Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-19

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Terrible Rases Of the Cholera among the English and
French Troops
From the London Times Of September 9.
No man have read without the deepes, sorrow and
regret the painful details transmitted to from the East
Of the rsvsges inflicted by the cholera on the gaau,
forces which recently le shores flushed with
pectaous Of enterprise and victory; for in the dismal
and saugunsry annals Of war; page is moro affecting
than that which relates tho fall Of Of strength and
vaor before the breath OF foe, aud spend
those noble lives, which freely rendered for the
honor Of their country, upon the rank air Of pcstent
eucampment or the unhealthy Of iuhospitable
land. Many already tho names Of those who have
sunk in few hours from positions OF the highest promise
the British Army into obscure graves and the aspect
Of this disease has done depress tho spirit Of the
troops than the pers they could have encouu.
In the presence oi the euemy Indeed the dying
thought Of these brave that they were perishns
without having set foot the shore they had hoped
invade and conquer, added fresh psng the loss Of
life itself, and greatly augnents the with which
this Intelligence is received throughout their native land
Suffering under this terrible dspepsaou Of Providence
which appears to be as universal in its appearance amopg
is fatal in its effects arc not disposed TO aug
men, the pain occasoned by these by au attempt
to impue blanc to the Arrangements under which they
have ku place. In instances but too evident
that places oil eneampment which had been selected for
the urursuce OF the vegetation aud the f
wster about them, have proved emnenly fatal Bur IN.
ships at sea- the OF which live by rule aud esc.p.
the temptations and rcsstudes Of diet and climate by
land, nave suffered severely regiments and soma
Of them have lost as many ouetsnth Of their seamep
and marines BNh ov and land the French forces
have suffered in aarger proportion than own show
ing that the diet and natural constitution OF an English
enable him somewhat better resist the posonons
influence OF the tainted atmosphere and that the
tons taken In our service for the preservation of health
not surpassed by those OF any other country This
curse fell upon our men 10 which no toresi rht
coul1 avoid aud skill prevent Even after the YEA
se had to sea to change the air Of the coast one Of
correspondents relates that blast of hot air from the
land seemed to have struck them at one particular
moment the ahernoonof the l4th of August after
which of the stoutest hands board sckeued and
died, medicine being OF avail This dreadful trial
however, lasted but short time The plague seemed 10
have passed them came 10 the air. and by the
last accounts the sickness WAS decreasing rapidly
| had commenced
The mind i naturally tempted to range In copiecturcs
the by which such calamity nigh, have been
avoided but IL is impossible to say whether things had
been otherwise, the results might have been
For Instance the had been compelled to spend at
Varna two months in state Of inactivity, which was most
ksome and depressing to tho aud ipjuriou, the
objects have 10 view. AT the very moment when the
expedition about to embark the cholera breaks out
with vruence In tho feet and army as II also breaks out
among the troops az the Peus and in other places which
| contend
that this misfortune would have been less severely felt
the army had been the cnemys territory threatened
by powerful adversary hsrrassed by Cossacks or en-
gagged 10 expedition 10 which the honor of the country
stakeS Dreediu this evil has been OF Varns
might have bean extensive and cal4uitous if
the army bad already landed In the Crnea Nor this
suggestion a conjecture The fate OF the French
division which most uopportunely and irjldiciously
moved into the Dobrudscha under Gen Epinasse was in
6uely than that OF any portion the British army
or of the French troops Varna These gallant but
| literally nv who IT,,
air they breathed the water they compelled TO drink
| the earth on which they Tell. seemed to be alike
poisoned by natural exhslations of the SOIL by the
| epidemic disease aud by the passage of the enemy
which had covered the land with putreaction and
The survivors Of the detachment reached Kotende and
and other places the to Which Freach yes-
sells Of war had been sent to take them of 10 state
which il too distressing be described and will remain
OF the darkest pages in the history OF this war; But
anything demonstrate clearly than this lament
able example what would have been the fate o. the al
lied armies II the generals who responsible for their
movements had been induced to march the Danube to
follow the Russians in their retreat and spend tn. Sum
mer IN the marshes OF the A.gish the Pruh? Yet
that the scheme of operations upon which the whole
OF daily contemporaries wasted their ingenuity and
their powers otViiupcraion. Wayne askedd,y al
Ter day. did not the army advance Why not Sistria
relieved by the allied iorcesy Why the Danube
crossed Glufgevo occupied and Braow beaiegedg Moth
ing but the haoual treschey OF Lord Aberdeen aud his
colleagues could for such derectou of duty and
such puslanimous conduct The truth il now pretty
evident that the army had advanced and marched
aIIachii IN tue rear Russians il
would, in =. probability have persisted in six weeks and
left but few to relate the history of its destruction The
POSITIONS chosen at Narna selected because they
gave Omar Pasha the moral support of the presence OF
the allies in Bulgaria which he had soeited-because the
country around Varna believed to be the heahies
ground for encampment that could be found-and be.
Cause the harbor and the well adapted TO the
preparation OF the forces for Interior and more active
service by and land.
Notwithstanding these Advantages aud all the precau
tons taken, tue losses OF the army svere; bu
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o. the cholera Europe the present
the danger Of exposing the trying aui caprc,u.
climate Of Turkey it u highly PROBABLE these
would ave been greater If I'd ice other.
wise placed aud employed In preparing for no Utilities.
tho sanitary condition Of the troops is the fst consdera
on but during actual operations OF the sanitary
condition OF the troops frequently Weld TO NOR
nperious considerations The most i'm pont with
reference to this painful subject Is effect NAV hav.
on the expedition 10 the Cnnes, which ought 10 z ere
this 10 have sailed and lie stateI that Marshal, s. Arnau
hii sunno cd Council of Wa a, vlrna 20 determine
Theter in the present sanitary condition of the troops
the emoNktron Of the shoul should no, b. al
urned II is of course imp lssiDe that any thing w.
e'n say at this distance should exercise any Influence
the del ron+ Of that Council nor an we bs in posse
sion OF y" the facts which IN, dec sion Of the Generas
must BE- Funded. But venture 10 assert that NOTHING
short OF physical mpossbiry Of carving out the err
petition would Ju5if the officers 10 command in post
Oonng which means Abandoning, for the present wear
the duty they have ordered TO perform Whatever
may be the losses caused by disease and although they are
inh"iiey too great yet they do exceed onetenh OF
the strength OF the allied forces and they leave most
powerful armament still untouched The cholera is said
to be rapidly subsidng; the heats Of Summer
are past and the prospect Of immediate action would at
once revive the whole spirit OF the Orces This crisis
pears TO be Of those emergencies not unfrequent in
war; in which man of genius, bodness and dauntless
resolution, breathes his spirit Into an army and
triumphs the because he rumphs over seriou, OBJ
stace' We doubt that every IN an of note 10 either
camp would rather die than aside from an enterprise
like that in which they about to engage and we most
earnestly desire, for the honor Of the country the
health OF the army and TO avoid the ncalculable Difficult
ties hereafter that We may learn by the advices that
the expedition has sailed.
English Harvest Prospects.
| From the London Times, September l.