Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-11-27
Hsws from Rusais Direct,

Consul IN F.ance, who has been travel.
ng In Russia the last summer, arrived
IN Paris q Tow days since. He was a
'Mejor," and by virtue of this title and
bis Official position, he managed 10 travel
without much impedimsnt through the
empire Of the Czar- commencing al
Crondstad. and going to Pcrekop, where
he was compelled 10 stop, and return.
ing BY way OF Nikolaief. He allowed
the Tribune's correspondent to use his
note book. We make the following
quotations tr .s.
At Nikolaief he saw a review Of one
hundred and thirty thousand men BY tho
Grand.dukes, Constantine and Nicholss.
He does not believe this place can be-
taken by the allies, although land
force may besiege II, and after long
contest carry it. 1t will be impossible
for tho allied fleets ever to reach the
town. Todtleben had arrived and com.
menced operations in improving and
Strengthening the defenses Of the place.
which were very insignificant at the
moment our travels, left. The one
hundred and thirty thousand men at
Nikolaieff were nearly all infantry. and
would be retained there lor the defense
Of the place. The Emperor did not
arrive till after his departure.
He visited Cherson and found it a
beautiful modern. built city, full Of
summer residences OF the nobility, hand.
somcIy located on the hills, which over.
looked romantic sea.coast. 1t is in
all on exposed position, and will un.
doubtelly be destroyed by the allied
fleets.
oerekop is miserable, filthy, desc.
late place on the narrowost point OF the
peninsula, and contains only three
houses. 1t has no Notifications worth
the name, its entire defensive works
consisting of two earth works ic miser.
able condition, mouhting twenty guns
each. He was astonished at the position
in which he found this place. There
are, however, at Perekop forty eight
thousand men, Of which fifteen thousand
are cavalry, grenodiers, and cuirassiers
Of the Imperial guard. The tents of this
division of the army line the coast for
distance Of fifteen miles toward Sym.
pheropol from the point cal led Perekop.
Passing back through Podolia, he saw
on the west banks Of the Demester,
moving slowly toward the Crimea,
thirteen thousand cavalry Of the imperial
suard-nine thousand grenadiers, and
four thousand cuirassiers-aiI finely
dressed and finely mounted men.
The Austrian army officers almost
universally sympathse with Russia
The same sympathy for Russia FREEDOM.
mates with the people Of the principali-
ties.
The Emperor Alexander drinks.
4 The Grand.duke Constantine is
short, thin, ,light.complexionej ,impudent.
dandyish looking man, who carries a
lorgnette to his eye and looks imperi.
nently at everybody. He is irritable.
and without doubt possesses more char.
acter than his brother the Emperor. ..
or the 10000 men under the com.
mand Of Gorlschako off, go, 900 are caval.
ry.
Russia has plenty Of men and plenty
OF provisions 10 carry on the war in.
definitely, but she lacks money, powder,
!, saltpetre, and cannon, and she will con.
! tinue 10 suffer more or less from those
, deficiencies, since she has no ready
! means of supplying them in the requir-
; ed quantities.
|, The Russian officers and mobiles ad
. nit The superiority Of the allied forces
over their own, and anticipate disas.
, trous war, but their pride will not allow
y y them to yield, and the war will be con.
), tinued with vigor. The plan of the
:. allies now is, after taking possession Of
= the Crimea and as much Of the Black
/ sea coast as necessary, TO march a large
q force into Bessarabia, and 10 try to pene.
:, trate near enough 10 Poland to alarm
+ Russia. and to bring her to terms.
S All Russian officers with the excep.
!. ton Of Luders) concurred in saying ,ha,
}. Sevastopol, as Gortschakoff says, had
6 been given up from the day Of the taking
Il Of the fort Kamtchatka, or, as the French
Y call it, the Mamelon vert. They say
IS that from that day, the 7th Of June
@ Gortschakoff commenced building the
d Fott.Paul bridge and moving all hi
IS ambulances and valuables 10 the north
a side, in anticipation Of an evacuation
!. They confess that Sevastopol was fount
10 that moment at the mercy Of the allies
d and that they could have taken it at any
IS time they had made vigorous assault
II but that the allies did not know the rea
}. state Of affairs, and were unable to pro
). cure reliable spies. They say that a
d two or three periods during the progres
.. Of the bombardnent, (after the capture
~ of the Kamtshatka works,) the allie
,e could have taken the city, but did no
h know it; that is the Russians were driv
A. en- back from their works and dispirite'
Il to such on extent that the allies nigh
ID have marched in with tri1ing opposi
ii ton. Finding, however, that Pelissi,
in was afraid to give the assault, and the
\. they were enabled to kill vast number
=. Of his army daily in the trenches, the.
hall m ao Inn q o. noeoihla 4,t GtjiHS