New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-13
STATE OF THE RUSSIAN WAR.

The Atlantic arrived here yesterday, after a
very rapid passage for the season, bringing four
days later intelligence from the seat of war in
Europe. In summing up the news, we only re-
peat phrase which o months use has m de IA
miliar, when we say that SevsstOpol lie not yet
captured; we may add that all the calculations
which we have made, in common with others, as
to its downfall on an early day have proved err
roneous. Indeed, the British Ministerial Journals
begin 10 be uneasy about the slow progress of the
siege. The allied armies landed on the 18th ofSep-
TENDER; the battle ofthe Almawas fought and won
on the 22d; and now, a full month after the vic.
tory, the hopes Of the fall of SevastOpOl are far
less ssnguine than at the beginning of the exped.
ton. The miscalculations Of the Generals, and
the mismansgement Of the Commissariat and the
medical department have enfeebled the army;
while the selection Of the south side Of the town
for the operations Of the siege, in preference to
the north side, now turns out to have been a sc.
rious blunder since the natural difficulties of the
ground are such as to make any regular siege ope-
rations almost impossible. On the place where
the English are encamped, the ground is a solid
rock, and admits no digging of trenches; and
the town lie, besides, defended by steep
ravines, which will make the progress of
storming columns very difficult. The position OF
the French is, therefore, the only one where up
proachss can be made, but the immensely strong
garrison can concentrate all its edorts<n that d.
rection not being invested on the north, and hav.
ing little to fear from the northeast On the
18th, the bombardment began, both on land and
sec. The English boast that their ships have
slenced the quarantine fort; but as no landing
was effected, the Russians have had time to
repair the damages. A serious loss Of life on
both aides was the only result of the lombard
ment, which lasted up to the Goth. On the 22d,
according to Russian reports, sally was made
by the besieged garrison against the works Of the
French, which, according to the English reports,
was repulsed; still, it seems that the Russians
succeeded in destroying some ofthe earthworks Of
the bssiegeS, and in spiking eleven mortars AID
three cannon'. Up to the 23d, the Publications
had not yet been seriously damaged. The Rus
slams had lost Admiral Kornilef, who was killed
by the fragment Of shell; but they had taken
prisoner Lord Dunkellin, the son Of the Marquis
Of Clanricarde. They had also received reen-
forcements by the way of Perekop, and hoped to
concentrate their forces in the Crimea before
Sevastopol should fall
The allies are now evidently anxious to avoid
failure and are doing their bes. to get every
available man before Sevastopol. Omer Pasha
must send reenforcements continually; his army,
therefore, is now reduced to 1900 men, and he
cannot take the offensive and enter Bessarsbia-
he cannot even occupy the delta of the Danube,
which 10 threatened BY the fortress of Ismael.
The Russians are in the best spirits, and the
German powers are wsvering. There is no
longer any doubt that the attitude Of Austria