Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 26, 1877, Page 1

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Very favarabla terms to the right paily, Appiyto LENRY WOOD, Room 12, No. 83 Madlson-st. “FOR RENT, Tho Commodious Btore snd Baso- ment, Nos, 130 and 132 Wabash-0v., ono door 'south of Madison-st., for wholosale buafinu%u. Apply to . B. RS, Lsw Booksollor, 08 Washington-st. To Rent. gb- !‘Elfll 24 flonr?lura Salegroom i nilide et S S el s o far.any 0 14 (.3 auttal i r‘l"-cl-n- unineas. 20 nm] 20, 128 Letailerats . DOCK For Ront, with two wator fronts snd railroad connection, on South Branch, near Sixtoenth-st. R. 8. & W. G, McCORMIOK, 166 LaSalle-st. FOR RENT, Tha corner offices on necond floor in Reaper Block, now Dccn‘lled by Dr. Kennlcott. Also, other good rooms in same bullding and in McCor- mick filock, _Apply at Room 0 Resper Block. TO LET. Ofices in the Major Block, heated by steam, and afrst-clasa elevator in the bll“dmli. MEAD & COR, 155 LaSalle-st. TROPOSALS. "PROPOSALS il Sl G, Transporiatior: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Orrioxor Inisx Arrains, ARIINGTON, March 30, It Bealed proposals, indorsed '* Proposals for Beef, Floar, Clothing, Transportation, " &, (a4 the case may ba),and directed to the Commlisioner of Indlen Affsirs, No. 40 Yeonard strect, Now York, will be recolved until 33 m. of Tueaday, May 8, 1877, for furnishing the following supplies, goods, and transportation, requirad for the la- disa Bervieo for sho facal year cnding Juno 20, 18781 u Egunlhnbml.u!':u?g'»’nnm!nr.m ar. 04, 500 Hard tiread.. 879, 4(X) u, 2404 s DIY GOUDS, HARDWARE, NUTIONS, AND MED- ICAL BUPPLIES. : i ALBO Trenaportation for such of the sbove aupplies as may 2ot be contracted Lo be dellyersd at tha savers! Indian Behy of all mévfldln aired e Touwan e V74 i Tl YTence, gg:m:.‘:g."nx'i'nm-u';'u. A s."gé sr5 ouiy Sitheyenmar S LOAToR TS bomtplistuner. Hith e BUSINESS OHANOCES, THE SINGERLY Jom, NERSROE Rk DRINEES AvD Bltunte ut Nos. 'lf#:l :. Thirdeav.,y Plitse SALE!L ity Who erected bulldlngs fur ‘the especial purpose for 'E?;? presa 'i:‘:ilfn"g“}u"a?“‘u o p:x:nu:n::oflar HSom Contalis s steam-e : o8s Taylor press, dauble cylinder, siza of bed Clllln e Taglor ‘singls cylincer, slze of bed 30: Eoebrids: 4 one AllEsl0r prese, togethor it B buifine, stenin-le¥ator, eicss all in Campl 1 nidg order: 'whils in the com; fsto et vy sk oriert whtielthe cotspol-room e boL o wasble mml'u.nonu. R T ChOEs RN JOD RXpS SRR e L thagtaph Department hsa same 230 blue snd v doutfelaced slones, varyiag in stae from 10512 H!& the most of which contala valuable cograve 83 Toady for use. 1l hssone steain LLhographic:press, :"flnn‘u;l: pases, B Baaborn cutilog-machioe, and & Frobosais ure herevy {nvited for the whola or any part o ihe eat ument, mach! stones or Axs it of withoit the v S, Bl - AL WIN LALE, E DY Jonx D. Bairey. Auctioneer. SANDS HOUSE, Cor, Wahash-av, and Madison-st., 038 Mock from A.T. Siewart & Co.’s Dry Goods House, 304 MoVicker's Theatre. '$2.00 PER DAY. Row }loune'—meg‘l:l‘ui ::nhhed. Aldine Square Houses for sale or rout. Apply to U P. Smit, at Boom 23 Postland Block, between 12 8nd 1 o'clock : ::- 4nd at Ko, 17 Aldine-square after 3 o'clock GRATES AND MANTELS. F. H.PROBOSCO & CO.. NO. - %68 STATEST. R uDe - Lo found ’ CHICAGO, THURSDAY, APRIL AD-V A_NCING . Litterol diatrict of Kherzon and the Frovinces of: Taurids and Crimes In a state of slege. MONTENEGRO, Coxstaxvrnorsr, April £6.—The Turkish pa. ‘| pern ntatn that Sulelman Pasha hsa paseed through ICE CREAM AND WATER ICES, ICE CREAM AND Fifty Thousand Russians Now | the bags detlo fter repuising the Mostenogrine, and fa now marching to Nicales. W ATER IGES. on Roumanian Ter- REPORTED SKIRMIBING; CoxsrarmixorLE, April 26.—Skirmiahing fa re-. ported near Kara, And Kars is pear the eastemm end of Aslatic Tutkey. ! PRINCE RICTIOLAS. Loxpox, April 25,—Prines Kicholss, of Monte- :A‘egro, snd staf have gone tothe Albanian fron~ er., . AT CONSTANTINOPLE. TURKRY'S PROTEST. The underatened take plessre [n announcing to the ritory. \;lll:::l:!‘v( Chlesgo that they have opened an estabiishi- No. 50 Madison-st., Tetween Wabssh-av. and Stste-st., for the manuface tnre snd anle of Tee Cream and lcen: ‘The quality of the cream wilt te much better thsn fs ro Cream, with na uanrily so1d in this clty. m, with ¥ NO BXTRACTS o anar VR B nd f RkD, Fouronure tnaLaLrint wifl prove ltatupsriority. 7 The Czar's Legions also Cross the Frontier of Asiatic Turkey. For iho present the prices will be s follows: ConsrANTINGPL e 2, April 25.—Safvet I in o 35 Gante: rurkish Troops Destroying | oY o the mnifeato of the Crar, has soat a long 2 Quarta .'86 Conta. P circalar dlepatch to tho Great Powors. It protests 4 Quarts or more, per Quart 36 Cents. the Railroads in against the declaration of war, polnting ont the ef- When In pyramids orotherwise than in plata esnx, five centa pef nuart additional, From_thess prices 1L will Do seen that fce Crenn and Ices (of any af the varloud 1470r3) can he Uised 48 & chesp and refreshing deasert in Fal arfangoments can be r:ade fof supolying Church_ Fairs, Strawberry Festivals, Picnies, and Excursions, SPECIAL RATES 70 HIOTELS AND THE RETAIL TRADE. Gmdu’\fiivrdul far stated daysin the week will be attended {o without the trouble of calting. Ico Cream dellvered In l?nlfi. of the eity, from One Quart to Jlandreds of Gallona. Pariicalsr attention pald toorders{rom adfscenttawns, J, W. RRAFFT & CO.. 50 Madison-st.. bet. WWabssh-av, and Biate-st. Chicago. Aprll, 1677, GENERAL NOTIOES. Great Western Railway. forts of Turkey to improve the poaitionof the Christians and satisfy the demand of the Powers, In the nbsence, therefors, of any provocation on the part of Tukey, Safret Pasha declares the Portels ata loss 1o understand Rursia's aitack, and consequentlly sppeals tothe Treaty of Paris and medlation of the guarantecing Powers, DON'T WANT FROTRCTION. Constantixorir, April 25, —in the Chamber of Deputies to-dny, sevoral Christian members protested against Ituesia’s mseertion that sho de- clared war for the protection of the Chrlstians In ‘Turkey, Thoy declarsd they did not deslre tho protection of Rusala. Christians wero roady to take pact {n defense of the countey. — IN LONDON. TRESS COMMENTS ON THE MAXIPESTO, Loxpos, April 25, —The press unanimonaly con- demn the Russlsn manifesto, Even the News, which {s most favorable to Russla, says: ‘‘We Roumania. The Tarks 8trongly Fortifying Rust~ chuk, on the Bank of the Danube, A Russlan Detachment Captures an Important Position on the Sereth. Prospect of an Early En- gagement at This fi-&ffifl "ulm t bave to deal with Rnssla, in whose policy better % » od by th . Point. or worso motives mingle. Unfortunately the ac- o 5«";-? who :Q‘%';':”E'c“«:flwxfie': e rebunp: Hon of the Briish Goremnment ha tendod o drve tion of passcnger trafic, any now gl back the noblor Influences and foster A more Ig- i tant, th - i o e R doinor ApeiTariant e s soble snd self-seckingons. Tho salitary sction of Comments of the London Press on the Czar's Manifesto. Tussia will slmost necessarily be the actlon pri- marily for usalan Jntorests, The best hope of the Turkish Christ!ans is a poor one of transfer- ance from Turkish to Ruasisn despotiam. ™ THE TIMBS. Tho Times says: **Russia has hastened tostop all furthier negotiattons, and to act as if she alono had anintereat In the tranquiliization of Turkey. Thas she Lias forfeited any right to speak in tho name of Entope, nor haa sha given the Powers tho sasur- ances they have right to expoct, Nothing is sald in the pame etraln s in the Livadia declarationa that Russia had no annexationist objects. 1t wonld danbtless be tash to fnfer from this that the Czar purposely leaves open the poesl. bilitles of anncxzation. 1lfs words st Livadia are as binding a plodge ss he conld havomade in hls manifesto, and wo may presame he would moreover be restrained by obnoxlous overwhelm- ing motives of prudence. Stlll, the omission of assurances sgainst annexation from the manifesto F. BROUGHTON, Genoral Manager, Hamilton, QrxxwAT, OrFICRS, STANILTON, Aprii20, 1877, T0 GAS CONSUMERS. 0ftee of Chicago Gas Light and Coke Co. Porsons using gas in tho North and South Divisions who intend moving on Moy 1, will pleass send notico to tho ofilce of this Com- pany, 78 Dearborn-st, JAS, XK. BURTIB, Seo. 0fce of {he County Treasarer and Conaty Colleet- or, Cook Comnty, Nllinols, Much Excitement Caused by Mar- shal Von Moltke's Speech of Tuesday. A 1iint to Franco that Her Mili- tary Movements Are Obe soerved. Brief Account of Former Wars Between Griorco. Apil, 22, 1877.—1 would respecstully re- the Turk and Muscovite. ia 0 grave crror. The Czar’s manifeato and Prince mind all pariifs wio ‘have'not et paid telr porsonal: Gortachakoft's circalar aze dirappolnting n thelr B PGy 1% ‘Pirsiancs o tha. Tlov i roticenco, and botray a hastiness of sction which harsapminicds, number, of Duoaties THE ARMIES. avitcs sovera condemastion. : oL Iriher pADenAe ta themactvcs, AR & Very ud- A FAINT 1IOPE. Several other English and French papers com- tes. Wtach duiy iy D‘;‘P,fll i [UCK, County Collector. BUSINESS OARRDS. Chicago Roofing Go, No. 19?»__1_:_:1Salle t. FELTAND GRAVEL ROOFING. ~ D, W.0. GOODING, Pres. A. M. RICHARDBON, 8oc. asd Troas. e e e STOVES AND RANGES, GREATBARGAINS Stoves, Ranges, AND HOUSEKEEPING GOODS, To clone business. Nuat b suid betoro My 1. : »y. e lono bumbog. 1igeh RS} S0 State-nt. Loxpow, April 25,—~A Vienna dispaich enyaitis reported that contracts made by the Rusalans In Roumania do not indicate any Intention on tha part of Russia to send the whole army jmmediately to the Danube, but show that it ia posallile that an opportunity for negotiations between Rusaia's first overt actin crossing the Pruth and berdnal attompt to force tho passage of the Danubs will bo given tho Turks, - THB RUSSIAX ADVANCE, A tetegrom from Constantinople says tho Roa- slans have ceossod the frontier of Asiatic Turkey ot Aloxandrople on the road toKars, ~ No hopo {a entertalned in Constantinople that mediation of the Powers can ba anccesaful at tho prosont stage, 3 THB 0OCUPATION OF ROUMANIA. Bucmanrst, Apeil 25,—Yesterday 16,000 Ruas- slans occoplod ihe rallway bridgs arBarboschi. Up to yoaterday evening 50,000 Russlsns had cn tered Roumanian territory, The Ronmanian army has retired from tho Danube into the inte- rlor, whers it is divided Into two corps,—ono at Bucharest and the other at Krajova. The Inhabllants on both banks of the Danube aro fleelng on mnsao into the Interlor of Ronmanta. As p00n a8 the Nusalans arrived at Barboschi the Toumanian troope retired, Two Dritish gunboata have entered tho Danube, One {a anchored off Galatz. THE TURKS ABE LEAVING WIDDIN in great biasts n she direction of Dobrudscha, whero thoy appesr to expect the vrincipal Ruesian at- tack, The Russisn headquarters will be transferred to Jassy in a few doys. It is rumorcd that the Bultan will review tho Armyof the Danube, Ile has scnt a dispatchtothe Commander-1n-Chicf, with orders that It be read to the troope, . THS MONTENEGRINS ADVANCING, CoNBTANTINOPLE, - April 26, —A dispatch from Catarro anniounces that the Montenegrin forces are advaucing toward the frontier of Albania, The Miridites, foaring that they wnight besur- rounded, absadoned thelr positions, which were occupled by tho Turks ou Sunday, 3 HOBIITAL YOND, Moscow, April 25, —After the promuigation of tho Czar's manifesto, the municipality voted funde ment on the omiasion of any sasurances npainst annezation. TUR BTANDARD conaidera the omlssion a most etriking and -omin- ons clrcumstance which will cause and justify the darkest forobodings. It considers that the at. tempta of the manifesto to Lkrow 1he responsidility i of the war upon Turkey is beneath notice, nad | eaye: **Never wos there s more unfortunato Fepecimen of imperial loglo." TIR DAILY TELEGRAPI mys: '*We have beon tricked snd duped by [ Tartar diplomacy, but in policy and action wo shall " not bo so casy dealt with, for wo' shall now have I* for a singlo considorativi natlonal fntercats, The nation walts unanimously (0 support whatever measurs the Government may judge necoasary to guard those Interests, " TOE rosT says: **The condaceo! the' despotlo snd over- ‘bearing Empiro will be rescnted by every free peo- ple. Forourselves, wo may safely afilrm that wo shall not look on patiently while the Consacks tramplo down the Turkish constitution and bar our own rosd to the East." ORDERED TO NBPORT. The Post publishen the following prominently: 4+Wo hear that the Dritlsh officers on leave have boen requeated to join their reglmonts,* Tha Post, in its leador, says there was o Cablnet councl] yesterday, and anotber will bo held to- day. This lselgnificant of anxlons dlacussion ond welghty doterminstions, The subject of discus- slon is probably a reply to Prince Gortachakofls clircolar. MARDWARE, &c. PRIEIE. ookl o A PRSP THE CLOSING-OUT BALE OF Hardware and Upholsterers™ Stock, ALSO FIXTURBES, J, L. WAYNE & SON, 7*6: 70 Randolph-st. INCIDENTAL., TIE TRIFARTITH ALLIANCE, Brnw, Aprtl 25.—The North German Gasette saya the frm basis of alllance of the tbree Em- perors for tho peace of the Continent is not shaken evennow. 