The daily union., 1854-12-20

nation on public opinion there in relation the Crmean
campaign and the prospects of the Mr. Shafner left
the capital after the battle Of the 25h OF October The
following may lie regarded the result Of Mr. Shaners
observations:
IMPRESSIONS or NICHOLAS ON THE LANDING OF THE ALLIED
When the report reached ST PetersbuTgh that the allied
forces had actually sailed from yarna il scarcely cred
ited that invasion Of the Crmea seriously
plated The events which have subsequently taken place
in that peninsula have sufficiently proved this Nicholas
aneed that the expedition would be undertaken in
the face OF winter. He gave the allied command
credit than suppose that they would risk the
defeat and perhaps the total annhilaton of their army
The climate of the country and the tenpestuous Of
the year. ut hand hostile TO the English
and French they favorable to the Russians In
the middle OF October the storms, which have already
wrecked many vessels of the invading feet begin to
sweep with ressess fury over the Black and render
the transport OF troops often impossible and always at
tended with more less danger The regular supply Of
provisions and ammunition is then precarous, and, in
country where food be obtained the situation of
hostile army under the most favorable circumstances
be critical in the extreme Hence the Crmea the last
tack The danger as he conceived lay In Poland and along
the Austrian frontiers and there three hundred thousand
under arms ready to meet it.
PLAN CAMPAIGN DOWN MESscHKoFF.
hen, therefore, the allied forces landed at Eupatora
the Russian commander almost taken by surprise His
whole available forces in the Craea amounted only to
$4,000 men, including the garrison Of Sebastopol
Reinorcements however, could be brought up within
obtained Sebastopo and the Crmea safe In Prince
Meuschkohs depatoh sent to ST. Petersburgh before the
battle Of the Alma the plan of the campaign distinctly
laid down He hold the allies in check by series
Of engagements retreatng, if unsuccessful the city
There he expected receive the powerful aid of Lprand
division But if this, from unforeseen accident did
arrive and he found it impossible defend Sebastopo
with the force under his command he intended blow up
the forts, sink the ships, and hold off until with
increased army he could offer the enemy battle with hopes
of success Pursuant to this plan skirmish FIRST took
place Eupatora, in which the Russians lost 1900
occasoned chiefly by the guns of the allied vessels
This affair has been scarcely noticed in the reports have
received. At Alma the Russians declared they had but
% men, and that after the battle they enabled
retreat in good order the city They expected that the
allies would speedily follow. Menschkof declared
in his dispatches to the Gar that by vigorous assault the
stronghold might at this time have been captured For
such result he to have been fully prepared. But
when he saw that the allies hestaed to advance his hopes
of defending the place strengthened Courers
ing and evening" sent to ST Petersburgh with the in
telgence that the enemy had not altered his position
And when at last the enemy did press forward, and in
vested portion of the city, the auxgusly-expeced rein
forcemens under Liprand had arrived and Menschkof
felt certain of ultimate success.
ARMIES
With hundreds of thousands of men at his command
and communication to the Crmea open during the win
ter by of sedges the battles of the Alma Baakaya
and nkermann have been good many victories
the Car But the allied troops-decimated by and
disease with their supplies Of ammunition and food cut
off delayed by the storms the Black be
considered lost army though every man should display
the courage and endurance OF hero Ii is serious ques
tion whether retreat is possible 1t con-
sidered miraculous when cavalry infantry and artillery
were all safely landed at Eupatoria ia calm summer
weather but how would they fare now when it has been
found impossible to land the wounded who were obliged
to remain in the ships tossing for days upbn those stormy
waves What would become of the of that mag
neent in such tempest that which DESTROY
ed hrywo vessels of the flee To winter in the Crimea
would be scarcely less disastrous The severity of the eli
mate and the upceasiug hosites Of relentless, perse-
verng enemy, would fearfuly lessen their numbers 1t
is barely possible that they could maintain their present
position The Russian has already proited by the expe-
renre OF the campaign He has learned that his
ket is very inferior weapon to the Mimic rifle and it is
expected that this disadvantage under which he la
bors will shortly be removed Under every aspect of the
fortune seems TO frown upon the allies Bravery
do much in ost bnt in this the dauntless
age and impetuous bearing displayed at Inkermann
only proong the struggle.
PRoBABLE EXPECTS 4 TO THE ALLIED ARMY.
defeat before the walls of Sebastopol will entail re-
suits upon which it would be vain to speculate Dssatis
fed with the failure of the ill-panned expedition the
I French people may wreak their vengeance Napoleon
The alliance between England and France will then be
blown to the winds The policy of Austria and Prussia
will vacilate longer for sefpreservaton will force
them 10 side with Russia The revolutionary spirit
smoulderng in the German States will then longer be
controlled and the egions of republican and dcspoc Eu
rope viii once more be brought face to face.
EyrHCsIAsM CLASSES THE RUSSIANS
But Russia will continue struggle for that political
aacendeney which is the end and aim her monarchs
bition Mark the elements of her strength Throughout
all Eer vast dominons from ST. Petersburgh the Cau
Of the war-s predominant. Emperor, noble, peasant
and erf animated by the intense enthusiasm
The osensble object of the struggle s religious
liberation to the Greek subjects Of the Porte and if terri
ora aggrandzement be the real design it is for the pres
thrust into the background and remains where it was
engenderedin the subtle brain Of the Gar The people
told that they in defence of Christianity that
their Emperor the head Of their Church and champion
of their faith has taken the gage Of battle which the
heathen has flung down that France is opposed them
from the remembrance of old hostilities, and that
England while she holds the Cross in one hand
welds the sword of the devil IN the other Monks
and priests scattered the empire preaching
the holiness Of the crusade promising success and CALI
ing upon all to aid its speedy accomplishment For
this purpose, they provided with boxes which
carved the form of the and every contributes his
mite No patriotic fund raised for The wounded bat the
Car declares that they under his especial protection
and the government viii provide for them Throughout
the land the churches open day and night and prayer
for the triumph OF the Russian is the universal theme
The soldiers are impressed with the conviction that the
sixteen hundred saints Of their church nerceding in
their behalf and that when they killed in battle they
received at into glory And besides this ana
csm, which of itself would be resisess against ordi
nary enemy they have proved themselves equal both in
courage and discipline the best troops of France and
England. IL million OF such lie brought into
the eldf the orresse their frontiers have already
been found mpregnabeif successful invasion Of the
Cars territory is known to be impossiby and If his
for prosecuting the unlimited where is
the colossal power which eventually sugate this i'm
perial au,ocrat2
RUSSIA 80 NTERsAL DIssENsEoNs FEAR
Nor is this all Unlike other crowned heads in Europe
the Emperor Of Russia has revolution, internal dis
sensions 10 fear throughout the length and breadth of his
domnions lie could conchtrat his whole army a any
given point and the Of the country would remain in
perfect security lie dozed by bis subjects, who look
upon HIM a father By his soldiers be Is regarded
fIv he he TAX his wa.