`~.- i 1 ' VOLU Die. 4 1 41 BATTLE Oi T*. to' the Alma. , on rmi , s; • , Tuesday, Sept, 19 1854. ere givm by Lord Mg aehoulit 'strike ;tits at all tents •shonbrl',be. sent the fleet. :Our advanee upon, amd= it, ytas under , light. (Avalry luul--been of. all suPplies up .to a ur lines <and outlaying .c 1411 r 1 r..17 [ 7 7 -: '-' va ts ot j o TITS A • : L as t natt orders - tst, that a 1 the trato day b r e a k, and that au . board the[ishipi o lad been detea* . min stood that.theßusai wing the, wubt r 'awn disttince IA tlieketa. At 3 o'clock in t '1 . 0 04 , `by the rev ree - pets Wo ke into front the ships lined tents. The eolmtrd i in vain with the v disposal tolmeet th of an army Of 26, of baggage, ammun scene, which [ to an seem one of ;utter. tinned for! several. 1 the.steadines.s Ana o 'they paraded previo The FrOeh, in ag)l i u p betimes, and the artnies,leadeacTing fu; :', and mingling with th , most anticiiphted th( 'sand-Turkish infantr moved along i • by the ! ll [lautte the dilasions o 'robert, Forey, and 1 "order of heirch was ;right of, the left wi ,_ 'them.. , , I - I 1 1 The right'of theallied form was covered ['by the Ifte(a, r which Moved. along with it in Inagnifice ,ut orde'r, awith,in earl the - [.. air . [ numerable columns of smoke, ready,_to shell lithe enemy, should they. threaten joaattae k I t lour right, and comManding thlaiuttor ne arly tiro miles from the, share. --...-.., / _ It wss nearly 9 o' clock in the morning ere 'the whole' a our army was prepareS for ',marching. :The daY was warin, and our ad ' waste was; delayedy - the wretched transport 'fiimished for the gage, an, evil which will, ] fear, be ba. ely felt ti any protract ttie'e seve ; 'ed - operata`ckis. Ea fie thine not absolute] y I iudisvnsahle, was se nton boardishiP. The naval officers and the sailors worked indefat , .ably i aud cleared the beach - as fast • as_ the g au d' ;men depasitl their baggage and tents,there. [I At_ last thei men fell in; and the mar li of the vi[' campaign * ; began. r , _H' The: cou ntry beyond Abe -sa lake ' 'near which welwere encamped, is perfectly desti tute of tree or shrtib, and consists of wide plains,-Marked at iutervals of two or three miles with -hillocks nd tong irregular 'ridges I. of hills running dow toward the sea at right angles to the beach. It Cs but _little cultivat- , • , ed, except in the pa r ches of land around the `[. unfrequerlttiltagcs. built in the recesses of the -I valleys. ;flares were started , in abundance; and afforded great sport to the men whenev ', er they Halted, and 'several were fairly hunt, ed down among the line; of nien. All oxen, horses and cattle habeen driven off by the 1. Cossacks. .:The soil was hard and elastic, and 7 was in excellent order for-artillery. After a March of : n hour a..balt took place for fifty Itniautes, during which Lord Rag lan. accoMpanied by a very large 'staff, Mar ', shat St. Arnaud, Generals Baavet, Forey, • _ and a number of French officers; rode along ' . the froat ef t,he col fans, The men sponta- I' neously dot tip fro 'the-ground, rushed for war I d ' fi an , column fter column rent the air" -. with three deafenin English - cheers. -It was _ i a giod oriteiL' As the Alarahal- passed - the 55th regithent he exelaimed, .‘Englialt, I hope you will fight wellio-day."`': , "Hope4" et elaimed'a avice,f. the ranks; "sure;Y-°u know , wei illr he troops presented. ,,a splendid 1 , ' ppearan .- ~ The ,eflect hf - these, ir 843ert -grand masses of ery descending the.ridg f. es of the a tilla,after rank, with the , sun , . playing Over, for of glittering steel, can never be forgotte bilhose who-witnessed ran4 B it. Onward the tx ti rent of war swept ; wave -after wave, huge ,:, ately hills, of armed men. • while: the rumble z:(f artillery and tramp of cav a lry ieeompan ed their : progress.. [ At last; tbe.imoke of burning Ivillages and farm houses announced that the enemy -in front were awdre% of ohr approach. It was a sad sight to See the white _wall; of the houses blackened with snake—the flames ascending through the roofs f peamfui: hamesteads - and the ruined outlines Of I deserted hamlets. ' Manm aiek men fell 'out and , were carried to 1 the rear.:„ It was a painful, sight—a sad con -4 trust to the Inagtifieent ati - pearance of the . armym !fronts, to bebold, I litter ' after litter ',borne pint' to the: rte ; with „the poor salter ers who !had dro ped- front'illn e ,si • and ,fa- I tigne; ' . . . , Presently, from the top of ' a hill, a wide plain was - visible, ieyond which rose sr ridge darkened here a d there 'by masses which the practiced 'eye ecogniied' as cavalry. - It was- ourrfirat sigh of 'the enema'. On 'the in leff.of the plain, p . . a're l cess 'fortnecl o hy the inward swec of the taco ridges, lay a larae„tillage in fl, naes - i ~,rif,rlit beforf .us was, , a neat 4hite house utibtirnedThilagh the out-. houses kind farm-' : d .-. 1- - - 1 • a 'Das • , and Acre aurnat a .. was the imperiaf :p(iat-house of, Bouljanak, just 20 t i uiles fron Sevastop,Ol. , ; • •Ii small sir ' ,ran pastars(,. %%11'4 was an 'Aiwa or delight; o onr thirsty soldiers,'Wlto - had no v march more. than 'eight miles from oa. camp. I •The house was (lc:soaked and gut ed. . Onl- - a picture a saint, bimeh , of li rbs , in th I kitchen, 'and a few house ,i, (11 [ hold ut asils were left, and a kAitary peOen stalked sadly about the threshald,livhieh soon fella victim-to a evolver. After a-Short i a, rt 'for men and horses' b [ y , - the stream, the a my pushed on.again. - The • cavalry &aboutmen of:the Eigh th This -sts, sant, the Eleven ,ITusatiri, "and the *Thir teentlaightlar.,;(4ous. p , sh 1 &I -1 (.4 on La &oat, and .oh arrivin about a mile :beyond the posalimse we e early Triade ' ciut: tli - e Cossack Lancers on the hills in - front. •bird Cardi gan threw out kirrnisi r , ' line , w ho ..- , 013 In IN cos. ered the frout at intervals - of tet - Cr fwelYe yardsi; front each other. Th e c a k a , a at aa a d. vatavd. to meet us .[ ln lik a , •ord - e r , man for talut, the steel - of .th 'eir, Jong lathaa , .'glittering in 4 1 1. eun.. They Wet ii ivugh ' luuking' fel lows, ,mounted on sturdy„littie. horses, but the regularity o their orlIer: and; the ee!.erity of.thete movem is showed- thay icere re. 311- ], . :tars, t . iad by tto ;beaus despieuttlefws: - a 2 t • Jur, Inishfes valueeti 'Lb CwesimAw 1184 -ea ' ' - • • ' • ' -ati,..the, foot .r the. bill; . 'Their. , ..werAf*s were in g t.