1t will now bave to atand the real test of tocallzing the conflict which might otherwise sssume the charactor of 8 goncral war, IMPERIAL CONTRILUTION, A Vienna special states that the Kusslan Jmpetlal family bave given 40,000,000 roublea from tholr private porse for the expenses of wa WILL WAIT AWIILE, A Berlin dispatch reports that the Powers will 1ANGE. Progerty 0 RAcangs, 150,000 oquity in fine, centraliy-located Offce | to provide 1,000 beds for the wounded and an ad- robably make no attempt st mediation until one {1;5‘"’? l,;m'jfl';:"",f;”fg,',',";,;;‘\,}:,';{ ko Sicar proner” | gitlonal militon of¥onbles for hospital spplisncea. | or two serious engagements have beea fought on {riis efl:.cllu“'{n .['?. BrEE TG, west e, weil | Thoy subscquoatly appolnted s special commiltce | tho Danube. 1t is cortain Germany whl take a to draw up sn addross to the Czar. Solemu acrvice vas held in a1l tho churches of tho city, WIIDGN SEIZRD, Loupox, April 26-5 8. m,~A Bucharest corre. spundeat aays & telogram from tho Austrian Consul announces ibat, 12,000 Iuvalans bave occuplod Galatsand Bralls, socurlng an Important rallway The Turks are throwing up vaat carth- ¢t Rustchuk, There aro two lines of do- feuces and an Intrenched camp before the town, TURKISK IBON-CLADS ON TIE DANUBE, A dispatch from Constaatinopa announces five ‘Turkish fron-clads are in the Danuba, 1tie reportod that a slight engagement hss oce curred in Armonia, A Vlenua corrcepondent says & fight is imminent noar Darboachi for the ratlway bridge over tha River Bereth. The Turks uuaccountably missed the op- portunity of forsetalliug the Russians In solaing tho bridge, and the Russlans sre uow prepared tu defend Jt. Threa Turkish guuboats eutered the river to deatroy the brnidge. Yy (50700 ina tari, closs o city, wel stacked, clear cits I!ru;\ef'y. NOIWTI DRARBORN-ST, About $8,0M equlty fo s plece of unimpraved prope Wi taka & cleat hous: S0 by 18 3 Qusii Testlenco and sbout 1 acbi;. \{ \\:).’n'l.l;\bd.c \\2:; tako anythings owuer cen's eumbrance easy, . TTERSON, ORTGAGE LOANS. Walter H, Mattocks, Room J, 40 Dearborn-st, MONEY toLOAN By JOSIAH [, REED, No. 20 Nassag-al, N, Y, In amounts as required, on IMPROVED CHICAGO FROPEUTY, 8t DESTIATE. 1y siended to Mt T HERLDUR, 78 londulpheat. ‘moro active part than heretofore in any new nego. tiations. TUE NEUTRALS, Bucnanest, April £3.—The Danube Commission, composcd of delegstes from the slx Great Vowers, will muets at Onlotz May 7. They will attempt to accure a solemn engagement of both contestsnts 1o religlously respect neatral pavigation. and sleo works In progress for the improvement of the navi- gatlon of the Lower Danubo, UNSUCOBSSPUI. Viexna, April 5.—~Tho Political Correspond- ence's ppecial from Conatantinople states that the Porto's reqnost for modistion of the Fowers have been completely unsuccessful, NO ANNNXATION. Vizxxa, Aptll 25, ~Tho Czar has sent the Em- peror of Austria au antogrsph letler repesting the sssuranco that Jtussla wishes for no annexstivu. POWDER CONTIGACT, PorrLann, April 24.--Tha Powder Nills Com- pany hero Lavo nesrly completed n contract for e G R LI The Mussians will continue to cross the Pruth by | g5, hof der. EDWARD. L. BREWSTER, fouz pontoon bridges for the uext fow dsys. 0000 werhor poNde - ¢ 101 Washington-st., AUBTLIA. GERMANY. . flf‘d'f‘g‘“b‘;“fl“"!nml\h PAPER, - LUCAL The oplnion {n mllitary circles in Vieana is that YON MOLTKE'S BI'RECIH. N Austzls will occupy Bosals ju the second week of 3May with two divisions of lier army. TUNKS CXOBSING TIIB DANUDY, UANG on frst-clasa Collatersls negotiated st Low Rates of interest. 7 AND 7 12 PER CENT, LoxpoX, April 25,~A majority of the Parls pa vers, particularly tho Jepudliqus Francaise, e press tho opinlou that Oon. Von Moltke's decl Ve are prepared to make loans on fmproved hustnoss Visxwa, April 25, —The Turks crossed tho Dan- | ¢,00 4y, tho G Parliament yestorday w ot of , 000 upword st 7 per ceat. jons lu the German ent yestorday were n T\’-‘é'?.'.i’lfi.‘x?&‘mn! B T eny 1o sume of | ube o-day ab seversl polnte, sud sont oub AYING | yniended as hostllo to Krance, 43,0004 upward ub 74 fer o corps tu dustroy railways boiore the advance of the | 4 ypecial from lerlin saye; Von Moltke's specch TURNEI & BOND, U niogton-st., Chicseo. | Kugefans, : Alex. 8, Porter, 27 Siate-st,, Lostun, Essters attracts 8¢ much attontion as the Rusaisy Correspondet. The Urand Duke Michael has chosen Erlvan 88 | ponisceto, sad It le geerally . asenmed the headquarters of the Caucaslan army, A war | ¢pot von Moltke fjutended to tell the BANKING BOUSE of LAZAROS SILVERMAN Chamber of Commerce, Chicago, Masmoney talosa on Resl Estgte, Froduce end Fro- vislon, Cily sad County Urlere, and Mercantile Paper, sud 1o sclling Eaciange ou all counsrica. wanifesto bas been pubtished Shore, ASIATIO TUBKEY, 1t ls sanounced from Tiflis tuat the Russtan Cag. caslan ariny has commeuced vperstions to-day by warching o two columps towards Krzeroum snd Batoum, French that Germiny Is watching their arma. mente; thatshe la scquainted with the pecullar disposition of thele troups; that ahs caunot con- celve thelr Immense military cfforta to alm st anytbing olee save revengo at the first Biklug op- portanity, and warniog ber that Germany will not aliow her ta proft by Oriental troables fur the pos- sible purssit of herantl-Teutonic plans.™ LY, April 25, —The t'wste regurds Von Muoltke's specch as a pacific demonatration, becauso 1t showed the groundlessness of tho French appre- f an sttack from Gerwapy, and Ueree GAS FIXTURLS, Gas Fixtures Ketatied at Wholessly Prices at GAIR'S GAS FIXTURE MANUFACTORY, 07 and 69 AWAITING RVENTS. A Vienoa correspoudent says the Toumsnlan troops have evacusted Kalsfut, Thls backward 1wovement socins to indicato shat thors is no faten- tlon ta make, at any rate for the present, conmion causo with the Russians, but, on the contrary, all the louwanian forces are bolng collected 10 act W0} rdent deslre for peace, tho limit to which ) sccordiog ta clrcumatances. was ooly where tha safely of Qermauy came lu sen I TLCAL INSEBUMBNES: i BEBYVIA: question. Gen. Von Moltke bas choscu the right DIANABNSE, OPTICIAN, Tribune Bullding. Bxromips, April 25, —The Bervian Government | moment for making the declaration, when 1§ is yestorday roceived the Czal aulfcato. possiblo to dissipats dlstrust by mutusl amicable Volunteer oficers are leavini to-day for Gladova on the Govornment stcamer, The second class of tho Timok corps snd beavy artillery bave been ordered to ba ready. The Porte bas sekod Servis for & permit for cxplanations, 3 FRENCH OFIXION. Pants, April 25, —The leading cvening journals sndthe Zanps, Dedals, and MonMeur Unlversalie consider the only object of Von Moltku's specch fied Lo all slghi 1enth a oIR8 Spectacier e o B et SAca- | Turkuh troops Lo traverss Servian tersitory in | was to Induce 20 Relchstag to vote the desleed scones, Barometere &6 order to cross the Dannbe between Gladors and | grant.. Lonpox, Aprl) 25.