M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-11-01

P''NtiSu' ShuieSNS' " shO SOhtCh Pldhcu
undertaking.
Arrival Of the UniOn-The Latest
from Europe Full Particulars
Of the Fail Of SebastOPOi!
U. S. M. steamer Union, Capt. Ad.
ans, sailed from Hdvre on the 29th oil
Sept. and arrived al New York.
BY this arrival we are Id possession
of dates from london to the day oil sail
ing.
The papers to hand contain full par.
ticuiars of the stormlng and fall OF Sc
bastopol.
From the Sebastopol Correspondence of the
,H London lim>s, Sepr. llth.
or all the pictures Of the horrors Of
war which have been presented to the
world, the hospital of Sebsslopol pre-
seuts the most horrible, heart rending
and revolving. 1t cannot be Described
and the Imagination Of Fuseli could
not conceive any thing at all like unto
it. How The poor human body can be
mutilated and set ho1a its soul within
when every limb is shattered. and every
vein -and artery is pouring out the liie
stream, one might study here al every
step. aud wonder what little will kiIl
The building used as an hospital is ore
of the uoote piles inside Ihe dockvsr
wall, and is situate IN the centte of th,
row at Fight angles to the liue of lh,
Rsdan. Ia iI.EE AstE
The whole row was peculiarly ex
posed 10 the action OF shot and shell
bounding over tue Redan.- and 10 The
missiles directedat the Bdrratk Bauers,
aud it bears in sides, roofs, windows
aud doofs, frequent and destructive
proofs Of the severity of the cannon.
ade. Entering one Of these doors, be
acid such signt as lew men, thank God
have ever Witnessed In long low
room, supported by square pillars, arch
ed al the top, and dimly lighted through
shattered aud unglazed window frames,
lay the wounded Russians, who had been
abandoned TO our mtrcies by their Geu
eral, The wounded, did | say No
nut the dead, the rotten aud fest ring
curpses of the SUidlers, who were lell
to die ia their extreme agony undtlend
ed, uncated for, packed as clnse as they
eau be slowed; some on the floor, Others
OH wretcned .restles and bedsteads, OF
pallets vi straw, soppea and saturated
with blood, which .uozed and trickled
through upon the aOor, mingled with
The drOpplngs oil cOlrupti0u.
With. the roar OF exploding fortresses
ia their ears, with she'll and shot fore
ing through tie root and sides OF the
rooms in which they lay with the crack
!lng and kissing Of fire around them
these poor fellows; who had served lheil
loving friend aud master, tie Car, bur
too well, we've consigned to their terri.
BILE late. Many might have been saved
By ordinary care. Many lay yetalive
with lnaggots crawllug about in lhei
wuuuds. Many nearly mad oy the seen,
around them, or seeking escape from i
in their extremeSt agony, had role.
away under the Oeds, aud glared out OF
the heart stricken spectators, oh! witt
such looks! Mauy with legs ard arm
6roSpa ai,d twisted. the jugged splinter
tstiCking thruugh the raw fiestr, imptors.
aid, water. tood, or pity, or deprived o
speech by she approach OF death, OF By
dreadful injuries on the head and trunk
pointed 10 the lethll spot. = sa
Many seemed bent I-aione on. making
their peace with heaven.J The attitudeI
Of some were SO hideouslv fdntsstic a:
10 appal and root eae TO the ground oy
sort OF dreadful fascination. Could
that bloody mass of clothing aud white
bones ever have been human soul'--
1t was fearful 10 thiuk what the ansv eT
must be. The bodies OF plumbers oI
men were swollen aud bioated to az in
credible degree. aud the features iislen
ded to a gigantic size. with eyes protru
ding from the sockets. aud The blacken
ed tongue lolIlng outof the mouth, com.
pressed tightly by the teeth, which had
set upon il in the death rattle, made
one shudder aud reel round. "a, bsiislx
In the midst OF one Of .hese HCham
bers Of horrors there were many
OF them- were louni some dead and
some living English SOlaiers,and among
them poor Captain Vaughan OF the go H..
who has since suecuinbed 10 tIs'wodnds.
4 confess it W. q Impossible tor me 10
stand the sight. which horfiiea. our
most ex petlenced .surgeons;Ethes deadly,
clsmmy stencil. the sanell Of gangfsned
Wounds. OF. eorupsedsbtoosh ofdpltiug
aesh, were insolessble siid oaioos be
yonJ enduraase, Ba.iwhas mus! The
wounded have felrwho were obliged To-
sadu1s all This, and whp passed sysy
xfthedt a hsld to gise them a srrp Of
water, ora scIce 70 ssJ cas kiadly wot11
to .hesR