Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-07-03
ave f,llcn BATH, for they are aa.iorm,. buri,

have fallen baifle, for they are u'a.iofn. bun'
. arc they fall.
Our CORE -ponslent therefore. naturally con
elndes that the numerous dead #rrird 81 - thu
..grave ield,'' on the north Of seha.t9Fd hoN
been. Ia a great extent, the victims ii dlsrasr.-
II J. l,eyaRl dispute. then, that the garr son ar
h.ang a--ailcd b sickness and famine from with
in Mt the same time that they are ple-~ed b.
their human enemies from without And this
pressure from without must now he senslblv fell
After the capture of the Mimelon. and the
works extending from il TO the Careenlng Bay,
that part Of Sebnstopol which is situated on the
ea side Of the military hurbor. cannot be much
longer teuabe. IL capture viii deprive the Ru,
sims Of their arsenals and principal barracks.
aud what is scarcely Of lrss importance, it will
leave the ships which still remain in the inlet of
Srbastopol, drnu1rd of shelter from the shot
and she'll. uf the allies. Already Sebastopol tot
iers t. its fall Nor i the position Of the Rus
sian Crimcan army in the field much mare secure.
\ simultaneous advance of the allies from Eupa
torn and krrlch would compel Il II concentrate
it-cf upon Simpheropol or Sehastapel; and for
this force to be eooprd up in the southwestern
part of the Crimea Is t. be exposed to the same
fnming that is always telling So fearfnlly on the
garrison Of Sebaslopol. The Crimea i. lost to
Russia
Nor i this the full measure Of the humiliation
to which the Muscovite government has already
been subjected. The occupation of the Sea Of
Azaff by the allied hotilla, and the evacuation of
Annpa by the Russians, has re-estab-hed the
independence Of Ci1ca,>ia. Threatened by the
warke mounaineers in front. and by the naval
forces Of the nllies an their nanl and rear, the
Russinn stations ON the Kuban cannot be main
tanned, their garrison must fall back ON the line
Of the Don.
In short time Russia will not hold one foot
Of land south fthe lower Don, the north shores
II I -
aud the Lower Danube Should kus,ia at
this moment for peace it would be madness to
restore any territory south of this line to her
Sebastopola British Minister has declared, is Il
standing menace 10 Consantinople as long its
Notifications MT RACED.
Bnt If Rar.a is allowed to retain the Criinra.
whnt guarantee can have Europe that these fortlh
cations will not be reconstructed even though they
should bc ri,ized M present Again, il has been
admitted from the beginning, thai had Rus /.
been allowed TO e2tend it, cunquests over all the
shore Of the Ea.5nr, hat sea eneaye within
Russian territory. must of necessity have be-
come II Russian lake The same holds good IF
the sea of AzoH. To prevent it from remaining
"A mere Russian lake il Is necessary that some
other independent community. or communities
possess portion of the shores On tlase grounds
we maintain that at this moment in the
present position 81 ailairs-peaee ought only Ia
be granted to Russia ON the condition that she re-
inauiShes all claims to the Crimea and to the
lands between the Black Sea and the Caspian
south of the line If lower Don. But Russia viii
not sue for peace vet. 1t is true Tint her ner-
camille classes begin to be severely pinehed,it is
true that the numerous section of mobiles who re
gard Moscow their centre and capital and
stand aloot from active HE. nrr Incoming muffin
Gus, but the official ca civil and nillary in
whose hands all real power Is vested cannot afford
10 lose any of their orsigu conquest. one and