Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-12-22
The seat Of War on IA. Dapubs

iHV SrAt VI war GU the Dahnbc.
From an article which appeared in the New York
Courier giving sketch Of the war operations be-
tween Russia and Turkey, on the Danube. we make
some interesting extracts. The Principally Of Wal
lachia IS thus described
The Principally Of Wallachl, which has thus far been
and doubtless Will long continue to he, the seat OF war
about three hundred miles in length and hundred and
City an BREADTH occupying an area about three.fhs
large IS the State OF New York The Dlnub. bonuds
toe southern southeastern aud southwestern portions of
&C. and branch OF the Csrpihians hens IN the
The lower part Of the Province living on the D.uubr for
the most part low aud fiat The whole country Dan
uOe TO Bucharest the capital Is httle than the
Seppes oil Russia and Is quite likely remain desert
The Province Is cur up by large streams which dow
arom the mountains in the North the Danube sfaydug
many strong military positions.
Since the article written from which we make
these extracts the Turkish forces have rccrossel the
Danube. As pertinent to the consequences Of this
movement, we give the following speculation from
the same article
"But supposiug he Turks 4honi be forced out of
lacha back again the DandSg there are barriers
which would eiieclualIy prevent a Russian ma-ch upon
constantn0Pe. The city Of \aruia, which ic- Upon
the Black sea at the distance OF about seventy five mle,
from Schuma Is ia reality the key OF Consannople and
an its present condition, with friendly naval force occu-
pyng is bay Is absolutely imPTegEab!e. in s2s when
fortified far less strongly than at preseb il resisted
the attacks of The Russians Tor lln two months ANA
then only got possession by bribng the Governor
The Importance OF the place ia derived from the fact that
Al Is the only port from which Az invading army could draw
its supplies and again from the ccg.s that u would
prove most excellent base operations case the lin.
along the Danube should be cut oil aud destroyed,
Shuma the present head quarters OF Omar Pasha is stu
ated the head OF the valley which Ggbuuchc at Nnrna
It great importance lies in the fact OF it, comm ,ndnr the
great pas vi the Balkan the great which leads
from Ruschuck 10 COnsaninopc This pass the most
feasible OF any Of the Balkan passes the route b.. IL
IS the sbOrtrst-the distance between ShumIa and
Consiantnopie being trite tIgae hundred mile.
No, 1. a4tEf.. 81. tall To-.
Iay IS Ira ans Dl. Of lhlman, between Sophia add Phil
ipoPols and the Chpka Pass between Tirnoya and e.
kissara These pssages G9Osd Vey strong defensive Pc.
suonsi and under the most favorable circumstances.
should there Ice resistance ucy a!s hardly pfsc.
tcable in autumn winter H. 1929 the Russians we're
only enabled To ioIcc these passages and reach AirauO
pie, by the eacheUus surrender arEs the acideu-
tai explosion of nine, which threw S-tra into their
hands, and by gross piece Of miscalculaon in the Turk
sh Senskier ia concentrating his troops Shuui, and
leaving the other passes exposed, which the Russian
commander by slilu direction Df hi, troops easily got
into his possession, and thereb, enabled march o.
20 Adranope without difficulty. ia the pfese.; coud
ton Of the Turkish Army IL hardly possible that
any contingency can arise which would allow Russian
force, however powerful in NUMBER - penetrate To the
south Of this great CLAIM OF mountains And Until this is
done, Con-nnunOple safe aud long a. the Capital
- safe, the Empire itsel j. secure.
NoRE DlscoEO.-Tae Democracy have had another
split in the ranks TIE Green Mountain bhoys have re
Gently been giving fresh demonstrations Of the state
" '"t huHiohou5 III NtIulOHt. Inc democracy y.
nent are 10 towing condition will be by the fol
lowing dispatch to Of the Northern papers.
DEMOCRATIC SPLIT N VERMONT.
HoSTFFiIFa Dec 1g.-The Free soil Democrats OF
Vermont greatly excited against the old ne Demo
Gratis. In Orange and Washington COUNTIES they have
held convcntons,in one, they resolved that those WHO
by their votes elected John = Robinson Governor aud
Jefferson r. hiddcr Lieutenant Governor Of Yer
mont should be held IN deestaOn by all tine friends
At freedom ln the other tlcy resolved that those mem
bors Of our Legislature who have given their support 10
p'o-avety anu drunken party traitors and caurot
raieiy allowed board the ship freedom They have al
so established new paper IN this city called the "Lber-
-tandard The split threatens 10 riyaln bitterness the
war Of the "SheIs" iu New York