Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 6, 1877, Page 1

VOLUME XXX\ TRUSSES. Exiract from Report of Board of Medical Officers Convened to Examine Sample of Trusses in accordance with an Act of Congress : **The Dosrd {s of the opinlon that the above principles, vis.: those which belong to s prover Truss, are best carried out by the *Common-Senss Truss,' manafactured by Bartleit, Butman & Par- %er, Chicago, and sre thereforo recommended by the Board as beat,” DAZIL NORRIS, Surgeon U. 8, A, President, 3. C. ROSSE, Asst.Surgeon U.8. A, Secretary, J. 3. WOODWARD, Assistant Surgeen U.8.A. ORORGE A. OTIS, Assistant Burgeon U, 5. A, The above rocommendation of the Board of Med« fesl OfMcers with regard to Trussos 1s approved. J, K, BARNRES, Burgevn-Gonersl U.8, A Adopted by countries In Europe as well »a the T. 8. Goveroment aa the best in Tid, Medal and Diploma awarded at the Centennlal. 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LA GRANGHE Is on the Chicago, B“runmn & Quinoy Rall- rond; 1s one of Obia: hills about 1,000 inhabitan| 1y churches, schools, 10-CEIN'T suburi 0’8 mosg attragtive 8, baing boautifully snd groves; has now . aud growing rapid. storos, eto., otc. TRAINS Already on, and 8-cent tralns will probably run shortly. COMMOTATION ON THIS ROAD VERY LOW, And TRAINS ALMOST EVERY HOUR. Bpecial evening trains during amusement ason. Bunday attond church i SPECIAL! :;n.ln- for those wishing to o oity. SPECIAL! £ you buy Tyo Lots, and will bulld im. medistely, X will furnish you a pass good for TWO YEARS on betweon Chicago and DON'T FAIL to seo thesa It is the every and all trains La Grange. ‘Lots before GHBAPEST b&flg& elsewhere, oy =OLABS PROPEHRTY inthe market. X ALSO HAVE EACH, 40 Lots at Hyde Park - $600 100 Lots at Evanston - - 500 100 Lots atSouth Chicago 250 200 Lots at Desplaines - 200 40 Lots at Park Ridgo - 3 400 Lots at Lake Side 300 Lots at Glencoe - - 600 Lots at La Grange - 100 800 Lots at Thornton - - 100 1,600 Lots at Homewood - 100 2,400 Lotsat San Diego, Cal,, 100 Romomber that yau gat an Ahatreat th all proporty purohiased ot mn‘nnd also savo commisalons, a8 T my own property, and doal in_no! SIOW 1T FREH, TRA BROWN, 142 TLaSalle-st.. Room 4, FURNITURE, TMPORTANT FURNITURE BUYERS. THE TOBEY FURNITURE 00, Having determined to close out for cash iis entlro stock of Furniture, the largest, fineat, aud best assorted In tho WWest, will offer its entiro stock at prices below any thing ever beforo heard of, Most of these goods are of the mo 4t fashionable styles, recontly manufactured by this Company, and many of them will be sold at less than half thelr former prices, and at less than thoy can be manufactured for to-day, Such an opportunity for purchasing Furnliure has never Clileago, aud probably nover will again, Purcliasors can have thelr goods stored 80 days frop of charge, The attentlon of Dealers is particularly invited to this sale. State and Adams-sts, ART GAJ Studios Brand’s The largest and niost ele- gant in the country. Fvery GENUINE improvement in Photography i8 to be found at BRAND’S all others, price of ® $3.00 Por Dozon. BTUDIOS AND GALLBRY, 210 & 212 Wabash-av., NEAR ADAMS-ST, MOT, SANDS HOUSE, Cor, Wabash-ay, Ogs l{loc The very best Card work at the uniform from A. T. Stewart & Co.'s D, o AN sy Goods $2.00 PER DAY. occnrred bofore in LLEIY, in advance of ELS, 5 and Madlson-st., Now Honu—mognnllz Furnished. o FIUN QMANGES, DISSOLUTION, D, 8. WILLIAMS tano looger ¢ member of the frm of HATCH & WILLIAMS, WALTER HATCH. GRATES AND RMANTELS. 4, SLATE MANTELS, Plala, flold' u.dndhll:m PUOBASCO & BUMNKY 0¥ A4 AebS 00 00 hine but THE WA Signs of Activity in the Rus- sian Army of the Danube. An Early Attempt to Cross the River Confidently Predicted. The Turks Indulge in a Lit- tle Artillery Practice, With_a Russian Pontoon Bridge as Their Target. The Turkish Army North of tho Balkans Numbers 200,000 Men. Conflicting Reports as to the Fortunes of War in Mon- tenegro, The Late Diplomatic Side- Show Accomplishes Nothing." Russia Firm in fl;"é Purpose with Which She Started Out. Her Price of Peace at Present Is Merely Half of Armenia, ‘What Cur Correspondont Saw at Wid- din and Nikopoli, A Visit to tho Iendquarters of Osman Pasha, ALL READY. CONDITION OF TOE RUSSIAN ARMY ON THE PANUDBER. Bpecial by Cadls to The Ohicago Tridune. Yowpox, June b.