The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-21

reem likely to cover 'heir arms with as muca
ridicule ss tie famous bullet of the Mexican
Dictator Victories on the wires will soon be-
come devices of as frequent political use IS
yictori. q on paper Their repetition, however,
will have the effect of weakening the gaivsnic
shock to our nerves W ich their novelty at
first occasions end whe The intelligence a.
tualy arrives, which, in G ordinary coarse
of events, mi ut have p oduced a sensation,
We will be pr pared to receive it without any
great disturb nee of our eqaanim,ty
In our comments on the last advices which
announced the fa'l of Sebastopcl, it will
be recoll' cted that we treated the news
Of that event with the increduIity which
the unreliable character of the sources
through which il was derived seemed
to warrant. 1t now turns out that we were
correct in the conclusion at which we arrived
Sebastopol has not syet fale into the hands
of the allies, and although the more recent ac-
coubts received through an ofc al medium re-
present its capture as imminent il may, for all
the reliance hat we en- place upon these
statements, be in ess perilous position than
is described, and may probably hold out until
the reinforcems nts announced TO b. on their
way from Odessa under Generals Luders and
Ostensacken arrive to its rciief Be this rs it
may the circumstantiai anticipation OF an event
that may never occur, with its minute details
Of the strategic skill, heroic daring and in
credibly rapid successes, to say nothing Of its
holocausts Of Russian victims, with which the
public mind here was so recently startled, may
be regarded rs one Of the most stupendous, as it
is one Of the most effective hoaxes of modern
times. We fancied that Yankee ingenuity was
not TO b. surpassei in practical jokes, but our
chefs d'Gupres of Sir John Herschels discoveries
in the moon, and the apr val Of the great Mas
sau balloon from Eng and, with its cargo of
sardns some ten years ago, fade into insignif-
canoe when compare with this brilliant feat of
the FuroI can ueWsmongers. Emperors, diplo.
matists ministers of State, and even those
sceptical mortals the conductors Of the news
paper press, all fell into the trap laid for them
Half Europe went crazy with joy, and the uni
velsal exultation found vent in public thanks
givings, municipal ovations, military salutes
and vast expenditure Of penny crackers. Even
our own peaceful city was frightened from its
propriety by the thunder Of the French frigate
Iphigenie, now lying in our harbor. But alas
to the modification and dismay of all those
great personages-to the confusion and annoy
snce Of those perspicaeious individuals whose
pens are in the pay Of the coaliton--to the
newly revived t, rrors and doubts Of the shop.
keepers of England and the peace-loving bour-
geoisie of France-and to the great glee of the
uTchins, who expect TO fire Their crackers over
sgain-Sebasto probably still maintains its
reputation as icing one Of the most impregna-
bic foriresses in the world.
AS, however, to use vulgar saying, there is
never smoke without fire, it must be a consola
ton under all this disappoi ,tment and humilia-
tion-lor it is the nature OF ma to feel small
when he finds his credulity thus cruelty played
upon-to reflect that, although The allies have
not taken Sebastopol, they have made some way
towards it. We believe there is no doubt-(al-
though since the Invention of the electric tele-
g,apH it is not safe to attach faith to am
thing)--that the battle Of Alma has been fought,
and that the allies have established the basis of
their operations at small port calsd o,. d.,
lava on tho sc4' -~--". Va 'no Si''ii0"' oisa"'ou
ABOUT nine miles in direct NE from Sebasto- !
pol. and eleven to the east of Cape Chersonne-
sus. How they got there, whether by sea or
land, does not appear very clearly from Lord
Strattord de- Redclife's despatch; but 1t is sup
posed that between the 10th and the 2sth
they successfully forced Ill the strong
Iy entrenched positions Of the Rus
slams on the Katcha, the Belbek and the
Tchemais, which feeds the harbor of Ssbas-
topol. If these statements are correct they
are now masters Of the whole open country
between the Alma and the south coast, to the
west of the position taken up by Priace Mems
cbikoff. The Russian General has, it ia said
been driven to the east Of this line of opera
lions; and his army, which before the battle OF
Alma was stated to consist OF $4,000 men, is
supposed now not to amount to more than 20
600, part Of the force under bis command hay
ing been detached 10 strengthen the garrison
of Sebastopol. He has taken up position at
Bakchi.Sarai, where he is awaiting reinforce
ments, the Russians having abandoned the fort
of Anapa, the key Of the Circassian coast, to
march to his relief, whilst body Of 50,000
men under Generals Ostensacken and Luders
is advancing with the same object from Odessa.
Thus every thing promises fierce and protract-
I'd contest in the Crimea, which even the fall Of
Sebastopol is not likely to bring to proximato
ter mination
AS soon IS the ice sets in in the Baltic 1t is
said to be the intention of the Car to withdraw
as many of his troops as he can spare from the
northern portion Of his territories, in order to
prose cute the war in the south with greater
yieor than ever. 1t is also rumored that Aus
tria has at last made up her mind to consider
the Emperor of Russia's prolonged refusal Of
the four conditions Of the allies as casus beli
To the latter OF these statements we attach no
credit The tone Of the English press with re-