New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-12
THE CONDITION OF sEyAsrOPOL
CoI4tsg, -. uoe o. TIE L'Iton H'fsd
EyoIlsH CANP. HICHTs or NE'AsToPot,

Fyarl,HC,Nr HIGHrs or SEsAsToPor,
Thur-0a,, Dc :, 1884
Out htTe we are psrpeiually heiDg told ~ the LDn-
don iourials that S,va-topol il 10 ruins is streets
chul. with e. al and the few wrefrhed inhtbi' tnts
apo j. flinders that yet survive falling, by hun ireds
Irey 10 war pes'ilcuce and i,mine. Nov. ther' -
rot ore particle II tru h Ia justify ,hese extreme
ststsutIfs Ssv s'opol l. MT IN ruins and what is
moe important still, i's d-fsnses are four times
s;roT aor. ard vigorous ihhb me hf-t osy We
opet,d ere. know ttis statement may MAKE my
l,tiFs III lopular with a CERTAIN set, who ~dl s'e
roilc Int c'uiits ana cause, ff sH4lt'lou ~ Al
", DO but nevertheless. II is on's III truth, ani
am co1fden, thai time will viniicate my assertion
even in The eyts 81 The puhli'.
To saisD elf on this point beyond al possibility
Of doubt | Sest rdsy determined 70 visit the
"ov,rs" our most advanced picket post, ~tfbi1 200
wards Il Rnsian batteries, and cO-e overioosiog
II, town a1d haIbor. Il is perecd easy 20 ,pDroi.l
the place now, for covered way has been coz
s,rucisd TO IT, and both sides have, p+ratively
spttkic ceased firing for ne time. therefore,
got 20 the ovens easily and lying under shelter OF
broken wall was enabled. with 10Y el-ss to survey
TIE whole town minuiely i confess never cav tie
town under such favorable Circumstances. tx 'ept
row and itep from occasional Russlsn gun there
vGs 10 smoke. and n skv being Ia "erog aud heavy
objects could be dlsti gu 81 d @th uuu-u clearne-s
Al the fir-t glance wss led 10 suppo-e that the
town bad in reality been much injured, fOr sll
The little huts sId store-h0uses connected win tue
dockyards were indeed IN rlins Bat, changing
NY gO.nt de trs for one more loiiy. | was 5000
IIucfd Of nv mistake. inc real Jam tgc IN
n.cied ON TIE town OF Sevasiopoi amounts 20 this
Ell the hus u,ed by the dockysrd laborers al the
Turksh parts of the town, OUTSIDE the rails, are
ueary destroyed-that j.. laid almost level VITA
Tie earth. This quarter appears 10 oe tbe only trty
ard wretchod part of ~ ya.iOpol The vale a'e here
and there NAKED with shot, hut most u0qls.tioni-
bly s. ceeTses, hey are still uninur,d Doe large
barrsck rsCe the walls A. al = witch our IRE, a.
a. aiust a eovt N nent building hiss been particularly
cir, cted s rddled in every part and Of lie root
Il. 81 The Il fh. " rh About
seveniv of the houses Ires'o the walls bat beyond
this poibIg has been done. Had Any Of the pnUcipL
mGDsus 70 the enter Of the town been nj l'et,
il Guild be easily seen most Of the are detained,
spd sli are white a. snow and Instantly sboE shot
marx The splendid structure which We call tie
"PsrtbeIOn The Government HoGse-snd. Indeed,
rirs,een ~ eneths Of the buildings, sh0s 10 trace
e injury. The streets which could ses, and Shich,
Of course were those nearest 10 our bs;terie-
al IN d most eIyiahe state of cleanliness snd good
orcer IL these were numerous bodies Of troO)s
iourein- about unconcerntciy, with their mlskets
piled upon the pathways Mac, civilian. tss.d COO
.,aLily ~ and re aid now aud then ~ Ammunition
wssoi; but ssw DO trace # eb=r womea % child
zen or vehicles Of the ordinary ces- 1ptOn. y zee,
duriI the tine | was watching, three carts, lsieG
,;ihtr with sick or wOunted-Wost prDbs5ie che Tor
uer-pssse6 toward the 0Eh eide OF the ~ yn. Nooe
OF H.. Ru,siaIs appeared take the least no = Of
her sutfgrirr comrades So from t1as one nty rot
uritesorebly argue that they have got a. u-e'l %
Death ard IDistr! as ourselves. The only Incident
a
rAssses along the streets Of an officer evidently u
aich rank when they al instantly stood 70 their Ar.
sbJ beat their drums Wide be passed just s. the
French salute their Generals. Whoh- vas q course,
Iwsunabe ever 10 gu.ss but be certainly d. ola ed
G consdeIsb amour; Of courage and c01lnes- a. .
few minutes after | d n ri3iay from D.t ~ ~
bdtiery attended by FIVE s1 officers foot y. Ar
90 TIE walls On be south the OF large
builC ing, Which has. evidently ben blrnt Tns Il
tie hospital 10 which uGnv Of the Russiin wound
ID unfortunately perished Two three more bald
irc. resr tie dock srds are also bsckeDed by Ere a.
If ;hey bad been Quilted but the walls were 30
t.ick TO permit The eou5-e ration extending Most o.
III bouses 10 the Crimea-eVen pea aots cabDs-4re
tut 4 stone and Of extraordinary thickness FOE the
rurpose Of re-;stirg the tremendous gales which
weep this psrt Of the world 10 winter. SO much Tor
the aspect Of the town.
or he ea,thnork. round Sev,.topo II "a more dif-
fculi 20 speak with accuisy - Bumeroas are n zee
c,feIsts ia; Of them !; ~ impossible % goa :;
once near ard extensive yeW. AZ Far - can