New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-13


IN 10 see seventy one dead horses hesped together
and papeled in tie most shocking manner, and my
own three roor animals among them With much
labor and difficulty we at last got them overheard
but only just in time as the stencil was mos dss.
creesble and dangerous. What Is nov to become OF
me and ny troop know not; have only Ave horses
len and those much damaged. Tomorrow we shall
anchor inside the bay, and shall go and see what Is
10 be done. / cannot now write more, as l am so
ov.ret and disappointed at the great misfortune that
has oyertaken lie.
From Medical Attendant.
HIGHS ABOVE SEvAsIoPoL, Oct. !.
Many Of our senses are materially altered by our
campaigning. Smell, from colds, is quite gone-a
great blessing in this country TASTE from want OF
practice, considerably bluHed; sight, from sleeping
with one eye Open and looking out for number one
sbo shells very acute. Although many have eseapei
from the FIRE Of the enemy, we have all bed IN our
eouptrys cause and we are deyoured by insects Of
the most vulgar description, which in former lays We
associated Nth pnupers and the other Tribes oe,ong-
ing 10 the large body OF the unwasoed oG IN tis re-
specr the Brush officer hss descended from his hi{h
estate; and, when remember slm IN all The PRIZE
of gold and red cloth, il would be difficult 10 recog-
Bze him in the faded aud aitered object seated by
the bivouac-fre smoking his pipe conten,edIy, and
| dreaming Of home and happier days. Tat young
gentleman Norval Che of tie Grnnpisn Hillsl, who
logged TO follow the field some @arllke lord, would,
suspect, be satisfied wsih snort trial OF our work,
and be glad return 10 feed bis fathers docks tne
cOmmssarla; are at their old tricks. We have Oeen
in the habit Of getting our tea and sugar reglariy
served out which we're great Injuries but this morn
| ing they have served out green coiiee-beans How
do they expect men. in campaign ike this, TO roast
and grind them vi course they are thro En away.
IL thew would serve out tobacco il would be highly
appreciated by the men, in their present state,
j. almost necessary. heard, the ether day, mIn
barter his tea, sugar and rum, for tao pipes Of -
bacco. great misfortune befel me the other DAY
having lain down Ia sleep for a short time, my to-
| bacco- ponch, protruding from my havers4ck, was
stolen; gresI sorros to me, abost which was not
silent but, daring my peXt sleep, loT-odicer
kindly placed seven sticks OF tobacco under my mead
and was myself again.
| From an Omcer.
| All the Injuries Of life quite unknown now IN
the British army. wish, sad Gia5dsmIa
worth fe 900 year, " ta4t the Simeon would come
Cup for I've not bad clean shirt for Fortnight.
| The transports realize fabulous prices and IN too
many instances make a market OF the necessities Of
the army. Two pouBos for cheese and Tor
bottle of brandy, are common prices. Candles, too,
and tobacco 10 great request especially the latter
Please 10 let me board, cried q sergeant along
eide one of men-of war steamers, g IN the pur-
" ser's cousin On being admitted, ne al once
| begged pardon for the assertions but sure, said
he, a. knew you would nj let me come in uoless
belonged to ,ody; and the bows are al want
a. ing so much bit OF tobacco" lie went OIL with
enough to last him many day. Tue lies, however,
are worse Oft than ourselves. Bread and onions
picked up in the fields, were their only food f1r two
days.
There is fear OF our fleet not being able 81 keep
the Eu1ine during the winter. There is capital hold
iDgground where they now are, and the little harbOrs
to the southwark of SevsstOpol viii contain great
part of them. " Omne IgE0tum passes . pro terrs-
u 6.le,r and the Black Sea has been bugbear from
the days Of Jason ami the ship Argo down SGrd; in
fact, gale Of wind sedom lasts thirty hours, and
very rarely does what is called, DsutC ally. blow
home. Any who has seen the crazy craft In
which the Turks and Russian Greeks navigate this
sea- will not wonder at the catastrophes they so fire.
queDtly experience. Let only our troops be pro.
t. cited by roofs from the rgor OF Crimean Water,
and there is fer of the feet not being able in
every way, to play their part efficiently.
! From Cavalry OhceT.
We biv0uac in the open ayr, and as for eating, |
have plenty of biscuits and occasionally AN lucky
enough get piece OF meat, but for ths charity of
my D.ighbors however, must eat it, as have no
cooking utensils, drinking. cup no plate. gen.
orally eat off piece of deal or the i'd OF tin, If
lucky; in fact, am pretty near starving One thing
We have in plenty-grapes, there are hundre is Of
vineyards ana gorge all day loDg, IN spite of chol
era, which carries of some forty or fifty daily-in
fact, il is decimatiDg u.s. My regiment is peff5ct
skeleton The days are very, very hoi he nights are
very, very cold, With the heaviest deSs ever sag
| We lie down in boots and spurs and dress jackets
covered with cloak, not TO sleep for II IL too
cold for that but TO rest. The cholera is still
raging the last accoun. | heard that forty.fge
bad died that day. but really the wonder is that any
ere left alive. We that Is the men and reg mental
ofcers are either starved or sat food against shich
stomacbs turn and in order TO live obliged
10 eat loads of grapes from tho vineyards close az
hand. The days are very hot, the nigats very cold
and our cloh hing consists of suit our backs
the devs wet us through every night Just like rain.
| When taken i'll we have 10 medicine place 10 be
Dursed in, one 10 straw ABOUT US, the IN
meme mortality has made, and Invariably 50, every
one more or less Gallons There ID 10 doubt tha the
Coldsreams and 23d Fusihers wav cred and retired
little at Alma, but came on again. aud il is said that
the fire from the Russian batteries on the nights was
90 severe that the Duke Of Cambridge ordered his
division 10 retire, but old Sir John Ca npbel said
The Hi2hlanders retire with an enemy in
front your Royal Highness, aud on wentthe High
landers with the bsyonet; they made mincepeat OF
! the Russians. That IS the story.
From The Couespon lent Of The Morning Herald
Cholera is committing the most arfal rayages.
Nothing that We have yet OF the disease Varna
in any way prepared US for such visitation the
present. For the last week fortnight il has been
literally moving down men by hundreds daily.
The French are not suffering much, though
still their loss is heavy Not a day passes with
without three four of the officers aud about 200
men being carried off by this terrisle disease. Two
days ago less than 10 900 of our men we're out of
the sick list, ana that out OF army OF nearly
$4,000 men. The ague has also become very preva-
eIt-in fact, here is from under the doctors
hands more than three or four days az a time. This
unusual siCkness-snd above all the ravag.s OF the
cboeIa-are attributed 10 the fatigue exposure AMI
privstien which all the troops have undergone and
still undergo.
From Tae Times Correspondent.
October l3.-lt Is now eighteen days our army
by brilliant and daring forced march or iaklaya
obtained lis magnificent position OIL the hgnts which
envelop SevGstOpol the south side from the sea to
the Tcherray sixteen days have elapsed since our
troops occupied these nights, and in con junction With
the French, proceeded 10 invest the town closely
its t1te Mt would allow them 10 perform that operi-
ton. The public ust not be indig nani when they
told that up 10 this nome N not Blsh or French
gun has replied to the Gre Of the enemy, and that
The Russians have employed the interval thro wing
Up earth works trenches aud batteries to cover the
sfda Of h. sat, =