Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-10

The old historic fortress town ~ 's
Crnean peninsula appears io hed'rIl
shortly b suffer another fail. 1h.st
il is the yonug ana budding conner.
which OF late years has .e1t h.e ..I
movement 20 her wharv,s as..siDl q. r-
build and repeOple her streets. 1921. ...
tracted 10 her cOmmOdious hul...
harbor the hogs OIL al tie mautm. at.
,ions OF Europe, which Is aboIttD depart
from her. and leave SebtstoU u
regain the military and naval glory
81 which Che Was 80 u1ey irr.
thrty.three years ago. 49, .e
NO,lc l'rcmyq, writing go f.s
subject sententiously remarks. "t..
merce does not fraternize viii Rar f..
flourish under the mouth oil "a csnlD.
At the tame when the coustgucll- ..
,he LozOD Sabas,opOl railway s.....
was under tie consideration 0i f.r
periai Council tine question Wa f.....,.
cussed whether Seba-top0. llo.l.
come exclusively a military rDH. .. ..
the same time port oi coaM ...
AT that tIme.' remarks thr t.
Ty,mV0, ono one dr,amt OF tI. rr...
structi0n Of the Black-Sea fleet. eae.. ..
a remote possibility IN 'he unc'r'a.
ture.' II vas tins future unc,r
which at that epoch decided thc Do....
ment upon making Sehastop0l "a fo.
expectation. mt as such the place
"a certain degree prospered nar' ..
ring recent years. 10 Is imr,
however TO create great comu,.c..
centres at Will Sebast0p0l s -t.a,
at least "a hundred versts from tle ',..
regions of the lauuda. whence a,r et....
industries arc drawn. IL should a.-. ..
remembered that SehastouO. Las lr,.f
really possessed a class oi trst-ea-. I..-
chants, properly 30 called. oll t.0,s
commercial agents VINO have of a.e
years established themselves There .r. ..
mostexcusiyely 0ccupiedluih.sl.I H,4-
of gram They are chiefly rnrr.A..
tiyts If large Jewish houses in tl..t'.
and France. or morc particularly I
London and Paris. These agent lt.
never hil from themselvc- or theu
cipais the fact that their estau.e Iu...
at oebastopol was dependent or t-r l...
porary permission of toe Lat..
military powers which have 'I...
controlled the piac,, and 70 u.s. tfIf
c,ason that despite the immense prof..
realized OF late years IN tne rra.a ,..
port trade OF Sehasioro'. thee. r.r
chants aud agents have never om .lr
"a roubie 40 the erection OF magazine ..
stores, but have hired the Cos
granarics aud magazines az h..".
their grain awaiting shipment to aDcla..
late temporarily on the op,u Waar.
and protected It a. best they might ho.
the elements. Their economy auI
dent foresight appear b have been
grounded IN the result Sow % app
the Government, acting upon tAe nI'...
IF the naval and military admiw5f4
.ions. have decided 90 exclude al lar..
time commerce nom the south ia
which ~ future Will be reserved Co. OH.
imperial navy. TINS exclusion is edr'.-
lent 10 IA suspension II the ceresI o..
ports from ocbsstopoL The uautr.
commerce II SebastOpoi Will CERTAIN
be- transferred 70 IhcOtosia by coa.f
which Is only lour hours sail further
eastward This transfer viii no doubt
U- thrAAf hs.Al Ah ltiAAf NAANf I'd I.ttHilf's
ancient kaha, at one time notorious a-
the greatest slave market between t0.
rope and Asia, possesses natural alFal-
tages highly induciye 10 is future emil
hence as Black Sea port OF the la
rida. 1t will bee necessary only 10 coa-
stuct branch line of railway from
Diankoi, on the Lozoif Sebastopol ~.
tenn 10 Theodosa. distance of DID
yersts but As Djankoi is only distant
80 ycrsts from Sebastopol, It vii O.
seen that the new port Of Iheodosia VII
be reached from the interior With .
saving Of forty-nine versts OF mu1ay
transit. Besides this advantage IheY
dOsla itself Il siuated III the most fertile
region of the peninsula, rich m export
products Of many kinds. A good ri
connects Theodosia with kertch. a a.,-
lance Of only ninety versts, or ah.u,
sixty English miles, and with the trans
fer OF the commerce Of Sebastopol to tIe
former port there will be every incentive
20 the rapid connection Of lheodosa AMI
Kertch by rail A glance at the map
will convince any one that under tl'sn
circumstances Theodosia is destined 20
become il future Il hourishing iudastrf.
centre.