The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-22
INTERESTING FROM THE EAST.

tupendcus Ruins of Ancient Greet an
CMy-TNe Clsh.s oocc the seat OF a TOw-
eTfuL NatSOS-COlossai rolAbs of the Buried
klngs-DascOvefy OF Human Skeletons and
those OF Horne s-Hare Onjects Of Art-Tne
Saerifcial Aitar-Imlnense Extent of Ru-
ms.
Correspondence Of ,ne Boston Travslerl
BEIRUT, Nov. 80, 1856,
nearly year since gave your readers soms short
races inhAbng IL, and the ymologies OF
certain places 20 which tad given celebrity S,nOe
1en the am OF battle has ceseo and the murderous ar
lies which had poured from all pats of Europe
ke new Crusade have retired and small territory
pom which was ntenty dxsd gaze OF the civilized
torld Is last hnsDg into former inAignincance sna
bhvi0n me feats OF arms indeed enacted on ths' ou
,ure and distant Of Cars domain, will give an
se-ic Interest almoe equal shat Of the hood while
PAS rom tbs 'wi again oeo9ms one "a % "s n'''
An Overruling Providence, nawever on whicn nsns
II hu@sn hope, often eou,es Surprising eooa rem IN
reatest STANDARDIZATION, order, science ana reiglo
blowing even the blood stained Oh .rot oil Mars But
neither humanity q loser or gaiasr the departm ant
Biography and cthnology certain to be enlarged
yast amount of interesting Information beop ging t.
departments has Al eay oeen acc lred respectng
Crlmsa and the regions adjacent together with MIN
reia and Circassis AM s tr0es and languages, which
sure 70 be greatly increased by sue security which ths
realty OF peace gives 10 commerce aad travel
Hui history ik elf Is beoomne ecai'clsed by the war
acoveres having been maos ia consequence, metmes
y accident, and sometimes IN pursuance OF systemAti
eeArch which bring 10 nsot things sghty recorded
se passed nom the memory or men,
The Crimea, or Grim Tarlsry, was known by the
tents ~ the ChersoDesus Taurca. and Is peninsula
&c miles long by l26 woe projecting nto the Black Sea
the south, and Joined 10 Russia 0y narrow strip OF
and on the north Tue Sea OF Azof Ia its boundary
he east which Is connected with the Bl sck Sea by
he narrow Strait Of Taman or Jen!Kae % is sometimes
allied.
The Crimea contains only about 5000 square miles,
md consequently In territory about equal to the State
Connecticut The S,raI OF TamHn was called by the
pcents the CimmeriSn aosptDrus TO distinguish from
he Bosphorus uniting the Sea Of Msrmora and the Bs,k
Sea The Greeks gave the pane B1sphorus, Q, "what
Aaur
width which, after ell, gves but Q vague idea. The
Zimmerman, however, Is much the OF the two
he Russian forts on wnah could easily have destroyed
he British feet which pen into tho Sea Of AIof
,ad they who manned them had adequate ammunition
md coulp
The Oimmerian Bosphorus was the extreme limit Of
Srecian colonization 10 this direction and was once
he seat OF OF the most Jurisning Greek settle
nents. The Greeks ound the peninsula Inhabited by
! race called Clmeri, IRON whom comes the word
rimea, the name of their country. Greek colony
rom Eietus, In Asia Mioor the city whore Paul TOOK
ans n Of he 81 was
Of Kertch, which Is situated on the strait be-
tween the Black Sea and the Sea or Azo, and was .
place o; much Importance and notoriey during the
after part OF the war. The colony OF Cherson WAS
Abou: the time, lnkermsnn, whore
English blood Was poured 60 profusey History records
that the Cmmersns we're expelled, and succeeded oy
Me TAur savage and croe race, who offered hum A
sacrifices 70 their gods, cut their dwellings, Of
Scu s0IS he town Of Ker,b TSe scytSsut desceuSed
from the mountains OF raiset 10 Tartary and ia turn
quered the Taur But the Greek ooIonists had the
ma crossing over IN ioros oe ed the and
foun kingdom OF their own; and such the fer
ti,y OF the SOIL the sauoriy Of the climate, and the
a. 80, n,o.nar,sv I'd naca N ina o,.narv M A,hans
The CITY, which they butt the present site OF
nsne ~ and the ne being found "a erow
shs,s iuYu,sn,v the cooos,s Serv nstursIlv mined
she worship Of Baccnus with that OF Pan About nty
ho.s,, sor the r.s.on maj r.. S,nss Who Alan rusS
in Pontus. had been suboaeo b, the same notion. A.
