The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-03-31

TnR EASTERN WAR-A SUPPRESSED FAM
rHLEr.-A pamphlet, purporting 10 DO . me,
moir of the war in the Orient, ny 6enetai
Officer. addressed to the Government OF VA
po,eop H.. has been suppressed by the
French Government. The London Exam
;ner. however, got possession OF copy
and gives synopsis of il, which is attract
ing good deal Of attention. 1t is rumoreo
that il was written from information furnish.
ed by Prince Napoleon.
According to this pamphlet, the expedition
to the Crimea was planned by the French
Emperor in July, and was heartily approved
by the governments of London and Vienna.
Marshall st. Arnaud adopted it with euthu-
siasm, and submitted it to council of war
held ut yarna on the 10th August. General
Canrobert also favored the project Lord
Raglan doubted its feasibility, but finally
withdrew opposition. Canrobert thought
that Sebastopol would infallibly be taken
after the rout of the Russian army. Lord
Raglan inquired. "What if the place resists
and is we'll fortified 7" Marshal st. Arnaud re-
piled that they must have recourse to siege
and that when the Notifications on the North
were taken, they should necessarily be mas
tiers of the town. The vote was Lord Rag
Ian, st. Arnaud, Canrobert and Bosquet for
the expedition, and Admirals llamelin and
Dundas, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince
Napoleon against it. st. Arnaud was taken
sick, and became so feeble he Was forced
| to resign the command the French to Can
| robert but was surprised, as he was in the
| act of comforting the honor temporarily upon
| him, to see Canrobert exhibit paper bear
| ing the arms of the Emperor, by which the
| appointment had already been given him.
| st. Arnaud fell back on his pillow, family
\ uttering these words: ut is well" The fol-
| lowing we quote from the Examiner:
The pamphleteer does not scruple to give his
| opinion upon the different courses winch were
open TO the allies Gould we,' he asks, have
| taken Sebastopol by coup dc main on The North
after the battle ofthe Ama2 Perhaps-at all events,
| it should have been tried. Once arrived on the
South, could we reducethe placeby bombardment,
make breach, and carry 1t by ASSAULT That is
more doubtful The position was changed to our
dissd vantage, and If we had carried the place we
could not have teld it The fort Sieverna on the
the port was armed with more than 300 heavy can,
non, and defended by garrison of 5000 men. As
long as that fort is occupied by the eqny the
place when taken 10 not tenable. The command
in chief never appeared conscious of the exists
of this obstacle Neither in the Journals OF the
ssige their reports their conversations Is there
any trace to be found OF consideration which were
the anxiety OF everybody. Doubtless they thought
themselves obliged promise miracles TO their re
spective governments and to the public to conceal
the irreparable fault of the expedition.
Tho pamphlet continues the narrative down to
the day after the battle Of lnkerman, when the
French were Inclined to take advantage of the de-
morale alton of the Russians to attempt the as
sault but Lord Raglan urged upon General Csnro-
Der. that the allied forces and especially those OF
the English, wer3 insufficient for the enterprise
There were only he said, two courses-to continue
the seige or to re embark. And the writer or in
stigator OF the pamphlet who had all along been In
favor of campaign On the Danube, could see no
disgrace to the allied armies, General Canrobert,
well as the English Commander-inchiel,t thought
otherwise.