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1 1 0e,i'ts eokqek.
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stationedat , eatheart's hill
l ii , l &l the curly pert'
f tt the •il diy;' and efitirtivitids- - tic : tift ccis tee -
right 'to Ithe Pieket-litstfie Cover the" - -Worimafiff
Mad. ' .All the etriotteitritatid igentleinen; Who'
rather,abound here lost - noWcl.were in'a state
of gt eat lexeiteMent, - iiticidotted - the' plain in'
i eettentri4.-attire-Whielt"reealiM Oho's old me ,
modesiitif' "COwes - ,'aint,:y . achtitig, and' sea - bath='
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ing--were - :eottaged tit 'a *seri:eft Of - subtle man
oeuversito'turn the flank 'hit littivary-lentiles,'
and ii',lt getr'i,o, - the'frimt,-atid:!their*ec e s s was:
anistc ditithle tri theicenterkiki, and singe nutty. --
tiity.' iii Tartar's, TUrklaint!fipotorianet,
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,fiere -- -.sil 'g,ularly . -- perturbed 'el'eti- such -plat d
people, - tind:•thronged every kpidlivhith- com
manded
he stnallest view of ithe . plisee.rl At
16'34 n,-...Pelllstsier.and hta -staff - 'irerii bp'
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to trio, observatory fM' the right. The"
French" tren - ehes - were erowdhd , With men as
close as.they could" piteli,• and seer-Could gee' I
our inietithrOugh the break~ the ciol'isiii or '
dust, whit-h Werstlitiost irritating, already in
their trenches.
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A 'few - Minutes' befisre lii.2: o'clock the
Preneh, likea swarm of heei , ,. -IsSited froirt
the trenches close •to: the ttimed I.lfalakiiff,
swerinediup:its face,;and • ,e're :through the
embrasures In the - tWitikling-4an eye. They
crossed the seven TnetreS of'ground which
permeated jhertirfitorril - the' enemy at - a few
boundstliey- drifted; as light IV' - pant] quickly
as titittintii leaves before the find, hattatlion
afierliattallion, into' the embr.asures, and in .
it 'minute iirt - iiii after - the head of their col-
Orrin isstiell front the ditch, the tri-color - was
floating 144yer the
. - Korniloff bastion. The
masketiiw:is yiaty feeble at firSt, indeed oar
allies toiN the Ru - ssians quite toy siirririse.and
very fe4, ilf them were, in the LlVlrtiakiiff; lett
the e sminlreeiwered themselveeVand risen 12 •
o'clock filp past 7in the evening, the Freneh
had to :Meet" and defitit' the repeated attempts
of the enemy to regain the work and the lit
'tie' Redan, when weary of the Ifearfid slangli.
ter of 10- Men, who -fity in t hote;sand over the
exterior o• the Workss," the l'ifeseoyite general,:
despair-lit of succeits,l Withdrew-his exhausted -
legions, hltd.preparect - -withadrriirable skill to
et:inmate' the piece. 101- the s!reneh attack
on the lel,ftt . l know nothing„ bUt
_that., ffiri'.
tended ill Tettrnest, it Was not successful, and
was follOwerl by ioni6 loss to sow allies. As"
soon as the " tri-color' -w - ers - observed waving .
overlhei phrapet of the Milak - iitT through th,.it
smoke Ui"id dust, four rockets were sent tip
from Chiihnian's :meek one aftler aniitner, as
a sigtial ifi it our assiiult on the..ffedarf.
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weee altiiit•borne tack by the violence of
the wind; and the Silvery"jets id" . .sparkii, they.
,
.threw °tit on- exploding,- were- n early - inyisl
' file agaiik . the r:iw gray sky. I ,
ItArit stillest minutes past twelve when our
(. men'T - Teit[ the - fifili parallel.- The titsketry .
1 contnienttell at - once, and in loss . than live
minntes.l dluriun which the troops had to pass
I over aliiiu thirty yards from the approach to
the
paraPe of the Redan,they 11,1-1,1 lust a large
- portion Of .
keir oit-ocrs, - and Were deprived .
of the aid 474 their - leaders, with the. exirep
tion: I have, stated. . The
.rifletrien advanced
admirabry:ibtit frain their piesithin they . could
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not do - .oinill to rednee the fire of thegnns on
,
the flank rind below:the re.ettle.riiig, angles,
A,e- they eitine nearer the- eneMy's fire be
4-1-arvic. 1e , 4 fatal. - They . crossed the,
.atfati i 4
without diMetlitY ; it wai torn fo: pieces and
de , triiVer)'.lb our shot. and the' men :stepped •
over andltlirong,h it . With ease. - The light.
division onside straight fir thh . salient and ,
Prineeting angle of the redan;- and mine to
the - diteh Which - is here - about- fifteen, feet
deep. TPi.,l party "d'etitiled f ,, rl,ti t e - purp-se
placed the halders.: bet tle: y - wlre ' found to
be too Atiirlt. -' -1 - loWiever.' hal' there beim
DEtAILS OF THE ASSAULT. S enough of them that would notlhave ;matter
-1
Frorn.the Correirnende n t 'of'the London Timer. - ed much, hint some had -been 4;11 'behind in '
Foram Dirtstox.CAsse,
' 1 ' . - -. the hands-fir the dead, : or wourehed men, and
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One n)01-4 . Sept •10th•1855. others had seer?-brokim, so- that if One can.
great act of carnage has 'been, credit' the Statements- made by those" whii
ridded to th tremendous but "glorious trag-, were: present, thi - .4.e: was' not . more than six or
edy (If witie l. the; while world, from the most seven hidifers.at the - saliiint. The men, led
civilized natlyiiis; : down to the"most barbarous by their officers, feared into the ditch aticl
,hordes of th' -East, has been the anxious and - scrambled tip the other side - , whence they got
exc!ted audiittee. Amid the shouts.of victor
fy . and cries of despair—in frantic reji.tle.ing
,t.
• up the -para Pet almostwithout opposition, for
the few fiutisians who 'were in front ran hack
st.ci pasSioni e sorrow—a pall o f, black -smoke and got bel4nd their traverses! and. breast. •
streaked lipthe fiery flashings of. exploding works as soon as they saw our Oen on t0p,;,1
fortresses, descends upon the stage on which Ana opened:lllre upon them. -) ' ' 'l
has been detiieted so many varied" traits..of -As the light division rushed nut in the front,' ,
huniu i rei se i-y a m ]
,Ot.huitian greatness, such they were, iedrept by the gans . ofi the K trraek I
Ilh endure ce and calm courage, sueh light- battery andlby several
. pienes : oi l i the proper I,
De's and w: ' kness,.across.which have:stalked - right of theredaa, loaded heaVily with grape,.
