New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-25

the Fourth Class for military merit.
Tbis PRAYER the Emperor has been grscicusiy
Pleased to grant
Another corp4 Of lo, 600 Turks - from CONSTANT
pople 10 Balaklaya-
Oyer Pa.hs sends two regiments from Varna.
AL the troops which were at Churuk So have also
gone TO Baiahlavs
corr..t ondepoe Of The LoHdon Times
NoyEgBtR IL vent carefully over the position
IN dsy. ana the more | examined il the more WAS
amazed 81 the noble tsDacty OF our men when a.
sailed BY such var; If infantry, though must
civ. great credit thu Russians for the ob-tinsey
with which they sought to drive Us bacX. and the IA
borious deteg MinatlOn with which they CLAMP red up
the hillside to attack us The TENT Of the 2di dv
sion are pitched on the verge 81 the plateau Tnlch
We ocoupv and from thu rsbt flank of the ground
rs.s gently for three hundred yards % ridge
covered with scrubby brushsood, 80 thick that II e
sonoeiu difficult 10 force horse through II. inese
busl,. grow in tufts and are about four ie-t nign
On gaining tie ridge you see beoT you TIE valley OF
tb. Ch.rnaya green tranquil Zip of mesdow, Win
f. white houses dO;iing il OF intervals scms farm
enclosures and tufts II green trees. From me NJ
til. hillside tesceDds rapidly IN slPe OF nj -asi o0y
fee high The brush rood s very thick upon r. aud
at time it is almost imperv Al the base OF THIS
slope the road wines to lusermann, ana thence 20
Opol The sUgg stream rtea- quietly through
j. toward tie head Of the harb r, which 10 shu' eui
from view by he projections of toe ripge toward
the north. ~ the cis'srce OF quarter OF mi'e
acros he valley, he SIDES Of the mountans oppo-
site 10 The ridge OF be plateau on when our camp
staICs rise abruptly IN sheer walls oi rock, $50 hisr
siab Il, the hicLt Of eco or 100 feet road winds
anon thce uassivs prerilces NJ 20 me rlius % IN
kermsnn-6 city Of TIE dead aud gone, ana INK own
where house. ara piilAEeO aa1sion'. aGd 'npie-,
have lie. hean out Of the face cf he solid rock. by
n gen.r,tou whose very name The mo-' NJ anti
uubries have guessed A.. ih's ro7f p1-sei along
tb. bighis ard dips into The valley Of lna.fmann. Al
the neck Of the ba!bor The tssI4lis Diahie1 guns
Along it ID. other day to tbs retreat of ther
,roons and al NIGHT the ii.h's Of their res
elimmering through the sindow ana DOOR places from
tic chambers carved out n IA the sides at IN. prrc
cice Looking do IN from the ridge ne, . runs are,
e course ones left hlnc. 10 no right, the eye
70 lows the sweep " the valley I'LL II Is closed IN from
view by The wsll- Of The ridge, a0d by tue mOunIaos
which hem in the valley Of B1l4klsva, and oue can
Inst catch tie side 81 the Il'ge the corner Of the
nesest Ere, Oh esr,hwoIk thrown up TO defend our
rear, ard cover the position toward Baiakava BE
low the right Of the ridge g. n. dis ance of
900 fee from the top toward ths valley Is the Sinib1g,
twogun battery, inteud~ for tvs" gum, which had
not been placed there the 5n, because Sir ID Evans
conceived thatthey wouiG "Dly 'nv" attack and would
certainly he taken uncOnDectec n. they would have
beer with aoy Inns OF defense. On the left hand
looking this battery, lhere Is rOad from Balaslava
right across our camp through the % divisions
ttnis On their front which runs over the ridge aud
jurs the upper road 10 L. hermann Some OF tue Rus
coluInDs had climbed ny by the ground along this
ad Others hGG acenJed n left in front dLd TO
TIE right Of the sand Gag battery. In every bush
OF every yerd Of blood stained er0und-lay desi or
diving Russian The well known b-arskins of our
GuRrds the coats of our infaIty aud the bright
blue of the French Chasseurs-reveaIinz each silent
horror in the glsdes, and marking the spot where,
stark snd stiff, corpse lay coRtorted on the grass
pointed out The of the bOojies contests The
dead were happy-the dull cod eye the tranquil
brow the gently opening lips, which had given ca
cal 10 the parting spirit ~ il fed from it, Dreiing
Shell, showed how peacefully man may die IL battle
pierced by the rife ball. The British aud the French
many of whom rad been murdered by the Russians
hay lay H,H frg IN their
faces with which The sgories ~ Death mad clad them
Some in their lat tbroe had tom up the earth in ther
bonds and held the grass between their ueers up to-
psfdr heaven. All the men who exhI bted such ss
Of pain had been bayOneted The dead men who
Inv with eternal smile thelf lips "a reon shot.
