The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-10
NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1865

be able 10 maintain the contest longer than those expect
mission Russia, though poor In realized wealth, Il
rich almost all the materials Of Her territory,
extending from the extreme north to climate which
in summer is almost tropical; produces all that
nation need In pese. the country IS above
every other sufficient in issef and may 30 isolated
the purposes Of internal trade paper may % largely
substituted for the precious metals without dstess TO
foreign countries the more they are
independent q the metallic currency which necessary
that The want q cspital viii insure the Submission q ~
enemy Where people wishes to agh. aod hiss corn,
cattle and material resource in abundance 1t Is
coutest merely from = dsaetsncy Of those
metals which have been adopted as standard
fought in every age Of the world, and the pro-
phecies of Russian bankruptcy and concession ara
rebsby as over confident as those which told Of the in
evabe and speedy ubmission Of the French republic at
the outset of which las cd twenty two years. It Is
therefore from wish to see the real state Of thiogs
approaching uin and exhaustion Of Russia enter
less into the calculations Of every politician. rnere
s., fear that both the people and their rnsrs may Pc
ments So IL possible that they may relax from the
labors and sac,ices which alone can insure suc,eas
year, it l. within the present and next month that the
Cabinet must decide II operations commensurafe
with those against Sebastopol shall be dtre:'ed
against any other stronghold of the enemy In
few months the English people win have the choice
premature inacion q greater sacss than be-
ton their part, will vannbsh the Gar would possibly
end uuwtlire acceptance. Blu. there can be no more
which the enemy likely to be defeient-their
will be inferior to those who fought at Sehastopol the
Of osa na the he munitions Of war
food viii fail, or that want OF money will compel An
abandonment Of the struggle we DO not believe At
rate Is better to dismiss from the mind all such expec
tafons. enough that they may be false Let be-
h.ye tnat the only ;tore are 70 be won oy 10Y and
her own, there viii be SO much gained.
INTERESTING FROM RUSSIA
The Paris Pays publishes the following letter, dated ST.
Peters burg, November H.
In my letters have alluded to the fraud aud corrup.
ton Witch is the dea of Russia This evil is rooted,
extends widely to every branch OF the service of the
Cars army, that the troops, despite the the efforts Of
the sovereign, in want nearly everything. was
assured few days since that Alexander H. despite tho
usual udness Of his character got intoa regular fury
on learning whas took place. and resolved to With
treme severity against any peron, no matter what his
rank, found gully Of fraud. know the country well,
and y, bis wsr will not be Of any avail to put stop
covite soil All will combine together to deceive the
most viglapt eye.
The snboined few facts Of recent occurrences the ex
Attitude II which guarantee, will show you the eat
Of The Evil.
Iivonan officer Of very good family intrusted with
the provioDipg OF the army in rauris went from pro
vince to province buying cows, and sheep, which
he has sent to Odessa aud Cberson
To- ing fraud lie proposed to some Of the peasants to
leave them teir cot lie for confederation agreed
The cattle were booked as aliveTed and he gave se
as "died on the iosd.p By this means he pockaed-
FIRST the money Of the feasart secondly the 'ney of
the government 1t was clever, but not honest Sus-
picions at last aroused When il mentioned to
tho Gar, he wond not at first believe that Of his
superior officers capable of GommittiDa crime the
consequences Of which to the army ncalcnlable
The rumoIs, however grew LOUD that serious nves
tga,ion was ordered. Tie officer was commanded to
imm tn uartpr at IA
not so slow as not to smell rat Hc fet hssta
on at obeyIg the order, but overnight he hit upon
caught fire clcverly that the 1ames which purify all
things, destroyed the accounts. he arrived at head
WIN certificate that his papers were burnt
fire spared the roubes in his pouch He acquitted.
Poor fellow rs Moliere would say.
Another anecdote the truth Of WIFI III will guarantees:
dealer in -four in the vicinity of Kew provides
thousand sacks Of Hour to the commander OF the place.
and asks an exorbi ant price lie Is refused payment
serious one be is liable to very penalty and
journey to Siberia in perspective He calm, how
AT theappointed day he appeared before the a ge
ard proved by his boks, plus b. that to accept the
supply the officers had ed for themselves 600 sill
YER Iueles OF $40 900 francs Very Aatsrng this for
the officers OF the Russian army The trader vas acquit-
It'd and his honor saved the money PAID he gained
n Thing the transaction.
Fverywhelc at the very steps Of the THRONE the most
audaeious roboeries committed The Emperor Alex
ander said that his sailors would steal his guns they
attendants would ate his brcecbes il they had the oppor
t.nity The following gave rise to the observation =
Among the Enptrors household there is a chamberlain
silvermth, who has the OF the plate He has
6ezen tchinowiches" under him. For time these
gentlemen have amused themselves by passing pats
through acids by which process considerable portion
of the ilver taken Off which they after Yards
formed into stiid state by CT emical process This
robbery bad been carried for long time before 1t
discovered. But MI equally guilty cuiprit
could b. found for want Of proof The crown plate has
been ordered 10 be melted do and Ie-ca =.
The tourgeois and merchandise not PERSONAL hisct-
ed 10 the recruiting but they have TO pay 50 for each
nit ash ed from them Thus they provide sol
oeTs Thousand merchants the mobiles provide per
thousand peasants. This tax brings 10 considerable
venue 10 the The number of merchants In the
whole extent Of the empire amounts to about 10000.
and The State has already levied about 60 per
GOO, it results that the merchants have had ray
xbout ACC Geo t06f Thus hos gooG Russians they
may be, the bourgeois beginning to find the taxes
some~ hat heavy.
The populations who ruifer most from this state of
'hings precisely those who entertain the least syu
pahy for Russafor instance, Finland, livonia Estho
ni Cortland Poland add the SOnthernprovinces which
almost exclusively inhabited by Tartars and Mussu
mans lhe provinces If the Baltic particularly
weighed down by taxes. Whatever may be said about
the Russian party carrying the to the last
and the LAS roube, the government will have tn consult
htle the Catholics the Iroes'ants, and the Mussul
a.icn Of the empire, and who have certainly right TO
be heard in the matter.
The Relations Between Great Britain and the
United States.
OPINIONS OF THE FRENCH PRESS.
From the Assembtee Rationale, Nov. 81
We mentioned yesterday that the language OF the
Er alsh journals had become In regard TO the United
States much more conciatiDg and mild. Those which
had shown at st the most irritation do not hesitate to
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