Russia

Thare is at the present time, says the Cincinnati Commercial, a great amount óf löose reisoning in teieieüce to tho wants aud .claims of RusSiaih páftititilaí, and the Basterfa fcjuestiüii ih general. Láck of trüstworthy infpi'mation in regard tb the couijtry of tHe Céar, its resources, poptilatiöii; goVbrilmbüi; önd customs ; our om comparative slight intercourse, coupled with the fact that a greater part of our information ia viewed through English speetacles and prejudices, are suflïoient excuses for this, There are many who belioye ftussia haa lioötilb designs npon Engknd's power in Indld fitld tilo East j otl'rrs that ské deëites tó establish.the Greek UhUrch to the, exclusión of thé jesuits in all Sclavonic councrieá íind in Tarkey. While these might be more or less the remóte effect of hostilities, and a general wrtr, ftnd eyeji whjle they may now cut no inconsiderable ilguïe hi the kuotty Eastern problem, we are frank to confess that thoy do not compass or faihom Russia's purpoBo, nor are either of them sufflcient to justify Russia's taking up arms. It must be borne in mind in the lirst place that Russia will not go to war for an idea, as England did in èhe Criwean, contest, for which, according to John Bright, she páid 40;000 livcs, .L100,000,000, and loaned to insolvents in the Bosphorus as much more ; and in the next placo her finaucial condition is not sucli as would justify her in so doing. Russia's anuual deiicit is larger than Austria'?, her flnances are rari,ddlerl. an lier statsmen lack the ability to straighten ííiem. In 1881, the total interest-bearing debt was L135,350,000 ; hut in addition there are upward of 750,000,000 roubles issued in paper bilis of credit, togetner with a large floating debt, the amount of which in uaknown, Tkereforej lacking the ileedftÜ funds -whicít aire the sinews of war, any serious interference with Éngland's India possessiöns may not be looked upon as alarming at present. Vhen it is considorod that a conquest óf India by Ruasia would involVe long and teaious mai'ches over lofty mouhtain ranges, exposed to exhausting and enervating climates, over poorly-watered and trackless wiids of sand, for over 2,000 miles away from auy soiid base of operations at Oxenburg, somo of the d'-fflculties -wiM be ?ee. T.Uea mit by a lai-gé f orce at the Indus, which coüld be transported from England via Suez botter than Russia could reach thero by land. Then defeat would be annihilation, and victory might be stripped of any silid or abiding benefits. 1. Russia wants f ree and ünrestricted access to. tlie ocean, in that her trade and industry may be developed. As Alexander I. expressed it, eheVants "thekeys to her own house." Peter the Great thought he was amply repaid for his long and bloody coutest with Charles XII., of S weden, when he gainèd the Baltic provinccs, Now the isone from the Baltic is blocked by the power that commands the sound and the belts, and departuro from the Black sea by the (Turks at Constan tinople. These are Russia's two vital points, and henee her interest in affairs at Copenhagen and Constantinople. , . 2. Russia wants an adjustment of the Sclavonian qilestiön-that isj the stniggle of the Sciave people of Southeastern Europe for unitication and freedoni based on the principie of nationality. Tho Sclaves number upward of 40,000,000, professing the same faith, speaking the samo language. If we except about 1,000,000 free Servians and 4,000,000 Roumanians of the principaliües ■who are free, we have the balance who are tryrannized over by all alien races. Some are held under military sway in Austro-Hungary, while 13,000,000 in Roumelia are lorded over by Turkish barbarians. Is it strange that Russia regards the condition of the Sclaves with feelings of more than ordinary interest ? Bound by ties of language, religión, and propicquity of territory, her opposition to the Turks, and aid to the down-trodden Christiaus, means something more than tho establishment of the Greek Church to tho exclusión of the Papal. In May, 1867, M. Bolit, a Croatian agitator at a Pan-Bclavonic meeting, honored by the presente of Oount Toletoy, the Minister of E3ncation, M. Pogzeboff, the Mayor of St. Petersburg, and other eminent persons, nsed the foliowing language : "Thebattleof Sadowa has decided tho destinies of the European East. In consequence of it the Germán world has been separated from the Sclavonian; what remains to be done is to solve the Hclavonian question- a task to be fiüfilled by the Sclavonians themaelves- and chiefly by Russia. Russia, gentlemen, is no longer Russian, it is Sslavoman; nay, Sclavonian. The resources at hor disposal are material but also mora). Sclavonic Russia isno menace to civilization, but only prepares Europe for witneasing the reunión of the Sclavonian family. " If this means auvthmg, it is that, since Austria is ño longer under tiie protection of Germany, there is nothing to hinder Sclavoniaus from utiliaiug hor for these Pan-Sclavonic purposes under Russian auspices. Ihis, then, is what Roumelia means wnen she declares for independence, and, in the light of the above, the demands of the Czaí are somethiug more thán for mere extent of territory or the ombroiling of humanity iu contest over a cross or a crescent, a St. Sophia or a Me 10 Denounced from the Pulpit. A seusational episode oceurred in the Baptist Church at New Haven, Conn. last tíaturday, which is attended by the mernbors of the Winchester family whose largo works for the manufacture of arms are located in that city. The company has an extensive contract for snpplying the Turkish army with repeating rille, which nro now rapidly nitinufactured for shipment to Consta utmopld. Last Snndsy, several members of the family bemgin attandince at tho services, the officiatiug minister took for his subject the war troubles in tho East. Reciting the stoties touching the barbarouu treatinent of the Bulgarian Christions by tho Turks, tho proacher denounced the 'urkish people, and gavo his opinión aat all Christian people shonld unite in ehalf of the persecuteel breihren in ïeir strugglo for reiigions and poiitioal berty. Thon he referrod to the fact of ie Turkish contract with the Wincheser manufactory, and said that ' ' keepng a house of prostitution was a respectblo occupation compared to furnishing rms which would be used for the massacro of Ohvistians." Those of the Winchester faraily who rere present were naturally outraged by lis dii'ect allusion to them from tho ulpit, and tbeiè ia mueh feeling iu ew Haven on the subject. - New York Vorld. rom a War to a Frelghter. War memories were revived in Erie, ?a. , a few days ago, by the reappeapïce of tho oíd Confedérate propeller eorgian. She was built at Severn ver, Georgiau bay, Canada, in 1864, id sold toa Southerner, who pretended o be a lumber merchaut, luit who was u reality an agent of tho Confedérate overo ment. Sho passed through the Velland Canal into Lako Ei-ie, bound or somo Canadian port on Lake Hiuon, here she was to reesive her guns and 'moment, md then proceed to Johnsoü'b island, off Snndusky, Ohio, and libérate the rebel prisouers. Tho Ucited Statts Government was informad of her inteutiona, and nppliod to the Canadian Government for her soizuro, and whon she touohed Samia, oppostta Port Huron, iu Novomber, 18G4, elu' vhh takon possession oí bf tlieauiliojiUf. Buit was brougüt hy tlie Usitsd 6totíi íor bw ! I condemnatifn. títi Jaít 24; 1866, tii6 Confedérate agent made a prè'teiiée. tff selling her to Goorge T. Deniflon, oí., of Toronto, íor $13,000. On June 3, 1868, the suit waa decided in favor of the United Btates, nud Mr. Denison fiíCctlted a deed eonvejnnfï er to the GoVefnmeflt itítdat ectoalMofl. Tile jiroieller nów cáfries freight beWfieít Moutreal &Üd poih ou tho north shore Oí alte Mriëi