Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-10-25
Tie SeSastspsl Heax.

nOaxeu, anu AL them reJOclngS nave 10 DE uOne
again. Sebastopol has not fallen. 1t still stands
despite the zeal Of the lightning, and the solemn
servcratons Of myriaas Of transatlantic dupes And
1t is likely to stand yet while longer. clustering
and bravado, the staple commodity Of tho allies,
results thus far show, not to be implicitly relied
on, when strong holds to be taken and powerful
enemy is to be made to bite the dust. Something
else is necessary-blows have to be given and re-
ceved, and in the place of sonorous talk and empty
words, hard fighting must he done-toil, suffering
patient endurance the only stepping stones to
such achievements. In all military operations, they
are the indispensable conditions Of success,-wth-
out which victory comes not and glory is attaina
ble
The newspapers in this country are very naturally
and very generally making merry over the English
and French being 80 easily made April fools Of They
consider it an excellent joke, and that ought to
be laughed at without mcrcy,-and so do VIC. For it
is a very rare joke, and has precedent, and We
may never sec its like again. A stupendous achieve.
ment, brilliant victory. formally announced upon
the authority of Ministers and Europeans, and duly
celebrated by fifty millions Of people, to turn out to
be = ridiculous hoax! 1t is too bad, and yet body
must indulge in merriment over it no matter whom
it hurts Ridicule, in truth, is the only tribute due
to pompous bOastings and indecorous bluster.
We append extracts from several papers which
seem to take malicious pleasure in reminding Eng
land and France that it do to crow too SOON The
New York Express remarks:
Sebsstopol It is by the late European news in
columns this morning, only stormed and tai en-
by the clerks 10 the Foreign 0cenot by the associa-
ted chivaly Of England and France So that all the 7s
Deians the churches for nothing The Lord Mayor,
Bulletins at the Mansion House and the Exchange we're
ahead Of time and long In advance Of the facu-
The bonfes were just so much good winter fuel wasted
and the candles thst burnt brilliantly in the windows
OF the patriotic burghers Of Manchester aud Liverpool
l-advised malsppropriation of tallow The 7e
Deum tar barrels, aud allow, did Commemorate great
victory to DO sure,-but only victory over the
EugishmaL's and Frenchman's credulity mot over
Gar Nicholas nor his Prince Menschikof. The 'kIled
and "wounded We mus: look for-as in all great bat
es fought psper-among those London and Partisan
editors who doubted the news-amonc her M,,s.
TVS Minister'S who officially impatient to commu
nicats the glad tidugs to the edorwe must look Tor
the slain there, and not the trenches on the ram
parts, nor in he imminenty deadly breach" off in the
Black Sea- The London Times prides itself upou ts
ssgacty discrimination and peculiarly keen scent when
odor Of possible spurousuess invests Intelligence OF
extraordinary interest, OF the worst victims Of
the hoax At first the public were impressed with tbe
advisabily Of weighing the facts with due Caution at the
same time that the elegraphic statements as convened
by electric telegraph coui not lit hough reasonable
doubted. This Weduesday-the dsy after the
fabricated news was to hand Meanwhile 'mds, the gen.
era excitement the "Thundcre seems 10 have had i,s
first suspicious and doubtngs put fight for on Thurs
day. the very next day, VIC read
1.-THE battles are over, and tie rctory is con There
longer doubt that the egoDs the CIR have
been sought and encountered their own territory by
the soldiers Of France aud England that hey have been
totally routed that they have been driven 10 besdonr
flight and with dreadful carnage to the very walls Of
their stronghold and that Sebasopol tse-the cymbol
and citadel OF Russian power, with its mighty Heets its
enormous arsenals and its redoubtabe garrison has be-
the prey Of the conquerors the end of ten
campan."
"Tben follows comparison between the storming Of Sc
baatopol and the most famous exploits of Julius Ce.
and Napoleon Bonapste, show that nothing in ancient
modern history ALA worthy parallel TO the
nary) achievement in the Crinea. II was added
1.-THE battle Of the goth is said have caused loss
the British troops only Of 400 killed and wounded OF
the events which afterwards occurred we can At
collect only general impression, but Il probable that
the five or six days which elapsed between the first
upon the Russian entertainments aud tie final sun eey OF
Sebdsopoi were spent in continuous fighting IN the pursuit
OF the retiring enemy from position another and in
successive assaults aud victories up to the crownng tr
umph in advance"
"Ahl well-we have heard OF and Sc en"rreat hattie,
hoaIes ere now-we know something OF the electric thrill
they sometimes send through great heart of the pub
Nc, when that public has Deep social political aud ma
tona interest," in the issues at stake We know too how
hard it is 10 dsspate the illusions of "yctory that has
tyet been won Hence tender sincerest sympa-
thes to London and Paris cousins bopng they may
nave better luck ext time.
The Herald has the following
Sebastopo has not yet fallen into tho hands of the
allies, and although the accounts received
Trough an Official me dun represent its capture immi-
these statements e Una. we eau place upon
crbcd and may probably hold out until The reoforce-
%ents announced lobe their way from Odessa under
,bi. a. IL may ~, anu arrive to s relief BE
that may never occur with il minute detail. o@ hs s,
tesic skin heroic daring end incredibly Ypid successes
Which the n"" ; us Soocaus.s Of Russian victims with
DO regarded as ono Of the most supendo: as 4, s
che most effective, hoaIe' of modern times We fancied
tics iosss su, a"r eh, was no. be surpassed in Prae-
discoveries in the moon and the arrival Of the So
siu balloon rom England with It's cargo Of Swans some
with this brilliant feat Of Tho Emrone
Empsrors dipomatists ministers Of State, aud even
nose moras tho conductors Of the newspaper
went Graz, viii ;ov s,d ap 'A,u os them hai Europe
vent in public hauksgiyines uunicinal ov,,;o