Demoine courier., 1855-11-01

dnu mOon'eu oh entP5 caTIidgee, anu
worked in the same way as ships guns.
There are . few old. fashioned, oddly:
shaped noriars. Look around the work
and you will see tina, the strength Of the
Russian weakness--he sell into his own
b~nmb.proois. In the parapet Of the
work may be observed several entrances
very narrow outside, but descending and
enlsrgipg downwards, and opening into
rooms some four or FIVE feet high and
eight or ten square. These are only
lighted from The ou,eide by day, and
must have been pitch dark a, night, un.
less the men were allowed lanlsrns.-
Here The garrison retired when exposed
10 a heavy bomba,dment. The odor Of
those narrow chambers 10 v%illainous, and
hi air reeks with blood ard abomina.
lions unuuerable. There are several Of
these places. and they might set defiance
10 the heaviest moriars in the world;
over the roof is a lay or Of ships mas,s.
cut in junks and pefori,ec carefully; then
there is over that a solid layer OF earth,
and above that a layer Of gabions, and
above Ina. a pile Of earth again. In.
one Of these dungeons, which is excava'
ted 10 the solid rock, aud was probably
underneath the old White tower. the Of
icer commanding seems 10 have lived.
Ii must have been a dreary residence
The floor and the entrance was Uttered
q foot deep with re ports, returns. and
perhaps dispatches assuring the Car
The. the place had sustained no damage.
The garrison were in these narrow
chambers enjoying their siesta which
they invariablyi,ake at IL o'clock. when
the French burst inion ,hem!ike a torrent.
and as 1t were, drowned them in their
holes.
OF all The pictures Of ,he horrors of
war which have ever been presented to
the wo,ld, the hospital Of Sebastopol
presents the horrible. henrtrending and
revolving. II cannot. be described. and
tie imagination Of a Fuseli could no,
conceive anything at all like uh,o it,
How The poor human body can be multi
ate4 and ye. hold It's soul within, when
every limb is shattered, and every vein
and artery is pouring ou, The life s.ream,
one might study here a, every step, and
at the same time wonder how little
will kill! The building used as a hos
piual ls one of the noble piles inside The
dockyard wall, and is situated in the CEN
ire Of the row a. right angles 10 the line
Of the Redan. The whole row was pc.
culiarly exposed TO the action Of the shot
and shell bounding over the Redan. and
10 the missiles directed at the Barraek
battery, and ii bears in sides, roofs, win
dows and DOORS frequent and distinctive
proofs CT the severity Of the cannonade.
Entering one Of these doors I beheld
such q sight as few men. thank God.
have ever Witnessed! In a long low
room, supported by square pillars, arch.
ed a. The tor, and dlnly lighted through
shattered and unglazed window frames.
lay the wounded Russians, who had
been abandoned to our mercies By their
general. The wounded, did | say? No.
but the dead, the rotten and fostering
cor2ses Of the soldiers who were left to
die in their extreme agony, intended,
uncared Tor, packed as close as they
could be slowed. some on the floor. 9TH
ers on wre'ched t~reslles and bedsteads,
or pallets Of straw, sopped and saturated
with blood, which oozed and Wickled
through upon the floor, mingled with the
droppings OF corruption. With the roar
OF exploding fortresses in their ears, with
shells and shot pouring through the roof
and sides of the rooms in which The lay,
with the cracking and kissing o: fire a
round them, these poor fellows who had
served their loving friend and master The
Gear but too well, were consigned to
their terrible fate. Many might have
been saved by ordinary care. Many
lay, yet alive, with maggots crawling a
bout in their wounds. Many. nearly
mad in the scene around them, or seek
ing escape from il in their extremes, ago
nv had rolled away under the beds and
glared out on the hear, sricken spectator.
OH. with such looks! Many with legs
and arms broken and twisted, the jagged
~rplinters sticking through the raw flesh,
implored aid, water, food or pity. or,
deprived Of speech by the approach OF
death, or by dreadful injuries in The head