thuracteri . .hith .history may detvelop .. as which (..itsect them Considerable loss - ere they I
e i r
largely as th - - struggle in which they are en reachted•thelient or apex of the work - - at I
gaged, and :: ell to gigantic proportions, -or which they - rivere•to assault. • ' he storintng 4-
141 ch she may dwarf into j - iiettiest diniensieng, cofunts"of the ..gretond division suing frotn 1
as ullwertilyhbe part they played: A dull, the fifth parallel rushed up irnin i . fliatel; after I
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itrielg e •
siiene, 'br•titen at - distant intervals . , the light dii:ision, but - whim they r::ime up
by -the crash of citadels "and. palaces as they kiose to the apex, Brigrefier Wipdhuni very
fir into dust„ succeeds the incessant dialogue judiciously H irteight thein by *.ilight detour
ciaie . eantioti_whi c h have spoken so hull on the right anti of the light di l vision; se ag
and so angr il y throughout tut entire year,and. to comedow i n on the slope of the proper left
sunless separated from - each other by - a'' lase of the Reilati. The first embrasure to
t ired if fires rest on thttir arins, - and gaze with whi e :fi th e y c l rrnoivrars in flames; hat 'in. - wing
ratted eniet4ms on all that rethains . of. the- on to the' neit. the Men' leaped info the 4; ditch, 1 ,
obji-et of theiF c‘inhicts. ' . aid with the' and of ladders and liratrh Othor's I
On the iniriling of the Sth of - September, hne ; 's, serain bled up- on the tit her side ,I elrnb- , 1
the weather': hanged" suddenly,. beet) . nting . bit , ; ~d ;I f ., 1, ,., ,Ara1 . )44, or poured iii.t hrti , igh th.ie rite. 1
lkr:1 - co'.(l. . bitten wind rinht from the y r.
which were t7rilefefidedi, -C,;'. Wind-
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tcYfth, side 'f Sera7topol, blew intolerable ; haM was the first, or one of. the i1r , 7 4 men on -1
I ,otis of du , "into our faces. The sun. was- this 'tide ant with him' entered 'Daniel Itia-
'iscuted ; t : sky was of a leaden wititry honey, a great grenadier of 7 the . - flirty-first.— 1 1
Gen. - :, ellissier during the night col- As I fahon4 entered witW a Cheer, he was
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:iced adetit oo,ooo.then about the Mamelon. shOt titough . (the head by a hiistiiin .rill.r.man,:!
form the storating• columni for-the Male- arid fell dead lachiss COL,Windhkm. .- .
Ar ud Lil 4 Redan and to " provide the. ne- . -.Ai our men entered . through I the' embra-
lin( rser* es. The French were reinfOre:- sures; the 'few Hiissiins whO
.were between
k r.s , o oolSardMiam i , who
"marched 'up' the:salient and thebreastworks retireated to the
'"' r hee-Ch.erna-ya last night, ft was arrann- • 'latter, andl-got fri.itn 'the trai-er:eti tfi its - pr..-
Coat ibe.Ereneh were-to attack the .11tra. tection,' Frahm it thei- - fteired 'din 'it" qttiek
.
at 1 : 10011 , and-ss soon as their attack' be- - fire' on they parapet of the.... satie94. which wa'',
, that ire Were to assault the Reda!). - crowded' . b- p yli the It en Of . .114„ t4l iviSton,und .
At 101-2 She
.Second division and the light on the gapslthrongh he rbs
inner prirapet ~ ir the:
.isica% moved down to the trenches, and Ri l ian ;' Red fitiri tnen''',AVitly ahrinfittuatitni.
re pla ce d ' tl the advanced parallels as qui- which all et rs detilOre,: hut calinot iit*iipi,
1 and un, tentat,l o u s l y as possible: About retrierly On SI ell ficeasiong; - -:bi;graii- to rettirti ,.
' same 110 91 Gen, Simpson and staff ni'Oved ' the• fire Of t!: enemy Wit hope, allviincing s Or
, t ,.,
rn to the aid- parallel of the Green hill crossing heft mi . ft he' traVer - seg, Itittitred 'and
:cry; Sir ,Hertry Jones, Lob - ill to move fired - as. quitik 'as they - could, but ilid,little ex- ,
id . or futi . t:,) nevertheless insistpi s in being ettition,U4 th '.
litiSsiatits Were well &Hind by'
~ ..+l. down to ; witness theassault, and 'was
.' 143. the ' araliO on a lit,tor,'?in- which he .4 ~ ,Du ssiati!Titl;itienfielittiftlie lower traverse...4,',
.
-. . . • . the lureastwiik. There -', Were Jib+ ,grimlps. Or
iained till . I was over. rh was, as 1 baie •near ihe base oflhe liedaii, WhOi kept_ alt a
I ,a bitter Id day,:andh at would .galime- r „ „ r ....„„ r - men .. !:, As if i . 4(l . ol . in „f . n ' 1
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beep. onished "at - the ° ' aspect ,uf ; the . assault *as '-.S. preak the:etietOy `c.attie rilshink
dab generals as theY viewed the. assault:- up 4-oni the baeriseksln :the- rear for the Red.''
oi annanAlar-in-thief, Gen. Simpson.,-, , s.at
./okand inereasedltheforen and intpositt of
IS treneh4lwith his eyes and nose fustia7: the fire, w.hil4 Out'. soldiera dropped risty.and'
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the cola find dust, end 'hie: cloak 'drawn' ..enot?Oraged ;the .. RUssians,kr their,iinniobility'
(t er his h
,ad to protect - him-against both: and-. the Weekhesi'Of their 'fusilad4from Which '
Jones Wire a red night-cap, and reclin. the Cairn) , tkiri; -ell protected; l'ln - SO‘iti'the'
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his lit T; and Sir Richard 4S-irey; the - 4 3 ffieers', by itiioe. - ,atuf - in.44- by cl*ple and
7rnitste .geucrl itadi.4
,l, white pocket-, daring, triedlSto axe, 44ir „tolitheril. of% . They'
'chief
t ied over his cap and .ears,which had an ittipr - -to t -Obit the Redttnia-as ruined: -
. - so
,ewhat from* martial and :bele and that'll .:' y advaaned they . . wini4L'Aili . hi'
zl.
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-t ar , . The Duke of Newcastle Irat . - tik4ll . iik : ,!' 1 L -- - • ' 1: '-'
Snnuner's wine over,
' Fogs are falling down ;
And with russet tinges, •
Antuat's doing biewm
Boughs a.e daily rifled •
By the gusty, thieves
And the Book Of Natu;e's
Getting short
_of leaves. „
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Round the . fops or }minis,
°Swallows as they flit,
Give like yearly tenants,. ,
Notices to quit
Skies of fickle temper;
Weep by tarns _sad laugh,
'N'ig'ht and day together,
Taking half4nd-hall.
So October efideth.—
Cold and most oevenso.—
But the months that follow,
Sure will pinch utirorse. *
ay FOR LITTLE AUES.
ICE
BY MMUS DUNN ENGLISH
lirecollect a little girl,
1 - Whom in the way I met; . •
To shut my eyes and, look within,
plainly see her yet.
11t• eyes they bad an, azure hue—
Our wildlitig,siolets not more blue—
And from her gipsy hat's duress
:A 1 single brown and waving tress
Escaped, and on her shoulder flung •
Alshadow, where it careless hung.
Ail artless-happy dear was she,
A 4. eyes of man would like to see.
I topped the tripping, pretty maid,
And.in a jesting humor said--
SWeet, will you be my wife,
`To bless'and beautify my life?
`Pain too Buie,' now said she; •
Sir, mail I older be;' -
N. l further wonkfthe darling say ;•
Bu archly smiling„ ran away.
. .
T years had passed when I'sat down
t elide a lady dear;
• W 'spoke , more love by - eye .than tnngue,
• . card more by eye than ear.
U on her checks a modest glow
K pt moving faintly to and fro; ' •
Ea i f dear blue eye lay shily hid • .
Be
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eath its white and quivering lid.; .