—Agdvioes from Buncharest indieate that the opinfon provails thero that tho passago of the Danubo will be postponed until the middle of tho month on account of high wator, This, howerver, la only givon ont in order to misload tho Turks. ‘X fiave positiva assurance that this weok will wit- nesd & genernl movement of tho troops, which aro now so disposed as to bo HUSLED ACROSS TILE RIYED at four polnts, namely, Ibrail, Glurgevo, Kalarnah, and Turn Bevrin. Tho Eleventh Corps, at present stationed at Podloshi, will havo tho triumph, as they will be the first to croas the river, AT IBBAIL. Tax Tarevxe's correspondent at Tbrail tol. egraphs to-night that alx more battalions of infantry have nrrived in that vicinity, includ. ing one of Bulgarad volunteers, and all aro cxpecting to enter the Turkish territory {ramodiately, The health of the mon is romarkably good, considering’ the se- vero lardship of their journey from Kis- chenofl. Col. Letkow, of, the Ninsteenth Battalion, is in command. .'I’hnru are TWO DATTALLONS OF RULGARIAN CILRISTIANS in all which havo joined the Russisns against their anclent oppreasors. | Ttecent peace rumors may be sot down as quito unfounded. They all arose from Schou. valoff's vislt to Derlin, a8 oxplained in pre- vious dispatches to Tuz Tnmonz throo days before belug published in the London papers. DBlsmarck offered at that interview to mediate botwoen England and Russla, Schouraloff POSITIVELY RXYUSED to make any agrcement without uncondi- tional guaranteo of neutralily from England, agreelng that ho would bind Russia not to extond hor territory in Asia further than Kars. Nothing was sald about Constantino~ ple, which fact s significant, as showing that England backed down conslierably from tho original position, Thus the ques- tion s still left open; * The war fooling in Yondon is somowhat toned down, Gladstone's speech having un- Qoubtedly had some influence, though scoffed ot generally by the newspapors, THR TALX OF THX CLUBS is that in & recont vislt of tho Premier to the Queen she expressed the desire for him to uso gron! moderation, and avold war it con. sistent with the dignity and intorcats of En. gland, The army is gradually boing placed on a war footing, notwithstanding tlio assur- ancoa to the contrary fn Parliament. (8igned) ‘WazegT, GIURGEVO. TURKISH ARTILLERY PEACTICR: Rustcnux, June 5 —This mozalog at 8 o'clock the Russians, who have been proparing to cross the river at this point, snd layiag thelr pontoon bridzes from Uiurgevo, met with s little surprise. Somo dayesluce the Town of Olurgevo wes ovacusted, and bas boen since alwost eotirely depopulated. ‘The Turks, bowever, took posscssion of some helghta in the rear of the town, and opencd £re this morning with considerable efcct. TURKII MAUKSMANSLLP. The aim and accaracy of the Turslsh fre were remarkable. Three boats were destcoyed by it, and it seems ovident that they bare some guuners of other than Turkish extraction dlrectugthelr cannon. No Hussisa responss was mado to the Turklh Bre. Itsecms ovident Lhat the Russisns are dis- posed to ablde by thels old policy of submitting Lo any loss until they sre ready to wave a force. TN MILITARY FOIITION, Rustchuk Mes directly oppositie Giurgevo, sud bas been the polnt from which the Turks com- manded the Roumanlan tesritery. Not long since thay shelled Glargevo, and compalled 1t ovacua- Uon. In the wmlid-stream of tue Daugbe ke a amul faland, which servesas asort of haltrwsy bouss bstween Rustchak snd the Roumanian The Chicage Duilp TPib CHICAGO, TOISHRY, JUNE I 1877. hore, and affords & valoable flanking positton for elther party. An aftempt was made recently by the Turka to cross the river, but they wore driven back by the H n batterien at Giurgavo, and it I8 probablo that, as s0on as the damago occasioned by the Tarkish fire on the pontoona is repatred, the offensive wiil be reanmed by tho Russiana, and the paassge of the Danube be eff.cled at this point, IN BUROPE, MONTENEGRO. Carrinse, Jane 5.—There was & battle to.dsy near Maljat, laeting severa! hours. The Tarks wore deteated, and Jost 500 mon. The Monten grin Jossea are not ascertsined. TURKISIt REPORTS OF VICTORIES. Coxsraxvivorsz, June 4.