New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-20

,ian vessel AZ which irht venture fros under the
cuns Of evss.apol. odssss is, or rather was, great
ssnz port but ~ -. pnS ~ =. h., ~ va
IL, Emperor Nicholas, wtcse potcy hes given dean
tiow TO its trade. The stores Of whea. prepared
for shipment, and IN soize instances pnd Tor even
Ru,sian Goyernrnen. for the ue Of the army al
yancipg TO the Denuh~, and that town, which Wa
few months AGO the emporium Of the trade Of the
Black Sea II become the center Of military operations
which rendered peculiarly obnoxious 70 the assaults
of our cruisers. Odessa was the most point OF
importance which stores Of war couc De conveniently
TRANSPORTED from Nichosiew and Sevastopo and il Is
probable that quantity Of the property OF the Rus
sian Government accumulated there Another depot
had been formed az FokbaDi in Modavia which has Just
been DESTROYED or greatly damaged by fire. no, without
susricon that the place wully burnt, to conceal
from the eye Of Prince Pashkiewch himself the deheien-
ces in the commrsara and 10 supply really excuse TOR
the privations the Russian army may hereafter have TO
undergo.
hope 10 produce any impression upon the minds Of The
rsope Of Russia for from the entire absence Of free dis
cusscn or accurate public information in that country,
the causes and probable consequences OF ths quarrel
fourteen months still either unknown 10 the Russian
no.on known ONLY by the reports of the St Petersburg
Go-ee and the frantic manifetoes Of the Emperor But
although the people Of Rsss already have Suffered
severely by the eyies OF troops by the suspen
sion Of trade by The destruction Of credit; and BY the hard
ships inflicted by such preparations tor war on all casses
of society may be questioned whether they have as yet
asceItaIed the whole danger Of their position II must
be alike Calling their pride a nation, aud repugnant
10 the serve confidence inculcatei in the wisdom OF the
Emperor see proved that neither hi policy his
arms can defend The sacred territory OF Russia from at
tack that the ports through which the wealth OF prov
inces has been accustomed to flow BE- bl0ckaded and
bomhsrded a. the pleasure of the enemy, and that
whole territories may possibly be discovered from the
empire. ILee are facts which cannot be altogether
mrepresenied conceded especially when they occur
as they probably Will occur not in the Black Sea
only ct distance from the observation Of Europe, but
within a tow hours sal Of the capital which il already
of all communication with the rest o: the Baltic
Operations bockades directed against such ports
Odessa Archnnge and Riga, cannot fail 10 act very
widely upon the adjacent country and the direct injury
inflicted the Turkish empire by the seizure of two
Prncpaes north Of the Danube, which already in
tie enjoyment OF neutrality-suspicious. ncomparably
les than the evil ard the Oss sustained by Russia the
closing Of her most important harbors These considera
tons appear TO TO account for and 20 justify the
which may be taken against every part OF the Rus
tan which open 10 attack especially where large
military dtpts have been formed and whore the properly
Of the State be reached II viii have been observed
that the ofcfl Dispatch makes mention OF any land
operations at Odessa and By inclined TO
lomtardmon that an attempt at landing was made by
lsc0 men, and repulsed There 10 have been no
occasion Tor any landing at all, would such force
have attempted to land in fortified harbor defended BY
nearly len times that number OF Indeed, the very
email oss the side Of the allied fleets is decisive proof
that character experienced For
these particulars however, still 10 great degree
dependent imperfect teegralYc dispatches though we
tust ii at neatly fortnight has elapsed since this
took place the country will be in possession OF
a complete narrative Of this important engagement.