Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-20
REMARKABLE Ar fgtEl ~ sftE 10 ION TtHEsf
tFtSR tbs t4bdsa lElptss, 3iiR|sYd,
Destruction Of the Cfifhsan Army,

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Destruction Of the CtEtnean Army
Thete ii b sSn $fei al hing, and on thee ere
Of al nStt6aal sDme cotttotlto
thihk hat The ntesenl yes this present hour
Ills Ethe seas0 foy d great national duty Asitot
Tho pending operations at Selsst6ppl, We may al'
lRosl dismiss lGtlD ft9hn or thoughts fot3n while.
England has nov done let best and hefSwOtst In
that quarter eSttaSagaNcleS, her IollieS, and
llef neslects can NOW DO no more, We may read
| the fulute there as plainly rs The ctew VI tie
F'tnce% the single chain that held them tom
The nlecipice fTowtng IYet their lleeds snapped at
las anil they knew they wcte NJ tho Etetcy Of The
sl0Fal, The loGlHanto Of tie Brtsh army might be-
about fifteen OF seventeen thousand GayoNels al
the last date. About atl,undrel day were sent
IL the hospital, never 10 tetuy III fot service, and
neal MS NaDy Eayeu tlett c0unitY ullet trouble
BY dying on the spot, Here Is regular ltain Of
six thousand month against no fnf,het reinforce.
lGent worth taking Into account III ibis rate lord
Rqgila and kS staff ipqAd be HE S9le survivors Of
tke expedition aCgut TIE latkof March, The weoth.
er llNS been Yolse than eveEI ami was expected 10
tle waEae sill; heavy SNOW, rapid thlw, sever
ftoS hitter north wind, ltOzen trenches HlpasSa.,
bls roads hardened 10 The consistency Of tuck,
tAls lreacet0Nly with dnfliur SNOW, officers
found SllOcatet ny teit charcoal fires, siSty h0ses
frozen 10 death In una might, and all lllot English
men InYc read Of before, when they could afford
10 aMnss themselves with The horrible IN the nara.
tive VI NaPOeoH's Russian campaign Vast piles
Of wooden tttts were Al Halahlava, but the army
wete IN tents, and Il was certain II must fenoin
In tents ns long ss Il lasted, fOE there was moi The
least Glance Of Transport TO bring up tie hlts.-
Only q small fraction Of ltIe army llau9TcCelyed
warm upper clothing, Ot were likely 10 receive II
| fart no or Al Mi "a
| duty OF supplying, OF even taking charge Of any.
beyond HE elstIlaI suit polk aud ErrencVltse, OF
HE former, The army was sill sometimes on holt
laliuNs. The latter was Seen every wLet4 sttswn
IN The mud, being wholly useless TO tie S0IdtI
| F,EthG rest, Il is lie Same Story us we have hal
10 tell every LAY these two months. The h0Splluls
aud the medical stoEeS weTe IN the SalHt Slatei
the authorities nj Balakluya sill doing tiet best
to save themselves tie trouble Of l0ulius what
they had neither CLERKS To take nOte vi nor room
TO stofe nor irsaus to Transport. SLIP aler ship,
full Of tie most necessary articles, priceless ~ Tie
wErlcIel soldier, wbs seHt out Of tue tNt00r, aud
even hack 10 COR*tantiHOple OF Corfu, OH some
idle Io'malily, Positively, litelolly, thete Is tot
Que Change tVE the better since We ''sat down DO,
fOEc" SsbaSlOpUl. The OHly clnllVe vas that
the tlilwNy, which lelt Malta ON the 10Th, aud
ought 10 have uttyel al BalAklaYa by lhls time,
!
who eau expect this In lEv lace Of snch an uRlOt.
lhily oI lulsmaHogemym1 Either the screw steam
cts continuing II viii BE- ordered out u the laE'
UOt OIL SOME reelce, or not permitted 10 land The
tails, OE ~ It und W allowed ~ lay them down,
OF the whole aIlalr, uuvYicS aud all, will be butkel
/ IN SonU otllet quiet gay, That chance once Cis'
posst Of the tud taaH6t Be distant, and the fUtsl
array thdt trIr LETT thtSt shores eiN soon cease 10
trisi as a force.
! lIete, tien, nothing iIOte can be 'loHe-it least
nothing HAT we cOtlhI rtetenu to urge with Tie
slightest hope Qf our advice being taken, Tile
nan, The Orler, the laIetial, OF wll1teYeE IL Is that
tllsht save Out gallant c0ullfylHen, could mi bt
sure 10 atitve under Three weeks, wheu oil may 6e
uvet. Wemay, tl1e1etOte, enjoy lhv leisure Ol dc.
