New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-21
THE CRIMEA.
cC1nFNT-RUJNs OF sEvASTOPOL.

On the night Of March Il. a shocking accident oc-
cured on the slope above hadliko In the burning OF
some wooden huts occupied by men Oh the CouimiSsa
rat Works Corps. notwithstanding prompt ASSIST
spce sixteen me- persisted in the flames They were
doubtless suifccated by the smoke Their BODIES were
cbsrred past al chance OF recognition.
The correspondent of The London Times writing
from Sevsstopo OF date ga OF March, thus descioeS
the present condition Of that cIty
"For the last week army has been cuItlvatinS
its tastes for the drama, improving Its
with the Russians preparing tor active service neea
should be in the field and organizing the grand Sevss
topol Spring meeting, which will take place on Mon
dsy next by tie banks of the Cheaya, not very lar
distant from the OF the memorable charge OF tne
Light Cavalry Brigade on the 25th OF october, 1884,
TIE demolition OF pches and houses IN the Guy cen
sly and inc. SANITY that the south side will
soon be as desoate and runous as Ihebes or Palmyra
Every hour large trains of men pass by WITH beams OF
timber and panks their shoulders, which are tskeh
out of the remains OF the white ouiioing. haa nIe
l., en- raibed down from heaven the devoted city us
humiliation could not have been more complete Inc
stranger who hats to survey hom the ueighoofpg
nights, deceived by the whltewashed ana piastered
walls of the houses, might think that Seva-topoi was
Till a CITY: but when be walked through It's grass
grown deserted streets formed by endless rows of walls
alone of roofess shells of houses, in which not one
mosel oftimber be SEEM from threshod 10 caves
when be bebolds great yawning crateis nan ned VIZ
mounds Of cut stone, heaped toeetoer N nreguIaf
masses when he gazes umuli OF dlslDtegrated ma
sopry once formidable forts, now shaken, as II Uere
into dust aad powder; when he stumoies over
the fragments OF imperial edices, to peer down INTO
the or, at gulf. choked with rubbish when now marx
tie Site OF the grand docks Of the Queen OF the Eux-
inc and beholds the rOtting masts and bulls OF the
sunken navy which was nuItured there; when ne 0o-
serves that what the wrath OF the enemy mas sparei
fast cIumbing away beaeath the hres Oh ies hiehls
and that the churches where they worshipped, the
tLeaters the public monuments are specially selected
for the practice of the Russian gunners thoughthey
were emulous of running race In destruction with tue
allied srmes-he will doubt come 10 the concluslo1
that the history of the world affords no such authentic
instance of the humiliation of great city. 1t Is hsId
10 believe that the site ever be made available ol
the erection of hous. the construction OF docks Dat
am by no means certain that the immense resources
in the command of manual labor POSSESSES by the Goy
eminent of Russia of which this very struggle bas al
forded US all such striking proofs III the Quarantine
Battery, the Bastion Centrale the Baston dn Mat,
the kedap, the Memelon and the Msakoff, may
not be available in time to clear away these
palaces, churches, forts, arsenals, and docks,
as before. To prevent any successful attempt
to use the old materials in the docks our engineers
are now buy in destroying the coping stones OF ante
end tine larger mass Of stones in the masonry; but IN
the Ipkeman rayines there are neXhaustlDle supplies
of material which can be foated by the Chernaya
into the waters Of the harbOr with very little trouble
TIE immense quantities OF cut stone lying IN pues at
the upper end of the habor shows that the Allies ln
terrypted the Russians III the development OF tue
splendid architectural plans which 1t was the ambition
Of emperors to accomplish and which had engaged the
eyeIy thought ard energy Of the Muscoyite governors
of the Crmes The shells of princely mansions which
remained on the French side of the town. have been
battered to atoms by the Russian batteries on the north
eide the Heater has been demolished and the beaut
full church Of st. Peter aud st. Paul laid in ruins by
the same impacsble foe and they have directed par
tculsr golleys of round shot and shell on q monu'
ment to one of their naval heroes, which
stands in front Of beautiful little Kiosk IN
the midst of a garden to which there was
fine approach from the place behind Fort Nicholas by
handsome flight ofsteps now knocked to pieces. ga
a quadrateral pedestal of some preIensions support
ing entablatuIts with alegorical devices and oIna
tnted at the summit by a PaPgts, were inscribed,
when irst raw it, the name of kazarshl, and tue
dates le29 and 1884, with an ntmation that the mon
umeL was erected to posterity in his honor Most oil
the Letters have been stolen or knocked away now,
and Lad not the FIRE from the north ceased the pedes-
tai itself would have disappeared Ike WISE The
French garrison somewhat harrassed by the incessant
fire ON the town, which, however, did them or US out
little mischief have constructed out of the debris OF
the houses very real quarter inside the walls, which
is altogether new, and presents very strange ap-
pesrapce from It's contrast the ruins around 1t. Inc
tuis of which il is composed consist OF wood, and are
ranged in regular rows with the usual street nomen
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