The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-31


10 march from Poland to holaavis Include the eau
cAnan army, and Russias nominal force, even the ut
most she can afford bring into the camp Aign, thres
hundred tn ousand men
However to effect this Poland which, to be kept
down has always required hundred thousand men,
has TO be evacuated. And what have been left
ths provide for this sxssncyf Nothing but to
send his last resources OF power, hts own imperial
guards and nvsIds, 10 garrison Poland. Prince Pasks
wioh however has Thought 1t his duty, 1t is said
lnonstra against tbi measure declaring that with only
ths guards and the nvalids he could not FOR
Poland 30 it remains to be II that be
carried into execution.
Finally you viii perceive this is but hrst invest
vnent. An army in has to be constantly supplied
with 70 make up the continual Inevitable loss.
Well, what means have been left the Carr levy
only which again. In its turn only possible by pressing
Into the ranks boys o. fourteen who viii fall like
In the autumn unier the fAtgues Of war.
And while army in the world is exposed to such
proportion Of morality the Russian no other Is so
prose to deserton II known that Russian prisoners
whom Omer PachA desired exchange entreated to be
either kept prisoners enlisted in the Turkish army
The Aahomedan population Of the Asatic provinces Of
Russia resolve the Turks Of course with open arms
The win undoubtedly the case with the foI msrly
Independent Tartarr And the Poles got
authorization from the Sultan TO org Pc ish legion
let but the Polish appear in the Geld and thou
sands of Poles for the Russian ranks viii be seen going
over TO the rational colois.
Such Is the real state OF that Russia which the serys
diplomaey OF Europe has described IS lnvincible
However let us take for comp sake the 800
bneD the effective sorcs OF Russia he outside Of the
most favorable e,tnAte having the shadow Of tru
hnd compare il with what we know of Turkey, whose
condition, tbs very Of Russia lies open to the
Morld.
The Turks have in Asia actually employee,
yhss are about to effect junction With the '''0' H'H
brave Circassans, (vctoIous against Rus
STA for THIRTY years which gives an aed- - ~
The Eur, pesn Turkish army already in the
Geld is, in BosnA 80, 600
Under omer PAsha's command. .l5o, 600 g
A new levy Ia going on, not of recruits but of
"Redfs" drilled soldiers, who have
served Eve years. 49, goo men from every
military district consequently, from the
Blk cBtncS. .loo,ooo '"
This Is carried on with such energy that day by day
1900 men equipped and armed in Constantinople
alone besides ths other places Of concentration These
Stems give an aggregate of 5lo,coo men, regulars.
But the Turks rlike race which ls simply ex-
planned by the fact that while In Russia man who is
not soldier s permitted to have arms in Turkey there
Is not single man unarmed Arms indispensA
Bile to the Turks dress colse to his dinner.
1t is not difficult to comprehend, therefore, that the
urushAbe aggressons Of Russia have raised the
excitement OF the Ottoman people to the highest pitch
30 great indeed is the enthusiasm in favor OF the war;
that thousands ard Thousands o. volunteers daily
pouring In. omer Pscha has already 100 900 Of thess
volunteers, Irregular cavalry In his army, besides the
160 600 regulars And Kurdstan, Arabia Syria, Tunis,
TripoE with their Thousands Of warlke nouads al
ready the Advicss from Consantinopls, from
the highest sources compute the Turkish army in the
6ed and In movement, at hat million, with accels
rating increase, which must BY spring give it add
tional 1--WE hund ed thousand.
The of 0ner Pachas transport feet In the
harbor Of snope Turkey Proper it believed would
ftute for the active interference of the allied
dsets 81 Constantineple But II that they
fined taer action the sending OF few steamers to the
spot to report upon the facts-as ths destruction Of
Turkish feet in their own harbor no. fact big
enough.
The truth is the English government is thorough
y conservative than ary ether government in Europe
md It will yield almost every point to patch peace.
Russia understands this and her dipomatists to
be constantly presenting projects Of adjustment in
order to gain time The Epgisn government has been
especially opposed the Turks employing any OF the
democratic elements whilst is understood that Louis
EApeloop advsd tho Porte to send for
Land being nervousy pxous for the preservation Of the
Austrian EMPIRE and Louis Napoleon ust eager for It's
cisusmberment Finally, the indecision Of the Allied
Powers has caused the call the republican sxss
OF every country to Constantinople.
Lord Palnerstoas sudden re,isnaion has taken most
vAops by surprise. The Times has lAboreo Article to
v.v,s TIA. IL Wa caused BY any disagreement upon
tho foreign policy of the country The true cause win
not probably leak few days; but it generally
believed that OF the Cabinet viii become
n'''''Af' very '''p'''t GES. N. SANDERS.
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS.
THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENT AT sINoPx-F0RTrFIcA.
TONS OF THE HARBoR-RELATIvR STRENGTH OF
TIE FLRErs-POsITIoN OF THE sHIPs-LOSS OF
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF osAAN PAsHA-
HIS WOUND AND CAPTURB-No TURKISH VESSELS
TAKEN.
All the accounts OF the massacre-fer 1t can scarcely
be called batts-in the harbor Of Sinope have com
through Russian sources. We proceed r. give - con-
necsed narrative Of the occurrence - the imperfect
information yet received will permit Although called
Turkish defeat" the intelligence before rs dss'
the defeat" glorious to the Turks than their
"vistory' OF twenty ships fourteen Is to the
Russians.
The hal Dor OF Snope not strongly fortified. For
merry it the principal naval establishment of Tur
key but Of late tie arsenal has been Transferred te
Consan,it pie and single battery the little fort
Boas Tepe constituted the whole defence OF the port:
On the 30th ut, the feet of Admir- al NAchimon that
had eIpr .ssy look for the Turkish aotia
that was conveying reborcemsnts TO the army on the
east asst of the Black Sea, appeared OF the roads oil
nope where the Turkish ships under command OF
Bey were ct anchor having been driven to anchorage
there day two previously be stress of weather.
Mach imohs squadron consisted OF twenty four SAIL OF
which six were line OF battle ships Finding there
no help but fight or surrender Osman oravely threw
his and other Of his ships the entrance
to the harbor aud attempted TO keep the Russians ut
bay while the transports hastened 70 laud their
and stores From the confined position In which his ships
we're, he labored at great disadvAntlge. The Turks
had to sustain the Gre o. six hundred Russian
yum and could not bring than two hundred into
play against them Notwithstanding this fearful odds,
zhe Turks made proposals surreader but kept up
blew up
Astounding as may appear they managed TO sink and
burn no fewer than OF the enemy. To the last