~A Parls dispatch says Yon Moltke's specch cogsed » gloomy feellng tbero, notwithstandiug the tranquilizing sssursnces of tha Fronch papers. . I NEW YORK. | Naw Youx, Apri125.—~German bankers s0d oth- 22 s0ld gold bose to-day ea tho thoory that the Radojevatz. The Scrvian Government replicd that sizics meusrslity would be otesrved usless the Tuzks violsted or crossed the Besviag fron- ter. WANTED. WANTED. Shocmakers—thirty good pegzed workmen; will be furaiacd sscady -wkumufi_xfii Foshnon: Soruss Lako aad Fraukiiacals, I7ATE OF §120K. 51, PaTamsnvua; April 25, —An Imperial order wia promulgaled to-day doclanag Bessarabls ibe 26, 1877, speech of Von Moltk. ¢ *poropriation aaked for. . T Made to secare (he MUSBCOVITE AI.VD TURK, ™me w:fn‘s"wgzzn NETWERN RUSSIA' AND THE ,OTTO! PIRE~COXTINUED T ACQUISITIONS BY THE CZAR, ERBITORIA New York Heruld, From the firat moment that the idea of cetablish- ing a marine for the Raeslan Empire accurred to Peter the Great his attention was directed to the Eanxine, or Black Scs, ond it was then that the magnificent scheme of atretching the Mascovite daminions to an extent unparalicled In the history of nations became & fixed policy to be unfatteringly pursued, Toward the close of the eeventeenth centery Turkey was a Power of great strength and ineplred fear all over Europe, Peter, taking ad- yaniago of the moment when the Venetians and the TEmperor appeared Lo be makinga strong fmpres- slon on the Sultan's tetritorles, declared war on the Ottoman Porte. 1lis real motiva was fo secre an extension of his frontler toward the south. Azof, then belonging to the Tarks, was an fmportant fortresa standlug on the paint of land wherotho waters of the Don fall into the Black Sea, Peter, In a rnbordinate atation, joined the army that laid elegs to Azof, Twelva srmed ves- seln that ho cansed4o be bullt on the River Vorone- Jawere brought down to tho ses. The Turkish Bect was beaten In ibelr own harbor and Arot capltulated in July, 1600. The first use the Cear made of thia valuable scquisition was to establlsh dock-yards nnder the sliclter of the fortress and to commenta the augmentation of his flect with a ViOW to banish the Turke from thelr coasts, This 'waa the foundation of Itussian power In that qnar- ::l'l'l “(: dv’mcla r‘un;y svary good Rnrn'lgn.gml.m cnd in planting the e ovat St. Bophis, I cun.m‘nunnpl‘s“.n R APTER PULTOWA, After the momarable battle of Pultowa the Swed- 1sh Monarch was a {ugitive in Turkey. Charles XII, employed all his interest in Conatantinople to pree Yall upon the Sultan to tndertake & war agajnat Tusala, which the Sultan was easily induced to em- Yrace In consequence of the ravages committed by Yo Muacovitc troops on the frontiers of Turkey ‘sod the l‘l&(dly eucml(ng’?owur of the Crar on the rhores of the Ilack £ea, “The Khan of the Crimean ‘Tartara poturally reganded with apprehension the Rutaian establishment at Avaf, which the Turks had been foreed Lo surrender a few years before; and he therefore readily supported the arguments ueged by Chatles XII, the Utvan to persunde them into a declaration of hoetilitios ngainst the common enemy. Yontatowski, s friend of the Bwedish Iing, Jolncd hls voice for war sgalnat Po- :‘cnr'. u’fl;:':!d‘:r“dc;mrl\'mmflrn x;'u\ “BNI““‘&‘ In :‘u- ¢ the feelings of the Saltan - clded the Czar's Ambsrador at Conatantinols was Atrrested in the atreets and committed to the Castle ofsha SBoven Towers, Thie almost unheard-of in- dignity filled Peter's cup of anger to ovorflowiug, though within o aport epace of time his Plenipo- tentiary in Saxony was broken on the wheel, ana his Amibsarador {0 London, contrary to sil inter. natlonal usages, was Imprisoned for debt, and for which outrage amplo apologies were subsc- qucl\ll{ glven. War belng detormined upon agalost Turkey, Poter mado the necesrary arranve- ments, A division of troops was sent Into Mol- davia, another to Livonis, and flects 1o the Arof, the Haltic, and the Black & The Crar, for st~ rations, had at his Jml 130, men: Ing distributed in different guarters and o e a ehiaet of 40,000 e, ey A TUR BATTLE OF THZ PRUTH. Catharine, who had been espoused by 1nsisted npon remnnining with b, which clecam- stance eventually proved 1o be tha ‘salvation ot tho Emplre. ~Arrlving st Jassy, Peter was disap volnted in not befop jolned with n contingent Eemlnhed by the Prince of Wallachis, who had sen deposod by the Sultan. In this exteemity tho Itnsaian ruler found himeelf ot the head of an - sdequate forca in the beart of & wlid and rugged conutry. Iatelligence was now recelved that ihe Turkish army had crossed the Danube and was warching nlong tha Fruth, Tetor determined to rdvance and 1neet the enemy, notwithatanding ob- jections mada by some of his ablest oficors, On the 18th of Juno fhe troops arrived ‘l‘; the FPraoth. they were Joined tnued tholr march und} the Czar, . Tlere 8 few Wallachiane, they c,ow when they discovered the enemy, to the number of 200, - men, nlrcnd{ crossing iver. Therc was no alternative Jeft but 1o form the lines of battle, and Peter, percelving that the Tnrks woro en- B0 imea's Coumiderabls Wy slaBdthe )bt bank: s lines a couniderable way along . tha Tight bank. ‘The hostile Tartars of the C\zm‘el mn’r%nud the Rusnlans on one side and the great body of the Turks on the other. Escape scomed Impossible, but the Czar's presence of ‘mind and indomituble courage nover deserted him. He formed his army, which coneisted of 38,000 men. intc a hollow square,. placing the women In tho centrs, and prepared to receive iho disorderly but furlous o unalaught of the _ Turks, snpegior discipllne of the TRusslans was shown in the steadiness with which they mct the chargo. The Oght continued fur three days, and there remalned nothing for the Iussians” but to surrcnder, or, making a desperate attempt, tv cut their way through tho enemy, Through the per- sunal mediation of the Empress Catharine o sus- pension of arms was agreed upon. 1t would appesr strange that the Vizice should have agreed fo an nninistico nnder such clrenmatances, when tha Ras- plans wers completely at hix mrrc‘{.. But he was naware that Russisn troops in Moldavia Bad advanc- od (o the Danube, and that another division of the army wan on ita morch from the frontlers of