—A telegram from Salefman Pasha dated Monday announces that be has marched from Gatschko and taken severa) Montenegrin poaitions, especially the {mpartant fortifieations sround Kristdhe, probably rotazs, which were eaptured after s desperato Oght with 0,000 Montenegrins. The latter were routed with consideratle loss, All 8aib, commandsnt et Scatarl, alsa announcea the captuse of several Montenegein positions. B10X38 OF A MOVE, Coxsraxtixort%, Juns G,—A traveler from Rustehuk says the impression bas been gaining ground for the last three days that the Itussians will very shortly endeavor to ctoss the Danube at three different polnts, making Rustchuk tha chtet object of their attack. All the women have left the town. Tho forelgn Consuls, except the En- glish, will leave in & few da; AB THE TURKS TELL IT. Slmnltaneously with Sultiman Pashas, Mekemet Aliattacked the Montenegrins at Kolaschln, kill- ing elylity sud losing thirty-ulx of his own meu. THOE TURKISH ARMY. WIAT TOR RUSSIANS WILL UAVE TO CONTEND 3 witil. . Loxpox, June 6.—The Times' correspondent ‘with the Turklab army aends the followlng partic. nlsrs of it Jorganization: The Turkish army of the Danube [s slightly deficlent in artillery snd very doflcient in cavalry. The cause of thls Is ex. clusively want of money., ‘The Turkish Govern. went lavo stili mors than 400 breech-loading can- non Iping idle Constantinople for want of horses and barness, and there aro maltiludes of men vl qualited to be draguons, bat there ia no money o wount them. The armamncat of the troopa ls ALL THAT 18 PERFECT. The infantry bave Martinl-llenry rifies, and the cavalry Winchester rifles. According to the most trustwortly juforination the present strength of the army, exclusive of rescrvcs in the course of formation on the other mde of the Ualkans, 18 230 battallons of fnfuntry, seventy-two sqadrons of hiorse, 300 canuon, aud about 8,000 furtress ar- tillery and eugineers, Of “thesc forty-fve battal- fons are statloned at Widdin, thirty-six at IRtuste chuk, sixty-five at Shamla, twenty-eight ot Varna, and thirtyslx ot Bitlstris, The remalning tweaty battalions are divided between Nixopolie, Slstona, Turtukal, Dobrudschs, and various places of more or less Importance in Danablsa Bulgara, Eveey battalion on an average may be assumed to COXTAIN 750 MEN. ‘The coutributions from Nlab, it is trae, are con- siderably below thls standard, but on the other hand numerons Redlf battalions have 1,000 men and even more. Thorefore the total number of Infontry is about 172,500, and the caralry, reck- oning 100 wen (o a squsdron, 72,000, Accordlng- Iy, the Army of the Danabe, Including fortress srtillery and engincers, s close upon 200,000 strong. As to organization, there fs a want of everything that {s indispensable In tactical unity and syatem, Until within & few weeka thore wore no divisions, brigades, orregiments. The Lialkans lay scattercd sbout witaout often knowing frown whom they had to recolve orders, 1t fa true that after the declass- tionof war divisious and belgades were formed, but this 1s of JATTLE PRACTIOAL VALUD when It is conslderod that the troops and com- manders oro changed ubout &t the caprice of one superior ofiicer. 'Tho army is_ vir. tuslly directed from' Constantinopl where sll movowents sre planned ‘And orders fsaued by the so.called Councll of This Council s composed of 8 numbur of Generals who arowcre puppets inthe hands of a few ignorant wpatarts, Abdul Korlio Paaba L4 a mere execntor of the willof ths body, 1tcamnot b donted that he pusacsses milltary experlenco and a sharp, jo- dicloux oyo, but be ls wholly wanting In energy and powes of rapid activn, To tho natural Incapscity of n Commander-fu-Chief In thlu reapect must be odded the circumstance that he s sconded by no general stall, TR DANUBIAN PONTRESSES. A regards fortresses In Luropean ‘Purkey, in- credible results bave been accomplisbed, Widdin, Rustchuk, Silwiria, Shumla, and Vasuss especlale Iy the lost two, are now quite formidable. 