The New York herald., 1877-07-06

RUnoRs or PEACE.
The rumors OF peace negotiations current In Con-
stantinopie week have reached here and here az
capital the opinion Of those whose opinion Is
worthy Of cons!derstion s that the negotiations ff
neeotiaons there pe are premature as Russia cannot
possibly De satisfied without crossing the Danube The
rise OF nearly twenty per cent IN Turkish stock gives
color to the rumor though should be remsr sed thai
the Bourse o! Gaata only took the from European
markets where there nigh. be an exaggerated notion
Of the value OF German intervention. Here well
at ConsanIinople the rumor has caused rather pain.
ul impression. as Is thought 10 be Machlavelan
device Of the enemies Of Turkey 10 scduce tho
Turks into iooPs paradiso-n other words
TO uil them into false sense Of security aud
theory may appear iarfe,ched to any who s not
personally acquainted with Oriental character. and
stantinope; but 70 Inc II appears more than feasbc
The Sultan was always disnclned for war and a
destruction ana his country from desolasion would
certainly not be rejected by him How far The OF
Of As NAV be- udsss rue
ns hcre but account must be taken of the that
to the present very little mas happened on the Danube
their artillery operations the OF Russian
earInworks as soon as they arc made
KEALLY SURPRISING.
With respect TO the general Conduct Of tho war; may
say that here in the capital, great surprise 10
pressed ut 75 900 men being Kept down at Montenegro
while Mukhlar Pacha Is left at Erzeroum with less
than 20 900 repe the attack Of 000 Russans
The knowledge OF the TACT that the rctreat Mukhta
Pacha from Erzeroum Is imminent that 10 10 say,
that the whole OF Armenia, up to line drawn from
Trepzonde through Erzeroum on 70 Van viii DO
discouragng effect this side; but long
as the troops here feel that the central government is
determined. heart and SOUL to carry The tho
bitter end shey will 1gnt with the courage and endur-
ace Tor which even their encmies havo always given
them credit.
TRYING TO REACH THE DANUBE.
My first step under ordinary circumstances should
tho Serdar Ekrem, the gensraIissmo OF the Turkish
orces and obtain from him permit which would
or hndrancc. l have just heard, however, two
thngs-frst, that something has happened on The
have gone to the camp at shumia are kept there and
neither see nor hear anything. nave, therefore, de-
cided 10 90 straight to kustchuk. and start at once
THR JOURNEY FROM vARNA TO RUsTCHUK-
DIFFICULTIES OF WAR coRREspoNDENTs-THE
OPPOSING BATTERIES AND cAMPs-scENEs IN
AND ROUND THE SAME.
RrsrcHux. June 13, 1871.
From varna to Rustchuk the distance is less than
l4O miles by railway, nevertheless the journey
cupies from ten eleven hours at present. and
before the war the average time was soven hours.
Sometimes the line blocked by herds Of cattle, and
now there the additional impedmen OF the passage
OF troops which occasionally delay Of several
hours The line starts along the valley of the Devna
and nearly all the way to Shumla is nanked both
sides by hills The country s fertile and the hills
well wooded but the greater part OF the plain
on each side Of the line Is uncultivated--
called In Turkish mera, common land--and tho
woods wild. Immense wealth lies there undo
veloped Manure is thrown away ~ rubbish while
the land s, to speak, crying for IT, On arriving at
Casptchan, which is properly speaking the shuma
station for Casptchan only village and 5humla
is Of 80 900 inhabitants exclusive OF ths camp
which is still numerous, met some military
friends who their way to Rustchuk. From
them learned, to my great satisfaction, that had
done well in going to Shumla for The correspond
ents therc under restraint. Several OF them hav
ing heard that something interesting was going on at
Rustchuk wanted 60 there and started for the sta
tion, but thoy stopped and Informed that Serdar
Ekrem recommended thcm not to CO. and that II they
insisted It at their risk and peril. This
taken that II they disobeyed his injunctons
they would incur hts displeasure. so they remained
at Shuma where they are not likely to know much
of what s going on along the Danube.
THE rows OF sHUxLA.
Tho town Of Shuma is two and half hours drive
from the station called Casptchan Why the station
placed at that distance from the principal town Of
the province is mystery all but the constructors
concessonares Of the line; but it is shrewdIy sup.
posed that 10 done in order 10 create q OF
cabs for the special benefit Of somebody connected
with the concessionaries. The camp joins the town
and extends in the direction OF the railway. II s
the opinion Of military men who have recently
visited the camp and noted It's military and topograph
ica strength that whatever successes tho Russians
may have elsewhere they will never be able to take
Shumla; and the experience of the siege Of 1928
shows that this opinion s by eouiu- de rose
1t Is supposed that they will not repeat the mis-
take they made then In attacking Shumla, the Turk
sh piece de rtsstance bat shat they will endeavour
turn 1t and all other strong fortified places such
widdin, Rustchuk and Silistra, leading their army
with large bodies Of cavalry or this, hereafter whom
get TO the Danube, the crossing OF which is talked
Of so giiby by those who havo only the map.
From Shumls to Rustchuk the around is unduating,
very fertile and we'll cultivated.
The crops are exceedingly dne this year and are
ripening rapidly. The wheat will be ready for the
sickle within three weeks 1t rs Of the utmost mpor-
to the Turks that tho Russians should be kent
from landing whatever until the wheat crops
gathered, supplies running short at Shumla.
Fears Rustchuk that the shore line
between tina: place and silistra Is not sufficiently
guarded, and that the Russians may effect landing at
or near Tutrakap and swoop down with cavalry to
Rasgrad. The shumIa army appears to be following
the old plan Of waiting for the enemy
DESTROYING RAILWAY srocK
AT rchervenovoda, place about twelve milcs from
Rustchuk learned that that station would In few
days become the terminus Of the ine as it was OK
pected that the Russians would demosh tho tor
minus at Rustchuk In view Of that eventuality the
mass Of the rolling and workshop material has been
transferred to varna and In the of the week
there will be nothing left for the Russians to destroy
but the bare walls Of the station aud workshops Since
then, however, have learned that Tchervcnovoca is
deemed TOO Rustchuk, and that Rasgrad--midway
between this and Shumia--will probably be chosen
as the now terminus.
A PANIC
Last night a little panic caused by "a report
spread by correspondent. who quoted the station
master his authority TO the effect that the Russians
had crossed the Danube at Tutrakan ION tho German
maps 'Turtukap), and were making for tho railway;
that consequently thero would be to-day for
varna, and the terminus would be put back far as
Rasgrad As bad only loft the director OF the line
four o'clock In the afternoon ana had news from Tut.
rakan up ti 1ve o'clock yesterday did not credit