The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-09-29
TIE CRrMrA.-The Crimea is spoken


Of in some Of the English papers as ont
os the "material guarantees" which tn
Allies should exac, from Russia as ,b'
price Of peace, or as security foI the fu
lure good behavior Of that Power; aud q
tits highly probable tina. the active op
era,ions Of The Allies will ultimately b.
transit Ered to tina. Province, brief &C
conul thereof moy no. be withou, interest
The Cumea, Ctim Tartary as it i
sometimes called, is the ancient Tauric
Chersonesus. II is peninsula, exlen
ding out into the Black Sea from South
ern Russia, with which i, is connected b.
a narrow islbmus. There is proba bly, NJ
province in Europe which has been so of
ten devasied and which has been thu
lhea're Of such stormy scenes Of violence
and bloodshed as this unfortunate coun'
try. !. is said that siEce the time o
Herodoius (B. C. 450) il has been con-
que'ed and devasted by more that sew
enty different nations. The Alans, the
Go'hs, the Huns, the Petchengues, The
ComaEes, and numerous other predatory
tribes in turn occupied ,hs country. Ii
was settled by the Genoese in ll03, who
were expelled by the Crim-Tar,srs, un-
der grandson of Gheagis Khan, in ID
ID. These predatory hotdes settled III
The country, and were tributary to the
Porte until the latter par, Of las, cen,u-
ry, when Catharine IL. took possession
of and annexed The country to Russia.
The population of the Crimea is about
100000, of whom not far from one>hall
are Tartars, who profess The Mahomme-
dan faith.
The creates, obstacle which the Allies
would encounter in wrestling the Crimea
from Russia would be the reduction Of
Sebastopol. The s,res,h Of this fortress
is well known, and it would doubtless
successfully resis, any attack by sea.
There would be no difficulty, however,
in landing any number Of men to the
south OF The town, where there are no
less than six convenien. bays, which are
unprotected. The roads across the Cri>
mea are wreiched, aud during eight
months Of the year, in spring, fall and
winter. the dreasry sieppes in the nor
ihen pats of the PROVENCE ore almost
impossible for large bodies of troops.
The reduction of Sebas,opol, il the AL.
lies should se, abou, i, with zeal and en-
ergy, would be only the work Of time.
Invested by land and block aded by sea, The
garrison would no, long hold ou: wiIhou,
a strong p'ospec. Of relief. Sebas,opol
taken, subjnea,lon Of the Crimea would
be an easy task; and 10 such an even,u-
ality the Allies, il they are fully deter>
mined to cripple Russia, will probably re-
store the Porte 10 the possession Of i.s
ancient terfiory.- Boston Journal.
UNITED STATES CoNsULATEs.- lin re-
Gently reading the repor. presented TO
the House Of Representatives on The lsi
of Angus. last, by Hon. J. Perkins, from
the comrniuce on Foreign Affairs, to
whom was referred bill to remodel the
dipomatic and consular system Of the
UnitetStsies, we find that the aggregate
amount Of fees received q, the consiila,es
and commercial agencies Of .he United
States, (two hunoad and twenty in mum.
ber0 amounted inas52 10 Sl53, ie6,,
and in 1853 to $l49, lss ,ar an syersae
Of abou, $676 to each cOnsthss. The
knowledge Of tile fac, ,ha, our ccusis.ss
abroad pay abou. the wages Of q as.I
laborer, would somewhat cool, we shoug
think, the ardor Of many who are bpn>
ing with zeal TO serve 'heir coupFy in
this capacity. We find that twenty-
seven only are worth over $4,000, Wig:
Liverpool $l4.459, Rio $l2,223, Ha>
vaua 1854, Havre $6,566. Alexandria
$4,000, Paris $5,2lO. Glasgow $4,S9l
St. Thomas $1,000, Trinidad and it's
agencies $4.2l6. Valparaiso $3,295,
Zurick $3,639, Bremen $3,2l5, Hon
"Iulu $2,974, Tang,ers, Tripoli and
Tunis S2,s00 each, Leeds and agencies
$2,762, Antwerp $2,6l7, Calcutta and
agencies $2.29l, Panama $2,2s0. La
hania, $2,0s4: Ponce and it's agencies
$2.2l2, Bordeaux $2.204, Dundee $2,-
is4, Shanghai $2,lO3, Canton $2,l4s,
Bristol $2,027. Eight are worth be-
tween $500 and $4,000, viz: Belfast
$l,995, Kingston 81 ,53s. Nassau $l,7ss
Marseilles $l,6s6, AK Ia Chapelle 81,
772, Basic $l,569. Buenos Ayres $l,-
$40, Talcabuauo $3.50. The eleven
following. are worth from $4,000 10
$4,000, viz: Annoy, Fuh Chau. Ningpo,
Halifax, Naples, Lepsic, Port all Prince,
Picrore, Cape Haytien, rsmpico and
Aspinwall. Thirty are worth from $500
to $1,000: s,x,y-four are worth ir"m
Sl00 to $500, and eighty more either
return no fees. OF ore worth less than
800. From thesa several amounts,
each consul pays the rent of his office,
clerk hire, aud wages Of his servants. if
he can afford to have ihem.- Wash. Star.
AT recent meeting Of one OF the
French agricultural societies. a curious
lact was related. A farmer stuck pea
in pntatee. and planted them together,
in March last. The pea produced a
stock which waa covered with pods, and
L lat