Atid by its rise and fall, ber,breast i -•. -
. Brirrayed its ocean-like unrest., -
A' •ealt.h of lore was in her eyes;
Her bosom was a mine of sighs ; . \
Hdr heart was in my heart; her hand •
Trembled in mine ai this demand—
`S.Weet,- will vou be my darlinr. wife,
- I li bless and beautify my life?'
`0 1, I am older now,' said she,
I Tl; l an that first time yoa spoke to me ;
-` A rl now I may not run away'4A •
,It Was not needed more to say. - .
There is a little gird, jest now.
'rho its upon my knee;
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Her .eyes are of a hazel hue— i'..' •
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'they - say she looks like tile: -.. .
Th 1. bee-like humming of her' voice
Which makes my spirit so rejoice,
The dark-,grown tresses fia acing _wild
Ov r the shoulders of the child,
Tr], deep glow of her cheeks ,
WI ch health and happy fzelings speaks,
Th fondness of her up-turned gaze,
Re i d! to me utv earlier days;
Ani in my s'pirit's earl hear -
Th accents of the prattling dear -
I alied ti be thy little wife, -
,To I
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less- anll beautify my lif.;--
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'1 in too little now.' said she,
' Wjait7S - b-, uatil I - older be.'
, Is that what you, my child, will say ' •
Tolsome one at-a faturc day I
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' 'The 'Office' ra . tell on- all 'flies, •• hie' ' t
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rOr the etlerny'sfire by then. courage.'_ The'
men ofthe diffikent. regim4nts - •beettme Tin- .
gleti together inf . itteitritablei . coufusion. , • The
19th med did ndt care for' the sirders of the
nffitiertidt theEt,44th; nor did - the -•soldier7S of
the 23d heed tht enttimandsktf an officer,whd
did•rtot•-bidongth their regintent. .The'.-offi
eers'enuld not ffild their trien-the , men.hild
lost si . gh4 of their own officers. All the brio.
adieri wive Col. Windhstn• Were wounded or
renderedlinfit fir the gnidtuice ofthe attack.
That gallant officer did all that man diuld do
to'fortn - his 'nien' for the attalc,and lead them
against tl* eneMy. :•Proceeding - from trans
verse to transVeON: he' coaxed, the , nteit.t o
come ciu4 and anticeeded several • titnecin
forming al - few . 'of ; ' Them, but - they. Melted
away as (list tta be laid • hold - of them.,•and
eitt - Z;T fell, in their little ranks de retired to.
comer tn keep tit their fusil l ade. Many - of
theni , croWti e d the lu*er.oart of the inner
rittrapetltdd kept up , a, smart- fire upon l the
enemy; btlt nothing
. would .inditee thetn‘to
come nut intro th . :tiapen Spat.ennd charge the
breastwork.
.ThiS was lall git,ting - •on 'at. the
proper. :eftface Of the Redan, while nearly
the same tome Was, being \repeated at the sa
lient.. Estery mement'eur men were dimin-
ishing in n'tnnberS, while the llttessians - Carle I
up in • swtirms trtnn the town -arid rushed
down fromtheNfalakofE which ' had now been
ocenpieti. h' the ;French. •,. hrice did.-. Col. ,
.Windhamisetici . offs cers to Si r ' ' W. Cotiring- -
ton, who Was in the . fift h parallel begging of
him to E.ll - 4 tip - Supports in scene order of i
formation j' btu all three of 'these officers
were wounded - as they passettifrinn the dile!)
o f th e Redin to the rear, and. the Colonel's
own 'Aid-il-Carti . P, Lieut. Swire of the turn. ' :
teenth, a gallant young officer,l was hit clan- '
gerously in the hipas7he went on' this peril
oas errand: . Supports were., indeed sent up,
but they katne Op in disorder from the
fire to which-. they • were exposed on their
way, and , - rrived in driblets oak• to lnerease .
the confusinn and the carnitge. Finding that
he could ctgleet no.tnen on that ; left flee Col.
Windham passed l through.one lot the cuts of
the inner parapet, , and walked over to the
right face, at the , ,dristaticenf thirty yards-from
the Russian breAstwork, to•whch he Moved
in a parallel line, to ,a ; close fire,
but
wenderfel to say,' , without being touched. • .
• The C•olitnel gat, some riflemen /111.1 a feW
Of the 87th i togettier; but no 4ouner had he
broierht anent tout than they were killed.
wounded, air dispersed by a colicentrated fire.
The offieer.l, With the noblest ditrotion, aided
Col. Windl)ani, and -he beeatne, the special
mark of the enemy's riff: mutt. 1
Then arrow .
neek. of salient was too elo:e to ti lon= any kind .
- 44 formattnit, and the mitre the Men crowded
iiito it the inure they ; tat nut of order, tail
the store they suffered' front the enemy's tire.
This miser4ble wnrk lasted for!:m hour: The
Rus,ianswere now in dense Masses behind
the hreastworle. and Col.. Windham - walked
!rick InToss:.llie mi e n space to the left'to make
one more aitempt:to retrieve the day. T e
mew . of the tparapet of the salient, who were
firing at tha'; Russians, sent theie shot at him,
anti the latfer, win) were pouring vu!ley after
Vttiley on all point's of the head of the, work,
likewisedirkted their mnskets against . him,
but he pas4e...l thrinigh - this eross fireln safe
ty, and got t:within:!the inner parapet on tffe
left, where the men were Iteeoiniug thinner
and thinner; A Russian officer) now stepped.
over the breastwork, and tore twn a gabion
•wiflt-his oWn hands ; it was t make ru n g
f ,- 1: 21 .field-Piece. Vol.i Windham exelaimed .
, .
to several s4.thliers' whi) Were Oiug over the
parapet, , %Yell,. as you
. are so intld of &leg,
why f o nt V - ou shoot. that Rus l itiatt V - Th 4
.fired a vnliiiy and Missed hint. and s•yin . after
the fteld-pieCe began to play onl the head of
the sllient•iivith grape. Gil. Windham saw
there
. was an time . to be lost.. 1-:tt had sent
three office . int re-infiireemetitt; and above
all, for rate r in forMation, and he now resoly
ed to eo nt ;Pen. Codrington. Seeing ' Capt.
Cre.arlock , the 9 0 th near to him busy in
encottrag• g, his Men, and exetting himself
re "
with g t energy .to get! them - in order,. he
said—' I must go tb, the general "for supports.
Now thind,let it he known, in case I - ant
killed,why t.
w - etit away.' lie cr;ssed•the par
apet and, diich, and 'succeeded i• gaining the
fifth paralkil throtigh a storm of grape and
• rifle hullet4. in safety... Sir W i iiiiem - Cod-,
rington asko hint ; if he' thought he really
could do anything with such sit i ppOrts as he
'Could affierd; and said he Might take the Roy.'
als, who - were then' in the parallel. ' Let the
oTf!ers come ,out in fi s •ont—let ds advance in
order, and it the Men keep their formation
the Redan 4, ours,' .wtt's the colimel's reply;
but he spo4 too line—for at that very our
-ment our men were' seen. leaping down into
the ditch, or ritiming down the parapet - ofthe
salient, and through the ; embraslll.o4 ont'of
the work into thedbeh; •While the Russians
followed theno with the iniyo4t, and 'with'
, It-avy intisici.try.- add even threw sneies. an
grapeshot . ati!thein riff they lay blithe diteh.—
The faet -West That the Russians having accu
nittlated-...4icrar thnusands .of 'nett - behind
-
- the breastw( l irk, aniEseeing our Men all seat
tired up . .an4, confined. behind the inner par
apet of the Cvaversh,'ernssed theihreastwork,
through whi z eli several iiele.-rtiecl were now
playing, with.grapenn the ironer face of the
.Redan,: and ffnirge4-our. broken ',evotips with
the liiiimer,' : :itt theNime time tha t r ' the rear
ranks, gettink on die breastwork, poured a
heavy hail 4 1
_) 9 11e 4 .0n them 044 • the head
• .. t
of the advanFing column. The struzgle g that
took place Was short, desperate and bloody.
