The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1855-01-09
TERRIBLE SCENES AFTER BATTLE.

4 TERRIBLE SCENES AFTER BATTLE.
,le The Crimea corresp6ncent of the london
Times passed over the bloody field of lnkcr.
u nan ON the 9TH of November, two DAYS after
the murderous contest, and after describing The
position of the forces, and the location OF the
contcnding troops, particularly at the Sandbag
or tw o-gun battery. thus proceeds:
| In every bush-on every yard of blood
stained ground--lsy dead or dying Russian.
Tho well-known bear-skins Of our Guards, the
red coats of our Infantry, and tho bright blue
q of the French Chasseurs--reveal;ng each ST.
lent horror in the glados. and marking the
spot, where, stark and stiff, a corpse lay con-
torted on the grass-pointed out the scenes oi
the bloodiest contest. The dead were happy
1.-THE dull cold eye, the tranquil brow, the
gently opening lips which had given escape to
the parting spirit as il fed from its bleeding
shell, showed how peacefully man may die
on the battle field pierced by rias ball. The
British and the French-many of whom had
been murdered by tho Russians as they lay
wounded, wore terrible frowns on their faces
with which the aeonies of death had clad them.
Some in their last throes had torn up the earth
in their hands, and held the grass between their
fingers up towards heaven. All the men who
exhibited such signs Of pain had been bayonet-
cd. The dead mon who lay with an eternal
smile on their lips had been shot But the
wounded. For two DAYS they had lain whore
the hand and ball had fell them. There were
worry few, it is true, but all our searching had
not discovered tho secrets of that Llood-stained
hill side, and it was towards noon 10. day ere
tho last of our soldiers had been found in his
lair and carried to the hospital. But the Rus
slams, groaning and palpitating as they lay
around, were far more numerous Some of
these were placed together in heaps. that they
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on you from tho bushes with the ferocity of
wild boasts as they bugged their wounds
Some implored, in an unknown tongue, but in
accents not to be mistaken, water or snccor:
| holding out their mutilated aud shattered
limbs, or pointing to the track of the lacera-
| ting ball. The sudden. angry scowl of some
Of these men was fearful. Fana,cism and i'm
mortal hate spake through their angry eye balls,
and he who gazed on them with pity and COM
passion could at last (unwilingly) understand
how these mer' would in their savage passion
kill the wounded, and fire on the copqueror.
who, in his generous humanity, had aided
them as he passed. 1t were u relief to see that
their arms were broken--thal their cartridges
were lying opened in heaps on the ground
Li,ter-bearers, French and English. clothed the
bi-side' now toling painfully up with heavy
| burden for the grave, or with some subject for
| the doctors care; now hunting through the
| bushes for the dead or diving. Our mon have
acquired shocking facility in their diagnosis
| A body is before you; there is n shout, Come
| here boys. sce Russian, r.a Frcnchmnn,
or zone of our felows!) One of the party
comes forward, rnises the cyelid if it he closed
peers into the eye, shrugs his shoulders says
| quietly. "Ilc's doad-he'll wait" and moves
b.ck TO the litter: others pull tho feet and ar
rivo al the same conclusion. The dead ere
a - i ii IL
The camp-gnards and blackguards from Ba
laklava, aud seamen from the ships anxious for
trophies, carry all they can take from tho field.
At particuar spots you see party Of men busy
1T wor'. Groups of men are digging away oil
along the hill side, at the distance of 10 or so
yards apart. Go over and you find them
around yawnng trench 80 feet in length by
20 feet in brend,h, and feet in depth, at the
bottom of which in every conceivable attitude,
lie packed together with exceeding art somo
thirty or forty corpses. The grave diggers
stand chatting on the mounds by the sides,
waiting for the arrival Of some bearcrs 10 com
pctc tho number nf the dead. They speculate
on the appe, rance of the body which is borne
toward them. ITS Corporal c., of the
--,h. think" SAYS one. mo! It's my near
rank man, can see his red hair plain enough" >"
and so on. 1hey discuss the merits or demer-
It's of dead sergeants or comrades "Well ho
was a hard man: many's tho time was drilled
through him, but it's all over nowp or, "Poor
Mick! he had % years srrVice--a bettor mover
stepped This scene is going on all about
the hill side Frenchmen, with litters. arc al
So busy looking out for their dead end woun-
ded, and in sharing the sad labors of tho day.
At last the number in the trench is completed.
The hodies lie as closely as they can be pack
ed. Some of them have upraised arms in the
attitude of taking aim: their legs stict up thro
the mold as il is thrown upon them: others are
bent and twisted into shapes like faBtoccini.-
Inch after inch the earth rises up after them,
and they are left "alone in their glory No,
not alone, for tho hopes, aud fears, and affcc-
tons OF hundreds of human he rts lie buried
with them
ONE p. M.-For about one mile and half
in length by half mile in depth, the hillside
offers such sights as these. Upwards of 1000
Russians have been buried bv these men; few
remain above ground now As | was Standing
in the Sandbag Battery short time ago, talk
ing to some officers of the Guard. VIII, were
describing their terrible losses, Col. Cunyng.
ham and Lieut.. Col. Wibraham, of tho Quar-
termnster Generals Staff rode up to the spot
10 snperintend the operations. Tho instant
their cooked hats were seen above the ridge, a
burst of smoke aroso out of the valley from tho |
head of the harbor, and bizz whish
bizs!-came a she'll right over US and crashed
into the hill side, whoro our men were actual
ly engaged in burying the Russian dead!--
Such attrncity needs no comment. and officers
and men were alike indignant at IL. Coll Gu.
nynghom told me he understood that Lord
Raglan had actually sont in flag of truce that
very morning to the Russian Generals to inform |
them that tho parties on the hillside were
burying the dead. AS he was speaking, a Sec
ond shell was directed at us, and fell again to |
the right, but il was quito evident that tho So
ciety of two officers in cooked hats and on
horseback was not the safest in the world at
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tired, though confess would have willingly |
got away from them more rapidly had my legs
permitted me to do so. ~, ..ri,.l ..,,';
a5- On Monday last Mrs. Geo T.. Rice, of
Albany, died after very short iIlncss. Cir
cUmstanccs tending to show that she died from
tho cffccts Of poison induced an enquiry to be
made. and after post norton examinatonhad |