The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-10
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From The army correspondents o. ne LoaAon .u...,
received BY thu last EuroPeAa stesmsr W maks H.
loving interesting extracts
AEuY tukUsu@
The army Is not ouy supplied with negsssarss II,
Injuries. They have bread thrcc utnss 4 wosA \
brown but not sour and When eaisn before Il -
stale il Is paAtahs enough There are 40 - 80
articles neludcd Ia their ration rotaFna aad asr
Injuries which have been .ssnsd TO the tasn sfe -
ron cheese hams yermicol sausag rs peas ysEstat
rious sorts wine Datlys elixir gAgac res Wslbeek ~
baoco &C. Ia few days they win recsse rttlans II
porer-two quarts 20 every ihrue mca--iasica3 x 4
rum tn All il store i flushed Ths ratoa 81 go
very smaln one division for insauog, a Va sziy
third o. gl per mau. The hams, sausagcs vsrm.sf
were believe sent from Venice by Lord Mestmors ~
UNPLEASANT euAerEas.
The soil Is saturated With decayiug animal m.tt,
have slept lately in a suaken het 10 which a torps.
buried with only few inches 81 earth betWcen rs II
and my Within yard aud half o. the door y
present abode the shallow graves Of three sad,
little earth heaped up eose over theV, mixed viii So
lime which does not even destroy ihcssak vegetation
springs out Of Them Nearer still Is mound 5upposss
contain the remains OF eamei-rather large iu5rly
nosious grass and further away, At distance q ao
1870 yards the graves OF the division, where buua
Of bodies lie lightly covered Close they can ps
front Of the but two mounds about fel ts,.,
containing the buried off Of the butchers and on H.
are the remains Of more cemes and God knows Whai
side, which emts pesteu,al odors when the snn sha
This IS nice spot TO live ia YOU VIII say and yet hs
1t is quite as avorably situated the aud bus
many others out here What II done prevent thc r,ss
which according 10 MI experience, must follow from \,
state Of things Simply this very small quandu
lime is shaken the earth which lies upon these
and II Is chance whether 1t Is of the least of <
The ofal is now buried With line, and believe that In
is eso used frequently la closing in the remains of q
poor leow-counryrnen but require more yigoso
disintectau and II il be good dsnectapt all W.
people doubt il should ba made Ia larger quants
and more abuudanty used.
FUNNY IDEA
Our lively neighbors have got fast hold Of the belief
'ithe Ierd Mayor of London is COMING out 10 comma
the English eounterpoise to the Emperors asspmpu
Of the command pf the French Perhaps the origin IL
faith in his lordshps military position may he traced
the witcism Of an officer Baaklaya The other day VII
when the Guards would not present arms TO Lord Sut
ford de Redcliilc-an honor which they reserve for "A
royal house and for The hed marshal In comnard IT n
army--iniormea a French officer anxious to know A
reason of such compliment being omitted that 81
Guards only presented to the Queen and to the III
Mayor of London.
now PRISONERS TREATED.
said that the Russians force their prisoners TO wo
in their batteries and trenches We have done u
with their men whom we have taken but IL any pfisoa
liked 10 work al Balakava he IL engaged upon the roa
in the streets and is paid Is day for HIS labor 1hr
are however very few prisoners and dcseers nov on
hands and il is singular that in the nightly soris
very seldom take any Russians.
THE VALUE or LABOR.
Labor is now abundant II liz afforded to us by oil NJ
ragamuilins of Europe and Asia, and ragamufn labor
generally dear. What the Eupatorans think Of n
q day--the which is given 70 Woodworking non
commissioned officer and which is equal to the n
one OF their own head men The Croats viii no doutt
abandon as as soon they get monay enough % n
able them to retire with independence, and do what's
can, viii melt impercepbly away from us
TINS pEvIL's QuAGmar.
Among one of tho most useful improvements in Balas
lava be reckoned the filing in Of the end Of the h
Dor IL had become horrid swamp, hideous and naus
every sense where water and land had content
Tor the mastery aud at last effected compromise in I
form Of the most abominable mud, blended with aoaa
oai from the ships the Debris of drowned animals from M
and starved animals from the land decayed vegetables
and Shiny nastineas unuiterabe Thanks 10 Admiral Boz
or Or Colonel Harding this DEVILS qaagmire has bs
covered With gravel and with stone End stakes han
hsen driven into the to form quay all along ID
TOP ot the harbor The slough s covered over and bard
clean solid bit OF ground takes its place banked up h
seaside and IA for landing goods and stores from hoau
with shallow draught of water.
rms aIEdE WORKS
The siege works are In excellent state and nothing
can exceed the sodity Of lines but the he
advanced parallels il not as perfect could be desired
owing the difficulty OF the ground. have read SOM
remarks copied from foreign Journal with respect TO t
advantages rendered TO the enemy ny the ravin out
they have been considerable to them they have been n
culaby great TO They are, in fact many covers
ways and approaches to batteries and wcra and h
saved prodigous amount Of labor 10 the ears aa
Of the Siege, but they fail in advance Of 'e mounds
which batteries rest and the desconts from tho
mounds commanded BY tho enemy the heights o.
responding to position the other side Of the asn
In this stage of the siege il would be unwse 10 indca
the position OF cur new works Suffice u 70 say mat W.
likely prove very formidable and destructive NJ
that the French are preparing some astonishing cfet
for their friends on the left
rAsTiME IN run oRiAEA
Races are am glad TO say rather at a discount TAr
were becoming de frop though tended 10 saD'las
the entente cord,ae between and the sporting chsr
acters among the French officers Cricket has made a
feint attempts establish itself but the soil Of the es
Ii not kindly and there Ii quite hard bowling enough 1
the Russian batteries TO satisfy the most enthusiastic
the army. The Zouaves have got up theatre ~ nc
camp, and perform AN original p'scs dc c1eoasfmt y
proceeds being devoted TO the aid OF the French prson
ia Sebastopol who eaiA 10 be badly Off The pracM
fun Of The piece IL derived from the Introduction Of % E
lsh soldier who admirer Of bis French comrades ~
who with the characters Of the play through
medium Of two phrases Bono Francis and DoDna y
die Cegnac, John-nee."
alss NIGHTINGALE soYKR
Miss Nightingale has visited several of the bosptn
since her arrival and has believe found matters maa
better than she expected marvellous change has nd
been effected within the last few months. Miss AigbS
gale remains board steamer Ia the harbor Of Baaf
lava and is attended by Mr.. Brnccbrdee. Mr. soyer
also arrived and II il 20 be hoped be suggest ~
good and simple mode Of cooking and messing, Instead
our present very imperfect irregular wasefal, and
wholesome system
tbs sIaHT ATTACK
About O'Clock this morning the camp IN front ~
aroused up by extremely heavy fire Of muskery A.
repeated cheering along oar right attack. The essaN
ground and ridges in front Of the 81 and 4th aiyf@
the rear TWAS very dark night for the moon had y
yet rsen and The sky was overcast with olyEds tu -