New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-15


done BY the Rus.ian ships in the harbor which threw
a p,rfeet phow.r Of q and l0-inch shot aud shei
AMONG our FLOWS They continued this al nilnt
after the battle though their own troops were WIN
drswn and the shell only fell among th'r o"n kush
and wounded Some Of The narrow escapes "' 'uu'
xidusl. seem almost miraculous. The correspondent
Of TAe Lonlon Ipuars'ed Mere had most narrow
escape Two roup i.shot passed througs MS teu',
and before he could leave it, they were foso yea oy
a lhype shell which burst inside me !eU wi'ni1 wv
se.t Of where be was standing The tent WAS Uter
av torn 10 ribbons BY the explosion, ye' strange 10
saw the representative of your pictorial Contemporary
was unhurf.
gRrsu,y B.RBARrss.-I have alluded, says cor
re,uopdent 10 the atrocious manner IN when Coi.
Seymour Of the Guards, and great number o, of'se
fellows were murdered in cold blood by the kds'Iaos'
while living wounded the field Of battle II aooears
that among the prisoners taken by us 70 kdssitn
Major who was clearly seen by our men s'doolng tue
wounded men and encouraging bis men to JON hin 10
the assassin stion and when the feow was caught 1t
was with difficulty that the Just Indignation OF our men
could be restrained and be certainly would have de-
served his fate if he had met the fate he inflicted %
others After the action be was tried by corrt-rnH-
tis formed Of committee OF officers, on the charge
If having encouraged his men to XII our wounded:
He was found guilty, on the ciearest evidence, AMI
sentenced 10 be hanged but the sedtence vas not put
in execution might be made the excuse tor repn
sals Lord Raglan has, however, written to Pfince
Mepchkoff on the oject and ii is 10 be hoped that
his remop STRANGE will have the effect OF pdttIng stop
TO proceedings so revolving humanity, and 80 dis.
graceful to the age We live H.
A CHARGE oh, such charge Never think Of
the gaop and trot which YOU have often witnessed IN
The Pheni1 park when you desire 10 form notion of
a genuine blood-hot all-mad charge, such as tina.
have come out of-with few lance prods, NOUS some
cold lace. helmet chain, and Brown Bulls the
charger right ear. From the moment we dashed AZ
the eneuy, whose POSITION, ard so forth, you doubt
less know Is much about rs | can tell you, knew
nothing, but that was impelled by some irresistible
force on ard and by invisible add inperceptl.
Bile influence TO crush every obstabe which stu nbied
before ny good sword and brave old charger. never
in my life experienced such sublime sensation as ia
the moment Of the charge. Some fellows talk OF 1t
being 'oemoniac. know this that it was such as
made De match for any two ordinary men, aud gave
u such amount OF glorious indifference ss to life,
as thought il impossible TO be master Of IL would
do your Celtic heart good TO hear the most magnlh
cent cheer with which We dashed into what P
W calls the gully scrinage forwanf-dish-
baIg-olank, and there We were in the midst of such
smoke cheer and clat:er, never before stunned a
mortals ear. Ii was glorious Down, one by one
aye two by two, fell the thick skuled and over-nu
merous Cossacks, ami Other lads OF the tribe OF old
Nick. Down too alas, fell many hero with awram
Celtic heart and than fell screaming loud for
victory. / could not pause. 1t was all push. wheel
pbrepsy. strike, and down, down, down, they went.
Twice .kpas endorsed, and more than onceI had to
grip my sword tighter, the blood of foes streaming
down over Ss.hqlt, and running up my very sleeve.
WEARIED WITH SLAUGHrER.-I cannot depict my
feelings when We returned | sat down completely
exhausted and unable to eat, though deeily hungry.
All my uniform, my hands, my very face were be-
spatiered with blood II that Of the enemy!
Grand ides But my feelngs-they were full of that
exultaon which il is impossible to describe At least
twelve Russians were sent wholly out OF the way OF
the war by my good steel alone, and Mt least "a
many more put the passage 10 that peaceful exit
by the excellent weapon. So also can otherssay.
" hat thing TO reflect on! have almost grown a
soldier philosopher and most probably will one OF
these days il the bullets which are lying about so
abundontly give me time to brush up.
GETTING HoRsEs No novel ever had a sham hero
who comes up 10 the realities have witnessed. One
Of my roup, for instance, had his horse rh0t under
him in the melee. Bloody wars" he reared "this
VOL t DO and right at a Russian he ran, pulled
him from his horse By the sword hand in the most ex
,raordnary ann.r-then deliberately cutting OF his
head he came down vaulted into the saddle, AMI
turning the Russian charger against its late friends
fought his xay rti- took less time to do than to tell
il. / sew another of our fellows endorsed, and
wounded. creep under Russian charger and ran the
sword up his belly. The animal plunged and fell on
his slayer crushing him Ia pieces
FRoy PRIVATE SoLDIER.-Our men fell by
Gozens-hOTses and uIen blown into the air, and We
ran every one through we could get AT. We had TO
cut our way through thousands of them. | cannot
tell YOU the horrors we went through, but all can
Say ~ we have only about fifty men left oot Of the
regiment We have iOst half OF our officers Poor
seen before We left Old England; but We were
drive desperation, and fought like msdmen, and
thank God. have escaped thus far among the few,
ard hope, by putting my trust in the Almighty,
shall get through it, and hope you will make yourself
easy about me. lit should please the Lord should
fall hope shall 20 to besIer world 80 you must
not fret about me. Don't t4ke any notice II you
should not bear from me; am safe and sound when
wrote this letter. must conclude, 1 am stealing
Eve minutes. Pray for me- | am happy. God bless
YOU until We meet sgain. remain your only son.
God bless you all Eliza, don't despair about our
siiuation-I don't; so hope Mother you, mother,
father will.
SPIEs.-A man in the uniform of French officer
sauntered coony through our lines to-day, civil
and nlite TO ell he met. entered into conversation
with those who were walking about, smoked, and
chatted, and laughed and at last got into sort Of
discussion respecting the strength and weakness of
our position in the rear toward Balsklavs. Nothing
DOUBLING our officers expressed their opinions freely
pointed out our weak points, and spoke plainly of
the difficulties of position. At length al officer
OF the 10Th, who had more practiced ear than his
comrade was struck by the strange accent and curl
GUS idiom of the d,sdn Frenchman, which, in any
ole but a Frendman, would have excited no suspi-
cion but still he afraid of making mistake. and
had no device ready at hand to test the truth How
ever he sent Off 10 Sir Colin Campbell to say that he
ruspec ted there was Russian spy among them. The
supposed Frenchman not to be caught so easily.
His quick eye detected the dispatch Ut the messen-
ger and 80 he gradually drew Of from lines to.
ward the valley but in manner so natural as to per-
pick those to whom the officer had communicated his
rnisgivngs and when he had gained good ofiing he
auickeDed his pace into run, and got right away
into the Russian lines, leaving his late companions
gazing open .mouthed after him, The French exc
cuted speedy Justice the other day on a spy whom