The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-07-31
THE BALTIC FLEET.

An American in st. Petersburg, writing
from that city on the 9th of June, to the New
Bedford Mercury, says {:
Since my arrival here on the 10th of June, have
been waiting for the attack of Sir Charles Napier
upon Constradt, and it has hourly been expected
But not an English or French sail has been seen
from Constradt until this morning, when large d
vision of the fleet was seen approaching slowly
The Notifications al Constradt very strong and
Napier will have warm reception. English boast
ing produces considerable merriment here They
say that Napier, in a speech, made before leaving
London, concluded by saying that he would lunch
at Constradt and dine at ST. Petersburg upon the
/ same day. am told that the Grand Duke Con
/ stanline, while examining the Notifications few
days since, after expressing his appreciation and
compllmenting the engineers upon their skill, re-
marked that he was now ready to lunch Admiral
Napier, but thought the repast at Coustradt would
be such as to take away his appetite io- dinner at
ST. Petersburg. OF one thing l can assure you
The war is very popular with all classes here; and
the stories which you hear of revolutions here and
of Imperial extortion, are all utterly false. The
English papers are guilty of fabrcating all sorts of
| reports to which no credit is to be given 1t NAV
sound odd, but the Russians of ST. Petersburg cali
the English barbarians They say-"Uf the Eng
lish feel bound to protect Turkey-whv do thew
not go to Constantnople Why do they come upon
our Finland coast to kill innocent people burn little
villages destroy private property, and take away
smaii vessels belonging to poor peasants And
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where there cannot be the least resistance" These
are the acts of barbarians There lie some truth in
these remarks. These little villages unprotected
ana unohendng, totally destroyed with many OF
oneir lnhabltants Tor the pretended protection of
Turkey, suggests only cowardice to the American
mind
The late demonstration by Sir Charles Ma
pier of desire to lunch at Constradt was
speedily Withdrawn. He says now that he
was afraid of the cholera. We have no doubt
that the Russians would have fed him on
something which would have disagreed with
his stomach. The Russians are right in pro.
nouncing the allies barbarians. Whilst Nj.
choias has treated his prisoners with the
greatest kindnes and humanity, his enemies
nave attacked and burned inoffensiye towns
ana ships, while their crews have committed
the most diaboiical Outrages on unprotected
women The abominable crime committed
by the British sailors at Bomersund .na a.
gross and vile defence of their eoaduct h,, -, ;.
London News, prove sufficiently who are tho
barbarians. Ifretribution is ever visited for
hational crimes, some of the reddest and bot
test OF Heavens thunderbolts must ha n,
pending over nation which, in all her w.r.
| has permitted or conniyed at such hau.;L,,
enormities as those at Bomersund.
HE WHiPPisG-PosT.-The N. Y Tribune
which is terribly opposed to whipping blacl
rascals, is strongly in favor of whipping white
ones. Speaking of one of the innumerable
villains Of the free city of New York, he saws.
A hundred fasifes on the bare hack r,.o-
rously applied at public whipping. post i
quite too good for such vile scamp W.
think that, in the casereferred, this scoundra,
ought to have been whipped to death, but
when did the Tribune become a convert 10
the whippingpostf
The DIN RALEIGH.,'-This venerable
Williamsburg Hotel, we learn from the vii.
Hamburg Ea6eEtehss been converted into :
seminary Is lsfrping. Apollo Hail. e..
nous in Amaricaa history. 6 to be school
room. Thb isthe hall which Patrick Henry
and his brother patriots made immertaI s.
tne famous resolutions which gave euoh m
impetus TO American liberty.