Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-01-13
from the london Times.
THE STORM IN THE CRIMEA,

Three marques had stood against the blast,
General EstcourtS, Sir John Burgoync'S, and
Mayor Pakenham's. The general had built II
cunning wall Of stone around his marquee, but
ere noon it had fallen before the wind, and the
major shared the same fate still earlier in the day.
Next to our tent had beon the marquee Of Captain
dc Morel, aide.de camp to the Adjutant-Gcneral
Estcout. 1t lay futtcrlng on the ground. and, rs |
booked, the canvas seemed animated by some great
Internal convulsion-a mimic volcano appeared to
be opening Lcneath it, and its folds assumed the
most fantastic shapes, tossing wildly about in the
storm. The phenomenon was speedily accounted
for by the APP .~iaritiun of TIE gallant owner fighting
his way cut desperately against the wind, which
was bent ON tearing his very scanty covering from
his person and, n. last, he succeeded in making a
bolt of it, and squattercd through the mud to the
hutS. Dr.. Halls tent, close at hand, was lcvcled ::
and the principal medical officer Of the British
army might be seen, in an unusual state of pertur-
baton, rceking for his garments ere he took to
flight. brigadier Estcourt with m;en for once
disturbed, held on, as the sailors say, Like grim
death to Il backstay,"' by one Of the shrouds of
his marquee. Captain C~hetwold, in drawers ana
shirt, was tearing through the rain and through
the dirt like a maniac after Il cap which lie ancie |
was his own, and which he found after Il desperate
run, was his sCrGeant's. The air was filled with
blankets, hats, great coats, little coats, and even
tables and chairs. Mncintoshes, quilts, indiarub-
bar tubs, bedcl0thes, sheets Of tent-canvass were
whirling like leaves in the gale towards Seyasto-
pol. The roofs Of the outhpuscS were torn away
and scattered over the camp, and a portion Of the
roof of Lord Ranglan's house was carried off to
Join them. The barns and cOmmissariat sheds
were laid bare at once. As instances Of the force
of the wind, | may mention that large araLas or
wagons, which stool close to us, were overturned
that men and horses were knocked down, and roll
led over and over; that the ambulance warons
were turned topsy turvy and that Il large and
heavy table in Captain Cbetwode's tent was lifted
off the ground, whirled round and round till the
leaf flew off, and then came to mother earth depriv-
ed Of Il leg and seriously injured. The marines
and rifles ON the cliffs over Balaklaya lost tents.
clolhes-eyerything The storm tore them away
the bay, and the men bad to cling TO the earth
with all their might TO avoid the same fate. But
the scene which occurred here must be described
separately. 1t forms a terrible picture and the
account of il, whenever it may be written, will
form the most appalling chapter in the history Of
maritime disasters.
On turning towards the ridge on which The
large and imposing wooden structures built By thu
French for hospitals and storehouses were erected
a few scattered planks alone met the eye. The
wounded Of the 10th Of November, who, to the
number of several hundred, were in these build
ings, had to bear the ~inclemeney Of the weather az
well as they could. Several succunlLed to it
effects. In every direction fresh scenes Of wrech
edness met the eye. The guard tents wer'
lown, the late occupants huddled together unde
the side of a barn, their arms covered With mud
lying where they had been thrown down from til,
pile hy the wind. The officers o. The guard ha'