Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-08-19
FOREIGN NEWS,


LATEST FROM EUROPE. The New-York
papers furnish Paris dates to June %, brought
by the ship Olympia, from Havre. Official
bulletins from the Russian Army on the
Dapube, to June IL, are received. The first
division of Russian troops, passed the Dan
ube, short distance above Ismael, on the
9Th, by the assistance of fotilla from the
Black Sea, and humber of merchant YES
sells. Their passage was resisted from a
number of batteries on the right bank of the
river. Eight battalions were landed and sew
eral cannons with small loss, and the Turkish
batteries, with Is cannon, were taken pos
session of by the Russian troops, which
sustained but trifing loss. The fortress of
Isackstcha was Immediately invested, and on
the 10Th it surrendered, containing two
Pachas, IS pieces of cannon, II stands of
colours, with great supply of ammunition
and provisions. On the 9th, the passage of
the troops was continued, and on that day
the Emperour set his foot on Turkish terrific
ry. In the mean time bridge was erected
on which a brigade of cavalry was crossing,
at the date of the last bulletin, and the rest
of the army was to follow.
Ibrail, which is situated so or 60 miles
higher up the Danube, on the left bank, had
not surrendered on the 9Th, but it is said had
been reinforced by a garrison of 5000 men.
On the I'd the Turks made a sortie and took
500 prisoners, who were Immediately be-
headed. This is not official.
The affairs of Greece are said to be more
prosperous.
WAR IN THE East. tits evident that the
Emperor of Russia is taking his measures, in
the invasion of the Turkish territories, with
reference to permanent possession. The
Russian dominions are bounded on the south,
between the Black and Caspian seas, partly
by Turkish, and partly by Persian, possess
sions. On the side of the latter, the Russian
boundary has been pushed much farther
south, than on the part of the former. On
the northeastern coast of the Black sea is a
country, belonging to Turkey, called Great
and Little Abazia, or sometimes the South
ern Ruban, bounded on the north by the
river Ruban, which empties into the sea of
Asoph, and in that part separates the Turk
ish from the Russian dominions. Against
this province the Russian Emperour has d.
rected anaval and military force, the first OBJ
Ject OF which is to get possession of the town
of Arrapa, situated on the Black sea, little
south of the entrance Of the sea of Asoph,
and the mouth of the Ruban, and the prin-
cipal town of Great Abazia. Vice Admiral
Greig sailed from Sebastopol in the Krimea
on the 18th of May, and reached the roads
Arrapa on the 26th. On the following day
detachment of troops arrived also from
Taman, an island at the junction of the
Asoph and Black seas, commonly called on
the maps Tmourakan, or Fanagoria, from
the principal town. On the Both the troops
dlsembarked from the squadron, under the
direction of Prince Menzikoff. During the
Decentralization they were attacked by the
Turkish troops of. the garrison, and body
OF Circassial cavalry, and the detachment
from lama was engaged at the same time
with some thousand mountaineers. On the
DIST general attack was made upon Arrapa,
which continued from 10 in the morning to
4, p. M. when the wind shifted and the
squadron was obliged to retire. 1t was in
TERED from the appearance of the walls and
houses that the enemy sustained considera-
Bile damage. The Russians had men killed
and z wounded, and the ships received dam
age OF some consequence. The Russian
cruisers on the Black sea brought in at diff
terent times several Turkish vessels from
Freblzond, on the southeastern shore of that
sea, bound to Arrapa with reinforcements
for the garrison, amounting in all to $40 men,
with arms, standards, &c. At the last date
the Russians had not obtained possession of
the town. In one of the skirmishes with the
mountaineers, powerful chief of the Schad
soughs was killed.-Bost. Dai. .4du.
LONDON, June &c. In the house of COM
mons, last evening, Mr.. Secretary Peel, in
answer to an inquiry of Lord John Russell,
stated that the Government decidedly dis
approved of the conduct of Don Miguel and
the Portuguese Government; that the Bri-
fish minister had been instructed to discon-
tlnue his functions with the Government
and had received other instructions which
could not at present be disclosed. He add
ed, that Mr.. Lamb had been accredited to
Don Miguel, as Prince Regent and the rep
resentative of Don Pedro his Sovereign, but
not to Don Miguel as an absolute King.
A splendid banquet was given to General
LAFAYETTE, on the 22d June, at .4uvergne.
The toast of the veteran was:
"To the assembled young men of the three
departments Of Auvergne, and to our dear
native mountains The volcanoes of these
are extinct, but the sacred fire of liberty
viii never be extinguished among them.
DOMESTICK NEWS.