Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-01-19

SIIUs, II CHTIIIOT Dr. UVTIGTI HIM NII~I T THV IT"fI.T7TV
Of the county. both great aud small, were opposed Il
him. Some, because they preferred another, an
some, because they did not believe Mr.. Wise woul,
get The nomination. However, 81 soon ~ hi triumph
ant nomination was hcralded along. they all-no'
cXrcntiuw ,hus" who advocated the t~rn-thlrds rule I,
defeat his nouinatioa-vrr handsomely wheeled int,
line 10 the time Of double quick time, and to MAX" III!
atoncmIcui for their r. cu-ancy, 'o,k pcsIl nat the i:-a'
III the column, and, Ike loyal -cIerUls, are hdd'H@ q!
the noble army OF IlalitaS Democrats TO battle ant
10 victory.
AN ORIGINAL FRIEND OF WISE.
SIEGE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BETWEEN
THE CUXDuCTO OF THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH
GENERAL OFFICERS.
From III" LONDON IicrHld.l
ESGtISI CAMP, ~llr!Gurs oF SEBAsToPoL,(
December T., lSJ4.
II is useless 10 try 10 disguise matters rs Ia the way
our troops have suffered lately. Some ri thcin have
been !iicfailv almost starvinr-indcct for Two whole
DAYS the naval brigade did not get n Jingle m"l-cl
and for days previous they had been ON half raii"'s'
Our men are mere spcr;gcs "f their former SG!vc-,
and, a. n matter OF course, when Ll-Icd ana over
worked, they have an alarming proportion o! SICK
ness amongst them. Yesterday the Whole way from
our camp IL Ba!Gk!ava was quite covered with French
mules, which we had borrowed To carr i'll such Of Tho
sick us hav" been invaded Ia Scutaria, Ma!.G @nd
England l,2DG men were thus sent for eIhbarka:ioI
AT Balaklava. Half uf thee will never return, anu
the other halt cannot be lit Tor ,iuty tnr at lens; three
Or four months. do not mean 10 say for Il moment
that such numbers II sex ar" Uiirll sent III. Tod
forbid. Ii siirh were the case, the liritisi, arm" IN the
Criinra would -""u become II fiction. But such mum
bcrS are GENT III for iEva!dinc nearly every fourteen
iayE, aud do not include an immense number oi eases
brough, in daily by the ainbuIancca Ia the general
hospital oi Baluklavn, or the cases which hrc treated
in the ra:ous resiincntal hospitals IN camp, These
l,206 invuliis arc men who cannot be cured, here,
and who arc cont entirely out uf the CrImca. The
illness of the majority Of these ar"pe. am certain
from want of food, and Of proper food. \ ct III tli'
| Ill = e ,lsI r.nM,ul rtIt- "a tItt ,,Ur p,II - yTIlf nj
l5alaklava act n il their supplies wcr" mcNIauS'ih!t
For instance, u few days sinrr Tie Pride ~ itr or"H'
came in from Earia with one hundred ai:'l "In.iy lave
bulIurk- on board, AMI Il; 4 time "!icH.al"Nr al "'!i'rF'
fresh pruy.-inn was wanted. yet. though Ia" captain
ni the Pride Of ia" Ocean represented tint IL !"d 10
FORAGE on board. and that the bailrrEs mUa: G!c, we
authorities Ut Balaklnva, for soiII" extraordinary
ir,nk nr other, refused I" allow HIM Ia enter the p"rt
until five DAYS had elapsed, by which time "n! eighty
of the oxen were alive. auI ,hcs. were 80 mjsrrnbl.y
weak and a,:...I-:"d. tha; soniG d;cG Oh iht. landing
aud Iur,liv any wcr" ir 10 eat. Again, nj rii!'hi"rih
there wao Il line supply al slccp Tor iic Use oi ''t
army: 2,tGD were kept upon tn" beach. where there
rns uo,hinr TO cit, while 3.nfm in good condition
crazcd iust outside the town. The :,OVFI 'icIii Kline
were sent down for the Use u! the troop, anu were
cmbari;c! in such 4 STATE thu; "iily .'h Reached ia'
laklava a.iy.. aud 2Nb o!.hcSe died the day after thlrIr
luuiiuv. Your readers can Irna"IiG The condition.
Of the survivors when | say that the a"crGE" weigh
of each when they were ar lnSt put on nj then
miscrv) WINS only II pounds. and some even were e.
low rs eight pounds. The, day u'ier ,'lG.'
miserable lit,le skclrtnms were shipped at EGpainrin
the Cossacks came down and swept oil our 3.'"'
good sheen, with abnut iJJ head OF cattle. lhcr'
ar. M more supplies To- b. got now from ECpairrla
but from Nnrnu and BnIrgaS "" miEht feed :OOib'
men ii our rommis-nriat would Only send steamers
there, instead nj Keeping them, Ike me liarhii'@'r
Ia steamer Vt gUiI l"i!s.l which l. rc;":Itd ~ u rrs'
Gcncc for Captain Christie, r.. ~, when there "r
scores Of smiling vceS"ls which could fulil auch m
important duty equally wri.. Tie truth il. W.