But the wounded For two days they had lam where
the hand and the ball had feled them. There were
very few il is true but all our searching hsd not dis
covered the secrets Of that blOOdsaiLed hillside aDd
tyas towards to-day the last of soldiers
lao been found in bis lair and carried TO the hospital.
But The Russiars, groabiDg and palptaflng ~ they
lay arouUo, were far mere numerous y NE of these
were placed .gethsr in heaps, thai they might be
more r.adh, removed. Others ,lared on from the
bushes with the ftrocity of will beasts they Rugged
their wouLds. Some iWplored IN an unknown tongue,
but in acceI Is not 10 be mistaken water or succor;
holding out their nutilated and soattered limbs or
pointing 10 the track of the decorating ball. Toe
fuen angry scowl of some of these fearful.
Tauss cism aha immortal hate spake through their
arery eye balls, aIO he wno azed On them With pity
and compassion could al last lun~illiDgly) under
stand how there mel would IN ther savage passion
kin the wounaed, aud fire o. the conqperor, who IN
lis generous humanity had aided them ~ he passed.
IL Was . relief that their arae were broken
that their cartridges ling opened in heaps on
the ground. Litter bearers, Fr-Ich ami English
c,ihed the bill eide, Low toling painfully up ~ h
heavy burden for TIE grave, with some subjec FOR
the doctors care: bow hunting through the bushes
for the dead or dying Our men have acquired
sbO, king facility in their diagnosis. body is be-
fore sou there is q shout. Come here boz. sec a
"Rrssisn!' Tor :" Freedman, or ons Of our iel
lows y Que Of the party comes forw ard raises
The eyed if it be closed peers Into the eye, shrugs
he shoulders says quietly, " He's dead-hcli w1',
ard moves back 10 the litter others pull the feet IA
arrive az equally correct conclusions by ttat process.
The dead generally stripped Of all bu, their
The camp -folc~ers ana black yards from B4aklava,
and stamen from the chips anxious for trophies,
carry off all they tske from the field. A: parc-
ulsr spots You see party Of men busy at work.
GrouIe of them art digging away all along the hill
side al the distance OF 40 or 80 yards spar Go over
ard you find them arc aud yawDing trench 30 feet
in length by 90 feet 10 bre sdfh and fee, in Depth at
the bottom OF which, in every conceivable attitude,
lie packed together with exceeding .r 30 or 10
corpses. The grave dsgers stand chatting the
mouDcs by the sites, waiting for the arrival Of some
bearers to complete the number of the deal rhey
speculate on the appearance OF the body which Is
being borne TOW ar0 them. "its Corporal -, Of the
til think " says one NO it my rear rank
"man can see his red hair plain enough" and 80
on. They oiscuss the merits dement's If dead ser
jeanis or comrades. well, be was hard man;
nsnys the time i wa drilled through him, but it's
"all over now e. or Poor Mick no had Is years
"sefyic.-a better fellow stepped" rhi.
scene is gong on all about the hillside Frenchmen
with litters also busy looking out for their dead
and wounded and in sharing the sad labors OF The
day. AT last the number in the trench ia completed
The bodies lie as closely they cen be packed.
Some OF them have uprased arms 10 the attitude Of
tax ing aim their legs stick up through the mold as il
is thrown upon them Others bent and twisted into
shapes like fanioccini. Itch after inch the irh rises
upon them and they are left aloUe in their glory"
No not aore for the hopes and fears and affections