Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-02-16

are bamboozled, as at night fires are lit at
quite solitary spots, upon which they FIRE
away as hard as they can. General
Canrobert, despite his wounds. is to be
seen daily in the camp, but General Bos-
quet is the favorite of the men. The Turk
ish camp. which is next to the French.
offers a miserable aspect; dirt, torn tents,
uniforms which can scarcely be taken for
soldiers Nevertheless they squat down
quietly in the mud, and smoke their pipes
with complacency. We have already
said SO much respecting the English
camps that we shall only give the de-
scription of our friend in few words.
On the whole, it is the contrast of the
Fench camp, there are no roads, if we
except one made recently to convey tho
terrible m rrtars. On all sides, between
the torn tents, dead cattle, horses and
oxen are rotting, and no one thinks of
removing the pest-bringing carcasses.-
Officers and men are SO badly of for
clothes that they may be placel on par
with the Turks. The officer does not give
himself the slightest trouble in the world
about the fate of the private, his food,
dress, or shelter he leaves all that to the
care of the commissariat. Lord Raglan
lives in his house, and for days together is
not visible. The wooden huts sent from
England lie diyentra memJra in the water,
and will lie there useless, until the nails
for putting them together arrives out
My friend who is merchant, had the
opportunity Of making some characteristic
Observations--among others, that the
| Englishmen always asked for brandy and
champagne, while the Frenchmen asked for
needles and thread
Before every English bureau he OBJ
served empty casks and broken cham
paigne and brandy bottles. The inhabi-
tants of the villages which lie scattered
between SevaStopol and Balaklava, at
first the friends, have become, in conse-
quencc of probably severe treatment, the
bitter enemies Of the allies, so that they are
feared as spies, and not one of them is
allowed to leave his hut without an escort.
My informant also had close view of the
besieged fortress. He declares that there
is not the slightest indication of breach,
and that the walls of Sevastopol appear
intact and unapproachable. To his ques-
/, ton, "When will Sevastopol be taken %
, Zouave replied, When there are three
Thursdays in one week !" Despite this
; reply the whole camp is eager for the as
sault Gen. Canrobert never rides thro'
the camp without beiug followed by cries
, of "L'aSsaat, mon Geneyoi," from all
9 quarters.
J THE LADIES OF THE EXPEDITION.
: Ofall ladies who accompanied or Joined
G the expeditionary amy only one remains
namely. Mrs. nubelly, wife of the pay
master OF the ! lth Hussars, who is quarter
f ed at Balaklava, and with whom she may
@ be occasionally seen riding or walking.-
$ The aspect OF this lady is now grave
+, though she was in England very foud O:
t the gaieties of life. Many of the wives
, left at Malta, Therapia, rera, Dc, have
, been made widows by war and climate
This reminds me of an affecting anecdote
that was related to me by witness to i,
concerning a youthful ,lragoon officers
death. He was fatally wounded in the
cavalry action, and lay unhorscd ant
S deeply groaning, when he requested SOM
! one near him not to conceive that he wa
: groaning from "any want OF pluck" bu
= that the pain was SO intense he really coul,
e not help it-that he knew he was dying
and begged that lock of his hair Nigh
be at once cut off and sent, with his love
to his mother. This was done, and wa
9 the last that was seen ofhim alive. Their
was at this critical moment no time fo
y further parley.