The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-16
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aarusDA. nonNlHo. sErrEMsER l& 1854
SIR CHAfLxs NAriKR.-The attack Of the
British tinted Service Gazette upon Sir
Charles Nayier, to which We referred yester-
hay, il exceedingly bitter. II says that the
magnificent deet was mot sent merely to
blockade He -ingfou and Cronstadt. 1t asks
.In vhst wys have the admiral and hts sunnery
rec, siS sss e. Of the p, psoi ne.
n.;s ssn..iss y bic ped i WI, u
sAes retiring sSous sriss : shot Was Il 81 taking
peep q the Specifications Of Sweabore; and resres.
ina :. Though sarmes - the viewf w s,,.ris. ~
hsaso Udd ana eeaslpe to FIRE While the sssmy re-
msined With e.fon hyis.f 10 all thsss en- nss s"s
filed. the sstiosai honor degraded, and the cause
upon which the lhips were engaged dissraced"
It complain that even the "small install
ment of victory at Bomersund, was left to
French troops "A feet" it says, equal to
any service, v,stly stronger than that which
crushed huge stones into dust at st. Jean
d'Acre, was considered unequal to the demo
lition of line of Russian batteries only half
garrisoned anc completely isolated! Until
the arrival of the French soldiers, nothing
was attempted, and the 10000 British sea-
men and marin.s composing the crews of ou'
feet, were mortified at finding themselves
deliberately pronounced so much useless
lumber. Boms-sund has fallen after short
siege by land forces, and with the exception
of about 900 ofihe marines of the feet, none
Of our countryn en- have been gratiied by an
opportunity of gaining laurel. Admiral
Cbads is Cautious" his senior nervous, ii
not childish. The captain desiring to render
himself obnoxicus, has only to attempt or
propose dashibg exploit. To "bother' Sir
Charles with a proposition is to insure the
receipt of reprinand and threat of exclu-
sion from the post of honor. Such "bother-
ers' are keppel, Elliot, Paget, &c, and, in
consequence, the st. Jean d'Acre, james
Watt and Princess, are black listed! An at
tempt was made to keep down the expression
of sympathy by the sailors with the gallant
fellows selected for the siege Of Bomarsund.
The cheers which proceeded from the rigging
Of the Cumberland, as her marines left the
ship, called forth the rubuke from the flag
ship-"annul all cheering" but the crews of
other ships could not be silenced by thesnub.
Can any more convincing proof be given of
the conflicting opinions of the commander-in
chief and of those under his command And
is Not this to be expected when the ages of
the men average twenty five or thirty, and
that of the chief is so closely verging upon
seventy
or 20 h&,
declaring that "Sir Jimes Graham would do
well to look out for commander. in chief
possessing the requisite qualifications for the
efficient command of the Baltic feet, and
which Sir Charles Napier most assuredly does
not"
All this to dispassionate people, looks very
unjust The blunder of the Admiralty was
not in their choice of Napier, the best and
bravest seaman of Britain, but in sending
ships to fight such fortress as Cronstadt
The service on which this squadron was sent,
was one in which troops should have been
employed, and that is proved by the sending
of troops at last from France. The Britons
want to make scapegoat of somebody, and
as old Napier is most cow enient, they pile on
his broad shoulders the consequences of their
own stupidity.
FANTAsTIcAL TouRNAMENT.-The prop.
osition for Grand Parade and Tournament
by the Rough and Ready Rangers of Rich
mond and the 8. A. b. G's of Petersburg at
the meeting of the State Agricultural Fair,
receives universal appreciation. Let the
commanders of those two redoubtable legions
at once held consultation and settle the pre-
liminary measures. An endless quantity of
fun might be produced by that extraordinary
parade and tournament. We would rather
see it than look upon the allied armies at
Varna. There has been nothing since the
days Of Chivalry which could excite such
interest. If the appearances of these ragged
veterans in the streets excites such a sensa-
ton, what might we not expect from an en-
counter of knights, and such knights, in the
arena? Then the selection of the Queen of
Love and Beauty, and the Maids of Honor,
the Coronation, md Fantastic Ball on one
the Public Squares. Let the Managers
their wits to work, and they can get up an
= Exhibition Of fun and frolic worth travelling
! we hundred miles to see. sa r7asr--
WING PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN New YORK
The New York Herald states that the issue
tt the late Wing primary elections in New
York city, for delegates to the Wing State
Convention at Syracuse, was between the
Seward and the Anti Seward Wings, and that
the arch-agitator has been signally defeated.
The Herald attributes this result to the Know
Nothings, against whom Seward had thrown
gauntles of defiance in the Senate. The
Herald says it has reason to believe that the
Know Nothings will first endeavor to .crush
out Seward, by breaking up at Syracuse the
Wing and Abolition alliance pre- arranged at
Sarato ga. and which is his programme for
the Presid ency. To secure that alliance. the
Saratoga conspirators hold another conven
ton, six days after the Syracuse convention
In this dilemma, With the free soiler. in tho
rear Of that convention, the Know Notb;ro.
appear upon their flank, and menace than
with their own hostility, if they unite their
fortunes with the free soilers. The Herald
Tins concludes '