American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-07-21
NEWS DEPARTMENT..
EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
Important Rumor -Pelissier to take Com.
mand Of the Allied Army Dangerous Mines
within the Russian Lines 2: the Crlmea.
(From the Liyerpool Epenfs, June 25.

(From the liverpool Epents, June 90.
On Tuesday it was currently report
ed in Paris, that go Cabinet Council had
been held under the Presidency off
Emperor, to deliberate on the question
whether it would not be right to au-
thorise General Pelissier to act in such
a way as he may think fit, without wait.
ing the cooperation of the English
This piece of intelligence was given
by Paris correspondent Of the linden
pendence of Brussels, and although it
really amounts to nothing, still it car.
ries with it political animus which can
not be mistaken. and the only answer
we can make to any such rumor, sup
posing it to be true, is, that the allies
have gone forth to the Crimea to fight
and to conquer, and that where saw
ing of life depends upon tho skill and a.
bility of a military commander, if Gem
eral Pelissier be really better officer
and soldier than Lord Raglan, we say
in the name ofhumanity, that the French
general should have the supreme com
mand, and that England should have
no cause for the slightest jealousy of
feeling on the subject.
But there can be no truth whatever
in tho statement. 1t is quite evident
from all we have heard of tho battle of
the 18th, that the allies were unable to
do more than attack the Mamelon and
the Redan, and to hold their own in
the field at the same time. And we
may rest assured, that both the allied
commanders have enough to do in de-
Tending their respective stations and
that they find constant and active CO.
operation are essential to the safety of
both armies.
The object of such reports as those
alluded to by our Paris correspondent
is too glaring to be disguised. Russian
spies are employed throughout Europe
but more particularly In France and
England, to create distrust and discord
between the allied countries. "Rus-
sian arts and Russian means" as Lord
John Russell calls them, are to be
found in every court circle and mark OF
place on the continent. And we are
not without numerous family of Rus
sian sympath:zers in England.
From the Crimea our news must con-
tinue to be most tragical: for, as we
have long since predicted, IL aoiH be
Jomd that e0ery inch Of ground within
the Russian lines has been mined and
countermined so as to DESTROY tie attack
ing. forces, and to render any permanent
Judgement upon the space gained impos.
Sibte and unless we can cut offthe
whole Of the garrison supplies, or by
some means conlrive to destroy their
magazines of provisions, Sebastopol
must be taken by the bayone, at fear.
| full cost,
| And it appears somewhat singular
that neither the French nor the English
in the battle Of the 18th, had sufficient
artillery force to return the enemy's
fire of grape and canister, after the Rus
slams had been driven by the bayonet
from their trenches and outline defences
1t does not appear from any of the ac-
counts we have seen, that the allies wore
supported by any. much less sufficient
artillery force. And to this we are in.
clined to attribute the disastrous repulse
that awaited them. ..