The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-11-20
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A Leisurely Walk Through sebastO'
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The Bath, England, Chronicle as,,beep favor
ed with the following extracts from. a letter
written by gentleman on bnard one Of her
Majesty s-shps inthe BiackSea' to lis friends
in Bath:
yesterday wewent TO Inspect the ruins Of
Sebastopol. We went over all the Russians
lines, and such scene of destruction Faever
saw do not believe that in circuit ofd
miles there is a square yard of ground without
splinter or shot or she'll upon it, The first
place we went to was fhe Quarantine Fort
where, a tremendous explosion took place du.
ring the-6ght; the whole interior of the place is
covered with the debris of the walls. 1t was
evacuated in great haste, the guns having 'been
left unspiked and the magazines were full of
powder In one place wlrere.a sentry had been
posted, the man had left his musket leaning
against the wall having most probably taken
to his heels. We then entered the town by
the famous loophoIed., wall. and Sebastopo
was before US. 1t was at once apparent why
our seaward batteries had made 50 little i'm
preston on the place. Fhe high ;buildingsand
houses Of the town, which had appeared SO close
to the walls, were more than mile distant.
separated by deep ravine. Shut aud shelf
from various quarter had left their marks on
every shattered wall and perforated roof. We
then, by virtue of a pass, went to Fort Alexan.
der, containing l63 casemates, looking seawsrd
each casencate armed with a heavy gun. and
affording lodging Tor Is or 20 men. A long
open gallery connects eeery part ofthis work
In the basement story of this enormous fott
we observed several cuttings which at the time
of the bombardmeutwere being driven under:
supporting walls for the purpose Of exploding
che whole The workman were interrupted
and had left their work their tools being in the
same state and condition as when dropped by
them.
sFrom this spot we assembled to the highest
part Of the town, to visit what had been club
house. This is fine building, with basso
relieve slab of some Russian historical subject
whch-we could not understand. This struc
ture is a copy ofthe Museum.at kertch. Near
it is a copy of the Temple Of the Winds at
Athens. We were generally disappointed With
the town of Sebastopol; it is irregular, and of
course, now very dirty. From the town we
descended to the watersde and entered the
dockyard Little was left here the, struction
having been complete; a few boats riddled with
shot and the charred remains Of ships, being all
that were visible, except guns; these were in
very perfect order and in large numbers; we
counted 1900 and then left off. Walking around
the edge of Dockyard Creek. we soon came to,
the dock. We arrived suddenly among the
wonders Of Sebastopol and where all that we
had heard of the gories u the place faded away
before the magnificent reality. First of all, we
inspected dock where ships of the largest size
are hauled up out Of the water, or launched
again, BY means ola cradle, placed ona tramroad
This is the work of the Engliskman Upton. Then
we came to the intended government foundry,
whose walls were rising to the height Of ten
feet, over space of nearly twelve acres; part
of this was obtained by cutting away the spur
of mountain. The remainder Of the hill was
upheld by freestone wall, every stone beautifully
squared and fitted to the height Of three hundred
and fifty feet This wall cost 6O,Oo0,oOo rouLles
about 100000 sterling. We had the advan'
tages here of joining two English engineers who
had been EN- ployed for many years in ScRastoroI;
these became Our guides and gave Us great