New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-29
IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE.
LETTERS FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
by OUR BASH BOZOUK-Iw. NJ. THAcKERAy. I
Prom Punch.
CAMP BEFORE REDoUT KALH.



in its nature and title and occasionally trining in ts
details am told that good deal Of truth turks in its
satire; indeed that much more of the commodity is TO
found in your columns than in the broadsdes Of your
gigantic cotemporaries, who profess to- supply only
authentic Information.
~ am not myself man Of the least hHmor; do
not make jokes nor value them, understand them
for the most part; yours be very good though
for my part cannot comprehend what your read
ers a-laughing The same is the case with tunes The
other day at the review at Scutari i mistook Abdul
Medjeed's March for Rule Britannia some of my
brother poe Ia told (for considered one Of the
first in the wOrld) labor under similar obtuseness of
rrar.
But this is parenthetc; let us return to the sub.
iect in hand. select you the organ of my c0mmu-
nicatcns from the seat of ls because the Press
though often usled, is free in your country, and
desire the liberty of saying EVERYTHING, which |
could not do in the Journal des Dtbas the gsene
Zeunng; I'd, because know you exercise a great
influence in Europe, and have seen personally the
three Emperors, my friend the King of Naples, and
His Holiness the Pope and Cardinal Antonel frantic
at your satire; 3D. because, strange to say, you ap
pear to have engaged no correspondents and 4th, be-
cauFe am the best cOrresp, ndent IN tle wO ID
81 took but halt an hour SINCE from tue shake of
poor Russian friend whom have just killed in action
two three copies of The Tines newspaper, in which
the editors seemed greatly the skill OF their
correspondent in this quarter Before ever thought
Of putting pen to paper myself met this young man
at Malta, and Gallpoh afterward; gave him every In
formation in my power and supplied him with many
Of the facts, which need not say he ludcrOusly dis
torted and exaggerated in his journal lie was put
out Of English ship war (he says at his own de-
sire) board Of Greek schooner, the agid Alethea
Of Gallipoh, and would have been murdered by the
crew and the master "a pirate and very old friend Of
mine,) for the sake of his portmanteaus which ap-
peared to be pretty well pienshed, had not happened
to be drinking in the cabin with my friend the pratca
skipper. At my eDtreaties nay threats (ior had to
produce my revovers,) the young man was saved;
L., II l,p,. E.lli efa with baO al
baggage without receiving from him even the present
of single cigar. Nor see by his printed letters
has he made the least subsequent mention O his pre-
server: it will be well for him for the future not to
come into the neipbborhood Of the 14 Bashi Bozoaks,
or their Colonel. j shall not give him any II normaton
any more. What have I shall send to you, and
through you to the world and thus my indignation at
the ingrattude of newspaper writer is possibly the
cause OF enlighteniDg and lnstructing Oil Europe.
Hitherto all Europe has been wofully msled.
ANY one for instance who will take the trouble to tOt
ND tie number of dead Russians who are slaughtered
In every newspaper bulletin that we get IRON the seat
of war in the East will find that they drop Oh at the
rate IF two or three thousand day. and that quarter
of million of them by this time must have gone to
visit Hades My good friend, MT. Paneh, these mur-
derots histories all bosh Newspaper CORES,
Smoherem and Lord BotheIem, in the House OF
Peer are not to be relied upon, and ought to be put
down As for the Turks, they notorious lOng-bow
pulle:s Ny poor friends the Russians, with ana
against whom 1 have served good deal In the OauI
cssu, are greater liars than the unbelevers. what
the p,ton wants is truth Truth pure, truth unadul
terat.d Truth gushing from the original tap such as
k,perhs no other in Europe but myself IN con-
ditiOD to supply. ., H.. &c
cours, is not my family name which is the nobest in
the three kingdoms but have such regard Tor truth
in all things that Of this little deviation from IL
fbiukit to warn the reader. never told lie IN my
life Except, OF course, lew 70 ieoes wnD non P,I
sumo no gentleman thinks of treating with the unadui
teratd article) have lost fortunes-undergone il,
prisoment-braved and suffered the most irightiui
fortups for truths sake. Every word OF my letters
may relied upon; aud should mt . 70 o~, ~ Or nod
ern witer-in a word except mysef--as mucn cau oe
said Take page of Macaulay-pooh ASK he G
or tbed Tories what they think of his accounts 0 Tue
to V;jI;ams-William of Orange and William OF Drao
Read Dean Miman's History of the Latin Chutcni
earne and wise it is undounied,you, ak cloves with
croul of boys laughing at him in the streets ana
Fsthe Newman be cutting jokes against tne hstaesn.
