The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-12-02
THE PERRYSBURG JOURNAL.

thousand of the army the Car, his sons
and the troops knelt on the field and invoked
the blessing of Heaven on their arms. Alex
ander is at Warsaw with the guards, anc
Constantine is the only son now remaining
with the Gar.
The Baltic.
Most of the French ships have reached
home. The British ships are yet cruising
Ostentatious preparations are making il
England for the siege of Cronstadt, which
it is stated, will be the first act Of the sprng
campaign The British war department ha;
ordered the construction Of l20 gun-b boats
carrying each two heavy guns, and of 4(
floating batteries, carrying each 70 guns
total, $500 guns--to be ready by the open
ing of navigation in the spring. The Frencl
are likewise making preparations.
There is a rumor-but it comes from
the Baltic fleet will, mex
spring, be under the command of Sir Edmund
Lyons.
Napier is too sick to leave his ship
Sebastopol-T chances of reducing ii con.
8idered--DMcultieS with arhich the besieg
crs hare to contcnd--Thc hGUOc Of tn,
cholera among the allied troops Strength
of the garrison supposed to be 45O0C
men--Actire force Of the besisgcrs Gbou
the same, d'c., d'c.
[Iondon Times correspondentl
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Oct l2.-The seeming
tardiness of the operations against SabaSto
pol disappoints the large number who, from
a state of depression and gloomy foreboding
passed into the opposite extreme of exulta
ton after the battle of Alma. When tn,
first encounter with the enemy terminated
in such brilliant and decisive success, there
was a general expectation that the end o,
the campaign would not long be delayed
and after it became known that the enemy
had dretreated past two strong positions which
lie between the first attle-tield and the
walls of Sebastopol, the supposed discour
age ment and terror of the enemy strengthened
the anticipatiOns of success.
But though the allies have nothing to re
gret in the course OF events as yet, an(
though the capture of the Russian strong
hold is as certain as any military event car
be, yet, as all men with any experience O.
war declared beforehand the attack on sucl
place cannot be made without due prepa
ration, or success attained without seriOu:
loss.
The chief enemy is one against which NJ
courage or skill can avail. Sickness still
continues its ravages. The effective British
infantry does not now exceed sixteen thou
thousand men. The probable loss in oui
part of the invading force from cholera, fe
yer, and the sword Of the enemy is about
five thousand men, since the expedition
sailed. Not, indeed, that such a number art
dead, but there are so many disabled by
wounds, and weakened by disease, that the
force of the army is lessened by nearly 4
fifth.
Lord Raglan is seriously hindered by :ht
presence of so large a train of sick, and i;
desirous to send them out of the country "a:
fast as possible. ! mentioned some time
since that many of those at Scutari were
deemed convalescent, and sufficiently recov
cred for actual service. A few days late
two steamers full Of them were sent mp tC
the Crimea the men were in good spirits
and except that they were a little pale
seemed to have perfectly recovered from thei
late proStration. But the result has PROVED
how little fit any but the strongest and mos
healthy man are to bear the hardships which
the army have to undergo; and how vain /
is to trust the appearance of recovery wher
the malady has been of so depressing kline
as Bulgarian fever or army dysentery. Three
fourths of the men We're found unfit for any
service whatever; many Of them fell il
within day or two after setting foot or
shore and they are now swelling the scl