New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-01
RUSSIAN VIEW OF THE CRIMEAN
EMERGENCY.

c-x,5-oo. Of The n. Y. Tribune.
PARIS, Thur,day, Sept IL, 1853.
yb., the French Government gave General
penssier the command OF the army at Sevast'-
al n instructed him to take the place, no mat
-, at y hat cost of life and money; and PROM
;.a5 him Is his reward, in the event OF success,
tho batop Of q Marshal Of France. After one
disastrous IepuIse, he has at length carried the
sosthern portions Of the plsce; but the erGda
Of ssrGsOpOi SevGstopOl proper, get stands intact
ssd /. desiincd 10 stand many months 10 come bid
ding d,Gance 10 it, sssoiIOpts. The Government
of France, thankful for the smallest favors' has
declared Sevsstopol taken, decreed Peiissier
kis baton, and ordered for to-day generai
Jubilee throughout France. Let US look moment
81 this question of the taking 0f SeVastopol.
Up 70 the moment Of the battle OF the Alma,
all the Gefenses which were found on the south
side of the port of SevastOpol, were only c0nsid-
cred as the approaches 10 the citidel, and 70 the
main defenses Of the place and the best evidence
Of this fact is that even the Russians have always
admitted that if st. AInauds army had marched
directly upon it, they would scarcely have met any
resistance in carrying that part of the town. They
never have however, made the same admission in
regard 10 the north part. The fact too. that the
allied generals selected tho south part as the most
eligible point of attack, confirms the remark As
soon, however as the Russian commander f0upd
where the attack was TO be made. he commenced
fortify ing and strengthening these approaches TO the
citidel, with the view of saving the town ana the
feet, and OF deferrng the attack upon the strong
hold as long az possible WIN the ald vi the
ablegt engineer Of the age. and after stubborn
resistance of nearly year. in which the besegers
have lost an untold number OF men, and treasures
which cen be counted By the hundred millions, the
Russian General has been forced BY a superiority
OF numbers and other Disadvantages under which
be lsbored to fall back upon the main fortlhcatons
Of the place In doing this he has left an immense
amount of materiel in the hands of the besegeTs,
and has been obliged To sacrifice the remainder OF
the Black Sea fleet But II must be recollected
hat although the Russians only commenced tho
defense of the southern portion ID the town with the
hone of holding it for given time, their success IN
holding il far surpassed their expectations, that
with time end the vast extension giyes to their
means Ofdefense, they came finally to regard the
p0siton as tenable one and thus more materiel
hos fallen into the hands Of the besiegers than
would otherwise, perhaps, have been the case. But
Il is we'll 10 note the fact that the retreat was ac
complished in the most admirable order, and that
comparatively few wounded men were found IN
the place; proving that the Russians were the
smallest sufferers in the contest, and that they ala
not Nv like discounted army, but simply fell
stronger position in the rear. And in order that
the Notifications of the southern portion of the town
should not be brought 20 bear on those to
which the Russians retired, they blew up as many
Of them AZ possible before the besiegers could sue
coed in taking possession. report has been cur
rent in Paris that portions of the Mslakoh Tower
had been blown up by the Russians, killing hun
dreds of FreDchmen, and that the French flag
foated only on the remains Of the red0ubtable
tower: but have no means of verifying this re-
port The tactics of the Russian General IN de-
strO,ing the Notifications of the southern side and
the fleet are justified in the fact that these might
he turAed against the point to which he had re
trtd
Seyastopol of the north, which was replaced for
while by Sevastepol OF the south, Will eter ad-
yantaees for defense which the other did not
possess. The position commands by its elevation
the south side it has the bay, which protects II
completely on that side, while the north side is
protected by an almost inaccessible line of fOrtl-
lied places, rendered strong by nature. In the de.
tense of the south side the army was divided, ana
liable 80 all the income nences which arise from
want Of concerted action and distribution over
large surface: while now it will be more cOncen-
trated and in more effective cooperation Win the
6rmy in the field.
We do not seek to detract from the great import
Snce of the loss which the Russians have sus.
tanned in the destruction of their fleet aud
hrsenals We only wish to show that the Gov
eminent, in announcing the taking OF Sevasto-
pol" aud in fulfilling its contract with the hero
d" of the smoky cave" has INDUCED itself with
little ndiscreet precipitation and we wish TO
protest against the boasts which assail our ears
on every side, that the late victory is decisive
blow against the subjugation of Russia, that the
Crimean army is destroyed. and that little now
remains to accomplish the object which the Allies
had in view in the commencement of the war.
Hooking at the prospects of the struggles against
Russia il will be well 10 recollect that the whole
labor will for the future, devOlve upon the army
and the difficulties which armies viii have 70 en-
counter in attempting TO penetrate the country tor
rurpOses Of subjugaiiOn need no demonstration -
they are already understood The duties OF the
rev erful fleets in the Baltic snd the Euxlne VIII
be limited to blocksdiug and Transporting, and to
bsmbsrdne such small ports as do not possess guns
Of the same force as their own. But at all the
important pOints-at those points which guard
more particularly the integrity of the Russian soil,
snd wherefhere are guns Of equal caiber with
their ownAthe safety OF the fleets will not be Jeop-
srdized; for TO present their shells of wood IN
contest against walls Of stone and earth, where the
guns are equal in force would be sheer folly. A
simple bail through the bull of = ship sinks her,
while ball against stone OF earthen "al Is an IN
significant affair. In every combat since the COM
mencement of the war in which the heets have
been concerned, their lnequalty III Tue Contos'
has been proven. They failed at Odessa they
failed at Romarsund. they failed at SwesbOrg, they
isilcd at Seyastopol and even now they will be un-
able to render the army any material assistance
IN the bon bariment Of the northern forts while
the only ratification which they have captured
by bombsrdment since the commencement OF the
wsr was one Of the towns on the Black Sea, where
tie deienses were partl, constructed of wood, aud
where the Russians ran away after the first broad.
SIDE. These facts thoroughly understood by the
commanders OF the fleets themselves, perfectly ex-