u, 90 ~ ,Sam :,,oes,ns ,as. ,swsss. "a, "a s,ds -
h o.. ,harons h Az ,uccsaaed after sn,tncr ~,
ehe year 1850 when the Genoese sne aavsassron mer
ns pnU ~ ~ 49,, 49, called hv the Tar,s IN
Ia vho .eps IN turn by the Russians in
WV MeIo 49, $40 pnasmrhsd passss s,on NJ ,ha
80. a., "n Wv, ~ Ia,n ~sr
@r IN ~. su ~, ha uoop q pa,esu extending along
range 81 heights, ana needed no art to add to the
~ hs,sbts 40 extended view OF the sur
me ~ netn an" a ,os Goa of Crcsssa beyond
m, cops,oerap,, period the ROYAL sest OF the
Iso &c. sna once Inc rsedeooe ar Muhr,dstes
a. 800, A.. run. ~ b,co some re main IN very mar
ssc .ts "a ,noierte ia original opuence and pene or
-. -, s,,,k,n. ,asiurs, nbout Kertch winch o.
.,". ss ,s have onserved an, nj the verv alto Of
sn9. ror. old CIV are "a i'm mense tumuli or srt.
hciL mounds. somew %. lse those found 10 our or
~ ~. ss~a ,heS are ou.d for endless duration a,
% 80 ,c,o ssmrs,on roe,r ,,z ana m aSo, Ice a.
WI - W sn, Co, ,hs w..,h And noro- ar ,hs mao
s~a.e S od ,n.r ~ !. -. fon Ssl,oved nv ths
PIC VINO ereo'eo ne~ ~ s, ,h vu 49,, ~ ss
srecsa he remnns OF me snss aud rulers OF this
% VEL VIC "a % de,snea ~ n.rnsas,e maj M
80 ,a,,,sa ,h.t the ssrb "a A ped nj m
%ory so r , .,na .ue r ns,,od ~ vs.rs
s :. shsn ruI.d n, ,sisned Tbese Iavsrs have bean
S,s,c,,v 5000 recsrtv A n coatins of sea Wall or
sh".sosyy 80 0r,t Isd On p, MoPnersou An Eoelish
.r cornssa th,y,v OF these Isyers u . scsrp msde IN
80 ar ~. ,oounos .ob,rds of the way from the base
~ ,ranr sre m All d,menuous varying from ten 10
49, an.d.sd ssc, IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT aud nom i've 70
80 hnndrs6 ana nftv feet IN height
81, E.sc,~v anecmens of the hsbest (;recisu ar,
~ -. rrrd an ,bo.c sucn "a sculosures metals
~. rsSrscs, 400 1i.,s vc.seis remsytsbIe FOR
sS" $3.50 $500 enc. os tina rnost narfcci I'm
s~rse,. y,s,oe nth the skIl or tbe bost
N, sua AS ms u,posrs n hafing dsaoera
nouuh ~" ". 80. rrorna "a .xnio,In. onn N ,nas.
81 HsAy ~ IA m ssns. shs horss m a hor,e
hu,n n slssnn ana other remains were met with; AM
AnumAn 49, annI., .na h,o,ys oc,rs vc,.
=. i'ssas na, y..r she s,ane. Tnl, ana ,pmn
-. s. "a isySc mai Or Mcpnoson devoted two who'll,
sus wa W s,se "~' ~ NV ~ 'N'' w" Wv"
nv !. -. ..,or,sn,r, ,rorucrent, nj esy,v vss,t,
"a go, are found IN Nona ui,br,dstes Tho rhole Q
anu Powof efo ioun" "" s'.1" 1880 :