The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-09
to Jassy, and oeded the chief command to Prince

to Jassy, and ceded the chief command to Prince
Gortechakoff.
II there be any truth In the accounts which have
more than once como before tue world that the Rus
sian government, from Alexander 10 Nicholas, has
advantages parably connected with the success
and welfare Of the country to which be belongs this
will doubtless be considered i'll omen at period
when the plains Of Sstra seem on the point Of be-,
coming the pivot on which will revolve the Arst
campaign Of this extraordinary war.
Upwards Of ton thousand men are working
night and day at the fortiHoations of Sophia
The troops encamped near that place have
have received reinforcements, which, however, have
nearly ell left for Schumla Almost a. many troops
are at present passing from the Russian territory OF
Bessarabia, into M0davia as last year at the COM
mencement Of the campaign. The villages Of the
western frontier Of Russia are filed with Cossacka
At Varna there 20 900 French and 5000 English
encamped six leagues from the town. A letter from
Bucharest states that there had arrived In that town
number Of wagons laden with valuable articles
taken by the Russians from the churches and mon
astries in Lesser Wallachia. The country has been
completely devastated. Every one seems to have
joined In the universal pillage In all the districts
near the Olta, such . sweeping of was never seen.
The barley aud wheat intended for the support
Of the people have gone to feed the Russian
horses, and the woodwork, out of which the
huts of the peasantry were constructed, has
been seized and burnt at the Russian bivouacs The
Boyards themselves have come in for their share,
and their property, confscated on the most trivial
pfetences, has been put up to sale, and bought by
persons employed by Russian generals and other
officers, who will thus become the possessors Of the
finest estates in the country.
Respecting this wheel within wheel, " the Goa
lition Of the minor States of Germany, to which I
drew ysur attention In my last, the Moniteur has
thought proper to publish the following -
"The great subject Of conversation In Germany con-
tnues to be the result of the conference of Baberg
(the coalition). It Is generally admitted that for
the two States which took the initiation in bringing
II about, namely, Bavaria and Saxony the object Of
that conference was to maintain the fafuence which
they have obtained at the head Of the secondary
governments in the last federal crisis. But no one
suppoees that they have any serious idea Of thwar
ing by their individual exigeDcies the action Of the
two great Powers austria and Prussia) when it is
federation. The system and the strength Of which
consisted, mp to the present time, In the support
which it received alternately from Prussia or from
Austria, would be more than compromised, il it de-
ScS e .nd tssn s0d On policy
1t evident from this passage that there is RENE
to the thought.
The speech Of Lord John Russell to the citizens or
as implying determination on the part Of England
and France to insist on material guarantees before
concluding peace; and this opinion has received
strength from the article which almost simulta-
ment Of Sebastopol and the occupation Of tho
Cnmea are roundly specified a. guarantees sufi-
Gent. But. on the whole, II may be said
that IL ~, we ar are al fairly pusaled; Whilst from
pecting to hear Of battles from the side Of Germany
are continually coming rumors OF paciflcation. The
Union says, apty enough.."What ia to be believed2
70 % ,o &. not D5t y II y
mark that war Ia mot, q regards the present, the
only respective view in Europe. We certainly are
not inclined to place blind confidence in diploma
~: The prestige, however, Of the balance Of power
u henceforth more than endangered; there are now
at stake enormous interests, rvalres ambitions, to
the honor Of the first nations in the world Yet the
present attitude Of the beligerents does not,
tainy, promise pacific solution. The camps at st.
and all the naval forces Of France and England dis
playing their united hsgs, and ON the other hand,
with the calculating sowness Of her genius, Germs-
ny putting her masses in movement, assuredly this
spectacle which certainly has Its grand side, shows
little that is favorable for friendly negotiations.
The MoniteMr has not failed to publish the Anne
rican proclamation respecting Cuba and to take the
opportunity Of paying . compliment to General
the eldest son Of Prince Jerome Bonaparte, exking
OF Westphaa has not failed to excite the attention
OF the quid nuncs Of the day. As yet he has not
appeared In public, although the world Is sexceedng-
ly anxious TO zee what resemblance he bears to his
great uncle. It would be odd feature in the sin
gular phase Of Affairs Il at some future day the EN-
pine Republic Of America should furnish an occu-
pant to the throne of Frances His arrival just now,
he intend to take part in the war? Is his object
simply TO embrace the father who more weakly than
wickedy repudiated his mother? or does he wish to
have some chat with his emperor cousin respecting
The French journal of which NJ. Girardin is the
able but most paradoxical editor, has recovered In
an astonishing manner the check which the coup
9'ttaf gave TO it. From the s0th Of January to the
soth Of April Of this year the publication Of the
this rapid progression does not appear to have been
checked. Its circulation on the 3lst Of May had
nearly attained 3s,0O0-the same which 1t enjoyed
The striking fact in the Theatrical world lust now
il the sudden eclipse Of Rachael, while at the Thea
tire Francais she was performing to overaowing
houses. The alarming fitness Of her ulster, hd'lle
Rebecca Felix, who Is At Pau, whittier Rachael Is
on her road to join her, is the cause. The Ami.
winter, including Cruvelh and Tedesco in it's
cast !; the difficulty IL to find an adequate
tenor for work Of n. Meyerbeers. new instru-
ment, the invention Of N. Alexandra, has just been
introduced at Herzs rooms. II Is ON large scale
combination Of the harmonium with the piano,
By pressure from the knee, an organke prolongar
ton OF the tone Is obtained and the volume of sound
Is trt bed with the greatest the tones Of vari
other instruments also successfully imitat-
ed. The invention promises, in fact, TO produce q
complete revolution In the art Of piano playing.
The Empress has settled on the mother Of Jalap,
who entombed in the well with poor Girard, lay Q
corpse for ten days beside his felowlaborer previ
ous to his emancipation, q pension Of three hun.
dred francs Her charitable interest In that sad ira
gedy has from the first been unremittng.
xaH HURoRDAM war.
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