Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1855-01-27
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NtaerE- OLE THE NEWS.

The news brought. by the Pacific, may be
divided into several points, not altogether har-
monious in their import and consequence. The
first comprehends the conference of Vienna,
followed by the declaration Of Gortschakoff &C.
cepting the Interpretation Of the four gnaran,
tees as laid down in the record Of the confer.
ence of December 2Sth. The second, a con-
tradiction Of that news by the Paris correspon-
dent of the London Times, saying that the
acceptance is not unreserved. The third point
says that the Russians have again inraded the
Pincipalhies, and retaken two cities; the
fourth, that Prussia has at length adhered to
the treaty Of December the 2d-a rumor which
is rejected by the London Times as not only
improbable, but also impossible; the fifth, that
Louis Napoleon has distributed standards to
the Imperial Guard before leaving Paris for
the Crimea; the sixth, that Sardinia has Joined
the alliance, and that the government has
given its consent to England for the raising Of
an auxiliary force in Piedmont; the seventh
shows an increase ofactivity in the French and
English army in preparing the means of storm
ing the city and in defeating the Russian army
in the Crimea.
As may be seen, nothing is more unlikely
than these contradictory and conflicting re-
ports II, on the one hand, there seems to be
on the part Of Russia a complete and shame
full abandonment Of the policy she has success
fully maintained since the days Of Catherine
Ian abandonment. which would annihi-
late Russian traditions and ruin all her pro.
jects of conquest and extension in the East,
on the other hand, we are told that the guar
dntees are moi accepted agaAou reservation.
Moreover we have, as warrant against the too
hasty acceptance of those views, the wise re-
Elections of the London Times, by which that
paper gives us to understand that some new
act of treacLery might well nigh be at the bot
tom of the Cars adhesion; whilst the Journal
des Debats seems to add confidence to the news,
and gives, as proof Of it, some details re.
spectlng the recent conference at Vienna, ap.
parently, derived from an authentic source.
The most striking feature from the seat OF
war is, that the Russian army had left its de
fensiye to assume an aggressive position, that
it has reentered the Princpalities, taken two
ciiies, and defeated Turkish detachment,
which had crossed the Danube and entered
Bessarabia. This success was attributed to the
removal of Omer Pacha in the Crimea, and to
the absence of an able chief at the head Of the
Turkish army
Frequent sorties were made from Sebastopol
against the Allies. In one of these attacks,
the Russians took body of English troops by
surprise and forced them 10 fy back TO their
batteries, where happily for them, they were
rescued by heavy fire from the French bate
ries. This viii be the third time that English
troops owe their salvation to the bold and cour
ageous interference Of the French. The forti-
Gcations established by the French were formi-
dable 1t is said that the line Of trenches nearly
three leagues in extent, was supplied with one
hundred and sixty guns ready to open FIRE,
waiting only for the English batteries to be
ready. The Russians can oppose three hun.
dred and sixty guns against the two hundred
and twenty Of the Allies, thus making differ
ence, in favor OF the former, of one hundred and
forty guns, besides the Notifications Of the city
Also, it is said, that the Allies have no other
hope to silence the fire OF the Russians than BY
an assault. Menschikof is raising immense
Notifications on the banks Of the river Tcher.
maya, and jointly with General Liprandi, is
surveying the armies of the Allies at the head
Of an army 80, 900 strong. In order TO face the
enemy, the French army has been divided into
two corps. One under General Pelissier will
prosecute the siege the second under General
Bousquet is TO act in the field 0sten.Sacken
has been opposed to 0mer Pachs and is watch
ing bis movements at Eupatoria.
AS we hastily said yesterday, the acceptance
Of the four points Of guarantees and Of the in.
terpretations given TO them by the Three
Powers, amount, first, TO the transfer Of the
Protectorate Of the Danubian Provinces from
one sole power to that Of Europe in common,
and, consequently, establishes between Russia
and Turkey barrier which cannot be passed
without declaration Of war against all Europe.
Second, to a proclamation Of the free sover.
eighty ofshe Sultan, which, by enabling Tur-
key TO form one Of the concert OF Europe, ae-
prives Russia of her most powerful means Of
influence and action over the various popula-
tons Of the Ottoman Empire. Third, the
four points restore the free navigation Of the
Danube, and free the commerce and the people
Of Central Europe from the dependency Of the
Gar. Fourth, they abrogate the treaty Of
ls4l, which annuls, fat cesser, the predomi-
nance Of Russia in the Black Sea- These con.
ditions are tantamount TO so serious check
upon the influence Of Russia, that we can
scarcely believe them, until further informa
ton. In our estimation they are an artiGce "a
gain time. We must not forget that the Gar
belongs to the race Of the Greeks Of the low
empire, and that he has inherited and success
fully applied in his policy the skill and Graf
attributed to his ancestors