The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-01-16
DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN
THE CAMP BEFORE sEBAsTopoL.

From the London Times Correspondent
CAMP BEFORE SERAsToPoL, Monday, Dec Il
The whole plateau on which stands 1.-THE Camp be.
fore Sebastopor-The entire an gle of land from Ba.
Iakiava round 10 Kherson and thence to the Valley
OF Inkermann-is fitted at this moment for the re-
ception and delectation of any number of ichthyu
saari, and crocodiles. it is vast, black, dreary
wilderness Of mud dotted with little lochs of foul
water, and scanned by dirty brownish and tawny
colored streams, running down to and along the
raviues.
"Chaos has come again." or rather has ust de
parted from the scene. grand plateau OF bog
varying In depth from a foot to two feet extends
from the Valley OF Inkermann to the sea OF Bala
kiava 1t is trodden in holes, in every direction
by the hoofs OF mules, horses and canels II ID
SCARED deeply by the wheels of carts aud arabas
and the white tents dotting its surface, and few
scattered white farm house, and the snug quarters
OF Lord Raglan. contrast strongly with the black
profound amid which they rear their straight out
lines. All over its surface are s:reHed the carcass
es OF horses and miserable animals torn by dogs
aud srnothered Ia mud. Vultures sweep over the
mounds In focks; carrion crows and ''birds of prey
obscene" hover over their prey, meusce the hide
Gus dogs who are feeding below, or sit in gloomy
dyspepsia, with dropped head and dropping wing
on ahe remnants OF their banquet.
IL is this ground, gained at last by great toll
and exhaustion and loss of life the part Of the
starving beasts OF burden, that and horse have
10 struggle from Balaklava for soae four or five
miles, with the hay and corn. the meat the biscuit
The pork, which form the substance of our army
Every day this 6oii must be undergone. for we are
fed indeed By daily bread aud only get half ra
tons of it. Horses drop exhausted on the road
and their LOADS are removed and ADDED to the bur
dens of the struggling survivors; them after few
efforts to get out OF their Slough of Despond, the
poor brutea succunab and lie down to die in their
graves Men wade and plunge about, and stumble
through the mud, with muttered mprecations, OF
sit down on pro- Getting stone, exhausted pictures
of dirt and wo unutterable Sometimes on the
rf,,Yfp rad opAcj eoIJ
with Illness and the sad aspect of fellow country
man dying before his eye shocks every passer by
the more because aid is all but hopeless and i'm
possible.
laklava for about five times their proper price.
drudge on earnestly in the expectation OF being
able to carry back to their tents the Dot of nre.
served meat or the fowl bought at a fabulous cost
in that model city OF usurydom, ere the allotted
portion of wood under the cooking tins has been
consumed. II requires soldiers eve to tell can.
tains from corporals now, mounted on draggle.
tailed and unkempt ragged ponies covered with
mud. The pride and hope OF our arstocracy of
our gentry, OF our manufacturing bourge0isie of
our leadership and shipping owners, and money
owning and moneyrnsking classes with obviously
colored faces, tattered and bepatched garments
and eccentric great-coats and head-gear are to be
seen filing up and down the filthy passes, between
Balaklaya and the camp, carrying out lgneous
hams dsheveled turkeys strings of onions
sacks, potatoes Dutch cheeses almost as fatal as
ner. bottles of wine and brandy, crooks of butter.
and assortment of sausages, from the economical
but nasty saveOy, up to the be-slvered and delicate
Bologna. They are decidedly "disreputabIe look.
ing"
The liveliest suspicious of Bow street would he
excited at their appearance in court They are
hairy and muddy, as the police reports would say.
In short, wearing the hair Of Foreigners" but the
vast majority of them are the noblest, cheeries,.
fellows In Europe-men who DEFY prvation. neg
lect, storm, and tempest-who, in the midst of dit
fcultIes, rarely despond and never despair ard
who comfort and animate by the brightest exam
Piles OF courage and high valor, of constancy and
unfinching resolution the gallant fellows around
hem.
We have tents, but cannot get them M In ,bc
camp There is q great deficiency of hospital mar
quees, and horrible as it is TO think of such thius
1t is no less true that according TO information s
ceived from no doubtful source, five men of a hal
talon of the Guards were found dead outside one
of the tents within the last thirty hours
The decks OF the Avon were terrible sight to
behold, covered with sick and wounded men SIS
thickly they could be slowed. have heard thar
she sailed the authorities held an investip alton
on board the ship In reference to certain CHARGES
that had been made respecting deficiency of med.
idal attendance and of medical comforts for her
wretched cargo, but the result is not known to me
The mortality among the Turks has now assumed
all the dimensions OF plague Every sense was Of
in the streets, of professions of men bearing half
veIed coses on itters at the busiest hour of the d
ana Soi Ddeeuey ut gave orders, rather
cd permission, that the Turks should bury their de5
on the hiil-sde over the town. Yesterday ere eua-
Ing, upward of seventy bodies were carried tn thi
long home, and deposited in shallow graves nor ab7
few inches deep, and were left with shoveIfoi o
two OF earth and pebbles tn en- as close toaaIh
as they could be packed To-day the sarna ,sroa
10 going on. The dead are frightful To Inok 80"
emacated to the last degree, with the facsssnS r.
swollen and discoored, and drops of blood staai;
down from nose and ear; there thew are lvno ont
RANKS on the hill side, while the living Sh6 So -
soon about to follow them. dig their grave, 81
sount % Dodles already on the ground and it ia ss,
Ia tue oay; over the hill side come men hes ting 10y
ttoIs Ere the BODY is inferred, the cloths. are ~
ION on ana iaio at one side, officer in attenden
oecShtiy washes the corpse with water pours I;,.I
OF the same fluid down the throat and cpmnosa NIUE
Ambs and after q few words of PRAYER IN sSthe
man 10 placed beside his fellows A. 'tbs tnussul
such mode of burial would be the outbrssL ef
aildestroying pestilence, the commsn6snt VI some
place has ordered it to be discontuusd ana me
Turks must bury their dead outside the town ~ tie
valley, in graves four feet deep. ~ Tue
DEcEMBER 5.-The number of spplications sau. 4.
LORD Raglan for leave to retire. to sell out o- -, ~
on hsit pay, Is said to be very great The Dpks of
HoHngIon mad TO cen end against the same evil in
SPAIN. rs said, ut do not know whether thsra
lsanJ foo9 ground OF lie asse rtioD-and am jncI;n
60 TO mink there is noue-that after Io,d &C., iI
FACETS name appeared in orders IA he vins ueofse
permission to retire, no less than $50 annie
sell out or 80 on halfpay were cent in 70 ~ 70
mander OF the forces. Some Of tbess ~. tne com
ted been acceded to-that is Lord Ra1i' y ID sta-
them to the Commando rim Chief OF tb uas sent
rather sarcastic recomme that tba 10y, with
sought for be granted. PERMISSION
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