Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-04
What the allies can do with Bomarsund and the
Alaud Islands
From the London News, Aug. le


There is doubt Of Bomarsund icing soon taken
-FOUR advces by the Europa inform US of its fall into the
hands of the ales.-Ed Herald The speculation is
they have fallen into our hands?
The inhabitants Of those islands are people of ve,v
marked character. There usually about a 900 of them
peopng the group. They have not the stupidity of Rus,
sian pessAns but take OF themselves under diff
cul,ies. In spring they all till the ground and fish: in
summer, they fish and carry provisions up and down the
Bothnan gulf aud act pilots; autumn comes on they
gather their harvest aud later fell wood aud salt
tie for aud SALE and carry fuel and the mail when IN
all Others the Gulf ID impassable Every child among
them knows every rock and creek and channel Of III,
cuous labyrinth in which they live. Every man car
build hut, and every woman and skate and d..
fend her property against the wolves. These people
have for long showc themselves up TO everything
that cannot by any means think it a desperate Il,
for French aud English soldiers and sailors TO na.s
winter among them, If IL should DO thought mecca
sary do AZ they trade in food and fuel ali IN,
winter through, even up to TOrnea, they may surely he
good uegbbOrs any Power that they consider hienJ
which may hold the citadel of Bomsrsund this winter -
And the Car doing everything he can TO make the ia
anders prefer US TO him lie has taken all their strong
to serve in the forts he has burned their dwellings,
and even their WOods aud crops he has laid bsro
soil all around Bomlrsuud that tho old rnen yon IN
and children cannot pts5 the winter there But there
other Islands AZ baud, whence help may be- had. or 10
which tho houseloss peasants may go for shelter and
they are very rich just Sir Napier has Rt ted q,
liberal ari Tor the supplies drawn from those GLANDS
that the Inhabitants will doubtless be very glad TO SEQ s
settled amoug them nseid OF the Russians who cut of
boys heads for taking money. or fnouu they nav,
plenty just nov; and they only twenty-five toles
from the Swedish coast where they can buy tmber IN
make themselves new hutJ the Russians ara
gone Their market boats will DO passing all tue autunn
In our Service and more than the autumn IL mut be
remembered that the climate IL far milder In those
Islands than AZ parallel points Of the ma land When
the Finnish harbors frozen hard there are slg,v.
some among tho islands that are open There arc
always channels OF bays where the ice IA thin aud brittle
and between the Swedish coast and the sauds il IL yety
thing indeed for the ice TO be Trustworthy Ir The
whole distance. The people do stay at home on that
account Between boat and sledge-belween rowing
hauling aud nsrcng, thoy convey themselves and goods
and the accidents are surprisingly few, the regularity
OF the mails may show. Naturally enough the poopls
are extremely weather wise and here again s our sdyap
age IN being IN their good gaces They can always tell
and will be glad Tor their sakes c do H. this next
winter, when passage the Gulf pr cite ble for
boat, mar, or beast They know when 20 expect the
wolves from tho Finnish shore deyour the game aud
farm stock Of their islands, and they can therefore guide
our soldiers 70 an expectation OF the arrival OF the human
wolves whom the Gar s reported able 70 produce s
Christmas They keep themselves safe and coiorta
bio the winter through that IL IL difficult 20 conceive yby
they should not show men how TO keep themselves
safe and comfortable too.
The citadel once taken IL msy probably be ours by this
lime there good stout Of buildings for the ac
OF several thousand men. The peasants
uf the chiDks Of their houses with moss and earlb and
when winter fairly sets TO- bank up tie snow against the