Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-03-15

Wa ARPIzAsAsrR1rs.-The Sevastopol
correspondentof the Times writes JAM
uary 81:
To-day spy walked through some of
our trenches, counted the guns, and
made whatever observations he pleased
besides, in addition to information ac-
ouired from the men with whom he con-
yersed. He was closely shayen, and
wore blue frock coat buttoned up to
the chin, and he stopped for some time
to look at Mr.. Murdoch, of the Sanspa-
reil, "bouncing" the guns, or putting
new vents into them. Some said he
wss ike a Frenchman, others that he
slooked like a doctor" No one sus-
pected that be was Russian till he
suddenly belted awey down the front of
the battery towards the Russian piekets,
under sharp FIRE of musketry, through
which he had the singular good luck to
escape unscathed.
Strict orders have been issued, in con-
sequence Of this 3aring act, to admit no
one into the trenches OF works without
a written permission from the proper
authorities, and that all persons found
lettering about the camp shall be ar
rested and sent to divisional head-quar-
ters for examination.
On the other hand our spy, who went
cut some time ago to report on the con-
dition of the army towards the Belbeck
has returned, and states that he went as
far as Simpheropol, that the enemy are
IN some force along the route, but that
the cavalry is in miserable condition,
and that their horses are lying dead by
hundreds all over the country.
I stated some time ago that the
French have been in the habit of send
ing out working parties through our
lines, towards the valley Of Baidar, to
cut wood for gabions and fuel; along the
sides Of the romantic glens which in
tersect the high mountain ranges to the
southeast of BalaklaYa. They have
frequently come across the Cossack
pickets, and as it is our interest not to
provoke hostiliies with them, kind of
good fellowship has sprung up between
our allies and the men of the Russian
-eutposts.
The other day the French came upon
three cavalry horses tied up to tree,
and the officer in command ordered
them not to be touched. On the same
day Chaseur had left his belt and ac-
coutrements behind him in the ruined
Cossack picket-house, and naturally gave
up all ,hepe of recovering them, but on
his next visit he found them on the wall
untouched.
To requite this act of forbearance,
French soldier who had taken Cos
sacks lance and pistol, which he found
leaning against tree, has been ordered
to return them and leave them in the
place he found them. The next time
the French went out one of them left
biscuit in cleft stick, beckoning to the
Cossacks to come and eat it.
The following day they found white
loaf of excellent bread stuck on stick
in the same place, with a note in Rus
sian, which has been translated for them
in Balaklava, and to the effect that the
Russians had plenty of biscuit; snd that,
though greatly obliged for that which
had been left them, they really did not
want it; but if the French had bread to
spare like the sample left them, it would
be acceptable.
The sentries on both sides shout and
yell to each other. and the other day
Russian called out, as the French were
retiring for the day, "Nous nous reven-
Gus, mes amis-Francias, Angsais,
Russes, nous sommes tous amis." l
dear the rannonade going on before Sc
vastopol. the echoes of which reach the
remote glades distinctly, must have fur
nished strange commentary on the as
surance, and must have rather tested
the sincerity of the declaration.