The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-30 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

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been recently appointed to the several West India
Regiments to be attached to the East India depots
at Chatham, for the purpose of acquiring ^a
know-
ledge of garrison duties, and taking part in the
brigade field movements with the troops previously
to joining the head-quarters of their respective re-
giments in the West Indies. During their stay at
Chatham the officers wiil acquire a knowledge of
field-works and pontooning with the Royal Engi-
neers ; pitching and striking tents, iifio drill with
the Enfield musket, and also be exercised in the
great gun drill, in accordance with the orders re-
cently promulgated.
The officers in Colchester Camp under orders to
accompany the draught to India are—Colonel M.
N. Gray, Lieut. Edward M. Mason, and Lieut.
Charles J. Miles, of the sth Fusileers; Capt. Henry
Parkinson, Lieut. Charles Whyte, and Lieut.
Patrick B. Simpson, of the Ist battalion of the 6th
Foot ; Capt. Barnes, Ensign Henry Bullen, and
Ensign Sargeant, of the 37th Regiment ; Ensign
T. D. Sullivan, Ensign Arthur Rowley Heyland,
and Ensign James L. Watt, of the 56th Foot.
A number of men belonging to Capt. Mil ward's
battery of Royal Artillery stationed at the encamp-
ment on Woolwich-common referred to in The Sun
of Friday as having intimated their intention of
retiring from the army at the expiration of their
first term of service, about to close, have on
more mature deliberation expressed their desire
of azcepting the Royal bounty and of re-enlisting
for the second term, or 21 years' total service. It
appears that the men had formed a misconception
of the terms of their retirement, after the period of
21 years' service, and had hastened to the conclu-
sion that their chances of success in civil life were
preferable to those of the army. Only two of Capt.
Milward's men have finally adhered to the resolu-
tion of resigning the service. The remainder were
yesterday enrolled for the additional term, and have
been granted absence on furlough. On re-enlisting
each man received a bonus of £6 18s. 4d.—namely,
the Queen's bounty £3 and £3 18s. 4d. equivalent,
to a new kit. Being provided with their former
equipment, which by the service regulations they
are allowed to retain, they were fully accoutred
without • further expense, and many of the men,
with a provident desire of adding a small
sum to their retiring pension, immediately
handed over £6 to Captain Milward, to be de-
posited in the savings-bank for their benefit.
Captain Milward has taken extraordinary pains to
advance the moral condition of his men by en-
couraging and promoting various kinds of rational
amusements, with a view of diverting them from
the habit of resorting to the public-house, and has
happily succeeded beyond his anticipations. Being
isolated at some distance from the town, the men's

evenings are generally occupied in rehearsals for a
weekly representation, which takes place in one of
the hut stables which Capt. Nlillward has fitted up
in a theatrical style, and which provides a source
of considerable relaxation and improvement, and
affords attraction to large numbers of men from the
barracks.

GARIBALDI' 8 WIFE.

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" I ono day cast a casual glance at a house in
the Burra (the eastern part of the entrance of
the Jayuna, South America), and there observed
a young female whose appearance struck me as
having something very extraordinary. So power-
ful was the impression made upon me at the
moment, though from some cause which I was not
able fully to ascertain, that I gave orders and was
transported towards the house. But, then, I knew
of no one to whom I could apply for an introduc-
tion. I soon, however, -met with a person, an inha-
bitant of the town, who had been acquainted with
me from the time of my arrival. I soon received an
invitation to take coffee with his family, and the
first person who entered was the lady whose ap-
pearance had so mysteriously but irresistibly drawn
me to the place. I saluted her ; we were soon ac-
quainted ; and I found that the hidden treasure
which I had discovered was of rare and inestimable
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osmdcfeeoetvnphielnesygosPefhol, having landed, in our retreat from an
Austrian squadron, while still hoping to restore her
to life, on taking her pulse I found her a corpse,
and sang the hymn of despair. I prayed for for-
giveness, for I thought of the sin of taking her
from her home." The rest of the lady's story is
soon told. She accompanied_ her husband in his
dangerous adventures, fought by his side on sea
and land, received
cut off a tress a ball through her hat, which '
of her hair, and travelled alone
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from Carritabani toLages, sixty wild miles :
" Anna passed that dangerous way
assaybayssinnisghfid a
night, and
such was her bodes
the sight of her, declaring that th
ring that they had been
pursued by an extraordinary. being. And, in-
deed, they
woman, mounted on a fiery horse, which she had
spoke the truth, for that courageous
asked for and obtained at a house on her way w'nere
it would have been difficult for a traveller to hire
one, she galloped, in a tempestuous night, among
broken rocky ground, by the flashes of lightning.
Four of the enemy's cavalry, who were posted on
guard at the river Canvas, when they saw h. ar ap-
proaching, were overwhelmed with fear, supposing
it to be a vision, and tied. When she reached the
bank of that stream, which was swollen by the,
rains to a dangerous mountain torrent, she did
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less than 500 paces, but they reaebta ptah,s: .0
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less distance
shore in safety," Four days' hard rid' T ,posit
riding, aY id only
a cup of coffee ! Flying with
her husband ', f corn the
Austrian army, after the great French t re; ison of
1849, she landed with him at Meoda, an, s d ied ex-
hausted on the beach.—Life o
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General , Got V., baldi.