-, • • \ 1 , w e ll I ns WibtrUlte• fiow :JiMP , )I4 4 .., •, le morning the,cautp was lille,'and all the 30,000 Active lire., The _t,ohtig the beach to receive the , ilia' officers struggled ~ deficient means at their enormous requireinents I i men, for the traitiOart tion, and food, and .4: nprae,ticedt'eye , would : 'fusion, began and (=- lours, relieved only .by 1 der of the regiments . ils s to 'marching. _ . .. I%ranee on op! 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'' s4eks commenced a fire . front their. itle4C.sov)ii - 0: *4§ . 4uit(i)la:rn?less-; -- the balls.eatne near 'enough to, let Ole heard. ; .' Tiro •or three. Akers who idingsbetween - the- !iiuvalry and the tune a e of the hi . in i wakeag Men w nearer ; cavalry Milk, ~ ctat ed would 'risk of mforee Luerii). t tilher i None 'sight o brew o ed the li l line of; Few.of whiz -, Were ri tr:i..Lietit..P6l:Did4 . 6n, capt. 12th• 4. ; , kingiomity for. ;he . arrival !of skirmi were 1 Cape .-lk w afs horse!artillery, when suddenly the - Rn sians, - embolcened by our halt; caifie 'overthj' Inow:otttt,hill, and;sleivl37 Ascend- , cd; the slope in,threc solid squares.. We , , 10 - .0 .}red -them '.l)attle, and they,lhad lost' 1 4 2, their C antv i -for o i cavalry•turned rotrjid., , and 'ro c: . quietly t ward the' troops: Our skirmi l s ters, Wlio,-1 d replied smartly to, the' fire. of he Co.ssacks t , but, without effect, retire- ed end oined the squadrons, - At-every,.fittj': paces o r eayah7 faded about to receive turd : Cossacl s if theV,ptepared •te charge.; S.ndl. dolly ne of . -.the IRusSian Ctvalry, 's'quareS iz. opened—a spurt of '4l.tite, smoke rose out of the !gap, and a rOun 'shot, which pitched erase to .inyitorke, tore ver the columns , of - our eaValry behind, and n lled away between the. ranks of the in the rear, jest as they (k tek mine in ViOWof 1h 'i cavalry. In anotherlm strut a second gun- 'wled right through' the llth husSars, and k ed over 'a horse, tick; le indoff his riders . le,, above the ankle. Anoz., tiler and another. I 'lowed, tearing throngh 'iks, so that i was . quite wonderful so avalry eSca d. .11feantinie Captain artilier - 3 1 ga loprd over t:Sb„hillq - ek',. c halted lbyj Lord Raglan's tirder at e, in tear oflthecavalry on the • left. This was, d ne, probably, •to entice .t-sians ~ ,furth down the hill. Mean a yur cavalr=y ere drawn up as targets the ,enemysgu is, and had they been of ,on th ..yttould no have been more solid or imrno blip. • The Russian 1, 7 , unil e r s fired' ad -mirabl • ; they were rather slow, but . their, balls •atne bounding . along quite viSible . as they p#csed, in right lines from tbe-centreof the - k , i valry'coltimrs._ Atter some thirty, round: from the 'enemy, our ititillery op'ned fire.. ',Their round 'shot ploved up the to:: limns Of the cavalry, villa sp , edil-,- di.ipeis:ed into br i oken lines ,wheeling round and tOund . , with, gf•cat adroitness to escape 'the six `and nine ppund ball 4 -. Our shells were not 'so ,•gliceessfu4 , -but one,' better directed' than the rest, burg right ill the centre of "a column of light' infinitry, whoin the llus4iani had' ad vanced to support jtheir - cavalry: Our fire. -was So heir, the sertice ofthe guns so quick, • - . 1, that th 'enemy retired iniabout fifteen Min utes lia er •we opened on them:i While this atlitir w ,s-going on,, the - Frertchlhad -crept up `on thei, l ight, and surriSed a body of fluian'• cavairlwith a round from a battery of time 1 ' d rs; which scattered them in all direc tion. I We could count' six dead horseS on the eld, near theline of tire. It is not"pos sible to fOrm a correct •iden:of 'the' effeet of cur rie,-bUt it must -have caused the Rns: sians 4 greaterloss than theyinflicted on us. We lost six horses, and four "men were Well ded. ' Two men lost their, lev. ;'The 1 othe s•Up to .yesterday, though - ; injured sb , .• sere 37, a - d not in danger. One of -the. CCOU dell lil Tt, a: seir,eant in the 1 lth tins- Sam; rede ' lly t the rear ' with his'ftiot dap ling by aPi of Skin to the bone;•and told, the4doetOr he ad , just come, to .have his leg dressed! I Anot er Wounded 1 trooper be hav lxvi d th . equal rtitude, andirefused the use f alitter to ca ' hits to. thereur,tfiough his l r was hrOlse into splinters. It- was stra ge,-in visiting the scenel#here-the!horS es l - dead, ttatth . first feelnig4wodueed on peetator, when ,the hOrrer of seciti# the animala...rip ' , open hil'shells ii from tb loin, as the gh itwere done by :. a stir 's . iknife, had sObsided i , was ~that Sir E. Iscler i in his picture of "Warr musehato one of the animals beforethe;glar yeamll, the distended not.•••tril . ,,the gnash ,.. our - ra, many but wc! the la, !lank. the Pm while for the iron ,h the pao ehes gepn Lan seen' are all tiu,el6 life. hen the Russians , had retired`bevond the . , . ats, orders were given to halt 'and Invou-. it'. the night, and our tired ''men. et _ l to ,„( togat%k. the "weeds fur fuel. As soon' the, raticnis of rum! and meat were scrved Out, the casks Were broken up t and the'staxes sem ed to r make fires''for cooking, aided by nettles and long grass. At night the watth fires of the Russians Were'vfsible on. our left. Orreat numbers of stragglers catfie up 'during the night,. MoSt ..pf them, belonging to the divi -iion. ".1t was a cold night, and.if f could .l intr de the recital:of the sorrowsof a tentless, ba , daciess man Wanderinft abontiii the dark ziP 15 o. , A• ~, from reg,itnent to.reglinent in hope of finding his inis.sing baggagej might telly a tale:amus ing enough,to read, but the inidents iii, which were very distreSiing to the individual' con cerned. The ntiilat was cold and 'dathp the ' watch-fires were mere flasheS, which gave lit tle heat, and harely sufficed' to Warm' Ahem- Ctions ; but &et:amp : of British Soldier: is eV '.er aninratcd_by the very' Sold: . of hospitality ; 'aiid ttewanderer.was lucky en6iigh't4i get .a 'lodging on thegrOund beSidera . lcindfl',,p7do7 nel;:Who was fortunate endugh, Ito beV,e a Et tle field tent with him, and q• 7 it . orbiiiiiia.iid hiscult to spare - after a itittreb;"of :lei? Miles _:and a fast, 'of - :`tee?' Flours. Alt !night 'a.ralitts. were err/vino attdldiers who hadr fallen out or got astray?_; e.up to, the sentries to find their re,g„ithetiti.; Sir George Brpurii;!ir .1). Evans, the; Brigadier Get era add . - ;s1 oifieers, - went about" theli'divieliafilt among iiii,( brigades; ie thei Men liij , down titii thre e-- to& :ti l r the follOWing day, and -cick,after dOsk -' the ,regiin' s tit.'s were - :04: the': wild, lariw,rapped up in' great . ts- and, . e ,to liiid the best repOSe - th y could after the day's. e*crtion:: ' 1. i - - - --,..: •-, -2 • • It was iiiiichir*. ted 'that Mir aictilry fi..irce was sc.) defiiieut„ rif we ; h ad hit4a even two to • three wco e iuld.rt..adily have:disPosed of the vaporing lan otf-the hill, 0 0 1 4 4 . it,Titattd, the taph y7er -..uiehAnth . eit deri -1 - iVe C4jcs ..Wl4en 4tir 4 , luishers,.4:44•o l -- -It ' wAiii4dtaitt 4 44.oo. B §... 