P'o- land. lle thercfore considered it advisable to avall himeelf of thst opportunity to dictate to Petar tho terma upon which he wished to terminate iho campalyn, knowing that f ho postponed the treaty ho wonld be compelled to ranow the war agalnet the whole farce of the Emnpire. JIBAVY LONSES BY LOTI ARMIES, The conditions the Crar was forcod fo accept were suficiently humiliating. The Turksdemanded tho restitution of Azol, tho demolition of the har- bor of Taganrog, the renouncement of oll furthor interterence In the atialrs af Polaud and the Cos- sacks, a free !umnu for the Bwedish Kiny back o s own country, and withdrawsl fron: the Ulack Hea, Thebattfe of the Pruth, so fatal in its resulta. (o the Czar, was ong of the wont dustructive in the annals of histary, If the atatemcnta of Peter be correct, his anny on the firt day of the engage wment conusted of 31,000 infantry and 7,000 cav- niry, and was reduced oo the Just day to 22,000 men, which woitld make his loss amountto over 10,000 men, The lons anstained hy the Turks was BU] greater in consequenca of thelr irregular and scattervd micthod of aitack. Thers can be nodoubt that tho Cyar foughiat & TEII disadvantage, and thar were it not for lmely assiatance ke ob- tned from the Empress Catharine the campalgn would bave proved an_almost fatal blow to Mus- covite powee in Kuropa, ANOTUER DISASTHOUS GAMPAION, The result of tho campaign npofi the bnkof the Pruth, Ly which Peter surrendered many im- lwrunu raniages which he Ll previousiy oh- ained by conquest, the snsoyance caused by fro- queut Incurvions of Crimean Tartars, an Uty refunal of the Purta to recowol Cant's lmporial title, lad Poter to medital war simioat the Turks. 1o made smple prepara~ tluns for the project, bat his desth arrested i executivn, which was entirely lald awide by Cutharing §. and Peter 11, The Kmpress Anna de- termined to renew the desigu, and foand uo o) ]m-lmm In obtaining o pretoxt for n breach, «The tussjunariny In 1754 scverely panished the offend- lug ‘Vactars, bug the lattes on theie llliht laid thelr couniry iu ashes, and it was impossible to find sub- siatence for the troops, aud they were consequently obliged o retire, Lascy now lald sjegsio Acof and reduced i, taklng its Turklsh garrison prie- ouers, ‘f'he Sallan waos even nuw unwilling to cununlt hluiself (o & wae with Kussls, conient with the sdvantages ho had gained by Lue 'l'lvlt‘y of the Pruthi und even now that Hussis had galned onc of Weceded furta, ond was propared to folluw up the viriory, he profurred to seck terms of accome wodution. ~ Anstrin was luvited to act as medistor, but that Power was boond 10 furnish Hussls 3 000 troups, and deaded to throw her whol strength on the Mascorite side, greatly to the con steruation of the Vurks, ‘The Bultan “lost ho tin {n prepariog forthe campaien, 1ls raiscd levies and rqull.ped & fleet for the protection of the Euzine, ho lissisn army stseogthened by 40, < 000 recruile, was sevusated Juty two divisioas, one of which, utder the command of Count Munich, proceeded n 1757 to Otchakofl. on the Kuxine, whilo Geu. Lascy, with the other, entered the Crimea. ‘iho objects propused o o uttaned by thoss exccditiona wers nat adequate tothe ex- enditaro that sttended them, Otchakof submit- cd, oand the Criines wis & ail Russin galicd by the veleran truops, ‘K'be war coutinued three years, but nothing of substantis] advuutate was gained. Disscastous eprang up between the Uerman and Ruwsisn comuignders, and A posce with (ho Tutks. ‘I'his causcd g ction at St, Petecsburg, where (Cwas ngl con: sidered vrudent to continae the war sinzle handed, A lreaty wae cousegquently sntered tuto betweea 1ba belliger 1t was ageeed that Azof should be ovacusted and the surroundivg COuDiry to fo- suain encuncillated ua 8 mutusl boundary between tlo twa Fipires, wud other cunquests of the Rus- sisua wero wureendered. ian flcets wera not Muotls of ihe ommesca of lluse urkish bottoma, result of » war which bad cost the Cearlua upward 07 100,000 meu, aud which hud eutailed upon the Eumplre and esormous ex- penditure of wmoucy. Afier sume years of profuso outlay snd lavish sacrifice of strengthall that Jtussia gsined was the satlafaction of desolating ibe Uriruca. withaut exterminating the tary, Why stltl con- $inued to infest the bordors, aud suai slizhit com- mereial sdvantize which never would repay the coat at which nw{ been procured. It wae true that if Russia farled to possces herself of Azof sho bad succceded fn dismantliug it sud remderivg it uagleas to the "Furks; bLut thls was a loss to Loth Earlu‘ Tbe war, on the whole, therefore, must 0 considered to bave been ju the last degrea dis- aateous ta the Empiro, THX YOKTUNE OF WAR CHANGES. Daring tho reign of Catharine IL thers wore frequent wary betwecn Ruscls sud Tuskoy, resalt- g8 anuounces thaf curded by the Sultan to bis (ireck sublocts, IngIn maay fmportant advantazes;to the former. Urged by the French Ambaseador, who sought to divort the attentinn of Catharine'from the parti- tlon of Poland, against the Empresa. The Husalans commenced t.m:‘q'l,nm by the invamon of the Crimea, nd Taj tered, Servia was cl the following 'y ired of the Tarwar allies, In under Romanofl, the re- Avetlon of Jachy and Dralolt ware preparstory 10 tivo great victories which rendered the name of Romanofl forever memorable in the annals of his country, The firat was on the banks of the Pruth. ‘The Tarks, In pumber BD,000, under the Khan of Crimes, were intrenched on a hill In 8 position too #trong 1o be assailed; but after three weeka they became wearied of thelr Inactisity, and he bellev Ing from a feint of the Rasaian General that he was sbont ta retire, 20,000 of them rushed down the hiN. They were repalred with terribie loss: the remainder carried dismay into the camp, and tho Ttnssizna, taking ldvlnfllifi of the circumstances, aacended, faced the trenches, killed many, com- elled the rent toflee. and ' mclzed mnnrlnhld ty, with thirty.cloht pleces of cannon. Re- treating toward Uie Dannbe; the Torks effected 4 Lum:llun with the Grand Visier, whosecarmy there- y was Increaned to 350,000, Unaware of ita ex- tent, Romanoft pnraued with srdar and s desperate battle ensued. Thoe Turke fled, the Vizler with them, leaving immcense mores, among which were 143 pieces of cannon and nearly /50, 000 dead on the fleld, Catharine now meditated nolema design than'to drive the Mohammedans from Earope. THR PORTR REDUCED TO THE VERGE OF RUIN, A powerful fleet was kent to tho Mediterraneas and was disembarked on the Turkish (alands ani malnland. A ferrible war now commenced, tho Greeks everywhere: batcherinz the Mohammedans, thie laticr retalisting. 