New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-22
pucgAREsr AND ITS ENvIR0Ns.
Rrcu.REsT. wsllschia Oct. Z, 1851.

soo ,.,d. wide, and has a considerable current
o., p..ha collected the materials In remsrks
~, hort time. and the bridge was constructed
by Major Bent 10 time to allow the man oooy /"
the Turkish army to cross in Pursult oil the hu'-
,i,p.. The latter was assisted by company OF
English sailors, Jack having previously made the
.,u;,e from yarDa on horseback. The high boats
employed rival Chinese Junks in awkwafdne" OF
annoyance. What nations and languages have
p.s,ed over that structure 1t gives one 10
miniature sn idea Of this remarkable war. When
Ivu in Rustchuck 5000 Turkish troops were
epcauped near the city. aud nearly a. many were
posted On this side of the Danube, in Slobosia and
Giureevo. never Before saw such . mosaic OF
na,iopalities Here a company OF the MAN
would be followed by files Of EsyPtisns, and there
s,ousdron of troops, cent by the Bay of Tunis,
would be preceded by band Of Arnaus or
B..bi Bazouks. Scheiks from Asia Minor, Abys.
siDiaps, mountsineers from the Caucasus In
splendid costumes, aud dark warriors and der
yi,ber. who had travelled from the distant regions
Of Central Asia, taking Mecca in their way served
10 diversity that curious picture OF nationahties;
Add TO these the English, French, hungarian ana
tional costumes, and you have al idea oil what L
saw ON the bridge Of Rustchuk. The present
TurkO- Russian campaign II, IN It's circumstances
and results one Of the most astonishing on rec
ord in one spot we have an ap0the0sls OF lie
and custom from the north and the south, from
the Occident and the Orient. The swarthy chill
dre1 of the Desert have here met the sons of the
friQid zone; warriors from the Nile and the Niger,
from the Tigris and the Oxus, have, on the banks
of the Danube fought with the Cossacks of the
Don and VoQa and the starved recruits from the
Dpiester and the Dwina One seems more IN
clned TO attribute this grand spectacle to Eastern
encbantment than to the ambition OF single man,
feigniDg TO be defender Of the weak, but striving
10 be the conquerOr of all. Tie islands OF Smurda
and Mobsn have been the theater OF so many
conflicts during the last eleven months, and have
changed hands so repeatedly, that can merely
allude to them passont They are both near
the Wallacbian shore, and so grown up with low
underbrush and reeds as to conceal large num-
Der of men. Smurda Island is, in fact a mere
swamp but | noticed upon il, as well as upon
Mokan Island below the remains of Notifications
thrown up by the Russians and Turks. The for
ner remained in possessian Of the islands most OF
the time up to July 9, when they abandoned them
of their own accord. Nothing could exceed -
folly of IIassam Pasha in attempting TO dlslOdge
an enemy who he must have known WAS about TO
retire from his positions and 1t is astonishing that
the English officers who fell GA that occasion
should hay engage in so insane an enterprise. The
latter at the head ofless than 200 Turks attempted
TO drive the Russians from the upper island.
STRANGELY however the Ottomans will not follow
Giaour officers unless they have Turkish names,
and consequently few EngshmeD only we're left
To attack the Russians behind their inirenchments.
1t proved a failure. l saw the spot where Arnold
and Burke fell and afterward obtained from the
servant Of the latter full account OF the attack.
This brave fellow carried the body OF his master,
covered with thirty five wounds, over to Rutschuk
the day after the action and Omer Pasha has since
In person presented him Turkish decoration, the
first one ever granted to common Engnsh soioier'
While in Vienna became acquainted with Arnolo
an officer from the British army IN lndia: 10
show that much Of the old Ottoman is stiii re-
tanned, may state that Turkish oihcer was seen
the day after the above engagement wearing Ar,
nold's diamond ring, and boosted OF having cut on
the finger of the poor fellow to obtain It,
To reach Giurgevo the steamer passes some ais
lance down the Danube and then ascehds the
small arm between MOkan Island and the main
land. AS we passed up noticed the iortrications
thrown mn by the Russians along the shore and the
remains of several large vessels, burned during the
last bombardment. We were dlsembarked by
means of a wooden pier thrust out from the low
candy beach and directed to a small hut where the
baggage was to be examined.
Being in Turkey had 6attered myself thst
was out Of reach of Custom-H House aud Ponce
Officers, but was greatly mistaken. Oiurgevo Is
town OF 5000 inhabitants aud as the streets are
unnamed and the houses unnumbcred, wandered
about tw hours before getting my passport IN or
der for bucharest The streets, Of great width,
but wretchedy paved. radate from the center OF
the town where, in q building resembling church
hut intended for the Town Hail. found the Com
mandapt of the place. who as Hungarian, re-
ceiyed me with marked kindness. The Turks
might have easily destroyed Giurgeyo from their
batteries on the nights OF Rustchuk but 10 the
different bombardments they spared me tom, ana
merely directed their IRE against the RUSSIAN
works near the shore. did not discover the least
trace of damage done BY shot or shell. Giurgeyo,
although filthy and miserable, il paradise In com
parison with the towns on the Turkish shore. The
houses are generally low, and succeed or white
wasbed. Many OF them are built after the
Russian stlle. There are several Greek CHURCHES
in the place. the sound Of whose bells was de-
lighted 10 hear after stay OF some length IN
Bulgaria The town was once strongly iortlhed,
but the works were ali blown mp BY the kussans
after the campaign OF l-29 Its present deienses
consist Of long line OF Entertainments thrown
IN not far from the shore, Of this point thirty icet
above the Danube AID mounted with Turkish can
non. Ihey were not competed until after the
Turks esincd footing on the WsllAchAn side, bat
few weeks ago. Mention is made OF restoring
the Notifications Of GiurTevO az well as those OF
tAeTurkisb towns on the night bank OF the Danube
a. they we're before the Russian occupation OF
1855, but IL probably will not be done before
the close Of the present var. Turkey IL now TOO
poor
dined at q little Casino kept by an Italian.
and started az Cnce for Bucharest. Ay SHfgdJu,
or driver act Of 81 fall speed, which VISA kept up
few minutes. Whep b. halted suddenly BY a shs-
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