Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-08-02
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AZ has 70, .. sSar.-p rlvats Letter from
AN Asterjcan soldier.
!, have Just seen a private letter from
: Vol. bowlcs. of the United States Army,
GATED at Go1stantinople, and directed to
gentleman Of this city. which contains
SerJ clear and impartial resume of the
situation of the beligerent forces at ithis
moment. Col. B. has received a very
important command in the Turkish SER
vice. and was on his way to take his place
in the army. The French and English
Journals exaggerate so VIGOROUSLY in re-
gard to the situation of affairs, in order
to keep up home enthusiasm in favor Of
the war, that little evidence coming
from an intelligent and impartial source
is Of great value.
Col. Bowles was at Athens when the
French and English landed and took pos
session of the Grecian Capitol. He rep
resents the general appearance and bear
ing OF the soldiers on that occasion, as the
finest he ever saw. He thinks the sub
mission of the Greeks is one Of compul-
sion entirely, and says they curse the
English and French to man. The Jour
nails OF Paris and Londcn, on the contrary,
represent King Otho and a great portion
Of his subjects as overjoyed at the inter-
ventiOn. Colonel Bowles represents the
conduct of the French and English, on the
occasion as high handed and arbitrary in
the extreme. Orders were given to the
vessels in port, that if the Queen attempt
ed to escape by sea, as was anticipated,
she should be seized and held rs q pris-
oner, until the King signed the terms i'm
posed on him.
He says that up to the present time,
the majority Of the successes have been
in favor ofthe Russians that the reports
published by the Turks Of the immense
and constant losses on the part of the Rus
slams, and the insignificant losses on their
own part. are gross exaggerations,
scarcely surpassed by the Russian bulle-
tins themselves. He represents the Eng
IIsh and French armies as being the most
perfect in their equipment exercises and
military bearing of any armies perhaps of
modern times while the Turks are sad
ly wanting in all these attributes.
There are 25u.O Russians on Turk
ish soil, while opposed to them are at
present but $4,000 English and French,
and 10000 Turks. This force united
and strongly enIrenched can act on the
defensive; but as to acting on the often
sive. he considers it impossible. They
may defend the passage in the Balkins,
but they cannot drive the Russians out of
the Prncipalities.
The army of Asia he represents in q
more doplorahlc condition STILL and states
that it occupies a position so critical that
if not relieved soon by a reinforcement of
good soldiers, it will inevitably be cut to
pieces. Of Sebast"poI he says that aid =
ed by the Russian feet, it will be a port
SO difficult to take that the combined
fleets are afraid to attack it.
The prospect seems gloomy enough.
but when it is recollccLed that Turkey
has really accomplished nothing sub5tan-
tial thus far as the result Of a battle, while
on the contrary, Russia has constantly
advanced. there seems to be some grO2nd
for the conclusions at which Col. Bowles
arriVes.-N. Y. Tribune