Our soldier's' taken it every di advantage.
•-
met tue enemy with the bayonet tnU, and
isol li t c d combats
.. - t.'Jok place stifich" • the
heave felloteti who StoOd their viand had to
defend themi!elves against three or four ad-.
versr. ti es .ht
In this melee the:(4l.!ers, armed only. with
their swo . rds,i had little i ha' thoss
who carriAOistola ibui-h opportunity of u : ing
them in itieihn,rapid :Enniost. They felllike
heriles, and Many agallant soldier with thilm.
The, bodies tbr Eingiiih'tutd Ru-sians locked in
an einbraee 4ith dehth could not relait, fiuL
had rather retifented - all the — closer, lay next.
.day inside th'e Rednit'As evidenels s►f ` the ter.
' rate animoSity‘ of ti!ie.strutzgle. ,But the'sol-
Id weight Of thss ad*ancing man:. urged
'and - red !moment from the rear by corn
patiy.after ornnpanyrAnd hattallini niter - blo
t:LI:ion; prevailed atiiut against the isolated:
itild . litiointed band' ivhei had abandoned the,
ittLotection ollunitnitnity and courage and bud.
lost the advantage of discipline end obedt'enee.
As thierigt. tienne giant rock had . advanced into
the sea and ; f4rcol bark the:waters that bpf
- feted-if,-*SO 4id tbei,Russlifn columns press
down aftaleatffieliti9i of coldietit which fret-
FHB
• - - . - ;
ted-their- edge with fire en d s teel and tonteind;--
ed in. vain.vainat.their ,tlorellextr . - Thefi* 4l lP -)
glinghand .was..forCed heek.. - . the -. enetny . ,_
who moved on' crushing -friend - and* the !be
neat)i their solid tramp; andhleeding, pant , '
jog, and 'exhanated,-.ourtner lay in-heap* in , :
the ditch beneath the parapet,sihelted think,
selves, behindeturies and_lts bornb.erviee s.
the slope of the work, or endeitycirel fiase
back again to our idianced'paraltetnnd-stin.'
*and - Ltd tri run the gauntlet ela tremendhus.
fire.-iMaiirpf them lust .their or - were
Aeriotisly wounded in this attempt. 1
,The •
siecnoiu the _ditch was appalling althoAgli
Scene , * 'the officers' have assured me that
they and the men were laughing at - the *pre
cipitation with whith.manyhrsv o
fel I( twa did not. hesitate to plenge
epee the
,mass of bayonets musitet,,, And
Sprawling The:ladders "Were" 'alf
knocked doviiiOr broken,'-So: that"-it' wa i l; -difs;
cult fur the mien to getnp nt the other-Side;
and. the deed,..the dying,'-- the 'wounded; end
this so'uitil; were all lying.in beeps ,to,gether,
The Russians came out . of the einbrastireS,
plied. them, with stones,, grape-shot, and the
bayonbt, tnit - ivere.kenti flirL•ed
the fir e ofour hatterlett and riflemen, and itn= .
der : cover of this fire many of( ioer men es
(*p to.t)ie,approachea. le some iestinces
=the enemy persisted in remaining outaele 'in
order to plunder the hitt - lies of those Who
were lying en the _atop ! ) if. the w:i
. Ine t -ail&
paid the pehaltyfif their; AshiteA in Ibeing
, qrefebed beSide their 'flied;' but othersitame
tbrthen.a holir errand: aed actually brilu, , ltt
water to our wounded; if this lust Set be
true, -it: is _hut right to disertidit the.story . that
the placed our wounded over the
!nag:tante in the rear of the redan,' _near the
barrack, battery, ere they fired it!—the' only
foundation fur which, as far as I_ can discov
er, is that many of the
.bodies of our men.
found in the redan, were dreadfully, scorched .
and burned ; but there *ere, mealy ,RaSsians
lying'there in a similar: kale: - I !
Otir.itttack laStedabout tut hour and three
quarteris', as well as I could make oat, and in
that tine we lost More men than at Inkerinann
where the fi_hting lasted fur seven hours.
-
It is difficult, as ,I have had occasion to- ob
serYe on former invasions- '
to give With any
TretensionS to accuracy the'details of st-bat
ltt!it becomes:elniest impossible to at
tain cerreeteese iri.deseribieg such an affair
as the assault on the redari tinder . the 'pecu
liar 6i-cum:Nimes which' attendA it. In ad- -
1116(in to the smoke of battle, there were ay
dust Mingled with sand, Which
blew right into the laces of the men and
swept the hills 'its their rear, which were
criaded with spectators, or those. 'who tried
to be-and the irregularity - of the ground
offered other impediments to their view!; hut
greater than all these obstacles thief that
uu otie could from any eeeceiyable pireition
in front See what was rein' on inside the
Jac which seemed to engarf Our soldierslWith
lin its htige dun-coltired ntgged-- parapet... 4
only to vomit there fnrth again in dimillslied
narilberS.. It was all along but-too plain to
understand what - ;was.taking place Within
from the externalastiect of that ilLfated Work
-the sbeies 'id Whieh; hate astonished the vii•erld
with the sight of British trtnips, in flight twice
•in twit successive 'ettueks tin its fiirmidaliie
defenses* :i ., This' redin has cost us more lives
than thn4eaptire of I3adajoz , not to *peak . or
duke who have fallen in the trenches and ap
proachea to it; and, although the etterny evac
dined. 'man scireelyelaini the credit-of
having eauied thorn stet' toss that they
tired owing to their dread itif a renewed a s ,
sault. On. the contrary, vrr must, in fairnei..
ad mit that the Russians Maintained their grip
of the place till - the French were fairly eatai •
lished
.in; the Malaki4,and the key of thelpos:
ition was torn form' their grasp.
' They might, indeed; have remained blthe
*place longer than
.they-did, !Its- the Fr ench
were scarcelyin a'conditioti to molest them'
from the. Malakoff with 'artillery, .and . enuld
not be permitted. to; interfere 'with our attack!
had they_ been able to send reiniorcernents to
'us; but the Russian' deneral.ie a mat oi l too'
much genius and eitperietice as .a soldier _to
;lose Men in 'defending an untenable position,!
'and his. - retreat was effected with masterly]
skill Audi with , perfeet ease he the fire of a 'vie-,
tOrious enemy. cOvering,- his rear by the:
flames of the burning city, and treinenduous
esploAeUs, Which spoke in tunes of porten-.
tons war sing to thole who . might have wish.;
ed . ' to castoff his retreat, he led his hattabonS,
in
- narrow files across a deep arm of the - sea,:,
conimanded by our
- guns and in the face of
Most poWerfu I fleet; paraded them in our sight
niihey-eHr4sed, and -ctrried offall his nose
useful -stores and m unitions of war. - He:left
fete trophies and many bitter memories.
•TIIIs IN7'ERIOR OFSEVASTOPOL.
.1 .
