The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-09-14
rnE CLOsINa or THE DARDANELLEs

Il treating his p8C1eUt IN 0otlOOS CasSs0.
rHE CLOSING or THE DARDANELLRs.
Turkeys reported closing OF the Dar- 1
lanelles to all f0Eeigu noets alike car /
riee with it two told uneanlng-a hint 1
Sd her suspicious that the Brltash squad
ron may e easily ace against - for her, !
and an ayoWal of her confidence In her !
owu ability TO defend hseself without
any extraneosss aid Whatever. Nor IS |
this announcement by any meaus an /
empty yaunt. Mature has given to
sible confaguEAtion, and were Its forma- /
clable batteries efnciently armed and
manned, which Turkish defsnses sci.
dom or never are, any hostile vessel
would do we'll TO have another Far
ra1ut ON board before running the i
pauntlee Of their fire. The strength OF
the current, too, IL such as to impede
the progress Of very large vessels IN
certain states Of the weather, and the
sudden squalls that at times come
sweeping down from the Anatoltan
highlands are often quite as formadaoie
IA those of the Mediterranean.
There are fcw more picturesque land |
scapes, even In the Levant, than the
rushing forth from between the bold
ridges that hem 1t in, with the little
purple islet of Tenedos seen dtmly to
the south, and the great white dome OF
OLYMPUS hanging like cloud upon
| the northeastern sky. A few Turkisn
villages cluster about the entrance, but
the first considerable town is that of
Dartlanelles itself, some distance up the
eastern shore, with its tall, square, nat
rooted houses, and huge yellow laza-
retto, masaed along fiat strip OF dusty
plain, behind which the distant noun
hains loom s!ladOW-like along the h0ri-
zon. The European coast is, for the
most part, higher and bolder than the
Asiatic. up to the point whore the hills
lfall away suddenly 10 leave room for
the deep curving hollow In which,
: Ialmost level with the waters edge, lie
; the tiny white forts Of Sestos and Aby-
dos. the scene of Byron's famous swim
lin limitation of Leander. Here the
> channel runs almost due east for Few
miles, and then resumes Its former dl'
|; rectiOn. Sunny slopes, steep crumbline
: ridges, and deep, narrow inlets succeed
}, each other for miles, till at last @ .ne
Istra2gling streets and tumble-doWi
= Notifications of Gallipoli stand Out OF
:. la grassy headland in the blisterin:
sunshine; and beyond 1t, dappled witt
e wood crowned islets, extends tn
= smooth bright surface Of the-So;S ;
,. MarmOra.
q Only twice in the last two centurte
"a has the passage been forced, and bot
times with comparative ease. In III
y Capt. Elphinstone, British officer l
~ the Russian service, having vainI
tried to persuade Admiral Orloh to 10
e. low up the destruction of the Turks
gN tSp ON frNaf
&c upon ConstantinOplc, attempted II
~ feat with his own single vessel.
sh Gaping the one huge stone shot whic
ne the Turks contrived to discharge ,
MS him, he anchored off SeragliO Point,
ne front of the Sultan's own palace, an
ce having drunk glass of grOg In defian
ne Of the infuriated crowd along the shor
[er sailed out again in triumph.
nd A little more than thirty years lat
Ia another British commander ran thrOul
oeI the Darslanelles with equal fmpunit
aio and, anchoring his squadron of Primo,
lat Island, menaced COnstantinople WI
s.le bombardment. But the French
&C vow. Gen. Sebasttanf, cOntrived
MS, stave off the peril for seven days b!
IN show of negotiation, while the ent
ne population labored day and night
ead the defences, till the British Admir-
M lsuddenly confronted by 1900 hea
the guns, had no choice but to retire
Dr. The Dardanelles batteries were by Il
ent time manned and armed; several
nee sells were struck, in passing, by .
aet, pound balls of stone; and when
the squadron at length gained the OF
tne sea, three ships were totally dismas
the and 12O men dead or disabled.-N.
nor Irs.,o.
be-.
the GRANT IN SCOTLAND.
eing
evo- EDINBURGH, August 31.-Grant,
RAJ receiving the freedom Of this city
SON day, said "I am SO filled with el
"as' tion that scarcely know how to th'
YOU for the honor conferred upon mt
tne making me a burgess Of this anc
Ms city of Edinburgh. I feel that IT
snip great compliment to me and TO
nu 1l ~ country. Had the proper eloqu'
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