Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-11-29

town. The enemy IN the rear were repulSed
with loss ofS,O0O or 5000 men, and the gar
rison were driven back with loss Of a thou
sand, killed and wounded
No artillery captured from the retreating
Russians, from which we may infer they will
come back again. Where an enemy carries
off all their artillery they generally retreat to
come back again.
Great sensation in France and England
No wonder. Fifty thousand reinforcements TO
be sent out France has the men, England has
the ships. They must be hurried up, or the
brave army before Sebastopol will be con-
sumed by its victories literally consumed.
Austria again suspected Of treachery. Very
likely she is lodging between wind and water
Why did she permit the Russians to leave the
Danube to reinforce Menschikoff in the Crimea?
The final position Of Austria win depend upon
Sebastopol. She will go over to the side that
wins Kossuth, in the language of the pro-
phet of Daniel, described Russia as a giant of
brass standing upon legs of clay. The allies
find them to be legs of iron. Jerusalem, how
those Russians do fight. They destroy every
thing, even their own men, with their own ar
.tillery, if necessary to damage the enemy.
This will give you an idea Of the Importance Of
Sebastopol.
Still the place must succumb, because the
allies are compelled to take it at any cost.
The eyes Of the world are upon them--the
issues of the war are centred in this struggle
ofthe Crimea, and they must take the town or
be forever disgraced. We leave you to the
digestion of the details of the bloody battle of
the fifth. Stocks, which were up little yes
terday from the arrival Of six million and a
half from California, will doubtless be Aattened
q little tomorrow. Wall street fuctuates with
the siege of Sebastopol.
Our minister to Madrid will return there to
find that the English and French ambassadors
have been before him; and that they have
pledged Espartero to resist the acquisition Of
Cuba by the United States, for such is the
substance of the last intelligence from the
Spanish capital 1t is supposed here that Mr..
Soule has very warlike ultimatum to propose
to the Spanish Cabinet; and that it will be
substantially indicated in the Presidents mes
sage. The message, therefore, begins to be
looked for here with as much anxiety as the
next steamer from Liverpool. The message
may be conclusive of peace or war, provided
always that the House of Representatives, at
the present crisis, at home and abroad, is a
unit with the Administration.
To return to Sebastopol. The allies must
be speedily reinforced or they will be most
probably consumed, unless in a desperate as
sault they should carry the town. They will
probably make the assault. They will doubt
less be speedily reinforced, including, per.
haps, Omer Pacha and his regular Turks
from the Danube. AT all events, my opinion
is that Sebastopol will be taken, because it
must be taken, or the allies will be forever dis
graced. There is, also, this consideration,
that the more desperate the resistance the
more important WILDE the victory. The pres.
ence Of the Emperor's two sons, with the
army Of Menschikoff, will give an immensely
increased political value to the capture Of the
city; or the military power Of Russia in the
event of its successful defence, will be largely
increased. And the work must be done now,
before retiring into winter quarters, or the
campaign TO the allies viii be dead loss.
UNCLE SAM.