Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-09
4 Visit to SebastOpOl.

An Omcer OF tue Drltlsn navy, VINO mas
just visited the battle ground of the
Crimea, thus writes to the ST. John On.
b. Daily Telegraph :
The town is almost deserted and in
ruins. Shot holes and dents are to be
seen in anything that remains standing
very little attempt has been made at re-
building; the place reminds one Of Pom
peii, nothing but stone walls and roohess
wrecks of houses.
Nothing whatever remains of the fine
docks they had here, their destruction
having been so complete as to leave very
little trace of them one would hardly
believe they extended so far as they did,
as the ground is grown over and looks
quite natural, as if it had never been dis
turbed. Of the old barracks and hospita /
the only portion standing are parts of the
wall at intervals, all telling tales of the
bombardment.
The Malakotf tower is situated on
hill behind the dockyard, commanding the
town and surrounding country. A portion
of the tower is still standing, aud inside is
the tomb of the Admiral who defended it,
The surrounding earthworks were blown
up, and the extent of them it is quite i'm
possible to Judge.
To the right is the Redan, where SO
many of our poor fellows fell. La front
/ is erected an obelisk to their memory
which is in very good state of repair
TO the left Of the Malakoff, and nearer
Inkerman, is the Mamelon, large earth
work commanding very good position
Going up the side of it picked up sever
al pieces of steel and parts of rife.
The next place visited was the battle
field of Inkerman, the two-gun battery and
the graveyards on the way. The grave
yards are in as good state of repair a
one could expect. Some of the walls hav,
been pulled or fallen down, and the natur
al consequence is they are filled with
sheep and cattle. Most of the monument.
that have been in the shape of cross o.
had a cross on them, have been defaced
We must put that down to Mahommedans
not Russians The obeisk erected at In
herman to the English, French aud Rus
slams is quite perfect. On the field wher,
the armies encamped are still to be seel
the remains of cooking utensils, broker
, bottles, etc, scattering about in all direc
, tions.
The two-gun battery which the Guard
held and where the hardest fighting tool
| place, still exists, and in very good order
On the slope leading to 1t, where the Rus
t slams came up in such force, [ picked u
, button. They were not buried in tn
, ground as one would suppose, but iyin
r quite on the surface, under small bushe.
1t is qnite a rare occurrence to pick any
thing of the kind up, as the inhabitant
, are constantly digging and looking fo
, , such relics to sell. The trenches roun
the town are very distinctly marked, on
can follow them for long way in som
\ places they have been filled up to form
road or crossing.
The officer visited the field at Balak
: lava, where occurred the famous dash {
| the six hundred. An obelsk marks th
l.. place, and a second obelisk and a sma
o graveyard tell where the many of the 81
$ hundred fell.
o The town of Balakava is small, an
V principally inhabited by Greeks. III
a harbor is quite land-locked, the smalle:
vessel could ride out the heaviest storm
i blow in what direction it would. 1t Wa
$ off the entrance that our vessels got S
4 much knocked about in the gale Of N
g vember, "a. The Russians are now g
ing to convert it into a military por
" which with very little defense could /
o made impregnabe, the entrance beir
v about two hundred yards wide with
;e sharp turn to the right directly after ente
= ing"