The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-06-25

more painful, but safe and quite practlcao'e
land route. along the northern shores Of the
Sea of Axoff. and enter the peninsula OF the
Crimea by Perekop.
Confrmatory accounts, strengthening this
view, are given in an able speech of MIR.
Golden, in the House of Commons, on the
night of the 5th inst Mr.. Golden said that
eff any one studied the maps of the scenes OF the
operations. Il would be seen hop mach scds made
ont Of rery little. although Il had done much
to increase the cou hence OF the people He placed
no limits TO the power Of Eogiand and France II
they put out their strength but he was not 80 sure
thai our position Ia the Crimaa was a. supposed.
He had been 10 communication With gentleman
With regard to the supply of food to the Russians
10 the Crimea, and he did not learn from him that
Sebastopel depended on Kartch for food. He was
told BY this gentleman, land 1t ought to damp this
At Kertch. that the Russian Government had stated
to him. i've months ago. that they could not be re-
sponstble for the safety of bic corn Five months
ago Russia gdre notice that Il intended to abaa-
don kertch, and no doubt it Oas the same Uuh Der
diansk and other places in the Sea Of Azof. s4~
From what he gathered there was great exagge.
ration with regard to this expedition to the Sea OF
AzoH. II there was really anything In Il, vast
must now be the reflection of those who had the
chips to undertake 1t long agot Were we sure
cause which took our troops from Gallpoli to VAR
M and from Varna to the CIimea-the cry OF DO
something Hear, hesr.l II ever Government
or commander did something because they were
chances were q hundred to one thst they would do
something wrong Hear. hear He was not sure
that the expedition was caused BY anything but
because the Government was called on 10 do
something, and he would now record bis delibe
rate opinion that, while the proceedings In the
Sea OF Azoff were destroying private property and
would not add to the lustre of our arms, he De.
eved that they could have no better effect on the
war than the maurauding expeditions last year 10
The Gulf of Finland had on Cronstsdt.
he believed that the supplies of Sebastopol came
entirely from Perekop, and that that place ana
Sympheropol were strongly fortified like Sebasto.
pol, and that both must be taken before you could
intercept the food of the Russian army and take
Sebas.opol. As to the iuterception OF supplies
lotto the Crimea across the steppes beyond Peres
kop. he was told by gentleman that every spring
1000 carts were obtained to 60 from Odessa ana
other places on the coast, over the steppes, with
produce to the Crimea, and that commerce was
now suspended. The consequence was that the
Russian Government would avail Itself OF all That
means OF conveyance; while 30 tar from the
steppes being an obstacle. journeys were made
over :seppes five or ak times greater In extent than
those"
Mr.. Golden also referred to the pesti lence
and disease engendered by the summer eli
mate In the Crimea. He said he dreaded the
fate of the army in July, August and Septem-
Der.
Unless the allies can conquer and hold
PerekOp, the great channel for Russian sup.
plies, the speedy downfall of Sebastopol is
by no means certain. Even Pellissier, with
all his hardihood, may well pause before he
attempts an assault, which, in the opinion of
Gen. Canrobert, would involve the loss of
10000 men. With three regular lines of the
most formidable defences with barricades
thrown up and artillery bristling in every
street; with every house, and in Sebastopol
every house is of sto ne, loopholed; with ev
cry inch of ground beneath the surface filed
with powder and ready to be exploded upon
the advancing columns, Sebastopol can still
bid defiance to every enemy but famine.