Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-03-19
At Keotb. there are also some five or

At Keoth, there are also some FIVE or
six Russian vessels sunk, which are inclu-
ded in the contract, and in the harbor of
Sebatopol there are some 100000 worth
of chains and anchors, which the French
threw overheard from incapasity TO carry
them off. In addition TO the expedition
from this country, the Russian government
bind themselves to furnish from three-thou-
sand to five-thousand men, whose pay from
Mr.. Gowen, as usual in that country,
will not be more than twenty-five cents
per dav, they finding" themselves. Take
it altogether, it is the greatest contract,
submarine or otherwise, ever entered in
to, and it will be with pride and pleasure
that the countrymen of Mr.. Gowen and his
associates will hear of their entire success
in the undertaking. Mr.. G., as is well
known is self enterprising Yankee, who,
though comparatively young man, has
travelled in nearly every country upon the
globe.
Mr.. Gowen, who was at Sebastopol in
November last, gives us some interesting
particulars from that now famous city,
The Russian government are engaged in
rebuildingit Before the siege it was quite
a populous place, containing, it is supposed
about sixty thousand persons. When Mr..
Gowen was there, there were about six
thousand people in the place. Several
thousand laborers were then engaged upon
the work, and the number was to be large
Iy increased. The old city was famous for
its narrow streets, like Philadelphia. 1t is
also said that there are restrictions against
the erection of wooden buildings. The
forts about the city, according to the ex-
animation of Mr.. Gowen, are only about
half destroyed. Of the immensity of the
warlike materiel scattered with so much
proflsion about this celebrated spot, some
idea may be formed from the fact that the
Russians have already gathered over six
teen thousand tons of shot and shell, and
yet they are so thickly scattered around,
that it is impossible to tread without
touching them, There are, however, no
dead bodies to be seen, they having been
all carefully buried.
There was one spot visited by Mr.. G.,
of melancholy interest. 1t was deep ra-
vine, formerly crossed by bridge. Into
this rayine, the bodies of two thousand
Russians, French, and english, killed in one
of the more fatal battles had been placed
and covered with earth. A wooden cross
above has brief inscription, telling of the
slaughtered thousands thus rudely entomb
ed beneath.
The country between Moscow and Sc
bas,opol for eight hundred miles, Mr.. Cow
en- describes as level and quite luxuriant;
wheat in some places sells as cheap as
eight cents bushel, and hay dollar the
ton. The climate, at the time he was
there, was both beautiful and salubrious,
one of the best, he thinks, he ever visited.
In connection with his contract, Mr.. Cow
en- is entrusted with commission which
may result greatly to the benifit of this
country.
He has been requested by the Russian
government to bring with him specimens
Of our iron work, in the form of agrcultu-
raj implements, tools of various kinds, ma
chinery, &c. &c. Mr.. G. has given orders
for the manufacture of articles of various
kinds, in this city, New FORK, Albany, and
other places. So far as possible the Rus
sian government and the people prefer to
trade with this country in preference to
England, for their hatred of the English is
as intense rs ever,