dannenberg advanecd, is now anded by three batteries mounting mine guns, one of t Lancaster ; and the ravine leading from the valley of Inkerman closed by

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entrenchinents which completely cross it, and Commanded b

ns so placed on both’ sides as to sweep the ¥ Tn order to render it oe bring up cannon as they did the road from Inkerman to Balaclava has been se is, rendered precipitous and inaccessible) betore it reaches the English entrenchments. These works will render it difficult to attack the British camp with any chance of success at the point at which it was attacked on the 5th, Supposing an attack to be attempted, the Russians would have nc chance of getting their artillery into the formidable position which | it occupied on that memorable day, or indeed anywhere where it would command the British position.

From the British camp, near Inkerman, to Balaclava,— a distance of about cight miles—-the country which. is naturally strong, is strongly fortified. Even Bulaclavs, which is in advance of the lines, has been rendered so strony as to be considered impregnable. The fact that the Russian army had not attempted anything from the 5th to the 27th November, is no slight proof of the strength of the position of the allies. The Russians, indeed, seem to have deen re- duced to total inactivity for ¢he 21 days which followed the battle of [nkerman. ade aid VE

Panis, Tucrspay Monrnixe.—The minister of- ar. has this morning received the following telegraphic lesbidiie Gen. Canrobert: —* Before Sebastopol, Nov. 24.—The rain has ceased, and the weather become more propitious, ‘The prog-ess of our labours has been hitherto impeded by the stormy state of the climate ; but we now are again at work in the trenches with renewed. activity. Kein!orcements are arriving. Our enemies still continue unmoveable, covering themselves by their numerous intrenchments.”

Srare or rue Resstan Troors.—A Vienna military paper says: — On the 19th November there were 9,000 siek or wounded Russians in Sebastopol. Surgical. assistance was much wanted. The position of the Russian troops was very miserable — they had no tents or warm covering, and only half a pound of meat per week. The English prisoners were taken into the interior.

THE BATTLE OF INKERMANN,

We copy the following graphic account of this terrible contest fiom the correspondence of the Londoa Times. After

forces, the writer proceeds :

And now commenced the bloodiest struggle ever witnessed since war cursed the earth. It has been doubted by military historians if any enemy have ever stood a charge with the bayonet ; but here the bayonet was often the ouly weapon employed in conflicts of the most deadly character. We have been prone to believe that no foe could ever withstand the British soldier wielding his favourite weapon, and that at Maida alone did the enemy ever cross bayonets with him ; but, at the battle of Inkermann not only did we charge iu vain—not only were desperate encounters between masses of men maintained with the bayonet alone—but we were obliged to resist bayonet to bayonet the Russian infantry again and again, as they charged us with ineredibie fury and deter- mination.

The battle of Inkermann admits of no description. It was a series of dreadful deeds of daring, of sanguinary hand- to-hand fights, of desparing rallies, of desperate assaults—in gien and valley, in brushwood glades and remote Gelli, hidden from all haman eyes, and from whieh the conquerors, Russian or British, issued only to engage fresh foes, til! cur old supremacy, so rudely assailed, was triumphantly asserted , and the battalions of the Czar gave way before our steady courage and the chivalrous fire a France. Neo one, however placed, could have witnessed even a smal) portion, of, the doings of this eventful day ; for the vapors, fog and drizaiing inist, obscured the ground where the conflict tock place tx such an extent as to render it impossible to see what was going on at the distance of a few yards.

besides this, the irregular nature of the grouhd, the rapid fall of the hill towards inkermann, where the deadlicst fight took place, would have prevented one under the most favour- able circumstances, seeing more than a very in-ignificant and detailed piece of the terrible work below: At was six o'clock. whea all the head quarters camp was/roused by toll after rol! of musketry on the right, and by the sharp report of field guns, Lord Raglan was infyrmed that the enemy was advancing in foree, and soon after 7.0’clock he rode towards the seene of action, followed by his staff, and accompanied py. Sir J. Burgoyne, Brigadier General Strangways, B.A, and several aides-de-camp. As they approached the. \olt aio of sound, the steady unceasing thander o) gan, andrfey p90 musket, told that the engagement was at: its heights 4.4 ie shells of the Russians, thrown with great precisions ture: so thickly among the troo;s that the noise resembled the eouti- nuous: discharging of cannon, aud the amassive fragments inflicted death ou every side. ie 4 betablasod

One of the first things the Russians did, when a break in the fog enabled them to see the camp of the second division, Was to open fire on the tents with round shot und large shell, and tent aiter tent was blown <iown, torn to pieces or sent.inte the air, while the men engaged in camp duties and the unhappy horses tethered up in the lines were killed or muti« lated. Colone] Gambier was at once ordered to get. up two heavy guus—1%-pounders—on the rising grognd, and to reply to w fire which our light*guns were utterly inadequate te meet, As he was engaged in this duty and was exerting ‘himself with Captain Daguilar to urge them forward, Col. Gambier was severely but not dangerously wounded,. and wae obliged

to retire, His place was tuken by Lieut..Colonel Dickson,

and the conduct of that officer in directing the fire of. those pieces, which had the most marked effect in deciding the fate of the day, was such as to elicit the admiration of the feet

,and deserve the thanks of eyery mau engaged ia thas

fray. ; off? But ere long these guns bad been b tup,- bad been a great slaughter of the enemy, ened ah me own men. Our generals could not see where to go. They could not tell where the enemy were—from what side they were coming, and where going to, In darkness. gloom and rain, they had to lead on! lanes spaiaak thick, wrubby b

and arn brakes, which broke our ranks ad irritated men, while every pace was marked by & Corpse or a mar, wounded from an enemy whose positior Was only indicated by the rattle of musketry, and the rusb of ball s I shell. w brusg About 9} o'clock Lord Ragls» and his staff were arsembied on a knoll, in the vain hope o getting a qanen of the bactic Which was raging beiow sem. Here General Strapgways was mortaliy wounded and I am told that he met his deat! in the following wav- A shell came right pampong soe stal —it exploded in Captain Somerset’s horse, ripping bim ope: ; a portion of ths shell tore off the leather overalls of Captain Somerset’s *users ; it then struck dwn Captain Gordon's

on the wutuority of a despatch of the 26th from Balaclava,

satel contained 1 at connected with it, We make room ome of the former © a was gg ~ and shall farnish oar regefrs with the or in our

ithe pewder. Thisjmext, = | eee ree Tho treaty between Austr and the Western ‘Powers, in

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that the English took two batteries of seven guis each, which | the Russiaus had not time to spike. Qn the 26th a part of the garrisou attacked the French lines, but was routed with | a loss of 230 men. The French lost 75

horse an killed him at once, and then blew away Genera! Strangways’ leg, so that it hung by a shred of flesh and a bit of cloth from the skin. The poor old man never moved « muscle of his face. He said merely, in a gentle voice, * Will

men, three of whom | any one be kind enough to lift me off my. horse?” Le was

ere officers. ‘taken down and laid on the ground, while bis life blood ebbed

Sines weak points in the;

fast, and at last he was carried to tho rear. But the gallavt

for the Russiang’ a) on the 5th of November, — (that

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