Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-08
HORRORS OF THE WAR,
snfferins Itind nestiintion offthe Allied
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/; STbertisate letters ftorn officers and soldiers Of
The allies i6tpe Cilmea represent their condition
cs ruly deplotable. n We subloin several eSlracs:
rson AS'asslsrlSr sbR6Eos.
January The only thing have now to COM
} nlain Of lssiiyins In tent and The altonnlabe
irench woiE, which kills hall our men, -Four
hack all the regiments in this tttc Sdl division,
4 had their full complement OF assisant surgeons
and now few regiments have more than ones we
UtIels ore all knocked up.
All ones lielJs being slck Is moi Of nl pleasant
am myself q. present, IN excellent health, thank
God, and hope may remain 50, J 40 ny Ues',
and buy every sort OF lpSuiy can, but there Is
very little 10 lie cot. hope shall not again have
10 live OH salt pork and biscuit fOf fortnight, os
am rel$uaded II Is thai, with hswet, that gives
the officers aud men Iysen,ety, We lose OF least
five hundred, aud should think nearly one tlloll
j. sand men week from disease. They ate sent 10
Scutari, and never seem 10 Ietur'l,
Il trf TtIE MEN IN TilI TRENCHES.
CAMP before SfasiOpoi, Dec. 20.--.AgaIn we
arc dtownei with wet; but, although RAINING rs u
Il had never raincd belOe, we can't conlplaln lof
Z we have actually had six days Of fine weather.
We sen, 100 sick from this brigade down 10 l'aiak-
lava yesterday 10 6e forwarded 10 Scutori; il this
vocs OF, we Shull soon be done up. Inst night was
fore--ccming down IN torrents and flooding evety'
thing. The rain changed 10 snow this morning,
and il was three or four inches deep, bnt II has oil
! become SluSlI now; we had taken advantage oil
the tlty weather to dig hole IN the ground, md
nut a roof ovct II, hoping that with te III II VIC
should be able 10 Gty orr things and COOK, Our
} only material for tho rool was mud, which, 10 our
SORROW, We find lets IN tho water like sieve, SO
this nun will MOI do. We ale OnSionSly looking
lotwatl to The arrival UI the wooden houses,
which ale mentioned IN The papets; but we hard
~ daic believe IN them, us we have been so de-
ceiyed about fuel, vegetables, materials tOr hut.
ting, &c. We have ycIy little fuel, aud aTe ObIle'
ed 10 grub up rontS.
Since tho battle Of lnkermann nothing Of mo.
mnnt llns taken place beyond few vigorous sOt
lies from The garrison. In one about Il week ago
the enemy were repused with great loss. mother,
which was made tho night beIOte last, wa$, how.
ever, attended with more disastrous consequences
10 us. TUE The Russians were Leatcn back, but
| saw IS dead EuglSllnen in heap in one Of our
paracls, stripped 10 ihelT shifts and dElwtrs.
In The las, week Of November aud December
chOIeIn nude most traliul tayascS among our At.
ready lhinned tanks. My Vatnn experience Of
sickness became rs nothing when compared with
the awful Sceue which took place. wohdeicd
OvrT blood rcd battle fields with almost ileiteC i'll
iWlllcIcNEtb ltSNiilE hNlG
Ot tile glorious victories We had won; bHl wien
mortal disease was hourly taking hold Of my com
Iut.eS on every site--when almost constantly GNy
and night, M.n were home yelling Win nsuliy 10
tie hospital, and IN few hours lhelE UuIlIeS lhnsl
into holes, dozen vi tine, ] SOnlensS lCl my
heart sink within me at Tie dismal prospect around
me-
One bundled AMI twenty-five Of one dranglt
landed IN November. write monthly soTI nl
S. newspaper, designated the "SeUastopol Jont'
nuI," lot thr c,!ifCatOc Of few surviving c0u'
ta,ltS; and give yon tie following e%tfac:
"lhe men ute ali ve'y young, and appear little
suited 10 brave the hanlstipSof winter campaign
in the CelMea."
Alas! they ate less ailnptcl TO the Cliniean war
fare than even the editor had anticipated. In II
days, between 90 aud 80 Of The boys were III Their
graves, ubOut 90 hOr$ de combii, aUd the remainder
anything but efficient soldiers
IRON THE STAFF OFFICERS.