7 fortigications almont entirely coualst of Indepond- ont works, mostly of earth, but coumructsi in strict conformity with tuo wodern principles of armament, oud Jeavo nothing to b desirod. ‘Tuat tho Lusalsus Wil succeod, perhaps at no dlatant date, In furcing the nver 18 more thau prob- able, but it Is equally certaln thut fn the face of she tough, enduring qualitles of the Tnrkles sol- dler they will only anter shedding much blood forco the barrier opposed to thoir onward progross 10 the shspo of thy fortresses of the Danube. IN ABIA, NRAVY PIGUTING. Loxnoy, June 5.~The nows recelved at the lan headyuartors at Ploiesti from Asla I8 very aizee from thio aray operatiny fn tho vicinity of Kars, Itis anuounced that heavy fghting Las taken place st Ottar, on the Lower Bodor River,but no detalls are given. - The figliing arose from an sitempt of the Abchaslausto pass the river. MOUE SCARED THAN NURT. Mawcusstes, June 5.~A Vienna dispatch says the Tarks exaggerate thelr traubles. 1t faballoved that the waln body of the Husslan centro s still uear Kars, and that the recent panlc at Erzeroum was provoked by a Sying corpe of Cossacks and Arregulars, GENERAL, ENQLAND AND TUS 8URZ CANAL. Loxpox,June 8,—In the House of Commons this afternoon & dispatch was 1sid on tho table, ad- dreased by Lord Derby to Lord Lyons, the British Ambassador at Paris, The dispaich 1e dated sy 10, Lord Derby fnfurms Lord Lyons that Qreat Dritaln bad declined the proposal of M, do Lesseps to keep opon the Buez Canal toall nations, and bad intimated to Russla thit an stiempt to blockade or otherwiss Interfere wilh the canal or 1ta approachies wonld be regarded by England 82 & menace to India and grave {njury Lo the commerce of the world, fucompatlble with the waintensnce of the Driilsh aititude of passive noutrality. At the same time It was futimated to the Posto and Rhedive that Kngland was dramly detormined not to permit the canal to ba made the scene of any combat or other warlike operations. RUSHA'S DEMAND, Nxw Youk, June 5,~A London speclal says: +* A dlspatch from St. Petersburg. that Prince Qortschakof's uote to Lord Derby, of which Count Bchiouvaloft 14 bearer, atstes tust tho Czar docs not waat sny territorisl increaxe In Euzope, but only desizes sutonorpy for Lulgarls sud the 1ndepondence of Roumsnis end Bervis, Ue alio demands the ceasion of Armenla from Bayazld to the coast, but not including Erzorono, ™ VON MOLTKE'S OVINION. Lowpox, June 5. —~Tbae Berlin correspondence of tho Ztmses tolegraphis ax follows: ‘It Ia gsscrted on good sathority that Cennt Von Moltke regurde Russia’s chonces as steadlly fmproving i conse- quenca of tuo estravrdinary negligence sud lack of foreaighit of the Turks." TUN GREEK MINISTRY. .* Telegrams from Athens reports that MM. Con. moundoaros, Sosmls, Tricoupk and Deligorglsl held & loog conferenco, aud drew up o basle of poliey fors Cabiuet of which all fourshould Le wewbers. 1t { statod that to-morruw tho neces- sary agrvemeat wil) be complete. P Aruxys, June 5.—Tho four party leaders have finally agread upon a basts of policy for a coalition Mintstry, M. Coumoadouroe subsequently fne formied tho Chamber that the present Cabinct bad resigued, and & Minlstry represcuting all parties was sbuat o bo furwed, A7ukxs, Juno 5.—Tho party leaders have sub- mitted 8 Miplaterial comblnstion to the King, oce cording $0 which Usnaris ts President of the Coun- ity Daligorgial Miplster of Wos aud Fusvign Af+ fairs, snd Conmoundourns Mintster of the Interior and astraction. UNFOUNDED. “8t, PRTERIxCRG, June 5.—The rtatement rela- tivo to the shooting of the Polish leader Krysinaki 1a declared to be totally unfonnded. MILITARY COUNCIL. Coxstawsivortx, Jane 5.—A grand mllitary cauncil, undee the Peeeidency of the the Halwan, 'was held at the Minfatey of War to-day, THR GREBK PATRIARCH has tanued 8 pastoral, recommending the orthodox to remsin faithful to the Sultan, A TREDICTION. Loxpox, June 6.—~The T¥mes, in a leading arti= a1 can be judged, the fortnne I} be adverse to the Torks. The opers- tions may not hava the rapldity of recent wars, but tho Turks sre overmatched, and must succomb in the end. Tlls catastrophe Europe will accept. No mation will zo to war again to support that which cannot be supported. No resl statesman will cling to the dead element in & eystem Instead of looking for ita living forcea. We know that we must seek for thet which ls to replace the parting Power, To this end we cannot too soon direct our attentlon," THR MEDITERRANEAN. Caxea, June 5.