Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-07-10
LYNCHBURG IIRGINIAN.
TUESDAY MORNING. July 10, 1853.
The War News

recent attempt to storm Sebastopul, VIII contri-
butte very materially TO strengthen the impression
which has been gaining ground for some time
past, to wit. that the place is absolutely impreg.
nable and tint the b~eseigers wili ultimately be
compelled to abandon their enterprise. The ae.
tual loss which this unsuccessful conflict has en-.
tailed upon the Allies will of itseR prove IA heavy
blow to them, bat its moral effects must be still
more disastrous. For several months the com.
bined military resources of England and Of
France have been directed against tbis single
Russian fortress. All the energies of the two
attacking powers guided by the highest nil
tafy skill they could command have been con
centrated upon a single SPOT. and yet Sebastopel
still stands as firmly as al FIRST, and the proha
bilities 81 lis capture are even rcInaicr than ever
The late attempt to carry tho place by storm
was deliberately made after leug preparation and
IT is TO be presumed that every other means ri
%edeoting its reduction had been previously cA=
hausted. Under these circumstances the action
must be regarded as one Il a very decisive char
acter. Neither the vanquishcd nor the %Nictors
can help regarding it in thai light. The spjrit-
of the invaders must sink under ilis rude d--
appointment of their long deferred hopes whilst
the Russians will be elated with enthusiasm and
strengthened IA their obstinate Determination
The fall of Scbastopol must now be looked to a.
aremote and u~neertoin event. After a struggle
of twelve months the united power Of England
and France, though strained to the utmost has
failed to tear one foot of Russian soil from the
iron grasp Of the Gear. Til, simple fact must
lee sorely Illuminating 10 British and French
pride and must impress the world with a still
deeper sense fthe formidable power Of Russia.
We may expect 10 see the vaeillating aud pertid-
ious governments Of Apstria and Prussia now in
clining TO the side Of the Car. They will not
vet openly embrace his cause, but as tho proba
hilitics q taking Sebasiopol become feebler, Ihey
will lean farther and farther towards The win
ming side. Should Austria and Prussia join Rus.
STA in the present war, the supremacy Of the lat
Ter power on the continent will have been estah.
lished and all Europe at no distant day brought
under the knont. We fear that the course Of
events in the old world is tending irresistably II
.his result. The fate of Europe is staked in our
opinion On this contest. The day TINT witness,
es the aseendanoy of the Sclayonian race in ives
tern Europe will witness the fallof its present
civilization andthe extinction of every hope of
its political regeneration. The republicans Of
Europe may bid adicu 10 their dreams of liberty
when the influence of the Cossnck comes to be
felt on the Rhine. the Seine and the Thames.
the following article from the Knoxville Reg
lister announces an era in Southern progress.
With proper effort, we believe that Norfolk,
standing almost upon the beach Of the ocean,
could, by the 4th fully 4th, 1857, be placed in
IL .-.....;o, nth a., 4.Intha &C Wntarsfi
at Memphis. Cannot those who have charge of
the several internal improvement corporations
comprising this great line Of national intercom
munication be inspired with the enthusiasm and
energy necessary to accomplish, WITHIN the period
above, this great work, which has occupied the
public attention till the heart sickens' with hope
We are at a loss for any reason why
this may not be done. Let us review the ground:
the Norfolk and Petersburg road is nearly all
graded, and the works of art in progress the
Southside road from Petersburg to Lynchburg is
finished the Virginia and Tennessee road, done
to Wythevile.- 1876 miles, and thirteen miles more
to be added by the Goth inst; leaving only 81
miles TO the State line-on that 50 miles but little
more than the laying dotcn Of The superstructnre
is REQUIRED. Then the East Tennessee and Nir.
GINA road comes next this road, we are assured,
can be finished in all of 1856. From the other
end of the line, that is, from Chattanooga 10
TO Memphis, we have the most encouraging ae-
counts, and the board of Directors in their last
annual report speak confidently of their ability
TO complete that road in 1856. These are the
grounds upon which we express the opinion that,
if the proper energy be put forth, We may cole.
brate the Ith July, 1857, not alone ms the ami
versary of American Independence, but as the
day of our deliverance from a commercial vas
salage, but little less humiliating than colonial
bondage itself.
East Tennessee and Georgia Rail Road
Since our last issue, the passenger and other
trains on the +. I. and Ga. Railroad have reach
ed their long wished destination, and are now
running regularly TO our city. The ROAD how
ever will be honored with a formal opening ON
the Fourth, accompanied by appropriate cercmo-
MES and reioicings. 1t may not be amiss, in this
connection to glance briefly at the history of this
road. which has struggled through 50 many diff
euities. We acknowledged OR indebtedness to
the kindness Of friend, for the body OF what fol
Since the inception Of the project of uniting
with the Southern Atlantic seaboard,
half an age has passed. Scarcely half the gener-
alton which saw the pick and the shovel turn up
to the light of day the red earth along the pro.
posed track of the ''Hiwassee Railroad" now
survive to witness the triumphal advent of the
cars. El.e most eloquent voices which first pro-
claimed the national Importance Of the work. are
silent in death. In the beautiful churchyard of
st. Michael's. in Charleston. sleeps the eloquent
Havne, whose magic voice once charmed the air
of Knoxville in behalf of the magnificent project.
Another eloquent champion of the road in those