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IJ.r_mtmT. • .7N - 5 - T,P r.'• r:i; ...% -.,'T..^ - , h tnms and force, ss, as to 'bring tC`fork:ihe'yeaclei;'- tile events 4 'of lightestikkirinish.: - 3 scribe ;¢i the:detiti ant the i '.'-.:, The BOO' o.*:the .AO ll 4. :,, • „ - • CA4 Ai. sna 4saii -Wednesday -eilithaiiie r i. 20 Press .:by tittle, aid 'exeitedbY the . cients' of., this ' Oaf •MeMoraisle''day,^l 4 :l&Pall'S..ili'' deakiiif 'Orig. the'faiiiiesteotifeeptionr Of the terrible; rtflict,4bich:,fitia ..jast.J.beentermi.;. nate& wi kiheagtea.b.bat..:hOtlor • it! J PP r . arias, and. I 11* Onfin i a..niYael., for the: . to, .iiiinple n arrative, o_ ate. incidents of Whiehl si l .+078.1 an - e ,e-Wittieis.., . .: . • : • , , • , 'A 'COM "ittairnipositiOni selietedlvith pelt • Strategic! WU; and:- de fe nded by 40,000 men and 31.430• guns, 114 been carried,lader:tt duels ! , iVe T .and".blOody, encounter, by . ..the..mcist ac,... tertnink . and :brilliant Valor of an inferior fdree' of 'the :allied isrinies.. , In no battle,.an cient or enoder4Was the 'cool -Courage.: and'' bravery* of, the British soldier: ever ; more fully 1 and 'gib iously dlsplayed. J.,,The..War. is Jtoti ii. indeed, . ernainated by- , this great vietory,. but the effee of suelt;' is terrible' blow has destroy:.; ed the I :t remnant of the iresiige of Ru ssian j armies, nd,-,has,[fredd Europe:from the dis-j rind chi nern which: has . ..pressed - ..tipen 1 - her council; for, the rust. ltlfeentury.: .', - J We hpve to'd4plore great losses, but Whenj it is cf.i4idered bow strongly.the enemy: were, •entrenc ed, ho'4lwell their artillery was han+ died, an . how etairageously they fought, .it.. 4, -Monde i l n t r l' l ' A is ii k i l: o lBP : eh t r4 h a e tt° : l o,, eo t ir l i t, :.) ere daybre ak, Is almo . ie of • the British. fore l e uill; .. e u tes •L l'ver Un n d u er tj 1 J hey , weie marshalled silently, no. Int. - - 1 rums broke the stillness,) - but. 'the, hoUsands..Of Veiees rdsc londly froni,l somkthe watch-fires lighted :up the, ',nr camp, us though .it were 4 great. Ji\JVhendawn broke,i it was discovered t., ilossiants hadleftithe !tights, btit ha l Lr. watehdres burning. The -troopS laid I ' *nits fur . abont an hoer, ...while:, the 1 ..s were • arranging the order 7 of • our .1 Lord IR:glan . had made: his dispok 1 sitionsJhe-previOns.evening, . and the Generi. als of d vision, Sir ,George 'Brown;, Sir De. Lacy i' - ana, -Sir., 11,. f England, - lad Sir G. Clithear , - aided by their Brigadiers General,. .I. went f m 6)lQael to Qolonel of eachrei.timt. entondt i .r theircOuna id gisling them instruct. tions with respe4 to ti le, arriingernent of their. men in the comilig...stivggle. . It was knoWif. that thl -Russians had ' I been busy fortifying the higip.s over thevalley _through which . rune the little. riverAlina, . and that they had resolved, to:try : their • strength ;with us in a position which - vethein vast advantage of ground, • li, which t ey !had . :liised lever/ -.means in their. power , o improye. to.!*,:the • utmost, ' Ike, ad vance , f the ariisie.s tins great.day was a sight-, which .tist ever.ettnid out like the landmark , of the s)lectutor a life.lJ.Early- in the morning,J the trocps wereiorder t ed to get' in readiness, and at:balf paSi'. t szs.-they- were in motion... It WAS a 1 ,vely,day; the heat of • the Ban* was temper . by a Sea breeze. . The fleet was,vi l ., sible at tlnydistance o f b tour inile, covering: the: as it ivas, —en between . the hilliv and we wuld - make, .ouv the:. steamers on, 'oar right ' .c lose to the short as poS.sible. . ...: i me: 'l, Th e Arnaud i l3otsquet and.Vor-, . t*P'' sacrific Ont o the • wit arms.' glee of• 1 hum of the 'rant lines of, town. that, the, left thei on their. General advancl ey r ..attended -theirstaff , -rode, along in. front of the lineS, with Lord Raglan and .his_ Generals. ieci . .inti kilt, and . were received 'with tremendous cheering. 7 -44 - I.29Ave . sa* the steamers shore, (Freneh) - conimence throwiog.shells op to u bight in front, and the enemy replied liy a ItraVy . fire; but the tunce was too great -for aiiyeitictua? .The action. becante general •at 1t45 •on the part of the on ;Turks, who, the earned bights the right, which .werebut weak, ly protected.: At, 2;30 we advarteed,doWn the valley of th 4. inh, above which rose - the, lines - and' redoubtS'of the enemy.: As we- d vnneed they Set4tire tO . a village at the base of the. decentto:the valley at our side, and, coV... sred.by the'sintke, opened a tremendous fire of nine and twelve-ponder guns from :their .earthwork Our artillery replied with, shot, shell4ind rockets, while the, • men advanced • throttgh a Shower, of bullets; and rushed across, the stream—the light divisiOn on the.right,: the Second' Division next, :the First DiviSion Itr the, - } Center' andthe • Third .supporting the*, , Amid a MoStAremendons ' fire the Gtiards'rnshed Uptheltill and stormed 'the Iteaviesfhattery. - I Once .they-,were drtv, en baCk, but. were by the Duke,, who led tbern'to the in perkin. Sir George Brown had a hOrse shot tinder him: Sir De Lacy Evans led on Ids 'division • in . the very thickest of the.lnitrhitle, The'RusSians' threw* spherical shot marked: with a cross, which in: flicted terrible l Wounds, and Itheir- practiee when they got the rang 6, was excellent. At three the-French, moved up sOlid columns lot infantry. to the flights orl ouraright, and turned the guns on ,the; enemy.. Our ;men struggled . through the flaMes ()tithe village, and theriy er under a contlituou s roll oflartillery. At four o'elock, they charged, in three divisiens . tip the.higitts'.lThe-.-I_,ight : DivisMn suffered fearfully, particularly(the Ilk,. and . 2.-Id regi ments., which Sir George Brown led inperson. The. 55th, 9511 i and 39th also 'suffered severe. ,}j'. • The Rille,-Seeorid , battalion, though the .firstUnderfire4uffered least of as they got over: before he enemy caught the range. • At .five . .O'cloSeit the Russians *ere .flyingl, in allAirectionS,PleWed l etp,'-bk, the 'splendid fire of our gins; leaVing iinithe field ritritinnienSe, number "of dead; .threo: guns,' drums; and-ani munition. , Thtwanti. prevented our - *citi tit re e. - pri6oneri'.' greater' ninnheti of ns.. on tbe'fiel 4 ,*iii too terribletO -,,rnOitond ,- • • I• - • iilo / 01; -ALTlFlilursday Sept„ ' 21, 1854. '' '. ..The'order it Whielt our advanced - 'l,A , 4l4 . colitirilm . !:4;fbppades dertloying taties;u:4 leftliti4ept.o' by - 4 line or skirraish; . rs . .