New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-13


pitch and tar and Of spiriuous liquors. Besides, the
main lnes and the shops in the bazaars were IN the
hands of c&nteen men from Starnboul and Galen
who dealt in brandy and rum, IN bacon- butter on
cotton and other things useful and Innemmaoie
These public and private stores were many pieces
4. yfstsfance for The fire. which clung 10 them and
gloeted over them, would Il leave them, nor IN
deed bas il left them 81 the hour wife for at tins
moment though lste CT night. the bright red flames
are st daring up from the burnt quarters OF ANA
The FIRE ~ said before, broke out IN the vicinity
Of the barbor near the powder magazine. The
opn on az present prevailing Is that il was caused oy
tie tyreeks who are known 10 be favorable to Rus-
sia and hostile the allied troops. There certainly
bas Jeen q great commOtiOn among the Greeks for
some time past. When our husssrs marched from
Devpa 70 Sanibazar and the light division advanced
from DevDa 10 Monasiir, and when all the canps on
the line from Nsrne 20 Devna were shifted forward 10
improve the health Of the troops, signal fires were
burrrg all night on the peaks Of the mountains from
Dexna TO shumle. | myself was out riding, and
camping out the whole Of that night, and saw those
fires plainly They were not herdsmens fires IN the
plain at the mountain side, but they were on the
highe Il mountain tops-nOt fires OF Goals kept up TO
warm the campers out, but burning high up fires
that were made TO give the alarm AID to spread news
The Gree ks Of the VaTna district and the Bulgarans
Of the mountains would be exec ent spies were . not
for their total ignorance OF military matters. lney
believed in an advance OF the English arm and IA tue
cOurse Of that night sent the message up n the
Danube and across il TO the Russian camp. Exactly
three days later the Russians left their position al 6
urgevO.
The Greeks left varns a. they alege, from fear Of
the cholera. Many of them-every landlord, for In
sance-threw up lucrative situations in order to go
away But il is strange fact that their fear OF the
cholera drove them away AZ the exact time when the
disease Lad spent ts si strength and when accord
ing 10 all accounts, and the examples daly before
our eyes its fury began 10 abate Nor were they IN
A hurry 10 leave until day or two before the catas-
H.. and tbav Left Mt sIfie0
ple who Ay from pestilence but in high spirits shout
ing, laughing ana drunk. From what saw then
believed and still believe, that those people were
privy TO plan that was Matching against u, aud
! am confident that the Investigation which is now
tfking place will Justify my view of the case. In the
confusion which prevails il Is impossible to ascertain
facts and what am going to mention must be
considered a. rumor-idle perhaps, perhaps founded
on facts / am told that the Turks arrested three
Greeks at the outbreak Of the ire and gave them
over ts4the French. | am also told that the Louayes
burnt a Greek. whom they suspected of having
caused the cOnfiagration. They bound him and flung
him into the fire. Such was the common talk Of var
ma all this day.
The FIRE. if laid, was certainly ably laid. For two
hours the town was in the most awful danger
The Turkish powder magazine, established in the
basement and the cellars of old tower of enormous
strength is well stored and comparatively safe Capt
W was one Of the engineers who IN the course
Of last winter assisted in completing the defenses of
Narna. He knows the fortress and It's arrangements
ard while the flames up to the sky and the maya
zines appeared envelOped in fire, he gave me
count OF the position OF the powder and discussed
chances Of destruction or safety. We We're not 200
Yards from the chief depot-that was consolation.
If an explosion took place onr deaths must be insan-
taDeous There was too much powder to make a long
affair of il. Last winter, when Capt W exam
ined the stores, he found $4,000 cwi. Say that one
half Of it had been used, ana no fresh additions made
to the stock, s there would not be lees than 1000
cWt Of powder in the Turkish magazine There
Al NJ -. ,l. Laft. and Iba
French magazine, with rather large store of
3 600 cvt was close by; and close by, too was
the English magazine, both of them got up in
bury and without those elaborate precautions which
the destructive character OF the material demands.
The Turks had tanks filed with water before
the doors of their magazine. The tower is of
tnornous strength and bomb proof, so that II the
urks kept quiet there was not much danger in that
quarter. But my friend, who has for some years pas,
known the Turkish service, had his fears lest the
Turks should show too much Zeal. He thought the
most likely thing they would do was 10 remove the
powder even ii they had 10 csny.it through the
midst Of the hames To-day was told that Capt.
". perfectly justified in his approximations, and
that bur for the interference Of the French the
Iuiks would certainly have attempted TO remove
their powder 10 a safer spot The English and
French magazines, being badly protected, were, of
course, IN imminent danger, and If they went ac-
cOIding TO the law OF EXPLOSIONS the Turkish maa-
zine must go too. The explosion of 30 900 81, 900
cwt of powder taking the lowest possible estimated
would be enough TO blow oil Narna into this week
Cd next year and utterly destroy all the shipping in
the harbOr. Tie loss Of their ships and stores and
perhaps of 10 eco or IS 900 men in and near the
ICwn, would have crippled the allied armies, and
there is no saying shai would have been the inhu-
uce Of such a catastrophe on the chances Of the
md the fate of Europe
The panic of the inhabitants was extreme. They
men women aud children rushed through the gates
,r lsaped from the walls and climbed up the moats
Ill striving rantcaly 10 gain the open feds and the
Instant mountains. As remained in the tOSn can
BOT, from my own observation, give you sketch of
bar passed outside the gates. But understand that
rowds OF the ugltyes sought refuge and shelter in
he French camp, where hay were Hospitality received
BY the officers dnc duty, and accommodated in
he empty tents the majority of the troops being in
he town wrestling with the fire. These poor people
IN ong whom there were many women, many children.
md many that were sick and had TO be carried, had
carcely settled in the tents when they TOusetb by
fresh alarm from The town. Troops Of soldiers
'ame running out in hot haste; ZOuaves having
,aUght up strong baggage horses came on in a neck
n nothing across the feds, crying, " IL largel
Al larger and frous line TO line Of tents through
he camp, rang the awful words, " SaHre gH1 psHt!
' La poudrieTe savteTl" And then the Il ght re-
.ommenced-thai worst of fights-a fleeing where
none pursueih The sick left behind screamed for
issstance-children cried after their mothers-wves
they ran sETieksd for their husb Ands who we're n
he town and must perish Aud when their strength
utterly exhausted, all these weeping screaming
ttollc Arlufi lElill Ndttu-
ng the fiery column which rose from the doomed
own. Ii must have been strange scene for those
Cnely watchers in the fields 10 see the dark towers
md roofs Of Narua purple with the glare the bright
I'd mounting up 20 the tranquil sky and it, reiec-
ion in the calm waters OF the Deyna Lake while
ar out on the sea, which seemed 10 sumbsr in that
lreadful hour, still the pale moor looking
'own in Tranquil beauty from sphere Of The purest
Dlue.
The troops and crews worked the engines xeited
be magazines, and pulled down the houses wishing
q Isolate the fire tut the wood eu the ground caught
ro as we'll and the hames eaped over The cleArings
french cOmmissaua stores and consumed them. /,
eized the canteens and the nhammable liquor IL
hem. an0 the bursting o. spirit casks and the running
hrough the streets OF flaming liquors were added 70
he horror of the scene. There we mach tluDizYiny