Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-05-17

Il ue scene was peculiar
sian General was escorted by sev,.
ot Don Cassocks, with their brilliant re-. unl-
forms and long lanees At short distance,
at the foot of the plain, small column Of in
fantry aHd cavalry was ranged in order Of
battle. On our side, a detachment Of the
Zouayes, in fine array, was placed near the
tent around which sentinelS were posted A
large number of officers Of all divisions Of the
four armies had arrived in the plain of the
Tchernaya, and literally covered both banks,
every one in his epaulets aud with sabre CT his
side. There was a real differentiation between
the two sides, and we again witnessed an ex-
preston of those sympathles which We have
SO often remarked between the French and
Russians Several officers recognized one
another having met before in the armistice
which occurred during the siege. SO gourds
aud bottles began to fly from one bank to
another as bullets used to fly little while
ago More than one fell into the water, but
tue greater part reached their destination
safely.
"A brilliant young Russian officer. with his
left arm IN sling, was followed 10y two sol.
ders carrying heavy basket. Where are
the Iouave officers, gentlemen !? demanded
he. This way announced several officers Of
the corps. 1t is to ona Of ynu.' was the re-
L
health y and with his well arm he hurled, one
after another, three bottles Of champagne,
which were emptied in a twinkling. The
Zouavcs. in turn, sent back several bottles
Two Of them were broken on the way. Keep
The corks' was the cry we will change them
at Paris! AT Paris exclaimed The Russian
officers amid immense applause. The cham
pagne was choice The Russains sustain
their reputation Tor good taste ] have three
of the aforesaid corks two Of them bear the
brand We Ciiquot one that Of Lelegard e.
Co, and all three the name Of the city Of
Rheims. We interchauged our names, and
among our foes was nephew Of General Lu-
derS.
"Cpon our right. in the rear, the scene was
magnificent. 10 the right were seen the Fe-
dpuchiHe mountains, covered with troops who
had cump down en- maSSe from their encamp-
meMts-French English and Sardinians in-
termingled Behind us there was q like
spectacle on the crest of the fortified rampant
which commands the valley and which rises
by degrees, by the Canrobert redoubt till it
reaches the plains Of Inkrrman. Every arm
was raised. caps were waived and immense
hurrahs flew from one bank to another 1t
was really a moving ard exciting spectacle.
Add to all this that several English ladies
caracoled to the end of the bridge. where
their presence was hailed with cheers and all
other demonstrations Some words were ut
tered by ,he charming troopers They were
not perhaps those Of civility or good taste
they were perhaps those Of badly expressed
gallantry; but they were piqnant. All
hands were raised and every thing went of
we'll On the Russian side We saw only one
lady, and she was in a caieche drawn by two
! horses She was said to he Madame LuderS.
wife of the comnlander-iu,chief. The carriage
advanced within the circle reserved for the
! staff which accompanied Gen. Ta,chimoG, who
! was commissioned 20 treat with Gen Martin
| prey. At half past two o'clock the intrryic%
| terminated. The Russian General re-,nun-
ted his horse; Gcn Mart,mprey accompanied
| him To the rnG ~ the h:iag-, f''',Tpo py Il
uum,rou. ca-tegr Of officers Sho u,i accom-.
! pm ed Ln oct u. curiosity. Tne! were iual-
! iy prrted.