Failure Of The Russian Campaign In Asia

The Rosnan retreat to the Cnucamis, says the Chicago Time,, is attributablo to thiee anses. The diseovery tlmt the Ottomnn forcea iu tlmt qnnrter were i greaÜy in exeess of their supposixl number ; the fe:ir thnt l'ersia would Snpply au additiomd nviny.wlioso strongth, combineil wilh tlit of tlif; Turks in Asia ! .Minor, wonlJ overmatoh the columns of the (iraml Duke, nul the nppreheDsiön tbiit, with the ikl of the TutkisL fleöt at Batonm, the Bnssians wonkl be ent off f rom their buse of supplies. ï'rom Persia, ou the southeuct, and Batoura, on the northwest, a Turkiah road migiit be ent which would leave the llussiiins at the meroy i their enemiee n the plaius of Arda}):ui, eoiivonieut victims for the guns of tlie relieved g irrison of Kfll'H. The retreiit, theivfore, w s ipsjáred by the plainost diniivtion. Grand Duke Miohael could not liave held the nu;untaiu instncsiii's and the arid slopes c:ist of the Black sea with Iöhh tlian twioe Uu1 foröe nii'ier his commaBd ; while .siill nnotlu r división would have lirii rcquired to mamtain Uie sifge ftl [vfA'. 'i'hriv h:vf been np ropora trom either Conetantinople or 8t Petersburg, iilleging U)"t the Rusbian gin: niü.ii' :uiy inipression of Rote upou the forttftoa. tious of tlie liistorio oitatlej. Tbe ouly methotl by which the invaders could havo hoped to obtain possession of its w.ills was by the slow procesa oí cuttiug oif suppliea and letting staryation repent the chamal experimenta of 1829. The total abandoament of the Asintió campaigu will give the Turks nn opportnnity fnlly to repair whatever slight damnc lm 1 i'ii done, to revictnnl the fortross, and mate ainpler proparations for a return of the eneiny should the resulta of the recent advance south of the Danubio require the RussiaiiH to throw another iirmy below the (Jancasns.