—Seversl Turkish iron-tlads have left herd for Alexsndria o escort the Egyp- tian contingent to Constantinople. aneece. Loxnow, June G,—A specisl from Vienns ssys the Porte, s a precantion against the growing waragitation in Greece, bas ordered the calling outof the militia and resceves 1m Epires and ‘Theeealy, and the dlatribution of arms among the population of the frontier districts. 1GNATIZFY, Loxpox, June 5.—A Duchsrest dispateh soparts that Gen. Ignatieff bas Jeft Paskony for Bucharest. BERVIA. Loxpo¥, Juno 0—G 8. m,—A Delgrade speclal #ays the Bervians havo sent an address throngh the Blav Commitiee to the Russlan nation caling the Czar the liberstor. A Berviau paper exhoris the principality to decide the fate of the Ser- vian race by declaring war agalnet the Porte. It connscle Bervis to wait until tue Russians have cromsod the Danube; then to enter O1d Bervia snd Bosnla, A spocial from Posth tes that, despito all de- nials, it I8 positively asserted that Bervia has made complete preparstions to commenco hostilitie near Ak-Folagka and Altnisch as soon as the Russlans ‘bave crossed the Danube, S PERITATS. The Berlin PFost intimates thata Diplomatie “confcrenco may be held at Ducbarest daring the #0)ourn of the Czar, THE WAR ON INE DLACK $XA. Diepatch to Londom Times, VioNxa, May 21—According to a letter in the Dotitische Correspondens of tha 10th Inst, from Odessa, slnce the fall of Boukum-Kaleh a panic reigns, not only jn "that place, but all slong the Diack ¥ea. All conSdence {n shore-batteries and m torpedoes has been lost. The Qavernor ot Odessa, Count Lowaschedl, has endeavored to calm the public mind by issuing proclamatlons. Adjt.-Gen. Bemckn, the military commander of tho south coast, bas,.on his part, taken measures to delend Odesas ngainst a coup de main by concentruting there a force of turce Urigades of infautry, eight sotniza of Cossacks. nix'squadrons of light cavalry, and two companies of fl!‘id genaarmes, Beside this, 8 portion of the Thirteenth Corps @'Arm which follows the Armny of Uperation as s Gest reserve, {610 be em- Eh ed In the defenso of the coast-line from Otcha- off to Ackerman. Accnrdlnq o the signals of the Coant Guard, Odessa seema less threatened than Otchakoll. Great cara has been bestowed of lato on _this foriress, which, with the works at Kinburn, protects the ontrance to the bay snd the mouths o tho Dnieper, and consequently Nikolaleff, the chief ur rather the nly: sbipon iging place iherenboits sino the do- structlon of tne docks at Sebastopol. Tho whole eacenle of tho place haebeen revbullt, and detached outworks have been erected. Tho place js armod with 20 gens, amonz them being sixty: twenty- four-pounders and furty.two moriar. ‘Tho yat- rison consists of 0,800 men (infantry) and nu- anillery, Ueaide this, spproach T T W % vo boen crulsing the Turkish ":llfl‘ h‘:h bee: mlmnl_ re, aoam); wl fil‘fllllfil,ml of provisious and ammunition sre ac- cumulated fn Nikolafefl, and, In tho cvent of the “Turks rendering the Utchakof torpedoes harmlers, not only theso atores and the slip- building yard there, but nleo Knorson and the othicr groat towns in tae Dnicper basin, would be open to them. The panic i Odeses muat be groat indecd If the pre- cautions which have been taken to protect Otcha- and, morcaver, under the direction of Uen. Todloben, ate na langet veey tnach relied upan, sud when cven an advance on Nikolaleff and duci'm on tha Duleper cosstare notdeemed im- asible, Py ANTICIPATED DXVELOTMENTS, The London corrcepondent of tho Liverpool Mereury saye that military men st the capital are much oxerclsed about the probable dovelopment of (havcampalgu. Capt. Nolsn, o his llouse of Commone specch, declared that when the main body of the Ituseians had crossed the Dan.be they must get 1o Constantinople in khlflI our deye; that e woun as thoy reacheu tho Greal Pasw of the Halksnuibey would Ve fourtoen days from 1uo Turk- wh capital; and, as it would take twenty days to send out an Eupellsh oxpeditlon, 1 would dic- fate terms of peace from the Dall But it 1s bo- iieved