Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01


room. ] started back from th-seon,sct with
the dead mans bones. snd-swoke. Over
wefn by labor, ! had fallen ssle-p end
been dreaming. Wss i. no. . singular
df~sms :"
All The company snswered n the affir-
native, sud T"omhs mu.,ered, "Siogulsr,
very sinRuisr," ., the same time looking Gu
'iousIv a, the back Of hi. right hand, while
Mr.. Calhoun placed his head between his
hands, and seemed buried in thought.
THE CONDITION OF THE RUSSIANS IN
. THE CRIMEA.
Dr.. Davees, an American. who has serv.
ed several mon,he in the Russian service q,
Sevsstopol. has just arrived in New York.
We regard his statements a. worth infinitely
mnre than the esrbled aud perverted repre-
sen,a'ions coming TO us through Anglo.
French channels He e,s,es lha, for seven
months the work Of fnr,,fv ing and strength,
ening the north side Of Sevss,opol has been
going on. and now, such is the pe,fec,inn
to ~hich The Russians have brough, thu,
work. thu, every hill has been converted in
to fort, and every point where cannon
can be placed is absolutely bris,lIng with
them. Here they no. ONLY command The
south side, but they render il utterly impos-
eibIe for the sIlied fleet to enter the hsrbor,
OF 10 come within long distance Of il. 10
addition to this, the road from their camp
10 Odesss is occupied bv diferen. de,ach
men,s Of their srmy, which. including the
force in the comp. numbers 100000 well.
welI-equipped, and we'll provi-
stoned end everv way effective troops. Blu,
this is not sll-.heir facilities for The trans.
por,a,ion Of troops are such that they can
il Necessary bring their whole dlspossble
force in the Crimea in the course of q few
dsys. The road from Perekop is open TO
from thu! place constant supplies Of provi
sions.
The army, too, instead Of being demon
allied is in as perfec, a s,a.s Of order and
discipline as their commanders could desire;
and so far from being even discouraged,
'hey have gained confidence snd self reli
ance from their frequen. encounters with The
Allied forces. e...
!. is . singular fact that while the Eng
|ish and The French scatter under a heavy
Ere, the Russians flock together and cling
10 each other with q ,ensci,y that knows
no, when to yield. They never think Of
and rush into battle with On en-
husiasm Inspired by The d.epes. feeling Of
religion. -r
The army is composed Of Russians. in
GLIDING the Cossseks Of the Black Ses.
Greek end Poles. The proportion Of The
Poles is no, SO large as has been reported,
bu, the Greeks are very numerous, and are
among the hes, snd braves, in the whole AZ
my. The Russisas wi,hou, exception &C.
luslly believe tho. j. 10 holy war sesinst
The "in6del Turk" in which they are en-.
pseed, and whenever sny unfortunate Mo-
hsmmedsns fall into their hands. they ore
killed. ., once-,he idea "f giving ,hrm
quarter never entering the mind If the Rus
sian soldier. The Creeks beside the rel-
gious feeling which .e,us,es them, are urged
on bv their ns,ion.l snimosi.y sgsins, the
Turk, and they never nmi. On opportunity
Of wreskine their vengeance upon them TOR
the centuries Of persecution which their ns-
,ion hes suffered 1t their hands.
highes, feeling Of respec, was entertained
by the Russisns for the English, bu, ,hi'
has undergone change, and they have .,
Las, come TO regsrd them with . feeling Of
contempt. ]. is no. unususI, Dr.. Dsvegs
told Us. TO hear them say, "Whs, are The
English? Nothing. We hsve beaten them
in every bsnle and would have d~s,royed
them bot for the French. !, is sgsins. The
French we 6gh,. II we he'd to do only
with the English We would have sw~p, them
of the esr,h before this"
~ do no, know" said Dr.. DsveRs, "of
. battle in which the EneIish wese MOI
worsted end in which thew were only saved
from destruction By their allies. the French"
The Russian soldier knows this well. end
when engaged in carrying cannon bells, jn-
rosely say, ''he,e Is some bread for the
French" apparently ignoring the very ex's.
fence of the English. Their officers ere
highly educs.ed end il is On uncommon
,hng 10 find one who does not spesk three
or four languages. They Gre also men Of
refinement, snd % the Doctor had every op-
por,uni'y Of knowing practically, are mos,
Courteous 10 Americans.
Cosr OF KEEPING Up A FASHIONABLE
CHuRcH.-The N. York Life Hiustr0ted
8, one hundred dollars Sunday Is chou,
the expense Of fashionable church in Bos-