Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-08-08
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There IL assertion Of shipments Of M.
sssial - The CyiseA, excert ssnoon, ssosiars,
sed assnsnitio1, and SOM Of the transpo
aAADeNk,ch are loading those hsAsy a-tictss
W. and Teu.on rrecsed 10 Africa
- aNith hay, barley, and horses.
soe b0Nege general shipments Of mate-
rel mgss rfcsMDenees q. the constant vsse
and eonsumrdoa = saeA i war xad 81 ,ufh
~ immensg Asmy must vsHsiso saes6sus
supplies. he sisklJ sssAsa VII ssrtfly in
crosse the1resaet loss u lifslrsm dysen.sry.
ebolers, ~ gyu4 lrvsss, ~ 81 NAich a.
s'sdy pssynil q e.kseas s1fsni p ~ Anisd
c,np, EsA o. lssssnt adyisse tea the
gs5nN esysAiiy di1sss.s:ae q ssxsfds The
16tnfs q 1is~asss. ] hsd recently long
e6HSssusslsa with an old veteran VI ID. EN-.
piss q hleh rank who rived 10 the Psnin-
suiss. He rrssssknd: seTwo Generais whom
| veil rsccIiect 10 Srsin are With The Rus.
sisns, Ne dsesded thsm much more than We
dsd ths EaElish and Spsnish Generals, a.
their dsstsncttsc powers were much greater,
snd thsy will be rssn more % in ihe Csimea.
They are osnsrals July aud Avguss, haviag
ios sesis stsh cholera, dsssnsery, ~ hus
and scarlet levers, &C.. with . Crimean sun
kuGTe
y 30 better proof Of the dreadful waste Of
". thsrs than q. large rsinforcemsnts
which are continually going forward, and
original puiubers. Even the London Times
acino~ledgss that an additional rs 900 must
be sent. Oss hundred and sixty. Eve thou.
sasd msn have bern embarked from Marseil-
Jos and Toulon, and from Africa and from
ha nri To- ~ II
sand ,sors- making together &c, 900 French
pretend that the French Elective force there
this add The iosses Of the British army, and
also Of those poor creatures, the Turks,
whose iotscs since tbs co nmenccment Of the
war m all the provinces have exceeded those
Of the Allies. 10 the three armies there
must hare been, since the commencement OF
hosti'itiss, from two hundred and Fifty to
three hundred thousand killed in battle died
OF disease, w9uoded, or otherwise hors de
combat. We havsno correct accounts Of the
stasses VI the Allics in the. assault Of juno
lBu. on the sislako6. 1, was ut least seven
to eight thousand, but only about half tina,
number Is reported. Many Of my friends
are 10 mourning for gallant young officers,
De
not appear on the Official reports: and. /,
such arc omitted, how many more in making
return Of the rank and ils. WHICH /, dom
en ,nasss snd without giving any namc.i
Tho severity OF tho scryics and the eject,
Of disease ara exhibited in the result upon
Che Sandman contingent, which has onlv
two-thirds Of i,s original number now unde,
arms, without having been in battle,
Those who arc we'll informed on the sub.
jaot admit that there has been no aentenf.
. ordidies between tho Allied eommanders.-
II began with Msrshsl ST.. ! RsAup and Lord
RAoLAS, Of which YOU see hints in the letter,
OF the fsrmcr lately published, AMI WINS con.
tnued between tho latter and Gen. CASRoB.
Ear, nbd handed down to Gen. PELssIER.
Such you will end il will be between the two
Governments.
Tho Allies have recently been CARRYING
On the war IN the Sea Of Asoff ina manner
thas 10 disgrsceful 70 civilization. How tru.
, vandalic has been the destruction Of -four.
,sbine but defencclcss towns. Villages. and
email settlements, and regret extremely "a
$40 tho feelings OF ioy with which such trans.
scaiope were received IN EooIand. Their.
soeus hardly 10 be : man there Who exh,h;tsd
aay isslies even in the destruction of the
nussum OF ksr.s h. IL = remnant OF Il
should have been saved il will be owing IN
Geo. Sumner. az Boston. who wrote 10 ford
Palmsrs,cn, and hs telerraphed to the Rrit.
! ,sh commander To take care Of it. 1t con.
tsiaed sumo relics Of ancient Greece porb.n.
superior TO any in Europe, being the works
of'ths greatest article IN history. The fr,t
collsctien was by thu ;mmediate succe,,ors
Of Alexander the Great, down to tho cruel
ill.starses, but great M,,hridates, and aug.
mcntcd and protected by the conouerinp
Romans. Those Grecian monuments. stat.
,ucs paintings, 10. wrrc reckless.y injured or
DESTROYED by tho detestab,e Saracens. Alias
Turks. when thcy invaded the coun.ry anna
centuries sirc,. axcont acme bnr;e,i in the
ruins Of great cties, which were dug out.
preserved, aad placed in public building. by
the Russians. They wtre 80 precious and
beautiful that trayelsrs visited these shore,
~ they do Italy. Az small cities. towns. and
settlements sprung up the country became
prosperous aud happy under tho Russian
.Gsvsrament; hut the Allied acets and army
appeared there and all 10 changed. and ono
scsns Of Devastation 10 srrcnd over thi, re-.
Gently fer'ilc country. Their violenoss were
worse than those Of tho in6del Turk. and. "A
fer tho dessfuetion OF tho splendid relics Of
the great Grecian works Of nntion;ty. h;,,crv
furnishes 10 examples of similar atrooity..
Talk Of Vandalism! WHY i, ia mild and
humane compared with this Devastation.
which, with regret say, attaches prinoipallv
10 the British forces. Gsnsoric. ssths terri.
Bile Genssric,' a history calls him. when h.
captured aud plandered Rome. maid such
seooration to The Grecian works that thcv
wore carefully hacked and shipnsd on hoard
hia 6sst for Carthage; but il lis rcesn, ons,.
s,ions nothing was spared. al, viii not and
il cannot come to goods Even the Tsrta,s
wcre horri6ed by these nroceodinr.. Snch
proceed,ngs have no tendency towsr',s
abridgine The duration OF the war. but. nm
the contrary, will ONLY emhitter and n,olono
i. On this point (,ha varl have tbe most
siooHv fo,sbodinss. .es No rso.ns, io 80
tsllieseeuts are involved in the issue. and
there seems to be no middle ground for COM
promise. The duration Of the war. il would
appear, uust DO determined by the nover, AZ
endurance aud resis,ancc by Russia. and TIM.
far chs certainly exhibits no .;gns Of sue
cvubirs. Evn tho can,u,s ~ S.hs.,ono,
La event by 10 means prob.hl,~Srsst =.
would Be the victory. would moi mai. rs.cs
anv ~aee ~snA.hic. e.. Ai.s FSS