Washington telegraph., 1856-01-02
What is The Crimea,

mans VINO were giants and ate mems nesh
aud from whom the much enduliep" Tvs
sos escaped with some difficulty The Gri
mea Is also known 70 tragedy as TauFis and
the custom Of sacrificing all strangers upor
its aitafs, which then prevailed, shows tLaI
Iron, from The earliest agos n. !, nc .,,o.taibs T..
mndei5 Il fa6 Agean. night aud storm and
eternal winter dwelt beyond that Euxine
sea which only few adventurous mariners
dared to penetrate Cimmoria there i,
meaning in that maine Il is only Crimca
in It's inll development Il was one Of the
halts Of the Caucasian tribes ia their frs,
Western migration The Tartar. tscy,ll:
iaus they were then sallod) drove Them out,
and on they went, these wandering Gimme.
rians They called themselves Cimbri
when they arrived in Europe.
A portion Of them in Wales. with fantas.
tic legends of the fall Of Troy in their ear.
ly and mythical history. are still known Ms
the Cimbfi but they are the parents Of an
the race Of the Cells. and now the invaders.
English. French, Scotch aud Irish. arr only
seeking their ancestral place aud making
themselves at home aflor a iolefably long
absence They have found there tie Old
Scyihan iribo who rejected them II be
sure their former eaqaer1r, have ut beon
in possession the whale time, nor w much
Of It Little more in fac; tbaa halI cen.
tury is il since they finally took it mo tleir
keeping. far aAer driving ont the Gimme.
rians, they (ihsse sfyihiau Tariafsl Wdrs
themselves expelled bat they hare come
back and gai the start of the original own.
crs. wlo nov. after heaF two thousand Years
have iasl returned to look after tie o'l
homestead
There IS another liule association wi,h
The Ctimea that 10 u Americans. j. inter.
csting One John Smith he join Saith
the adventurous captain Il Virginia was
also a warrior against the Turks or Tar.ars
He cut oH several Na.lem turbaas with
bead. inside of tbam, but was uHheli'y
captured and slld a 8 slave lie va car.
rird up tie Straits af ker..ch and MO ,h,
sea e Aaaf Somewhere in the Cfimaa or
lhgreabOlis n. captivity ceased Hckil'ai
BIZ master -e.si Biz har-c and eiuh-s and
ralo f1r dear l..g aud ihc nearest Russian
post. ai iha u.ma De- him. nearly synanrmols
ii.aa llc was kindly received. md passed
along from one Mueayiie station To oanalcr
back 90 friend aud civilization With cy.
cry Fcpa urE irrr'mf1, Of gratitude D..
came leinm iim which De- illy 81 haf-.l
through biz Luir. ali 1@irus Tor De- found.
ci Virginia Virginia, one dry, w.'h her
sister colonies became ihr United stair. ug
America. England ua. ni war viii France
and lar own fayotcl colonies. Tho l1uf
Of Bourbon aul thc house Guolph bad 10
leisure 10 look eastward In hct, th.rc was
not an "Flrrfn question a, all
Catherine %! kn,zil Fgrp,l in with her
arms, aai ghc Crimca wa hers. France
camc to tho rescue only too late. Engl,h
country gentlemen were TOO iull Of the MID.
dlc,cx election and The American war the
"uo.Popdry riots and the national debt TO
think much Of the schemes cr the CElrina.
Their Indian empire was jn.i beginning
and no Napoleon bad taught them tie value
Of the paschaik q Esp, to the Overland
route 20 the East The hll Of toe Crimca
was but the annexation 0f a barren Khaue'.
a reyol,ed State of Turkey The Austrian
Empire could hardly have taken nor, In.
tcrc., 10 the annexation of Texas than Eng.
land then did in the Crimcan transfer to
Russia The seeds u future calamity are
sown in silence The tempest /. forc,old
by a little cloud no bigger TINA a man's
band which comes out Of the sea but 20.
day the Crimca is the ccuter Of tho worlds
gaze. and what is now passing on H. soil
may be changing the whole visible current
Of affairs. Ncie Bedtod Mgca,B