The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-17

igh. cavslfy division. On the following day,
he French position was again assailed by
body Of 5000 Rust ns, both rom the town and
rom Balaklava. IT 10 stated that on this
OCCASION they we're repulsed with considerable
loss. Be ,ba as it may, the power Of the gar
rison to dispose of uch large numbers Of
troops as were engaged in tnese operations,
Zone of the sorties, is said, consisting Of
twenty thousa. men,) shows that its strength
must be more trm dable than WIS supposed,
and that ualess energetic Efforts are made by
the allies to reduce the place before the arrival
Of the Russian reserves, the former my be
compelled to fall back upon Balakl ,va-their
base of operations-or perhaps even to retire
to their ships That either Of these results is
far from being improbable is evidenced by the
fact that they Lave neither been able to pre-
vent reinforcements being thrown into Sebas-
topol, nor haye they succeeded in preventing,
or indeed attempted t, arrest, the advance of
the troops despatched from Odessa to the relief
OF Prince Menschikoff. In the ignorance which
prevails with res .ec, to the numbers, and even
the movements of the Russian auxiliary forces,
we should not be ct all surprised if the next
steamer brous ht US the news OF grand COM
bined attack by the Russians on all the points
occupied by the esiegers.
So far, then the results o. The Crimean expe-
dition do not appear SO very promising for the
alice Had they succeeded in taking ,basto-
pol in the off.hand manner they anticipated, it
cannot be denied that the effect Of such prompt
success must have tended greatly to dispirit
the Russians, although we question whether it
would have altered in any material degree the
prospects of the war. 1t would have probably
rendered the expedition to the Crimea the
browning triumph Of the first campaign, and
would Lave confirmed for the moment the supe-
riority 80 vauntingly claimed by the English
and French arms. A protracted, even though
it may not be an ultimately successful resist
ance, on the p .rt of the garrison of Sebsssopol
will have the double effect of weakening this
prestige and Of rendering the occupation of the
peninsula, at least during the present season,
impossible by the allies. Should, however, the
latter be compelled by the fortunes Of war to
raise the siege, such result would have a fatal
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only galvanize into life that inertness Of ma
tional feeling which at present prevails in Rus
STA, and which under despotism renders wars
of mere ACKNOWLEDGMENT matters of Indifference
to the great masses of the people, but it would
have an important influence in determining the
the greater disposition lately manifested by
Austria to abandon her position of neutrality
and to range herself upon the side of the Goa
lition, there is scarcely doubt that the hes-
tation which she still manifests to thus ire
compromise herself, is attributable to
her desire to ascertain, by the results of the
Crimean expedition, how far the resources Of
Russia are to be relied upon.
Whatever, however, may be the fate of Sc
may be the issue of the
Crimean campaign generally, it is evident that
neither one nor the other of these events will
bring US any nearer TO the settlement Of the
great political questions involved in this war
With the destruction of this fortress, the ami
hilation of its feet, and the injuries already
inflicted upon its commerce, Russia will have
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her calamities. After these events she has but
little more to apprehend. Each succeeding
year Of hostilities, If it does not add to her
strength, will not materially weaken it, whilst
It must inevitably tend to impoverish and ruin
the Dations which are combined against her.
Against the results of protracted and san
culinary war, such as the European Powers are
now entering upon, no political combinations
can long hold good. 1t will develope new
;ealousies, new rivalries and new interests,
which must ultimately paralyse and break
up the present, as well as every other
coalition to which it's varying fortunes
may give rise. A Power like Russia pos
sesses immense advantages in struggle Of
this sort over the coalesced elements opposed
to her, formidable as they may appear. With
the unity of her political system, her capabil
ties Of selfreliance, and her illimitable re-
sources she has evidently but one policy to
Of wasting the force Of her enemies
by the exhaustion Of long protracted contest.
she may not be able to conqu,r
them, but, as in the fable Of the bundle of fagots
she has only to separate and divide them to
break their strength individually. Such would
appear to be her settled purpose, from an article
which has recently appeared in the court organ
Of st. Petersburg. ITO establish and CONSOLE
date the dominion of Christianity on the Bos-
phorus," says this journal, Russia must carry
on an obstinate war, which will break down
England's avarice and Internationally termi.
nate Turkish misrule." This sentence proba-
bly, sums up the history and fortunes of the
struggle.
The Know Nothings In Ohio-Their Prospects
for the Presidency.
The delegates who met on Wednesday al
to transact the business of the Ma
tive American Order and elect chief for the