to vo tho Intention of the ‘I to encamp on he plaip of Bcuunla north of the muuntalos, and they will have auother force at Aldus, on tho south of the range. In this way they think thoy will compel the Russians to Mh{lka I“:mulvu ‘lg son of the narrower passes, where they may attacked (n detalt, An{lu;vuulun of this kind will be greatly nsstated hu o fact that thy Tarke hold the 1Hack Sea, and that their arinies wonid be ablo to draw aupplice from the ports, cspeclally Yarna aud Uourgad, BEAUREGARD. AN EXPLANATION OF 1118 RECENT COMMUNICA- TION TO COL. DLANTON DUNCAN, Nxw OnLzaxs, May 20,1877, —70 (hs Editor of the Picayuns : 1notice that n your lsane of yos. terday you reproduca from the Loulsville Com- mercial s letter 1 wrote hurriedly on the 10th inst. to Col. Blaston Duncan, of that city, in reply to oue from him relating 1o tho present war between Rowla and Turkey, and in which 1 gave him, s few words, the synopsls of aplanof defensive campaigu for the latter Power, Ay lotter, which ‘was not intended for publication, was preceded byl fow complimentary remarks on the part of the editor of the Comemercial, In which ho atates: **In 1800 the sovereign Prince of Roumanls tendorod to Gen. Lieaurevard, then in Parls, the command of his armies, 1o offered him the rank of Ficld-Marshal, with s 1iberal outds aud $100,000 o yearpay. Gon. Heautegard wax to bo at lbeety to select his own staff,and the army waa to bo kept 81150,000 mon,** cta, This statoment {3 substan- tlally corroct, sxcept that [ was offered my owa terms,—It being understood that my rank aod eualaments should not bo less than thoso of a Mursbal of l’l’ln‘fyy or of the General-In-Chief of ance, and on wy part by the late Hon. Ueurge Edatle, ex. Sucretary of the Confederats Legstlon in Paris, an Mr, Menrd Vignoud, one of the editors ol the Aemoriab Diplomatigue, and attache of the Amer. K Legation fn Prauce, Houmania was then Lenid with 8 war with Turkey, on aceount of its selection of Priuce Charles of “Hobouzollern as Hospodar without the spproval of the Balian, 1ut '} declined she tempting ofer, for the ressuns given in the Louisville Comavrcial : That I conalds cred myself in duty boand to tetura to the United States, to share he fsta of those whose for- tune I had shared during four yoars of, wsr, ans 10 bo scrviceable 10 thew §f praciicable, This was, doubtless, & fatal error on my part, for I bave bee: of hitle assistance to thom, #nd have been cugulfe ip thelr gencral ruin, Afy letier to Col, Duncsn, covering only two pazce of manuscript, could not, of course, contain avery elaborste plen of campaiyn, ou 80 lmpor: tant & theatre of war, for srulos |mmbedx11 sbout half » unllion of men on each side. 1 whi sdd bere, however, that, befote the beginning of hos- tilities, the Turke had {n Eurtops (sxcludiog the Daoube line proper) four defensive lines sach as fuw countries possess, Lo-wit: 1 Along the nosthesstern frontier of Roumsnta, from the Carpathiny Mouutaius, uear Vegralistl, to 1nn Rereih iitver; belnd the Iatwr to Galats ou the Denube; theace, inrear of this river, to the Bucs deu,—a totsl distance of abous 150 mlles, protectod Almost entaruly by 8 mountala-range and wo rivers, ¥ 2, 1 zesrof the broad Dsnube to Chernovali; thence slong the rallruad to Kurtendit, ou the Black vSea, ucar the Hoe of the old Trajan wall, whoss Tenghs was voly aooat forty milcs, * : 3. Thy gaturally strongand slmost impassable iatkan Mountain, a0 colobrated in the Roman, W, 4. 'Actoss the Darrow and moantainous pea- fnsula from the Sea of Marmora, at ur nvsr Sile virs to 1o Black Bes at Karajakl, & distance leas than tweuty-Eve mliee, wolch, vruperiy fortificd, could be defeuded with leas thaw 100,000 men sgatust all the available forces of lHusslu, 50 fon 4 sho Iy not wiatzoss of tae Black Sea. Tndsed, venture the prediclion thas she will uvver get pere wuneat bosseasion of Copstautinople untll Ler deet shiall bave entir control of be ho Lospborus, f 35\ otberiss protect the Bospborus, for ene could uot otberwise protact ey Qs ufi" bor Uuws of waunulqubn.p:'meh nne. .o PRICE K pag) 5;:1 e » CENTS, - S would be Immeasé 2 long and yulnerabla st als moat every Iandit 3 & £ of the Blsck Ses 78§ [ G.T. Deauntoann, ALONS HE DANUBE. THE TORR.X RANK AND FILE. Fyom Our Oen’ Corvespondent. Wrxorots, May 11.