The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-09-14


er hpo ~ un1pe, wa. ilnawra thry No.
kourcd IL With greedy hunger, and dfuk
without thought 1ftle r1ufrG"euccs -4l- Lll
bmrhih water errvheucr ilo thoas.d,ls of
cholera victims IN tlm army, the very fret
week When thcy Jr-cendcd to tho warmer
and more fruitful regions NJ ile Theiss and
the Waag Ihc pour soldier herr. and there
obtained meat and Vegetable, which DIZZY
cooked in ldrge cauIdruDs, iu tho most 'curi-
0us m,Emrcs, gmrh, o. convinced mysrlL
thry consumed 10 enormous, almost inrrr'li.
Hc quantities. llut this continual change
hclwccu hunearand satiety, ilrc still uhcal-
ihs water aud pr'aler ,ahuull,nce of lruii,
%err not calculated 70 diminish the pc.iilrpcc
Ia ihe llu-siau camp The rcpnris which speat
af ln-unu sialiiiz ut the rLl'ela and nllcr
conmgious disclec- iu the army, do hot ap-
pear much exaggerated, H. % communication
which Russian officer iu kia-,h ,huu undc ~
mc, be- taken o. q standard, H. spuirviih
satisfaction of the ,ti,t, tlal ou lhr muuh
from Iissa Furrl. ip prbrrcllu, hi llllalinu
hal oaiy loot p men. lti, t0Ir .Inr llisvir
wa. one olthrmp,t dr.ir.u,r iaapy uarh-
ing army .ou account of thc total wnui of .oud
water and tho intense heat which prevails ou
tho great NortolaPycr Plain hut rH. prru-
li1rity ~ the region must hc c5p'rIaiiy rtt
10 snldirr- accustomed Ia . Norhcw climate
The Russian artillery, so Tar q. equipment
capahility Of movement, So. arr concerned,
appeared Ia ~ thc bc,t organized or their
tpnps, Ifstrcugh aud hcaul, Ia 'l'~ hor,r.
remarkable ph---ec Of mountains and valleys
and fcctncss in monpuNrg. hc alnuc takcn a..
the measure of excellence TOR attillrry, these
little. short, low green painted cannons ma,
really Le euAsld.r.d 49, tl'. l.'--, ,itunrrrhutv
of hattlc. As. however. nothing ON earth ,v
cntir'ly perfect, -o also :. IL with the Russian
arullcry Thrsc'lighl carriage, sicc,l over
.'ooS and stone, mp and down ac"H d"cl,i-
tie --omytimes br,nk Int thcit E1Il. do moi
casil, reach the mark Since hui once .aw
Russian artillery IN operation, must base
my EHrrmoUt on rfIr gcrUuUrg 0f Hungarian
officers, Who Ucrr o)rn opposed Ia the Ru.-
Japs undrr Bcm and iorgrl. and who unite
~. declaring the Russian lall. grncnl, "Gll
IN front or sides of the lines, aud seldom o.
,a.ionrd important damage" On the other
hand The Russian oniccr- Acknowledged with
Astoni,hHcut the precision of tho hungarian
.mArksmcnpWho wrrelcry- -ottlIt ynuug p ass
ant boys, dr,t s,haolcd in thi, war.
We remained somewhat longer than four
teen day- iu Russian protection. During tlc
Who'll, lmr tlr. Officers retained their svorls
until we we're delivered over in tho Austrian
Gcucr1l, Mou'cuuo,o I'm G,uIy The Mus.
go,itc. lil not suffer 90, To- feel %, oppression
Of our situation, hui treated as with drlior,
audi Community, J5oE ,aT5 ~ 5Ur support, 5ii'ii
furnished 10. with money Co dc'iay thccNprn-
s,. OF our travels; hu, here there were man,
lilr,uiii,- and .dc'ayt IN orr intcrour,o
with th, E4--ieH "ll'err-, they week, exceed,
msly Ctir. genial, and compaiNrt anlif one
went td The general with any request, hc
might be sure OF II, brWg griut,d, "a, I bad
secession 10 know ~Thr casalry and rhi,fin-
fantry officer, ,pokc Frunah lu,utly au1 cor
rcctly. and s1ma also English! those who
spoke German wcll were moro rare The,
were mostly Livonnus and Es,honiaus. Their
sympathics. whether dictated at ST. Peters
burrh or trul, unG'igncd, they. declared vcrr
decidedly for Hungary, anil even the soldier.
seemed to make friend, with ours, A. far a.
was permitted hy the use of words. gestures.
or the resemblance Of Kindred Scl,,ic dm-
lects. Sull, they not mtrclucutly employed
the acquaintance to accomplish ohSap ruryha-
ses and ohen-amoug the Cos,acks-thcls.
especially OF horses, which they greatly COW
ctcd. Thi, is not the place to speak of ia,
many opportunities which were seized b, the
ituSSiEu ufiiCrrs ~ nit gr1JtCz, IA CxtItJr =
certain preference for the Hungarian army
in opposition othc Austrions. Many .trik
/ ing examples of this come 10 our knowledge
and l myself heard expressions from the lip.
Fof many distinguished officers, which ,oundct
very remarkable for the .alBcs Of Austria.
In Arad was furnished with passpor
for home in company with five other foreign
ers. We were biyouacked in the shattcrc,
hotels, dwellings ard chambers, which swarm
ed with vcrmin nf all kinds During cigh
days sleep was not''o hc thought of Ate
Te'1riT7 spite oi our permits Ut tr,,,
81, which. were correctly given by the Militia
! ~ and Chiefauthoritics OF Arad, we were ar
rested,imprisoned,and almost all ofmy friend
(among them countryman) mustered int
the Austrian army. Myself and one other
only, were suffered to go ire~
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