Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1828-12-11
RUSSIAN BULLETIN.

action was continued with gr, resolution Oh both
SIDES. from Sgrl m 81, Inorning TIL two in the after
noon, without gLy decisive result Both parties rctir
ed TO their former positions. But ut night Gen Gels
mar took the advantage OF the ncrd security OF the
enemy advanced rapidly d attacked the canp which
the Turks had already begun TO STRENGTHEN with some
redouots. Inc attack was conducted with 50 much
sHii anG executed by troops With so much coIr
age that the enemy. though far superior in numbers
could not withstand their impctuosity. The Turks
being broken on all sides, sourht SAFETY i'm tOIt 4
Tour pair OF colours five hundred prisoners seven wa
CONS laden With ammunition and all kinds OF provisions
ana great quantity of arms, baggage, and horses,
fell into the hands Of the victors The Turks Nora
driven hack to their cntrenchments at Kalafat Al
the departure oi the Courier the number of the killed
lett by the enemy OH the field was not known lint
considering the ardor with which he was pursued
HI loss must be- supposed To have been vcrv consile
rabie. austrian Observer, Oct go
GERMAN PAPERS.
FRANKFORT. Oct. IL.
nc Courier de- Smy-ne Of the 18th Sept contains
IN" following paragraphs
"hDRIANOPLE. August l3.-The force of tl, 'r,,rl,s
NJ Schoumla is 100000 men, Of whom 10 U,,I are 81
hsT Ill the camp which Il b!pciadcd by the Russans
on the side towards the plain aud 30 900 aInn tho
mountains near the camp. the approaches to which arc
perfectly free, ana which Wei defended with mr.
nery; 10000 rations daily distributed IN these
two POSITIONS they Consir Of twelve dramcs OF rice
nnd eighty dranes of meat and bread. Forage is
wanting for the horses, but supplies have been sent
|
"a Russian General, who was taken nrisopor nm
his way from kavarnn to the head Quarters las been
brought to the camp, where liussen Pocha received
nm with the resnect due 10 liS rank and rave him
tent III which he lives with his domestic The Pn,bo
supplies him with provisions in abundance
we perceive the existence of the war only bv the
quantity OF provisions that daily pass through the city
on their way to tlc camp. The order which prevails
among the troops their good discipline, and the tran
guilty which the country enjoys, astonishing when
we reflect that tie whole population is under arms
ana That the empire Is threatened with formidable
invasion.
"A letter from SaloncLi Of .;h Sent saws TINT Mn
ecdonia has especially distinguished Itself by lis zeal in
maintaining tue national honour having sent 20 COO
men TO Join the army ut ScIDumla. Sllonalch alone
has senttwo regncns regular troops; g. several Beys
th"t city have equipped small corps at their own cx-
PeIsc new levy of 300 mon recently made for
thcc8ps assembling at SaIned 1chink Ii took place ON
the very day which the Christians of Buluarin As
sembled mt Salonch, 10 celebrate as usual the F,to
ortne Assumption What l. picture dl this day pre-
u anu HOW does II rctutc the tales with which El-
rop" IS amused respecting the state of Turkey and lis
inhabitants! Thousands Of country people i'm their
national costume, multitude OF women covered with
gold and silver coins which they in strings on
their mead dresses, round their necks and about heir
wanta and who travel in this manner THROUGH n
country IN which there ~ police, except here md
there a soldier OF the Pacha E, who dance sur md
amuse themselves IN II Turkish town, running from
house 10 mousse displaying their riches and their rac
~. lettbcy are Christians amidst an armed Turkish
population. How does II happen that they are NOT
massacrcd? Tint the gold with which they are Gov
orcd tho Swings ola a6orIous and TRANQUIL life il not
snatchcd from them? Is suspicious tyranny aorro
cd AZ the loud Expressions of their Ioy and their devo
ton NJ the moment VIXEN the cannon of Christianity
have given the signal Of saugunary war against the
MuS5emans Put these questions to them; their as
constituent alone will answer YOU.
"ln the midst ofthe fcto, the Pacha with uncboDoo
able comPosure, was choosing among his Turks tbe
young men who were TO be sent against the enemy-
No excess, not the smallest disorder occurred and vet
there not CITY men appointed to act ns n ,oico
among population Of 10000 Turks and rs Inanv
Christians, who uinpso themselves and intcrrninre
with them"
PANS. Oct 81.
The 900 Egyptians left ut Coron, Modon. md p.
tras, must be added 10 the Turkish rarrsons which
we're already IN those rrtrcses aud their force ost
mated at $500 men, viii thus be raised to nearly 600
mon: The 200 Egyp,ans who are to 90 10 tbos,
torrCsses VIII receive supply of provisions for four
months and ns this supply would be of no use If tho
remainder Of the garrisons were to starvc the whole
will be furnished with provisions Though the Trca
y of Evaucotion do not expressly contain this con
dition private letters leave no doubt on the SUBJECT
and besides, how it be- supposed that the pacho of
Egypt would consent to hive part Of his soldiers shut
mp IN tho CrrCTscs without being srn that tbcv youd
have the means OF subsisiinr2
The Convention has only one advantare-fhat of
preventing rupture between France and Mahomot
All IN other respects 1T IaueCs our expedition moro
cInbarrnssmcn' than IL will spare it, General Mason
would perhaps have managed moro easily with Ibrn-
HIM and his 10000 men, IN want OF provisions suffer
lng romdsrnsc, and his garrison Starving. than with
four or five orresscs we'll supplied with provisions
and with sufficient garrsons for their defence J'ho
Trcaiy Of AlcXaudrin places us in now position
The Ministry can no longer hope that the expedition
VIII be- very soon terminated without needing rein
iorcemcnis and without placing us in open hostility
with the Porte.
As has b-cl said, it is rot the Pacha Of lpvpt who
las CapltuIatcd but rather the Contracting Powers
who have Capitdatcd with them This untownrd re-
suit only bc attributed 10 the inconccy,bo iopo
rance in which Admiral dc Rigny was left. who. as il
were, did not hear Of expedition tl tho first ships
arrived. II he had been informed ii time he would
certainly have broken or the negotiations that were
commc need or have given them another direction.
Geographic dcsl arch from Toulon, dated the
18TH announces the arrival of the Cybol, from Naya
rim (which II lcf on The 6th.) with dispatches.