The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-03-24

from Riga, in order TO prevent a landing OH
the part Of the Allies.
Immense works Of defence are being LIKE
wise erected all along the military road lead
ing from Helsingiors to ST. Petersburg, and
which crosses on several points marshy
grounds of a certain depth, impossible even
during summer. An invading army may
thus be continually stopped in it's march
though the country. Since last year Svea.
borg has been considerably fortified on the
land side. Between the fortress and Hell
singfors there are. independently Of an in.
trenched camp occupied by division of
Grenadiers, two parallel lines of Notifications
10 which regular seige must be laid before
an allied army can venture into the coun-
try.
The Grand Duke Constantine has lately
paid several visits to Cronstadt, where m Ii
tary works are in course of execution, and
several new batteries are being constructed.
The Gear himself has also made several ex.
cursions there, in order to satisfy himself that
the armament of the forts in and around St.
Petersburgh is being proceeded with. Moth
ing has been neglected on the Austrian side,
between Volhynia and Galicia, in order to
complete the necessary preparations. Among
other works going on 10 the arming of the
fortress of Michaelograd, and the ground
which will probably serve as the theatre of
war has been carefully surveyed and fortified
with ear.hworks. For this purpose, all the
militia between Mohilew and >Witepsk has
been provided with shovels and pickaxes, and
set TO work, the ground in those districts
berg clear and open. For the future, the
naval force of Russia is not to be increased
by the sailing vessels. but by the steamers
only. The Gear has ordered the organiza.
ton of two new corps of sailors, constituted
in minority manner, although they are to
be composed of civil engineers and workmen
intended for service with steam-engines.
The effective strength Of these corps is not
yet fixed. as that will be regulated according
TO the number of steam-vessels; but their
formation, as we'll as their organization, has
been already approved by the Gear. One
division Of these men is to be sent TO the
Black Sea, and the other to the Baltic; and
the whole will be under the orders of the Min
lister of Marine, the Grand Duke Constan.
tine.
The recent advices from Warsaw were
filled with accounts of the immense deliveries
OF provisions at the Polish fortresses. Vast
magazines are formed at Ostrolenks. The
writer's mention, with undisguised admiration
the great quantities of spirtuous liquors
which the care of the Gar has provided for
his soldiery, and which are daily conveyed to
the central depots. General Dekn, Inspec.
tor OF Fortresses, reports that the three lines
Eof defence extending from Cronstadt to the
Vistula, are in complete and effective
Estate.
Fhe Invalde Russe publishes che regula-
ton prepared by the Directing Senate, and
ratified by the Car, for the organization of
the Imperial Mobile Militio, as the new corps
decreed in the recent manifesto is to be- call
ed. Phe first clause of the document de-
clares that the corps is raised for temporary
service,in defence of the faith, the throne,
and the fatherland. Il is enacted that ex-
emptions from milite-y service, hitherto per-
United, shall not apply to- the present case,
but that whoever is liable 10 the capitas ton
tax, or its equivalent, shah be liable to be
called upon to serve in this corps. Mers
chants, Jews, and foreign colonists. no have
been encouraged to settle in Russia, and re-.
ceived grants of land from the crown, are
exempted. g..
This Ottoman army nov amounts 10 30,-
600, or even By some accounts to 10000
men; and, as its operations have of course
been concerted with the Allied General be-.
fore Sebastopol. the presence of such IN army
on the right flank of the Russians must be q
source Of great embarrassment to Prince
Menschikoff and his CONDUCTORS. The at
tempt to force the lines of Eupatoria on the
18th has, however, signally failed, though it
is said to have been undertaken by large
division of Russian troops and 20 guns
ho of ha
tinued, it may not be unreasonable to expect
that General Canrobert and Sir Colin Camp.
bell will seize the opportunity to act against
the advanced posts OF the Russian army,
which are once more thrown forward and
intrenched in our rear at the village of
Kamara. If the statements last received
from the seat of war are correct, the Russian
forces are divided into three distinct corps
the garrison Of Sebastopol, the army which
| is watching our rear from the valley of Baidar
to Inkermann, and the corps which has just
attacked the Turks at Eupatoria. If it be
correct that there are $4,000 Russian sol.
diers in the hospitals, there can be no doubt
that the enemy has suffered very severely,
and that their effective force lie as much re-
duced as that of the allies. Indeed, were it
otherwise, the Russians would doubtless
long ago have renewed the attack on Bala-
klava. It is, moreover, reported that several
thousands of Russian troops, on their way to
reinforce the army, have recently persisted in
the snow which covers the vast steppes in the
north Of Crmea. ffthese circumstances are
correctly stated, the aAes will no doubt
take the earliest opportunity of the Russian
forces and of beating them in detail.
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without Welding plenteous CROP After