New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-03
THE STATE OF THE WAR.


mics in tb, ir winter quarters Tie Turk. are OrSia-
ixps keir f. ices chiefly with the aid of the Hungarian
r.Tnsee, viz. Gen GpyO1. COW Khorshid Pasha, Gen.
Kme,tv LOW ISM Vael Pasba Stein now FerbaiPashs
Cd Kollmsp n It's Sarshitsky snd others The
Russians do rot seem sbe oPets'e on large scae.
- ara ,bre,,ensd, their rear BY the Lesghians
under Sbaml TIE frOd. Ter "r're'ses' hsrs sna inc
lstsly reesned Chefketl on ne turkish side and "A
balzk ard Guuri on the Russ> ale niye oeeh 'srons
IL fortified all the time that the >'n'eF n Pre'ea'ed
setve operatons Ii both pA rites thinA more OF
de,ense than OF aggression On the 'anu'e vac Rus
,i,pshave reiterated from kaafat 10 Kre 9va and hhho
9, and left only corps OF observation JUN r~'n
strong before the iureuchei csmp. At Gidrs evo aaf
Rustchpk Bfaia and Ms.saiu much powder IA wasted,
be c,nnonads almost uncessins snd raids are often
ATTEMPTED on both sides to silence the eneuys Date
ries both parties regularly ascribng the Victory %
themselves The Russians are principally des're1s' 70
destroy the batteries Of Matshin which prevent fhe
Ru. sian steamboats, navigating the Danube and tgsn
they have made several attempts 10 destroy the fdrr
river fotiis which keeps up the communication be-
tween Rus.ohuk and Wlddin It IL Low for the third
time that the Russians bosst Of aaving ANIMATED
the Turkish boats but the bulletins ind no credit
in Eogapd since the English papers have their ows
rsnortsrs in the Turk n camp The Morning ChrpHt-
ee is represented by Captain Maxwell an officer OF The
East India Company service, who handles sword ana
penw tn equal sb! lie accompanies The Turks 10 the"
expedtons sgsinst the Russians, and took an act'e
part in the battle of Olteuzs Mr. Grove OF Tie IL
lssirated London Nrs lounges about ia The camp and
at the ouposts always sketch book and pencil Ia hand
ard draws scenes of camplfe The DAILY Ners hiss
TWO CORRESPONDENTS at Widdn aod Rusthuh Mr. Ed
ward L. GOdkin the author OF good illustrated MS
tory OF Hungary and the Rev. James Cook Richmond
an American clergyman Major Evel! n MAJOR Mer'
oier and Capt pu Puy late OF the English and French
army serve now under Omer Pashs and are drilling tho
cayary Omer Pasha Count ulnk, (lsAanier bey)
Wolf (Osrlan Bey) and Wessenberg (Mahomed Bay
are the chief renegsdes in Wddin, where The crack
battalion which has served under the special conmand
of Omer Pasba in Bosnia aud Montenegro consists ex-
eusyes of Iuugariaus and Honyeds, who had crossed
over TO Turkey in l549 and Immediately taken service
with the Turks The IiCnHd Medical JourHa aud tho
Kronyadt Satet often contain very interesting CORES
poudeuce from the medical gentlemen, fiuDgMlsns snd
Ausrians who in the beginning of the war ef vienna
and attended to the hospitals of both armies Inc Dc
scription they give of the wretched condition OF tue
Russian army of occupation is really irlghtiu' A'
least fifteen per cent Of the army are u the hospitals
beside the wounded. The explanation is easy; Prncs
CorcbakofT has Just now issued an order that tho
soldiers should b. sppPtod three times reeh "m NEAR
until Low they have had animal food only twice aweek
Such il the Russian cOmmssariat AS to the Wallach
ian auxaries raised principally by TX Frmce hiIosn
Of Seryia fer the service of the Car we READ IN tho
Stbsnbargr Boe The bands of volunteers com
init abominabe outrages which desecrate TIE Chris-
titan usme. Were they heathens, We would not be
"aston.hed but they pretend to hight Tor the eross
snd yet behave in such way thai even lnfdels must
/ ,hudder' | must remark that these pro ltusslan
oBnteers, behaving Outrageously ia their own
c, 1htry and toward their kin have not as yet Gu
eountered the Turks. The formation OF Polish
Legion in Constontnope has sntil now always been
defeated by Reshid Paahs at the advice Of the En-
bsssadOro who would not give such mortal onse to the
Gar they betiere in Gmieate diplomatic settlement
.of lie difficulties. This is the letes. from Con-
stannoDle, where the betrOtLe OF the daughters Of
the Sultan to the of the chiefs both of tie peace
nd of the war party has excited more interest in tho
d piomate world than the operations Of the armies.
1t is indeed strange how the most distinguished
II Iropean dipomatists soon become miserable in
tri guers, IN fact Greeks of the Lower Empire when
tn, y remain in Cons'antinople for while. Tho
CIR eek inslrrecton finds sympathy ia Thessaly, but
uy volunteers from the kingdom flock the
fro tiers, encouraged they are by the Queen Of
Gre ece, who has sold her jewels IN order 10 supply
the insurgents with the sinews OF war General Gri-
yas General Ranges and Colonel Stratos have left the
Greek service and joined the freebOoters OF the Pin
dus. According to the latest news, however, tho
Turkish garrison of Arta has defeated tn band Of
young Karaiskskis and pursued them across the
Greek frontier The insurgents boosted previously Of
two victories one at the Five Wells, north Of Arta
On February the 3D. and one at salayra, bkewse near
Aria; they reported Turkish loss of 300 men in killed
and wounded. This report shows that, should they
even lot have exaggerated their victory, the affair
must have been trfing From the first beginning Of
the outbreak they have made no progress at all
As 10 tho Western Powers, the preparations for war
are going on the same scale as before both IN Eng
land and France yet war has not been declared SINCE
the answer Of the Car has not yet arrived in regard
70 the lltimatum sent of on February 20. Sir
Charles Napier sailed from Portsmouth on Mon
dsy last but be is yet within the reach OF
the Admiralty any steamer might bring
him the order 10 return before he has passed the
SonnA Az TO the conduct Of Prussia and Austria,
matters have considerably changed since ny last let
ter predicted then, against me opinion Of the Eng
Lab uress that Austria would coon Join Russia and acs
! the part OF a trator 10 the Western powers Mypre
dc,isn be .ins now to be verified, step by step me
semi. eal paper of Austria the Osssueiesisdhe Cor
yestOrde-az frat contriyed most ambiguous Mnelc'
exulaui,g to the English that they should not DO 20
much u9ensed against Prussia on account OF her pro
Rusias tendencies or--such is TIE statement OF s"e
Austri.a orrsu--Prussia will not separate her pohcy