Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-12-26
SCENES or GLORY.
pArrLs OF rng ALMA. 8

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THs following details Of The murlerous
work now progressing in the Enst, ex'
racted from British journOls. will give
our ,eaaers some ilcs Of the realities Of
war.
A Soytie.--A lot Of officers were stan.
ding on on eminence, looking down up
on the skirmshers OF both sides, having
no idea that powerful sortie was about
to be made, when they saw some guns
on an opposite ridge, TO the right about
q ,hous and yards disIpn'. No one had
The least suspicion as TO what they were,
when some one looking through glass,
said, "Grecn guns, by Jove !" ard all
bolted. (The Russian gun.carriases are
painted pea .green.) In Two minutes
more, the round sho, brgon TO sing over
head, and the sharp sound OF muskctry
shovel tina, some sharp fighting was CO.
ing on. The pickels were under the
command Of Major CHAMPION Of the
95th. They behaved admirably, and al
though compelled TO retire, did so in cx'
cellent order, anl kept the Russians in
check until our artillery got TO work.
| saw three heavy Russian columns cross
the ridge have ust spoken Of. As
soon as our gunners got the range, they
sent a storm Of rockets, shot and shells
into them, and the olumns literally
uelted aacay. Our infantry then advan'
ced, firing; and the Russians rcirented,
and wele followed by some Of our skif'
mishers nearly down 10 the walls Of Sc
vaslopol.
! Sututations.-Betwcen the Allied ar
mics the mystic word Bono appears &c
be the great melium of communication
An English soldier and French soldier
meet; perhaps the former commences
with "Bouo Francis" and the answer is
"Bono AnGlise." With a Turk, it is
"Bono Johnny" Each seems to think
it the language Of the other. An hour
or two, was standing in rcloubt with
lot officers, looking at Sevastopo,,
when Turkish colonel rode up, follow.
ed by an orderly. None of Us coud
speak Turkish, the only language he
knew so he sail 'Rono," and We re
pcated it. To tell you that the Engl sh
and French soldiers fraternize is an old
story. The French come in numbers 10
the English camp and change the brca
for our biscuit, Of which the English
soldiers are becoming somewhat tired.
.AwfM Slaughter.-There was an CIV,
full slaughter, over 1000 Of ihem killed
beside their wounlcl !; SO you see We are
attacked on all siles, but we do no, case
they generally get a dressing. Tacy
begin to get sick Of this JOB, always gel,
ting the worst Of it. wen; among them
and so. pair Of boots belonging to at
officer, AMI a silver loeset wiki iw,
saints inside, anil on, with the Firsin
Mary anI ou, Sav9r, anl iitt,o eros:
male Of wooi-al. thee tie; toss.he
with ! 5i, Of =.r.a.; ra,a.t ] cgnu,3f
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...1- -zs Et5.s.--:s. We ws's, >52rl
sar. z...::T ur!=, as horrible !ne .oI
u5wz-Is Of hal! : minute, ami how
s1z.. nan OF Us escsP=.l IS quite a Inys
,e,y. cann3. tell you cf al! the cas-
ualttiss, bl, jus; as we were about Z
te,utn, Col. v got his lee sha;teFed
by shell ; Capt. E, Capt C
and Mr.. H got severe musket woun Is
have every reason 10 be thankful i(
God Almighty for my saf, deIiverance
from such a horrible scene. RS horse
was shot dead just on ny right, little
Trumpeter S. was severely shot on mj
left and young lad namel \. hal n:
arm blown off by cannon sho. just ~
front Of me. In fact, the shot and shsli'
from some fifty pieces OF cannon, sup
ported by some lens Of thousands OF in
ian,ry, aud several thousand cavalry
were too much for 1900 cavalry.
Caralry Sabre Strokes.-Some fear
ful cuts were delivered. saw one maj
with his head cloven to the chin, through
helmet and all, so that the head appear
ed in two flaps; one with his ann lop
off as if i, had been done with butch
er's clcaver third having deep gas
in the brain from benin |, severln5 III
brain nearly in two ; yet this uniortu
nate man was alive, and several time
sat up in great agony, actually holdln
his head together with both hands.
Horrors ofths Field.--We were 500
relieved by abou, 100 Of our men, con
ing up, and in all mustered about 100
!, men, and sent deadly fire into the Ell
emy, and 800 Of the English army cha
= ged bayonets, and drove their who
5000 down the hill with great slaushte
) Death Of General Strangways.--
!. she'll came right in among the staff
1t exploded in Capt Somerset's horse. ri
ping him open; portion Of the she
. tore Off the leather overalls Of CAPITA
:, Somersct's trousers it then struck dov
i Captain Gorlon's horse, and killed hi
: al once, and then blew away Gener
h S,rangway's leg, so that it hung by
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