*an ‘ ta g e Of the tOmatiodictis, i 4rat.i4 . ,, ; eas,6;Of a strung attael fromieavalry and infant . ryl on . the left or reariott,rArmy e 'the 401_114#:mquak*, .06 );Ligo)g:(i the 4eii l l;-;:''.Ygi, - 10 . °4 9 1 ;iC..t . T!a . toit4rPithP ;il g l 4 t,,if the'OOttion,;ttii: that our tittritelcingpar tieS&uld'be shiAtered:by l'Orti.o,l . 6ri:of the: 11415.. -,-; • • , , atiOng. 1 ak, iii•"ndlrijr- to Aekiyit' our old basis qf Oprati . orts,. orde.f thS ; vc Might:get; 'the wigg4ge•-iiit# btOirgift tlie,4tlf-Divieltiti;,'aild the' Vo:Ssiek's,' !ivere 'lP4*tip - tweel),ictlC' ~wlss,JsfiorrtinYpi 'orhiciple, ni '4660; - and, 'tlit -as . ,to 4bepSti thdrinitOiatintid bilelC6t) 1104,:' WOl6 riiiiiiittielwtheil#6,'viii*iia irietfiy seven ! .etiysgrial ?-fr -, TITURS tAY NOVEMBER; PSE, i~- ~ _. ~,'t ~, .t~ , - plOy i ed - toinecit 661 , 1 . dfu of hortie,-- and It was,lieeesktry: , tal i*kit. tOdernotuitratiou - of. artillery atutinftuitrt. la eitricate our riven ( WO the-Iliffigulti i e lk wiAck theY had '=been plunged by advatt , ::itoo '4i - in fretitittheir , t ril sOperterS t " ,Ilaie ,er thi - enem,Wvradrilli. en backlii ear ta , • Irma' Made -beauttfill piltetiee,.cina!! the- , grotmd, baying rethildi in Splendid : or.der c .bo-. fore; :a three, ;_wilittefuSo to Meet . , then!! , When they might li , idoneao, by '' a eharie, down from the ete4ted position' they occw pied, with a fair chanciii or an encounter - ere °1 our artillery emild., ;coupe' up. ' Our line of mud) of the 21, 1310 As'i I hav-, said, was 1 toWardathe right Inf-Ouri formtr base, and brought up in cont4eti with the French left, under Prince Natioleoh, it, being understoOd that Sir De Lacy svikrie division ou our -ex trerfie right, fillouldlOt iti' concert with ,that of his Imperial Highness ;,.the Prince, which was of course fiirthafit, from' the -sea. As soon as we had a+rtaiited__the position „of our allies*chratels, the Whole line .eatend ing itself across the eharnpaign country* for some five or Shi mllesladvancecl. At - thediss. stance of twizi miles p'f'.e,lui4ed to obtain a little time to gather up; ?oar -rear, and then the troops steadify adv,anted lin grand lines like the. waves- of the i'')Ceaa, NS! ith our le ft frittered away as it were , iritOa m fda of skirmishers 'l under Colonel IlasVretice'snd Major Noreeitt of the Rifle Brigade', 24 battalion,covered - hy squadrons of thelftli, and .Bth 'Hussars, clad , - portions of• the 4th, ' : l3th Light Dragoons, and 17th Lafieers.l: This ' was a sight of id expreSsible grandeilijituid f.ir the first. timA one Was struck with ;thesplendid• appearance ofour infantry inla lino :in the Astimee.--, Red is the celor. after -elk, and theiliite slash ~ -, 1 i n . 3 of breast 'nf the lcOat and the Cross- ~ b3ts, though rendering t man conspicuous e-, nottgh, -gives -hinii sin''appearance of size which other anifoilMS del not -produce. ' The dark French colunina. on our right . . looked, very small comparl . i.dtoqpr battalions thoug h we knew they were quite as 'strong'; but the marching of our etlies, laden as thee were with all their packs,:,:&e., was wonderful-;:-.' thepace at Which .th ey went, was really. kill; jug.' , It . was obsezrvaible, too, that our, staff was - more conspienous ?sti'd more nuinerouS than the stafrOr enr brave friends., Nothing strikes the eye ut Siiiifi a distance. as a cocked hat an, bunch ofiivhlte Cock's feathers, and' severe o .ur bestothe' ers very wisely doffed :the latter adi nrininti, thinking that they were ' quite conspieuo Fen'ough by their, advanced position on horse; - .k and, by the number Of 1 their staffitionnd :th - . 1 The scheme of ,opera 'ons concerted'. b: tWeen the generoo,- and chic' suggested ti) Lord Raglan, it 14:AO Said, by • M. Marsbnl St,. Arnaud ',and gen.', canrobert, - Was, that the French and "Ilkirks, on our light ere to force the passage of the river, -a -rivulet o Abe Alma, and- estitbli4kiliernselves on 'the high over the streain at tke opposite'side, so that they could enfiliule the position to their'riAt ;and opposite to our left and center. The'AV ma is a tortuous little stream;- which has worked its* kvay d'owii throe gli a red, clay Soil; deepening its tin se, alit proceeds seawar!.ls, , and'whiehdrainathe l Steppe like lands on its Fight bank, 'making :ii times pools and eddieek too deep to be forded; i though it can be crossed - by by Wader.csei....442erarir to Nii e t their knees.. - It need ,not,be said that the high` banks formed by te accienof the stream in entting thrqugh the.: soil are Sometimesat one 'side, sonictimi; at another, according to the sweep. of the stream. '-' ' < V '", • ! At the place where. the bulk of :the :British army. crossed, the binks are generally at t4e right side, end vary Pent two and three, IQ six I or iVit feet „in depth to the water ; ti banks are generally formed by the iitira [ rites! curve of theltriver. on the left hand sid'is.,-. Along the ijght Or north bank of ;the ' Aims are it tunnher -oftirtar houses, at • times !nu merotts and close enOugh to forin habitatiens ei deservina the natne'-i of ,a hamlet„ at ' times scattered wide apart amid` little 'vineyards, surroundeirby littlaWalls of mud and stone of three feet, in hight, The bridge over, which the post road paSseCfroin BUlganak tOSevas topal runs,eldse to one of these hamlets -=-a r village in filet, of ' Some fifty hodsk.: Thia village is at.prottehh'd from the north by a toad winding thfrui*h a plain nearly. level ' till it cornea near', to the •village where he ground dipi, so thakiitthe distance of three hundred yards a:raith on }parse-back can hard ly see the tops of tli nearer and more +ra ted !houses, `and lan only the posi 7 tion ofttw itreant by "the Willows and ierdure, alongits batiks: :fit the left or south si4 of .i tid • , ' thelthe gou assumes a very differ , Alme, • - eat I. character—liniooth where the bank is - deeP,,andgreatly „elevated Where the shelve of the bank occursi, it recedes fir's few yardi ' at a i moderate bight above the stream, pierced here and there by the cotirce of the white, FS torrents, so as to 'fnriri small , rat; Ines," clm irriluided,:howevir; ti y ,the hights above. lit - A* as; on theile upper.light that the - streht,rth of the RusSian poaition Consisted. ' ' ' - I' - A remarkable ridge of mountain, car ; ' Ing iii bight frOin 500, 04 700 fket, runs along ' th e. lms - 'Aen tbeleft or south side with ' the . • course of the street* and assuming the • form Of cliffs when clOSe to_the sea.; This rideil is marked all alouojita cour s e by deep gullies, Which run toward the river it'various ,angles ;ands serve iiti doubt 4,0 . Carry 'offthefleeds pro-, OpOtiCid Iji thi3 rains end the melting ot the *ifif4.sPows oh .he hilla and f table-lands a bbre. At the top of the ridges; between the gtillies, the ThiSsintili had ', erected -- oarthWork batteries, mounted With - 12 lb and 241 b rass gtin.s, sup p orted hylnumerOns ' fi eldpiece and 1 ,,, hostitzers.': ;'These guns enfiladed 'the-toi of theiraviin pa_gillette:theih, - "or - swept heih. to the bast - t; whifo the whole of the side! tip' 1,111(1 an eneiiiyi unable' to stand. 