—1f any one st Imagines thatthe Turks are & poor-pirited race, and that the Tarkish troops aro wanting {n military quali« ties, let him ot once dispel tha vain ides, T have taken great pains to study the character of the men. $n Osman P'asha'a command, and am confident thaj they will fight well. Asa rule they ara muscalar, sctive fellows, as far from the popular conception of the offeminate and Indolent harem-Keeper s caa bo. inured to tofl and out.door life, snd, if fgnotant, are certainly intelligent. In inspecting carefully . the camps [ have never scen any drunkenness or: {li-conduct, and I am informed by ons of Osman Pasha's ataf? that not s single case of desertion has - ot happened in the Upper Danabe army, althongh * tho hesdauarters are st Widdin, only a few hours distant from the confines of Servis. . Jt'was fortunato for me that I selecied the Serv- ian route, otherwise I might have been to-doy wandering disconsolato slong the Ruealan lines, unable to retrace my steps, and certalnly power- less tocross the Danubo, sines the river from Ralafst downswaed ts ) THOROUGOLY GUARDED DY fOR RUSSIAN ROOPE. g ) e Arriving ot Delgrade sbout a week ago, I metat the Grand Hotel an English newspsper corresponds ent who was on his wey to foln the Torkish farcos, bot had come to au enforced halt, not knowing how tareschthe lines. Weo jowned hiands at onceand declded to proceed togettier. Ifow we fared it is not necessary to relate tn detall; suflcient (n it to atate that by the liocral use of Engliah gold we éne listed the services of the Danubisa tritons, and, partly railing, partly rowing, we managed to guin . the Wallachian frontler. Thence we sdvanced by 1and, the principal meansof transportation belngour own legs, and thus, atfll keeping slways sonth of the river, finslly entered the Tarkish lines at Wid- din, footsore, weary, but fully ropald by the cone sclousness that wo had ACCOMP'LISHED OUR OBJZCT. Oar entrance Inlo camp, ss may bo supposed, ‘was an event of no small Importance to the Turks, ‘who had heard 1o news from the outslde world for many weeks, We were kindly recelved, and were invited to appear at headquarters at our carliest convenlence, an invitation which wo wern not slow Ingccopting. Contrary to our expectations, there werg few ceremonles to bo gone through, —less than in obtaining acceas to an American Genersl In timo of war. We were politely conducted to Osman. Pasha's quarters by an orderly through some of tho narrowestand dirtlestatrectsthat [thasever beenmy hap to encounter. Widdin, I should ssy, must be & loathsomo town In peace; In war f¢ la detest- ablo ond fiithy, Passing under & found ourselves in & maddy court-y sides of which were soveral benches, occapled at that moment by & few soldiers on guard, their principle daty veemling to conatst in smoking long plpss. Mounting a stajrcase wo were shown inwo THRE GENERAL'S NEADQUARTERS. The room whereln we found ourselves was scan- tily furnlahed, only a few chalrs, and & sofa, snd s small weiting table belng visible. On the sofa waa scated Osman Pashs, his legs crossed In Orl- ents] style, and one end of an enormous chibouk in his mouth. Mo waa conversing with severalof his stal ofticers when wo catered, and notlcod onr presence by a grave bow, without breaking the - tonversstion. Returning the salutation, we seat- - ed gurselves, and walted for the General to begin - the interview. In spocarance ho was about 5O years of sgo, and, lixa many other Turkiah officials, was in- clined to obesity, Ilo wors pliala gray clothing of English pattern, the only token of hla nationality being the rod fes upon his head. When the re- marks of hls oficer were finlsned, Osman Pasha. nodded fo an attendant, who disappearad throngh & doorway hung wij and straightway talaing the traditio) 10 present 1o all visitors in Turkey. Our converw tion was carried on through an interpreter, and littlo'moro than ® formal futerchange of complt wmenis, ¥o was anxious Lo joarn, s have been Al Turkish ofiicers whom I have met, regarding THE INTENTIONS OF ENGLAND, 1t was plain that she Information derlved throngh oMelal channels was not