The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-12-14

to any dishonorable Treaty. They wou'o never
yield one acre Of land, or consent TO pay the ex'
pense Of The war Coz the sake Of peace, and 'ney
give their enemy credit for the same deiemna'
ton. Hence the Impression prevails that the war
will he greatly prolongcd-that years viii elapse
before il can be brought 10 satisfactory conc'u-
sion. To this the Russian people seem to have
made up their minds. They trust In the sisanhe
resources Of their country. Its immense extent
precludes the idea Of successful invasion; and
p,e,tis. goes far to confirm this prevailing i'm.
preston. As In the case Of Napoleon and Charles
XII, where transioy iriumphs a, the commence
ment only insured destruction and disaster 81 the
end-.o now, the Russians confidently expect
that, IL the Allies attempt to penetrate their en-
pirr, they will certainly meet with ruin and de-
feat
The P5nndaris of 81. Pft1sbmg- Great
S.ors of Iron. Throughout the whole OF the
Rus.isn Empire traveller sees little else than
vas, preparations going on for the continuance OF
the war; Within sbor distance OF 81. Peters
burg there are three boundaries for cannon. One,
in the capital turns out sixty brass field pieces OF
different sizes per week; and they were all con-
sidered complete In every particular by the Amer
lean officers who lately visited the place. The
Coldn works turn out eighty cannon, and those
Of Petrezavodsk, (which are CONNECTED by the
river navigation with ST. Pe,ersburg) over a hun
dred every week. This Is exclusive OF the i'm.
meuse boundaries in Russia South Of Moscow
The county round the works Of Petrozavodsk Is
filed with iron, and the labor Of extricating Il
goes on Increasingly. And in this connection II
may be motto d how useless was the order Of the
British government prohibiting the expectation Of
iron, when Russian mines can yield II in greater
quantities than needed. Within the city Of 81.
Petersburg, 10 mis DAY, irou, ts'.-ss-s r-.--.-
merchants, can he seen in vast quantities resting
where II stands.
Continuance of Rnssian rule IN the Cnrtta.--
To have been able 10 retain the city Of Ssbasio-
pol would undoubtedly have gra'l6ed the pride Of
the Russian people, but its loss Is no, regarded as
a misfortune, for IL is believed Gortsehakoff eau
hold the North Forts against any force the Allies
can bring agans, him. Here, to the Russian gov.
eminent has established foundry which1ormehy
supplied the MalakoG with guns as fast rs they
were required, and recast the balls which fell In
such showers from the Allied batteries. Thus, II
will be seen, that Gorshakofi Is no more likely TO
hack war material now than he was before the
fall Of the city. As TO provision and supplies for
his army, il is perfectly understood that he Is al.
ready provided for the ensuing winter. II has
frequently been asserted by the British press, and
hes generally been believed, that the wagon COM
municaiion between the Crimea aud the interior
Of Russia is no longer passibe This i said TO
he incorrect; for wagons In summer and sledges
in winter, laden with provisions travel by thou.
sands 10 Perekop, whence they return laden with
salt But be the actual coalition Of affairs In the
Crmea as !, may, the belief prevails among the
masses OF the Russian people that the peninsula
will not fall into the hands Of the Allies. The
preparations going on now are on an enormous
scale. Old cannon are belas replaced BY new,
and through The exerons Of that distinguished
Engineer, General To,ileben, the defence Of Mic.
olsir (the grca, arsenal Of Southern Rus'ia) have
been rendered completely impregnable either
agains, a land or sea attack.