Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-07-11

scanty array Of troops met with qon. these
coasts; and the total want Of f'adeqnate'de.
fence, that the available resources Of; the en-
.pire have been thrown: upon the northern
and western frontiers, for, ~hile the shores
of the Baltic are bristling with troops and.
Notifications, the towns on The Ses.of Azof
were deliberately left to their fate.n ,3s..,.s
The fight before the Mameleni Was5obstin.
ate, but successful. The important point IN
the action is said to be, that the French from
their new position can reach the; ;ships;in the
harbor of. Sebastopol. In. reference 70 this
battle, the London Tipes, June IL. says,
Within anhour the Mapeloa was in the
possession Of our gallant allies. who pprsledt
the Russions to the works of the White
Tower, some 600 yards in the resi-. The
language Of the despatch does not clessly
explain whether the. expression = Hhite
Works." used by Lord Raglan, appliea b.
the Malakoff Tower or:to the, :earthMpsks
beyond it, but there is reason to believe that
the tower itself had been destroyed; i'd great
part by the previous bombardmens and that
the most important part of the position bss
been taken and is held by the :; French
Having carried the Mamelon, however Gen;
eral Pelissier expressly states that the French
pushed forward until they reached and pc
cupied two redoubts resting upon5 the Ea.
reening harbor. This was one Of the most
important results of the day, fol. it COMPLETES
the investment of the south side Of Sebaste.
pol, and brings the works Of the besiegers
to the sea within the harbor, thereby enabling
them to complete the destruction Of the; Rus.
sian ships, and command the passage, Of the.
great harbor. ..-,-', -. :r.s .-
In short time Russia will nothph oHb
foot of land south Of the Lower Don. the.
north shores of the Sea of ,Azoff, the Pntrid
and Black Seas and the Lower. Danube.
Should Russia sne at this moment for pescs.
it would be madness to restore any territory
south f.this line to her. Sebastopol, q Rfa,
tish Minister has declared, is q. standing
menance. to Constantnople as long as its
fortifcations are not razed. .,,a ~ 81: <.
Buff Russia is allowed to retain,th
Crimea, what guarantee can Europe have
that these Notifications. will NOT. be Fe.ceg.s.
structed, even though they should be eirazed
at present? Again, it has been admitted
from the beginning. thai. had Russia been
allowed to extend its conquests over all the
shores of the ,Euxiue, that sea, enclaye within
Russian territory, must Of necessity have
become Russian lake. The same holds
good Of the sea of .Azof. To prevent it
from remaining a mere Russia lakes i is ne.
eessary that some other independent CON.
munity. or communities, possess 9 portion
Of its shores On these grounds woman.
tain that even at this momentZin the pre-.
sent position Of affairs-peace ought only to
be granted to Russia on the condition. that
she relinquishes all claims to the CriGea
and to the lands between the Black Sea- and
the Caspian, south Of the line Of tho: lD~ss
Don. ,.N, >.
But Russia vii! not sue for. peace
yet. 1t is true that her mercantile: classes
begin to be severely pinched; it is true that
the numerous sections of mobiles who,regard
Moscow as their centre and capital and
stand aloof from active life, are becoming
mutinous; but the. official class, civil and
military, in whose hands all real power is
vested, cannot afford to lose any Of their for
eign conquests. One and all Of them are
deep in debt, and depend upon enployment
for their very substance. ;. They can only
obtain the means of indulgins those hxuri~
GUS habits which have become seeoad naturs
to them, by draining the tributary provinces
of their substance, as was the case with the
courtiers Of Imperial Rome in its deeadeace.
Inveterate gamblers, they are ever ready 70
stake all on the hazard Of die, and they
will peril the existence Of the Empire rather
relinquish their emoluments. Russia would
at this moment reject peace if oforded on
on the terms we have indicated; and Russia.
will hereafter, like Tarquia, have to purchase
worse bargain at a higher price. s.,a.
QUANDAR1Es.-Knocking at the wrong
door, and hesitatiug whether you shall ran
away and say nothing about it, or stay and
apologize.
Crossing the road until you see q Gig
coming one way and cab another; so that
you move on you are sure to be knocked
down by one, and if you stand still you may
possibly be crushed by both.
Finding yourself in a damp bed on cold
night, and cogitsting whether you will be
still and catch your death, or get up and
dress, and pass the night on the two cane.
bottom chairs. -
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Paying your address to a pennyless fair
one, under the impression that she is an
heiress; and, on discovering your error, hav-
ing the option of marrying the young lady,
or of being shot by the young lady's brother:
Dining at q friends house, where yoa
must either drink wine till you become intoxi-