The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-05-15
The Conclusion OF psaaa.

1C 1r"S w bIt l'NitlC itdNES Ht
doubt of the peaceful result Of the
negotiations AT Paris, The most an
ihcntic statement of the fact has been
kindly furnished ns by her Britanic
MaicSty's Consul 70, this port The
despatch is as follows;
"FosGIGy OsrcG. March 81, lS56.-
4 despatch has been this morning re.
ceived from the Earl OF Clarendon,
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary Of
State for Foreign Affairs, dated Paris,
March 80, announcing the Signature
of Peace, az two O'Clock on that day,
at the Foreign Office, in Paris.
The plenipotcntiaries of Great
Britain. OF Austria. ofFrancc, Of Prus-
sia. Of Russia, of Sardinia. and of
Turkey have affixed their signatures
to the treaty which puts an end TO the
war; and which, while definitely set
fling the Eastern question; establishes
the tranquility Of Europe on solid and
durable basis.
The exchange Of the ratification4
will take place at Paris in four weeks,
or sooner ifpossible. Until that time
the stipula'ions Of the treaty cannot
be made public"
The result il not precisely what We
anticipated but the details of peace
are rntru u5ted to a commission, and
thus the real difficulties Of the misun-
derstanding are put off, rather than
settled. The parties have simply
agreed thai they are tired Of the ruin
ous pastime Of war.
In t'uth, war, with the latest i'm.
provcments in the means Of destruc-
ton, has become SO expensive an al
fair that VIC may well hope that civ
ilized nations will hereafter be com
PEELED to look at i rather in itspoliiico-
ccono nical, than its chivalrouS a.
prct. Christendom cannot afford to
fight with the weapons that are now
brought into service. 1t would hank-
rupt the richest nation in tho worl! to
keep up for tiv. years war on the
principle of using the latest improve
ment in arms.
But a more important fact than
this exhaustion chemically speaking)
of precious metals, is that the most
costly war that was ever waged in the
tide of time, and TO which science has
given the most terrific force. ha. been
unmarked by a single stroke ofgenius
on tie successful side. The bright
featarcs of the struggle have been on
the side ofthe Russians. The sudden
erection of the tortihcations of Sebas'
topol and the extraordinary retreat OF
Gortchakof across the harbor, are the
only operations of the whole war tha;
partake OF the character Of what de-
serves TO be called military strategy.
There remains, therefore, in the future,
the grand problem, how a man of gc-
Mus ike the great Napoleon, would
Use the implements of war as they
have been improved since hi time II
is hard TO imagine how he could bt
resisted. In the hands ofthe banglers
who have lately managed them, they
have simply proved the means ofim
poverishing the treasures Of Europe.
of calling forth some very interesting
meteorological observations Of men
of science, and of demonstrating the
truth of the remark Of the Emperor
Nicholas that Turkey is a very sick
man" whose affairs mast be admins
tered upon soon by somebody. This
fnality seems to have been devolvei,
by the terms OF peace, upon England
and France. and if they can agree up
on the division of the commissions, il
may be very well,-blt otherwise it
will be only new bone ofcontention.
At the best, it is only defering the set
tlement. Turkey cannot exist as an
iniependent power Charleston Mr-
cary.