The daily union., 1854-11-18
fHE WAR IN 9nE IAsT.

By the arrival of the steamship Asia al New iork on
rharsAsy have Liverpool dates TO the Ath OF No
days later hA the advees brought by the
Atlantic rh~ from the sea, Of war Is of somewhat
sonfasca conflicting and startling character It's
's~sar~s after making nil proper allowance for nus
r~tss,s Aaa hs @sotscn,ng down" explanations o
Enxn.h journalists and correspondents, fully confirm the
and predictions put forth in the cn'o" oil the
iih instant relative 10 the critical position OF the allies
aud the probable action Of Mensehikod in the rear o the
allied array occupation In the place Of the ahes pro
c<ng With their Siege operations against seoss'opoi WIN
tina, progressive rrwuiAsy which the prcsAge Of uiti-
ssooess there bs any truth ia the doctrines OF ai
ree,,ops of v.sh.n--they hAve been harassed with
w~plsnn~d and ahiy-sreca,ed sor,ies from the for
treas, while in their rear the Russian commander
n-ehi~f has not been Idle On the gath ulimo,
a, the head Of i.rg, icroe he made a desperate
aud bisody assault, the English lines in which
the latter ssnrssd very loss On the following
day Russiaa column Of 5000 attacked the French
position, and we're repused several hours of hard
fighting bu, no, until the works Of the latter had been
sormed and sixteen Of their guns spiked This the Rus
sian version Of these two engagements On the other
hand the English that their loss the 2ith has
been greatly exaggerated aud that they remained
tiers Of the field they clearly the vctors II should
gath was not regular pitched battle bu, brilliant
bloody demonstration on the part Nenschiko for the
triple purpose Of innicng loss inusng and effect
ing partial diversion in favor Of the beseged army Of
sebas,opo With these objects in view mus, the extent of
bis success be measured
our adyces from Scbas,opo are to the 27th umo The
army correspondents Of the London state that the
siege was progressing under the most favorable eircum
stances although they admit with some reluctance that
the Russian fire has been extremely vigorous and that
had fallen the French works with great effect In
deed one officer writes "The entire resistance seems to
have such il ouy witnessed under complete reck
lcssness of life and the 6ual result Of it will probably show
an amount of carnage rarely eqnalled" According to
these and the dispatches published in the
French English journals the besegng army have sue
ceeded in establishing their third parallel This parallel
is within three hundred yards of the fortress and ofcourse
within reach Of the mines We have conversed with one
or distinguished officers OF army who have visited
Russia and who have watched the operations Of both
mics in the Crimea with professional interest in regard
to the probability OF this last statement They did not
hesitate express the strongest doubt as to its correct
ness II is admitted to be science subject to certain
rules and lawsater allowing wide margin for casual
iesand If faith 70 he placed in the statements and
teachings Of its professors few sges were ever conducted
by regular approaches to successful termination under
thirty days. but this siege is one Of extraordinary char
acter The frequent sores OF the Russians and their sue
show resolves of the bcsege and the qualities
of the Russian soldier These repeated
ton of redoub capture Of the allied arms kcno only
inspire the besieged with faith in their commanders but
add fury to the natca spirit that infused through the
mass Of Russian subjects. They will regard God as on
their side But there among the conflicting accounts
facts asserted irrscoac~ with all ideas of the pro-
grcss the SIEGE 1t Is mot 10 hs credited that the allies
have advanced TO the third parallel When the labor ofsuc
siege is considered regardless OF any OF the many ;sos
tunes of the allies the fact contradcts itself II surpssses
belief that the third parallel of investment and the many
lueg of approach depos redoub and other counter and
siege works could have been completed within nine days
We are therefore uneopynced under the broadcast
latitude that may be given t9 the English and French ac-
counts that hsy have so far gained the siiges, advan
tage over the Russians But the tug of war has not yet
come The damage to the allies has hardly commenced
II is the assautng the succession of outworks that to
ty tbs comparative steel of these two armies SO far in
the open sea the te, has only affirmed the ancient valor
and renown of the Husan We will not venture to
say upon the unsatisfactory accounts before us that the
allies have lost laurel but is certain @ sebastopol
| Is no< Sft Hiheh.
In thus freely expressing views in regard to the pres
ent state of the campaign N ~ Crmea well as its prob
able issue do wish to be understood sympathz
ing with Que side the other Our sole desire IL to place
such facts kaye at command before readers
will enable them to forS correct idea of affairs they
now exist at the seat of We s-e that portion
of the English press Of lukewarmn4 II not i'll
feeling towards the allies during the pending war with
Russia but the charge with bad grace from that
press which took every occasion 10 @epreciatc American
SKILL daring and heroism during with Mexico.
While the details of the battle of the Alma have been
beraded from one extent of the Union the other by the
American press and full justice rendered TO British valor
and courage should be remembered that the brilliant
victories achieved by little army in Mexico only called
forth few brief saeering, insulting notices from the Eng
sh press The New York Times, in alluding the spirit
manifested by transatlantic negphors that
son pontcdly observes:
| "Through Sb;s whole campaign troops, who had
never been drilled six months in their lives commanded
mainly by young officers who had battle
countercd hostile shot did the work Of Veterans Every
quality that marks good soldiers distinguished every step Of
their advance There service too desperate
dangerous for them. They hrpnk from fatigue They
took account Of disparity Of force orever great Sin
gle officers than rushed along into The enrench
the enemy and either held their ground by personal
vaor till reinforced, out to pieces by the superior
numbers the foc Every of s principal battles Of
Mexican war was bloody, desperate, fought