Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-12-05
THE Dofono.s of ssbas,opol.


The city OF StbSslopO consists Of series oil
platforms running upU sleep ACTIVITY from The sea
10 the bieh hills which tower oYeIit tat lhed distance
Of league and half fTom tie top Of which i,
unfnldyd tie Whole panoroma Of The Town md
nuEbuE. Nearer that ensemble ceases 10 Ue visible
on even lie .Op, Of llr masis nre no longer seen
so deeply DOES the site sink down ~ the level u
Tie TOldSead and VI lhs port. From this cOnigu.
WlOn Of the ground Il Cumes 10 pass that tie town
IS butt one part over Tie OlheE SO as TO form an
ainphilh,aTr like Algers, hut bt tier built as It's
construction is quite nOdrIn dating from $780,
The traverse slfeeiS, parallel TO The roadS'end,
communicate with each olheE only by steep OScentsi
but at their eGlIeniugS there ATE lln.S Of cOmmu'
ncaiiOn OF a less abrupt character lOF vehicles
The town contains sevttal monuments, and,
among others, lie churches, aud principally oil
The buildings Of Tie navy, The arsenal, the barracks
and The hO pllhlS,
Tie population isabOut 20, 600 III ordinary times
including 20,0Of SUldieTS VI saiOY. The 10000
civil inhabitants ale employees Of oil kinJs--prt
sons IRON The navy and Amy on hnlI.paY lew
sllOpkeeptrs, and some wOIkmen aud fisleTmen.-
The render must bear in mind Ibis lacl, that mol
one Of The great loils situated outside The town OIL
haIbJT can project Il against attacks by landi nnt
that The two batteries Of The Quarantine, siu5let
al tie lower part Of tie outward gEOund, cannO
aid IN It's defence. When The Russian Govern
msnl conceived the plan Of great fortified place
10 command The Black Sea, II had all tleSt lUTls
constructed oil an immense expense, aud lie double
and lFnpe stories OF their casementsd batteries
give them such formidable aspect that they have
been even compaIed to The loHiicalors Of Malta.
Tie rOnds,end and nOh are, in fact, almost unal.
lnckable by SEA, bul The Town itself Yves never lOT
llfel-all that was done being to draw around it a
weak wall, merely inlendel To protect il against
coup d, main. The Russian Cabinet could never
have imagined then that an AnglO.Rrench army Of
100000 men would one day land in the Cfmea 10
lay siege 10 SebaSlopO. al present, as thai eS.
TlOTdinnTy aCl is hrlng realized In The most TiUuS
manner, II las been necessary 10 lhink Of ioiily.
ing The town on The land side, and that is what
The Russiuns have been dong iUI the last iliee
months
The Quarantine BOyon the west (lhe extreme
Jeff OF lhs attack is delenied by the double bat.
trIy Of the same name. Near that spot Port Al.
exandeE, and By Tie side Of that lotlA battery Of
SrbaslOpOl, because IL forms part Ul the town il.
self From this balttIy runs a cTennelaei wall
for nluskrlTy about five Fights Of on English mile
in length which runs up tie steep hill ~ the Top,
wlete is large lOIi With 20 gunsOn tie platform,
aud surrounded below by battery the rampant oil
which is 20 feel high. The wall anil The baSliOn
have ditch in font, Lul tl,ere is nelheT covered
way nor glsciS in lfunl VI this ditch, The
French being charged with Tue attack on The lrn,
will probably have 10 honOatd The fort, after
which they will command The bay Os well as the
Quarantine Battery. but theywlll have other Oh.
slacles 10 overcome before arriving there. Under
the cannon Of The round Tort is situated q large
fortified haTTapk, which has been lately aanked by
several strong work"
RtOm lhaI bonaok runs wall enlIely suHOun
ding the town, the port, and The aIssue, 10 beyond
the carrening bason towards the 'rcherns1, at The
extremity OF the Eoadsttad, which giveSO develop
msnl of 81 to 5 English miles, irCIutlng The slnu
osiIies This wall is thee feel thick, iscIenella.
ted, aud has in front ditch The eauh OF which
has been thrown In front To form glaCs covering
tie masOnwOik in many places. This wall Is hot
Il uaetd--iibl Il, does moi form rampant above
on which taEilley can be poCed. But on lie
points where, in a regular foTliGoalioD, there
would be baslions, The .ussians have raised ballr
res in the form OF oiValeW, firing above tile wall.
The dlsatmins Of iheltline oi.ballle ships hoslur
niShed them with The means Of providing all iheiE
works with brillsIy Of large ealibie, nnt they have
without doubt plenty Of men to serve them, mote