'tlietditt firil i of the batteries;wOuld be forced"to aseend 4116 fill e.4' wittt reaSks of sitirinishen armed , ith arieietfileiii>tvio-grove rifle,' throw a large-solid conical ball, with foree;at 1 'and 800 ,iards","' as the .French. leirnedio the . ' Cost. Therincipal 'bitter) , 'cisnsiited or'' p an h-' r *oik of the fohli ickr two sides` of • a tri ' le,, *hit the apex pointed toward 'the brid '," mid ;du; sides covering both- sides of :the st fun, 4sA g* l respondiditlithe bend in the rive le' be low it at the dlitalfee of 1,000 pods, wi!ile at, '. 4 ii Or 'elesiaticai,the'32 , poundera tlinew; tis ?We' l i iaier,,veryloftee jiOytitid the houses or the sjl-, la - gi , ' to the distancn of 1,400 and 1,500 Earda.,l ITlOS'a:dottste,seted on the brim Or a hill a-,' jGo . i ii'MWre,efiLOolie the river,: but ''-thc-,'hilli roae' — belhid it Tor ' anOth er 50'fee t be' it ' . dipped a ay ltard the read. The , lethe hat wai i 4nfihided-by the fire Of ithree', ; ;another sin on the' right, d bi l ', r'aricither 'iin th 4 let and 'thesp-tifitteries .kvent, ' . #44)iitty inpitbV:pt , covering the: rills ' ain't i; rStreallldinfi.#4 l , Q6o3'whieh ledtp - ,th ' hilt tOtheitlOiltick , rtY.the first battery isFe Ifi l / 824tiounder 100 ilitik‘orOc , (ollllth YACd . illanl ~„..; - ,:' !,, 7, i • tfi In - t), 0 44, -* ad!: 'P.uo -, :non - hie' : er%. • 0 •11 ,IE I'M:CB EX Or Gt VERMEENT." [06611813 ~,t1 •.. ' d ... some: . -.: ; ..,' ' a 11.. , V. . '.. L. r: .:,..; miles ,we t re , guns Jn it w.as sem thelguits. had' 1i `. gtitisiiit - the'' Mile' iffit 40,00 eri -- 00%b Unhand of infantry 1,0t)o strip* ' , tif:the - 6 th, 81st, 82d.and_ , C(2B reglme4 •) - 1 I'AV. - ..*.ere 'oPPllied .PfinCiPalit: v f to th Old '' I regiments, indging_hy r the ninnher 41 Idea . iii - &ait' of" 1 Us."—;-hai'e mif I 'iienl'able to aseertain ' . .by 'lt Whoin'etey wel.e nalbmandedut there is . a{ Oberst re'. pc:0.0144 Meiteike ctinittuttehd!the: army in ehlef,and,that thellefkwas under,,Groe.haloff,, ti.ipativeafiliediplematist, andithat,the right was unde' It;:idahUff the Militlity - Governor oil% , §tope •' `l,t' titilso` affirmed -that the - *rive lof Nenehikoir virus ! talien, - and - .'„iia: it was al 4d aitopi of 611114,844 k ,fid4Msse4 Ao.: the. - E m ! • ._(,_ , fru whi„(..*,,the Prince stated. that. 40 1 600 i, en tnigt talce.SeiastOpol; but that" 80,000 Men -coil dbe held in check for'*eekS - lil by the*iisition of the Alma.,.• •:Lerge 'masses of'cataltyairinCiPally lancers antl heavy dra goen+,llninehve ed On the hills.ion ; the right r of,the - ussian and at last-, descended , the . Iti4, . ekor t ed t he:,; stream, and' threatened mir leftan4f. '.- '`s we rime :near the tiv erlOtir left Wince was throwO :back; - in' order; tn, supOrt 14ur triad force of e4valry, • and . a ptirtiou. f our rtillery was ,pushed forward blithe s, meidir thin. Our danget in this,re inreet W dete ted by the quid: eye of - Sir f s G t eorge Bilwti 'and I heard him give the or th!tir for' he mo t ement of the, artillery almost, aSsooit l as "lie mega sight of:the enemy's cav-, alry, and jiiSt as we were corning.to the +vil lage. .A.s .fve already said, bur plan of op erations-ova'sl in t t the "French should establish h ia theselveshn er the lireof" the guns on the higtts on the extreme of theenemy's left.:--,. NY hen i thatiatock was sutficieutly developed; (Ma luul met With success, , the; ,British .army ., was to forep the right and part, of the eenter, of the Russian position,, and the daY - was gain is 'When We were about three-miles troth tile villtve4 the •Frenely steamers 'ran as close .24 they cotild 'to .the bluff of the shore at „the sOuth side:Of he-Alm a, and pre§ently we. saw, them ihellitig the bights ia splendid style, - the shellS buritin ' over the enemy's squares and batteries, 'a'nd finally driving them from their position oti, the right, within 84000, ,yards. of tlieSea. ..ji • ; - , 'I The .Freoc4.practiee • crime:iced W)oiit.l2'- 1 . 4 o'-elpelti mid lasted forateeit ail, 'hour and sAndf: We 'could see the, shells falling over the: batteries of the eneiny, , and bilesting, right into them 4 -find then the black masses inside -*el werks;brake into little specks, which flew about inallifrections, and. :When the snioke, 1 eiefri)-4_ wire there were some to 'bo' seen fi"O.sled. of the grnund:' . .The Russians an sWered the ships trom tho'hights, but - without 44:4 AipOwder tumbril was blown np,by . al FrOch shell ; another -shell fell .f;y acci-' dent-into an iiinbu.seade whieh the lliissians i I 'i • *'' l' ' ;lid korepat:ed t .sr the athaneing, trench, and at, last they . ew off frinn the ' - sea-side: and. 1. einifined diet efforts to the' efense ofthe gul.-- les and high s;beyond the fire of the heavy. I: i :of the.s earners.. .A,,t, : 1, o'clock we saw_ the ; er!4 'wins struggiing,up the ,hills;, Covert.. . • a cloud 'of SkirbitSllo:3, 'thoie fir e mended m'e , tleadlY. - - . onee,.: - 'at sight" . of a threatetiing il ~..