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 742„
It is -delightful to abandon the-old herding,
`.` iege-of.Sevitstopill," which, for the last
.threemonths, might have been. steretyped„
but it is,not clear. what is to 'be put' rfl. its!
place, forthe enemy, having abandoned the
south side, seem prepared to defend the north
aide, rind!to - erect there another monument of
engineering skill, and.to leave Other ineineri
els of their. dogged -resolution.• The wonder;
ufall visitors to the- rains Beyastopol isdi=
v ided,- 7 they astonished .at the strength'
of the , works, and -that they were ever taken ;
they are' amazed that men valid have defen..,
ded: thenvno lung .10h such ruittaround. them,
These fee/ings are-apparently in oppositiori;
to eatth.other;:tint a glance at %the plrere,erxild-!
esplahrtheapparenteuntradiCtion.: Klsclear
in the first 'place,ithist the fire of our artillery-.
was searching -out every nook amid, corperl of
the town,'and that, it would hi:avow:A/trolly_
in/ possible:Sir:the Russians to keep.any body ,
'men tot dekd knit Jibe art
.itad:4,atteil , without ouch. inue l lerous-Ilissas ,
would -speedily , ir
emituilitta.bornb.Protifie large-and ..numerous
las they -srera, ~-eet...hold the reeiiiiite
Circe , u, , -resist a general .( oticerted Watch ell
along ; .t 4 ; line
.1 0 P;i9us ! On lbe other iland,.,t4a
farentiithactiau 711/ 4 , 61
unimielves is r;r<XligiOt.
One . he oar engrneeri feebly saying y
are badiyi,” traced " . ,ned.that, kind of gilt.
(Oil it ix spite evident iiiatthe Rusian, )
is m, ler.tbe In' the _open field;
furs been:enabled to sustain th e ,
- dims beinhirdetent eVer,,kno.ten and en .e.11 , -
,en ‘ 1 1 ,1 *.! / 4 ege, that he, yeas reo(l4l.l.4_„c4,__ilb•
bin of.Tephiethg !htle.genera, asaan!t r ana 444
a - sub.equ.nt attack upon him at fOur points
**only INCLTafful at : otie, which,forinestelY
happened to be the key, of his position, and
the inferenee fa that hia engineers wereof eott:,
tmatmaie ability, and furnished with ar.
SE
tifteitti.titNugiltithit. wu*,,iiigl. qu4 u to-our.
best,efrurts._ -' 1 - , • •,,
The,snrprise th anghout the camp on Sun
,
•
day morning was ;beyond 'dekeriPtiiin 'when`
the tiewajlipreetl:thit SevaatoPol was' on -fire
' and ' that '.het, enenty ,were' retreating ,,-, ; 'h e ,
trentendetu,s exploileme,
,Whio - shpok
;the. VerY '
grpund.likelr
,mitny..earthclitakes,..litiled..t.o..
disturbed' In:lei . .of our wearied saldier.4:=
When I rose ere'day:ibreak 'and" got: - itiC - tO
Catliciart i it hill,lbeiewere•tint many offieers
.atat-linfe fin that - fSvoiate spot -;,-and the !deeps
e(s ,i'iho had;;-J,id..:down tii . rest,
,tlofibtful . ot
the iuccess of the .'retich, mid certain of our
, Own . ' failnre,.,little Cl reamed that sA•ii r
siOicol
was ours 'All - Was reidy 'fir a • retie:Wed as'
sat/it on iltie.tedan;t b.iir-the .. Resale-1 )it *ovine
kept . np:i,brisk fire from: the rifle ailtikai i d,em ;
faresures -Ito the. hist
.moment,. and .haying
adopted _the 41atne Plan. along their,l Ines, So as
•
to blind; itir• 'eyes end . engage Our aft - onion
abandoned , it;•ii4"is tipposed,:iiliont,sl•2'o'CloCk
aed . ,tbe - tolentte having attracted the attention
of our. iitiein,-leolnei Vqitintker.s . crept _Upland
!nuked
,t brougltrin ,e,tit biat,S ti re, and found the
place. deserted by All save the dead and
..dy
ing; • Soctin'idlerVeard•'7.vandering flees-glehin
ed. thrthigh - . the ' streets 'and
.thitskirts-of . the
town—pciint:.after point' became alight— s the
flemes.shoneout of the - windows of tho ; lions:
es-L--rows'of 'mansious caught and burned up,
and ere 'daybreak, the town of SeYastoptilL=-
thitt fine . 4nd,.stately Mistress of the Euxine,
on :which lie, had so often' turned, a lnfiging
eye.; was On fire front theSa tethetieckyard--
creek, Fort Alexander-waa blown up . with
a stupendinis„crash 'hat, made the earth reel,
early in the . 3 t night. ; At Sunriself mi l , large ea:-
phis:ens oiei the left If Alowed io quick , iice.l.ei,-
sietr; endjaniumeced the destructiOn , f •the
-Quarantine forts and theimagazines of -the
batteries Of the Central bastion:and; Flagstaff
fort.... In iii moment 'filter the propi.i. ;left -of
,
the .sedan paat's the seem: of a very heavy ex.
plOsion, which must have dekroyed a • num-
her of Wounded men on both . sidecii .- - .-Fortu
natelY th44.soldiere who had entered it early
in the night *ere Withdrawn. Tate; Flagstaff .
and garden: blew up, one • after another, at
4:45.. At!s:39,there were' t;to..,ir the largest
and. grandest explosions on the kit that ever
shook the earth—inest,probable from Fort
Alexanderi and the; Grand
.neigatitt: The
rush of black-smoki of gray and• White va
fair, of inissci of shine, .beams of tubber and
tnaSonry into, the ate was-appalling, an-I then
follmied the roar of,ii great borribirilment. ;
it was a, ittagazine of shells'blown I into the
air, and exploding like sonic gigantic pyrie
technic display in the sky.:the.ell'ect of 'the
inutimerahle flashes of fire twittering- high up
in'the ColuMn of • dhilt smoke over the town.
andahen changing rapidly into as triiinv balls
of ' White smoke like little clinic's% All this
time the Russians wire marching with sullen
tramp /milks the-bridge, and boats Were busy ,
carrying efrmatetief front the town; i or. bear.
.ing men . to the tooth side, tei complete the
work' of destreetioni and • renew the fires of
hidden mines, or light up_ initeitchi‘d houses:
Of the fleet; all, thati remained visible were
the steamers and the masts of the sunk
en line-of-battle shiP.4.- •• 2. :1 .
As siatit!ii:it wasclaWn. the Frenifh began
to steal froiti their trenches hiei the!fitirr.ing
town, undi - imayed--by theflarries, by the ter=
taws of the explosionk by the fire ottat lurk
ing enenty,lor by the fire of their own: guns,'
which, kept -on sloWly diseharging, cannon
shin and griipe,into the suburbs at regular
intereala, pOssiblY iiith the 'object of det6r_
ring sti'aggferS froinfi--kir.te their lives. :But
red . . breeches ;and, 'Mite. breeehes, .kiiiii - mid
,4uuaye fez,l could Siein be distinguished amid
-the flames, and mining from hon-e to house.
Ere flee o'abiek there were imiiiliers' (,f been
coming badk with p l undei, siteh- as' it was,
and Russian refiea-were-otiered . for ;sale. iti.
the camp 4fore the ,Russian biutiillions had
marched out Of the :city. The -sailors, too.
