New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-01
THE rurATFR OF WAR IN TURKEY

Tho Lyrrol 6cs Dfbats gives an interesting description
Of the probable thoaier of The Impending war anu m
~ line of dis river from Orsova % the Black Sea has
l,nch of more than 600 leagues. Eighteen iorthe1 Pc
Jtud The messages of the river the right or luSsn
Gont TIDY arc Orseva Berza Palanka, Folestno Wild
din Arza. LON. Zibrou Palanka ka5oVa' NK1Poh, o.s
tow, Rusoluk, Turtuse Slistre kassova hiIcno' =
Mesehinn Iatchi and IoutchG. The most important Of
tese ere Wildn Rutschuk, Slistra Matschnn isatchi
md Toutclo not being great ioiresses DHt because
they observe the mouths OF the Danube ING IuAs Nv
no fortrosses on the left bank Formerly when the nus
slams have crossed the Danube they have encountered
nop lint tlnatura obstacles Of the passage the iurAs
never having been able TO oppose them On Us oaSs 9u'
AT he present moment powerful army Is prepared 70 as
nuts with them the passage In time of the Russians
keep on the Danube ota Of gun boais and snah yes
sells constructed expressly for the purpose carrying guns
Of Great calbre The Turks have also holas OF armed
bsfques which have their stations in the ports OF me
river under the guns Of their totresses when are e
,loyed TO provision them TO aid their defense ia
case Of siege Tie ofhe river between Naaema
and Bulgaria divides itself naturally into three regions
the Upper Danube from 0rsoya to Wddn ine M,u1, s
Danube from Niddn TO Ruschnb and Slistria and the
Lover Danube from the latter town TO the sea At Or
sova the channel OF hte Danube widens SonsideTsoIy
Here the fortress of Orsova rises from an island IL
rectancle thanked by four bastions IL Naaoan' e'n
sucttd in the seventeenth century Five leagues oeoW
orosiie tie Walaohan town OF Ichernes1 are me runs
Of rsOns bridge The river here Giiains the nFeaI Oh
n cuafier of league. Lower down are rapids "hlsh'
without iniorcCpiirg navigation render I d,hcuI'. nc
frs important fortress "len we n,ee' = !" i' -
regulation Of $1,000. 1t has been the form e" sem
with he Danube for the diameter s an iFfe l-E an
prolonged peniagou with esoefe lanked with rsdtns'
and couperfauked by five basti0ns oioerahv good c3n
cion Nhss never been occupied by the Russian. VINO
have not cen accustomed 20 employ great military ioF'es
' cuNe liner Danube Nikopoli,a commercial town was
nea snd entirely DESTROYED by the Russians in ISL IL
has now from 10000 TO 1900 Inhabitants It pont
Of MASSAGE which i; b,hoves the Turks wen TO guard
Th9s he lneier'e Of Nkopo has been re nsiaed sad
(,ner Prcba al this moment IS constructing new WORKS
thre The fight bank of the Danube j. for the most pa,
higher than the len which gives the Turks certain 40
yensge but there are intervals where The valley e1are
and where the passage is moi rendered dncu ol ae
fcura,on OF tie so1 Al all these intervals ioriresse'
have been raised most Of which Of me oce cosTuc
ton Tut sufficient TO oppose first resistance; alS y
serve point daPPsi 10 body Of troops ehAlys'
obtIuct the psssege 10 on me rear oi IN
emmy should the passage be accomplished by ,upeu9
force Il Is point Of this character that Ia desend
inc the Danube We find the town OF Sisto", win
rrTpstion IL Oooo inhabitants and earients hNike
win towers This town destroyed by the Russians u
1871 hut has been rebuilt 1nd the Oteafons earetal
reconstructed on mcdornplan, aud augmented W
e-el euiworks Il IS Of the strongest places Ga IN
Inc Of the Danube. GiouEjewo. which once eQyeedn o.
the lcf hank has been lot 10 TURKEY = q ~
hcou raised rur,Gksi having oipesie 70 TIE " aka " a