The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-10-26
UNFINISHED WORK OF THE ALLIES.

elsewhere IN these columns an article from
the London Times, and another from the II.
Illustrated London News, specializing upon the
prospects of the war in the East since the
reduction Of Sebastopol. From these arti-
cles it appears that after the Allies shall have |
conquered the northern forts, and cleared |
the whole Crimea of the Russian army, they |
will yet have very nice job of work to do
in the destruction Of the Russian naval depot
of Nikolaieff. To give our readers some idea
of the place. we also publish, in connection
with the aforesaid extracts, description of
Nikolaeff from the splendid work of Count
Demidoff, on "Southern Russia and the
Crimea;" also his description of PerekOp and
the surrounding country.
Into n northern arm Of the Black Sea, ION
the left or west bank of which is the CONNER
cial port of Odessa,) bay, or liman, some
forty miles long and from i've to ten in width,
comes in from the east. This is the outlet of
the great river Dnieper Midway, this estua-
ry is Joined by another bay, coming down
from the north broad shallow and tortu-
GUS" On ascending this some twenty miles,
we reach the junction of the rivers Bong and
Ingou; and at this point was founded by Pc.
tempkin, in behalf of his mistress-Cathe
rine-the city Of Nikolaieff 1t is a branch of
that naval establishment of the Black Sea of
which Sebastopol was but the completion
Nikolaieff, from its convenient water commu-
nication to the immense resources of timber
hoated down the Dneper, and from the diff
ficulty to hostile fleet of reaching it, on
account of the "tortnous and shallow" liman
which connects it with the sea, was the very
place for a Russian naval shipyard-while
the bay of Sebastopol, from its convenience
to ConstantinOple, its depth of water, its
rocky surroundings and narrow entrance, was
the very place for the equipping dockyards
and the fortified rendezvous of the Cars
Black Sea squadron in times of war. With
the destruction of this rendezvous, the naval
vessel. which had sought for shelter within
its circle of Notifications have been destroy
ed; but we have no information that this dis
aster has annihilated the Russian Black Sea
fleet How many of its ships found refuge
at Nikolaief how many others are there up
on the stocks or in progress Of completion, it
is now the bushes. of the Allies to discover
From the situa ion of Nikolaieff, and from
the information received of the movement TO
that quarter of the Grand Duke Constantine,
chief Of the Russian Navy, and the Emperor
Alexander, we may safely conclude that the
French and English will find it and its APP
proaches in posture of defence which will
admit of no holiday operation. Every point
of that tortuous and shallow bay will proba-
by be strongly fortified; and even should an
allied flotila cut their way through to Niko-
laeff, they may arrive there to find them
selves before still more formidable nest of
earthworks than those of Sebastopol, and
with an army behind them and in the plains
of two or three hundred thousand men. AT
Nikolaieff we enter from the southwark into
Continental European Russia, and into the
midst of those extensive mixed colonies-ag-
ricultural and military-the resources of
which have by no means been exhausted by
their contributions to the defence of Sebasto-
pol.
We presume, in this view, that the Allies,
from their past experience, will not venture
upon either naval or land expedition to Nj
kolaieff short of the reduction of the forts on
the north side of Sebastopol harbor dec
sive meeting with Gortschakoff in the Crimea
and his expulsion from that territory. But
with the absolute occupation of the Crimea
the next question to the Allies is the inva-
sion of Russia proper at Nikolaieff. They
may seize Odessa-they may send squadron
of steamers upt the Dnieper and lay the COM
mercial village of Kherson in ashes; but their
next important military movement in the
East must, from all present appearances, be
| Nikplaieif, whittier the Gar and his brother
the Grand Admiral, have repaired to devise
the ways and means for fitting reception to
the fleets and armies Of his eninlIes.
We have no idea that the Gar will attempt
the re conquest Of the Crimea. The game
there, with the loss of Sebastopol and his
| fleet, is lost At Nkolaieff he will be three
hundred miles nearer the mass of his rein
forccments and supplies and the Allies will
be removed an additional corresponding dis
lance from theirs and their present base of
operations. In this view, the prospect is
rather gloomy for the reduction of Russia to
humiliating peace. We await the arrival
Of the steamer for more light.
TIE HOG MARKET-There is better feel
ing on the part of buyers, with an increased
disposition to operate. Contracts for two
lots have been made at 1915 for November
delivery, and holders are now asking 81, and
seem pretty stiff at this rate. For December
delivery, $3.50 has been paid and at this rate
there are perhaps more buyers than sellers,
though yesterday, owing to the reaction in
the Pork market of New York. the feeling
was less buoyant.- Cincinnati Price Current.
| nB- The New York Express says since the
18th of January last 1887 aliens have receiv-
ed their final papers of naturalization from
the Superior Court in that city, and 4Ol3 in
the Court of Common Pleas; making the
whole number in both courts $500. During
the pnst week an average of about 100 per
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