The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1855-01-04

out any protection but thns Of their tents
already N uch injured by the storm Of "a,
IL t,h. This. added to lhe destruction O
their stock OF winter clothing in N,
Prince. makes their positics one not /,
be boxed forward 10 without apprehen
sion - az .r lH
Mszziui ihe distinguished Italian pst
riot. has wilien letter 10 tie Poli,l
Democratic Committee. in which ne lhu
IeIqquenlly alhdes TO the disastrous influ
encs the contemplated alliance with Avs
rria hes exercised upon the allies in lhei
prosecution otlhs war. lie saJs:
~ the conquerirg Turkish army or
the Dannbian territories has been com
PEELED 70 halr. and resi- has been river
to beaten. demnralized enemy-if the
allies kept back so long frGa the field ot
active coDqRest---if vigorous blow has
not been struck Ghen Russia, trusting
diplomacy and peace. parties bad e,idcat>
" not prepared 10 resist it-if al the bes
Hungarian Italian. German officers have
been refused service in the Turkish Euro
Pean arrny-if the Polish legions have
not been formed--if the Crimes expeJi
lion has been decided upon so late aud
in such an uuiavorabIe season--it Is ow.
ing to Austrian tactics. 10 Aus,ria's con-
templated alliance. II. srsnge t1 say, n
reserve. now Claimed for, has no, been
formed, It is owing 70 the f1ndly nurscd
Illusion of an Aus'rian active co.o5era-
ton. lfOmer Pasha does not now push
onward. and does not accomplish the
only operation " bich could save the in
vading army. /. is because no Grtcia7
can advance. leaving mass of forces, tho
intentions Of which are 10; known, on his
flank and rear. The war nov wagad in
tire East exhibits the double iuconceiya,
ble fact Of an army, Poland, ready 10
operate on the flank OF the enemy, Ieft
unavailable; and Of another army. ena
bled, through the position /: has been
allowed 10 take, btfjre dec.aiar, to cut.
twill. the communinaiipns Of ire allied
forces. '"'
Yes; tbr5ugh the occupation Of tbe
Principalities, the sole result Of 20 mary
Iimprudent and c5warG!y conces,io ions.
Austria STANDS row the artiter of the
fate Of the campaign. And 70 conquer
This result, the seed Of second war. too
--because Austria never relnquishss
what tste grasps at--English rulers have
allowed the war 10 lose all that vas MI,
king it just and sacred before God and
man, a principle inscribed or is flag. .
high, godiike purpose. the sympaihies Of
all nations. the certainty Of a long peace
at the end OF the contest, the supreme
consolation for those who die Of feeling
that their death is noble maryrdon for
lasting progress Of mankind through
England. They have disheartened Ilun-
gary and Italy. They lo'sake Poland.
They Isolate their. own ooaniry- They
endanger the success Of the war
Thespeciai correspondent Of the Lon,
don Times. writing from the sanguiary
battlefield of Inkermann, thus speaks Of
the cruelty Of the Russians:
The greatest atrocity marked the con.
duct Of the Russian toward the officers Of
Adams Brigade who fen into their hands
Poor Colonial Carpenter, as be lay on
the ground badly wounded, WAS bayonet>
ed By r6ffian who. not content with that
act Of ferocity. cIubbed his musket, and
beat the gray-haired man with il on the
head till he left him senseiess. The
Colonel lived but few hours after he was
taken to his tent. Colonel Haly, Of lhe
4?th, was treated III the same way as be
was stretched in his blood in front Of hi:
shattered regiment. The men on both
occasions rushed in and carried of theii
officers, and bayone;ed the Russians whc
had used them SO barbarously. Malol
Powell. who was in command Of the 49th,
was killed as he fell to the earlb. and his
murdered, who is an officer, is in our
hands as a prisoner of war;
The Light Division, or the portion oI
1t in action, was. as usual, foremos, in the
fray. Some of the officers of the Regi-
ment Major MaxwelPs horse was sho;
under him, in front the enemy's column.
Lieutenant Crosse and Lieutenant Baynes
were surrounded by body of Russians,
who attacked them with the bayonei. al
though they were both wounded. Mr.
Baynes miracuIously yescsped. Mr.. Crosse
was surrounded by four Russians, who
thought TO make sure work OF him. He
shot the two in front of him with his re-
volver, and "a private named Houlagh an
rushed out Of the ranks, shot one of bis
remaining assailants dead. blyoneted the
other. and taking up Mr.. Crosse in his
arms, ran back with him TO the reaE ol
the regiment and placed him in safety.
5,Sir De Lacy Evans. who was very un'
well on board ship when the fight began
managed to get on shore and ride up tC
tie front, and l saw him on the battle
field. full of grief for the loss he had sus
,ainedin bis division. Capt. .Allix, one
Of the Generals AIDES de camp, was kill
ed; Capt. Gubbins. anotheraide-de-cs camp
was wounded; Brigadier Pennefather hac
a narrow escape, and Brigadier Adams
was slightly wounded; and there lay The
spot, the weakness of which the Genera
had SO often represented. 1t was enough
TO make one sad. e. 1s
n1'Poor Butler! Two brothers have thu:
laid down their lives in the cause. He va: