The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-06-29
From the N. Y. Times
THE CONDITION OF PARTIES.

From the N. Y. Times.
THE CONDITION OF PARTIES.
After deducting a severe discount from the
rnlnors about Turkish affairs, for the exaggera.
ton OF the stock -jobbers there is still balance
large enough to justify reasonable apprehension
A collision between Russia and the Porte must
whenever it happens, be final and fatal. How
likely it is to happen at present, supposing ou
advices to be correct, will depend upon the com
parative strength Of the two powers in military
point of view; and glance al the figures
meagre and inexact as they are, may at leas
approximate our notions TO the correct result
1t has always been the policy of the Gar to
suppress all details of internal affairs The
Sultan probably knows little of the real condl-
ton of Turkey beyond more or less reliable con
lecture. The sinews OF war are certainly in the
hands of Russia. Millions of Ural gold are
said to be treasured in the vaults of the lmpe-
rial Bank, awaiting an opportunity for service
With an inccnsiderable debt and boundess
resources, no considerations of economy would
probably interpose to postpone quarrel, espec-
cially where the booty promised to outvaue an
empires ransom Recent authorities state the
military establishment of the Gar pretty nearly
thus
Cavalry, including the Cossacks
Foot, embracing every descriptionof 19l 500
troops 640,3SS
Artillerymen, pioneers, &c. $500
Total SOL 900
These estimates, however, are extremely
crude, the method being to sum up the several
divisions, corps, and regiments of the army,
assigning to each its full complement of men.
The fact, we are confidently assured, differs
from this result to the extent of about three
hundred thous nd men, very few of the esiab-
lished corps being filled up, and many Of them
existing only in name. If il be true, as the
German papers stated last year, that the military
arm only cost the Russian government some
$40,000,000 in 1850, we may assume the state
ment above 10 be vastly overrated. The ex-
penses of France during the corresponding
period were much beyond that sum, with an
army of 394,525 men. History shows that
Russia, under any other circumstances than
those of invasion, which inflames the whole
population, and calls defensive legions into
sudden existence, never contrives To set more
than two hundred thousand men in the field
The truth probably inhabiis in the neighborhood
Of those. figures.
The naval armament Of Russia in the Black
sea is stated as follows:
Line of battle ships, Is
Frigates and smaller vessels, 81
Steam frigates,
Smaller steam vessels, Is
20
Add to these over 200 gun, boats, and an un-
reported force Of sailors and marines, and we
have tolerably lair notion of The power des-
tined for half century to capture Constantine
pie. The navy floating in tie Baltic and north
ern seas, consisting of 81 sailing crafts, and Is
steamers, with due allowance Of tenders and
gun-boals, will only form an element of the
calculation in case Of a general continental
melee.
To resist this potent preparation, the Porte
has an army. finely drilled, well differed, and
gallant, of l50,SSO regular troops-to say moth
ing of emergent levies doubling that number
The present armament embraces:
Cavalry, 1880
Foot, log, 800
ArtilIerymen, sappcrs, miners, &c, $4,000
The Turkish navy numbers
Sixteen iine-of battle ships, carry.
ing ,44S guns.
Fourteen frigates, carrying $50
Thirty smaller sailing vessels.
Eighteen steamers, with total of $500 horse
power.
An array Of floating batteries, gun boats, &c,
number unknown.
This naval armament Is by no means contem-
ptible or disproportionate to that of Russia. So
with existing resources the prospects of the
Sultan are far from discouragng, nor is the
result Of single handed contest fair subject
for vaticinaton. But there are many other ele.
ments in favor Of the Turk. While the Otto
man popu alton of the European provinces is but
one tenth of the total, and Notwithstanding the
claims of the Gar are most fatterng to the
million of Greeks, it is pretty well ascertained
that the Bulgarians, Walachians, Albanians,
and other races constituting the hulk Of the
empire, prefer the state Of quasi independence
they enjoy under Abdul Medjid to the more
rigorous rule of Nicholas. The extra Danubian
provinces are captivated with the teachings Of
Kossu,h, and craving entire separation from
Russia, are represented as eager to throw of
the present protect orate The suppositon,
therefore, that the great body Of the popua IN
sympathize with the obje,s Of the Gar is has,y
and probably incorrect That similar fidelity
will prevail in the Russian territories in the
event Of war is questionable. Torepress Poland
will require as large force as to subdue Tur-
key. And again, the ranks of the Ottoman
army will be swollen by important accessions
from Hungary, Germany, Italy and France
The republicanisn Of Europe, with a certain
cunning in fight that is not, even now, entirely
undistinguished, will muster strongly in the
light Of the Crescent The Turkish rupture is
one Of the several contingencies, for which
Kossuth and his friends are eagerly waiting
The assistance, whether in the way of direct
enlistment under the great banner Of the Pro-
phet, or in the shape OF Instructions, diverting
the attention and dividing the force of the Gar,
will be of vast consequence. And last of all
H. =. H.. - II - \
France, that the Sultan's dominions shall not be
impaired; of France, whose claim to the pro-
Electorate of the Holy Places has been trsmpled
on by the peremptory acquisitions Of the auto
Graf, and whose fleet lies conveniently at hand
in the eyer-glorious waters Of Salamis; of Great
Britain, whose commercial interests must suffer
UNNECESSARILY in the triumph of the Muscov,e.
The fight, il it is to be, will not be entirely
sided and unequal, or the inequality, if any, will
1t least be in favor Of the Turk.
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