•'. - o - t' f Russian infantry; , in -a, eomthataityg position, above them, who fired rapid volleyslapeng them, the French panted but itwasi only.to collect their skirmisherS, - crifftB soon ' they tl3 n - - br ntd'thcv ran iii,', the kill itt the Pas .de ihar.n., and broke the Rusa t hans at o 'ee, who fled.; in dis o rder ; with, loss, iiifi the ' h 11. W e could, see men drop-' al pingion both 'di* and the; wounded rolling' down the stee . ,At '1,50, our line' of, skir mishersget'N ithie.range of the battery oh' ,-.) tlte:l4ll,.and - i ' mediately the Russiaai open edl::o. fiie at 1,2 yards withelfect, ..the shot plOWing_throu h the open , lines of 'the Rifle men, and failing into the advaicing coluns hohind. .ShOttly ei.e thisl time dense col '.limes of smoke`-rose frdin the river, - and drift od alcing to the eastward; rather ihterfering, Wiili. the view of the enemy on the left of.our. position.:The Russians had set the village; en fire. .It was a fair -ekereise of 'military skilr—wai we l executed--4-tookTplace iit' the t . tight-time, and • sticteeded . in ' occasioning a good - deal ofamiernee. -troops - trtiops halted ?rhea they nearel .. l this village, -their; left' ek- tending beyond it hy the ierge of the stream; ourright behind , the-, burning cottagss, and Within range if the batteries. It is: said the : ItusSians had aken "the 'ranger& all the prin. Opal points iit their front,t and placed ' 'twigs turl!sticks to inark them. 1 In this they: were' assisted by the post sifm-boards . on the road. The Russitinropenet a i furiousifire , on. the 'whole of our line,-. hut the French had not ; yet, made progrts' enough to jhstify_ n`S in , tidvtincin . g.. The , round shot whirzedlii • every direction &Sting hi? the dirt , and x sand into the faces of the stet'' of - Loixl• Raglen, ivhO were al shelled Sevterely,,taid attracted Much of the- emy's fire,. Still toiltßag lau waited yatiently .fo'r,tlat. development *of the t French - attack'. At length . '. an Aide de- Panip,came - io him aid, .:reported that, the ,Prettelt hadossed the alma, but they had n ei o establish dhemSelie's,snf fi ciently to jus tify. us in ii.,; t attack; !The intinnry were ;therefore, ordered to lie 4 evrTl;lthd the twiny. font short tirite was qiiitelpassivo; only-.that . . i.)ur artillery, ~iotireti lurch an unceasing fire' . , of shell, rockets and roniid shot, - which plot - I ed through the Russians :land 'caused then great!!foss. They did ,n4t- waver,' however,! ihndreplied tb our' artilh!ry manfully; their ' t shot frilling among our. Men as they lay,-and carrying WI , egs and arnis at -every round. , Lerd fß b eglan ) at last hathone.iveary tor this ;inaetLyity-4fillia:epirit;wesi u,--he•' looked at ~:p;iut,sll and : saiw men oil,„ *Wu, he knew. he ; might stake the honor : ,and ilite t of Great trie r 'aim, b r y liii aid, aiid. `intieipating a little in !the Military itit of vie* the eriSiatc;fitetiLi the ga- 1 e ordelrs for our'. whole, line to itd' %mo. Up rose thesciserried 11111.405, and passing thro i a &initial shilver. of riiiiiid, shotand shel4 Ithey,dashed - writo;the AVMs; ii.tul, `floundered! through itsowaters; whieh! Were. :literally ;torn . IntObam byl the deadly laaii4 - .1' 1 - .. , ..: : ,-' .; • , :Ati, theother side a rho - firer were sr!iistu. bfr d i f•Vineylardi, -..tai Mi t. t surprise-. they weret--tscupleid by 1; , • &ism= , rifharmen. - -- . Three of the itiff were here shot down, kit led 1.14 : Lbrd. .I*lan." in perkon,,l` they: advaeced, ' - eteetiteg. eae ittft-1 . .,411d rictw innne: Abe ; titrmug poll) of the hattleon-wbkLh,orß d a tilan, by .his-t tgiii:ity arul#lilitary rlcilt, limb:: ibis-aeeuredithervictory.at a smallersaerifiee • Om Iwouldilavii - beew otherWilie...the .-ettse.--- Me' dished . tive;tife bridgiylsllewed;:hy , his staff. l i From; the rilipl-over lt,sunditt , the Hild shirr guns, he saw the sfata-of the uetion.—t The pritish - line whiCh lie , hador9ored-le ad-' 'vatted`,- , 'saw - 41414041g !thrnugh the.river and . 143 tit:3'641410 fottittikte;? firm indeed;' hitt hioVek4d doWli' by i the ! toordOiotiti fit& ot . the, 'hititei* -iiiid, , ,twiirapfr i kioand ,4ltet,. , shell; canister, ews4 shot,,atitVintialtetryifkini Saiito -orth+. - ginis . ttf !tie - onititv'brateiy, 't . akrt - roha , alfintmerise mo'conipativinalmorittiosiattio. .-,ti ?V'':- ' ...AI \,:i..t 4.11'-.4.3e1,-::‘:; t-; ,s ~ :k t . .it -1 . 14 I , : • i , 7t,f.3 sa' tr. Shivwhieltonlya • , too-well: Ititheothet bitt fantry.„' Then ~. , ii,tl•, - miq, of the most bloody . and d ainutied—strugglis in the an nals of 4:4iia. ,:t i`o44 , l3ivitironiletl ,. 2byllitD. 'tial!e, in the '.; ' - st - tysliingfManner;--7eiossed. : the stream on ahe 'rigtitreThe ith FusilerN led-by.. Cell Y. *fere swept , down- by fifties. 1 The 65* 30th and.ettith; ledyiky-,B6goXertiW.] titht r, witaiiras a the thickest of therielt;iht er't • ing mrilis.men again again. were checked indeed, Itet- a . ,a' zcigowdoek•kn.their : _opward l • ,' , -,-,,- 3T140. IT,,rnar•44 ilvfl ' ' OW°. roll of- -I i`i , ief,r4l.4 eiry;',and lir*. Miips, with 'the • teria47th .114 40iN'tiri:slelYblititgeil ute:, the I#ll, a.' , •ii it4-pielli'lii the' battle. ' Slid bill,; • , -Gedrke - . wti reogipielious on wgrartorge.÷ . rodiki _ lit . • his 'Light. Divisi!in,, urging,: them •Aviiiik4h.ii i .w v4ce•san4 f. g4st.ure. , GatlaA 4 - , follow_ they ~ ere, worthy of .such, s . gallant chief. ,' The S!•erith, diminished * 6y - knip•billi;' feu back to re a im'theii coluitiii lost . fot t h e : tithe :`the-23d :;*ith' eight °Meets: di kdsl -aed - il tour visaimacsi,,WOV:StiErushing to the:l l . o n; aided - by the Ilith, 334-1744 and n ...88 4771a Down * , cat S r George in. :. . cloud-of ; 44st in front df tke'lvttery., .He was 'Soon up, and StoUXeac ” Twieniy-third; I'M all . right. : Be sure 111 remember this day ." 'and led. them in the_~h~xlc pinduce& by :the-: iul the gathlnt reghpent stder : :: paralyied .fur. a ntOpaent. ghards on the 'right `of Ilia - Light ,the Brigade of Itighlailders, the hights un the Their, - • the the, on again, -I)ut fall of their el ed.: terribly, %. 'Meantime the Divi's'ion, -, and were stotmitn w' air tine ,teas. . Int, , ,ltts-Te.gular as lough, they . Nve.re iniHyd Perk. Suddenly a tornado of is round and or. pe :rushed ,through front the ter-„ ribte battery, and , a roar of tmisketry. 1 . t.661 behind think d their front ranks by dozens: It vas eviden thaewe Were just - able to con.= tend against i lle li.llSSialla, fit,tored , as they Wile by ragreat.p sition. ,At this. very, "Bute, au. inuncusdlnas :of dt,nssian. infantry - we.re scen moVing dow - toward the battery. They halt-, ed.' It'-was , fie crisis Of the day. . Sharp i an: giilar, and-So id, they lOoked ai if they were cut out of the solid.rnek., .1t was,beiond all doubt tlint - ,ifour infantry,harrassed andthin nor, a$ they,.vere, got into, the battery, they wiinid.haVe- o"enconnter again a . formidable fire: which - th y sic=re but ill calf ulated to bear. 'Lord Ra4.7,lan saw the, difficulties of the tittle tion, He aked if it would be posAibie tagct a couple of = m3 4 .te lwar-on tlioso masaw...