Were not behind hand. it•liioking. for , “ loot,"
and' Jack ' &Mid . lie.T.S.'n - stiigieeing -intder
chairs; tables, led himberirtg - old pictures,
through every; -street,'-and "making hi; way -
back-to the;trenches with vast aceutrfolatimis
of .worthles;sness. ; Several men 10-.4 their.,
liCee by explosions on this and the.following
day. At 7 1 :10, several sinall detOnatiens of
shells and-poWder triagazineS took place-in
the town -behind. the Retian, and 'also im -the;
left of the! Dockyard ,Creek... -At 7:12, iin- •
mense clouds of taktek....snaiik e
.ro, e
,tr ien h te
hinort . Paulrohably
. fro a stamer
whic d
h f We fd-and ,
bu p rning in the M
dockyar e d.—
The Ruseian . coluiniisi which had 'been -defik
ing in a cant-unions stream across the bridge,
now
.latleame broken into small. - - bodies, or
went over in intermittent masses, tiaseatheit
by the shotia . nd "shell:Which plunged into the
water . close beside them. At 6:4s;the last
deade column 'niarched past, and soon after
ward the bridge was pulled -asunder, and. - the
pieces were lan floated across 'to the north:
-side at 8.07.',. The beats did not' ceaseto pull
backw• rd -end forwrii'd
; all the time, and the
steatite S ' We're' 'exceedingly hairy Jong • after
the gar, ison pOved. At 9, there 'Were, inaey --
1
explosiOnsin theanwa amid the burning rue
ins, and the battlementa of ,fort Nicholas ap
peared lin fl4ues. .Still therewas no;explo- '
.sion there Filar in fort Paul. • ', • 1 -
- It solhapf4nfil the . tat.; theremnants: of the
Trenchlregitnents, engaged-Oil the left against
the Malakoffl and - the LittLe , ltedate`inareited
to..theiri tent this morning, our seciiiiii diVi
was
pion d • maim ; up on thy-parade gretind in
front of
,their camp, and the 'French' -had to.
'pass' their - line's. -The irtstant._t i be- . leading,
regime 4 of ;Xoutives -icaniii up to . the spot
where clur first regiment was placed, the men
.with ono.Apeittiineuits bursar 1 . 4).141_12e ; air with.
4,ll,Englisfri cheer.
.11 . 41 , ..rrinteli of fi cers drew.
their sword 4, their . Men, dressed up and
marched pastas if at revieat, wink regiment.
after iegimeht caught Ur the eryi 'and' at hist.
our :men- pre e' l entriti airtlas:' to-bor.-. brave corn-'
aides - of ..bl a riutev.; and; ,the- .oBuerl
,on both
picleS , saluted- each uttler wi th their swords;
and this continued : ti, I - the' last man bad
Marched. bY.I" r ''
-' - ',i •-:-....: ' ' '
-• Mingled 4ith - the - iplunderers from -the
front- were.manylkUuntied.men. - The'aintitt . '
lances never evased,:iiiite moving bieivily and
slowly :with their - turdims,-aginnrattling at it.
ariat to the, frift , -.tor 4, fre , bil!rg ~ and . the .
ground between the trenches Ind . the bang)
was studded :with 'eaCidets Or 'mule litteri...:- .
- Already the thneral parties' had commenced
'their 'labors. I .. The :Rnssians- all • ;thi s time
were swarming au theinorth.Side,,-and • totl(
the liveliest
,inte,rest in theProgreSSOf ;,the
explosions, and ',confla4rOtiniis." . '•Tliey 'Joel up.-
ground itt their. Old - tairapit,..and. SW - Mania gall
Over the flee - Of the Mlle behind ; llte northern:
fortit.-' idoving duwn,'luswevtir,Ain. the ' i t*ht,
prink .of .ottr:'otraity; pfioicetii ii .altiiikll . party i
- -
-, - •
=NM
s2l
MI
jy.
RI
MEM
---. .
of us managed; :•
t . o •
4 tu •” r .l. n:A . he rn ,-;
ct !v erly, . s l i m
to
get_ utramong the I.terich . voria l ti4W4gif
the '.lti r itiiielOit and lfalarliott : ' -The 2 6,,ronintf is
herWil here I I - T.'paied :With 'Shot :and shell; and
thii.:serfitee.isdeoply;hOnescoml4 ;. hy . :the ,
eFfiftitill'.Ol..theixirutr4.4lt-.VOrY N,l'sli,Plrd.
Tiler/
,Were.g4iiiily stght..4 on the Way.,, - oo
IttiSsrarit who - 6:4_ died be - Were' d')',.i t ig as't Nei
iti'y; llt i niglit;'aii'eir til*Ard thelasPitats from
tile:fl NI Itlitritkoft -.Passing:thrangle a Attu
ofTtrenrbea,:tif-tattiondes;'And id zig-zags and
paraltels,by ‘vbiett , „the:Frer,ell : -, had • worked
rheir sure and 'deiid i li Way 'cl eie tii:the; heark
of the-Rossi to defense; 'and' ' 1 reading - gen di' ,!
fitnottei :the "beaps4trdead, Where thwe ' d
bear e 'full tokens of the bhiody , fray, we 4, ,,
a - vtaS.t,:-I.ti thre head of the,,Frenchlittp.: -, t I s
il r)
iiiirely ten iardi - front tha t: the.b.oe of the
huge siva% mitihdidf - . earth:Which riS.Ca : 'l . ol
.teeny feet ',.!in; 'bight, above . the..,levet ','. and
1
shut, ' In. , every (iirectiort-the' grittning.tuttz.
zles Of its guns. The tricolor waves placidly,
froiirits higheSt point,; slid alreadythe French
are bus,y - : coustriieting a ser.uiphore . „on: . the
top. I Step briskly. ,out. To! the. sa p —a void .
those ' Poor . mangled bravi...s Wit() are lyYng •- a1 • 1
around; and tutee 'on. •ThOc, is":Oditeir at
your feer, , ''soms tw enty. or. t wen t.,) , -two , feet •
.
deep ;and •ten:feet •..bnitut, ':-See, here lathe
.place, wbere , tjle French Grosrd 7 -here.,i- s. th e
bi Lige of plaiiks, 'arid here.-they . SWertned'in
upon the unsiispecting, dv.letiders Of the Mat
aliottf' Plie)\-had not. ten yaiiilS 1010." -We
had t No hundred; arid were then Out i,f breath.:
. \Ver+ nut pletika, better than scaling-ladders?
See.h4_ easily the .14'rench crossed. - You ob
serve! on your right, 11 - and; as you issue fiimi
the hiad of t lie French trench, a line of galii
lon., o h thee around running' up to - this bridge.
That it-i,a flying sap, which. the French. - made
-tin;: it they - gut out, of the:trench into-the
-Aalitltotr, so that they .were enabled to - pour
.a continuous _stream of men : into the works,
with lioniparative tstfetV froth the- flank fire of
the eiletny. 'ln . the saute' were they' - at - onee
dug trench across the: work inside, to - se e
if atel-e wertruity 01V - 41'14: Wires to-fire mines!
Aloinit. the tputapet and descerid-irt what
aniazina
t , thickness are those embrasures l—
.F.rotii the level Of the' gro.md inside to. the,
top of ti-^ parapet pallid be less than eight:,
ten iket. There are eight rows of gabions
piled one ahoy() another, and :as cacti :row
recedes towards the top it leaves 'the ledge
•,-
b e low
below' an excellent banquet fur thedel,4iders..