Tile only bid for weeks IN The mEPitalS IN camp
was on inch nnl hat Of mud; Tie only transport
Ia spTtngle$S artillery wagon, or worse ataOd!--
Aitcr the lilcucl have lent us oil we are now EN-.
plUylng the cavalry Houses 10 convey The men OH
loald ship, pooi fellows. who cant stand, and pos.
Sby have never ridden, ate hnlSed on halt starved
LOSES, ind thus conveyed. The Fiench, on Tie
contrary, to well, they ore oigauiaed for wor-we
IA, OG0 men employed in the Fast, we cannot pro.
duce ABOVE 22U00 under arms, and those not half
iii 10 Iishi aud the whole in such slate OF dit
and apparent dSOIdct that III one would a"e liz N
iUI English SoliiItS.
ANOTHER Loup GRrMGlE
! ! can scarcely wrilc my lngrIS are so cold, ond
don't wonder tkot illa Russian objects aie sad
sometimes 10 pull OF their toes with tEIelt boo;s.
There ore one or two things Tor which our gene.
rails deserve 10 be well punished. One is, e&pect'
ling picketS 10 stand such weather rs illiS-~eyeE.
lasting rain and SnOw--when common prudence
might haze OElered hutS 10 bu made, and week
would hit MI oil them but no, nothing Is done.
The generals have all had houses built TOT them.
selves, but The poor men who ME stationed out
night and day, every lInth day, may DO without
'l'lcte is also great deal Of grnmbliNy because
Lord Raglan las UEletrd portions u the town 10
br spared; part Oi the usual lcMIUEiAng policy,
aud among 0Iier paris the utSennI! So that directly
n gun is injuIcl tie Russians have II EtpAlitl III
lew bouts. We nrc also nov ulaEiug 4 Ytty al.
vaHced work, " thUut any pplOaCh Ia il, and the
men ate shot down hY Russian lihenta IS they
come aAd 20 10 II OIL lnktnuann heights. NeStes.
day l men were thus Killed.
rEOM \ SOLDIER or THE 95n HEG,ltASpFRs.
MY dear wIit:-l received your kind and nifsc.
tionate letter. am happy 10 See by il that you
"
here. rhtre is still q gIeat deal OF SlckGrSs Lete
yei, on uccOut Of our lynn OH 50 often al night
on tie lamp EIOundi and il is ny opinion that, II
} wealc not ont OF this place soon, We shall lose
more BY sickness thanh wewerr TO storm SebaS.
lOpo. Last night was Oh picket anl had 10 sit
ill O'clock, II. M, hall way up 10 the knees IN
mud, and wet 10 the skin with tie heavy raII.--
We were forced 10 sit, as tile ground was so dirty
that we could not walk about. In. wei weather
The men Hte very little boiirt in tteit tents.
urnt know what we Oie 10 uO wien the winter
comes on we are had now, but W. shall he wUISe
then. nl hope N God We shall be out vi this
place soon.
/ TREATMENT or DISEASE.
! The trcaNt nj Of disease is very much smp,iiel
hete, as We lave only about live dtugS. Nest
Of the patients lie on The ground, with one u nj
fnlySt two blankets anda Coyrtii-ihey, VI course,
keep all their clothes on. We think oniS, Ives
fortunate II weret flesh meat Jr them three days
running; they have no tea, ulr0wrou, o. any other
little thing Il fought indispensable in London hos.
PiIal. To-day (OI great ifeat We managed ~
make some oatmeal poittse (1r them. Now, fan.
cy, with things IN this state, having 10 ltrat had
eases Of d'scntety, fever, (f0s' ute, cunShOt
wounds, md the like-i IS all but impossible,
you will Say--iIis certainly most dIsheaHeninE-
especially. too, when you cOuSdet We have no
nurses, and mOSl VI the men COyetetl with veElnn
| take lmejuice every day 10 make ny for the
los OF vegetables. which feel very much, and
which Il IS great shame we have moi gOl, as there
ate plenty Vi potatoes and turnips 10 be obtained
within - houis' sail Of !1nlnkIava, and they would
- Al a -. a