The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-07-24

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lion and half Of dollars would make them - good
q new AZ to he siskins ~ The ships, Rassia, e
appears, h allowed the privilege u raidas the
ships and taking thsm throsgh the Boephorus 70
DE Baisic. And this 4 I'll Tie damage which the
greatest military and the greatest naval powers
he world have bssn abls 70 inaiss upon Ssbas'
topoL afsr twelve monshs sefgs and lombard
meut.
AZ 10 the North side. the writer declares Chat Il
d perfectly impregnabls. There are some TWEEN
~ OF thirty Memelons, Maiakoffs and Rsdans-
Earthworks, adds the correspondent on the same
sixantic sale are thrown mp on every commanding
position; tie genius Of Todslsden b seen on every
haud-wherever . gan can bear upon an enemy,
he has placed one. It Il impossible to form an
idea Of the wonderful natural strength OF the Rus-
sion frontier and what obstacles nature has JAILED
to interpose against an enemy, Todtlesen has
created The writer thus proceeds:
slam not speaking Of Fort con'tansine and the
have already spoken for themselves. Inc Asemem.
NON Of the British navy besrs away the marks Of
what they could do. do not mean either the Star
fofts 90 extensive and powerfuf-I only alude to
the bastions, the new earth WORKS thrown mp al
along the high land near the head Of the bay, for
niles cannon pointing in al diIs rec with any
sent would have taken that side OF Sebastopol 1t IL
all nonsense to say that the allies have had It all
their own way All ndes s e.n put admit that Russia
been confined her extreme frontier and every foot
of ground has been contested BY ber army. After
three great battle. they to
every attack. and the allies were growing uneasy
until by lucky stroke the French, dashed into
the Aslskof which proved 70 be the hey Of sebas.
topol. Before, the kedAn was supposed to be, and
all remember the terrible LOSSES of the fepulse on the
anniversary of Waterloo, but Neil came ont from
Paris, and his eagle ey. detscted At once the mis-
and thsn the destruction and evacuation of &c.
bastopol. Any enc who stands upon the spot can
but express astonishment at the rapdty with which
path to the other side Once, there what could be
done. Their forts immediately opposite commanded
al the approaches and every part Of the city; the al
nels were stationed there The Russian guns poured
down their iron hail even upon the Malakof and the
Redsn. What then could th8 allies do? Take the
north side? Never! Starvation was the only way
they must do what ths Russians did at ksrs- And
what general would attempt 80 wild scheme? 1t
would require larger army than the allies had to
spare to cut of Perekop; and that was their only
chance for sm willing to stake ten that
Of them could have obliged the Russians to give
their stronghold long they had horse left to
feed upon and saw that the hills were covered
with cattle. have talked with several Russisn Of
fceIs They seem disappointed at the peace-they
wish to have another tria-they told me what saw.
for myself; that each fort commanded its nsighbor
in tho front-and when was taken they could re-
tire TO tn one in the rear thus gradually wearing
out the patience of the besiegers. The English pa
pers may say that Russia was used up; but where,
ask. has she not made GOOD her cause? In the Bal
tic in Circassa, IN Asia Minor, at Petropsulowsk ct
Castro Bay, on the Crimea. Russia has RICH to
claim the acknowledgment of a brave and wonderful
defence.