1In sn engngement that fol- lowed, near Ecio, tha Sultan's flcet was utterly de. stroyed, This biow scneibly aflected the Tutkn, especinlly as the appearance of the Huseians en- couraged Tripoll, Egypt, and 8yria to rebel sgaln«t the Porte. The war continned tih 1774, when by the trenty of Kuinarj{ Iusais obialned the free navigation of the Bisck Sea, the right of pasaing Throngh the Danibe, n laree fract of and. botween the Bue and the Dnieper, and the strong forireraes of Azof, Tazanrog, Rertch, and Kinburn. #A sum of moncy suflicient to defry the expenses of the war was also stipulsted, but it was never paid. ‘The advantazes derived by Ruesin from the uther articles were amplo enoagh. Amon them mnol the lcasl was the commerco the Levant and of the Black Fea. This war demonstrated the entire Inferfority of the ‘Turks, both on ses and land, to the 3Muscovite wer. The Porte during its progrees was redaced o the verge of ruin, ond for A time was at the mercy of Catharine, A peaco of somo yeard ful- lowed the Treaty of Kalnar)i, if indeed that ean bo called peace where the most solomn cngagemonts were peretaslly evaded. In short, thero wan na resplte piven to the Tartary. Mohammedan tribeson the shores of the Enzine and the Christian princi- ‘nmm were interfercd with In the same msnner, n 1787 hostilities once more hroke out. As the Turka had just crushed the Egyptian rebellion lhe{A Tooked forward 16 the impending warfare with & hope to which thelr former reverscs had for some time rendered them strangers. On the other ing under orders gome of the Porta declared war in 1700 Arof inrog were eoon taken, Molilavia was ep- hand, Potemkin, the Commander-in-Chief, hav- hi the were at firat_nnfavorable 10 the Rassinne; but they were brought (o a conclusion by the occupation of the flnelp«llua»!r.:mmanuwm. 10 accordance with a treaty with Turkey. A Iius- alan’ fieet, meantime, had destroyed an Ottoman aquadron Iying in the harbar of Sinope, and the theatre of fostilition was tranaferred (o the Cri- mes. ‘The Czar Nicholws dled whilo the war was in progrees, and poon afler, with the fall of Schag. topol, which had long held out sgainat the com- bined armles and fleets of Great Britain. France, Pledmont, and Torkey, peace was concluded b; the Treaty of Paris In 1834. The Bullan boun: himself to ameliorsta the condition of hia anbjects without respect to sector race. Turkey was pore mitted to participate In the advantages of the pab- lic law ond ayetem of Earope. Russla hldm gire up & small slice of territory in Benaarabls, but the moet fmportant article of tho treaty waa that pro- ylding for the exclusion of Rassian ships from the Dlack 8t intended to During the Empe- ror Alexander deelared that ho would “no longer recognize much a restriction, and has since acted accor nkl(. In fact, the Treaty of Paria has been practlcally abrogated, this rendoring valueloar nfi that wis accomplished by the Cimesn vear, and that, 100, by Jtusala in rather & haaghty manger, admitting neither remonstrance nor ro- neibllity, to the other Powers who had signed 1t. [owever. It was well known that the agree- ment of the Porte to lessen the hardalips undar which its Christisn subijects groaned were not fal- Alled, and that widcspread discontent prevalled in the Danublan provinces, The fnbaman treatmens that goaded he lierzegovinany Into revott and the Dulgarian borrors show that if the Iste Emperor Nicholan was correct in his opinlon of the sick man's condition he falied ln-nyremta or to ex- presa the tdea that he atiil had strength to repeat in onr day some of the most shocking harbaritics )ruu;;v: in the history of Mosiem fanaticiam and erocity, P TER TO RUSSIA. Mr. Boker, United Statea Miniater at St, Potars- burg, recontly returncd to his home_in P'hiladol. bla, in an Interview on the Rtasso-Tarkish ronbles, aaya that sympathy forfthe Christians {n Tarkey, and 8 determination {0 exact protectlon Tor thesm, are controlling motives with [ho. Gxar, mll:er than ambition of conqueat. Mr. Doker sayn: “The Eimpress, who is very zealoas {n_ber rae Mgons principles, sleo axcrta & strong infuence npon the queation with the Caar. Husnln, In con- sequence, has been placed apon a war footing, and ber resources have been mobillzed ot & very beavy expenso, This lstter point Is one of tho strong reasons 1 have for doubting that s conflict will take th Rusala and Turke; ‘while Jtuesla Is meeting the interest on her Habili= thes promptly, Turkey has rcpudiated her deb and 1hie money sho is n«lngllor the lerge puretias of arms in this conntry really belongy to licr hon: halders, who havu becn cheated vot of 1t. Rusaiu a purchased larg x}\nnamu of powaerintho Unlted States, which Is all aho needs, 5% she fs well supplied with arms of her own mnnufac- tare. Atthe prescnt moment she ean take the naml;dlh tho larpeat Arn:{ {n the world, com- best Generals In the service, haetened f well-drilled and disciplined men, who to the frontier, which was soon covered by | would occupy Constantinople In less than two Russian troope, At the sume time tho Emperor | months, A" distingnished Englinl nilitaty Joreph ecnt 80,000 Austrlzor into Moldavia, while & powerful flect In the . Euxine preparcd to co- operate with the allics, and onother in the Baltle was prepared to sail’ for the Mediterranean. It aecmed, indced, as if Cathatine's favorits drenm, tho elevation of her grandean Constantine o thy throne of tho Greck Xmpire, was about to be re- alized, The Russians were everywhere success- ful, * Ismall wae taken by storm Uy Euwaroff, the mostdreaded of all the Itueslan "Gencrale. Iils lusa was eevere, and, in reve the garrleon, ‘with the greater part of the population, was put to 1he swo! The Grand Vizier now sued for pesce, and o treaty waasigned in January, 1702 "By it Catbarine retained the whole couniry between tho Bug and the Dociater, and was_sccurod in posses- slon of tho Crimea, the strone Elun which at the tine conatltuted Jt the key to the Black Sea, TUE WARS OF 1507 AND 1811, In 1807, at the instigation of Napulcon, the Porte declared war agalnst Rtussia, No operations of importance took place, and the pacification which followed betwecn Ius ind France, though ft did not entiroly put & stop to the war botween the Czar and the Sultan, hostlle measures wero languid and of no coneequence, -In 1M1l thero was anothor rupture, growing out of the Contls nental complications, ‘The resuit might have been nerioua, if not futal, to the Porte had not the proa- Pect of & more Ardubus atrugxle—the French lnva- slon—induced Htursia to