M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-07-20

held Cbys them. Strange results ma,
grow out of this unnatural alIiaoue o
France and England with tile ebitter and
sis1Id enemygpf the Ohlistihn religion
livery step Of it makes it more unpo
pelat not to say unjust, under the new
system ofdesIoying defenseless trading
towns and Prrvatelproperly. OF the YES,
! sells SiRtured in the Black Sea- nine out
Of ten belonged to the Greeks of Con.
sahtinople, Smyrna, or Greece proper
and the lslapdS. This desltuclion Of
Gteek property only serves 20 Increase
the Ibqttsd Of that igc6tant, ,fphatical
and syiiely revengefut people; y They
Ltbe Greeks) are to man in .lqy0F OF
The Russians, Some Ffench, troops, With
/ iEflE officers, recently went in an, Ame
Irlf9p clipper from Cous;antinople, and
Ia Colonel told the Captain lhat whilst
they were encamped, one bundled Of his
men were taken sick and forty OF them
died, and that he had no doubt the wa.
Fter'had been poisoned by the Creeks.
Que day they seized on three Greeks,
IN the camp, and on searching them
found poison concealed in their'cto.hes.
and they were Instantly shot9 uoMlV
! a. The French officers assure me that
the engineers in the Russian army are
equal TO any in Europe. Their army in
the Crimea is composed of, their finest
troops, and fight with great skill and
desperation. Their rihemen are equal
10 the "Chassaus de Vincsnhes, and are
dead Shots" as all admit. 3es Isii'
I he suherings OF the Allies haveire.
commenced. There Isl even want Of
water, aud. under burning sun TO
which they are exposed, the cholera
hasre'appeared, and several .distinguisr
he'd officers have died, of it. Typhus
and other fevers, with dysen,ery, are al |
very Prevalent, and opIhalmia is s7aso
ma king progress among them, They
say the same evils exist among the Rus.
SLAMS but should doubt very much ii
any thing like to the same extent, as
the Russians are by no means so much
exposed, and particularly in the city (,
liWhere thy have fihe comfortable quar-,
ters and are we'll fed AID properly cloth.
ed, Even il their fold service is e.
qually severe Andexpused as that OF the
Allies, the Russians, having free access
between their. outside camps and the
city, can relieve their different divisi.
dns, and give them alternately camp and
garrison duty, and'thus al low the m to
rest and recruit. Under the most ia.
vorable circumstances however, the
daily waste Of life from exposure and
fatigue on both sides, exclusive of the
loss IN battle, must be very great. .l
n I'm battle, however, the loss Of life is
INiso very great. On the 22d and 2Sd
May theAllies suffered seyerly. a body
Of three thousand OF the Imperial Guard
that were sent 10 support retreating
division were twice obliged 10 foil back,
but, on the third adyanCe, they sue
ceeded, with the loss Of eight hundred
and fifty men hOrs dc combat. It9is
even said thar the ZOuaye fred upon
the M as there is bitter hatred between.
shese two crops, for the reason, as the
Zouavers pretend, that in former battle
they were abandoned by the Guards, and
were In consequence cut to pieces BY
the Russians. The Zouayes are also
jealous, as the Guard has various advan:-
ages aud highet position, being COR,
sIdered as the elite OF the atmy, The
Zouaves and the Scotch troops traternize
in a most wonderful manner, In the
fghtiDg Of the 7th instant the Freneh
acknowledge four thousand men. kOr$ dc
combat. Private Letters state that the
loss was even greater than that.--The
sudden change in senGing off more troops
material, &C., indicates that the losses
must have been very great. s.-.I 1t'
In my last | mentioned various A.
nerican clippers that were embarkng
troops, material, &c. since which most
Of them have sailed from TouIon and
MarSeilles. The Great Republic was
lowed by the Navarino. Of 100 guns,
screw three decker; the Queen Of Clip
pers by the steam irigOle Eldorado The
Monarch of the Sea, the Gauntlet, tile
Nonpareil, and the AlIeganian, all went
under their own Canvas. The above
six vessels took on the aggregate 1900
horses, $500 troops, and m6fe than
10000 tons of military stores and sup
plies, besides what was on board the
two ships of war. both loaded down
with similar articles. One Of the alb
owe vessels had on board 500 tons OF
bombs and an officer connected With
that branch Of the service told me tina
within the last sky days more than
5000 tons Of missile (bombsheIis,. balls,
&c. nave been shipped to the Crimea,-l
All this is exclusive of 100000 bomb.
shells that had been previously sent. |
| asked from whence came all these mis-
silss for the destruction of human life,
and was answered., From the arsenals;
not an item manufactured since the
war;" .-......-- .....--
The saying Of Locullus. "poor is that
house where plenty has not stores that
Miss the masters eye," has been cele'
,rated for nineteen centuries, but what
will be said of the stores iii the house
If Napoleon III. .,e 49,.
dread to think what may be the ma.
ure Of this war Of gian's. but fear il
will be most disastrous for the human
ace, and particularly the lives. hap
'iness, aud property Of the people Of
hose nations already engaged in it,
nd for those that may be drawn into
he horrible maelstroom. -.-..,