New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-01

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The Russian force Tow on the lnuban frontier about
tao roo upder Generals LADDERS and Dsnneberg and Rear
Admiral Kornile has feet Of 90 gunooats carrying 20
guns. snd capable Of transporting 10000 men aer'ss !he
river upon any point. ~.
In connection with the runors bearing on = ne
loud stats that his return T. Montenegro from -
p.ersturg Prince Daniel distributed 900 Ru-sisn md As
smouy the troops ard announced 10 them that they you'd
socu have an OPP )runy OF proving their vAor 10 recon
ouerng from the Turks the territories Of which the latter
had deprived them
The Russian Naval and Land Forces
We take the following from letter from Vienna IN me
LOA80a TiHSss
Some information concerning the Russian Navy, Army
Sebast por ard Odessa hardly prove untcceptaoe
at such a critical moment The feet in the Black Sea
consists Of two divisions Zach division or slutdron
/. supposed 10 contain three sksr, eight t-odeck
ers Of which OF &c and the others OF - guns SIX
frigstes one corvette and four biig. Thus the feet
Tite vould consist Of tro three deckers four two
dsckes Of and i # "a guns - frgaes. two coryees
and .ight brig. To these says HaIthsusen, must be
a5ded several steamers ard great many galseys or
"row. bosis There may be about lsO OF these ga!4y'
which principally employed on the east coast OF the
Black Sea VI HsIih.u-@n although he writes IN Rds-
fia sense nsinus that the navy appears more ornldt
HE on psper than il is in reality We told that the
gal-ys have up 10 the present time lls32 rendered
more service than the large vessels In l7t3 Admiral
Goovin did not attack the Swedish feet because he
Rad but y vessels TO his adversarys - General
Keith. ho~ever in the same year attacked Swedish
squadron of equal strength, and came OF victorious.
Under Catherine H. a certain Sprdof acquired some
r.putaiinn hut the names Of the commanders under
him EptinstOne Greigh. and Dugdale Daring the
which after the first French Revolution de'oaied
Europe, the Russian navy mere cipher When allied
with Engsnd the fleets 0 the latter powerful enough
when opposed her Russian vessels were OF no avail
The fact that the ships sre stl princpty manned win
land lubber :, not denied. but this Is surprising
when considered that Russia has mercantile beet
worth mentioning There is lag that the Captain OF
merchsI tan sailing under Russian c0lOrs mlst be
tive OF the country bat this i coDtauay evaded Import
the Russian he Captain. but once at sea, of goes his
uniform goes apron. and he figures As ships cooH
The real skipper generally either German, yede.
Norwegian, the English have been unpopular since,
during the they took great n OF the Russian feet
into safe keeping The ships thus manned three
deck er and corvette have composed of loo sail
and marines two decker of - and two brgs have
the number of men crew ot the same strength
also suthces for a two decker OF - guns and one
frigate. The vessels, being built after different
models, do not sail well together; English seanen
may well at the way in which Russiaa SHIPS ia
general handled The newer large vessels are Of OAK,
but Ech inferior quality that they d. not last Oret haa
10 Is years the others of Arch. The Black Sea
feet has good sailors who taken from the coasts
and also many Greeks OF the Cossscks dwelling the
shores Of the Sea Of AzO good boats formed
The fact that the 81 eek Seals contnu Ally subject 81 squalls
nearly violent those the tropics must not be lost
sight of shso and dangerous reefs also abound How
any Of the Russian ships above enumerated have been
damaged comOetey wrecked has never trinspref but
often read that, in consequence 81 violent storm,
great any vesselshsve been lost the Black Sea Sc
"batopo is fortified seaport which, in the opinion OF
scientific IS almost without IT. equal IN the world IL
Europe should have weak moment and Russia thirst
Tor conquest np-tlles may De DNkun lfoul Nrutrtopt
with entrgy and security Either the fleet can demo rk
troops behind the mountains and rivers the vest coast
OF the Black Sea- or AZ any port that can oe found NO
lone seriously suppose that the Turk 81 heet al pre-
in future will be able pr. this. Before the
battle OF NaYarRO il other rse for then the Greek
sailors could be depended on The Prusstn Baron who
probably did foresee that Russia would make
against Turkey, continues" IL IS more dlhcut %
provide for 10000 men in Turkay than Tor OooOO m Ger
many. On this account the Communication which the
saeet keen up bet sesn AMI Visa and the pro-
duct:ge couhtrss the banks of the Bog, Dnester
Dn~T,er, fBorysthenes and Don, render invaluable.
To this u but necessary 70 add that even here there Is
very prevalent idea that If the united fleets should be
cessated 10 visit the Black Sea- very few of the Russian
vessels would escape the As % Rear Al
mral Korn-iIs 4G gun boats on the Danube, the sdm
rails could take 20 each, and toss up for the odd six
II would be urpardouabs To- speak with the sane eyy
Of the army The well clothed aud armed and 50
vel discp thst WHEN properly led on they walk up to
The enemy calmly it parade. The X 'san army
nsi.ts OF guard corp comprising the whole guard
one greDtder corps Fix infantry corps ana three -rYe
cavalry corps AZ present have d. but with the ia
fsniry corps which what under Napoleon were called
army corps Each Of them consists on paper Of 90 bHti
ions o infantry and of sappers OF - sqlairons OF
lancfrs ard and OF - heavy and 70 GIT guns
The real strength Of the bgslOns and sndrpns Is
known. Until the Hungarian there was always vast
certnce between the nominal and effective strensh %
tie army corrupt administration IS still the curse oi
Russi ard The justice # tbs assertion Is fully borne out
by ine fr = Petersburg In the OF which
some % 'he first Generals Of the empire convicted
either q conuvirg ~ peculation or gro. negligence
During his reign II IT, wears t. Elner Nicholas lts In
cofr. which t. believed has received order. % BE- pre-
pared 90 march. insists o. Line Grsualier ant three n
atin.er irg'ueus ~ three batsli1ns each one Grena
cer Chasu battalion and Of sappers further OF B.
scuadrors Of light cavalry with g. heavy All o. Eight
guns.
The or,ifcs- of S,ba-topol cor,is; Of three large
fr- ThoSe called Cons 'ue and Alexander n the
entrance q he port that which b-sr rhe II eho
las I, the haven s-t Aer the f,rtiictt.ols Of Paris
tbs is perhaps The most important AMI sira'cgicly in-
pcrtn piece O.; military architecture which has
p-sd since ESQ The harbor ~ Odessa Is forns by two
lsrce moles defended by strong works. Il contain
goo ships. The town j. regularly bm in the tlrm 81
ohlon- parallel gram. decyity which slopes dowa TO
the tar.
The ka-ch correspondent OF II, Lbyi gives sonsin
formation relative ~ the Russian forces Inc 81 in.
iabfry corps The Kingdom II Poland above 6J.O
wieu ewed fte "a June 1882. L.
Ger Lieutenant G.uer. Psuuiine This Is the army
corps which, IN case ct war would be pushed flrFTd
hrough Vobyna and P,doa 10 the support OF the corps
those proyr and the Pruh These lat troops
which ui der the command Of su,enant General Dan
berg reviewed by the Emperor Nicholas in SEP
Timber l-5l. The 5ih army carps, in B-s-sr4bt,
unoer he and OF Lieutenant General lIders in
speeed by the Gar in l-ji and lsj3 the Sovereign
satisfied himself thai his armies not imlginAry Ike
The villages and towns which Catherine II. when
ne passed through the Csime9 with Ptemkin Th- pen
erai opinion among Austrian military men tn Russia