NUT have n radical change IN the Th".c "i ouF war
like arrangements. Without some Improvement:
rc!niorcclmcn,s are useless; they only come out t.
siurvc slowly, or 10 bc surprised aii'i shot III 'hciI
t.o.s. N, M lnk.rmaua. Pa. ovcrsigi'- We haT,
already paid for in the blood Of or best troops. bu,
i; is not yet 500 late 10 save Us from tic "Vil- which
threaten for the future, if the public viii only Use
their eyes and see how events are managed ami pro-
crossing here. .
and exhaustion. and loss of life on Ill" par; nj tt'
starving beasts Of burden, that man md horse have
10 struggle from Bulaklaya Tor some four ar tv'
miles, with the hay an@ corn, IN" mcnt, the biscuit
;E.. pork, which form the subsistence ri "ur army
Every dav this toll must be undergone. tor We are tc'
indeed by daily bread. M! only get llaii ratIUAs o! II
Horses drop exhausted Oh the Tnnd, AMI their l"nd'
are removed and added !" the burdens Of the struG
plinr survivors: then, after 4 few efforts 10 get ont "
their Slough Of Dcspond. the poor brutes succuml
and lie down TO die in their graves. Men wade nno
plunge about, and stumble through the mud, wit!
muttcrcd imprecatinns, or sit down on n projecting
stone, exhausted, pictures OF uirl una Woe WlhIl'Ih
Bile. sometimes on the route the ov"rworkcd and sick
" soldier is seized with illness, and the sad aspect o
a fellow countryInan dying before his eyes sll"ck'
every pussrr-by--thc more because hid is all bu
hopeless and impossible.
II would be impossible To imagine II more perfect
j; contrast than Is presented by the appearance "f l'alr
, klava aud Kherson, where the French supplies ar,
landed. At the latter placc the most thorough clean
: illness and good order rcigns III all departments
There are separate neatly made piers for each d"
...:,,;,, ~ .t,nuly fuyulry land NJ nm. infantry ~
nnuihrr; barrels of beet, pork, biscuits, gur., aniIllU'
nitium and mc,iical stores have each their allotted lrt,
| ties, under the rhar-c Of proper officers. WITH S"r'
. arrangements things are never out al the why, nor IL
\ the way. At Baaklavn ii l. precisely the r"vcrE,-
. there stores and supple, III all kinds arc trnIhIcd II
the mad upon the narrow beach, amid II chaotic heHi
f oi broken timber, ship anchors sunk into The ROAD
: sirmcs, filth aud rubbish OF all kinds.
Again, whenever spectators send up ships i"iti
Il with such campiuXirirs u, flannel shirts, wine 'P'r','
= candles, preset we'd meats, &c, the French IilNf"il'i!
n send round and buy In" whole cargo. which u F"th'i'.
!, afterwards {" the French at cost prices. OF course !
= wnnli h.. bcrraih our government IA Do anything -
u the kind, and 50 uEr officers must c.ihc: endure ihri
/ hnr ships or Tighten .ac!!! iy payin. the most avn"
Il prices 10 the Greeks and MaIicsc, who trade ~ our III
ccssitirs. Canrobcrt and the French generals aye i
/. be seen each day-no Imaticr what the siatc "l i'
4 w~rn,bcr-riIim. round the caul. inspecting u"
II French troop. and visiting III. hospitals. TN gu
side, | don't think since The campaign BEGAN n -t''
raj officer was ever seen IN An hospital: an'i i'' ~
las, fortnight. as far rs can ascertain, not a @cnctn
officer has been seen about the camp III all; v
course. we believe they arr III camp: bur, Tor hl y"
1 know 81 their presence. i"Nccrt.n. a!way- sE Ou'''
u Campbell, they might h> well be- at -. Janus "
r Windsor. stntc these facts with reluctance 'h!"@'
they are strictly true. and. what Is NOR. already i"''
s the s~uhicc; Of bitter c"m.Icn, throughout our c"'';o"
% mcn:s. Let oar generals oul: Slow tiici!a'!'c
among the troops. say once Or twice {" week, ana d"
least appear I" take some interest in their co"'.:'',"'
am certain il would 10 ;lc,l IA nurh good a. Il H"U
y bic ration. Tie influence winch superior officers poe
e s,ss over Briti-i soldiers il provcrhial. and ! ''i=t
u now be- most a!vanta=rnu>ly employed IN chr'..'i'
/ up the spirit-"t the men, depressed under pri'";'o'
and lar;>h;p s of II" c"maion kind.