Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-05-16

that they might take the license Of !,
RAIDERS. If any among ourselves I,,.
viewed the contest with more n,,,,
feelings, and thought the object Of Il.
war was either the utter ruin Of Rms.
or something for ourselves, they will No
join very heartily in the celebration
peace. In fact, it is not peace that H.
want, but victory, glory, and perbsg
some more tangible acquisition. Tbr
however, is not what we have askedk,
we asked only for a secure and honon
bic peace, and we shall accordingly visr
to no peacemaker among US in the 81.
cerity and earnestness of our presa
satisfaction, if that blessing be really g.
tanned"
FROM THE CRIMEA.
CAMP BEFORE SEBAsToPoL, An
II. The preparation for the speed
evacuation Of the Crimea are presseia
with rapidity and energy. Each ind
vidual collects about 1000 shot a OAR
and they are carried to Balaklaya ash
as the means at our disposal-raiTg
and land transportation-will admit
is stated that 5000 Sardinians will &
the first to leave, and the Guards VI
probably be the first English troops
quit the scene of their suffering, Of th9
endurance and their glory.
| Every statement made by the Rusaa
officers in conversation concur in thistIz
we might have taken Sebastopol in Ser
TENDER, 1854; that they were 10. ollf
prepared to abandon the city1hy l&1,
but that they regarded it as u1,sna6le,
and incapable of defense, and had sous
doubts of their position in the Crime
itself till our inaction gave Menschst
courage, and gave him hopes of an boz
orable defense, which might enable liz
to hold US in check, or to expose Us
the attacks of overwhelming masses
They admit that their great error f
the assumption Of a simple defensive.
titude after the battle of Inkermanhg
they now feel that they ought to h-
renewed the attack upon our enfee5h
army, Notwithstanding the terrible Is
they suffered in that memorable aci1
1t may be mere military fanfarosaa
on their part to put forward such ana
sertiOn, but one and all the Russians
clare that they could have retaken
Malakoff under the fire of their III
but that 1t had been clearly demonstHz
since the fire opened on September j
that 1t would be impossible to bod
South side under the increasing Fs-
and proximity of the bombardment
was veritable butchery, which dsai
allied our men so far as to make iis
doubt the chances of continuing thssr
gle. We lost 5000 men a day. J
part of the city was safe, except the
tual bomb-proofs in the batteries
We were content to have beaten
English at the Redan, to have rea
the French at the Bastion of Cares
Bay, (the little Redan,) the Ger1
Battery, and the Bastion Cenfrale, 3
to leave them the credit Of surprising
Malakoff; but even had we held o 2
must soon have retired tothe north g
for some days" Such was the spa
of one of their staff to an officer Of D:
rank in our service.
The continued notices in the MoHr@
show the anxiety felt in France,
the sanitary condition of the arm7 % ?
East. Private letters received 5y
last arrival state, that there weTs
less than 10000 sick and cOnvalssS
in the Crimea and at ConstantinoPs
The harbor of Sebastopol viii
thrown open to the vessels Of the -
to accelerate the embark alton o. q
troops and the shipment Of warllAs
other stores. Before two months .
be anticipated that, Of the vast .
now eneamped around SebastoP4
viii have been removed; and TIE
Vestige left of SO many hard'i".
fields, win be the ruined city, ins
mounds Of earth beneath which 90
gallant spirits sleep in peace, a.
skeletons strewed over the plans =
hermann.
The Russian and allied COMES