Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-12-16
From the New York Express Both ult.
The War I'm the Ensf.

Facts, instead of fctons seem at length 10 be the
staple of the Intelligence that now comes 10 us fom
the banks OF the Danube The war between the two
powers has now fairly begun, but where or when II
is to end, nobody is prophet enough to foreiell Tho
Mahommedan troops, SO far, the accounts that ,me
TO us are correct, have opened the campaign in
blaze of glory that gives them prestige for the fu
ture. j he Russian Bear, 1t is evident, had under
rated the prowess of bis antagonist, but the resul, of
the combat at Olenitza has by this time given him
some useful knowledge on that score, which will be
likely 10 govern his calculations to more auspicous
conc usions hereafter II is acquiring information at
rather dear price, however, in the loss of some 5000
troops. Flushed with succession of brilliant victo
res the Turks, at last dates, were moving on to at.
tack Gaiaz, seaport of some Importance, in the
province Of Moldavia, the left bank of the Danube
between the mouths OF the Sereth and the Pruih II
has been invested by the Russians, and il is to dis
lodge them, and 10 drive them from thence from off
the Turkish soil, that the troops of Omer Pacha have
taken up their march. The prayer of pretty much all
Europe we imagine, s that victory may again ne rch
upon their banners
Meanwhile, what will be the effect of these igno-
minious defeats at st. Potersburgb? If Turkey be-
gins the campaign thus successfully single handed
and alone, what might she be expected to do i ith
such hackers Great Britain and France Such an
imposing combination might be expected to appal a
Prince less headstong and boldly ambitious than the
Emperor Nicholas but after what has already tax en-
place it is greatly 10 be doubted that his audacity is
unequal to that contingency, all formidable and i'm
posing as it is. An alliance between England and
France, Nicholas may not eXtravagantly assume, is
an unnatural one At best, and not long endure
Besides, there possibilities of renewed revolution
in France, which might be greatly prompted by the
invoivements and embarrassments of foreign wall
II these possibilities rpen into realities of course the
entente cordidie with England must necessarily be at
end and England would hardly undertake TO carry
On the war on her own account; but if she did, her
resources might be so exhausted. by we'll managed
attack upon her empire in India that her powers on
land or sea- might be shon Of its present and ira
ditonal formdabeness.
But disnissng these calculations, the Emperor NAV
argue,-what it the " Nestern powers really enter he
lists They cannot invade my territory They can
not damage me, at home. Their fleets would find it
difficult matter to reach me by the Black Sea- at least
during the winter season They may send lheir
steamers through the HeIlespont into the Black Sea
but there large cities there to give them quar-
ter, or to pay expenses AS to invading my Ter
ritories, that is bu, to fall in my trap, as Napoleon
Bonaparte did. True, the ships of war may damage
and capture some OF my merchant ships but that s
game which both, or all three of us can play at
There is nothing TO fear, therefore looking at the
enemy in his most threatening attitude. The war
must 20 on So think, is The proper interpreta-
ton OF Nesserodes last note and particularly the cx.
preston upon which peculiar emphasis is laid" Tr
IS NOT FOR RUSSIA TO SEEK FOR NEW ExpEDIENTs OR
ASSUME INITIATIVE MAKING ovERTUREs OF
REcoNcIIATIoN" This is sufficiently explicit taking
III connection with lis concdeEts, we think to fully
pear out lne conc fusion, mat LHe UQf Is &c go
The Emperor of Russia may err in his calculations
of prospective want OF harmony between England
and France,-as we think he certainly does err al
ready, in his estimate of the impression he is able TO
make, by means Of an attack upon the British DOS
sessions in the East Indies There are natural bar
riers there set up against him, which he cannot sur
mount, and even if he could surmount them, the ad.
vantages he might gain would be more than counter.
balanced by losses accruing from the absence of is
troops elsewhere. We cannot believe Nicholas Sc
riousIy medates any such bIunder, as a march 10
Afghanistan or Cabul,-but nevertheless, we ran
easily see that the motive he has for disseminating
that idea, is TO impose upon England greater hesita-
ton in joining in alliance against him, than the spirit
of her people and the tone of her press betray at pre-
sent Bnt the threat thus to invade India, and
to make common cause with the Afghans, is only
received with de7ison and scorn iii London
The rumored resignation of Lord Aberdeen al this
crisis, porends something but that something is not
on the side of peace, if it is accepted, an indca
ton of the change of the Ministry en- masse at
present constituted. Through the successive stages
of the diplomacy, employed to avert arbltramcnt
of arms, in this Turkish question, g the temporiZng
policy o: British Cabinet has been all along the
capital stock of an intelligent, and powerful, and
daring opposition. The Peace that has been so
far preserved, has been pronounced dsgraceul" and
g humatlng, and it is Just possible that this III.
of the retirement OF the first Lord of the Greasu-
ry. may be precursor OF change in her majestys
Councils, which may decide whether Great Britain is
Be that as it may, however, Europe is again on the
threshold Of great events whether eventnating IN
Liberalism or Despotism,- whether 10 leave her
" Cossack' or " Republican" time alone is TO tell.
PEcuI1AK1T1Es OF SHEEp-A letter writer who
sends forth jotings from Cincinnati in recent epis-
tlo tells the following story that actually De-
Cured in that city
A very amusing incident occurred on Walnut st.
the other day Illustrative Of the natural instinct of
one sheep following another. A small drove was
coming up the street, and when they arrived oppo.
site the Gibson House, the foremost made rush to
go into an alley, but man suddenly coming OUT
somewhat frightened the sheep, and it deviating
slightly from the true course, darted into fancy
lamp store followed by the whole flock The crowd,
eager to witness the sport, instantly bockaded the
door, 50 that there was egress for the
NOUS visitors, and as said lamp store too con-
tracted TO sut their peculiar notions and wishing
to regain their liberty speedily possible, they
saw no other means Of escape but through the win
dow One Of them made break, and leaped clear
through the shoW-window upon the pavement, de-
molishing in its progress, glassware china, &C.,
with an alacrity truly pralseworthy. The crowd I'M
mediately fell back from the door, and allowed a
free passage bit ererysteep jumped through that hole
tn the windO1o.
JOHN MITCHELs DESCRIPTION OF SAN Francisco.
-" Here. on the spot where | stand-bere, where
five years ago solitary ship sometimes visited a
lonely bay of the ocean, at the back of the globe,
for cargo Of skinshere has risen this stately city
like an exhalation from the sea. This youngest and
fairest daughter Of your great republic yet
born when fell asleep. | awake in the Tyre OF the
Pacific. No fata- morgana city Of air is this The
genii have not piled it up with clouds Ncltherisit,
like the city of the Cars the city OF the Cen
stantines, The enforced workmanship of vassals Or
slaves executing the iron will of despot Here
stands the fair achievement of free and sovereign
citizens doing their own behest and for their own