New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-25

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,,,a anal nj ,lphI npou lhn usnfpad Territory, ess
,.i ,,.es,.s. ~ tho Municipalities ~ Iiasslan- aad
ro,ts 10 q thiaa asepedlaai, Ia harmony viii sslSt
ies t,ealips The, would by Ibis apparent generosity
ia raoee rscapo zeal dangers ~ Asia whore ihoy ap
rssf 10 he wofse IN Than ever aud above oil they
would II ~, mn,ncni b. strong enough 10 drive Tho
iks out II tho sisip oi territory allowed 10 tom ON
tbr len banh Of the Danube. Curious bull by means
satisfactory evidence In h,or Of tbia theory mny be
found in The fac, that la openly propounacd by Wen
na Journals enjoying tho confidence Of the Court
few DAYS viii show whether this view Of the question
Ia correct or whether actual war in good earnest Ia 10
he carried on We shall be disappointed IL the latter
does not prove 10 be the ease.
In Asia we begin TO find ont that both parties are a
GOOD deal weaker than supposed. According to
the Journal dc C0nsfaHtinoYe, the Turks had, on the
9th October. in Erzerum 10000 men, a reserves in
Ratuu. 4OOO regulars and 10000 irreguars, intended,
evidently for an active army; in Bayezid, on the Per
sian frontier 5000 men in Kars and Ardekshan, the
two most Important points on the Russian frontier next
10 Batun) advanced guards of, together, 5000 men
These were TO be reinforced in few days BY III or
l2COO fresh troops from Syria. This certainly IS
very considerable reduction from what other reports
led us TO suppose; they $1,000 instead of 10000
But on the other hand il the by way OF Constan
tnope to be trusted the main pass OF the Csucasn
connecting THIS and Georgia with Russia, is in the
hands of tie mountaneers shauyl has driven the Rus
SLAMS back to within nine miles of Tiis and Gen
Woronzof commander in GeOrgs, has declared that in
case Of Turkish war he could not hold that province
n rlQ e.
counts may be correct we cannot judge but the reen
forcements sent in great haste by TO Jerkkum kae
Redut Kale and other points on the Transcaucasian
coast prove that the star of Russia does not shine very
brilliantly in that quarter As to the strength OF these
reSnoreements. reports dier; it was first said 2I0JD
men had been sent but where the Russians to get
ships for such army Ii now turns out that
the 18th Division, the first of the 9Th corps Gen
ora Lidders) has been sent thither; that would
be some 1900 men, which is more than like
IT, As to the story of the Cossacks of the Black
Sea having rounded BY land the western point of the
Caucasus, and succeeded in passing undsturbed along
tie rocky and shore toward Redut hae TO the
strength of 24.0J0 men, (this seems to be favorte
number with the Russians) the longer we looked al H.
the more incredible it seems. The Tchornomorshi
Cossack have plenty to do to guard the line OF the ku
ban and the Terek and TO cavalry passing single
handed and unattached in such force. defle OF one
hundred ard fifty miles, through hostile population
where few men might Rthem or cut their column
in two these things are only heard OF in Russia where
up to the present day lie affirmed that sawarof beat
Messina al Zurich
Here then is the best ground for the Turks to act
Rapid. concentrated attacks Of the regulars on one
main road to Tihs-aOng shore if the Turks can hold
out at sea by Kars Ardekhan in the interior if they
BY ndeftigabe, energetic sud
den warfare according to their fashion by the r
regulars would soon put WoronzOf in an nextrcable
position, open a communication with shamyl, and ell
sure general nsurTection Of the whole Caucasus
But here more than the Danube boldness rapidly
and ersemte Of action is required 1t remains TO be
seen whether these qualities belong to the Turkish
commanders in that region.