--;-. .The o reply -w s,"Nes," , ;to au artillery' qtri i, eel- whoSe nme do IRA knOw, brought Up twO guna. to 16e --, ' in the `Russian - squares.' The first' si it -m ssed, but the twit, and the next.; and th n t t uti through .the -rauks,so 14: keenly, that a cl , ar lane could be .seen, for a moment thu„ -- - the_7.sqiiire. - - after a few rounds tlitc litnms ofthe square. became bii=o ken, wavers to and 11:o, broke and fled over. the - brow o r he hill, leaving 'behind therti Six f !, -*rseeir dis ticOlues of dead, Iyingus cloth its POAble - to each other, marking="iliepes sage f of the atal messengers. This our intui rot - a deadly incubus, and they continued .t 1 eir.magnifieent, and ,fearful pro gress up thhill. ' The Mike. encouraged 'his . , men by voi 'find eXaniple;" and.proVed hint-..] self NS orthypfliii proud command 'and:of-the' ro,Y-all race from. whickhe coni. , " : Highland: , ers," . said ; , -it C Campbell, .ere they came to the char,e, A I, aril going_ to ask "a favor ;of ycu ; it-is 'sat yOu will' att so as to ju.-tif3i. me in a . 4kin: perrnilitin ofiheQtieen foeyou "to wear a bonnet" •Don't pull• atriager':till,/ you're with ay:n.(l oftliellussiaiis I : TheY charged ant we li• l ttiey.obey ; pl 'their ehiertalti's wish; Sir 0 liiii"had hiStorse simtuader v 6, but his toe teolthe InitterY at li„bolind.L- Thellussia s rushed out. anti left multitudes olden() 'bet) ad them: ' The Guard had storm ed the irigh =.of-tbe battery are,t the i l-lighland 7 ers, got into the eft,, and. it is said the. Scots FusileeF;G 'ids, were. the - trit/to enter. L.- The 'SeConellitil'pght`',frivi.:siti crowned tlia-i height - S. Th 'French turned the gimsOntheitill against the. • ying - mnsses, Widelt.;the - ;:c%valry. in vain pie it ,to, toyer: 'A few:faint struggles from. thc s ttcred - infittitry,, , a feWcepUnds of cannon an . ransketrv/and the enemy fled tU - ,, thd•south-e st leirini, three'generals,,t drums' thmte -- guns; l 7oo'fitlsotteria and 4.o6'ivonndett behind the .. illiiii battle Of- the Alma was viou: ,At w - wOn with - a loSi of nearly 3,00 Ct killed and, • ounded on oar side.- - Then.list will apptia 'n altew. days. The litts.siatt rp7 treat was ver id by their cayalry;but i(we had had e ari tidemite forc..e we could liiive cap:. tured man ., gut land' multitudes - of, prison ers. /.,. • -I ~- ._ . ... ' • ../ , ~ Every itt? Wit bwpLawiet. Lawyer-Self 1 4 ./Ofenue . - tiiumpitant '''' • ' ' : :'• ':.'At tfle hl r st te' e 4 ethe Orange Co. '(N. Y. Ceurt the. f;illewitigtiti:e WaS tiled; upon whiCh the jurY yr! 9 addrmed by the defendant, who' ei. had conelu ed' to appear in his - i own defence :.1 The .P plc , - vs. James' ..4/kTkin,-.—This was 1 a very int resiiii,g,ease, rendered , s6from tlu. fact that the defendant acted as ' his dwii law-- yer '`.? . .:in the tria With.nit havifig the advatt- tage of 1 , .4(i g on e C fthe, legal fraternity. His . ' samlnieg up,' .)f.whieh N we are able to_giv,e nearly ilt v, riruttie. report, with ..the, exec of the i act. tigvas decidedly rieh, and afror. i l - atia much musernent fbr the legal gentlemah preset - if. e' defendant;`` who is a small red haired, thi ,speciinen el a. - Yaukee, Vas -IW. dieted for. n as4aultaed -.battery...,ou .ens .-. Mr. pedder. ,:The liets, , as ,divulged npoti .trial. are lirii.lly as follows : - The defendent is . " is the ein ple ~, - of ibe'NfOniatip ! V:tileY, roireit. burg and Port. Jervis Plank Road ConiPany. as a. tail', thir2e, and .resides' upeit•lhe readi some rail :ab:OveTurt..Jorii ► ! Tip ;fwd. ,0e emnplalpa it t ,r_, P94de„r,,,uru, near_ 1141 i; hors. ~ .- _ 'On a Sunda r in'Telinitti•Y'ligt; the' defen dant saw the complainarit, in . the act, of beat-. leg'histd fee dent's] . rotes' along thd - highkvay • ittid'as'ani huintement for him to quit; hUfled l a few ato ei , a-i.hini, °Imo( Witich,its the min= pi:4114;4., stith#l;;atru4 Itin ou i tim 1.1a0; of t l PultP,Oit , _ „1 1 ~"...•.: ' The to - i lotiy: being , :einieli4ol, the defee daiit- Air -eel the jury' iii:tbilhirs :-' ' :'-' ' ,", - -1-. 11 : GiliiiTt. 34101'6P - 110114nRY I...ftiliOn't:inOw. iitttelt',abt it 111.%,1itt/d.:nino thOriAl.'.l)l46-th4ol *big On havulellue.l4.4 that ;ought tp k niW a lii,thp„.ll - 4 Tr-4.aight,t6 applOgi,, , ?, perhaps .. t.*O'r iippearin ' 'in 'my' own defence, and `Wilt iliro liy;inlifii. yol' thit 'I Th4'1 . 6006 . -lawyer, t tifid I l ln. <hired:rine her, - nrthiseaie, - .hht thii-botheoiiie •up mis. , iitig when I need thellFAllks.t. fi.IAP•• I I nllght - have secured-the. 'kfrvices of , guine of.th4se othei:qiiiiba:of the:laav i !,thati Ace a r o° me s ttutllinVillg*i; l 4 4:114044. , 'tt,Y Ar'f).'S": +1 qoPeluga.to gl itv.: o i c'X, '',l ll itt ! lk l itri heteit . t to, to lt y . olt . gen- 'ifeineb, l l efordirgtip tiii*i oTartherittitWitlsrnOt my' &tilt 'Ali i - thi; 1 , 4 Where tititlhtnti, tlatAita4:l 7OfilthiS-vr. *Mini Inenlirt,:ilithinklon Willey() , :tuae.d, l'br v 1 1.44044 'with, Vibto4 tIAY Aii."t 4:941 1 . 4, ..k 4 ‘4!_,49# , triOkiPVl l / 4 41 .- 4 .1•0 141 1 '',ftlie '.1::: ‘eq,dp tre , ltA"be(ylr Aapfat.o_,Mo - ft 4f.illailaialitit AIM 1 /tfl,l ,&;1 4 ihiat iffieulfrPotliii* -1 111f tifitAkkvattiltu. ' k•..i.1. - .,tliv , .: 4 --.2..•k;V....;,,,:`,31..A ',-is. ' ~~~t.w«.1.~ ` : - t•:.'tlitt - 1-fr.;74 - 1 • .••• - lzat c 6- . Ivig.it to 7-4,;;.:,• 2.: I: MZM r, y . ',. •., - • . , r , „; ~..•,,,,....1.,,na .. ,‘ r f Or'' 'l l9. e .# 4,lll §:o# l4l ,C itiade . ;, ba r'''' , .' ' V -' ' il rrf. ) wk. .- Irerthen_char4ed':64.,t, j . ~ ~... ..., , Innli-_§. ll ..P.fiYl•sPr 41 4. 1 . h( "4,— , :4 3 —,, .4. -- / '.` l_tAt. ". .' ric ol lectcms,;and.ko ,ll o*-8 1 4i1W4„; !"414,,i9r 2 • at O . :13.4-t4 04fililL:i,41-14-ITaleplifrE,4l 'di "iitell 6 9l4 l qrYtlis: l l.ow°- ~. jar eit ~,a , ; , ,cop-4 - #!ik ,1, 9,44;31N 10,, a1 tr,• I_ ,S4, ti uitc t* C „ tt,d_ chideb,eackiiai,,,4l.4l,:_,,lit;ul,44l7;_c:fr„.,...,rl. ~ ~tnat kna reo un._ .1 W4en,jEk 'IS • . ' • 1 Ip.. ,34 .P. wi n + )-,.. :-.. Y ea - amble :be 9r4 ,141 e • 5T. 11 4'92. 4 1 afk e4fler b e ciiiiierPie -, ATUsitei, ItaSiskii/1"0:W•i.W. I re r ' - - h4d:',wriellready; or It . .*ln i '4l4o/ - Aot#fid tk,',.. it;ll:4o;:tlifi;ie-4hieb it A ve44l : '', , v x ? fr-,- ; ,.: . , . o .r4tbrile- , i4:50 1 0-*- t4=o4:*** ~ r.: ! NOMA " ' syga Idfe: ll Wi r i4g: 4en s tiftili l: ' 1 ,4 41 1 1 4,1! ii: ,t i -4 Vii, cliiilial huiliatid,:lalie — , iyoptip , : 11 9 t m,.52, ,ggi_ria,._•°r l tby FY.II,,sePF! tYI.fT . : 4 . 943'..1 - VP . • n9eli.at' , c ourt:. -- i" .1 7.::";-: :-7, ~.4 - ..,. .'