Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-05
Crimean RattIelieIds
From an old 0Bicer's Letter IN the Brit
4 ArDtQ and Naru Gazette.


From an old 0Bcers Letter IN the British
ArDty and Nary Gazette.
SebastopOl is in ruins; but here and
there houses of better description are
cropping up. There is a new admiralty.
ana q large new church, the latter on the
top ofthe ridge near the old ruined church
of st. Peter and Paul. 1t is built of Inker-
mann stone, and, with the new church Of
Vladimir and the great memorial editice
to the memory of those who fell in the
siege, situated on the north side of the
harDor, form three very conspicuous
White objects, seen from the deck of
the ships as one approaches SebastopOl.
Ihere is good fish market at day-
break each day, and the city has three
good hotels. The newest, or Grand. hotel
is very comfortable. There are plenty of
horses for riding and carriages for hire. so
one disposed to revisit the fields of his
early battles can easily do so, and without
either much trouble or expense. The
trenches are easily discerned by those
who have any knowledge of them. Bits
OF sole leather, heels of boots. buttons.
the tin inside of pouches, are about in
all directions, and innumerable pieces
of broken bottles. The monuments.
from long exposure to the weather.
are in many cases illegible. The
sites of camps are now great meadows
with falr crops. The windmill has its
root decayed and gone. Our roads are orr
greatest and grandest monuments. There
they are, unused and useless. as the Tar
tars never travel on macadamized roads
II tney can go on grass. The battlefield
OF lnkermann is now a forest of stunted
trees. Not even the road up to the re-
doubt is passable for a carriage, The
tWo-gun battery cannot be seen until YOU
are III 1t. The plains at Balaklava are
an Z ftr,f fS.@,,
with enormous fields OF corn, VINEYARDS
and orchards.
The town has some pleasant new houses.
recently built, and a good hotel. 1t is
recreation ground for those who like to
get away from the dust and dirt of Sebas-
topol. There has been a good deal of
property recovered from the wrecks in
the harbOr-mOney, wine, beer, etc.-and
hopes are entertained that some of the
t60,OOO in gold known to be i'm the Cap
taIn's cabin Of the Prince may vet
be recovered. / visited Alma then.
1t lies in solitary grandeur. The cattle
and sheep avoid the deadly slopes.
The few tombs covering the remains of
cOmpatrl0tS are ruinOus and neglected.
The monument over the officers of the
23d IS falling to pieces. This is to be
lamented, as it is a beautiful memorial of
white marble, and conspicuous for many
iiiAO9 40 yOu dpDIOdCH Jue DdIUefy W0efe
so many fell to rise no more. The field of
battle is not more than fifteen miles from
the north side of SebastOpOl, and the road.
though hilly in places, can easily be rot
over in two hours with three horses
abreast; cost twelve roubles, or twelve
shillings. At Yalta there is a splendid
hotel now-250 beds and fare very reas-
enable. There are also two other hotels.
The Edinburgh is a very large one. Pen-
ty of horses and carriages can be hired
for tours to any part of the peninsula.
A tourist would do we'll to take a gun of
some kind, as there are Eplenty of speci-
mems of birds of all kinds to be shot. A
large deer, of Persian origin, is wild
about the Tchatyr Dagh. One can fill a
basket with trout on the upper waters of
the Alma, Katchka and Bullock.