The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-01
THE DAILY DISPATCH
THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY /. 1885

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/" S'use oo'np""y' was surrey MOI .ne pes'
q"A'nss'io" 'or uenerai commanding az
eApea'.,on uuue. state Vi wArlare "no"y
seVoiuuonl@so since 'ne per'ou Vi MS an.eoe-
oeu's-ah eApeoi'on WHICH, NJ lax ~ kno"-
ieoRe ot tne RESOURCES OF tue enemy 10 con-
cerneo, Is FOUND 20 De one OF the most re-
markaoie leaps IN the dark In the records
OF history.
Yet. the writer adds, although through all
England mothers mourn their murdered sons,
fathers ciench their hands in silent indlgna-
ton, and society is altogether unhinged, no
one, save the London Times, dare say word.
'Lord Raglan was brother of the last Duke
of Beaufort, one of the Princes of England,
and is uncle also to the present representa-
tive of the honors of his house-a house al
lied to all the best blood of England. and
exercising political and moral weight, Sc
cond only to the crown itself. Who is there
in the House of Lords. or who is there who
could gain hearing in the House of Com
mons, when lord Raglan is pointed out as
inadeauate to his nosition? Who is there
who dare saw. that while the staff of the
French armv consists of the elite Of its youth
and TALENT ersrciseS in that military carr,-
eutun, Of st AYR which obligas every man
In rise earlv and Iste take rest To eat spar.
inpiv. and strain every in the race they
have undertaken to rim. the staff which
.urrounds ord RAGLAN is comnosed of dile-
limit soldiers of usad IN veterans and bows,
who. beyond fhs ,parade ground, have never
Had an bour,s military educafion in their
lives and who. nursed in Injurious halls,
have never known damn sheet a wet shoe,
or q nincbed belly. but to have the remedy
for asking for"
Another writer in one of the foreign Jour
nails. saws that there is the greatest contrast
bstween the English and French camps
The officer. he saws. piyes himself no concern
about the fate of the private. "There are
M roads if we excent one made recentlv
to convey the terrible mortsrs. On all sides.
between the torn tents, dead cattle, horses
xo..;, ,nd mo ono .h;,,t, oe
anu oAoii' H io''ins' ""u Ao oho 'ainho VI
removing the pest bringing carcases. Off
.ors o,d man are so badly off for clothes
A' N ~
that they may be placed on a par with the
Turks. The officer does not give himself the
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shghtest troapie IN the "orio ABOUT the tate
of the private his food, dress or shelter; he
Io.,,o, al ,hot % ,h. o.ro &c Tho oo,,,r,;ss.
Ao3'es aii 'ila'' W 'no 's'io VI .no ooii'i'iSe"
riat Lord Raglan lives In his house, and for
davo .ooether ia nat v;sihIa Tho woodon
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huts sent from England, lie dssjecta membra
in tina wafer and will lie there uselass ,,nt;l
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tne nails ior putting themtogether arrive out.
NY friend, who is merchant, had the oppor.
&,,n;,, of ,rah;,r Soma olo~ootor;s.;. -
1"l'y Vi nonhie eonAo on"i"o'oiistie ooser-
vations-am0ng others that The Englishmen
.Iwavs aslsed for brandy and cbomnooro
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whie the Frencnmen asked Tor needles and
thread. Before every English Bureau he oh.
,oa o,,,,>.,, o,d h.o,-o a,,
oefsoo einpty o~SAS ano cioAeh champagne
and brandy bottles"
o,ho ,.ha- b,,d f,houso,..,,z
est seaport to the French camp. has an ap-
pearsnce OF ease and comfort. The writer
says;
On every side the French have laid down paved
nt the Crime. thew ,r.n.nort w;sb ,Sa ars nua
ease their guns and provisions, and march without
nd ssnS one I, point 10 anO.0er her hu'
trance Of each street there are sgnposts to indicate
the way. A strict camp police is established. and
s.n the ,sn,. inumnsrsh,e hs Su ruoU'sn, be.
fresh bread 10 being continually baked. that the
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