Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-07-25

DAILY IIRGINIAN.'
From the New York Courier.
Will Sehastopol be Capturedl

We have endenvored to abstain from giving
publicity to our individual opinions upon this con.
stanily recurring question, since disappoini.
ment at the ety's not falling in December last,
but us the expressions which occasionally find
place IN our columns, are misapprehended; and
os our table is literally loadod with oommunicn-
iions. upon the subject, may as we'll, once
ior all, plnced on record our deliberate opinion
that nothing but speedy termination 4 the nar
can prereHf ,ht capture Of Sebostopol By The Al.
iicS,
AT thus distance, and in utter ignorance of the
force which Russia nay be able to throw into tho
trlnea we do not pretend TOT give an opinion ns
To the number of men which it may be neces sary
for the Allies 10 employ in the reduction of Sc.
oastopo but we cannot he mistaken in saying
thnt lis capture has become matter Of absolute
necessity, cost what II may, and that il the Allies
cannot throw into tho Crimea sufficient force
To effect Its capture they must of necessity a.
ohndon to the lender mereics of Russn. the great
or part of their armies and nearly all their mate
ridi OF war, now IN the Crimen. Ii is perfectly
manifest to every military man, that ifthe Eng
nsh and tfonch army cannot be made sufficient
~ strong 10 capture the Crimen, they will be too
weak To effect n decentralization in the presence
ol superior enemy. Tho alternative thero-
lore, IL the complete capture of the Crimea or tho
abandonment of the allied army to its fate
This Is well understood both in London and
able force of the two kingdoms will be employed
IN this work. If half million of men should be-
come necessary they must and will be furnished;
ana the trmea and Sevastopo must * will fall
II might have been captured with great facility
nnd little loss of life last autumn whit ts capture
will cost nop depends very much upon the ayaii-
able troops lett at the disposal of Russia through
the dnphcIty OF Austria. But captured, il must
be, W, hope however, that tho capture will not
be by assault. The destruction of life in such an
event, would lie fearful 10 contemplate; while il
Is quito practicable for the Allies 10 capture the
entire Crlmea aud thus compel Seyastopol to
cupltnar With the loss of the Crmea, and
without the possibility Of relief by sea, ,Sevastopo
must fall for a want of subsistence; and for the
sake of the gallant spirits engaged in this work,
we indulge the hope that it will not be deemed
necessary to carry it by assault.
But hers too, ignorance and presumption,
would alone warrant the expression of an opin
ION at this distance, whether il be not wiser to
carry Sohastopol nj once by assault, II pratcicd-
Dir, rather than to trust to the delay necessary
Ia capture II by starvation The loss from eli
mate, epidemic diseases, and tho vicssitudes of
summer onlopaign against II superior force,
may render even the hazard Of an assault prefer
able to such II procedure. II is easy enough
torlgnornni and prosumptuous writer's on this
SIDE of the Atlantic, to express the most decided
opinions upon the mode Of carrying on the war;
aud then III ANY event, cry out, 1--WE told you So"
But it is weak aud idle to place the slightest con-
tdenee in such opinions. As we have already
said, Sohnstepol must fall, or the Allies will be
disgraood AID Il cir army lost. They know this
10 be the fret and therefore. Sebaetopo must
and will bo taken. Thon too, all the ditho uties.
of the case arc we'll known to those most direct.
ly nterosted and the stakes is one of such fear
ful magnitnde, that doubt not whatever is
done will be the result of wise deliberations But
in any event, aud at whntever cost of men and
money Sebastopol cH be taken. 1t is no lon
ger matter of opinion with the Allies. Necessi-
ty--the preservation of the armies and the hon
or of England aud France, alike demand its cap.
turc, and therefore, all the resouees of the two
Kingdoms must be expended before its capture
can be abandoned But we have not the pre-.
sumption to say tphen or hoW.