Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-09-08
War in CrIn1eG .

work has just been published, by MAJOR Gen.
Macintosh, OF the British army, which throws
siderable lights future prospects of the allies in the
Black Sea- 1t is entitled A Military Tour in Europe,
Turkey Crmea, &C., and to its proper character is
almost exclusively military topography. The author
has visited the East at different intervals during a
period of twenty years and has traversed some.
times with the minuteness of a military engineer,
every part of the country now the seat OF war in A
sa, including the Transcaucia,ian provinces, the
passes of the Caucacus Southern Russia ODESSA the
Crmea and Savastopol. His testimony is, of course,
valuable in relation to the probable result of
attack upon the latter fortress, and his opinion is
i,H' i c'nnot be carried by coup de main, either
by and OF SEA He thinks it must be regularly ap-
praoched from distance, by force superior to
the Russians, either in the fed in position, and
that therefore there are no hopes of its being taken
so soon the sanguine expectations of his country
men lead them TO anticipate Late accounts have
represented the land side of Sevastopol exceed
ingly exposed, but Gen. Macintosh declares that
such is by no means the case He says
So late as last year 0853) travellers, who, how
ever, not military men, reported that the town
still altogether open to the land side Detached
works may, however, have existed even then which
escaped their observation and there is little doubt
that since the occurrence of the Russians have
been busted in extending the defences on that side.
The landing places near the monastery of St George
are too preciptous 10 be surmOuned in the face of
defending force prepared for such attempt; and
any force landing on the level shore between Cape
kherson and Sebastapo would most probably find it.
self at once engaged in general action, and would
have to fight for space large enough to encamp upon
am, therefore certainly of opinion that a descent
made III the immediate mel ghborhood of Sebastapol,
with strong and we'll appointed force, especi-
ally after much time has been allowed to Russia to
erect Notifications there-though these may be only
field works-and 10 collect forces for their defence
would be very bold and indeed hazardous underta-
king and that while a subsequent re embarkation
should it occur without any object having been at
tained would in itself be inglorous great loss in
men and material would hardly fail to attend such a
repulse.
Mertcd Isebukc of the New England Clergy.
The Warwick Baptist Association of New York
at It's last meeting, administered singing rebuke
to the three thousand political clergy of New Eng
land, who recently assumed to themselves the author
lily to speak the will of the Almighty, concerning the
Nebraska Bill. We copy portion of the associa
ton
Ertroet from the Minutes Of the Session held a
WarWtck, June 7 and g. 1855.
Your committee having examined the correspon
dence of sister associations, and finding alIusion
made to the celebrated protest OF Clergy of New
England, recommend the adoption of the following
Whereas, the assertion has been extensively cir
cuated, that the ministers of all the religious demon
nations IN the northern States have united in pro
testing against some OF the enactments of nation
al legislature, deem it due to ourselves, as an as
ISOLATION of churches protesting the religion of ou
Lord Jesus Christ, to say, that citizens, mem
bers possess inaenable right to petition for or re
mcnsrate against, any legislative enactment which
they may believe to be calculated to promote tn
welfare endanger the peace OF our country yet
) as subjects of King who declares that his king
dom is not OF this world, entirely disclaim an,
wish, such, to interfere with the political affair
our nation, and we utterly repudate all FELLOWSHIP
with those who impiously assume TO protest. in tn
name of Almighty God, against the passage of law
for the orgazatiou of territorial governments, or 9th
er purposes, and in His name to illuminate anathema
against the representatives of the people in the dis
charge of their official duties and regret the as
sumption that any body ofmen divinely instruct
ed TO sit in judgment upon all questions of mora
and religious nature, which, if recognized b,
the people, is calculated to destroy every Vestige
civil and religious freedom and PROSTATE all the in
Stltutons of land at the feet of irresponsible
and arrogant priesthood"
1t was resolved that copy of the minutes be furn
ished the President of the Senate and Speaker of h
House of Representatives of tie United States, an
that copy Of the foregoing be published in the Sign
Of the Times, Banner Of Liberty, and Southern BGpti
, Messenger, and any other papers, which may thin
proper to publish it. Albany argus.