considered overtrust- worihy by the Pasha, who has had long oxperience 1n the bureaus of Constantinople. o did not ap- pear aurprised when 1 told bim that the English Uovernment had not yet doclared war ngnlnst Rus- ala, bat gravely Inclined his head and remarked that the Jatest dlspatch recelved from headquar- tera biad spoken of Euglsnd's move In that dlrec- tion ss & certalnty, My comrade ventured to ask the Genéral why he did not cross the riverand luvest Kalafst, as was done bythe Tarks Io the warsof 1828 and 1854, ‘4is, 5o far 2s " This I take to be the keyto all Lthe oporations of the Tarks along the Danube. ‘ ‘Thers aro encamped in and around Widdin 50,000 troops, which number is belng swelled by the ar- Flval of two or three battalions'dally, At Widdin T was treated to my. firet slght of the now widely-celebrated CIRCASSIAN CAVALRY, soveral bodies having jolned the camp only 8 faw duys previoudly. They are moatly tall aud broad- shouldered, wiih a ferce expressivn in thelr cyes, giving them more the appearance of savages Lhan civihizod men, ‘Thelrdress is a long, coarse frock, Rirdled at the walst, and for caps, They aro tobe uscd, Lsuppose, s skirmishers, or what we call in Amorica **bushwhackers,” and wo to tho do- fonscloss villages upon which these Clr- camlans dewcend| They are border-warfarers, ef the most bloodthirsty kind, snd before them the Bashi-Bazouks are dsinty gentle- men. Theyare not yot aroused to greaé entho- sissm, but when the red fires of war are falrly kindled along the Danube andthe clashof arms begins to horrify the now pesceful stmoaphare, then beware of the Circassian wolves, whom the taste of blood Is #sld to render frantle] And if the true story of the confiict is ever told, nothing in sll the bloody annals of history will, I sw cone fdent, ever equalitin CRUBLTY AND SAVAGRNESS. Alresdy strango rumors sr sbroad in the Bervian and Roomanisn towns where I have been, regard- ing the waoton dostruction of life sud property by Invadizi rkish forces. At the beginning of this letter I hi poken of one alde of the character of the Turks, It 18 true that they are scber and brave, and will make a deler- mined reslstance against the Ruosalsas, But it muat bo remembered that they are Mussol- men, and that all **Glaours " are dogs, whom i 18 n service to the cause of religion to deatroy, In the category sro incladed mot oaly menm, but women and children, all of whom It s their. duty 10 alay altke. Whilein Delgrade I was told many revoltlog tales of cruclty by Turklah irregulars, I waa told of men balug INFALED AND ROANTHD before slow Bres, of whole villages being burnod sad thelz wretched Jubabitants Leing batchered. I was fuclined to rogard many of thees statements a8 mers imaginstions; but I have siuce seen the Cir- ° casslans, and there bs pothing that 1 will moj boe Ueve of them. Providea with & pass from Oemen Pashs, I set out, oa the third womning alter my lotorview with him, fors tnp down the river, leaving my come ‘panlon st Widdin. I procured tho services of 8 xap- tich, and, engaging & couple of borves, I procoeded 00 horsoback to this place. My gulde wgs anin- sxpreasibly stupld and dirty indlvidual, but made ' . up kn Impudence for his lack of intelligonce, and I cams near sbooting bim several times 0a tho route. In fact, 1 was obliged to display my wespons be- forohie could roallzo thathe wes 8 hired servent sad not the master, A$ Rahova Idischarged bim sltogether, preferring to continue my journey slone, and bestowed upon bim st parting so lib- oral & **backshceah as 4o make biw smile for tha frst time, 1vellove, 1n all bis miscruble extslance. £ NIKOPOLIL . ia not strongly fortiged, slthbough it offers & 2ne cbanco for the passsge of Husslan Loops actoss the river. As 1 proceed among the Turklsh forces I am mo19 884 wose forelbly impresved with the 1dea thay tha Tucks, while possessiog power~ 10} Bgtting watrial, nre lacking in good oficors. Tho dlstribution «£ the garrisons at didercut poluts, aloug the Danube ls 40 me surprialogly Weflclent. Tuking sway' Widdis, Rustcbuk, emd, possibly, . Sillstzia, thore are seally uo defenses alung toe ene try Dorthery Sronlier, - The- warks atb [’ They are of the peasant class mostly, . - i Sl