New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-05

Of the village, have been destroyed. The troops
were lodged for the most part in ZemIiks, or long
covered trenches, such as are used in winter BY
the peasants Of Wallachia.
This vast camp is now the very picture OF deso-
latiOn. The only evidences OF animate life that
one meets during long rsmble among those huts
and foraker trenches are few hali-starved
dogs. that followed Their savage masters from the
hills of Asia and. with true animal affection, re-
ma n ct the spot where the latter fell. The grave
yard was filed with victims. It's terrible com
nentary IN the nferies of the camp, that lo,Ovo
Turkish soldiers died, from disease and wounds.
within the walls of kalaiat. | am acquainted
with a surgeon who was stationed there during
the winter, ard he relates to me scenes Of
suffering at that extraordinary place, which far
exceed ANYTHING related OF the ten thousand
Greeks who retreated from Asia. The winter was
intensely cold and men grew mad from very suffer
Ing The Turk will not submit 10 surgical ope-
rations and cOnse queutly hut single amputatsn
took place where judcious medical treatment
might have saved mutitudes of lives. O the
three hundred wounded sent over to WIddln after
the battle OF Cetate but five ever returned 70 Nal
afat Tie Turk j. fatalist in view OF suherlngs,
wounds death: otherwise the soldiers of the Sui
tan would not have held out during the terrible
campagn OF iast winter. Ii Is A question whether
if would not have been better for the Turks 10
have confined their military operations to the right
bank Of the Danube, especially as Widdln, the
chief town Of Upper Bulgaria, is possessed OF Tor
tifcatons Of immense strength. But as offensive
opeIations could not at that time, be carried on
to any great extent, some great achievement was
requisite 10 raise and establish the character OF
the Ottoman forces. and Kasfat although its
strategic importance has been greatly overrated,
served that purpose exactly. The Turks aftirm
that these fOrtihcatiOns. now so desOlate, may
hereafter be of u,e against Austria; but II is prob
able that they will long remain in their present
state.
Widdn the residence Of Pasha and Greek
Bishop, bas population of q 900 nha )ltants, and
is situated at a point OF great military and com
mercia importance, on the right bank OF the Dan
ube Tie walls OF the immense fortress line the
waters edge for considerable distance; and Its
excellent condition. as well those long lines OF
Turkish cannon, showed that the Governor SAM
Pashs had not been idle during the winter.
Widdin il a genuine Turkish town, as is lndlca-
ted by the number of mosques-the cemeteries,
with funeral cypress-the rows OF low, tumble
down houses, and the long, crooked lanes, stony,
despicable. and filthy beyond all description. Out
side the city. were eDcampments OF wandering
Gipsies as well as OF several hundred Arnalts,
and Bashi. Bazouks. The latter, dressed in rags,
the remnants Of their once splendid costumes, and
mounted on the small, sorry steeds with which
they had made the journey from Central ASIA,
crowded along the shore to catch sight OF the
steamer as che stopped at the pier