The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-04

70 pe-eve Ourselves IN no case Tor thD latter. We
think tne same Of the Turin and, Indeed of all the
Other cations OF Europe, exc sptirg only the Rus.
SLABS who may be what their master desc ibes them,
for aogh! we know 70 the contrary. The Arned'
cans. OF course, he entirely understands. He more
than understands them. says the enrapsured Doctor.
He do'es on thsm. He knows everything about
them. He knows the names e the leading men in
every State by name. He is also thoroughly "post-
90 up in the history Of the different pa ties. He
treats every American who enters Russia with the
eratett hospitality; he gives them letters OF intro
duction and employs them in al sorts of ways and
offtrs no END Of Undue ements. Indeed, By way OF
proving bis entire confidence in the whole nation he
actually intrusts Louisiana Doctor with an impor
taDt MISSION to Washing on, Of which more anon.
II is not upon Russian institutions tn 1t D.. Colt
man returns al these compliments. These tnstitu.
tons may be well enough for Russians, Turks, Bri
tsters and niggers, but the Doctor evidently pre-
and would not like to be knouted or sent to Siberia
without knowing the reason why. So he pays for
imperial concescensions for the familiarity Of
the Archduke and the afabiiity Of the Arch
duchess. with sympathy in everything that re-
lstes to the present war. He undertakes to be the
imperial champion against oil aspersions as to his
conduct and motives, and, by the same rule he re.
peats with aec.onate fidelity all the statements Of
the Russian journals, the most impudent forgeries
from the lips q his imperial friend. The tzT,
so far from throwing any impeachment in the way
of Sir Hamilton Seymours goods actually paid their
carriage home, which, of course, viii be gratifying
news TO Sir Hamilton. The gar says he Will With
guarantee the rights Of all Christians In his domt
niops;" and the Doctor adds with delight that the
Gar is confident Of ultimate success, though what
the success Is 10 bewhether the rights OF all Chris
tiaps or tie expulsion Of all Turks-the Doctor has
ieotten to ascertain. But what the Doctor takes
most pains to promulgatc and show in the most
lively colors aIe our shortcomings and mishaps Ill
tie war. Standing ct the imperial elboT, cateaias
The very curl Of the imperial lips aud iottng In bis
note book the sweet accents Of imperial scorn, be
enumerates the nameless places in the Gull Of Fin
land We have attacked instead OF the granite bate
lies Of CTonstadt, which, he says, on what au,
thoIity is best known to him, our navy had
proclaimed its intention to destroy; and then,
ed officer in the Leopard, published in the
Dublin Post, he tells of the crews of twenty British
ships having landed in some quiet part Of Finland,
destroyed all the houees, and finished by violating all
the women and girls in the district-a feat we can
only say most dscreditable to the Russian com.
mandants and the Finnish peasantry, who, we are
assured by the Gar and his Journals able to beat
any number Of British and French in the proportion
public, the Doctor informs his American readers,
are all this time under the most egregious mistake
as to the progress Of the war; They think they are
demolishing foltresses, capturing men of war, and
taking fleets Of valuable prizes, and the press, Of
This Is rather hard on the English public. They
are scolded on the one side for grumbiing at the
small results and tardy operations Of the war; and
then are described to the Yankees under the most
ridiculous Gelusi0n as to its progress.
But now for the business part of the affair. Two
such good fellows as the Gar and the Doctor could
no more part without a transaction than Haley and
Legree. The Doctor made over to the Gear Turkey
and whatever else he could lay his hands on in the
Yankees Cuba, which he considers to be theirs by
right ef her geographical position, and which ac.
cordingly he advises DIR. C0ttman and his fellow
citizens to take, whether the Spanish government
is willing or not The two potentates, having thus
accommodates one another with two objects rather
near to their hearts, came to money transact On
The Gar commissions the Doctor to offer Sitka,
and we suppose all the Russian possessions
and 1t appears the bargain is likely to be made.
These possessions have only possible value and
that can only be realized In American hands. They
may be made the ground Of some imaginary claim,
some hunting OF fishery tight, or some boundary
question with the British government, and we have
10 doubt that DR.. Cottman would be only too hap
py to assist the Cars views upon Europe by get
ting up little difficulty between the British and
American governments in the New World. That
tie American government would think it part Of
their natural and traditional policy to buy any part
Of their continent offered to them on reasonable
terms, ne can easily understand; but we do hope
and trust that Dr. Cottman is not the fairest PCS.
eiblo representative or his country on the question
Of Cossack and republican government, Of appro-
priation, of "tbe right of geographical position
and the other points discussed with the Czar. We
will not believe that extremes so nearly meet and
that Gar and Yankee arelonly the same thing
NICER somewhat different circumstances.
DETAILS OF THE CAPTURE OF BoMAR-
SUND.
THE FRENCH CLAIM THE HONOR OF TIE VICTORY
THE KILLED AND woUNpED--GALLANT FIGHT OF
THE RUssIANs.
By this arrival the capture of Bomarsurd is con-
frmed.
On Saturday, the 10th ul.., the English steamer
Basiisk, and the French steamer Refine Hortense,
arrived at Daptzic with the intelligence that at
IL 80 P. M. on the 10th Of August the fortress
of Bomarsund capitulated, and the garrison, num-
the Allied feet. There was little loss Of life on
either side, the French having lost 100 in killed
and the British only three or four.
The round towers behind Bomarsund, named res.
pectiyely forts Tee and No.ttich, had been pre-.
were garrieoned by only 100 men each. The hand
ful of Russian artilerymen in Tee made stout de-
fence, fifty being killed, and only thiryivc taken
unhurt., Nottich was carried without loss. Both
assault was then directed on the fortress Of Bomar.
sund itself, of which the walls were badly damaged
before the garrison consented to surrender. No
other result could have been expected, for It was
impossible that 1000 could have long held out
against Msieging army Of twelve thousand sup
ported by feet in force.
The honor Of the victory. such as it Is, belongs
wholly to the French and therefore, on Sunday the
goth, the guns Of the Invalides announced to the
citizens Of Paris the first victory Of the war.
Private accounts from Dantzic say that the mum.
Der Of prisoners does not exceed 1900, and that
they have been sent to Ledsund Il was reported
that considerable prop portion Of the garrison had
succeeded in retiring, and that it was intended en-
tirely to evacuate and destroy the works; but the
attack by the allies prevented this intention from
being fully carried into effect. An overwhelming
display of force was made on the part of the allies.
No fewer than fifteen sail Of the line (of which four
ships aud four steamers were French,) lay with
their broadsides within range Of the fortress. The
allies claim to have found one hundred pieces Of
cannon, mounted and dismounted. Our correspon-
dence does not state whether or not the feet fred
the fortress, but from the circumstance that the
English papers have list Of casualties incurred by
the ships Penelope, Hecla Termagans, and Belle
Isle, while "under fire at Bomarsund, IL is likely
they did.
From the circumstance that Admiral Napier had
issued notice, warning all neutral vessels to leave
the port Of Riga before the 10th Of August it was
suImised that Riga would he the next point Of at
tack. An account of the Bofnarsuud Affair." from