New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-02

- a, rost reliance seem. 70 be placed. Bat you nus
he fired. ny dear feilo~, Of these SD details. 1
would | could give you more nourishins PIC
tnre Of our way Of going on here than those you
,sc.ivs nv the public jsgriisis ! csnOot; and yet
have ben a. :, GU kbos veil hitherto DO croaker.
nv fri.Dds at bone write me word thu. my letters
lately hsye csassd them more seroas uneasinsss
,Lcut the .tse Of affair. out here III 50 all those 70 81
have ben Jublshed, because they csonot DOUBT the
fscfs when stated by VITO a. al along ts6en 80
cbeesy anc bright view Of every thing c,noocted
with The Gar ought not 10 be suspected, because
uy forebodI 20 are entirely unselh-h. -
Some officers have cent In their papers to sell OUT
simply because they cannot bear the priyanons ana
fatigue Of q campaign OF such unusuA severity.
would lot leave il ! could, on any terms sna yer
You know sbould have left the service before tnis,
IL NV res inelt had not been ordered out on active
duty on the breaking cut OF the war Inc colo
The rrivsiion. sDd fatigue and genera onconio' IL
feet me through The horrad saengso OF tne men.
I rs.Ix have no time and no anxiety to spare for my
ALI Thank God aid 8 sound constitution, have
epioyed excellent health, and a. perhaps you msy
r.Hsub.r can rough it ss well as the best Believe
ma me TINES has not oversiated matters out here;
ON III. contrary all think it hes proved our bes,
f,,epd ray nothing about lis personal remarks Oh
Lord Raglan tie good taste or otherwse therein dis
PLAYED muit be quite matter OF opinion. It's cor
Y..poDd.ht'sj letters are truth, every word; aad its
owI lesoipg articles on the mismsnssement Of things
ia the Crinea by the wretched oo:chers presiding
over The principal wsr-departments at hons, are,
word for word, like those coming direct from q msR
who had lived here and gone through the entire csm-
paisp. tel you our army is dIsors s0zed chiefly
% by rich Dess though thank God, not yet demon
aIizsc, and. think, never will be. There 10 really
lot one.twebfieth part OF the crime here that COM
uo1Iy exists in barracks at home.
Worn out by fatigue illness, and privatons bent
by oyerwork and constant hsrassing duties, filthy,
cold and in rags the men move about dsprited, bat
sil all honor 10 them ~ Brsh sodlers patient and
enduring have known hem constantly out OF bed
three lights runDine-oue in the trenches aad the
oil VIM | freOueQtIy
men apply the doctor to be excused duty, with the
AK admission thai they were not Ill, but could not
ttsbd from cheer fatigue and want OF sleep. VI
course ia such the medical officer could venare
OIL ttis only with the good men--men whom he knew
wouls sooner crop before they would put their daty
the shoulders Of their comrades by msgnifyiog a
Ell, ht blLess. have even known men during the
pr.sen ut dreadful weather have only night in bed
IL Elk Fleeh AID blood cannot stand THIS and they
fhli sick by DOZENS Five mornings ago tweny-s1
ntp OF aIegmeLt were admitted into hospital-h.t
II 10 ray put the sick let for al of them had
only tier own wet muddy tents 10 return To; that
wss their hospital but this kept them off duty, and,
perhaps was the means Of saving life. When a
IL 20 Dangerously III that be cannot be efs without
constant attendance be is sent TO the hospital msrquee,
and the unfortunate patient who ia most recovered
rather wbe least sick is forced return to his
tent About three weeks a. sharp frost set in, az
compsnied by heavy falls of snow never saw it lie
deeper the ground, and have heard officers, who
have served in Canada, state that they il
deeper there. This lated about fortnight.
] have known the thermometer at 2 A. NJ. inside
my tent at 90, aud yet the men have no huts or
underground burrows no stoves, and no charcoal
little Of the latter commodity up to toe camp,
but only sufficient to exc out the wood the
age 10 grub up for cooking / fare just as badly a.
the mon; have no hut, nothing but an old weather
worn tent; no stove, and only the warm clothing
brought out last spring nigh have hsd little
charcoal, but a. | doubted the continuance Of the
supply, thought il better not TO establish luxury,
Which mi, ht in time become a necessity. Events
have proved not far out in my reckoning. With
all ny writing and official correspondence l have
often stopped tive three times in one page Of
letter from my fingers being unable to hold the pen.
tbaw came five days ago, and a happy TO
say things DOW appear little brighter. Eriy though
il be trust We have broken the neck of the Cimesn
winter During the many late hesvy and piercing
soos-stoIms, She pskn cloak might have awaited
~, while we have been compelled to grin and bear it
"suJ Jore rig,d0 " but the sheepskin cloaks like the
buis will come in il we behave ourselves with the
ewallows Some Fay we cannot take Sevastopol; this
] doubt. II men will consent to ALLOW certain mum
Der Of their ranks 10 be moved down by shot aud
shell M d still continue without fiincbing, az at Alma
ana IDb ermann, and as our gallant fellows ever will,
to adv snce, guns can Withstand them. firmly
believe our men would do ali this to the letter. la
fact have heard many say they csred little whether,
in the midst of such unparalleled su1erings, they
were alive or dead; and believed them.