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hope. he writes, the advanced posts viii meet tomOr-

which tho incident seemed fitted TO teach him for he
! crbed the collision TO patrol and renamed uhae
Quainted with the fact that all day. the whole Allied
army had been deng and was still continuing to defe,
at distance OF but three or four miles from his quar-
ters"
After this example of Prince Mentschkoffs talent
for the operntions of war; shall be safe in neglect
ing hun awhile in order to see what goes on inside
the town which he has deserted. The names of two
men ara forever connected with the defense of Sebas
topol-Korniloi and Todleben. The career of Korni-
loft was much brefer than that of TOdeben. and his
fame has boon in measure eclipsed by that of the
! great engineer. Mr.. Kingakes wonderful portrait
will bring him again lfelike and heroic before us:
without holding supreme command, but acting as
chief OF the staff Vce-Admiral KornOn for period OF
some five years. had had main direction Of affairs IN
the Black fleet and IL during that time that no
had able to engender the ZEAL the rstful Affection
which now in the hour Of great disaster brought round
him band Of undaunted resolved to stand by his
side in tho void which the army had left He was des-
tined be cut off when the period Of his sway over
had lasted twenysK days. but this space
included time when the failing of the organized forces
which people had hitherto trusted made room once more
in the word-nay made room in sraitened place as
Russian garrison tOwn-for man having strength OF
his own.
The wars undertaken by Russia having always been
waged against nations of other oreed other churches
the religion and the patriotism OF the people had been
blended as we saw into sentiment. giving force and
seadfastneSs the nation but there few mag-
inc, who lived absolutely under the governanoe OF
this kind OF religious patriotism than did this brave Adj
miral Indeed 1t would seem that main source Of his
strength was his faith in that Divine Power which he
humby believed TO he taking part with Holy Russia IN
her struggle for which seemed to hm to be n
righteous May the Lord ne writes May the Lord
bless causo To the best Of understanding is
just one 'Of course. all depends on God God Will
Therefore await tho
issue calmly and patiently
49, against all tne which were worldly and there
fore subject 10 limits, he could bring that strong
faith withdrawing its in the Infnitc-was not
an exhausble power; and often the trials he
facing grew heavier and heavier he only chung much
the more TO the aid OF Heaven Thus although lie
too loyal suffer himself even perhaps in Thought TO
cast upon the capacity which directed affairs NJ
Headquarters 1t still be that, whenever he
stroye to cheerfuy upon the prospect Of what might
be achieved under MeutschkoTs personal direction he
careful to base his structure Of hope upon strictly
religious grounds
From the traces Of this chief can hardly be
shown that he was gifted with original genius still
less with piercing intellect and the soundness OF
his Judgment in the business OF may well be
denied or, at all events brought into question; but
It is not from the mere Of his words in
deed altogether from his acts that the quality OF ms soul
gathered but rather from the visible effect Of its
impact upon the souls Of other men. As one man to
whom many look may be passing through distant as
sembage unheard himself by those who
from aar and yet his be tracked by the move
ment and the cries OF devotion which presence
So in part. knowledge Of Kornof must rest upon
the perception OF what people did when they felt the inn
pulsiOn he gave. At time when there seemed to be
hut for despair and confusion he took that as
cendant which enabled him bring the whole people IN
the place-nhabitants soldiers, sailOrs-to his own
heroic resolve. In garrison town Of tho empire which
had carried the mania Of military organization TO the most
prepOsterOus lengths all those satened notions OF rank
and seniority and in the whole network Of the for
mslIsms which might have been expected to hinder his
command, few away like chat at the wnnowing. BY
the fire OF his spirit there reused great energy
on the part OF thousands of has hardly been
known in these times and he put his people IN
heart that not only the depression created by defeat
but the OF being abandoned and left for sacrifice
by the evadng army, succeeded by quick growth
of warike pride, by wholesome ardor for the fight
| by orderly, joyful activity. And, even when he
was dead there continued TO be still growing
proofs Of tho power he had the minds and affections
Of those around him. for whose pride It was that
they had served under his immediate orders IN the last
in the glorOus-month OF his life content 10
gage in great toll for the sake Of making known TO the
! country the worth OF the chief they had lost
II this all IL might be said that kornloffs ma
ture was Of the kind which people call Enthusiastic,
that the effects he wrought upon other mems minds
were exactly those which enthusiasm is used 10 pro
duCe, ana thd therefore, tnaJ Single worn Npuu hutc
to disclose what is meant. Yet this would be hardly
strict truth, and all might mislead The en-
thussst in general is man very prone 70 hopefnness,
and flame he able TO mpart to others is that which
burns In his bosom. With KOrnlOG il was not thus.
The hope the of victory, with which he could
nfane other men, he did not at all share himself; for
though he was very sure that IN the ultimate designs Of
Providence the triumph Of Holy Russia must needs De
secure he believed that bloody disaster must first come
and he seemed to have made up his mind tat-for him
SELF at all evens-there no issue ont OF the trouble
except an honorable death. In truth, it may be gath
cred that although TO others his presence brought joyful
promise OF successof to be had in this world
vet in his privacy lie the resoute martyr than
the confident and halfcareess But, whatever
was the true source OF Of his power warhke
temper Of other men, the power was there. lie had
soul"
We shall meet KornilofT again, finally and most
menorably on the day Of the cannonade, the nth
of October, which brought him his death BY the
side of his likeness Mr.. KinglaSe, who is pure ar
fist in his love of effect, places the companion pic
ture of TOdleben, man in his traits OF character
wide asunder from Korniloff, but no less admirable
in his way OF him, too, the world had heard little
or nothing before the days Of the siege of Sebastopo
and though his fame engineer has since then
been immense not much has been known of him per
sonaly lie visited England after the war, and was
greatly liked Between him and Mr.. Knglake-we
are OF course stating what VIII not DC lound III
these voumes-there grew up bond of intimacy, 1
which proved of the greatest service to the historian
To this personal knowledge may clearly be traced
some portions of the following accounts
''Col de TOdleben born in Of the Baltic prov
inces living within the dOmnOns OF Russia and 10 Rus
sla accordingly, he has ever devoted himself; but by
race and NAME and feature. and warllke quality, he Is
the feowcountyman OF Count Bismarck and some Of the
most formidable OF the troops which conquered at sa
dowa Whilst the Empire he the Empire OF the
Cars the power he represents and almost seems TO en-