The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-05-05
DAILY DISPATCH
raInAY MnRnINo. MAY 5. ies..
nIsAeREEABLE "REMINISCENCES.

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of tha British forces in the East, made ms
appearance at the late splendid h',,' az
view in Paris, he is said to nave - -,
ca,,tre of ALI ewes His red coat a''ra.'ea
,,.~ra al attention. and his one arm reViVeu
.a.a,,ao,;.rs more impressive than agreea'
~ r. los, the other arm at Waterloo
m. ;,,a,,,seu, correspondent of the Nation
al Taseliireaeer says he was surprised 70 see
how many people in the immense multitude
rrasant at the review, understood how Lord
Raglan lost that arm. We are not astenished
to be informed that the cheers for the Eng
lish Commander were not very frequent nor
very enthusiastic. Indeed. the lntelffgence''s
correspondent, in another letter. says 'ha''
notwithstanding the professions oil coroiai
affection between the allies there is not
Frenchman. from the youngest lieutenant to
the Oldest field marshal, who would not much
rather, at this moment go to war with Eng
land than with Russia. This is natural enough.
1t has been the vocation of England to whip
Johnny Crapeau in thousand fights by sea
and land concluding with the magnificent
tragedy of Waterloo. On his part, John Bull
undoubtedly reciprocates in q strong, though
secret undercurrent, the real feelings OF H.
extinguishable antipathy, which are conceal
ed behind the smooth mask of French polite
ness. 1t has long been a received doctrine
among the people of Great Britain, that
upon one pair of English legs doth march
three Frenchmen' If the allies get through
this war without grand explosion of their
apparent concord, we shall expect oil and
water to mingie, dogs and deer to hunt in
couples, and cats and rats to become the best
friends in the world.
The late appearance.of the English heet at
Copenhagen might naturally revive aremi-
n;scence even more disagreeable to the
Danes than the appearance of Lord Raglan
rad coat and one arm to the Parisians. The
Danes must have poor memories and no MS
toric records, if they were able to gaze with
eomplacency upon British squadron In the
harbor of Copenhagen. If the Emperor Nj
cholas, or any other Emperor, ever commit
ted an act of aggression and inhumanity equal
to the bombardment of Copenhagen by Great
Britain, he deserves more punishment than
he is likely to receive in this war. Anna Tue
bloody strife with which England and france
had agitated the world, Denmark preserved
a strict neutrality. At peace with all man
kind. her sentiments towards England were
of the most friendly kind She had cohSe'
ouently left her seaboard entirely unprotect-
ed; and her fleet, without Suspicion oi evh'
was quietly riding in the waters OF oopehia'
gen In this moment of the most entire ap-
parent security. with no hostile intentions To-
wards anv nation in the world, and no ap-
prehensions of any towards herself, q. Britain
choosing to suspect that Denmark might be
persuaded to join the continental allance
against England, secretly fitted out naval
expedition against Copenhagen larger thah
that which is now in the Baltic, conveying
force of about 10000 men. A thunderbolt
from the midst of clear sky could not nave
more astonished the Danes than this hostile
demonstration from country with which
Denmark was in profound peace ana amity'
A British agent in the most imperlous man.
ner demanded of the Prince Royal OF Den
. mark the lDSIaUL SuITtuuCI VI tuC 1Vit CSSSo
and the feet. Upon the dignitied, manly and
heroic refusal of the Prince, the English for
ces commenced the work of destruction
The unhappy city of Copenhagen, with its
100000 inhabitants, was subjected to one of
the most cruel and terrific bombardments
which the bloody annals of war record. For
three days and three nights, with but little
cfp ,nfb L.
rockets and howitzers rained death and de-
struction upon the devoted metropolis of
Denmark Says historian of this most hor-
rible massacre 1.-TWO thousand of the citi
zens had now persisted. Three hundred
houses were burned to the ground. Two
thousand dwellings had been blown to pieces
by the shells. The arsenal was set ON fire.
Half of the city was enveloped in flames
Several beautiful churches We're In ruins
The demoniacal engines of death constantly
exploding in thronged streets, in churches
chambers, parlors and nurseries, had filled
the city with carnage, frightful beyond all
conception. There was no place of safety for
helpless infancy or for decrepid age. The
terrific shells, crushing through the roofs
of the houses, descended into the cellars
bursting, with thunder peal, they buried the
mangled forms of the family in the ruins OF
their dwellings. Happy were they who were
instantaneously killed. The wounded strug.
Cling hopelessly beneath the ruins, were slow
lyburned alive in their smouldering palaces.
The fragments of shells, flying in every di-
rection, produced CHASTITY mutilation. The
mother, distracted with terror, saw the limbs
of her infant torn from its body. The father
clasping the form of his daughter to his bo.
som, witnessed, with delirium of agony her
fair form lacerated and mangled hideousIv in
his arms. The thunders of the cannonade
the explosion of shells, the crash of falling
dwellings, the wide wasting confagration. the
dense volumes of suffocating smoke, the
shrieks of women and children, the pools of
gore in parlors, and on pavements, the mutt.
lated forms ofthe dying and of the dead, pre-
scented spectacle which no Imagination can
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