New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-12

il hs pacs where tle French crosesi-aers IL tta
bulge O. p 2nE' and bare they 4@aruneo n upon the
uIspcciiDe ctfenifrs Of TIE MslakOf. They had no,
ten !slrs 70 so. We bsd two hundred aud wsre thsa
oui Of brea'h. Were not pi6nks bette, than scaling
ladders See how easily the French crossed. You
observe on your right hand, as you issue from tue
lead cf he French trtpcb line OF gabioLs On tue
ground running up 70 this bridge. 1aat il n, log zap,
which The French maze the irstaut hey 90, out Of the
trench into The askof 20 that thsy were enabled to
pour continuous stream Of men into the wOt with
couT arafve safety ON the flank FIRE Of the enemy.
In ihe same way T. ey az once Dug trench across the
work iDside 10 see there any gav snc wires to
fire mines. Mount The paTspet and deseend-of what
onazing tbiob nfss are those embTasuresl From the
level Of tie ground itside 20 the top of the para ct
caLnot be lees than eighteen feet. Thsre are eight
rows Of gabons piled above the Other, and each
row recedes toward the top caves 10 the ledge bsow
an excellent bscSSet for the defenders Inside the
sight is too horn , to dwell upon. The French are
carrying away their own aud the Russian Wounds,
and there are five distinct piles OF oead formed 10
clear the way. The ground is marked By pools OF
blood, and the smell Is already oiso ne YARNS ofias
settle on dead and d. ing broken muskes torn clothes,
caps, shskos, swords, bayonets, bags OF bread can
teeLs haversscks lying in Undesirable wreck
all over The plsce ingled with heaps OF shot. Of
Craze, bits OF she'll cartridges, case and canister loose
powder, ocis papers and cooking tins The traverses
high and ceep that ii is impossible almost TO get
a view Of tie whole Of the Maakof from any one spot,
sDo there ia biz mound of earth in the mi idle of the
work either intended kind Of shell proof, the
remains Of the old White tower. The guns which to
the pumber Of sixty were found in the work, all
ships gus, and mounted on chips carriages, and
worked IN tie same way as ships guns. There are
few o'dfashione5 oddly. shaped mortars Look
Ground the work and you will tha, the strength Of
the Russian was his weaknesE-he fell into his own
bomhproofs. Ia the parspet of the work may be OBJ.
served several entrar ces very narrow outside but
descending and eDlsrgiug dowDwards and opening
into four or five feet high aud eight or tSn
square. These only lighted from the outside by
ri QOdYu ~ hgy i.,on III a.
the we're allowed lsnterns. Here the garrison
retired when exposed TO a heavy bombardmeht
The OdOr Of these narrow chambers is villainous
ard the cir reeks with blood ard denominations unut
ierable. There are several Of these places. aud
they might set defiance to the heaviest nortars
in the world over the roof is layer OF ships
masis, cut in juDks and deposited carefully; then
neIe is over them solid layer OF earth, aud
above that layer Of gabioIs and above that pile
Of Garth again. In one of these dungeons, which is
oxcava ed in the solid rock, and was probably uDder
81 ems TO have lived. Il must have BEEN dreary resi-.
Gebce. The floor and the entrance was Uttered foot
deep with reports, returns, and perhaps dispatches
assuring the Gar that the place had sustained no
damage. The garrison in these narrow chambers
joyrg their tiese, which they invariably take at l2
o'c ock, VIXEN the French burst in on them, like
tonent, and as it were drowned them in their holes.
OF all the pictures of the horrors Of war which have
teen presented TO the world the hofpitsl Of Sc
vastopol present the most horrible heartrendng and
revolving. 1t cannot be described, and the imagina
ton of Fuselli could not conceive any thing at AL
Ike un it. How the poor human body can be nu
tilafcd ard yet hold s soul Within when every limb
is shattered ard every vein and artery is pouring out
the life stresm, one might study here at every step,
and at the same time wonder how little will kill The
bull ing used as hospital is ore OF the noble piles
inside the dock ard wall and is situate in the center
of tie row at right angles TO the line of the redan.
The whole was peculiarly exposed to the action of
slot ard shell bouI ding the reden and TO the
missiles directed at The Barrack battery and it bears
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tinctive proofs of the severity of the cennonade.
Entering Of these doors beheld such sight as
few men, thank God, have ever witnessed! la
lOrg low room supported by square pillars, hrched
at the top, and dimy lighted through shattered and
VI glazed window frames, lay the wounded Russians,
Who had been abandoned to meccies by their gen.
eIal. The wounded did say No, but the Cead,
tie rotten and fostering corpses of the soldiers who
were LETT 10 die in their ext enc agony INTENDED, un
cared for packed as cose as they could be slowed,
some on the floor, others on wretched trestles and
bedst ads or pallets Of straw, soPped and saturated
with blood, which oozed aud trickled through upon
the floor, mingled with the Groupings OF corruption.
With tie roar Of exploding forr.sses in their ears
with 81 ellis and shot pouring through the ioof and
sides Of the rooms in which they lay, with the crack
ling and bissng Of fire around them, these poor fell
lows who had served theif loving friend and master
the CT but too well, consigned TO their terrible
fate. Many mig hit have been saved by ordinary care
Many lay, yet alive, with maggots crawling about in
their woucGs. Many nearly mad by the scene around
them, seeking escape from 1t 10 their extremes.
agony had rolled away under the beds, and gared out
on the heart. stricken spectator oh with such looks
MANY with legs and arms broken and twisted, the jag
eed splinters sticking through TIE raw desh mplored
aid water food or pity or deprived OF speech by tue
arproach of death or BY dreadful injuries in the head
or trunk pointed 70 the lethal spot. Many seemed
bent alone on making their peace wi heaven. Tue
attitudes Of were so nideous'y fantastic as 10
appeal and root 10 the ground by sort OF dreadful
fascination Could that bloody mass of clothing aud
white bones ever have been a human being, or that
burned black mass of fesh ever had human soul
II was fearful to think what the answer must be- Tne
bodies OF numbers of men were swollen and biostei
10 an incredible degree and the features disende1 to
gigantic size, with eyes prorudng from the sockets,
and the blackened tongue lollng out OF the mouth,
comp ssed tightly by the teeth which had set upon
il in the death rattle, made one shudder and rec
round. In the midst of one Of these chambers oil
"borrors"-for there were many OF them-were
found some dead and some living English soldiers,
and among them poor Capt Vaughan OF the nii ehoth
who has since suecumbed TO his wounds. 1 confess
was impossible for me 10 sand the sight, which hor
rifed our most experienced surgeons; the deadly
c ammy stencil, the smell of gsngrened wounds, oil
corppt BLOOD Of rotiing esh, were intolerabls and
oo ious beyond endurance. But what mu 1 have the
wounded felt Who obliged 10 endure all his, and
who pessed away without hand 10 give them cup
of water or voice TO say one kindly word 10 tnem
Most of these men were wounded on Saturday-many
PERHAPS on The Friday before indeed It Is Impossible
10 say bow long they might have been there. Ia the
hurry Of their retreat the Muscoviies seem 10 nave
carried in dead men to Get them out OF the way ana
TO have put them on pallets in hould mockery. 30
that their retrea, was secured the enemy cared but
little for their wounded. on Monday only did they
n ceive those whom We sent out 10 them during
b ief armstiCe for the purpose, which wac, beheve,
sought BY ourselves, az or 0yeTcTowded hospitals
could not contain and our overworked sus cons could
lot attend % any more.
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