Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-03-29
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENTS.
The News by the AtIantic-Its Salient
Points-PrOspects OF Protracted and
General War-Passing Review or the
Field.

The Atlantic, seventeen days out, has at
length come in, with seven days later news.
Heavy weather is urged as the cause Of this
long passages but we rather suspect it is the
withdrawal Of the best of the Cunarders to the
Crimea, and the saving Of coal. A Stacking off
to the extent Of even mile or two in an hour
saves an immense quantity of coal.
The news Of the death Of Nicholas is fully
confirmed. But to all appearances the effect
is nothing more than this: "The King is dead.
The King lives God save the King" Alex
ander steps into the shoes and into the policy
of his father. The war goes on, and it will
probably 60 on with increased vigor, and with
new impulse of energy under the young EN-
peror. Russia is with him; and Russias reli-
gon lies in her great southern road to Con-
stantinople.
Louis Napoleon appreciates the crisis. He
is going to Sebastopol; he will have a French
garrison of forty thousand men at CONSTANT
nople. Perekoff, the gateway Of the Crimea,
is at last to be blocked up, to prevent Russian
reinforcements from coming in. How ex-
Aordinnry that this discovery was not made
by the Allies Immediately on planting them
selves before Sebastopol!
1t is reported also that the engineers of the
Allies have hit upon some new plan for the
reduction of the beleaguered city. Will that,
too, prove failure? Nous ue,rons. The Rus
SLAMS seem to be multiplying all the time, and
appear to have hemmed in the besiegers be-
tween two fires, front and rear. Thus, the
Allies, while besieging the town, are them.
selves besieged by the surplus Russians be-
hind them. Curious arrangements, truly. Sc
bastopol is to be reduced. The Allies draw up
their armies around it, on the south side Of the
harbor; but they leave the north side of the whole
Crimea open all the way through. The Rus
slams pour in by thousands-no interruption
to their munitions and supplies. They build
new works Of defence, from day to day they
lock up the harbor by sunken ships; they
swarm over the hills on the flank of the be-
siegers, threatening their depos, transports, and
| fleets al Balaklava, when at last Louis Napo-
leon thinks of the happy idea of stationing an
army corps up there at the Isthmus of Perekop,
| to keep out the enemy's re-inforcements and
provisions. There is a touch of the true Bona
parte in this, though it comes rather late in the
day.
Louis Napoleon again desires England to
understand that she has master. Mr.. Ro-
bucks Parliamentary Committee to inquire
into the shocking Encouragement of the Bri-
fish army under Lord Raglan, does not please
the French Emperor. The publication of Mr..
Robuck's inquiries may injure the cause of the
firm. The result must be kept secret Ro-
buck says no. Louis Napoleon threatens.
| Lord Clarendon goes over to Boulogne to
make explanations to the Emperor. What
condescension And yet the Emperor is right,
and, ten to one, he will have his way In the
end, too, if they secure the humiliation of Russia
England will find France with an army of oc.
cupation at Constantinople that will be very
apt to stay there, as the French protectorate Of
the key to the East Indies.
| On the other side, it is said that Nicholas
some days before he died, had superseded
Menschikof at Sebastopol, by Gortschakof
and Osten Sacken. If this be so, it argues
that the expenses and losses Of the garrison
and army there under Menschikotf were not
satisfactory to Nicholas and that Gortschakof
has been given the command with theview Of
a more active and vigorous resistance. In any
event, the bloodiest work in the Crimea is YET
to come off; and before the campaign there is
settled, the diplomatic complications of the
German and Italian States may yet result in
| lighting up the whole Continent in this strug
gle between Russia and her enemies, inter
mixed with various spontaneous revolutions in
behalf of the third party of the people, cutting
in for their own "balance of power" between
the other two parties, Cossack and anti Cossack
Kossuth may be humbug, and Mazzini q
dreamer; but, rely upon it, the continental re
pubcans are awaiting their opportunity.
Let the French Emperor go to Constantine
pie. Let him take corps Of 40, 900 men with
him; let him establish the Empress in one Of
the Sultan's palaces on the Bosphorus; but lei
hth iVOh well w tuc ipSu ut ltdNes
behind him. If perchance, he should perish,
what will become of the Empress2 what will
become Of France, of England, of the Holy
Alliance2 Can human sagacity fathom the
possible contingencies.
You will perceive that the first effect of the
Cars death on the Bourse was peace, and that
stocks went up; but you will also perceive,
that upon the so5er-second thought, and with
the publication of the manifesto of the new
Gar, consols were downward again in their
tendency. So, so. 1t was but man that
died, after all. Russia is the same, her course
the same, her policy the same, and her resolu,
ton the same to fight it out for the road to
Constantinople.
Very well. Let our government look to it,
and ascertain If we have not something to do
meantime. Let our farmers put in this spring
every acre they can in breadstuffs and provi-
sions. Let our consumers study economy and