The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-26

temper of the London press reference my published
opinions ON Russia.
The Russians do not feel humbled Their confidence s
in their God and they believe that win be ulti
mately their reward Charles XII. Of Sweden invaded
their country; but tho battle Of Puowa ended his tr
umphs and completed tho glory Of Russia Napoleon l.
marched with 500 600 men, from battle field to battle Held
and finally, after the bloody conflict Of Borodino at
which so 600 Russians sacrificed their ves he took up
his abode under the golden domes Of the Kremln. BY
the aid of Providence the army Of Napoleon ami
hilated. Aittle over two months ago, when was in
the Kremlin and upon the very spot where Ma
poleon triumphed, the young and the
gray headed Russian Offering up their prayers for the
Of God, which Is again assaied BY the allies
They pointed with tears streaming from their eyes, 70
the sacred tower of IvAn from which Napoleon took the
golden cross Falling upon their knees and with their
heads bent 10 the earth In humble adoraon they point
ed to the holy gate Of the Kremn, through which Ma
poeon passed without pulling OF his hat They polluted
to the gold and silver cons-the sacred recepaoea Of
the saints Of centuries past-~hich had to be moved
from their haowed spots when the enemy approa
ing their Holy City.
The whole nation is beginning TO itself; al.
though the Russians slow In action yet their deter
minaton endures to the end Another two years will
find the whole country well prepared for the war. No
there regards the present state of things other
in the light of preparation for Every who're the
energy of the people put forth In the steps necessary
for defence. At remote distances IN the interior
the soldiers kept continually at dr and the nstru-
ments of being multiplied with fearful rapidity
The entre Baltic coast is lined with batteries and now
being mounted BY thousands. and new lines
of defence constantly raised Wherever you 60 the cry
Of defence Ia heard and its appliances have
yet met Russian that unwilling to fight for
his God and his Emperor. heard Of any resist.
to his calls for On this subject made dill
gent inquiries.
The effect Of all this commerce has been sad thing
to the merchants 1t bears heavier upon the English and
German merchants than upon the Russian. The cessa-
ZION Of has caused the merchants IN Russia
direct their energies and to other pursuits and
hence the great increase OF manufactures The cotton
to be seen everywhere All kinds Of fabrics, such az
silks, cottone linens laces, cloths &C., produced
great quantities. The London times may sneer at Rus
Sian fabrics but In time it win find that importation
from England will for the future be great il
has hitherto been Tho English government grossly
ignorant to the extent OF manufacturing Industry in
Russia They forbid the expectation of rolled ir the
Continent expecting thereby to njure Russia while in
and has hand thousands Of tons awaiting the
conclusion OF peace for shipment All sizes of plate iron
are ma h .e iron nve oy gus rect and COP
blockade and shipment of iron DO NOT affect the iron
of Russia their sales made In advance
for years, and the stock hand regularly paid
fast it made In fact the iron business Is much
larger than ever. the foreign trade is the The
home consumption has been enormously increased. the
yield for the past year is supposed be at lea-in pig
iron 604 tons, and Of bar iron 291 600 toms The
top and Of bar IRON tons heys he tSe
prices OF different years and find no increase the
The yield Of precious metals is very favorable That
one and halt millions Of roubles Platina mines are
mines yielding about 4,s4O7OO silver roubcs And
as TO the gold Mines they doing better than be-
fore The income for the past year viii be about 20 600
OC0 roubles.
The agricultural districts do not seem to be affected by
&C. appear to be about the same as In former years
saw no waste fields nor any want Of ers In the Smo
my observations in the former led to believe that
there likelihood of q dminuon OF crops. A. to
labor there plenty Of .. the empire and at the
sane time may say that great suffering from
poverty There starvation, oeggars less
meroas than in England, and in fact have more
beggars in Liverpool and London in week than
in my whole two years. tour in Russia.
Having thus spoken Of Russia and her power to main
tain herselfin this war desire to notice few CT the
wonderful successes of the allies, viz
BoMARsuND.-The English feet appeared in front Of
this old hospital In the most magnificent array. The
French landed and attacked the rear of t. which wa,
ccnst, ucted for defence The English fred awav
and notwithstanding the guns OF large cabre which they
had, their shells and balls did more harm than
noise, but that was all. The French attack in the rear
occaoned the surrender Of the old and hosp
agsinst any moderate attack took tho news of the
surrender to St. Petersburg and surprise no one
seemed tc care in the slightest degree for os they
knew that the buildings could stand In fact it had
been determined long before not to attempt hold them
with any thing like formidable force.
sEvAsToPoL- this place the allies have fought with
oravery-that must be conceded all hands. have
said and affirmed in print that the English attack on
the Redan was Is brave act performed by
the Times shamefully abused bis couutrymen for not &C.
complaining impossbilities The English had the most
difficult position For distance in front of the Redsn
tn surface Is rock and it not possible for the ap
proaches to be brought near it. In sormiDg the Redan
the Fl gsh had to pass over plateau of rock and
subjected to the Iaking and deadly of other batter
mound was effective In the face oi these dreadful % bas
teiies the English soldiers bravely made assault after
assault. The situation of the French at the
Malakef was very different In front of this
mound there ia clay SOIL and the French enabled
10 make their approaches close to 1t that 1t not
possible tor the Russians defect their guns to do much
service and hence the defence Of this position was made
OCCASION the Russians consider equal to that of the
FRENCH though not 50 fortunate for ihem OF the I'm
bastopol only few feet were taken by the alhes until
after the Russians had evacuated for the north sde and
fear and trembling.
KISHrRN-The Times almost went into ecstacies over
the taking of this sand bank and the capture some
lev men, women and children. To have read the &C
counts published, with the facts would
have supposed that Knburn great fortress. What
are the ctsg There few Turkish guns there but
they we're so old that they nearly eaten through
with rust, and could not Abve thrown ball than
seme four hundred yards. informed that many of
them had not been fred for hundred years. suppose
that hundred kentuckians armed with harpes res
could have taken this fortress The English have great
faculty OF clarifying themselves small amount OF
capital They may rest content-they will find
kfDburns few days more would have found that place
in ruins.
swEABoRG,-Here few items for the edi6cation of
The Times The whole world was boastngy informed af
ter the miniature bombardment, that Sweaborg was no
more" What are the tacts The allies landed small
island near the fortress They fired away with very
mendable energy for few days. throwing few thousand
balls, some $4,000 shells and about 5000 rockets The
damage done TO the Russians very smal-about 80
persons-men, women and chidren-were killed; brick
Darrack and the old Swedish workshops were burned
This was all The niles did their best, until they
out their mortaIs when they moved themselves off, For
the especial Information OF the Times state that
nearly all the damage done at Sweaborg effected by
the French The English did injury whatever. At the