suspend her efforta in that guarier aull conclude 8 peace on condition of re- ceiving a portion of Moldavis and Wallachis. The policy of acqulsition cf tereitory, it will be secn, wan sion offered. TNE CZAR NICTIOLAS IN TIY FIELD. In 1828 hoatilities once more broke out hetween Rusaia and the Porte. Itisof hittle conseyuencoe 1o inquirs into the causes of this rupture, as a werful ard ambitlous Government in the nelgh- thiood of @ weak oo cuni Dever \waut & hrelest for war. The iinssiana crosped the Dannbe in great force, A oitack on Khumla failed, thangh In tho st Inatance directed by the Czar Nicholas in per- son. They werc more succcasful at Varna, which surrenderod alter & sicge of two months. The ut- miost offorts were made {0 reduce Silistria; but, from the sdvanced state of the season and the dif- calties of e stiempt. nothlog of Importanics could be effected, snd the lussians retired beyond the Danube to winter In Wallachia. Operations In Asin were carrled on with vigor and success, In ilie hrief space_of 8 week Kars was Invested and taken, with 7. prisoners. In the apring of 1820 hostilitles * were renewed. Troops weeo summonud _ from various , wm of the ‘Turkish ~ Empire, and the mfi\ra rison at Shumla was sugmented from 10, 12 40,000 men. Tho Nusaisns were strengthened by an addition of 70,000, On the 10th of May the Ttossians ogain crosscd the Danabe, and aficrrome vere conflicts Shumla snrrendered. The Hue- sians pow crosacd the Balkans without opposition, the Tarks overywhers flx'ulnlu before Lthuin, an roon found theinselves In sight of Adrianople, Durfog their progrens tho Tiuesians had scarcely met with an sppearance of opposition, The cele- brated Treaty of ‘Adrianople, which concluded the war, was alimed Scpt. 14, 1820, The Cear 0be rge sccesslons of territory both 1n Europe and Asia, particularly on the coast of the Hack Hea, Moldavia and” Wallachia were constituted independent Uovernments, and besides other con- cessiona Turkey was obliged o pay an indemnity 25, Ruestan troops wore o res all the territory they had taxen il the articles relatlve o “Moldavia, Wallachis, snd Servis ‘could be considered fulflled, " and ontil the compicte erlcnntlnr of the of 345, 000, 000, maln In_nossesslon of bound oot to [nterfere with them 1n any manaer. ‘Tha whole of the treaty waa to ruvu the way for the aonexation of the Principslitios to the domtu- fons of the Czar, TOR CRINEAN WAR, A short timo prior to the brenking out of the Crimean war tho Emperor Nlch in & conversa- t1on with the English Ambassador St burg, ssld: **Turkey, by degrees, hoa fal such a siate of decrepliude that, as I tol eager as wo all are for the prolonged exlstence ol tha Slek Man (and that 1 am desiruus as yua can ba for the continaance of his life 1 beg yua to belleve), ho may suddenly dle ou our hisuds: we canuot fesuecitato what Is dead: S the Turkisi Emplre falla it falls to rise no more, aud L put Peters len iute d yo 1t lo you, therefors, whether 1t ¢ Is nol better “to be provided beforeband for & contingency than 1o Incur, the cbeos, Coufu- slon, snd the certainty of & Europesn all of which toust atfend the catastrophe if 1t should oc- cur nmxrccwd and before somo ulterior systain Uas been skeiched, | ropeat fo yon thub the Bick Man is dying, and wo can never allow such an event 10 (ake us by wurprise.” About ihie time w dispate waa guing on een tho Ureck and Latln Chnrlios felative 10 thn guardiansbip of tho holy iaces In Palostine, snd Russis wariuly espouscd ho cause of the farmer. At length the question reachiod an sppareal sottiemeant, chiefy throuxh tue Hritisn Knvoy at Cuustantinople, But while the Rusalan (overoment was holding ous that the wia. sion of Princa Menschikof 1o the Parte was exclu- uivoly far the settismont of tho troublo conceruiug the holy placca, the Minister was prossiug upua Bultan otber deiuanda of & mwors surious charucler, whic, if complied withy would have the eflect vis- tuslly of sl mni Mhe sovaroigaty of Nicholus over (he Groek Church in Turkey. The do- mands wers rofused, and Menschikoll quit- tod Constantinople Yo May, 1833, alleging that ‘the. deternunstion of Warkey would jm- pose upon hiv Goverument the necessity of sceking a guaranica by ita own power. On tho 28th of the wonth an official uote wae transmitied by the nuiay Ministsy to the diferent Ambasssdute o forelkn Powere, in which )t was sald: **TheTorle 4 the yueation of the holy places has torwivated u s mayner sstlefactory to all partice, Neverthcless, the Prince Menschiko, t satisde Lreaty 1o kinds ac- Low. ever preat may bo the desire of the Purte to chiorish aud ‘l’el‘-‘f’i wore snd more amicablo relations with ltussia, sz can nuvuenéuhl hersell by such & guarantee toward & foreign Governmeut by either coucludlng with it & traly or slgning s simple ofiicial note, without compromising gravely ber lu- dwrvnd-uca and the most fundamicutal riglts of tho Sultan ovur his own subjects, TUR PHUTU CHOSSED, Tho Russlan Government now sanornced that Its furces would cross tha frontive aud occupy the vnncuull«l«. not to waga war, but until the Porta sbould give thio guarsntoes that had beca iu vain dewanded. No thoe was lost iu puttlng 1his threat fute exvcution. ‘Two divisious of luasisn troops, suounting Lo 30" saon, under comuaud of Princy Gortschakofl. cromed b Uruth, The ¥rench and Engliah ficets were ordered 1o Bealka Bay, and onthe 5tb of October Turkvy isaued & focmal declarstion of war, Omar Pusha, then at thuwmla, on secelving i, dpatched 3 Ietter to Uortchako®, offering bim Bftecu days Lo vacats tho terrltory befure comwencing bostilities. 'To this the Priuce teplleu that Lo had no orders (o com- meace boatililice, nor o corclude peaco, nor to evacuate thoprincivalitiea. The Euglish and French flucts nowieutered the Straita of Dardanelics, sndon the 1stof November the Czar issucd bhis wanifcato of war, 'Yhe operstivus oa thy Deaube £l with that, bas denianded of the Po. guaraniee the rights and privileges of ept steadily in view and acted upun as occas officer, whose name 1 do not wish to mention, and who had ample facilities for thoroughly cati- mating the compartive strength of thetwo armis amures mo that the Kusslans can occupy Consta tinople fn eix wceka aflar war le declared. “Tho trouble fs, that the Turkish army Ia in an utterly demoralized conaition, and 1a really witlout & held.l ‘The Rusatan army is in_perfeci order, and over1, ved, while all the forces Turkey can muster would not amount to one-funrth of that number. The Grand-Duke Michael, 8 Dbrother of the Czar, who 1a stat} Caucasug, has {ncreased his srmy thers to 165,000 men. In