The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-27

alt with some surprise and regret that we hear that
Of the senior generals OF the Crean army have re-
signed their divisions because their junior Gen Codrng
has been invested with the chief command Sir Colin
Campbell returns home private affairs and II has been
said that professional Jealousy is one OF The causes q his
return. There other general officers senior TO the
commander-in-chiefGene Barnard and LORD kokeoy
We sincerely hope that considerations OF etiquette VIII
induce them to abandon at the posts they hold and
their fair prospects Of high distinction Sir Richard Airey
the Quarermaster General also returns home lie IS Ju-
nor TO Gen Codrngon and Of course can have no cause
of complaint II is understood that he returns to NIL an
important situation of the staff at home
DRUNKENNESS AMONG THE ENGLISH
letter from the British camp in the Crimea says:
ais the British army the Crimea to become rather
continue model of drunkenness for all nations es
terday Sunday rode into Balaklaya at Il p mr.
through kadkoi MAJOR, aud returned, towards DUSK,
through Kadiko Minor The sights saw, both going and
returning enough to make Engshman despair OF
his countrymen. All along the road men-not only
pvates but non-commissoned ocersin every stage Of
drunkenness Sobriety really the excepuonintoxl-
cation the rule Noisy groups flushed and unsteady with
drink, interspersed with staggering sots who could
keep their legs Two Highandersone of them on
the ground the other making violent and ruess efforts
to get his eomrade to stand up-were atording, at
o'clock in the afternoon great amusement TO number oil
French roadmakers.
@The drunkenness and INSTRUMENTATION of this army is
here matter of conversation and lament The
oldest officers declare that in all their experience they
er saw anything to equal it."
AFFAIRS sEBAsToPoI-
ing letter
Fort Constantine and the batteries connected with it
keep very brisk fire. and though their projecties
discharged random accidents nevertheless rather
frequently There not foot of the space occupied by us
which is exposed to the fire OF the batteries Of that
fort mean of course the entire extent of ground stretch
ing from Selitzka Bay the city. You fancy then,
what risks encountered by tourists and curious folks
who venture within the walls of Sebasopo few days
since had opportunity of judging from personal expe
rence The party of which was one landed little above
the Bay of Strezka near the battery marked 49, Fort
Constantine perceivng little group sent US forthwith
three four balls which dsagreeaby whstled by
We then walked for about two hours before
terng the city by the great Central Battery constantly
posed to the danger The ardor Of tourists is
quently little damped for in addition to the fact that
there longer any Russian pictures to be picked
second hand the ysier the risk Of leaving behind
of his limbs.
had lately installed myself in very comfortable apart
Fort Alexander but three batteries erect
ed in my neghborhood and which opened their fire the
18TH drew down on us such shower OF Russian shells
&C, that found it advisable to decamp Fortunately,
occupied apartments not here and is spared
the trouble of making arrangement with the landlord
have transferred my household goods to the neigh
borhood Of the Flagstaff Battery, whence hear at
agreeable distance the thunders of the enemy's bat
teres 1t would be rather hazardous affirm that Sebas
topo is pleasant residence yet during the daytime the
city presents certain degree of animation but from the
moment night settles down funeral pail TO
that assembage of haldestroyed houses The only OBJ
ec then visible is the -omened flash of the engines of
death, and the only sound heard is the of artillery
The noise is increased by the bowling of multitude of
famshed dogs which search amid the ruins for Of
satisfying the cravings of hunger This chaos however is
beginning to somewhat less irregular appearance
The population of Kamiesch and Baaava fast settling
in Sebastopol crowd of cooks and tavernkeepers
transporting thher their establishments whilst others
opening In word life order organization
sprngng from the ruins all sides Were the town hab
liable throughout it would be very repeoped but
long as the Russians occupy the north side little security
to be enjoyed in many parts of the city The right wing
Of our army is steadily advancing towards Simpheropol
IA ia nf with
little resistance from the enemy Unfortunately the win
ter at hand will interrupt the progress Of military
operations.
ALLIES WINTER QUARTERS.
The regular army correspondent of the London Times
under date of October "a, writes follows:
Now the excitement caused by the hope of offensive ope
rations and the uncertainty in which every kept
about his movements has subsidized and all sangune
expectations of victories and rewards have sobered down.
the allied camp begins and to the char
acter of cantonmen AS visions Of glory laid aside
for the year. thoughts Of comfort begin Use in every
mind. Naturally enough, comfort suggests the idea of
home those who cannot indulge in that thinking of
making their winter establishment snug possible
There to be not much faith in hus whoever
contrive puts up stone house. which is the height of
ambition OF every comortscekng individual There
once pleasant fancy which in looking at the white
houses Of Sebastopo and theatres clubs and balls
not thought impossible for this winter but what with
our shot and SHE'LL and the bonfire kndled by the Rus
slams before they left the town. very little beyond the four
smoky and loophoed walls remains Of most of those
dwellings,, ana the dlculty or qnartering the the
town arises not much from the fire of the north side
although that would not have been without ts drawbacks
eherbut from the circumstance that it would require
more labor TO repair those ruins than make the
comfortable their old camping ground But the ruins
OF Sebastopo although they not available for
rich in BEAMS panks DOORS windows locks and many
other articles which eagerly coveted by every
the camp and especially by those who aspire the
houses.
Here where fixed laws of construction prevail to the
detriment of originality, individual has full scope
and it is curious to how much strongly this shows
in the English than in other corps In the French and
Sandman camps pattern, with few notifications
for every one; while in the English camp each man
follows his individual TASTE and there consequently
many different styles of architecture there archi-
tecs This variety prevails only where individual
taste the lawgver but where the single regiments
erect works of public utty-for instance cook-houses
The next best accommodation for the winter after
house Is considered is hut Wooden hus
the pas der Most OF those who have stood since the
beginning of this year have TO undergo thorough repair
The new ones which sent out much bet
ter saw the other day which had been quite recent
y erected all the wood is cracked and full of crevices
and the knots falling out fast leaving circular holes which
produce very pretty effect when the suns rays pass
through the but which do not promise much for
the winter.
Besides road-makng and hutting attention is turned to
getting up provisions to the general storehouse erected be-
hind the second division well the divisional store
circumstances may not have any preudcia effect on
the supplies of the army Even the transport mules have
brighter prospect before them than the few which remain
from last year could have anticipated There arrange
ments mace in each division for stabling them Thus
you for comfort has banshed for the moment ali
other ideas. This is the only in the English army
before Sebastopol but all along our extended line The
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