Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-09-17
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The rapoa u I'll the news resissaTSom
tho seat Of war indicates that another Water
campaign in the Crimea is inevitable The
spirits OF the Allies, which had been some
whss depressed by tho action Of the 1ssa Of
June. have been completely restored by the
results 81 the bsmbari.ncnt Of Sscabarg
aai the battle u the Tsaernaya, aad they
IRE preparing ample accommodations for
their troops during the coming vin,er.
Though the expenses ofshe war have been
cnormous. and in England especially, have
greatly exceeded The estimates, the people
oil tina, country seem 10 be more desroas
than eyer for The energetic prosecution Of
hostilisics. aud that ahc utmost strength
Of the sing1em should BE- cxseftel, until an
eficcsual curb be placed upon the Russian
madness for establishing an uaiserssl EN-
pirc. Ia fact, most IT the discomfort re-
ccatly manifested by the English, both in
and out of Parliament. max be atsf.aated
Ia their suspicion that the men at the head
of government haze not been entirely in
caraes, in opposing the presensions and ag-
rressions Of the Gear, and 10 the more ir-
ritasing apprehension that the royal family
itself was secretly in favor of the older dy
nasties Of Earope, and wosaid prefer -Four
bon 10 a Bonsrsr;c as tie occuaan, Of the
French fhrenc.
Ru, while all the facts inlE ate that the
Allies will be enabled 10 keep themselves
in CEN Portable and deficient condition. the
most reliable accounts seem TO render il
very doubtful whether the Russians will be
able to maintain themselves IN the Crimes
during another winter campaign. The Al
lies have the command Of the sea, andihere
i nov an easy and short road for the trans
portsiion Of provisions and munitions OF war
from the coast 10 their present positions.
They are also constantly receiving reinfoFce-
ments, and their troops which at The COM
mcneement amounted to 5o,0oo. now num-
Der eco.ooa. On the other hand, the troops,
provisions and arms Of the Russians have
to be brought foom long distance over
very bad roads The possession OF the Sea
OF Axog and the Black Sea By the Allies,
while il greatly increases their facilities
for conducting the campaign, entirely ex-
ciaies the Russians from the easiest and
most desirable avenue ,heF could possibly
possess, FOR supplying and recruiting their
troops In and around SebastoPel. Louis
Napoleon, some time since, expressed the
opinion that Russian army marching from
Moscow to the balearaered fortress, suffers
more than If ii had lost battle before the
commencement ofthe march; and his policy
hat been to continue the ar in the Cfimea,
because that course more effectually drains
the resources OF ,ae empire, by forcing the
Gar to traverse his own immeasura bic
wilds and meet the Allies on The spot Sc
lected nv themselves. Louis claims that
this policy has already destroyed the flower
OF the Russian army, and reduced the en-
pire to the verge OF bankruptcy; and these
considerations would indeed appear to argue
that Russia csn hardly carry on the war q
year longer, after lie present method Of
waging ii, aud viii be forcedto cease fight
ing from pure exhaustion.
In tie meantime, though the Allies as
sert that Sebastopoi must soon be theirs,
and lie Russians, that they will defend
il TO The last. the better impression is
ths, there viii be no more regular attempts
made 10 storm the fortress, but that the
principal attention Of both parties will here
AFTER be confined 70 the underground opera
sions Of mining and counter mining. This
i the present aspect Of affairs, but all such
sPeculations may fail to be verified BY fu-
ture facts, and We only present them as the
natural suggestions Of the existing condi-
ton Of the prosracted struggle.