| Show from prom from the N at T herald of dec dee 7 NEWS DIRECT FROM RUSSIA arr ARK THE CZAR AND HIS PEOPLE TIRED OF tue THE WAR RUSSIA AND HER MILITARY RESOURCES construction OF NEW FORTS AND TUB strengthening OF OLD ONES sebastopol sevastopol SEBA SEBAST opol OrOL TIIE THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF RUSSI tile athe 4 THE TIIE transportation OF provisions ARE THE NOBLES oll OIL SERFS discontented ac ac ac concluded the whole line of fortifications around ale S bast was constructed of bundles of sticks placed upright and overlaid with earth and the fer far famed malakoff was nothing bore more rore than a mound of earth with a facing of stone dur ing the summer however this tilla earth was so dry that it became quite friable and when struck by a ball it was thrown up in a cloud cof dust under these circumstances it was found impossible to repair he the f damage done by the bombardment hardne bardne bar har dment ent and in many instances where an as bault mault was made the allies were repulsed in a hand to hand encounter with the russians this was one of the causes which rendered tha the evacuation of the southern side necessary but it was not the only one the russian cannon were actually worn out and were exploding daily killing those who served them under thee these circumstances wrote to the emperor several weeks before the evacuation informing him of the particulars and re commands that he should abandon the south side whenever he should in bib bis judgment think the time had bad arrived sowell so well weil was it known in st petersburg that the south side tide was to be that it was customary for the people to inquire every if the had crossed over the trophies which were found by the allied army after they had captured their dearly earnd prize and about which they made such a pared were the used up cannon and the piles of balls bills were those which they had themselves fired into the city and which the russians Rus rug gians had intended to recast to the size of their own guns they also found powder but it wa was bome some which hii hid been placed in the mine sand band which became so 0 o damp that it would not explode it is not trub true that they got large quantities of clothing and ad provisions for everything of value had been removed everni several days before the evacuation it is i aiso aho worthy of notice that the russians hid hya constructed three bridges instead of one and that although their gick tick and wounded were left behind yet the allies did not dare to prevent a portion of them from returning to carry them over to the north side it has been asked how the russians b buried burled led their dead and great concern to know how it happened that a terrible plague did not break out with thousands of unburied corpses lying within vi hin the narrow confines of a walled wailed city in reply 0 lo 10 o thia una we ils fin havo have ve been inform informed etl pil that they did not arow pl ow their d ad to lie aboveground above ground that they were cc convey d to the north side in boat boal which were kept constantly running every day and buried burled alongside the li abor harbor considerable mortification it is true was felt throughout russia when the the evacuation of the south side aide ws known for it was still hoped that they might be enabled to kohold hold hoid it but if this was the fedling foaling among the ibe people and the nobility they felt proud of the achievements at of the army army and on the czars azars name day which is the anniversary of his patron pitron saint and which in russia is regarded as a festival they showed by their demeanor and conver conversation how highly they prized the fame tame which hed bed been won by their gallant countrymen in the crimea the streets were crowded with the po populace lace loce and even the tha windows were thronged thron ged with spectators or and when the emperor appeared in public very one seemed anxious to show by his manner their love and devoti devotion cn for him and their readiness to sacrifice every everything for their god and their czar cur in all tha church churches prayer prayers were wem offered for the triumphant evacuation of f the south side eide the russian calculation of 0 their entire losi loss from the th commencement of the war up to the first of october exclusive of thode those who have been killed in the campaign on the danube is one hundred and thirty thousand men wen this is independent also of the loas loss in prisoners taken by the th allies thet the fortifications of cronstedt Cron stadt have been largely increased during the pre present year in in anticipation of the threatened assault of the english baltic fleet workmen were employed on them al last summer summer bummer and no expense expense has been spared to render them em pregnable new gun guns of greater calibre and end rance range have replaced the old ones and the foundries are kept in operation day and night forging more this does doea not look aa as if the government was straightened for want of if money list last year the town w was roney toney L fortified only on one ide side but uch such has haslein I 1 een the progress made since that it ia is now surrounded by forts constructed and nd stone the anerth side which was former formerly lythe lytho the weakest v will till i next year fite five new forts bristling willi cannon in addition to those that