The true Democrat., 1855-01-10

in the act of closing with their foes. Beyond this, the Russian guardsmen and line regiments lay thick as leaves intermixed with dead and wounded horses. The latter, with fractured limbs, were now and then rising, and after stag gering few steps, rolling over among the corps es, snorting and plugging fearfully.
 Up to the right of the wall was the way to the two gun battery. The path lay through thick brushwood, but the way was slippery with blood, and the brushwood was broken down and encountered with the dead. The scene from the battery was awful-awful beyond de- scrption. l stood upon the parapet at about nine at night and felt my heart sink as l gazed upon the scene of carnage around. The moon was at its full, and showed every object as if by the light of day. Facing me was the valley of Inkermann, with the Tehernaya, like band of silver, flowing gracefully between the hills which, for varied and picturesque beauty, might vie with any part of the world. Yet I shall never recall the memory of Inkermann valley with any but feelings of loathng and horror; for round the spot from which surveyed the scene, lay upwards of 5000 bodies.
 Many badly wounded also lay there; and their low, dull moans of mortal agony sruck with horrible distinctness upon the ear, or, worse still oAiO AAOdloO1 Oiy thuu lCo of those who were convulsed before they pass ed away. Around the hill small groups of men, with hospital stretchers, were searching out for those who still survived; and others again, with lanterns, busily turning over the dead, looking for the bodies of officers, who were known to be killed, but who had not been found Here also were English women, whose husbands had not returned, hurrying about with ,tot, oco ] to the moonlight, and eagerly seeking for what they feared to find These latter were far more to be pitied than the inanmate forms of those who lay slaughtered around.
 The ambulances, as fast as they came up re- ceived their load of sufferers, and even blankets were employed to convey the wounded to the rear Outside the battery the Russians lay two or three deep. Inside the place was literally full with bodies of Russian guardsmen, 55th and 2Oth The fine tall forms of our poor fellows could be distinguished at a g lance, though the gray great coats, stained with blood, rendered them alike externally. They lay as they fell, in heaps: sometimes one of our men over three or four Russians, and sometimes Russian over three or four of ours Some had passed away with smile on their faces, and seemed as if asleep; others were horribly contorted, and with distended eyes and swollen features appear ing to have been in agony, but defying to the last
 Some lay as if prepared for burial, and as though hands of relatives had arranged there mangled limbs, while others again, were in al- most startling positions half standing orkneel- ing, clutching their weapons, or drawing car fridge Many lay with both their hands ex- tended towards the sky, as if to avert blow, or utter prayer, while others had a malignant scowl of mingled fear and hatred; as if. indeed, they died despairing. The moonlight imparted an aspect of unnatural paleness to their forms; and, as the cold, damp wind swept around the hills, and waved the boughs above their up- turned faces, the shadows gave horrible ap- pearances of vitality; and 1t seemed as if the dead were laughing, and about to rise This was not the case on one spot, but all over the bloody field.
 The Russian soldiers have already remark ed, were infinitely inferior in appearance to those we met at Alma. In all that relates to dsci- pline and courage our late antagonists were far superior. They were clean, but ragged in the extreme. None had knapsacks, but merely a little canvas-bag of that disgusting, nauseous looking stuff they call their bread No other provisions were found on any. The knapsacks, presume, were left behind, in order that they might scale the heights on our left with great CT facility Every man wore strong, well made Wellington boots, of stout but rough looking brown leather. On none, that have heard of, were found either money or books. On many were miniatures of women and locks of hair. They appear to have been veteran troops, as a large number bore the scars O. previous wounds. The dead officers, as at Alma, were with diff culty to be distinguished from the men. Their officers behaved very well.
 Two hundred and eighty prisoners, not wounded, or only merely grazed, fell into our hands. One among them is now about the larg- est and most powerful man in the camp of the Allies. He stands nearly six feet six inches, and is broad in proportion. He surrendered when pursued, without attempting resistance. Cor. of tue London Morning Chronicle.
 HOME ATTRACTIoNs.-See what picture is here drawn, Gin an article of the New York Daily Times) of the repusion given to the sa- cred place of home by fashionable life in New York:
 "Why should boy spend his evenings at home? What is there to charm him in that great mansion where pulses alternate fever and gloom one night hot, crowded party of roug- ed women and silly men; the next, dull, des- olate array of empty chambers, with the tired master of the house snoring on the sofa and his untiring lady and daughter up stairs dress ing for another ball. No tireside comforts to tempt the young man to his home. Every thing is huge, and splendid, and dismal; in he has to fy."
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 Nor EXACTLY THE THING.-The Courier des Etates Unis relates the following anecdote:
 Felicien David, the celebrated French musi- clan. IS travelling in the East during the vaca- ton of the company to which he is attached. The fame of his talent follows him everywhere at Cairo he was asked if he would consent to give music lessons to the wives of the Pacha, Mehemet Ali. David, who saw the harem fill ed with Georgians, Circassians, almost Houres, opening before his eyes, accepted the proposal with warmth, almost too thinly disguis- ed. He was led into the inapproachable gyneceum, and there in porcelain saloon, under the murmurs of a fragrant fountain, he was presented to-fve abominable eunuchs!- These fellows were to take the lessons from the artist and transmit them to the wives of his b;rbnoco Falician David ic r,n,;,,. A