Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1855-11-22
Interesting News from Russia.

An AmericauC Consul in France, who has been
travelling III Russia the last three months has
returned, and furnished much interesting news
OF the real state of things in that great empire
The gentleman in question went to Russia to
study h0r condition impartially the state of her
resources, and the probable issue ofthe war BY
means OF his title OF consul and major, he was
permitted to travel through the Empire priv
llcge that is now difficult for any foreigner to OBJ
| tain who is not engaged in the Russian service
Our traver was at Odessa when the news ar
rived of the evacuation of the south side of Sc
bastopol. The first day three or four arrests of
individuals were made by the police for the cir
cuation of what they then deemed false news
1t was not fully credited for three days although
reports to that effect continue to arrive.
I AT Nikoaietf he saw review of one hundred
and thirty thousand men by the Grand dukes
Constantine and Nicholas He does not believe
this place can be taken by the Allies although a
land force may besiege it, and after long CON
test carry it. 1t viii be impossible for the allied
fleets ever to reach the town. Todtlebcn had ar
rived and commenced operations in improving,
and strengthening the defcnces of the place
which We're very insignificant at the moment
our traveller left. The one hundred and thirty
thousand men at Nkolaef were nearly all in
tantry, and would be retained there for the de-
fence of the place.
The Emperor Alexander drinks.
he Grand-duke Constantine is a short thin
hght-compe xioned, impudent, dandyish-lookinp
man, who carries a orgnette to his we and looks
impertlnentiy at every body. He is irritable and
without doubt possesses more character than his
brother, the Emperor.
Perekop is miserable, filthy, desolate place
ON the nafrowest point of the peninsu la, and
contains only three houses. 1t has 30 fortfca-
lions worthy the name, Its entire defensive works
consisting of two earthworks is a miserable con-
ulhon' mounting twenty guns each. He was as
tn1NEs nod lot 81 10,
place There are however at Perekop forty -eirht-
thousand men, of which fifteen thousand are
cavalry, Grenadlers and cuirassicrs of the Impc-
rial guard. The tents Of this division of the ar
my Inc the coast for a distance of fifteen miles
toward Symphcropol from the point called Pere
kop From the latter point to Symphcropol the
country is a barren, sandy steppe, but arrived
III INC hGiShooIhood OF Sympneropol it all at
becomes beautiful and fertile in the highest de-
gree, and before the war was inhabited byman V
wealthy families. These facts however in re-
gard to the interior OF the Crimea he learned from
the husslan officers with whom he associated at
Perekop for he was not allowed to go any fur
Their than this point. Both here, at Nikolieff.
and Oddessa, he was only stranger in the town
at the moment, and was in consequence the OBJ
Ject of good deal of curiosity.
All Russian officers with the exception of
Luders) concurTcd in saying that Sevastopol as
GorchakoH says, had been given up from the
day of the taking of Fort Kamtchatta, or, as
the French call it, the Aiamelon vert. They say
that from that day, the 9Th of June, Gcrchakoff
commenced building the Fort Paul BRIDGE and
moving all his ambulanccs and yaluables to the
north side, in anticipation of an evacuation
They confess that Seyastopol was from that mo-
ment at the mercy of the Allies and that they
could have taken 1t at any time they had made a
vigorous assault, but that the Allies did not know
the real state of affairs, and were unable to pro-
cure reliable spies. They say that at two or three
periods during the progress of the bombardmcnt
(after the capture of the kamtchatka works,) the
Allies had taken the city, but that they did not
know it; that is, the Russians were driven back
from their works and dispirited to such an extent
that the Allies might have marched in with tri-
fling opposition. Finding, however, that Pellis-
sier was afraid to give the assault and they were
enabled to kill vast numbers of his army daily in
the trenches, they held on as long as possible
They contend that the Malakoff was not taken
it was evacuated. They held portions of it
TIL evening-and this assertion is sustained by
the allied reports-whenit was evacuated volun-
tarily; they were not driven ont. But this is on
" quibb!e to save their national pride
The Russian officers and mobiles admit the SUI
pcrority the allied forces over their own, and
anticipate a disastrous war but their pride will
not allow them to yield, and the war will be con
tinued with vigor. The plan of the Allies n, W
is, after taking possession of the Crimea and as
much of the Black sea coast as necessary, to
march large force into Bessarabia. and to try to
penetrate near enough to Poland to alarm Rus.
sia and TO bring her to terms.
Our consul considers Russians military
power-a colossal humbug. The miserable at
tempts at fertilization he saw every where else
than at Cronstadt, the general ineficiency of tho
army arrangements every where, and the igno
rance OF officers or military matters proves il.
She has plenty of men, and that is ALL
OF the 10000 men under the command of Cor |
chakoH, 61,to0 are cavalry