The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-07
THE SURRENDER OF KARs.

been just enacted Amid the bleak heights OF the Arme
man mountains heroic struggle is concluded.
For nearly five months the defenders OF Kar resisted
the cannon of vastly superior orce Twice they re-
peled The onset of the enemy No event OF the
war has displayed more courage and stubborn for
ttude has called forth the interest and add
miration OF the world But famine has work,
and brave. men have yielded when honor and their
countIys fame were fully satisfied. kars is now
Russian position. The earthworis which our gallant
| countrymen constructed viii now shelter determined
foes, emuous Of the resistance of Sebasopol, and
anxious to preserve what they must feel 10 be their
only conquest Gumri is now no longer the advanced
post the Gar his armies though weakened by their
long cary bivouac hold fortress and district
and guarded by the long range the Soghanly from
tie attempt of any but resoute foe These mountains
eok dow Frzeroum, which the frontier city
Of the Turks 1here probably little fear that it viii be
attacked al such season. should relieving army have
had to concentrate itself behind the works which
the especial care Of our gallant General WuiAm
But il is evident that know too little OF the armies In
these parts to make any conclusions weighy Nineteen
DAYS have elapsed before the surrender of Kars has
been fully confirmed in that tine much may have
happened and Of vey Pasha and his forces know al
NEST nothing On the inland Asiatic seat of
thus certain bnt of thingthat the Turks have los
important post and that another may be perhaps
danger Turning the Of the Euxine
we come to the headquarters of the Ottoman General.
His all fed ILL clothed army, struggles for twenty
miles along the banks Of the Ing ur few cavalry are
in advance but the General knows that any movement
impossible With his present force The Russians the
hand said be idle The fords and passes
can hardly ubed that science will be applied thu
Strengthening these Positions Every day that passes
OelenSDle,
find Russisn geneI ais firmly established more tTap
line of works, while les les may enable them
operate freely in the province they have eonquessa,
their territory.
The third aud most striking picture is that Of 200 900
encamped the heights which overlook con uered
city, watching envy which suddenly throws and
then shell TO break the still ness which has for three
months oyeispread the most gigantic battlefield OF
me dem times Their abors suspended preparations
for comfort or amusement occupy all from the general
10 the pr vste the daily historian of the announces
at has 11a RI toll We will NOT
generalsbip Of the commanders, compare campaign
Of cvn times with Austerlitz~and Eylau and the
The doctrine that prudence is the chief Of mill
ta,y virtues, ard that those who have gained
We viii presume that in April much may be easy
which impossible in September. The cam
Pagn in the c,mea has closed and i. is ,, use,
Of those armies those miles OF tents which
valley plateau those thousands of mules and horses
those tons Of COIN and meat and hay those piles OF
ammunition, those fleets of mighty transports,
Vi hout comparing all this plenty with the desti-
tute condition of the poor Ottoman army, to which,
halt the sultan's empire There the right men
ana the right materials for but are they in the
before sebsstopol few might be spared for
service On another field. For the fall of Kars
count. strong position is in the hands OF the enemy,
apovInce il overrun by the Cossack and the Ba' hkr.
Many brave Inan may be destined to fall before the
standened city be wresed from the invader. The
Of Ncurtyef Is probably now repeated with ave by the
Ierfian afghan; The raj lesson of SebastopOl
again be stenly taught But there will be still
greater responsibility ii after such warning the Gar be
allowed to conf and ex end his triumph. Omar Pasha
has landed the Abaisn coast to enforce the enemy
retreat by march his territory. The policy OF
ne may be doubted but tits accomplished fact
ard nothing remains but to persevere in what has been
eeun. II is proved that the General is without means
Il proved that the Seraskie and his colleagues
able 10 supply their only conmand with the first ne
cesses of campaign. The Turkish army is smal it is
without Ieorrces an inhositable coast and winter
has set in. The histories OF the Danube and Baaklava
kn nd In hirdu init he tnu,xn 10
ha. dy ard patient he requires little, and submits
mpsinpgy where European troops would lose heart
sBd discipline. But no strength or devotion can re.
sist accumulated trials. Unless the Turkish General
receive assistance he may not only be unable to
% Of the e S se the Turks have
suffered greatly In the presen. We hardly dare
estimate the numse1s ho have disappeared in the two
years c2Ltat 0ptL fa hA DOW commands the last
body of the Suan's trot which be depended for
active warfare Though brave ard obcdient there must
be detected by the calamitie of their and especially
ly The which has just reached them. H. is dan
end gully policy to leave them alone and
unsupported even Tor a season.
There be but conclasion from the facts We
have stated force from the auied camp should be at
join in Asiatc The importance OF
Christian corps in these regions has been often urged
The inhabitants dslake the Russians, but they must
lny dread the Mussum 1t is not be doubted
that politically the the Of British French
divsion would have most beneficial results Blu.
these Interior advantages small compared with the
Importance Of succouIipg the neglected Turks carrying
out the long looked for advance and by bold nroad
rousipg the enemy from dream Ct conquest TO the hasy
Those regiments which suffered most in the lse contest
may vel remain to recruit their exhausted ranks; hu.
there surely troops enough in the East TO furnish
COO for al Asatic campaign Shere are also
Generals Of Dviion in the two armies who might wisely
gtnous might be called forth which has been hidden
during the dIeary routine Of an eleven months
made The time has come for such course ami it may
soon be past. II we leave the enemy 10 enjoy and i'm
prove bis triumph the bors of the future may be long
aid its successes incom plete.
vienna (De:.) Correspondence OF London liros
The the fall O has here bsen wed
with mixed feeling of and pleasure. The great
public is well satisfied that the Russians have at last
obtained some succsss, las they afford TO IKE
the concessions required Of Them The military rid
on the contrary declares that the indifference the
allies TO the fate Of the brave garrison Of Kars j. un
pardon able snd Omar Pasha is also greatly bam for
marching Kutais instead OF advancing directly
Eatoum towards Ar ahan and kars. The Austrian mil
tary critics would however do well to recoec, that
Omar pasha has hardly any baggage train and that
want Of tie necessary supplies for his army it
most impossible for HIM to quit the neighboshood of
the coast.
That the fall Of Kars here considered an event 81
considerable political import lance you Will by the FL
lowing extract from the OF DeWsohe Post -
ILe Russians have their victory, iheir lauresl
ford bulletin speak OF fortress aken and give
inventory OF the guns powder stores, 3D., therein
found The Russians can boast Of more than the Allies
for they have captured a hsltstarved garrison half
dozen pashas complete stan they haqe aken whole
fortress and the Allies but half In word their
military honor Is saved, and they conclude peace a.
the world can no longer say that they have suffered
uninterrupted series OF defeats
The foregoing is ironically ant but stl II correctly
!iaps iphabitiDg this city.
The Bresian Gazette publishes letter from st. Peters
7ifiso Blfe, both published at Tis relative To the
siege Of Kars The writer Gays that early in November
the blockaded garrison voluntarily surrendered fifteen
Russian prisoners ard officer obviously for the pur
pose of diminishing the number Of mouths 10 be fed
although at the rick OF exposing the extremity Of their
condition He then praises the happy audacy Of Gene
raj Sussows advance upon the Drosn Dagh which 50
firn posedr upon the Turkish commander Vely Paoha
that he abandcn the hope Of relieving the garrison II
would have been he says very easy relieve Kars soon
the Goth Of Septt mber, but The attempt was de-
rred until Mourave had had tine recruit his army