Inside,, the shilit, is too. horrible ',to (id!' up
'on:, The French are carrying away flail; '
own dud the Russian wounded,alid there are
five distinct piles of dead formed to. deer .the .
way.] The ground is . Marked by pools of
blood; , and the sntell is already noisoine :
swari,ns of flies setae on' dead ' 'and dying";
br,;ken . nmiiket4; !fin' clothes ' caps, shakos,
swords, -bayonets, ' bags- of bread, canteens
and haversacks, - are. lying in. indiseribahle
,wreck, all over the place, mingled with heaps
of shOt, ~r grape, hits o f shell,..tairtiidges;case
and eiiii .ter, loteie powder,offic.ii-- papers and
eookitigktins.' .. The traverses are so high and
deep the
the
is impossible almost to get ..a
vi e w of th e wholo of the Malakoff from. any
one spot, and there is ti high' mound of earth
- iii th , :,middle of the Work, either iiitended 'as
it kind' of shell proof, : or - the'-reMaiiis of -the
Ord: White 'rower. The gulls, Which- to tit_
immt,tir:of sixty were. tound..in the work, are
ell, - shiV-s-gtinsouotintiid on ship's'earriages,
atid . wl,cked in the same .Way, its ship's guns.
ilicre;are a feW oid:fit,hiuned, liddly:Aaped
-iortai. Lioi;k - around the work, and - you
Will see:. that the strength . of the, Russian - was
hi* ; weakness—he fell -into
the
owp-tiontb
primir; . In the parapet of the,
lic.work.inay be •
'observed seVeral entrances , very traw put
side, but de:cending- and etitargiug di;in-
Ni•ards, and opening intotoutris s,.,ii - te four 'or
five feet•high- and eight or ten square: ,These
are wily lighted front theutitside it:, day i - and
must have been pitch dark .at
. .at 'night, unless
. . ..
the ineti ere allowed lanter Here the
.
garrisiUt retired when exposed t o :a heavy
pornhat dinent.. ' The' War: Of these iiiiiTow
:Chat - fibers 'is ' villainous, and: the - air reeks with -
liiistd and ! abominationsontitterable : : 'There
are - ikve.ral of „these places, :and,. they might-.
*et- defiance : to the heaviest mortars 'in the,
world. Over the roof is'ti-, laiyer:of ship's"
masts era in 'junks and depositedearefully,;-.
tlien there ' is over thetn a-SOlid layer of earth,.
':that
that.* lay er:trigabions, .aird,alinve
}ithat a- pile of" - eartlt again. in ,ilne of the.te.
1 dungetrus, which is :excavated.' in. the. ; solid
1 roek,, And . was probably beneath . the. old
\Vitae Tower,. the officer. etennianding • See'in.-
ed to' have, lived; - It triust'lia‘te becti - a'Area- -
*rY 'residence. : -The flour an& the: etiftlauce
were literally,,, a tout deep:with 7repOrts. to--
returns, and- perhaps ; dispatches 'assuring'
the CZar that
: aid place had sustained „nu
' dat nu%
~. , The garriso n were inthese mirth w .
chambers- enjoying their 'siiesta, 'which: they
invariably take - -at 12. o t eloek,: when 'the
French burst in on..tlietn, like.o.torrent, and.
as it were drowned them in their hulas:
Of nil the pictures of thebort-M..4 of . war
IA li - ich haVe ever been presented to the world,
the hOsp"rtal of SevaStopol presents the most
horrible - heart4Onding, and - revoking.: It
cannot be des cribed, and, the-imagination of
a FuAelli cauld not conceive anything, at all
like pinto- it-- :How 'the: ticar hiintaii,body
can be mut i lated .and yet- hold its soul w i th:
in, when every tiMb IS Shattered, and every
vei ii 'amid artery is potiring - the - life 'Stream,
One Might study tere'at every step, rind at
the:saute time:wonder-how I the wilt kill.!
... The building used, as a hospital- is, one of
the noble ptleS insidelbe duekyar d wall, and
~ . . . - - . 1 .
i,i situate' in ttie, cenre - or the row at right an
igfes to the linii' . of . . the 'Retiati.': The Whole
- row-WaSPet •- •itliarli , exposed lo - the itetioni of,
shut aud:,tihelir:buittidiug river. the - /iat an. and
to the missi,e.a.,diretitod .at, tur,l4/To4,§Ut•-
• . tery.i. ar.:4 it be a rs . in sides-F:arts, .iiiclowS .
and &tit's, fret:pent and diAlactiVe rProefS - fit'
the severity - tit the attinduzide.,l. - Enterir'ig' r ono
'or these doors - 'i , :' beheld aue#4, -- isigheas`; few.
nets, thank God,,f.hav?s le vae, 4,taa,41 ! .:lie a:
lung,low,rtann,_support4,b ) l ~ , ,luare, pi ttar , i, ',
arched af,"the
; tut) and: ditil;) : I :tgittoi, thrttugh
shattered and : ung IU At A 1 i W•rra" 14 . 4 lay;
'the WOuldeilltiSStaii4,,:,-'-Wlio- hid betiVitliaii.
dotted f , - our. I fferei ea by' their . general. - --, The .
lionnilo,. did :14ay.1.-,- . ,..N0„. btt,thei dead, .;the .
rotten laid testertitg-raulises,. i irtTtle .M.e soildierf ,
who Were:left •ludst : ill-I.llair:ArZtre.sgirny'
UM.elith:),l' ,
tinorred: f0r,P0,41-4114 3. 1. 21 !).1. they:
'could .be,stoWed; i,unitt on the IlOkrit:AlicraOtt.,
Wretched ties . ties and
. betlsteads, 4 or pailt.ta , t ,f ,
btraw, blypd Mufsattliatedwithlilia a s i vihi c ii'
oozed : tad. rtriciteled thrteigit ..ttp • ou. , :thii"
flour, mingled with the : droppings- of 'eurrup:'
tam, ill nit-'the roar 'or ea — ploding: : furtriSea„
in, their. unrs, ; with-. skit,. ,and :ItherllS..,pOuring
thmugh tlie,to4f*rd. sidos„of -the, nantia in
which Or/. 4Y . 1 100. 1 th.i.t. FP 41 44 *, -, hi* j
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k. ing nitre aropakyen t ,teiw,poor fellow*
who bad serve d Mete fcrlttg rrfend and frtas .
'teelitii.Ciiilatit'tktew e 11
Weie - **coniiiii‘d
.t:crtheii,terribleg :Many*: might-liikih)
rit , W-Afj,th9r4iitarlow4.lhittnii;4 7 , 7o ..,
..14irMMi0.11PrOtligrRng ;1.*4
wotinde. 'Many near . y, ;nal bY ACene':
atotilid thernl, 6r- seekingesespe froti)
theiriextitme4 :Prong liiidirOlied imitYnttakiT
tf 'reds , ind glared out on' the heart -Striate&
aMtattW with-stilDh Jooki!•jiStaty.,.wlitt
nip!, and:,Jegs., brolwn
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af)linters.st,lelcing!throngli titeraw: flesh,
int i plored wiiier,f6o3' eity,or Al l erfri s re4
niiieelt by the appr(7ach orderith,rl.4---br,
dreadtal'injuriee'm t,heiread i; trankoacint,
ed to the lethgli%pok::: Mao:. steqrnis
alone nn n 21411 1 ,0 0. p c ' aee- ,Wii ( ll -4te4 '7
r0"-.
