Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-12-19

mann no. only dd we charge in yain-not only were
desperate encounters between maases of men maill-
tanned with the hayonc! nlnnebut were obliged
to resist bayone " bayoao the Russian infantry aai
and again, ns they charged with incredible fury and
determination"
Lord Raglan, " no served under wellington in the
lennSnar campnign aml participated in many q
bloody field says'in his dispatch, al before wit
messed such spectacle ns the field presemted"-and
all accounts agree in representing the battlc as no.
thing less than "s buichGry" In eight hours not less
than ten thousand men were slaughtered, and many
more wounded-aud tho Allies are described a- eX
hausted by their fearful losses their suiierngs from the
rigors OF the weather., md the gloomy prospects OF
having still more ar,lunus work before them 10 save
themselves from entire destruction.
The London Times, Of the 18th November, mani
tests most desrondimg tone 10 the position of the
Allies. 1t sees "no hope OF bringing the struggle in
the Crmea 10 successful termination. Before our
army can be sufficiently reinforced TO attempt any
thing effective ig the field the will have ar
rived when tho rRse OF must be suspended in de-
ference to the severity Of the clements, and the b.i-
ness of mutual destruction must wait for S reconi-
mencemen for the first opening of spring Our main
care must be preserve army in health and
victory will be 10 those who have avued themselves
OF the winter for the purposes Of reinforcement. We
believe that if il shall turn out, rs we npprchcnl il
will, that are compelled 10 desist from the active
operations Of the siege" shall at any rate be able to
| renew the campaign next ycnr with u decided supe-
riority of force which will allow thoroughly TO ill.,
vest the place, and thus to push tho siege with
certainty of success. Experience has shown that we
mood not be very lce in reckoning the number with
doubt that we shall be able TO confront them with
force which. however numerically inferior, will be Ut
terly nvncible by any thing they bring against
it."
In financial psint Of view the present prospec; is
no less gloomy Che London Times, in the follow
ing emphatic and: well advised article. bowails the
heavy cost Of the contest which, il hons,ed,
to terminate 30 rapidly and no brilliantly:
Government has now laid its hands on every
available steamer, and there is not line OF packet
service which is nut dcranged in consequence. We
are undertaking .he conveyance not only Of our own
| rciniOrcements, but also those Of the French The
coaling rictuang, repairing. and occasionally rcpiac-
ing these transports is M immense addition In the
| hire. Then are buying and building al q greater
rate than II we are not substituting fire.
arms for the whole Of the army ought 10 be- The
forces in the Crca are represented rs fairly ont e.
bows, ragged shrtless, ill-shod and altogether ap.
proximating the condition Of Omar Pashas brave,
but illused sodicry. Government is doing its best 10
mend matters in these RESPECTS, and slipfu of wool
had Just arrived the date of our last advccs.--
1t is also sendik, out wooden houses for ~ 3niI
men, stoves, chtEcual, wood, and even coal from
Heracea. Ii ought give them the mems
of baking their own bread, roasting and Grind
ing their cotf.e md cooking their ratiorrs into n
more nutritious and palaahic form. Every soldier
on the heights O SGhasopnl ought tn be made a.
comfortable this winter nt least a. any laborcr at
nome; ana thl1, us we NJ" nwurn, cnnn", h" done
without enormous expens". The leust extra pressure
or the smallest urusal demand IL sure to raise the
price OF materials and labor. Only Yesterday we
were told that the leather market was in state oi
great excitement, and ihs Iudson's Bay Company
thrown into tran. ports, by snmc Government pur-
chases, comprisinS order for Is 600 buffalo hides
fortunately in stoN We presume that next year
shall not be content with merely holding our annual
naval review i'll the Baltic instead OF Spit!cad but
shall attempt some achievement worth the salt Of
navy. For that purpose it IL c"ident We must have
entirely description nj vessels, that enter
shadows and defy granite batteries. This cannot be
done without vast expense. Thcn we should like Io
know the expense of the new company To every regi
nent in tho line, The augmentation of the artillery
and the bringing hnnor" "..,"ns of Mpiila pt9
tiiicatons at home are receiving extensive addona
In view OF the whole field Of operations, we may
re-echo the sentiments of the New York sun, and
say that we are "not astonscd to hear in the midst
of these sanguuuIy battles that tho Car notifies the
German Powers ui his readiness to negotiate Tor
terms OF peace such ~ he PROPOSES The o!lcr, IN
the first place. will show His people thai he pre-
fers m honorable peace 10 wnr and when the Western
Powers refuse hit terms he can claim that the only
alternative left him to tho honor Of the nation is
war to the death Refuse bis terms, France and Eng
land must To accept them now would be to confess
weakness and leave the CInr more terrible TO Europe
than ever. 1t is, therefore. sheer necessity on the
part of the Allies to declare that 'hc four points
longer exist n a hass OF negotiation" and that Sc
bastopol must be takep nnd the Crmea conquered
at whatever cost before they Gun consent to peace
The war; consequently i. only now begun in right
earnest. Who is the '.hctcr man. must be decided
before there can be pearc.
but the Car a,olcr to neg"tiate is also diplo-
matte move intended to operate upon Austria and
Prussia These Powers are still busy II. their sham
protocong and negotiating. and they will continue
the farce long pos-bc-at least until the fate Of
the expedition to the Crimca il decided Perhaps
France will demand action Of them. Perhaps Louis
Napoleon's declaration to the army in the Crmea
tha. powerful diversion s about to be made in
Bessaraba," is hint 10 Austria that if her army in
the Prncpnlities does nothing but keep Omar Pacia
in check French army will be sent to cooperate
with the Turks, and protect them against Austrian
trcuchery. But the powerful diversion in Bessarn-
biu" ought to have brcn mH'ln months since, and
while tho attack on Schastopo was being maic.-
Austria ought never to have hccn allowed 20 occupy
the Turkish provinces. France and England ought
Gre this to have reused Italy, Hungary and Poland
to arms, as they will yet be Obliged to do"
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