casa war ia declared, he will probably march his forte through Asfs Minor, Kkeeping the lilack Rea on tho right, and sttack thn flank of tho Tatkish army while they are occupied In front with the matn body of the Himelans, Iis roate in anch an event will be through o conntry fnhablied by friendly Christians, who will use_every mcans fn thelr power to aid the Kossiana. If this coursu is pursued, which I connlder probable, the Turks will be utterly exterminated between the two forces, Tutkey cannut be slded by any ontsido war; although England wlil blnsier, &s usual, 2 poweriesa to hielp hee, Th Dardancllcs, at twelve honrs' a narrow aes. Bhould the Jtus on botl sldea of the straits, the oualy tncotnmoded, If not utterly dewmollshea, En- fland has guits enough to doto take care af hee posecesions In Tudin, where llll!l\ldc‘unhl give hee a 20 deat of many has frat, and would fmiacdiately selze tho oppartunt- ty 10 attack Feauce. Bhe has threatened thn fro- queutly of-iate, and, In two Instances in the Frun cu-Prursian conflict,-war lias only averted by the Interposition of "the Czar of Itusels. Austria €an do nulbing, owing to the luternational disen- slons tuat occupy bier cuntinnally, so thut. If Fur- ey goes W war, she need expect mo aid from the Greal Powers, “1ahould regret to ace 8 war, as tho Turke are an amicable peoplo, although'no re- hiunce can ba piaced upon tuel word, —Forin: stance, when § was In Constantinople, they need tu solemnly report to the Solfan thet the army conslated of 80,000 men 10 good condition, whoreas 1t was barely 25,000, ‘This was mecely oric case of thalr habitual deceptiun, which eniers into all tnele busineas, Tacy will dlmply staud on the do- fonive, and, shonid Russin abtack them, thelr aled,” tronble it spused. Ucr- ——— BRITISII GROANS, TOE CRUSADE OF PIETY AND CONQUEST. Londan Témes, Aprit 13. At 0 not very remote period & war between Ruse sla snd Turkey would have been regarded us an or- dinary and norwmal Inclaent of the dlsporsion of races. Four centuries aga the Inet wave of migra- tion waa the Turk; to-day it threatens 1o bs ihe RNussian, Between the two thero Isan ominous resemblance, at once a key 10 the pnat and o shad- owof the futare, Dothara at fssue with modern civilization In tholr unchangeable and fanatical character. Dol are murvjvors of that medireval Europo whicl lisa become o us a8 another worla, Thie univorsal arreat of the Mohammedan Pawer at ovary outlet of Its ovorwhelming ambltlon, and the consequent docay ol the branches which at one time oversbadowed Europe, s tho proudest triumpli of Christian afma and diploma- oy, TheTusk israther his own monmnent thang liviog Power, But porhaps the Chrlstian wortd ts not andiciently conscious of it scarcely less dliti- cult, yet succesafal, mchlevement in staying tho d urof those uther Northern races of whicl the Turk was LUt tbe provarsor, Ly the arts of peace and of war, and his the presoiicc of u now m, Russia found horeclf human- fzed, tamed, and cuntrolled, ond Kurupe might congratuluto fteclf thut it had ‘seen s last migra- tion. It ts not 100 much to say tuat tble s no Tonger cortaln, We cannot, fudecd. speak fof Ruselai bul nelther can Rusata speak forhorscl?, Ju the cotbusiasm of her pevple, In the 4 Lo which wia ty of Jusiifying by womu sbiow of resull, Jluseis powerleas, xcopi ta pido the sturim. cuures of events has ita logic, lmpossibiy ta coa- fule and nut easy to ditlue, Shainust goon. Bue has uffeyed Eurupe a sbare lu the crusade upon terms mord intelligible to guly than 1o prudence. Wa wight help ber aa much as we nll pleased, an eogage ourselvos tu Duy exfent on bee sidu; but wa hare no vuice i the rusults snould they 10 b such as lnvariably happen wien thy bave La give place to the siro luty, cXCUSALIE IN DIOPOFtIOY A bhind wud scuscless, has urged Ruseis, aicp by siep, vnto the lrcvocablo. dler Conttucatal” netcbbors, even hier allics, scarcely ulfect tu Lelicve (it slie reully wished ‘Curkey Lo make she concessiuna in- sisted on, or that shio bias dunse auyiting but stup the way Of peace. AL any rato, valeas tho Turk la wore easily lrl‘l?lanl:d. anl cowed by Lhe lwail. nence of a terrible wars, than he has pver been b e uw:‘t‘u in cast, afew days will proball s } Jtu uree. L ape cctacis, vliherin Stael! or Kisa diummedlate eifact will b I 1418 ot & plessan 1n its couseyuences. 10 produca & wasa of auffceing snd crimo, coupars ed':vlm which the massacees, sad hur- rors of the prescat coniroveray trifle, 't'ho beltigerents will nut apare, Un the plea of retalla= tiun, cach will esccule what he thiuks a Myine vepgeance oo the fus mnd all his clougloge. ~Befure "’"lfm‘“ who sit _at houe will "be begiuning U dreary old cale culatlon which side will lose most by equal losscs, At ptescnt the arthmetical view of the guestion 18 against the Mussulwan, for oq bis side there Is outy 8 Bghting caste, sud ou tha other s vast and ixed population of warlike fsnatics. Buch cell. ates, bowever, are a3l 10 Lo found unaccounts ably fallscious, aad Turkoy, no doubt, hasjihe au- ol Itussia o 0" glements. Bbe bas & vunlag betrer climaty, bettar Worta, cven bytter comwa~ Yot the longer the war 14ats the worse Jt will b forhor, A fow weeks of tho war will ut 1ho Moslenus into tho cootition uf thulr pouule vss suCealLIL, lpauunlnx wothing but the awore sud rélyiug on ft far the ground tbey stand on fholr fooa from day to diy, 1t ls slnost usclo. I}wl:llllla upon contingencies in which I cism, auum*uun. and_sulcidal frensy ma the ‘rullog .clénents, Thers is Bobe, ed, 10 matters coming eariy 40 the worst, lussmuch a4 i Shat caso Europe might luweriors, Tuske might surrepder to'sheer ucceasity wuch more Lhan she will now condescond Lo give up when she sita ig the coart of honor, aud llatzns ouly tv e coucscls of beryounded pride. 1t s sickcuing, indeed,” to find the question ‘which Burvpe Lias Jabored s woch 1o treal on 1uo bzl grounds of public pollcy aud wutaal revpec on the very polatof Ing futo the mateslal phase, Io avery luw wovks wo way Bud vurselves once mory reforining tbe wap of Bdrupe, uot so muchto ur own sarsfaction 8s 1o thu feacrangewculs of e lialion peuinsula aud 1ho (Germauy Ceu- {zal c.ntiuout. ~ TustSoutleas:icra Europo sud thy nelghooring fiflhnl of Asla will ‘submis in thels turns tolthe uulversal law of chango, sod fall futo tho lacs of wodvzn vrder sad con- yenlcnoo; cannct be doublcd; but 1t 1a vala @ Lo lap ambition ozce inore STATEMENTS OF MN. DORER, AMERICAN MINIS- place, Do aro Ina bad financial conditions but, * , 000 men can take the field folly equip- . been fn favor of the war from tha . ¢ i 3 4