American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-08-23


The Isthmus Of Perskop which uhItes
tba CrIfnea 10 the main land. is so often
meationed in the aceJlnss ofethe soppesa /
tions Of the, allied troops in the East, that
the following particulars respecting iSoSlil
probably prove OF interests; 80
Tbe fsthmas Of Psrekop. called Ia She
Tartar language The .sGa,e Of Gahl is
situated between the Blask Se4kanl .sa,l "
trii Sea- aniiis feyersts tahs BY 9, $st.ejs
res xersts make 9Jniiles, 70 the wssa
extends the Gull OF Perskop, eb,sef o5.i
the side ofthe Csnsinena byrCsPs Seitsas,;lt.
and on the side OF the Grim q BY a prem.
ontory-of the sssme nsl1la as 5kssltEna -
Perekop is the capital Of the eittle OF that
name wisiciliouelleS Ike rirles6f 4hseka'
ki. Simpl,vropols pad EppaForiasg a0E'thr
easlthe coaagrygis insirn.ei 10y n sgreaV
number OF bays: and several streams. pue
of which is tie Salghir. water IL u,tFhe
climate is generally insdubrioas. fhe
towaaad fortress Of PervkoR are STUDIED
in tbsl isthmus. bsiween theGalf Of Sir
wascli, in the Sea Of AzoA, salia line,, Of
rampafis running f,om casts,to west. 2. A
tre1ehsof tweuty -fout zee, dep.is provided
with a drawotiig III 'erl cofei wish cut
stone on both 81 les.sruiis across The bh-
mus opposite the lpwn. The sfusipn o.
the townsis not a COOL oaesand the. house,
are poor inappeaauce, being covered viii
thatrh, and the streets tarfow and dirty
The great ar,ieIe is saIF, which Who'll ca |
avans coale q carry AWAY ipl he sSummyr
The inlabianis. ahoui Q 90 IN number
at mos. fsonle writer's snSFhd more that
SO are composed Of 4 tssiaus, Tariags
ArmenianS and Je@s. see3 ~ b :
TIE ciiaaei fmaflln1Tly Reertain;ionp9r
tance, but a few years ago The walls wer
allowed 10 iall lorun. LHely ,.consi leral
BILE repairs have been Affected in Tie build
ing, an other works haydbcen erected. =
Ablhree yersis distance from Peresqp, j
the village Of Atmdhskm Inhabited b.
Jews, Creeks; ana ArmeniOps, who carr
on a.consilerahle trade III ealtle of yariou
kiads, hut more partieuarly limbs.
was in 1886 that the RusSllus apprare
for The FIRST timv in the Ctimea Jude
the eommaHd oil General Munich, VIII,
had with'him 10000 men,. They founl
the Istbmus cml across by n trench 2
metres wiieand ID deep. an protected b,
wall 20 metres high. = All these work
were aanked by lowers. alll defenied b.
the fort Of Orsapu. Tile inirenelfment
were, however, carried by the Russians
and two days afcr the fortress surrendered
BHt it was not the bravery Of Tile Rlssiai
troops which thas achieved Tire etfJrane,
inlo the orimea, for tbpy IN reality sue
ceeded partly hy the tfea.bcry Of the Tar
tsrss and partly by the carclessness of ia,
workmen who ad been entrusted viii
the repairs Of the detonoe. Muuni,b wa
then able 10 devhstaie tl,e PeMnsula.as b.
pleased. The next year ,htrcwls aio'h
erattemptat invasion on the part af tll
Russians. but wi;houl success, as he wall
were then repaired, anil NE Khan com
manied in person AMI ben of the issai
ants. In f770 the Russians failed agaln
the fortress, but in the year after, 00,0c
men suceecdedi in seizing on the Isttmu
which the Russians have since held po
session of.