have been already erected when all these there are completed there will be a perfect line of fortifications across the gulf guif ulf and about fifteen miles from st petersburg not satisfied with these de fences the archduke constantine has ordered the construction of a large number of small gun gunboats boats if sir charles napier failed to take constadt in its normer former fl state what prospect would he have now when it has bl been been blen en str sir to such an extent that it is now considered impregnable Nicolai effis is the pet fortress of the russians russ Rusi ians lans fand and is regarded as one of their best if not supe bior to all others As in the case cage of Cron they have taken all the old cannon out oat and have mounted new ones in their place T they h ay speak of as impregnable and 61 they 1 y laugh at the threats of the allies to take lake it as a foolish vainglorious boast the bombardment of Swea borg of which so much has been said by the english press cost the allies twenty fise fie millions of dollars while the loss to the Rus russians Fians did not exceed one hundred bundred and fifty thousand in fact from what colonel shaffner tells us we think it has been rather more profitable than otherwise so far as the russians are concerned afler after making makino g a terrible demonstration before the place and expending enough powder and ball upon it to take the city twice over they retired under the impression that they had laid it in in ruins it now appears that they anly succeeded in burning a number of 01 old oid sw swedish e dish workshops which the russians intended to remove and for or which they had a large number of workmen already employed there was only one brick building of any con le s luence quence destroyed the apprehensions entertained ml ried by the besieged were BO so slight that they th lri iri e i walked about utterly regardless of the bomba bombardment about eighty persons were killed and I 1 these may maybe be looked upon as victims to their own temerity with the exception of the small loan which has been made since the commencement of the war the whole expenses have been defrayed from the revenues revenue reven uc of the country this is no lack of means and as a proof of this it is a only necessary to state that the public works which were commenced last year are carried on with unabated vigor and on the same extensive scale on which bich they were begun the charge has been made that the government ham haa taken the church money but bat BO so far jar lar from this being the fact it is actually y increasing the wealth of the church by the expenditure of millions for the erection of edifices of still greater magnificence than any yet built the very dome domes of ansome some of these thebe are of gold and the ornaments in the interior are of the game same valuable in material at erial and anany of them studded with diamonds mo n ds and other precious stories stones the yield of th the egold gold bli ail silver bliver vier and platina mines this year has exceeded that of any former year by three millions of dollars in addition to this the government have forbid the exportation of 0 f the precious metals the mint is kept in constant operation night and day and the paper rouble passes as current now as ever when it is considered that all ail the money which is expended for the war is baill kept in the country and only passes from the possession of one russian to that of another there appears to be little reason to believe in the assertion of the allies that russia is already in an impoverished condition there is no disguising the fact that they have entirely miscalculated the strength of their enemy or that they have intentionally misrepresented the achtyl condition of things in in russia the effects of the war are scarcely perceptible and so little dread is entertained of the allies that the government is making per pa e rations for a ten y years ear s war tha the means of the imperial family alone elone would be sufficient to carry it on at its present rate for several years without calling upon the nobles to make the sacrifice of what they have half promised pro the manufactures have been increased and those of irp iron particularly are at present in a more flourishing condition than before the breaking n out of hostilities of the lighter bran branches clies ciles of manufacture such sach as laces lacea and other articles of ladies dresa dress col shaffner showed us some gome very beautiful sped mens mena all of which he informed us u were made by serf berf women so far as we could judg judge ethey they were net inferior to anything of the kind we have een seen at some of our public exhibitions we were aiso also informed that the reports which have been circulated as to a feeling of jealousy and dislike existing between the members of the imperial family are entirely without dounda flop and that they are bound to each other by the closest ties of affection they are all of one mind with regard to the war and are resolved not to yield y it leid id an inch of their territories or agree to eny any terms that will compromise the pr pride ede ide or dignity of the country but above everything else they prize their position as protect protectors ori orl of the christian christians and will never consent to abandon it the obligations imposed upon them in this capacity are considered the mou mod sacred of all |
