The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-13


denas $50 out Of 4l4 The vessels of the United states
carry the greater part of sugar coffee and tobacso
from the island, and consequently convey to 1t the
greatest quantity OF -four Goldfish salt provisions iron
mongery machines merccry, and also the most skful
overseers the most perseverDg agcultursts and the
best workmcn employed In the manufactures and farms
in the colony Hs also to TIE american houses estab
ltshed at Cuba, particularly on the northern shore that
ne island Is indebted for is commercial ac,iriy IN addi
ton 10 whic they give life 10 the country by Grin the
tidsre 10 the spirit Of enterprise which forms ground
cork Of the Ydnkse character they open the way to the
other artisans Of the federation Who thanks FIRE.
quency Of convey ance can easily go to the island and
remain there for the six or seven months that the
Ing season lasts without having TO their families
and therefore they content themselves with lower wages
Is thus, that BY degrees WITHOUT lannon's, soldiers d.
rcdn rdcc-a pacific nrasion but howersr more secure
Of us conques-ihe best the iegitimas Of all inpa-
sfons TO be sure for Is that Of intelligence and labor
'Kniogramme Tr.) is two lbs. and two .afths English
measure.
Lord Raglan, his Stan, and the British Army.
CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND AND TIE CRMEA.
from tho London Times Dec 2s.l
England win have her holidays, and seems to think
that net nature ut least the world, win stand STILL
while she returns TO her Lares and Penaes and orges
while her dreams Of power her dominion Of the sea
and her high calling OF universal arbitration Yet IL
we are to believe the omen Of countless incidents In all
histories it has been at such times that the doom
OF nations and of has been sounded aud careless
generations have been surprised by those dsas ars that
are only just short OF the final catastrophe And who
wnlsay that such disaster may not be impendingay
not have actually happened as We writer We never
could make out how It Is that the Engllsh nation
are thought peculiarly sensible matter-of fact aul
calculating. Certain IL IL that ready busy
themselves in the Illusion OF the hour 10 sport
the verge Of ruin The mercantile classes OF most her
countries, much they love wealth. dread poverty still
more, and will not stake their all die. The mer
chant OF the boosted AngloSaxo race II is called
his neighbours falls asleep at his dresde with the
sounds Of music aud mirth all round him, ut the very
time that he knows an adverse wind, change in the
temperature, an unaccountaole fall in the market,
political accident will consign him TO instant
ruin or disgrace. We nee1 single out private in
stances Of this madness. 1t is national folly, and
never was II 80 strongly, fearully exhi ted, Mt
this moment.
of more than co. 900 men the best blood of
this country, which now represents 1900 miles, from
home the glory the Influence the courage and the ability
Of racss The England Of European history Is now il
world, and, II we have not backed challenge with
quite sufficient strength or prompttude, We have at
moment would be rash conjecture the fate Of
those hardy survivors Of the 600 Do they stl
maintain the unequal aght-chlled, drsnched fam.
their many nls--a drop Of the thermometer
degrees below zero few more inches OF rain extin
sushed them altogether, or left scarce enough for
itself has urged the brighter alternative Of dash at
the city, with somewhat less cost OF life than would
attend another month OF nacon After the dreary and
ever still dresrer history Of this siege, cannot hope
much. Yet, II that hns not been DONE what IL the
other alteTnAtveY IL IL that the army Is now Ia
worse condition than ever II was. We say this debe
rately. The reinfercements and supplies that have
been sent out would up TO this December o. only keep
It landed setting the certain drain BY death and sick
against the reinforcements and the consumption
OF food and material against the supplies. But IL that
army Is numerically no larger Ii physically and mo-
rally much worse.
There Is no use Disgusting the matter. We not
speaking from our own corrcspendence only We are
not saying what we think alone. We say the evil
dence Of every letter that has been received In this
try and echo the opinion OF almost every experienced
soldier or well informed gentleman, when we say that
the nobest army England tent from these shores
has been sacrificed to the groscst msmanagement In
difference, favor routine, perserseness and stupidity
reign, reve and riot In the camp before SeSastopo in
the harbor OF Balaklava In the hospitals Of Scuta aud
bow much nearer home we do not venture to say Wesay
II with the EXTREMIST reluctance-no hears
anyt thing Of the Commander .in-Chef. Officers who
landed tbs 1ith OF September and have been nccs
sanity engaged In all the operations Of the siege not
even acquainted with the face OF their commander.
II has always been imagined that the Duke OF We'll
personal appearance was a familiar thing 10
every soldier in his army lie Ia related TO have sad
man was 1T to command an army who could not ride
well crosscountry. People talk Of his eagle eye, his
energetic voice his calm manner, II he person.
ally present and personally known throughout his army
II all this myth, or has changed that a cam.
paign, even battle, now be transacted in an
Office by means OF ades-de-camps and ordsresS If The
staff itself made up for the invsbty Of the commander
we should not complain Of military fiction bearing
strong resemblance 70 the privacy and inviolabty Of
the Crown. But unfortunately the staff IL said TO
sst OF young gentlemen whose honor and courage mo-
body doubt, but who devoid Of experience with
out much synpathy for the dstresses Of such inferior
beings as regirental officers and prvates and disposed
TO treat the gravest Affairs with dangerous noneha-
lance.
Unfortunately too, all the results agree too nearly
with the fact Of an invisible commander Had the eye
OF general fallen the confusion In the harbor IT Ba
lakava, the impossible state OF the road from that
place TO the camp on the miserable coalition Of the
camp on the state OF the trenches the unprotected
of In
and before that the circumstances under which the
fatal charge Of Balaklaya took place, hardly sup
pose but that able lord Raglan undoubtedly
would have prevented such and neglec,s We only
echo the fee Of every letter from the seat Of In
the officer and the private alike find quiet resigned
unimpassoned conviction that the whole affair II bung
81 in the most hopeless and horrible manEor. Every
body perceivts In HIS state in the fate OF his
rades In the condition OF the camp AMI In the progress
81 the siege Young gentleman bred In every luxury
and with an ample store Of every military comfort
rtl AZ the last date wearing day and night nothing bat
they landed the 18th Of September. They had no
means Of getting up the things lt behind In the trans
ports. What becomes Of everything sent % Balaklava
nobody knowsi but while they are rettiny 'housands
are perisbDg for want Of them Everybody can point
out something that should be DONE but there Il nobody
70 order 70 Be done. and 5000 men or what nov re-
mains Of them, drflog with their eyes open bat
hand bound, spell bound, towards destruction 10 any
Of the letters or any Oft regmsntai ocsr returned
,rsry, does rot c,rne within everybody, norisdxs,
does In ours that the letters handed about 10 pm
yate circles and not published lest they should pres.
dice the writer In the eyes Of his superors give far
mofe gloomy account than any letters that ve have
ventured TO publisnf
The burden Is forced upon u.s. and y. mist .ps.E out
Good nature IL pleasant thing In its vsy bat, Eng
land srsr 70 bs ruined viii Be By good
nature, by unlimited cosdonancs, eonnivance inful
not bco~s What Il 4 b. s.oa .st.,. ny, 4. so s.,ars
the sole slemsnt Of social and commercial sys
tenn The period Tor COED nature d 10 tbs Crlsss,
uuleas vs vould throw syay tks last chanes ta. r,