Smyrna times., 1856-06-25
WHOLE NO., 274.
The Ruined Fortress

deecr;Lo cSPondent ofthe London Ty0,es ,L,,.
ITtn the present aspect of Sevostonol '''"'
n.r'' t'0eS vi our presence will end,ro r
ble n.tn year Notwithstanding the nerisbo
Wv "@nufe OF the earthworks. ami oIi 81 'isiia-
~ u I'usSa and the physical forca - .Ie eher-
roo"i VIII be taskcd to the ufter,o,a. iIi cis-
eJ "'oPol can rise from the heaps Of DJioie
;ts 49, ana shattered walls which uo,,, No.
Iion :" SOlhe places our mission or daa,".
will - ao' complete, and presume tbo s(a'I-
mn H. t.',y any measures being taken fo LI,'
dock nm ,I,n winch line the quay of tho
Lly in;urnJ h. c' side; they are consider,-
as can ;n,1:o '.ic ana shot, but are not. as far
A. can Judge, rendered incapabIn of ', r" as lar
no iof the city proper, with some to, quar-
P'iohS' IL might be knocked do,,.n ,'.', u'cu
pm ana carted away as rubbish 'rI' WI"
"n'o" LOOK hrIn at distance. are soon ~ wills
man could overthrow. ""i'" strong
srectS UIoo'"t'on , and silence ofthc erass.orovn
1''ec'S' thc course Of which is ,a.taI Iowh
,;I pS oi Whlte stone in fragments or :; Tut ny
tha0 OoiiiuSediy on each other nc ,hr,, Do|NS'
ant,,'I "" uo"h by the shock of exnlos;n,,' VIE
n,a', "eoncy OF powder are apnaIlinm Onc
mI "%nTcr between these walls oF dokH INC
VII. iooA IKE rulnous trenches. far Lo,,s
r,,,,, ~; iieetIng soul or hcarnD even x.ua
falls cbatto.; Stohe disturbed by his tread
accnstomoL among the ruin, the STRANGER
tbis no,,, d. ~ the profound nOiselessnoss or
were in tha m:y :" Stafls as though Seyaslonol
h,'. ~ "e urcat Desertand untroddon b., ..a'l
Ou' himself All the roar of haIton;y W any
s.noNe' the shouting, the tramn nf r,of inc
stei" ne OF The trenches and Tho Iobars 'ne
1'sG nave died away, we cancot trnst c, " VIC
"uv =. iet US nope Tor many long wear 20 oa..''
- "o unciiahgeable, the blue sea snorII.
tho "I sunshine between the white Glrts 80
i neadihgs of the roadstead al S;
'Ie snhken fleet, which inst roara r.
'nISlheads lt,s above the water 'CIo La-I itS
.,, Pa 'nGIe' the Dockyard creek, the care r;oa'
ready once more to lend tbe1r tI',s
man ~, III 1G forming new SevastoDoJ "'o ~
81 Ac"erHaya still flows into the deon no..
U"n Ocar on Its bosom countless tonc ofFf."!'
o.o"e nom the quarries ofthe Inkcrm. ,,it;at-
NAV yoii al o "Ppearahce IneXhaustible, and which
ro,;;r1. nleU eTn'u'h new Sevastnpol. Lct t6o
tho Jsbr;" .e Una heaps Of human bones
the remaina t tsseu uniforms and equipments,
.ne remains OF the fierce strngrle WIFI n
III lhat ravlne still scattereI ovar ~ enueu '
Pfeach lesson TO whoever is ahon, =. S'ue,
the city again. Is ABOUT to build
AN engineer officer remarked tho o,lou
''"l ne never saw city which conid
80" l'cohstfncted The very rninoJ n,on
- ""u .he stones OF the houses could Lo
:" M up small Tavine which intarscct,
'"e Guy ana 10 form quays by the waterside
as 10 the sunken ships ibcre NO mar;a
opinions: Some say they are by this timn mt1
lery ruined Others contend that tbev nan I ~
weighed and rendered fit for service: bnt m" f'r %
NV NV 'ioS' part they are ONLY sailing vessels of
me oin ouid' short and tubby. have senn
l piece Cl teak cut out of one of them, which was
as a. perfectly sound and good as it was the first