The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-18
From the Washington Globe.
Incidents ut the Battle Of the Alma.

| 1t ought not to be forgotten and will not be,
we suppose that ne rly everything that reach
es US from the theatre of the war in the East,
| comes from French or English sources, and al
though the reports are as true and reliable, we
dare say. as the reports of bclligerents general
ly are. still they ought not to be unhesitatingly
credited ; and even their on cial reports fur
nish but Gne-siiel account Of events. The
Russian reports We do not JfIen see, or. if We
do. they come to us mutlated. modified, and
sometimes SO distisured and changed that they
would not be recognizable by the writer's
This happens partly through dcsig and is par
tly a consequence of hasty translation from aud
into German. or French, or English, and at
tcmpts al condensation For example, on this
side Of the Atlantic we ought not to believe
too hastily that the defeat q, the Alma WAS SO
disastrous as the Allies represent it to be. We
ought first to hear MenschikoT. If they take
Sebastopol though. then we may conciade that
they did nearly all at the Alma That they claim
to have done.
The British are said to have behaved with
great humanity TO the Russian wounded. but
their conduct met with TIE bascst ingratitudc.
One man deliberately fired at and wounded an
artileryman. who had Just given him some wa
ter to quench his burning thirst. An INDECENT
guar,isman instantly dubbed the scoundgrl.-
An eye-wi illness mentions an instance Of L Rus
sian officer who was being assisted from the
field where he had lain for two days severely
wounded by two marines. He solicited some
water to drink, and after lie had been lifted
down and drunk enough. as one of the marines
was in the act OF turning round to pick him
up, the ungratcfIl villain shot him dead. His
comrads amply resented the cowardly act
for, sczng u small spar that the cot was strung
to. he beat cat the ra~cally Russian 5 brains.-
Several Of the wounded Russians fired at our
wounded who were lying disabled near them.
LIN consequence of act, OF this sort, all the mus
kcts of the prisoners and wounded were brok-
en- OF at the stock, and their cartridges taken
from them. The Russians who crowded the
field in all the cOntortions OF the last agony
were principally soldiers Of the 10th and sd
resiments. Onc officer, says an eye witness.
lay dead, with a little dog sitting between his
legs, position from which! no persuasion could
move hlm. He had been morta!iy wounded,
and had given his gold watch to IL soldier who
kindly gave him a dranght OF water. Another
quite a hoy. lay with his hands ped in the
attitude of prayer. beyond the battery was a
scene of utter Mu-covite route, very few Eng
ii>h having fallen after its destruction the
ground was covered with dead. dying AID
wounded ; arms and knapsackS lying about in
the widest confusion. The Russians were bur-
riel outside the mounds the English aud
French inside. There Was great spoil on the
Iicld.-coats. swords, guns, rifles. &c, and in
somc instances large Sums OF money.
At the commencement OF the action many
ladies were on the heights. Prince Mcnschi
lioi had given them To understand that. on the
part Of the Russians. it won!l be 4 mere review
that the allies would retreat. \ scaHodiny
had been erected for their accommodation. but
they appear TO have rctrcated in great haste
when the enemy got too close for next day,
we are told, the Frcnch had great sport after
the battle with some womcn's clothes, which
they found near the rcdoubt where they lost so
many mcn
One Of the Russian generals Gan old man)
Who is prisoner on board the Agamemnon, is
described a. being more distressed about the
loss OF his uniform coat and cpaulettes than any
thing else. and is constantly worrying aboat
them, AID repeatedly has asked for flag OF
truce to be seat to s5cl,astopol for his things.
One vi the prisoners from Eupatoria appear
ed very lowsp.rited he is a gentlemanly man.
and states tha. be has a young wife and two
Eajes--onc two years ald one six months Old
that he greatly fears the Tartars, who have
long been under s;r.ct discipline, viii, now
shat they have liberty. commit many atrocities
His father, scventy-l!vc years Old. was q few
days since sho, in his bed by them. ;.f;c: they
has! had ROBBIE! his house OF al it contained.
He fears the T;t;;,rs more than the E:.s!s. CT
ireach.
Prince NAPOLEON. i. appears, Lad narrow
escape. While The s!arpsnootcrs d! his division
were en,;eavoriug To disIodge the Russian in
flntry, a cannon bali was seen bounding along
and was about TO fall exactly Oh the group
among which the Prince was standing. Gene
raj Thomas, who hal seen it fall and perceived
It's direction, cried out, :" Take care. MOnsc!g
ueur!' The Prince gave his horse the SPUR,
and succeeded in turning aside in time to ailo"
the ball 10 pass. "...ich broke the leg OF Military
inteudant Leblanc. who Was standing close be-
hind tie spot ircu which tic Prince had re-
moved.
\ Russian Genera. was captured after The
battle under re- her Singular circumstances. lie
had heard the firing. and perfectly conscious
that the action must have resulted in Our re-
pulse, came with u single attendant to the
heights TO congratulate. rs he believed, Prince
Mensc:i kotiupon his victOry. To his intense
SURPRISE he was made prisoner. aud brought in
by Sergeant Trottcr OF the Cold,trcain Guards
who was Oh duty at one Of the outpo>ts.
Another general offer was captured i'll the
rcdonlt. He WAS stretched Oh the ground be-
side his fallen horse. apparently dead. IN ar
t:llery man, vino had taken violent fancy to
his coat, was about to divest the supposed
corpse Of it. when the body began to move and
nearly frightened the man OF. ]: was soon DIS
covered that np harm had come to the general.
and Oh bis cost being opened, two stars an
nounced his Fa.ik Tie generals object was
evidently 70 l.e quietly until night. and then
make oil.