Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-03-09
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

army, which, Deln9 Wretchedy Vlctnaiied and badly
cared for, has been wanting in vigilance, slow in
its movements, unszlful in the military works es-
sentia to such siege, and rather a cause OF en-
barrassment than assistance to the French troops
A copy OF the report, was we hear communicated
to the government.
Further, it is reported that during Lord John Rus
sells recent visit to Paris the Emperor remonstra-
ted with him on the state of the British army and
the incapacity of its generals and managers and
intimated that it could not be expected that he
should exhaust his resources, and that unless a
change was made, he should be compelled to adopt
some unpleasant measures. That Lord John laid
this fact before the cabinet and in conjunction with
Lord Palmerston, demanded the recall of Lord Rag
Ian, but that the Ministers were not agreeable to
do so, and be, therefore at once resigned.
CONDITION OF THE ALLIES IN THE CRIMEA-The
London Times Correspondent, under date of Jan.
9th, writes as follows from the camp before Sc
bastopol
The weather, thanks to Heaven continues to be
extremely favorable to US. Cold clear nights, with
bright, unclouded moon, are followed by warm,
sunny, genial days. The thermometer generally
falls to Is deg. or 20 deg. at II every night, and
rises to A deg. OF Fahrenheit at the following
day.
It is not unusual to have several weeks of fine
weather of this kind, at corresponding period of
the year in the Crimea but all the natives concur
in saying that we have still hard times before US
| tempest heavy rains or snow but not very intense
cold, and that this introduction to the Crimean
| spring continues on an average for about three
weeks, but that it may last twice as long. At pres
| ent the more immediate effect Of this change of
| weather is the facility of communication between
| Bslaklava and the camp
| But, with all this, the hand of the plague is not
stayed Still sickness clngs to our troops, and the
poor worn out soldiers exhausted, and "washed
food want of clothing and OF cover from the wealth
er, now die away in their tents night after night
| 1t must not be by any means inferred that the
| French escape sickness and mortality altogether
On the contrary, our allies have suffered to de-
gree which would be excessive, il it not COM
pared with our own unfortunate standard Of disease
| and death. They have also lost great numbers of
horses and to the dimnution caused by illness and
| oYerWork in their ranks must be added that which
accrues from the nightly sores Of the Russians aud
the heavy fire to which they are continually ex-
| posed from the enemys batteries and sharp-sboot-
| ers. Nevertheless the loss Of the French is very
| much less than our own.
| Whole regiments have vanished as if by magic
| Two regiments ct lesst-that is, the officers the
| coors, and few pr!yates and non commissioned
officers will be sent away for Reorganization" Is
there not something to be learnt out of the fact that
few of our officers sicken and die in the most
| unhealthy regiments2 Just think of this fact
| that since the first day of December, 1854, down
| to the Goth of Jan. 1856, 5000 sick and wounded
| men have been sent down from camp to Balaklava
| and thence on shipboardl Shal! l tell you how
| many have returned?
| But the worst is this that we can have no hope
Of receiving reinforcements of q serviceable en-
during description. The wretched boys sent out
to US now are not even fit food for powder. They
| die away ere shot is fred against them. Since
| the battle Of Inkermann at least 1,000-l 900 men
of the Brigade of Guards have been expended -
absorbed, used up, and are no more seen.
| A large number of sick and l fear dying men
were sent into Balaklays to-day on French mule
| htters and few of our bat horses. They formed
one Of the most ghastly professions that ever poet
imagined. Many of these men were all but dead.
| With closed eyes open mouths and ghastly attenu-
| ated faces they were borne along two and two
the thin stream of breath visible IN the frosty air
alone showing they were still alive One figure
| was horror-a corpse, stone-dead strapped up
right in its seat, its legs hanging stfly down. the
eyes staring wide open, the teeth set the pro-
| trudng tongue, the head and body nodding with
frghtul mockery of life at each stride of tue mule
| over the broken road. No doubt the man had died
! on his way down to the harbor. As the sppartion
passed, the only remarks the soldiers made were
such as this, There's one poor fellow out of pain
| any way"
1t would astonish stranger riding out from Ba-
laklava to the 'front.' to the multitudes OF dead
horses all along the road In every gully there are
piles of the remains of these wretched ANIMALS torn
to pieces by wild dogs and vutures. The attitudes
! of some OF the skeletons are curious Some have
dropped dead and are frozen stiff as they FELL 9TH
ers are struggling, as it were TO rise from their
miry graves Nearly all of the csrcases have been
skinned by the Turks and French, whoUse the hides
| to cover their huts and many suspicious looking
! gaps TOO suggestive of horse steak, have been cut
| Hapls Eor oh tciv roilac
try is dotted all over with these carcases in every
! stage of decay. Were it spring or summer time
the Chersonese would be one great pesthouse, and
l tremble to think Of Baaklaya and its hill side fn
of fostering trunks, should there be army there
when the hot weather comes.
GOVERNMENT MEASURES FOR IMPROVING AFFAIRS
IN THE CRDfEA--Lord Palmerston, after stating tie
circumstances which had led to the late changes in
| the Ministry hoped under the present circumstan-
ces the House would not consent to wait the tardy
| result of Mr.. Roebucks committee The only
| ground on which he asked the House TO reject 1t
was, that the Government themselves intended to
perform the duty which was to be assigned to that
| committee. The noble lord proceeded to state the
! intentions of the new Government. The Secretary
! of the Admiralty had appointed Board to super
! intend the transport service. A commission was
! now going to be sent out to the Crimea, composed
Of three civilians, who would have ample power to
HtHeQu Il6 SdllldIy CDuutiOu Vi Iut tlOSDltdS
/ camp, and the ships. (Hear, hslr) Many COM
! plants had been made of the system of the Com
missariat Department; to rectiiy this commission
was going out at the head of which Sir John
| MNeile would be placed. They would examine
| into their defects, and make the necessary improve
| mtLs in the commssariat arrangements The
! Quartermaster Generals and Adiutant-G G. nerais'
/ departments would be removed from the authority
| OF Lord Raglan, and placed under Meior General
| Simpson An hospital was to be established at
! Smyrna under civilians solely. Lord Panmure was
/ going to remodel the medical department at home,
! and he would also present bill TO enable her Maj
! esty to enlist soldiers men somewhat older than
the present limit, and for shorter period than at
| present fixed
10 facilitate the transport in the Crimea, arrange
ments would Immediately be made to collect ami
/ meIs IN ASIA Minor for the service of the army
/ Since the present Government had been in Office,
all these things had been done OF were doing; and
he truste the house would wait for the result of
! these improvements before proceeding with the
Select Committee. The duty of Ministry, how
ever, was to make every effort which could honor
ably and safely be made for putting An end to the
! war by treaty OF peace. Austria and Russia had
agreed upon the basis upon which negotiations
| should be commenced, aad it was the duty of the
! British Government 10 see whether peace could be
! obtained on just and honorable terms. For this
purpose Lord j. Russell would proceed to Vienna
! early next week, he would pass through Paris for
the purpose Of consulting the French Government,