New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-19


l.,,,.r and sstiety the still unhealthy water and
as,a, .hnndance Of fruit were not ca'cuate1 70
S;'-;.;.h The pestilence in the Russian camp. The
,bch sneak Of 60 600 victims Of the choe-
"a and other CONTAGIOUS diseases IN tue army, 90
no. ennear much exaggerated, com nnhlcaloh
which . Russian officer ia hls-J emo maze " me-
~ .oLsr az a standard. He spoke with satislac-
~ fact that on the march from Tisza Fu-
Debyecziu his battalion bad only lost ~ men,
~ :; go that this war was one Of the most struc
,;,o % any marching army, on account oil the %
lent n Good water and the intense heat which
,revsils on the great Nortoosg!er Fisln DuI tn1
peculiaritv Of the region m1sI DC esPecaiiy iEIal
10 soldiers accustomed 70 NOr'uein Ounla.S.
Tire Russian artillery, so lar as equipment, capa,
me-, of o,ovepent &c, are concerned, appeared
20 NJ the best organized OF their troop. II
.t,sno,b and beauty in the horses, remarkable
,osssqe of mountains and valleys aud heetness IN
ipano1vre be alone tax en- as the measure OF excel
leuce for artillery these little, snort ow, green
nsinted cannons may really be considered as the
bast ,hnnderbolts Of battle. As, however, nothing
ON Earth is entirely perfect so also is 1t with the
Rnssian artillery. These light carriages speed
over stock and stone, up and down steep deciyl-
t;es-pow and then break-but their balls do not
easily reach the mark Since but once saw Rus
sian artillery in operation, must base my state
ment on the accounts Of Hungarian Officers, who
were often opposed TO the Russians under Benz
ard G6reey. and who unite in declaring the Russian
halls generally fell in front or at the sides Of the
lines and seldom occasioned important damage.
On the other hand, the Russian Officers acknOwl-
edged with astoDshment the precision Of the Han
gsrian marksmen who were very often young
peasantboys, first schooed In this war.
We remained somewhat longer than II days in
Russian protection. During the whole OF this time
the officers retained their swords until we were
delivered over to the Austrian General, Monienu-
ia rs
TO feel the oppression Of situation, but treated
US with delicacy and cordially took care OF our
support and furnished us with money 70 deiray the
EXPENSES of our travels but here there were ma
nv difficulties and delays. In our intercourse with
the Russian officers, they were exceedingly iair'
| genial and complasant and II one went 70 me
! General with any request he might be sure Of It's
| beine granted as | bad occasion 10 know, Inc
| cavalry and chief infantry officers spoke + rencp
auently and correctly, and some also English
| those who spoke German well were more rare.
Tbev We re mostly Livonians and Esthonans. Ineir
etbies whether dictated at st. Petersburg OF
tI!nIJ nnfeiened they declared were decidedly with
| Hungary and even the soldiers seemed 10 make
friends with ours, far as was permitted by the
| nse of words gestures or the resemblance Of kind
ed Sclavic dialects. Still, they not unfrequenty
| employed the acquaintance TO accomplish cheap
purcha,es, ard often-among the CosJacks-
! thefts especially OF horses, which they greatly
coveted This is not the place 10 speak OF the ma
nv opportunities which were seized by the Russian
officers Of all grades, to exhibit certain prefer
ence for the Hungarian army, in opposition to the
A Aust ia Many striking examples of this came
10 our knowledge, and myself heard expressions
from the ips of many distinguished officers which
sounded very remarkable for the allies of Austria
In Arsd 1 was furnished with passport ol
| home in company with FIVE other foreigners. We
were bjvouack ed in the shattered Hotels, dwell
| linps and chambers, which swarmed with vermir
| Of ali kinds During eight days sleep was not t.
he thought Of After reaching Pesth, in spite o
our permits of travel which were correctly giver
by the Military and Civil authorities of Arad, We
were arrested, imprisoned and almost al o. my
| frerds famone them a countrymsn) mustered int
the Austrian army. Myself and one other, only
were suffered to 60 free.