The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-10-27

armies which met and fought for the first
time side by side, on ,ha, field Of battle.
But This exploit gallant and momenfous
as il undoubtedly is, seems to be already
surpassed by the magnitude Of its imme.
dia!e consequences TeleFru,,hic dis
patches Of Jess reliable Of official char
acier, but nevertheless OF high prohabili-
". have been received by way Of Varna
and Bucharest stating that the fo''iess oH
SovaslopDl irsolf surrendered on the 25lh
nit TO the allied armies, toge her h al
The west store Of war il contained, The
ffeni and tho Russian garrison. |, will
be sea ceiv possible 10 receive the offs
cal confirmation OF this intelligence
through Constanlinople and BelgrNde for
n day or two, hui il purports 10 have been
conveyedio Va ma by steamer which
met al sen. the Steamer conveying the
news 10 ConsIan'inople; and from the ra-
pidity with which communications of less
importance have twice before been re-
ceived from the seat Of war, il is by NO
means impossible that such an event ms
this could not he known in The time.
The public must form their own opinion
for the present as to tho credibiIi'y o.
this statement. hnt we are enabled IN sny
Tint il is regarded with the grenlesi con-
fidence in the highest quarters, and when
lhs same dispuIch reached the Emperor
nf the French ut the cnmp at Hrlfaui he
instantly announced TO the troops that
Sovrslopnl had fallcn.
We have more than once expressed
an opinion that. If the Russians risked
and Inst pitched battle in the Crimeo
while The allied armies we've marching
against Sevastopol. the attack on the
place itself from the land side might turn
ont 10 be an opnr ton Of secondary i'm
pnr'ance. II is now known with certain.
tv ,ha, Prince Nenchikof aid faht ond
lose such battle on The ooh ins'., and
the plan of cNmpaipn he had adopted is
sufficiently dear He chose the passage
nf the Alma nnar Rnrlink, MS the slron>
grsi position afforded bv The country on
The line Of march. and the Russian armv
was intrencled On the highest which
form The left bnnd Of tha, stream in a
fortified position, which, as Lord Raglan
expressly s'aics' was form idabIy defend
ed by a numerous artillery of heavy c0l'-
Der. On this pnipF $4,000 men wort
concentrated, which must compriae nv
fnr tho imnor'ant part Of the Russian
forcosin the Crmea. The Ruosian Gen,
eral appears 10 hive preferred an M
trenched position of this nature 10 m ac'
lion in Iha open plains of the Crimea Of
thr one hand, and on the other, he SEEM
tothave been couscinus that tho ganf
| was lnsl If BE- allowed his army to be in
closed in The wall. Of Sovsronol, or dis
parsnd along the he'ghts VIII ch comman'
The town md port. He therefore stake.
his defense on ihe passage Of the Alma
end even rennunced the attempt to op'
prse The landing Of the allied in his ex
elusive reliance on the strength Of ;hil
position. YET, after all this preparation
with a muster of the best troops which
the Russian Empire could furnish on thi:
pnini, and all the advantages which ma
ture and art could supply 10 this position
the boasted soldiers of the North stool
Gnr nbnut an hour and half before the
fury Of the Frcsl, infaairy and the dead
lv energy Of The British bayonet, ant
then wete driven from the field. TIN
fnrces of the Two armies must have beef
abou, equal; every local advantage VIA
on The side of tho Russians: yet the a,
tack, which began at | o'clock, ende'
an hour and'a half before sunset, and ih
military strength and pride Of Russia re
cpived blow more severe than the los
Of those hardly contested fields on whic
she disputed the fortune of Napoleon.
An army which has nst lost a grea
, battle and been driven ieHom nionss
(. rom The position it had fortified, is i
prepared for the defense of great mar
: time fortress, invested by sea and lane
$ imperfpcily defended from behind, an
9 commanded from The surrounding heigh'
!, Moreover, all we have learned from III
: Russian army in the course of this W;
= confirms be belief that the troops al
$ wanting in that indomitable spIi. whic
. will hold desperate position 10 the las
Il After the defea, on the Alma, four da,
c mus, have snfficsd TO bring the allie
! army to the walls of Sebastopol, and if Il
place was 10 be- taken at all by co,
de main, everything depended upon Il
!. prompti'nIe the operation. One a
h count states thai the place was taken {
}, ter a combined attack by sea and land
v another implies thai it surrendered wit
!: out any serious resistance. On the
Y points we can at presen, furnish no fu
n ,her light; hut there is the strongest re
81 son TO anticipate that the grand achie
q nent, on which !he eyes Of the wor
IF and the hopes Of England and Of Fran
/, are fixed, has terminated this porte
J. of the contest.
" IF the intelligence Of the fall of SebG
/, topoL be confirmed, ten days will ha
e snfiiced lo terminate the campaign of t
q Crlmea, and the army will at once
% relieved from The perls and hardships
e active war until The operations are resu
Il. cd elsewhere. We irus' that in the
If tnre conduc' Of the war, if the pride