Spuif--tllat release tom Tie burden Uf The DAY
which tllR dying man tnjQyS when he hos taken
his last dtaUEh, maze his last will, and has only
u east his lhOughlS towards The unseen w0rd-
Is this, lieu, Tune to sci about planning second
expedition TO lie east, and laying ,lOwu lie pro,
gralnMe Of oannaigu fOt 1851 That, it would
seen, is what We atv waiting fot ~ lead quar-.
lerS betote SebaNOplI they 0le waiting tot the
spring, when, with The TURKS at Elpalota, The
| Imperial Guattl aud other leMfotceHenls from
France, and sufficient excess VI tIFittslI arrivals
USeF british deathS onl departures. they may al.
tempt, with SomeH hal less hope II success, what
they might have done OIL Tho 2Slh OF SrMeMUCr.
We'Nte oil to peiSryete with ihe Whole force OF
the enpiteth CuEEyIng Lord Raglan and his st0iT
through with II, nNd rIabIing them 10 redeem
tlelE credit III tho itSk Of another arGy. liIol is
what government Is lWepatcu IL uSk, what patlia.
nj, nj Is expected 10 giant, what the pt.ss will w
lhuushl yety dslOyal il ii JOes not back ul', whit
tie British people ate expected 10 swallow, aS ii
has $" allowed many ono,tet desperate policy, FOt
ullE pat, whatever OILERS may please 10 do, We
will take no further part III such OH affair, We
wipe ont haNds Of The wntundel the existing tlNn.
ugemeNt, UgoretameHt ifthe House Of Com.
moaS, or The Brit1h ptope choose 10 lthtmtcIVts
to the 0ristocrorg aud through t4e misiotyucy 10
thtir tReWiCs, il is th'iF UWR gtfar; re spipe our
haads Of thc Ha!ioagl suicide. Al thai We can do
Ii 10 protest, and 10 watIii nrd that wc sill nnt
csaSv 10 Do, though hllt estU We have dOue Il IN
raIl.
Under lie existing management, we tepeal, We
have lU cIlaNcr left us INl 10 protest against The
further prosecution NJ an enterprise which leads 10
nothing but rum and di$srare. UMtlet THIS ma u.
aytnIelt nothing changes, lUuunetahIe attempts
~ instruct OF correct II have been made IN VAIN,
without the least result. Soldiers, men Of sci.
Cnce, men OF business, travellers, lCtu and even
women EenOW IIc tot their rthCtlca pOWtt have
tchJtitI Huvice, information, and HSSlslanCe 10
government, alll have bud 10 ind all they said NJ
ltd wholly aud disaSttously diStegat4ed. Whether
the advice was given In tho columns Of new@.
DaneF OF IN tie Office OF thu Minister, tile result has
I,rcn the same. When, nj HE meeting OF pdrlia.
rneat II peCembeh Tie public gEleI and impNtienCe
had allta'iy spoken too loudly 10 W Sci al Huught,
the nnItUn was amused with PROMISES.
The two houses wete told III set speeches, that,
though Government hnl certainly cen taken by
surprise, and some tErutI GIAd been committed
lhtOuEh tie novelty Of the enterprise, every cato
wOs laken iOr The future. New Orle;s had been
sent out, arrangements Anae, Of which The public
could nui yet bemate acquainted but which would
be found " :enlOYe all lie causes oil complaint.
! In week OF two, by Christmas at The lal,St, The
amy would te only tOO nOuRlaN,ly housed, tUU
comfortably clothed. loo uSNriONSly fed, tho ten
deity called AMI rtoviA. D lot, Thete would bp
duplicates Of everything, aud ofAlI possible alter.
Ia1lves both hal Ostn accepted FOL double Secu.i'
| ~ Thtre would, rs VIC Wele assured by The Sec.
trtafynt War, Le English as we'll us Turkish hut.
ting wOolS rs well as SINS, flesh eS well Us salt
meat, wipe, medicines, coMfOTlS-UnlY too lavish
ptofusiuU.
At thu vefy time these promises were made, The
principal disasters, so much insisted on BY lhe
ministerial apoiOgstS, wete fully known, and e..
liMatGd. twas month allct tile LUtElcsur, five
weeks after lie surprise Of lnkennann, ulld seven
weeks Tho lO$SOt The hHrd road from The har.
boz to The camp by The allait Of BlIokava,
These promises were not made In tile latk OF IN
the face Of IWtuTG Till Of unseen .,IICuNips,--
They weTe male In That full, c!e"I MONDAY light
in which nl EA,ope now sees the Ilottots vi lie
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