The atiltdde.; ofsome,were !nano' a•gyfiri,
taAic as to ap`rwear and iiinOlne Wthigrotia
by ft sorfordrendfel fasCinatfon. rof4iftbrt
blriody maii of el4lhing - ind- white Unnes:ca , - `•
er,have, been-a buyaan., being, cr,that banked.
(g a d ( mass, offle., : tk ever had liipatan.soni.l
It . was fearfalit-What the eqswer must
hi.. The bodies tirlititphep; 'of 'ilen - Zicri.4.e
swollen ;and bloated to an increilibto• dtigreei
aiad the faeturei distended Icro. gigantic size;
With. eYPS f.rftm - .theifts44etsi t 4 34•
the btacliened tongu e killing ipit of, Ocirnouth,
coinpressecl tightly 14 'the .teeth;;Which fad
Nei upon' it in tlieideith:rattle,'tnade one sha
der and reel round..:; '-- "'-.•
In the Midst of one of. these." eharnheriSid .
"horrors ' 4 l for, t here were
,many of,. ther
, were found 'some dead,,and some, living gp .
4tish.sithl ii,rB, and 'iMOng`them poor:-Captairt
'Vaughan of the nineteenth, who has since itte,...
`climbed this wounds. -1-tionfesait-Was-itn7
possible fOr me to stand the sight,*hiclt hor
rified our. Itnost experienced..surgeone4i,*
deartlyclammy stench, the smell ofgangreneti
wounds, Of 'corrupted tgood:, - "oe'rUtting flesh,
were : intrfertible beyond eridaranc& -- "l3,itt
What - muSi have the wounded felt :who•werp.
obliged .to-endure; :all this, and4bo:passeo
away without a hand to, give, them Ai cup f pf
water'or a voice to say. one kindly U:ord -r e ,,,
them.'? Most - of these mett 'Were Wiiiinded on
Saturdai+nany perhaps- on- the Friday lit. 7
fore--•indeed it.is impossible to - t4tyliowlotig
they might have been there— . Itt the inn,47l:
of their , retreat the Aleseovites seen to have
x.arriful, in . 'dead, men ip get them out of 416
' way, and ' o haVe put th e m ,:,n.thote-tAlii-hi,;r
rid- mockery. So : that- their' ret rent Atras , 4 . e.
- eared' the - enemy cared - but little. tor their
wounded. On Monday only did_thevjeceiv e
those whom, we sent out , to4heto `durirtg . a
brief 'armistice' for the purpose,, WhiCh'lt.;;,;s,
I believe, sought by . ourseli•es; as' our •OV - en:
Crowded hospitals could. not holiitaiS 'Coble,
rot contain, and citir overworked surgeons
could out teeny:more.: ._..
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The Kane Expedition7Thrilling Adventare.
Some of the episodes encountered' diming
Dr Kane's. seatreh, have wild
.interest. 4.t
one time it became necessary to send kis
tigue party with provisions, to assist the mein
party under Dr. Kane, in' an attempted pis
,sge across i Smith's SoUnd. This.party Wes
under the command of Mr. Brooks, first offi
cer of the expedition. He was acconipaniee
by Mr. Wilson and other.yolineers. Dur
ing-their travel they,
snowdrift
the ice completel : :
in pen etraille, and 'a snow drift at last ''Swept
wildly ever the Peg, and in the midst- of e.
heavy gale from the North, the thermometer,
to their dismay, sunk to fifty-seven degree ,
below zero._ Human nature could not• sup.
port the terrible cold. Four.of their ' patty.
including Mr. Brooks find Atr.'Wilson' we're
prostrated with frozen f!et,, and with diffichl
ty three of their ciimpar.ions after en , ntkr- -
ing great suffering, reached .!•im
the ship
- and, ea
flounced the ..eottdition of t heir_ contrades..—
Their chance, of being reset - led seemed ex
tremely small. They were in a wilderness'
of.snityy, incapable of motion,. proteeted'oul.,
by s ea &vas tent; anti with no bled - maiits-Vy
which their •phsitiod could be known-,, Even
to•drarthese mai rned men wunid:have ben.
,under ordinary circumstances, a work pf_sl'2l
- . Kit to the slender party lett at fix
ship, it seemed to be impo tz siblee ' Dr. Kane,
with the holdness and courage whieh'justilleti
the warni tittaehment, felt towards him,by•all
under• hid command, iu less•than orte'hourpr-
ganized a resetting party; lea!ing..ou board
onl y those who were necessary to recievelfle '
sick, and "staked off in' the teeth of a terrific -
gale, steering by cornpacc, tn . :rescuer - the Slif- -
t'er'ers.: Mier Wepteeo,'town ! ' constjint trim el.
during ‘iltieh tiro of thehiurty nted; end
.others requir e d to be kept' front sleep I,y - •
foree,they struck the traitor thelost party:ind
finally, staggering under their burdens,'flue
by one' reached the tent; which was' ihriost
hidden by the snow,. -. • -
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The,seenn as Dr. Kane entered the. tent, ,
wa.s erecting beYond description.' '
~Thiparty
burst out into tears. A blubber fire vraslm.
niediately built, pemmican ' dooed, and - ito.- - .
Party ate - for the first time 'after leavitigAbe
ves•el. lee was also melted, hey. 110,14))g ,
been to, this time.witheurdrink. Warn fiat
as they were, but four hours ere:itilowed
for the halt. The maimed o"fth, from Par
ty were sowed np in- Buffhlo robiss, placed on
sledges nnd droved along by tlieir,tom*n:
ions, Dr. Katie walking. in. ; tidy nee, :picking
the track. COM of the utmost i,erity again
overtook them. Bonsall Mid ifirton,•• alai
even the E4Ouinteux boy
,Ilsticel Mitt upon •
the snows With? sleep. It - was only by. Circe
that they ,wets abused, and made: t6proaCet:O . „
as the cold' seepned. to,have destro,yed,atl,eon
ceotion of danger. A larp.). bear rttet- on
th'eir.rwa,y; was fortunately scared off h'731) 1 -..
Kaill6, by the slini.te 4s;.faii Hof Ids &dd.—.
They 'reached the - thip.after a walk- of ill ty. -
twtai.hours, still•dragging thar 'et.' autionsibe.
hind them, bet. insensake. Dr. 4ktycstbe
intelligent surgeon of the ship from Wh o m we
at:hauled the * partirtilsitil - thig Mufti! ' 'tufven
titre, received the reinining:faity..' T4iiii of
their number died of their-injuriet,:and'itwe
others underwent' amputation,,Who•are row
, restored to, perfect health., Thoconditic* bf
those who dragged.the_sicli, was most bitten - -
.table, 'Their mein*, for a time was entire.
is - goiii,lid the' Ado, ‘in the milfit of niit ter
ing deiitit*h, fetetnided a hospital.- •Themur.
agedo and'obt, remaining attendatt...itatt in
sole charge.at the ship. '. In thiaAtat4of,svmt :
rmulticia the sit& remained for two ... i„,,Alee, a
days; but tifterequids they entiraji reCtoteired,
mid tha party miderDr. Kane - Stalled' ttree
wiekti'afterwarda and ralanted,;thefilabors
in thesfield. - •.. -. . It'" -1.• --?'-' 'lt I -
. Intrepedity like thi?;tii. rieverjacqbsur t
Ra rw o, - It 6 spoken_Pf,,Vlt,h enl,ol9l3xtfile4
POW, by - the stoutest !Waits iii"the. eXpecii:
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