Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-10-06

The dOck-yard and arsenal were already, on
Sunday, in possession Of the Allied troops
Prince GoRTscHAKoFr had, it seems, solicited
an armslce, though we know not whether it
was granted bot his troops were hurrying a.
way with the utmost precipitation and, consid-
ering the moral and physical results Of such a
defeat upon the remnant of his army, il may be
douJfed ,chefher The Russian General can attempt
10 make any further stand on The north side ofthe
har5or
These great events Terminate the siege Of
Sebastopol, properly so called, for the allied
armies have achieved within the last three days
the grand objects of their enterprise. They
have wrested from the whole military power of
Russia, fortress which she had converted into
a place Of extraordinary strength and defended
with nnumerabe hosts Of her'bost troops
They have annihilated the naval power on which
she relied to secure her supremacy in the Eux-
inc, and to establish her authority from the shores
Of the Caucasus TO the mouths Of the Danube.
But, above all, they have shown the servile and
credulous nations Of the Fast that the Powers
now paramount in the world are not those of
fanaticism and barbaric absolulism, but those Of
liberty and Of civilization. In this struggle
S,bastopol became al once HE test Of strength aud
The reicdrd Of uicfory To reduce il by force Of
arms was TO overthrow that colossal fabric of
Russian influence which a century and half Of
rapine and intrigue had called into being, until
it oyerawed the surrounding nations and threat
ened the independence Of Europe. While the
expedition to the Crimea offered the incalcua-
bic advantage Of circumscribing within few
tr.ilac I'D ,o III L..
horrors Of war and Of stalking the strength of
four empires on a single point, the result ofour
victory is as boundless as the globe. 1t tells
the world that the alliance of England and Of
France has stood the test of warfare by the suf-
feTings Of the camp and the perils of the field.
1t assures mankind that their united policy can
impose its will and execute its resolutions, even
though the timid stand aloof, and though men
of baser minds may abandon the cause of their
country in her hour ofneed. We owe our sue
cess in no slight degree 10 the unwavering firm
ness with which the Emperor of The French has
pursued this enterprise and adhered TO the poll
cy that dictated it, But VIC owe it no less to
the clear and unanimous resolution of the peo-
pie of England, whose mind was made up that
this thing was 10 be done. In the course Of
these events, which broke in so suddenly on
our wonted avocations, we have had much to
learn and much to bear. At times the tedium
Of suspended excitement became almost intole-
rable, and more than once the fainihearted or
the factions lost confidence in the result. Yet
what is the factl What is it we have done
A year has not elapsed since the Allied Armies
Sc, foot in the Crimea. Within that time they
t...l 4
ed fortress Of extraordinary magnitude. They
have encompassed the works of the enemy with
trenches extending over more than thirty miles
ofground they have armed these trenches with
the heaviest ordnance, and kept up so incessant
fire that not only an incalculable amount of
projeciiles has been consumed, but five or six
siege trains have been worn out, They have
created at Kamiesch, Eupaiora, and Yenkale
three military stations which the Russians have
not dared TO assail and Balaklava has become
populous mart. A railroad connects the har-
Dor and the camp; an electric chain binds the
Crmea TO Europe, and conveys to us in few
hours the tidings of these triumphant successes.
Upwards Of 200 900 men encamped within the
lines Of the Tchernaya have been conveyed
thither and are daily fed clothed, and housed
from the resources of Western Europe All
this has been erected in spite of the rgor of
Winter, the heat of Summer, and the distance
of 5000 miles from our shores, and within one
little year from the sailing of the expedition the
leading objects of the campaign are accomplish
cd and Sebastopol is in our power The mill
tary and political results Of this event open
new chapter in the history of these transactions
10 which we shall shortly take occasion to re-
vert, but, be they what they may, the grand
fact now before us justifes the confidence we
have never ceased to feel and rewards our hopes
for within IL months from the commencement
of this enterprise Sebastopol has fallen, and he
poicer of Russia in The ,ratcrs Of The EuIhle, is
al an end.