The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-06-27
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From the Seat of War--Incidents
Of the Siege.
From the army correspondence Of the
London journals, received by tho last
European steamer, We make the follow
ing interesting extracts:
ARMY LUXURIEs.
The army is not only supplied with
necessaries, but with luxurIes. They
have bread" three times week 10 ia
brown, bat not sour, and when eaten be-
fore it becomes stale is palatable
enough. There are no less than seVen-
teen articles included in their ration re-
turns, and among the " luxuries" which
have been issued TO the men, are mac
caroni, cheese, hams, vermicelli, sausa-
ges, peas, vegetables of various sorts,
wine, Daffy's elixir, game pies, Welbeck
ale, tobacco, &c. In few days they
will receive rations of light porter-two
quarts to every three men-instead Of
of their rum, till all in store is finished.
The ration of wine was very small-in
one division, for instance, it was only
the third of,a gill per man. The hams,
sausages, vermiceli, &c., were, We be-
lieve, sent from Venice by Lord West
moreland.
uNPLEAsANT QUARTERS.
The soil is saturated with decaying
animal matter. have slept lately in q
sunken hut in which corpse lies bu-
ried, with only few inches of Garth be-
tween its head and my own. Within O
yard and half of the door of my pres
ent abode are the shallow graves Of three
soldiers, little earth -heaPed up loose
over them, mixed With scanty lime,
which does not even destroy the rank
vegetation which springs out over them,
Nearer still is mound supposed to con-
tain the remains of capel-rather o
large supply of noxious grass and fur
there away, nt distance of about l8C
yards, are the graves of the division
where hundreds of bodies lightly cover
ed as close as they can pack. In front
of the hut are two mounds, about ten
feet distant, containing the buried ofal
of the butchers ;aud on the left are the
remains gilmore camels, and God knows
what besides, which emits pestilential
odors when the sun shines. This is Q
nice spot to live in, you will say, and
yet I believe it is quite as favorably stu
ated as the, tents and huts of many Others
out here. What is done TO prevent the
results which, according to all expert.
ence, must follow from such state Of
things2 Simply this; q very small
quantity of lime is shaken o0er the earth
which lies upon the remains, and it is
chance whether it is of the least use OF
not. The.ofal is now buried with lime.
and believe that limo is also frequent
ly used in closing in the remains of our
poor fellow countrymen; but We require
a moro vigorous disinfoctant, and if it
be o good disinfectant at all, which somo
people doubt, it should be made in lar-
ger quantities and more abundantly
used.
FUNNY IDEA.
Our lively neighbors have got fast
| hold of the belief that the Lord Mayor
of London is comming out to command
the English as q counterpoise to the En-
poror's assumption of the command of
the French. Perhaps the origin of the
faith in his lordship's military position
may be traced to the witticism ofan Off
Ger at Balaklava tho other day, who
when Tho Guards would not present
! arms to Lord Stratford de Redclifo-
an honor which they reserve for tho roy
al house and for the field marshal in CON-
mand of tho army-informed French Of
foer anxious to know the reason Of such
compliment being omitted thai the
Guards only presented arms to the queen
aad to the Lord Mayor of London.
HOW PRISONERS ARE TREATED.
It lis said that the Russians force
their pisoners to work in their batteries
and trenches. We havo never done so
with their men whom We have taken,
but if any prisoner liked to work ct Bal
akla1a ho is engaged upon the roads or
in the streets, and is paid Is. day for
his labor. There are, however very few
prisoners and deserters now on ous hands
and it is singular that in the nightly
sorties we very seldom take any Rus
SLAMS.
THE VALUE OF LABOR.
Labor is now abundant. Its afford
ed to US by all the ragamufins of Europe
and Asia, and ragamufin labor is sener-
ally dear. What can the Eupatoriaus
think of Is. day-the sum which is
given to hard working noncommission-
ed officer, and which is equal to the rev
enues of one of their own head men p
The Croats will, no doubt, abandon US
rs soon as they can get money enough