Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-11-13


Eight guns were taken, and we lament
to add, that General Wrede, brave
and distinguished officer, was killed.
Abe loss OF the Turks, as may be sup
posed, considerable There was sick
ness 10 the army and it was feared that
Iit was on the increase, the wsalt hav
ing been so hot, and great scarcity OF
water. The accounts which have srriv-
cd from Constantlnople are of the 24th
aud 25.h ult. The Grand Vizier lett
Conslaniinople on the Goth, anu was to
proceed 10 Shumla dIrecl, with 10000
men.
From lie London Morning Herald, Sept. 23d.
We received last night the Paris pa
pers by express. They are still without
any news from the immediate theatre OF
war; and it is probable that the silence
will continue TIL the arrival Of the EN-
peror Nicholas before Vaina, which
perhaps, took place on the 4th OF 5th
inst.-We may, therefore, shortly ex
pect intelligence from that quarter, as
tits highly improbable that bis Imperial
Majesty would sci out for that place IN
ces that the reiEiorCements would ar
rive there before bim. The amount OF
the latter, we believe, is not exactly
known, particularly as the progress OF
! the Turks liz Little Va!lachla has diver.
ted some OF the troops from their origi-
1 a . IA ha
bracing Choumla, and Narna with the
intermediate space.
However, the Imperial Guard APP
pears to have continued its route, and IT
probably completed its march before
Nicholas landed near Varna. Its strength
may be estimated at from so to 50, 900
men; aud no doubt, it will be a great
accession to the troops before that place
and ChoumIa The amount of the oth-
er renforcements has been rated as high
as So, 900 men; but besides the e2agger-
alton which always prevails on these oc
casIons, the greater patt Of them. as
,sc said before, would tInd sufficient &C.
lcupatIon on the banks oil the Danube
II will be seen by an article IN the Gaz
cite de France OF Sunday, Under the
head of ConstantlnopIe, aud which is
1extracted tom the Austrian Observer,
That turkish force was also marching
on Choumla; and though its amount Is
not stated, we may safely infer from the
activity OF the government, and the en-
thuslasm of the nation, that il was at
least equal to that OF The Russians.
This force was lead by the Grand Vi
zier in per son; and though he had only
mine thousand men with MIN on setting
tout, these nay be considered as rather
an escor: to TIA, t.igh iunctiouary than
as considerable part of his army, par
ticularly as it is distinctly stated that The
different c"ntngents of which it was
composed had commenced their march
Hong before. La a former account, which
appea IN the same paper, tins army
was supposed 10 exceed 100000 men,
Of whom large poiticn was cavalry,
swell armed and we'll mounted" In the
mean line, the T0rkish garrison in Var.
ma, according I" the reports most wor
Thy Of credit, consisted Of $4,000 men.
about the middle of last month. The
garrison at Choumla, at the same peri
cd, consisted of upwards of Al, 900 men;
aud we merely mention these facts to
show that the arrival q the Russian re
iniorc ements, though they may turn
the scale at first, is not likely to give
the Russians a decided preponderance
during the remainder of the campaign.
In fact, they seem to fight no longer
for glory and conquest, but to maintain
their present positions, to which the pos
session os Yarha is indispensable, and
should they fail in this, they would, in
all probability, be obliged to remeasure
their ste ps, and take up their winter quar-.
tiers in Wallacbia. To show how little
the Sultan values their hostility, he has
not suffered the various works, such as
the building of new palace, and oftwo
barracks upon vast scale, to be inter-
irupted for an instant, and, as another
proof Of his Indifference, he has not al
lowed the sacred standard to be unfutl-
ed.-These are unequivocal signs that
the war inspired him with no alal
whilst he neglected no precaution which
could contribute TO battle the designs of
the enemy. 1t is reported in one of
these papers, that the firm of Roth
lschild had concluded a contract with the