Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-07-28

fancy arc alike to them in their frightfu state OF
| plundcring, incbriation, and madness May God,
in his mercy, keep our country and hoarths from
the polutmg and devastating hand of an invading
ocman, of whatever country or nation, as the most
civilized mode of warfare is curse that is alto
gether ntoleraJe. With all the exaggcraton OF
my ideas with regard to tho righteousness of tho
present war, it is impossible to look around and
see what suffering is brought upon the heads o
the innocent as we'll as Itho guilty without being
ready to curse war; with all that uphold it or look
with favorable eye upon,
On paying second visit to Kcrtch the 7imcs
corrcspo ndent saw in every direction, whenever
the eye turned up or down the streets, men hurry
ing away with bundles under their arms, with fur
niture on their backs, or staggering under the
influence Of drink and bedding, down to the line
Of boats which were lying at the sea WALL laden
to the thwarts with the plundcr The fate OF
nearly every house of good condition was soon
apparent. The windows were broken, the doors
smashed open and men went in and out like bees
in hive. The boys, like boys all over the world,
were merry and mischicvous. They hung out of the
rigging of the vessels near, peled the street dogs,
'chvied' the cats and pigeons, and roted in the
gutted houses and open storehouses in the f6ghest
possible spirits, fed ravcnousy on dried fish and
goodies" of various kinds which they picked up
TX tho old drawers and boxes in the houses
torn or en- by the "looters."
Within four days after the squadron passed
'I'O VI NCIlCH llCJ ulu uCSJrOyCu zIO NUS
sian vessels employed in. conveying provisions to
the Russian army in the Crimea, and corn -four
and bread-stufls, amounting to seven millions of
ratons, exclusive of 100000 lbs, of corn and
5OOOOO fbs., of flour destroyed by the Russians at
Kertch. We conclude with an extract describing
Rcrtch as it appeared on the 18th instant, twenty
days after the inhabitants had rendered thei sub
mission to their conquerors "Onc might wander
through the streets of houses good and Indifferent
without finding anything new in the monotony of
ruin. The market-placc, which had been surroun-
ded with small shops, many of which were kept
open after our arrival was gutted, The cellars
under the houses had been ransacked, wine flowed
in the cutters, barrels were knocked to pieces, and
under the cover of the arcade the ground was lit
tered for an inch in depth with bits of crock cry
papers, frames Of boxes jars, bottles, and all the
endless articles which once constituted stock-n-
trade and furniture. The butchers shops, which
offered little when the joints were gone, were nev-
crhclcss broken up, and the heavy chopping blocks
split up with vast ingenuity. The cafes and the
drinking shop, cStdmulct, at the corner had been
scenes of grand carOrees apparently, after which
the iOvial souls had knocked the establishments to
atoms. A large arcade inhabited by tradcsmen,
aud resembling similar buildings of the second
silence and desolation of places which few days
before wero full of people were exceedingly pain
lul and distressing They were found in every
street, almost in every house, except when the
noise of gentle playing on their pianos with their
boot.heels or breaking up furniture was heard
within the houses or the flames cracked within
the walls. In some instances the people had
hoistod the French Sandman flag to protect
stheir houses. That poord device was soon detected
and frustrated Il was astonL.hfng to ind that
the humblest dwellings had not escaped. They
must have been invaded for the mere purpose Of
outrage and from the love of mischief for the most
miserable Of mon could have but little hope Of
discovering within them booty worthy of his no
tice The Russians must remember that with all
this violence and destrution we have spared their
splendid villas and palaces, which for 100 miles
stretch away in serraccd lines along the south
coast of the Crmca. Tho plunder, in fact, was
not controlled at kcrtch because our administra-
tors were ak and imbocc, and our position
required vgor and ability, and tact to prevent the
commission of offences difficult to be rcprcssod in
tho train of an army.