New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-15
THE DAILY CRESCENT.

trian officer of rank, who has had many op-
portunities of seeing the Russians in action
speaks in the highest possible terms of the
stoieal courage which they display One great
fault Of their SYSTEM however, is, that little or
no discretionary power is left to the subordinate
commanders, and the consequence is, that in
Vulnerable lives are unnecessarily sacrificed
during campaign, simply because the in
structions issued must be executed to the very
letter. During the war in 1S49, Russian
regiment was exposed to most murderous fire
from q Hungarian battery, which might have
been altogether avoided if the men had been
drawn u little to the right, where the ground
was lower. The circumstance was pointed out
to the Colonel, but he replied that he could not
move his regiment, as he had received orders
from the commander of the corps to remain
where he was until further orders &C In
pitched battle, on good open ground,' says the
Austrian officer, 81 would back 100000 Russians
against an equal number of men Of any other
nation. The fact is, that Russians acting in
large masses cannot be made to run ever such
large gaps may be made in their ranks and
they are filled up with ealmness and precision
which is perfectly astonishing Strange to say,
the very perfection of their training makes these
same men inferior troops on ground which is
much c0upirt dntersected by natural obsta-
ces) On such terrain, where they can no
longer act as mere machines, they are helpless
irresolute and easily thrown into disorder
Liverpool Northern Times.
The following from letter writer at Paris,
France, shows the estimation in which the peo-
pie in this country are held in Europe
1t is not my vocation to give advice, but
may state facts and believe it to be fact
that We are not loved on this side of the Allan
tic by any Government or by the leading ruling
classes of any nation in Europe, The press,
almost without exception, from the Sea of Kara
10 EnY Il
of dislike, if not of hatred. In the British
Isles, there is not single newspaper that is in
the habit of doing even common Justice
Dispute all the mutual admiration harangues of
diners out, and unbuttoned diplomats, the Bri-
fish press, speaking no doubt the ruling senti-
ments Of the leading classes, seizes upon every
opportunity TO represent or misrepresent US in
an odious and degrading light. The recent let
ter of " General" Webb, in the London Times,
was made the occasion of very insulting and
bullying article in the Britannia in which it
calls US GO the country of bold and bad spirits"
The Times, though it occasionally bespatters us
with praise, mixes so much mud in the article,
that when it gets dry, we find ourselves actually
sullied by pretended salutation of eau de mile
.keurS, The French press, though it is muzzed
and therefore measured, is habitually damna-
tory in its notions of us--exceptlng only the
Steele, and perhaps the Pre8Se. In Spain we
are loathed; in Austria feared and hated.
AN UNEXPECTED REPRIEvE.-The Fredericks-
burg Herald gives an account of q very unex-
pected reprieve pardon, we suppose) of three
negroes in the county of Northumberland They
had been condemned to be hung for an attempt
to poison their master, Captain Haney, and
were in the act of being executed, with the
graves dug, shrouds prepared, etc when the
messenger arrived with the reprieve from Gov.
johnson, He had been detained by h gh water
lotIn pEe+na Al.
intended execution day was twenty five miles
from the place where the gallows was erected,
just an hour and half before the ropes were to
be adjusted.
The guesser of REFUSES and riddles in Paris
is making a rapid fortune. At the cafes. the
reading rooms, the clubs, where people cluster
in numbers to read the illustrated papers, there
is natural desire to know the solution of the
pictorial charades and enigmas, without waiting
the issue of the nexts weeks number. A man
with natural tact of solving them has made q
trade of it. He gets the paper before any one
else is up, and by o'clock sets out on his
rounds with the desired explanation He sells
the secret to the heads of the various establish
ments, charging each person five sous, and thus
earns fifty francs rehus, AS there are three
week he makes $500 year He spends but q
third of this, and invests thousand dollars per
annum. This has been going on for long time
and his savings amount to a very pretty penny
He will have house of his own before great
while, and will retire to a country life.
The following story of the brutality with
which the Russian officers treat the soldiers
under their command, is related by a CORES
pendent Of the Paris Constitutional, now at Blu
charest. A General, followed by an aid de-
camp, passed beftre guard house in Bucharest;
the soldiers, warned by the sentinel, hastily
collected to present arms. The drummer, in his
hurry, stumbled, but nevertheless arrived in
time to give the customary salute. The General
passed; but the aid, camp, stopping behind,
approached the drummer, and, snatehng from
him one of his drum sticks, repeatedly struck
him over the head, eyes and ears. Blood spirited
out, and while the officer continued to beat his
victim, the latter, with his hands by his side,
remained immoyable. without attempting to
change the position of his head
A MODEL Speech Fellow citizens: | am
no speech-maker but what l say, FL do. I've
lived among you twenty years; if have shown
myself clever fellow, you know it without a
speech if l am not clever fellow, you know
that, too, and wouldn't forget it with a speech
I'm candidate for the Legislature; if you
think I'm the clear grit, vote for me if you
think Major R. of better stripe than I am,
vote for him. The fact is, either of us will make