New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-11-15

| We found the whole course was nSsrked by
neat white cottages, and that it watered the
l most delicious vineyards and gardens, amid
which their habitations were placed, but there
4 were no inhabitants visibles Wheeling over the
| bridge, we turned eastward towards the little
| village Of Eskel, on the left bank The first
building on the road was tbs Imperial POST
house, with its sign post Of o double headed
eagle, and an illegible inscription, The usual
wooden direction post, with blueish ribbon
painted round it diagonally on white ground,
informed US that We we're on our way to Sebas-
topoi, distant about ten miles. The plaee was
abandoned, and the house destitute Of the small
est particle of furniture. The road now as
sumed the character Of English byWay in
Devonshire or Hampshire. Low walls at either
side were surmounted BY fruit trees laden with
apples, pears, peaches, aETicots, all ripe and
1 fit for use, and at their feet clustered grapes
Of the most delicate favor, Tie first villa we
came to was the residence of . physician or
country surgeon 1t had been ruthlessly de-
! stroyed by the Cossaeks.
4 A verandah, laden with cletnatis, roses and
honeysuekle in front, was filed with broken
music stools, work tables, and lounging chairs
All the glass Of the windows was smashed.
Every thing around betokened the hasty fight
of the inmates. Two or three side saddles were
lying on the grass outside the hall door, para
4 sol lying near them, close to d Tartar saddle
and huge whip The wine casks were broken
and the contents split, the barley and corn Of
the granary were thrown about all over the
! ground, broken china and glass Of fine manu-
III faeture were scattered oyer the pavement out
Z side the kitchen, and amid all the desolation
and ruin Of the place cat sat blandly at the
: Threshold, winking her eyes in the sunshine
. at the new comers No pen can describe the
scene within. Mirrors in fragments were lying
, on the floor, the beds had been ripped open, and
the feathers Uttered the rooms 3 foot deep;
chairs, sofas, fanteuils, bedsteads, bookcases,
picture frames, images Of saints. women's needle
work, chest Of drawers. shoes, boots, books,
bottles, physic jars, all smashed or torn in
/. pieces, lay in heaps in every room. Even the
. walls and doors were hacked with swords The
very genius Of destruction had been at work,
= and had revellad in mischief The physicians
= account book lay open on broken table; be
:, had been stopped in the very act of debiting
u dose to some neighbor, and the entry remained
II unfinished. Besides his account book lay q
u volume of Madame de Sevignes Letters in
$ French, and Pharmacopaeia in Russian.
+ little bottle of prussic acid lay SO inyitingly
. near box of bonbons that I knew it would be
= irresistible to the first hungry private who had
y a taste for almonds, and | accordingly poured
- out the contents to prevent the probable catas-
p trophe. 49, &
~ Our men and horses were soon revelng in
= grapes and corn, and we pushed on to Eskel,
q and established ourselves in house, which had
= belonged to q Russian officer of rank at least,
u many traces of the presence of one was visible.
~ Every house and villa in the place similar
w. scene to that which have in vain tried to de-
y scribe The better the class of the residence the
~ more complete and pitiable the destruction.
y Grand pianos and handsome pieces Of furniture.
=. covered with silk and damasked velvet, rent to
ne pieces with brutal violence, we're found in more
=, than one house, but one of the instruments re-
~ tanned enough Of its vital organs to breathe out
ns &C God Save the Queen from its lacerated brass
y ribs and it was made to do accordingly, aye,
hu under the very eye of rigid portrait of his I'M
~ ~ perial Majesty, the Gar, which hung on the
.e wall above! These portraits OF the Autocrat
y were not uncommon in the houses; nearly as
ne common as pictures Of saints with gilt and sill
a. yer glories around their heads. The houses
- large and small, consist of story only and
erS magnitude is gained by lateral extension Each
y, house stands apart, with large patch of ylne-
: yard around it, and garden Of fruit trees and
~ -; is fenced in from the road by stone wall and
e' a line of poplars or elIns. A porch, covered
~ ~ with vines, protects the entrance. The roons
~ es are clean and scrupuousy whitewashed. Largt
n m out-houses, with wine presses, stables, etc.
wy complete the farmers esta blshment
On our march deserter came in, and wal
ny ny taken before Lord Raglan He was, however
Ihe Il only Tartar, but he gave such information
NJ respecting the feelings of the inhabitants to
I.a wards us, that steps at once taken to in
M iie form those who were hiding, that if they re
lss turned to their homes their lives and propert
III to would be protected. Some hour or so after W
~ ~ had arrived at Eske, number of bullet-heade
.he personages, with sheepskin caps and loose Ion
f w coats and trousers, made their appearance
la stealthily creeping into the houses, and eyein
this - - -" = .l t,aa - hy ~ - ~
I Russians had arrived at the Katcha in rathe
IL fatigued and dispirited condition the night
heir 80 "a ~ - - ~
lsse houses. At IL o'clock the same night, the
= ~ was an alarm that the English and French we
sena aa.a coming. Up got the whole army Of the Ru
pf slams pell NELL and snatching up whatever the
Y VI could they rushed off in disorder across ii
= . up country a part of the army went towards Ba
Jus. shiserai They were said to consist Of abo
anee 10000. and to be under the command of Prin
= y Menschikoff in person. The rest proceed
eal direct for Sebastopol, and entered it in mu
!, iesu 'aIi disorder.
an an The evidences of their flight were found alo
was III H. = ~, ~, ~ - II tbe onsa ,rh;c, NC
eupied were abundant traces of the recent wi
-, of military man of rank; books of strategy,
Wy a Russian, ley on the floor, and pair of epa
7 oh lettes, which seemed to have belonged to
iss lionel, were found in the passage, looking as
and snSy 20 -. .,,anol ~, ,dav rras d;4an+ e.
an1se that which prevailed up to the Alma.
NUS NUS | marched in columns of divisions, the Third q
-, " | Fourth Divisions being more in advance th
aeen' hitherto Lord Raglan occupied handso
,onId villa for the night, but all the furniture
,oul been destroyed by the Cossaeks. Orders "
given to prevent the soldiers destroying the Vi
ahue' yards or eating the fruit, but of course it
:, ofl quite impossible to guard so extensive !
ies u tempting region as the valley of the Kat
= sad from thirsty and hungry men, Our sold
naN Jared on the richest Of grapes and the ehois
en -. i; pears and apples, but they did not waste
US ~, spoil as the French did at Marnaschei, 10
! ooh eha down the river. A guard was set over
e e .le Greek Church of the village, and nothing
slone 4e,a plundered; nothing was taken, except
s. .s things as hay, barley, fowls, and things a
. leton lutely necessary for the men and horses.
1afb the owners been there they would have
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top OF NoAH's ARR.-The largest ocean steams
ee the (says the Sailors Magazine,) now plying OF
Of the Atlantic, bear precisely the proportions
The length, breadth and depth, that are reco
$ hilly concerning Noah's Ark. The Dimensions O
covered Atlantic steamers are length S22 feet, bre
ther at of beam so feet, depth 2Sa feet. The dil
7 more sions of the Ark were, length 800 Gu
nds the breadth so eubits, depth 80 cubits. The
track therefore, was nearly twice the size, in le
nails OF and breadth, of these vessels, the eubit