Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-06-26


T26thl April, in the year of our Lord
tIs2s, and the third of our reign.
Signed NICHOLAS.
II Countersigned the Vice Chancellor.
COUNT NESSELRODE.
The Declaration which follows the foregoing
Manifesto, enters into more ample review ct
the conduc, Of the Porte. II refers to her IN
trigues with Persa-charges her With violating
her pledge to the seryisns, and her guarantee
10 the Provinces of Moldayia and Wa!iacha.-
An amnesty was to be granted to the Servisns;
instead of which the Turks invaded their ter
ritory, and made dteadEui massacre. The
! privileges Of the principaliiies were TO be
| guaranteed; instead 81 which system was
established of the nest sweeping plunder--
! The incursion Of the Turks inhabiting the left
/ bank Of the ku5au were encouraged. Yet
/ Russia, GGriuga all these provocations. only de-
/ s;tedto iastil moderate and just pFsnciplesinio
! the conduct of the Porte. She disspproved
F.! the en.erprize OF Prince Ypsianti. bet re-
CURED that the. innocent should not be con
! founded with the guilty. These acquisitions
I were rejected, and the christians we're made
| the victims Of irtiscriminate cruelty and rage.
| The patience of the Emperor Slexander was
| at lengll wearied, and IN October, 1925, he
transmitted an energetic gsrnons trance To tn
| Porte lis lamenied death lid not produce
/ any difference in the moderate policy of Rus
sic. His successol trod in tie same steps; and
instead of taking advantage OF the revolt Of the
! Greeks, eRdeavOred TO mediate between them
and tho Porte. IN conjunction With his ally
| England. be signed the protocol Of the 9TH Of
| April. and subsequently in conjunction with
EnglInd and France the treaty OF the 9th July.
The Emperor appeals TO the articles Of that
| treaty, in proof Of the dsinterssled nature Of
his intentions. lie speaks Of the breach ct
| faith by the Ottoman General, which occasIoDed
| the affair al Navarno Ills court, even, did not
advise bin to abandon his wish for peace. The
! m lnitesto Of the Goth December, was consider
ed by him as his bly, insulting. He therefore
declares war, and states hls objects to be
To compel Turkey to pay all the expenses
Of the war, and indemnify his subjects for oil
J the losses they have sustained.
| To enforce the due and efeetual observance
of the treaties which Turkey has violated,
/ To secure The invioisble liberty Of the
Black sea, and the free navigation Of the Bos-
| phorus.
| He dissvows any ambitious design in going
| TO war, and declares his intention 10 abide by
| the treaty Of the 9th July.
| Such is the substance OF this most important
state paper. But while the Emperor is drawing
he sword he poinss Out the means by which
Tho Porte may yet avert the blow.
| The Seal OF War.--As it is now GER
| tain that war has been undertaken by
Russia against the Turks it may not be
uninteresting to give some little detail
concerning the countries in which it
will be carried on, and of the forces
! likely to be engaged in il. The Russian
army, commanded by Count Witsenstein,
is said to amount to about 10000 men
of all arms--well disciplined, well pro-
vided, and burning for the onset We
find no accounts in our London papers
of the precise situation occupied by this
army; nor does the proclamation Of the
commander in chief, which we publish
cd this evening, relieve our difficulty
for it is merely dated from head quar-
tiers without stating whore those are
We presume, however, that they are
quartered in Poland, in the vicinity Of
the Pruth, which constitutes the north
western boundary of MoldaVa. The
distance from this position to CONSTANT
nople is about 500 miles.-The Pruth,
after separating for considerable space
Moldavia from Poland, makes turn TO
the south, and continues q southerly
course till it falls into the Danube be-
tween Galatz and Ismael-and divides
| the principally of Moldavia, its length
into two almost equal parts. Both Wal
lachia and Moldavia are without Tuv-
kish Garrisons, being governed by their
own Hospodars, who are tributaries of
the Porte. Wallachia is separated by
the Danube from Bulgaria, where pro-
perly the Turkish empire begins, and
where the first Turkish forces will pro
badly be met The Russian army will
traverse the two principalities without
opposition in some fifteen days, which
will bring them to the Danube.
This river win be crossed, il is suppo-
sed, between Hirskoxa and Ruschuck,
both fortified places,) which will, if
the object be to proceed with all haste
TO Constantinople be masked for the
Russians have learned by experience
not to lose time in laying siege TO Tur-
kish fortress and the march be pushed
forward to ShimuIa, the position that
commands the passes Of Mount Hamus,
and where the Turkish force, amount
ing by computation to eighty thousand
men, independent of THIRTY thousand