The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-10

tne Snckehlng events WHICH every ORy are CON
fusedly crowdiog the scene present! Like that
tabled beauty who slept sleep of years, aud awoke
more lovely than ever So in warlike vgor does the
Old World arise, after repose Of forty years, to
make the continent of either hemisphere reverberate
with its deeds of arms Six thousand years Of
patrarchal, theoc -atic, and Christian government
have left the animal man the same in front OF his
enemy; and the soldier, raised under the benign sun
of the gospel, with all the advantages Of its nine
teenth century, slaughters his foe, and counts his
scalpe as cody as one of your own Indians. The
destructive MIME rifle is leveled with deadly aim,
the game ID fetched and bagged, the bloody sports
man with exciting eye points to the proofs Of his
proves, and equally exultingly gloats over such
"beautful shooting And it is, moreover, plain
we are only at the beRinning-thst the newly
raised curtain is only presenting the frs. move.
ments, the preliminary groupings, of this fendish
drpma; and that ere long stage 30 full Of horror,
of civilized barbarian, if such term be admissible,
will be seen that will either sicken at the scene,
or in very madness rush themselves to quaff the
bloody bowl. The ways Of Providence are, indeed,
inscrutable; and as all history proves that cvilza-
ton grows, advances rapidly, and is more lovely
after baptism Of blood, perhaps the fearful strife
which is now beginning to shake the European
arena is for the general happiness of humanity.
Such be our hope.
As yet We still in ignorance o. the details of
the battle Of Inkermann; bat enough is known to
cause the most intense anxiety and to fill the fami.
lies OF this once gay city with grevous disquietude.
loss Of fOTtyeight officers and thirteen hundred
men, whose names have not yet been returned, is q
mysterious announcement, which touched the very
heart of the population; and usual, Rumor, with
her hundred tongues, has not been idle in tanning
the breath of terror at one time it said that such
were the private accounts rec eived by govern
ment from Germany, that levy mGsse
would DO insrantaneously put in requisiti)n,
that 1000 men would be imme6 lately enrolled
and the war at once assume its most gigantic pro-
portions; but announcement in the Dfontteur
puts its heel On the venOmous insinuatio and we
learn that an additional lao 900 will be sufficient.
At the same time, to do the government justice,
there is no attempt at any undue diminishing of
popular anxiety. The deadly slaughter Is fully adj
mitted; Prince Napoleon's departure to CONSTANT.
nople after the exhausting fatigue of seven hours
fighting, is specially announced the terrible sacrifice
OF English generals-four slain, and five placed h0rs
du ccmbot-is dwelt upon in strong terms Of emo
ton; and the court is never seen abroad-that gay
and uiant cavalcade which daily traverses the
Champs Eysees is witnessed no longer; and at
such imperial banquets are absolutely necessary
the beautiful Empress appears in deepest mourning,
and tears fill those lustrCus eyes and bedew those
wtching lnesments when the plains of Balaklava
and the heights of IDkermann are even obscurely
limited at At the present moment all is hustle and
activity, for Lord Palmerston is here; and when he
is stirring, the grass is suffered to grow under no
fnD< liz ka~o CoA,,~
presenting himself to the court at Saint Cloud i'm
mediarely took up his quarters at the English EN-.
bassy, in the chapel of which he appeared the fol-
loving morning at divine service
Lord PamerstOn looks older than when we last
saw him; his hair is winter and some vhat thinner;
but that we'll developed brow aud richly intelligent
eye show That he yet bios defiance to the prescrp
tive decsdence of three score years and ten As his
visit is purely one OF business, it was thought more
BETTING the present grave juncture of affairs that
he should remsin the guest Of the English ambassa
dor, Lord COwley. He dined on Sun DAY, VITA the
Emperor amer being coseted with NJ. Drouyn de
Luuys, tor three hours and ever since his arrival
se has been continually engaged with one orner
Of the minister's. In the diplomatic circles he
been, and what he may soon be, is evidently perpe.
tualy uppermost i'll the official mind; aid TIE pre-
seDce OF the Emperor OF Russia himself, could hardly
create greater hutter and STIR aan not sure that
that Of your Spanish ambassador, Mr. Soule would
hot have chance of being forgotten now! Lord Pal.
mersiOn il the most esteemed of all the Eug-
hsa ministers, by Napoleon, ard he is under
ssood to have opened his heNt to him with
unususi frankDess; in fact, the thorough accord
that rtigns the alliance is msoi.ess in the ELI.
tire consideration with viii b the English ambasea-
der has throughout zen treated; and there can be
no doubt that the determination is to carry on the
war P0,ayance. The gold of England and the
thews and Sill ews OF France are hencef0rth to be
poured forth as water; the war is begun the Rubi-
con is paasedt is ceforth the one thing needful;
end even though Prussia and Austria and every
German IN n tho
Russian hordes with their shield, England and
France, 1t is agreed, Will not STOP The spirit of
the Little Corporal once more walks the earth,
and America Is fond Of behOlding fight, with q
notion that a time may come when the Yankee rifle
may have WORT to say about 1t, depend upon it
she has chance Of being gratifed for long year
or two to come. At present there is nothing to
prove that the inventive arts Of the last peaceful
forty years have found out the secret of shortening
wars. They may prevent the necessity Of the co n
batants coming 30 frequently into juxsapostion,
though even that ID not certaiH-but the pounding
system seems to require as frequent repe ition as
before.
In the midst of all this, it is pleasant to hear that
the much sbused Gar, though bearing in his visage
state, has still touch Of waggery about MIN.
freedman, it seems, residing in ST. Petersburg.
either ci ct arms, for his convenience and plea
sure, was horribly molested by Russian shopkeeper
driving very extensive traffic. The Frenchman
complained. TIE terrible autocras heard of il, and
summoned bis hege citizen before him. " Tell me
fiankIy Why you did it " said his majesty. "Bs-
cause bate the French was the loyal reply. "Real
ly and YOU had no other, 10 personal motive 2"
" None, assure your majesty" " II that be the
Gaze" answered. Gar, you are the very mau
ior the Crimea, where your paional antipsthy may
he erstiied on large scale; and there will order
you for hwith.' But whatever may ne the national
snimosi'y against the French, it appears that it is
as nothing compared vito that agsios the English.
The Russians and the itish nation have been such
GOOD ffierds for centuries that 1t is like two old
acquaintance suddenly letting out the waters
Of strife; and in So. Peters ury considerable
private bitterness is displayed, and n, opportunity
omitted Of ex'OIlng the Amer an 20 the prejudice
he British character. Nntbing that has happeoed
DUNG the var gives the Russians more uuielgnei
pleasure than the obstruction Of the E0glsh light
cavary, known, 81 IL is, ntaihng the flower Of
he Eng,i,h arstocracy. In fact, such n Quixotic
csargo msy gsil give the enemy an indifferent idea
vi 5n,ist discretion, ald Prince G0rtschakoh, it
FEARS, CT Ud not contain his contemptuous sneers
On tito ,cssOn. IL seems, however, that coosde,a.
I'll. mere ;ban four. out Of the SIX hundrtd have