The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1854-12-22
Ute, N c., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 90, 1854

| the proceedings OF the allies will be purely deien
siVe un!il spring; and for ten days preceding The
sailing OF the Pacific, its lenders would induce The
world to believe that England ives on the very
eve of destruction. Such piteous appeals for re
lHtorcement-sucn ahject cowardice such de.
grading admission of weakness and national i'm
| becIlIty never disgraced an English press. AnC
all thIs because the British cabinet do not make il
! lis organ, and the Duke of Newcastle chooses tC
send his official dispatches to the Morning Chroni
Gle instead Of this thunderer!''
! EtrSonal lLacidentS-AagtuL aspect Of tie Battle
! FieM.-When Sir George Cahcart was shot and
| Tell dead from his horse, at the battle OF lnker
! mu1, Col. Seymour, who was with him, instantly
! dIslnounted, and was endeavoring raise the
| body, when he himself received ball which frac-
tured his leg He fell to the ground beside his
! general, and Russian officer and five or six men
| run IN and bayoneted him, and cut him 10 pie ces
as he lay helpless. General Cathcart's corpse
was also bayoneted in five or six places. In fact,
the Russians did not spare man.
An English writer, who surve yed the field OF
battle on the night after the engagement, and by a
bright moonlight, saw over 5000 dead bodies
strewn about, says:
Many badly wounded also lay there; and their
low, dull means OF mortal agony struck with ter
rbe dlStnctness upon the ears worse still, the
! hoarse gurgIng cry and vehement struggles Of
those who were convulsed before thev passed
away. Round the hill small groups Of men with
hospltab!e stre.cher searching out for those
who still survived ; ard others again. with Ian
terms, busliy turning over the dead, looking for
The bodies OF officers who known to be killed.
but who had not been found. Here also were
Eng glish women whose husbands had not returned
hurryIng about with loud lamentations turning The
faces of or dead to the moonlight, and eagerly
seeking or what they feared to find. These lat
ter were far more 10 be plttied than the inanimae
forms of those who lay slaughtered around.
Outside the battery the Russians lay two or
three feet deep. Inside he place was literally full
with bodies OF Russians, Gunrdsmen, 55h and
2Oh The fine tall forms OF poor fellows
could be distinguished at glance, though the
gray great Goals, stained with blood, rendered
them alike externally. They lay as they fell, in
heaps; sometimes over three or four
RUSSIANS, and sometimes a Russian over three or
!our ours Some had passed away with smile
on their faces, and seemed if asleep; others
were horribly contorted, and with distended eyes
and swollen features appeared to have died in
agony, but defying TO the last. Some lay as if
prepared for burial, and though the hands of
relatives had arranged their man gicd limbs while
others again we're IN almost Startling positions,
hall standing or kneeling, cuchlng their weapons
or drawing cartridge. Many lay with both
their hands extended towards the sky, as il to
avert blow or utter prayer, while others had
malignant showl of mingled fear and hatred, as
II indeed they died despaIring. The moonlight.
impaired an aspect OF unnatural paleness to their
forms, and as the cold damp wind swept around
The hills and waved the boughs above their up
turned faces The shadows gave horrible appear
ance o. vitality; and il seemed as if the dead
were laughing and about TO rise. This was not
the case on one spot, but all over the bloody field
SuccOrlng the Wounded.-I rode ard walked
Tor an hour to-day among the dead and wounded
Russians; we have not yet had time TO remove
those of the enemys wounded who are unable TO
walk. did not go from any vain curiosity, but
to take my canteen full OF good rum and water,
ana haversack fuli OF biscuit 10 the poor suffer.
ing wreches. Ii would break your heart to see
or think Of half Of what | have seen yesterday
ans to-day. | held my wooden canteen to he
lips Of Russians wounded and dying, in every
stage of pltlable human suffering Some tried 10
kiss my feet, and crossing themselves, took off
their caps, pointed 10 heaven, and blessed me in
their uncouth tongue. | responded by also look
ing upwards, and pronouncing The only words we
have IN common, I" Christian" and The name of
our blessed Saviour. My eyes fill with tears as
write. am sorry to say they give no quarter to
our wounded; such are their orders. Poor igno.
rant fanatics! their leaders tell them we are devils
IN human shape, that on our side we give no quar-.
ter, and are lighting against God and the Emperor
THE Turks Catch 1t 4 gAan.-Both armies de. !
test the Turks, and now more than before, as
through their negligence and cowardice, they let
themselves be surprised, and very nearly lost
BaIakiava. Some of their officers are or were
tried by court martial for this affair, and the whole
Turkish force was brought alongside Of u.s. They |
were under arms, looking on during the battle, |
but would not be permitted to fire shot or give
any assistance. They are this day ASSISTING to
bury the de ad, the only duty they are fit for.
Disease Among the Allies - Diarrhea and |
bowel complaint carry off a great many of the
men. We come out 1000 strong, now we scarcely
number 600 men indeed, they are so much de. |
1llltated that when The ampulation of leg or an
arm takes place, which is frequently done, in
seven cases out OF ten the patient dies from ex-
lauston.
Tile Russians Intoxicated.-WiI YOU believe
after the battle, in the knapsacks of The wound.
ID and dead Russians were found opium and
mall bottles of rakee-a liquor they get drunk
n; and even during the action several were no.
iced in state bordering on frenzy, from The
opium they took or the rakee they drank Among
he prisoners, nearly every third man was drunk, |
no wonder they fought like devils.
From the Sandaeich Elands-Datss from the
sandwich Islands TO the 9th Of October state tha,
he treaty of annexation had not been consum
mated.
The correspondent Of the Herald says ,ha, Mr..
iregg had addressed a letter 10 The minister of
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