Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-12-31

s.hs Sea iE 5otv cen Elnsaia al uflEey.
The naval Engagement betw u Rus rs
md 'nFts ~ create ntense all shset sla-
ott he old The iretaiion Of q e conl9at-
ants n1 lie mime % IS Of and life
IL sbofk & one hour, lows that he mo-
det imnSov eHisnts 81 q llery must Change
entirely the charae sea fights. No one can
hesitate TO award victory 10 the Turks when the
great disparity of force and the alleged equality Of
loss IS e5nsideted. Me whoie RLssian feet 9 ass
it is said. engaged aud greatly crippled. We must
hoaeFeh agail f1ller paFlicnisEs before f,lrihel
comment. ~ ~
II seems singular that the combined fleets o.
England and France shohl nd have aided in eoti-
voying the uEkistytIanspoTts. We had supposed
they weFs Sdmi,teditothe Bisel Sea, for the pro-
tee.ioh of de & ha tvo9p Upon the tex
ritofies OF me Potls LOOK With pteEEsst fol
some explanation oft the manner In which this Iap-
parsnt surpriss upon the Turkish vesss s has been
eGeeled.la Sss s.siis (. & .s.i,.i,eg rs
s s. .our4dyiess by the Pacific say that sgensral
war in EuFope Is. inevitable. We cannot see pte-
ciseiy Why this should pfecipitSte hos.
Utilities. The navy 81 the Porte has shown an aBilf
~ To- sustain itssIts whilst that of Rgssa, Eff
fect, annihilated hat LETT Of it being crippled
,andsunft fOr service. The two nations whose
united nautical power IS uhequalletlj have de-
.ciaTed in aSor Of Turkey aud now occnPY'or can
occupy, HE Black Sea. The winter Is just setting
in. hcslilities byIaHd and sea apparently suspen.
'3deds We cannot see why Europe should go 10 Iwsr
except they have to ptesefye the balance 81 pow
,st by protecting Russia from invasion by the
Potte. sais. isls. 81 ~ Z. ,l5.ss;.ts
, The London Times publishes the accounts OF
this Naval engagement which will be found in our
columns This m5lningS with the following con-
meniS ~ dlt. Aiaers s. 4 iE Il +. S.fEEg538 4
s.ltswOuld seem probable, that the squadron
which the Russians have. demolished was convoy
bound Win iroohs 4 and arms from some point ON
1.-The coast OF Asia aud the most probable version OF
the story seems to be athat the Russian fctniseIs
pursued this convoy into tile roads OF Sinope.l
II has also. been that, as Sinot,elis a
naval arsenal, Il Is possible that as sons OF the
vessels destroyed bytLe Russians were 0ulks il
the port Sinope Is the best haIbor on the ctast oi
Asia Minor situated, about 500 miles ION the
Bosphorus, and at the nalrotFsst part OF the Black
Sea, being only42 maEatime leagues from Sebas-
4opol. eI -
The town Of; Sinope is built on the isihmus of q
peninsula i1tlins out into the Eukine, aud forming
two ca aciols harbots. That 70 the South east Is
used by the Turks as naval station. fes
The1oWnl Is square, uauhS0 WIN -toMStsS. aHu
covered by small citadel; but in spite of the im-
poitance Of the place, it has long ben considered
the most vulnerable point on the whole Northern
eOastof Asia Minor m. ~ ~
among thsfutkish toTts there ate lssatsely any
strong enough tobeat OF a line.of-balte, suip.--
However, AFTER the destruction Of no less than.l2
Turkish vessels, without taking single prize in n
state to be removed 10 SeDastopo, The Russian
ships themselves WeIe,in condition TO leach that
harbot with difficulty. s.aa i4'ls 2.
The havoc which is described TO have taken
place shows that the ships on both sides were
fought with great gsllantEyS aud the russians
who first surprised every one BY allowing them
selves 10 be beaten on land, have now suTprsetlu
again BY an exploit at sea. 81
They had, however. by their own account q
vast superiority of force, and osmsn BeyJ the
Turkish commander, only surrendered atthe last
extremity. ess