ment? Take Sir Archibald Alisons history ana you
csn nd of-but II is absurd that should put SO mon
strouss proposition s ,,oroorv of course
Im;na the finest and accurate in the world, pu.
coone of Bashi- Bozouks sitting as am with my Wnu
scoupdels round about warming my toes at IA csp ~
&c over which my kabobjee is roasting iamo; WIZ .no
ov,in. Of Apapa before me, the hoarse roar OF the
Black ,ea discernlble to my ear the sun guus sV &
tered cd minarets Of Redout kaieh rom brnces
lust dryen out the Russians, and where nave
yacsil, Greek spy taer addressing him most beautiful
~ab, 10 nat;ye language, with which ana t"en'y-
- byee cher European dialects am pertecIy ;S ian;S
and wisre in the affair OF tne ,horb tbe ave of
drtv tosend ball from revolver urouen @ 'nS q, ~;
;o obi friend Major Timkowski, al the henu ~, m i.s w
regimot-a man with whom have or ruhh nay ;,ion ~
bsnn;e times-I say, man I'D my PoseI IN, Erad
nratrnS that he carried books about Sth nun anu Id
| PI;o'o P; ~ Tanoeon had a campaign library, ne woulu
he bnnbueping tho public. No. hohesl SEN I noiIs
inc he amb wonder under my nose-o .uo -. go ,;na
ysrv svory and man who has not eaeh noi w "a tyo
hours dden two bundled ana 'e ronsd three regiments
horses md mule shot under hiIn roueu ~; nns Of his
Ia Saen ,ouadrons Of The enemy, taxing nie ~ Ia Ia
@ % co. of them with his own hand, shoi auenou ;ht %
S5ena nrouch the eye, and hung creek sps % ;bt as
to feel little hungry G S;nsr Of three courses
well erect to turn out regular dinner & o ths carcass of
"mn fS entrees and confectionery, IRON tne h,o.ob
wonder anb as TO produce regular, frks have
csl ornate history such some Oh my 9'e @ oatsd at
been aud such as should turn ou' ;,her in my town
ease In me of my splendid h horar,os' ''
honse n in my castles IN the counHy' h,, alwsvs re-
HVerT III - We have quarreled cannot pu'
ntSa, fbe Emperor of Russia was long ini % ,aa
particuAr f nd. When used 70 uf M =, pe,ersburg we
Nth .s family at Czwrkoe Seloe Tor al re ,Sns afsble
,a "an W nr q much more upon etqueel ne was v IN
even nhyful in his conversation anu W." .b irchangel
na k:t nov boy' II bear the name OF Tue hoso I;5ea
am descended from kings and my Ssr een island of
ts;rI 'n rned magnfcenty over iai1 gieL ~ Mick
hs hnelr n, s.' M ere the Saxon came TO enslaVe ~ @
e = y. 80 are all equals here am nor iue - ,on;,
a., DS;n Nicholas Romanoff; and ne wouiu ea NV her
ar far to insist on my cai,,n rs,sed to do but the
hahe pi 80 and n,ncesses give you my hono. % nd
never addressed by other than their last ia
sbon;absye been godfather to the Cesa he orthodox
\ sweet title erchduchessJ had pe0" y
A Percussion -, ,o,,o. v,op,d have happened had
Al. r!y a! ,;stened 10 the advice OF an ou i'S - ,,ho
4 s I ~ and the world as well as many !" C~nselor %
wear, star upon bis breast anu th Fneror of Rus
before ms nae ,he possibility Of alliance between W