The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-05-19
TIVE GREAT WAR.

1 sE 8
THE GREAT WAR.
Wemay shortly expect to receive exciting
news from the theatres Of warlike operations
IN Europe. both on land and sea. Very like
Ily the next steamer's advices, already due
by telegraph. will bring US intelligence Of
ihemost important and absorbing character
accounts Of the bombarding cities, and of
sanguinary naval encounters Of desperate
contested battles, d al immense loss oflife,
and vast destruction Of property, Of limo
cent and unoffending people.
The world is on the eve of great events.
Three of the mightiest nations on the earth
have engaged in conflict, theend ofwhich
no mortal powers can fOresee. England and
France cannot retire from the field until the
objects which led them to the destruction
of war are accomplished and secured; for if
they do, they viii lose the prest ,ge of irwin.
ciBility, which win amount to greatlossa
of influence among the nations-a thing
their PRIDE will never allow them 10 submit
to. The same may be said of Russia. She
cannot now give up her pretensions unless
she would lose caste among her neighbours
As for the Turks they are fgh ing for exis-
tance--Or their nationality And. 1.-THE Rus
sian Bear be driven back to his home ID the
bleak North. the successoro Mohamet will
have large account to settle with the Gal
lie Cock and British Lion.
The preparations for war have been made
on scale such as the earth have never
known. Sir Charles Napier is ii the Rus
sian seas with 9 fleet far surprising in pow
ers Of destrnctiyeness any ever launched
He is bold and skilful seaman. and will
not fail to render good account Of himself
Ere now, Campbell's description Of the COM
mencement Of the Battle ofthe Baltic may
have been realized,
"Like leviathans afoat,
Lay their buIwarks on the brine;
While the sign Of battle flew
Onfhe lofty British line;
II wasiten Of April morn by the chime,
AS they drifted on their path,
There was silence deep as death;
| And the boldest held his breath;
For a time
Whether Sir Charles Napier viii gain
such tremendous victory as did his illus
ltriOus predecessor remains to be seen. He
has not the same opportunity But that
be will sweep the Northern Seas clear oI
every Russian vessel, we have no doubt.
In the Euxine the British and French fleets
ride 10 undoubted superiority--in irresisti-
bic. sublime strength, as il were. As soon
a & dmiraI Bundas received the news ofthe
declaration OfVar, he ,signalled his feet to
.7aks, barnard destroy evsrytkigg Rassiaa.
Brief, yet how aWfully signifeanll Those
aW words set forty this, two thousand. can
nom to beleh forth their thunders and their
lighinings!
n the meantime tue allied, English and
French land srces are rapidly coacentra-
ting in the Turkish territory. while Russia
according 60 an accounts. is preeipitating
Immense bodies oftroops upon the Northern
frontiers viii viewsof making desperate
effort to heW 4 bloody path 70 Constantine
ne tie possession Of which has been the
and night dream Of Der government for
s century and half The stock 0f embat-
tIed thousands mgsl soon come, and i viii
is tsslIbls o God advance the
fright
Here Il oul happg ano ptopssloes eoun.
10y. thank heaven. no clouds q obscure
horizon: Sid i cur man.
Things wisely ard rude pay
proasbg hile We sorrow misloE.
1s l6s1 attend upon orl lEans-al ptie
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