New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-12

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il ofip6nite utility to the British, and the manner N
which Il has been made for speed and excellence Oh
work does them much credit. 1t is in the hands OF
the nayyies. alias the hardy EngIsh ana ir'sh
workuep. who have done for the British army
what they have done for rs on our canals ana lail
roads. The cars are dragged py nuge no; The
torses cost in England, so NAVY told me- iroil
GAO 10 ESQ each, and the navvies receive J'. Pc
diem. their food and clothing, lodging lncluded.
At This. however, they grumble and say tha' sney
prefer to 90 to the United States, where 'ne! eau
take their wives with them. We ieii III win
black woman and her daughter an tne way iioui
panar,. Wrs ceacole came to Balaklava to put
mn q hotel for travellers the officers She mad
inst arrived and was landing her goods and chatteis
on tho shore near The spring OF the port aud OPP
nestle sad display Of mud-the only appearance
of the article which we saw any where during our
visit. Mrs. seacole (perhaps l should spell her
name more correctly with two as, for she was
quite black enough disdained the name OF Aunt
Sally, and her daughter that of Cousin Lucy, and
with offended dignity told me that she knew Cover
nor this and Colonel that, beside whole host OF
Majors and Captains in ordinary, all from the
States and that she liked the Americans hugely:
Wishing her much success in her enterprise ana
promising 10 board with her merit year, we pushed
on to the plain beyond the harbor and thence over
the nights toward the camps
The chef difficulty which the non-combattant
finds in bis visit TO the seat of war in the Crlmea
is the total impossbilty of procuring horses on
which to 90 up TO the camps. We had letters
from some friends Of ours to persons
whom we expected to ind IN BaiaklaVa,
but their absence a. the camp prevented our ask
ing for the loan of their ponies Without
any other resources than those which nature
gave us, We at once decided upon using them to
tie best of our ability and TO make our deJ@
- 4 L. Hi .f-i ant a
aid or protection of any cavalry force whatever
To his lordship's quarters it is about four good
miles, but with light hearts and gay we hastily
passed among the motley collections OF people at
the head OF The port among the camp followers,
through the little village of huts and tents erected
BY Spectators near Cody Kjessy, through the
cavalry encampment and over the ADJOINING nights
where the cars are hauled up by means OF sta
topary engine, and along the line of entrenchments
surrounding the edge of the Balaklaya plain, until
we finally reached Lord Raglan quarters. As we
thus progressed, we were rejoiced by the frequent
epectace OF distant bombs bursting in the air over the
heads of the belgerents and by the roar OF cannon
coming from the British and French lines. All around
us were tents and huts without number; to the
left near the sea shore the ] urks were encamped,
high and healthy; in front OF us, and also some
what to our left we could see the French camp,
and to our right the English. Hundreds OF per
SOLE on morse anu iHutUdCh5 anu hohf VIZ '"D'i
own legs passed by US going and coming to and from
the camps-carts, wagons, laden animals and laden
men, Lord Raglan received us most kindly. lie Is
rather stout gentleman of some 30 years OF age
robust and OF a most quiet cast OF countenance,
cordial and courteous in the extreme; indeed
fair specimen 9i the Olden English nobeman, with
but little of the soldier, except the absence OF his
right arm, cut off half way up between the elbow
and shoulder lie freely spoke Of the great
"a, 9Th &c ctopnl af fhp excellence of the
guns of the Russians, and of their great bravery in
the field ard the trenches; this the Conference at
Vienna seemed to expect; thus he would solve the
Third Article of IT'S negotiations; but Che added
with shrug of the shoulder) this is not quite so
easy as the Conference supposes. We met at his
quarters Admiral Lyons, COmmander-n- Chei OF the
British Naval forces before Sevastopol with Cap
tain Drummond and Captain Lord John Hay, also
of the Navy The latter had been slightly dsfgured
in the neck and on the chin from confusion caused
by the fall of a man killed near him in the marine
| trenches. Admiral l.. is q man OF some % years
of age full of active yigOr and ambition to be up
and at them" as soon as circumstances Will al.
low lie looks the sailor, and heard thus much
was expected of his well known character Lord
| X. offered us ponies and one OF his Aides-de camp
| (tbe Hon. Capt. W. CaltbrOpe) to accompany US
TO the best points for observation of the siege, at
which we naturally enough were quite overcome
with obligation and gratitude. He also kindly re-
quested us to dine with him on day which he
named Mr. Calthrope proved to be most c0urte-
ours and amiable young gentleman. He faithfully
took us to the best positions, and we spent the re-
mainder of the day among scenes which tor intense
interest cannot be surpassed under any clrcum
stances.
We first visited the hillock called the Quarries,
from which the view of the English lines seemed
TO us excellent vet from this now called the
"3-Mortar Battery" it is far superior. We passed
down into the ravne called the valley of Death"
and found it full of balls and unexpoded
shells 1t is not so dangerous now as 1t former
| Nv was though the shot fired from the
! Russian batteries of the Redan and the Malakoff
against the English battery called Gordons" are
apt to pass over and fall in the ravine. From the
"3-Mortar Battery" we were directly opposite
Malakof and could distinctly see Sevastopol below
4 us. not more than three miles. The city is GER
tainly handsome one its public buildings are OF
superior order, and the Naval Club House much
resembles an ancient Greek temple. Its facade
Coward us) was supported by fine white columns,
offering striking appearance. The whole city
was entire; saw nowhere any injuries from the
British though this seemed false delicacy on the
part of Lord Raglan, who might at least have de-
stroyed the military public buildings. Russian
steamer piled regularly from the city to the oppo-
site shore towing big file of laden boats, and
now and then was filed with troops. Under the
bluff OF the Careening port saw the Russian fleet
now reduced to some five or six ships-their
tops only visible. Over the way, on the opposite
shore, the immense fort of Constantine and the
Star fort loomed large in the distance. On that
side of the harb0r are many houses aud host of
tents, all evidently filled with troops and NUM-
tons of war and still further to the right (inland)
| counted ii batteries ready TO oppose the ap-
| proach Of any force sent to invest the city.
| Beyond the Rhedan, the Malakof, and the Green
Nsmelop (Which are on the summit of the last