The daily Minnesota pioneer., 1855-06-25
From the London Standard.

pssead AT the last SESSION. . .
From the London Standard. ... .....
The Kertch ExpeditiOn-The Capture OF
Kertch-OperatiOns i'm the Sea of AzOff
Great Destruction of Russian Prop
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The favorable intelligence from the East
crowds upon us in such variety and amount
that it is unavoidably involved in some confu-
sion. We know, however, enough with clear
ness and certainty to hold out an assurance
that the Crimea campaign must lead to re-
suit triumphant to the Allies. Let us try TO
mark out the fatcs about which there can be
"no mistake The passage Of the Straits Of
Ynekale has given to the Allies the absolute
dominion of the Sea of Azof, until within the
last week or ten days Russian lake, in which
the Gar considered himself so secure that he
appears to have taken little or no care to de-
fend the fortresses on the coast, though these
fortresses constituted the sole protection of all
his magazines of food and ammunition for his
army at Sebastopol, as everywhere else in the
peninsula A single small steamer is the only
Russian vessel that now turks in the sea SO
lately exclusively under the command Of the
Russians, while its ports are crowded with the
lighter vessels of the Allies.
The occupation of the sea of Azof uncOvers
about $50 miles Of the coast of the Crimea,
previously inaccessible to the Allies; the whole
peninsula being in fact now invested by our
cruisers At Arabat, indeed, the investment
seems to be the closest and most important
The place that we have named is a fortified
town, Occupying the sonth eastern extremity of
that extraordinary strip Of land, or as it is
called ina nautical language, "spit," which,
extending about Is. miles from Genitchi to
Arabat, separates the Putrid sea from the sea
of Azoff, and carries the principal high road
from what may be called the continent: of Rus
sia to the town of .Kertch, tins furnishing the
only land transit of provisions to the southeast
of the Crimea-a considt ration which adds to
the value of the occupation of Arabat, now
that all means of communication by water are
cut off by the presence of the allied cruisers.
So far ali is distinctly ineligible, and all is
certain and it is we'll to remember that the
occupation of the only means of access from
Russia to the Crimea, the remote and difficult
route of Perekop excepted, is an advantage
gained far beyond the most brilliant victory
by sea or land. The acquisitions made are
solid acquisitions. AS to the successes by
which these acquisitions have been made there
are to be some repctltlOns. -. t.
1t has been some days known that at Kertch,
Oh the oath ult., the enemy had burnt four of
their war steamers and thirty transports, with
nearly million of sacks of grain, and the
Allies had captured thirty transports, sixty
four vessels in all. An admiralty cOmmunica-
ton, however, appears to ante-date these events,
if indeed, the despatch in question does not
refer to some other occurrence, as is surmised
by contemporary, when the error OF date
would be still greater In addition to the ga
Russian vessels taken or destroyed on the oath,
we have learned that Eve Russian ships, laden
with corn. were seized at Kertch, having
entered the harbor under the impression that
it was still Russian port. In the account
from Arabat, LOG merchant vessels are report
ed to have been destroyed and taken at kertch
and the tive setentrapped- making IN the
whole, 180 vessels taken or destroyed. Ac-
cording to an Austrian telegraphic report, the
Allies have no less than eighteen steamers IN
the sea of Azoff, from which it must be mani
fest that no attempt can be made by the Rus-
slams again to establish themselves in any force
either at Kertch or Arabat, and it Is not at
all improbable that the Allies may next turn
their attention to Kaffs, once the capital OF the
Crimea, under the name OF TheodOsla. kaffa
lies at a distance of about twenty miles south
of Arabat, and at the opposite or Euxlne Side
of the isthmus, which connects the peninsula
Oi Tue AettcH WITH tHe Sftatef PehiAouA" VI
the Crimea--this isthmuS being, at ten, or
twelve miles north of Kafa and more than
eight or nine miles across. Kaffa has Q good
harbor for vessels Of moderate draught, and
had the principal trade of the peninsula before
the founding of Sebastopol The Austrian
Journals which we have quoted say that Sebas-
topol is provisioued for eight months. This
we do not believe had Sebastopol been so
amply, supplied, what need Of the immense
masazinesiatl Kertch and Arabat |? Besides
thai, a bes;eged fortress open to bombardmen,
can never count upon the safety of its maga
zines: The same authority says that the Allie.
are preparing to attack the Russian army a
Inkermau, with one hundred thousand men,
NAV be so, but we very much doubt that th
Russians will wait for the attack. line NJ
most selfconceit cannot after the last wv
years. experience, delude them into the notio &c
that they can safely engage with anything hk
an equal number of English and French troops
and defeat in general engagement woni
terminate the war, fatally for Russia. No g
they will rather trust to their earthworks, =
Austria, and the Russian party in our cabinet