The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-31

ssthipg. The light Of hope does mot rest on the |
r"ss,s had ;Sst ,syis.sd nss.aosnt army On
the ridge above the 1chsrnaya, % might have done
Champ Do hars the distant viosttss Of the enemy
and one suen gun being all there to indicate the
reality Of war. The men, indeed, in high spirts
the bands 6sd the air with essencs Of operss,h the
n good condition The Imperial Guard and the French
troops the right had also been reviewed But against
thug else seemed to show the siege Il stsnds The
ssrthworss Of the enemy we're still renewed - efecto
ally he mound II Woolwcn. Shell that buried tss
yard deep, and shot that penetrated eight feet or
more, mace NO psrmanen impression There was,
there always had been, and there s is vacil.ton
Of counsels. The TURKS had returned fIom Ksmiesch
10 Eupatoria, the French have since returned from
kertch to Kaniesch There still the results OF ouns
ling Thsre we're lots l3 inch shells ana fuses for
them and there lots OF 10 inch fuses and no she
for them;' 50 We now understand the urgent De
mand brought by the telegraph for ten Thousand
best bno to the engineers but tending 70 no visible
result Meanwhile the besisgirg army increases. Gan
robert announced TO his army the expec.eu arrVai VI
so COO men, many of whom have landed by this time as
we'll a considerable portion OF the Se.onian Contn
gent such Is sketsh of the materials out OF wht,n
We are TO calculate where stand in ths siege As the
army comes larger its progress seems slower we
now watch It as VS. 90 me mooUu oontsin - wa move
On ourselves Its very siAe cheats US, and We seem to
stat d still. - - -,
sueb manifest ibaction, nevertheless surely ap
preaching the only solution No doubt, sebastopo the
strongest the largest the best stored fortress in the
woro designed for the conquest two continents
rot to taken in hurry or oy handful Of msn, I'M
less it surprised, carrie in such panic as pre-
vailed sitter the battle of the Alma rhs capture o. 1t
by regular siege Is work OF numbers. OF uns,
OF ssi and OF money With the numbers at the camp,
Weste,n Europe, there uiH before long be 200 900 men,
1rho tctl be able TO divide into too armies one o. 'ohtch
march into The interior IN quet Of me Russian forces
in the field Wherever 1t goes, and wherever IL esta
bshss ithelf this wall give entirely new a4pest to
the sge AS there 10 little doubt that this viii soon be
done to ask whether could not take the
opportunity to release the alice for me from the mu
tusl inconvt of divided co-mand? Why should
rot either this French the English take their excu
ye portion Of the work. the operations Of the Interior
leaving the othei 70 prosecute the siege with the raras
and ssIdinans? 1t may be objected that We are not
for sther purpcse and have not cava
~ cucient for field operations Bat without go ng SO
far as separate the as altogether for different
army mainly French end the other maaly British,
would render it possible to place one under the en,
tire command of General Canrobsrt and the osher
under Lord Raglan. There has, indeed, been
much Jess than the usual amount OF inconyerfencs
from divided command at east such Is the a'ity
of the allies and the courtesy of the generals that mnca
less hiss been confessed than former occasion OF
the kind tis however, quito impossible but that err
should from mutual msa ppreheneioo. that de
opinions, ano that the naturally pcomnsnt place se-
neraps SOLDIERS must occupy IN bis thoughts should
prevent him from being equally solictous about the
soldiers OF bis ally. divided comm ind never was any
thing else than evil necessity, which constu the
cbie weakness of smaller States in the neghborhood Of
agreat military power
But now that the allies have brought mp their nun
bers the proper mark while 1t s evident the
Russians fast hsustng the reserves as well as
their supplies exertons cost oud be srsd -
muster for he impending struggle Fifty thousand
additional might easily be raised with little more
pressure from home, from the Coutnant from the do
minions of Turkey, and our own army 10 India That
number would be worth twice much and cost af
much this year the next for year after year the
work to be one Will be and our resources less
Bis dat q clio GGt, sayB the proven aud what we are
giving the Russians at Sebastopol will certainly have
twice as much effect II Gone in half the time.