The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-13

PARTON Of dates Is sufficient to deuoastra,e tn ae
snEciiy Of such superstition. To notes which
forwarded to ST. Petersburg by Austra bhait Of
tie Western Powers. but to intorn the Cabiae. Of 81
Jessnh Of the as,s ~ a ,a 10 bring IT. 40
malous relations with Russia to definite issue They
arrived at St Petersburg the 16th fnrthar note on
the subjsct from Berlin dispatched several
days later No has yet been received NOE was
expected that would be received tn the b.
ginning Of September 1t Is not improbable t5at tue Rus
sian Cabinet may deal with such commu ocaton it
did with the final notes OF Francs and EoglAni before
the declaration of war, aud send answer at all In
that case Count Esterhazy is said to have orders TO
withdraw from St. Petersburg But In the atiue,
what the state OF things At the seat Of war; Tae day
originally the 18th OF August because II 4c7
lated that by tina. time the French siege train would
arrived and the fota OF boats built in the Turkish
arsebas for ,auding the guns and troops would be
pleted. They far completed th u day as to
guns bad not entered the Dardanses they we're known
to be their way The whole force BY lani and
on the tptoe Of expectation, and although cannot
great distance, which has often bafed the eSpecta
tons Of the public venture to avm that 10 all human
probability at the very time when these dptomt
munications had just reached st Petersburg aud be
fore any answer whatever had been given &, them
by the Russian Cabinet the allied at hal sailed
or was sailing, from Verna for the Of the Crima
Whatever may be the which have somewhat
retarded that expedition thsy wholly Independent of
diplomatic motive intention and will hereafter be
found to arise exclusively from circums Of mill
ary administration and military precautions. 1t is oh
vi0us tnat every man tnat mighty most. from the
commanders in chief down to the drummer boys must
have been eager aud impatient to engage ia this great
enterprise, and to escape from position in which tho
army depressed by inactivity and afflicted With dis
But those whom the chief possibility of
directing the movements and operations of such
force rested doubtless felt that saly depended
on the complete efficiency Of the whole expedition.
They are about to invade country scarcely
to our travellers. They will have to enemy
whose strength is very mperfecty aseertaaed, and
whose military capacity must not entirely judged
by bis recent disasters They have 70 consider
Aa IF ka,,-
exceeding the most numerous maritime expedition
60 600 to 7e,00O will almost stimuli aneousiy
embark, with artillery cavalry, stores, and food,
ready for the feid They have then to defeat an
army and to take of tine strongest maritime ortsess
in the world. We well OF the Tremendous
magnitude of such un6 ertakiog, which have the
more earnestly recommended because we think 1t
plot worthy Of the alliance of the two greatest nations
OF the world against third which is their rival mill
tary power But when wa learn, trust that
stall learn, that this pr1digious expert
ment has been successfully begun, aud may De
carried long to ttiu uphaut tsrminS tiou--
that the blow which the enemy has most TO Dire I'd
has been struck, and that the natural obstacles which
are the chief defeuce of his territories, are over
coehe period OF time which has appeared t. be
ia tedious inactivity will be remembered chiefly the
prepa atoms made in IL, and the world will find that
England not the Berlin coarters sup alb >ut
TO exploit glorious her arm but thai.
in close and active alliance with her ade in war; sh
had collected all her energies to render this combined
attack Of the Western Powers irresistible