The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-06

numbers, and with extraordinary advan' ages OF
position the Russians we're fairly driven from the
II this was the case under such circumstances, we
can hardly pretend to doubt what the issue must be
when the troops Of the Gar encounter French and
English oders In q tair field and without the pro-
lection Of artia ,ial defences.
Horrors OF Modern Warfare.
From the London Times, Oct. ~
The further particulars that have reached US OF
the Battle Of tie Alma, the march across the pro.
montoy, and the operations at Bsaklsva, will be
read with interest even by those whose attention Is
fixed on he. v,i Of S. e: tss y.
cting impressions, il We mistake not, they will ex
cite another, ard that Is q sort Of surprise. The
narrative is, indeed, as strange and as full OF Ind
drssed up BY historians or novelists. But there il
one Illusion which the columns before rs utterly dis.
pei. OF late years there has besn growing belief
that should war unhappily return-and even that
under which 1t has ever been known to our ances-
tors. There was go much progress and improve
ment In everything, in the science Of war, in the
comforts Of the soldier, in all kinds Of mechanical
inventions, in the mutual courtesy Of nations, and
everything else, that people fanced battles would
be fought as clearly and as smoothly 81 game Of
chess, or sham fight ON Woolwich common. Tho
only difficulty was to see how war would
be an affair of tactics, Others that 1t would
be o question Of riHes, and there have not
been wanting those who feared that In tho univer-
sa diffusion Of science and manufactures the hardy
habits Of the less civilized nation might turn the
scale against those bred In comparative comfort and
ease. These speculations are disposed Of fox the
present: War has re-appea1ed-war between civil
lied scientific, mechanical nations between States
that have immense war establishments, national
debts and all the rest OF it. AMI war turns out to
be just the same es ever-the same unc0uth, disa-
greeable, savage, tnhuman thing, that 1t ever was
since the beginning Of history. 1t is still reckless,
ms md abr 10 inun nf ha mi.
ness and peace; II sl produces the most miserable
scenes, the widest adventures, the most perllous
situations, the most horrid calamities, and those
vast .nd too hdeous fcf these snug and quiet times.
We know that The expedition. to the Crimea was to
be-we know what It has been 90 far IL, indeed, we
90 know the worst. Putting aside the question Of
ooSas oSy and the glory that attends it,
Of the affair, what difference between the antci
Heetcre, we may cay. How splendid the warrior
low So pd he n the no" aus
Not to 60 further back, take the expedition a. It
arrives othe coast ofthe Crimea. The soldiers and
sailors are falling by scores under the stroke Of an
reheMssis at Chobhan, Il bivouacs in the mud mud
ard in rain. For several days it suffers an actual
plague Of thirst. Then comes the march, on
the very first day Of which baggage is sacrificed,
tasdy to those who had expected It, though only the
beginning of the end. II il no paper Esht. The
csrpage confusion, feats Of daring the collision of
and the vanquished, are those Of tbs old battles.
Then, after night Of triumph and horrd suffering,
the sun rises on thousands grooming, writhing, and
in worse agonies ct Thirst over the bloody field. The
writer, himself racked with fever. describes the
melancholy bury ing Of the dead, and the slow pro.
cession Of the wounded, borne on tho shoulders Of
the survivors, the rude carts of the country, to
the distant shore. One by one they die on the
board the floating hospitals. They that escaped
the battle, and were its most conspicuous heroes,
DO net escape the pest One by one they, too, fall.
twilight. On the one side Is heard the solemn hyms
Of triumph, raised by the victors from the heights
they had gained, and on the other side, stretched
over the field, 10 seen dark mass, half living, half
AID in the midst Of them, like the last man" 80.
litaIy surgeon left to do What he could With that
WORLD Of misery, his only hope Of success. and even
Of his own life, being the chance that bis mission
enemy certain soon to surround him. Follow the
advancing columns. Few comforts and little rest
have they gained BY tier victory. They suffer in
rapid succession the burning sun, the nightly chill
dtsclation for the Coseacks have been before them.
What is spared they lay waste themselves, a. it
wefe, IA rivalry: SWprised to find splendid man.
0n s,uas y Nth ssyy Leg S. and luxury,
Weary and thirsty they rush into gardens, orchards,
and Vineyards and devour till they ycken and die.
The scene in which Engshmen act this part il just
such as we should witness il our enemies should find
Themselves in the suburbs Of this metropolis. In this
mirror We see what we should have to endure. But
to proceed. In this well appointed army We have
which whole regiments lost their way. Even in the
day portion Of the army finds itself almost within
the fire OF Sebastopol, and the commander In chief
with his stan comes suddenly on a numerous Rms
r:~ Ixwx,sx hsAk t. tkxnlS ~s~aI
and Ia ronted with slaughter ard loss Of baggage.
Then the scene changes to the quiet landocked bay,
or "mouD tain tarn" Of BAallaya, filed with huge
ships, got there no one knows how, delivering pom
dcrtue on and mountains Of shot. But still the
pursuing, ndefatigsble psst. 1t attacks new regi-
mets, al does not oeass the work Of death in the
psuses Ct the campaign.
Has war chsngcd it's character There Is not o
Circumstance In these narratives that Is not common
to oil wars, and, unfortunately, all that we read Of
or youth, vixen wars had ceafed through all the
void, Yeappears with sad fidelity. II is impossible
TO 'est, ain the license Of soldiery especially when
this last is unavoidable, for selfpressryation c,nl
pela retrs atfng army to leave desert behind it..
A desert il does leave. Germany has not yet re-
covered from the effects Of the thirty years war and
not game, nor yet 10 it like the cheap and easy
ve1gear &c Of the wealthy against the poor or the
many against the few. 1t is work Of risk. Ono
thing alone Is certain about it, and that 10 COM
munity Of danger and hardship. The officer and
the private are alike exposed TO the bullet and tho
pest; and happily for us, II war Is in all respects
I'M hanged, so also Ia that courage and endurance,
both CT officer and soldier, which have won for us
80 many triumphe, and on which, and on our good
cause, We nay still trrstfully rely.
Annexation Of the Sandwich Islands,
From the London Morning Post, Oct. col
Tic acquisition Of the Sandwich Islapds by the
United States is an event Of more importance than
the public OF this country may generally suppose.
In the first place, il shows that the American
government, fcrgetful Of the emphatic warning
given BY washreton, e determined to obtain
over places rot situate on the North American con-
tincnt. This policy on the part Of the American
government Is rot new. Somo years ago they at