Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-02

SC1RCitlN0 ARTICLE FROM TlIE LoSuoS llht"''
The following article from late number OF
LONDON Times, with legarl 10 The arrival in Eng
land Of a ship load OF wounded soIs!eis from The
Crdea, furnishes good Illustration OF the ,ngta,.
itmIe OF nations towards those who N reality fIsh!
their battle:
On Tuesday last the Elnalaya arrived al Ports.
mouth, aud, aftcr delay VI twenty four k0utS,
,aused alongside :he islIy and began 10 unload
her melancholy cargo VI sick and wounied--the
shaken and mUiilaled reninan's 1f tie a.foes Q!
Alma, VI inkelmanu, and Of Balaklaya. II must
have been in itself touching aud moving Speeta.
cie sucl as the Stetnest NATURE could scarcely "t.
II, IS without piiy. Here weie nien who, exposed
10 every hardship, aud urged OIL by 10 incentive
but feeling VI honor aud devotion, ny the nere
elIort III uucunsurrILle will aud uulinchng liar.
dihuol had saved our amy from distinction aud
our country from disaster, and hat low.was f VI
this Tremendous lnf'ntfy. t"ls gallant aud dasIHns
cayallyi AthdeSs, eyeless, iouIe$s, as out cot.
tespvn ent describes Ihem-tent With lie shot or
she'll, lietced ny bayonelS, and hacked by slbrrS,
tLey S!Sss. ted vi, suppUlting each other ~ this
lelUnchUiy march, I'LL they stool once Il!OIe Oh
That sAcied spU which had SEN them tot 10 con.
QutI. and wiich might almost IT, supposed "
IhrJD under the feel Uf us returning Protect"
They came; but who was there to welcome
themi Everybody knows that Portsmouth Swams
with officials, naval aud military, ami Il the
Queen had been landing from Osborne ms cad VI
helpless aud cnppied soidetS FOn The CiIInra,
I"eTe would moi huye been wanted one VI Iiue IaIe
to swell tue nh1satins lomp and Idle cetemony.
We should have had lie Adunra Sup. tinislldel,
Tie Lord Admiral, The Lieutenant UU efnot, and
host VI ulIie; ullridIs " hose ltsN " lot wurih
a. Il n IL4uI fII,l
nurn to lhIs Otduaty duty Vi husp lalIiy aud hu.
manly, " tu .re HAT the noble lrelsh Of the
tiinaI"yd vas received wl'h all honor, oil gtaI.
TUT, AMI Nil lemJetness. The UificluIS were 10,
thcle, siihUueh they received Meniy.i0ur tUnts
| notice, AMI the dlSrinbaEhHieht VAS Iell ~ Ue el'
IeCel by the lHsaids themselves, with such all as
the crew Of The steamer could iIOui them. but
licIc ciuss Of officials never wanting tp the
duty III >aluttng an EnslShI an Oh hts letuiulo
his native lanI. II the Genvials uml Aumita
weEe wanting, The Custom House UIfce wele
not.
| They were tht re 10 examine the baggage u he
| wounded soldiers, Isduahly anxious that nu uglr
un VI tob' co should escape rs contribution 10
HE revenue, aud afoti an nniuYed soo'e ~ the
ais, fab'e hours Of slckms IS or cUn,ah>c ice
The s~a CHI as conducted Oh tie open july, aud
untII II was concluded NJ soldier OF ulicer was al.
O"tu W NhNC NHc SVot' iNts SoN hHu CtuuChtW
rs best they m ght n The bleak January att moon.
ose shy, ti"s AMI mutIated relies u The strong
nnd The brave, and pond.ied, doubtless, with
thoughts loo bitter for words, on the welcome
y hich the county fot which they had liven oil,
extended ~ them in return, There were no ain.
balances, 70 stretches; there was no one 10 cafe
Tor them, OF 10 conduct them 10 their allotted
home, unit! OF asl, after the MNt,,rS!ened almUS,
desperate, help caue.tn The shape OF OmlIbustS for
those Who could SIT, STRETCHES iUE lhse wIo
could hot; and tie miserable scene was thus
biUueh 10 q lanly end. With such specimen Of
Portsmouth Il wele vain ~ waste criticism " III.
lIsnaiulI Oh the NJ SERIES OF l,aIaklava or SGu,ar
How los var alIeady hard, ned our hearts and
desdercd OnE sympathieS. Dix months ago We
wcEe mel with most violent decaInfs Wien our
corr sroa'eIt asserted that our irOUps were i'll.
fed nml il.cared iot on tktir arrival al the Wild
and fenote ShUres OF Gall,poIi, and now SWeh 0
| scene as We have deScliLcl cnn pass OF uuf ptin
rira seaport ami ARSENAL, wlinOul murInut, and
almost Without notice.