• ~ e • . ar s ;su icnoi , i,fieptiiiinan, that. kami,lll*-I*' p 14 1. 0 04.e . **!ip_ 11. 4 1 0* 1 4 6 : 40 1 4 ' Pbrt :e l •O'Yi l :Pli tak, ii*ftli . :4oo '.• . keener. '2 Thi,i, - e&ripani, A ;:sge* . 1 41.404,. __ ilwit,Too9.e' . I . ln Y-intOgrit.rzl.. l , ll A 1 0. 1 0" - . • to:0 1 " 8. 4:4P IA 0/At il3 Porttat , PtPti-tAla , even •if 1 1 altiild're9eli..o ;$3OOO and OAT. ' 'of it„, ll 4',,Sbekeeniiiiilid . o*§4 . '_a_VlA,rl„fme...i 'iilts•P' s Pd '' . T. l4 ":id'e"' .4 soh/ . * /"ANY; Yak . the 4 1 04+-atqeselit me 11 P144 4 ?*ffiAkrril&): cdlie.et tolls th)S - DOdder was :Sine- pt.*, „Jul, - . hbitant i s3 ' founct there; in: i1ii;;Wii 4 4,a 0 4. , ..41 - - '.. will say lor him thatheiSti, 'Veil fair , EiPiel '‘, men octhe rest of the population.... But thest : isn't - - -an .Otthetti . .that Soemb§ , 4oo , rate 4 1 : ,'- the ben fits' of this Plank •Roadi.,, , • ~...7 im - •,:- • It let - eut.to civilization i , cliktialigr moult-. , ho; eirer. before realized the idea_that.-there.‘„ - • - ,0 -as such a thing as . 'civilized:: rifa,..randtiktiT •\, ' ' odd er is one of.thern.'-it IS (lAA thAiSOOD. /after I, Moved there, s'yottn-rivouttui s lievelt- teen y :i.5..01d, cum down.out at tifer Moon- -- t ins on. the -Plankroad, one day,.and said :eh. •_, 4 dneVer been out before., •Shelairly_soem- ed surprisediO see 4 white.man,and atter e...---. king a few questions went , backintqthe-wOod,. his. I.Sder.was my - 'nearest• neighbotland h• . deaf'- nearer, than I .wanted him,Auld, .'. - • llndia ibeen there long, betlireileard he Ila4i ' _ been lying about me to•one of the Director,. and I soon found out that,he wanted to gru -, •.: his son, who was sworn - hererageinit me, - IL, -' my place.. But he hasn't dons it yet, and if rvou don't eorvict.me, I reckon hevon't vOr - ; . • It Nr,,,n't take long to dispose of Dodder N. • ' - , 4 . Ile testi fi es thaf..he saw, Me throw - , thre..• isiones at his father. and saw • the '4,411d-mint* ' - dodge.'On his erase. examination, he say . ..;-:...' that he was in. his own honse,in'the , q.pos;h, •.' a - and had,to look over a hill. twenty. .feet .high: :.- and also over three slab fences and•tWO.stone• , • Walls.;, Nell, it he tells , the. truth, all ivi - sl., is- tha I : had, young , .I)odder's74o. ~_ lie - , iz•: - 'certainly, a remarkable. boy; and f ca,n't. cools= - - tently deny his,k'fitther.' „. . •••'. , 4-- - -.,,i • I:um willing'.,to admit•that .I_49,fliplwrang, -, to throw :.stones at Dodderond,tapologize tt• all.•the world and_thiseenntyparticularly,tor• • it. • ThQ POOtOrS,A,9II us than i 4. 00 ariiii.two,-, cause-4 . rot all- cliseass. prediSpasitiemandex-•-• '1 o , l tabitv - g L.think ;it • Was the: atteveattso Oat • ' MoVgd/ofe•to stone.p.odder.,i i l therefore ton , , _ s . , fess Mysellgoilty Of theamtuilti..4mt: the bat- tery'l den • and if you find megailty of tho I r Y , ) - - battery ' , X _win ;appeal from.thdeeition tO tho Court' of , fligh Ileavenitself before I:will sub.. ktuit- it.r ."••• '., :- : '- ." _. „..._,.1-,,7,.-:?+;; ' No gen,tleraeii,4yon saw -Mr.:Dodder and . ty.. helrdi him swear against' me., :. I asked Win a• - , great many que - Stions, as4st'w4ls sorry asked: $ bear . - 11 him. hswer as he, did'. '4. • might have asked 1 I him•if he didn't kill my eat;„and if •he didn't ' stone-1 MY...chickens, becanse they trespassed in• his ,woodsi , where. actually Au, mats ire SO ' rthick thWthe, brakes r ean7t. • find .. their; iirav • through.thew; 'fait theNl kneNt heAvould 40, \ r , ny • it, and.it would grieve me- toThearliini. - L-1- l e:a.bilits:tbatbe.WdabiriVir4TO k y::t4AeOoW6 tip the road, and_tliat"ho struck at oue of buvhe says it was , with a• small, swjtlih.- -I • . . ... hkiajprovedAliat•this,switelt was phi-about_ ten fi.bt long and about three iacheseeroas - the' -. butt., endiandl-bavealso,pried4l4. who* , ------' kg Atrtieb;',•tboa-cow-fell. . ) It. z is tri l e-my w ij ile .4, 9 •couldn't.sivear- that the stieklit her*: bo , ..lir* so fa.,±4buttltakc •the blow ankthe..fali to , , gether,.an4.we.esp; guess - that: xest.,;; , py9ll. i gentlem*shouldSpe me. point a,,giuk. at' a; '.'. Mall and PUll the trigger, see., : thel,fiask and - , htiar,the.report i and at, the simetiniesee the_' 1m sin drop, I,,think you, *Mid say that I, shot . him,. althou gh TottPlight.iotEleelbe* 044.rilcf; ' him. -.• . - ' ' leni; • . , Now : the Factis, ge.atic,..tetr, thate,oBlu4aY ) '• was laying, on; my _lounge-:in,. -10 4 . y:. -44+4 ' when -my, wilb,sahtto nick that-.P.e.., chasing, tapeows. I jui4ed. - -:up : tulid• idle 'Y- on my 1 hoots aid ,went out of'd?orsousi, istit ~, Podder,*t the-cows coming; up th, •mid It `is true ..ha - says:' he= w-as: 1 : 0 P .4 1.1 ANICA 4 0 1:11 ; but; says Oka he - and. the , eoWs-werlhoth go: :iag=tdomg,the road in one 4irectio;:iftryi- thus was a.smearas,l, ; amid Of hitii3oo43o3oiNi. or . , the truth; , but it - is pr , oved that cows. Were , g,Oin g ahead of Mtn; .44 1 .1••he,..wiis folk* : ing.ifter Ahem, - with thisjittle:Awiteti,,lo feet, long,: anifthgee inches across the bqtt, 4041 4 reckon :you'lLthtuk he wq.s.‘drit* w,,.thelP. sung --: I out to him ' Dodder stopl' bat, he didn't obey. my order., and ljust threw a stone:r' in thicdifietiou:ivhiett -,‘ , rent , atifteset ever - hi - alma ;;ethic aeons timer.goitfg toward ' • .Ithn f - while - he i was , eommg . , toward-- pioNft:iiio ,Piiid - 1,10 fatettlti4ti, And tlfmtg.Put againt,9; l od:: : -der, stap,r. t still .beldidn s .t.witki..i.WW** 4 l44o - 2 litist,threwianalier stoaell, l NW4Owkiiik, - in id oiliAveatv , anal. ; threw... 4. ithke4 • ; •-lit o olifs, ' ,4hich he_Says hit him -10.thalit,leit,tof4hit Reelz but- whiclEL , thlnki.ia,..rittherl fpttiwaKiiiwitWe' :were gdingtowardgach r ottterosifit4* - 88:swg_ ,could gQ. , LBair.Wileviir_slaelreitutowti.. Ahillizatt Aft maie,within ithol4A*4ktet,,j9f ' eauh other,';.l halted and holJorokist** of ray yoicei-',. D,odder, wht-inl, I:2 ,-,,,,,d01gt -: you- sti:pl l about, then; he oi4..tltsitax.l this ten-feet switch, ail if to iitrikgk•_.nke,-tl sung out : , 1-lfr4 - #l)ctaderdo94 101' f•Y ( )" •may , wollulk 10 Pow-§i.kUtiff4rgott .101 1 uP t!lo midi:that:Jodi* .yon i # wa1ik.. 0 & 4141141 _ , lhat. 7 ll,itoc.kTl [tiero the .0repr414164401) , .. propriategestgre (tithe heakaiitlit*Aat,..pf, - ~ -:hooking i :whitihwastille•weA Wittamitt!..,sta 844anttklutil latighter, , that, coatihoiectipegmi .' iminntea.i!,-. 4.11 4 , _ ,. `, , . - .; '!.;f4.7.k715:; tt : • : ~.g. , Now, gealeluet;i - I . ( You cotalt..o2t'. 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