The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-10-07

Inc garrison OF Acbloll ABANDONED the
place, without waiting to he attacked
The Grand Vizier in Choumla did not
know of the march of the Russians from
before that fortress till four days after it
had taken place. He then sent corps 10
the Kamtschick, which found that the Rus
slams had already passed it. This corps
then went to Aidos, where it arrived on the
24th, in the evening. There the Turkish
troops, 6 or thousand infantry, made n
stand, but were defeated by General Rudl-
ger, who took Aidos, and pursued the enc
my to a great distance. The loss of the
Turks in killed is supposed to be great
| Only 900 prisoners were taken. The
| Turkish camp was taken by the Russians,
whose loss was not 100 men.
London Aug. "a. The Turkey mail ar
rived this morning, bringing letters from
Constantinope to the 9th, and from Smyr-
ma to the goth ut. One letter states that
the Sultan Notwithstanding his unaltered
resolution never to yield to any of the terms
proposed by the Russians had begun to
experience some perplexity with regard to
! the course of his own motions, in the event
oe the enemy arriving triumphant at the
gates of his capital. Little could be eE-
! pected from his presence near the scene
of operations, whereas it was of the high
est Importance that his person should be
4 far from the reach Of the Russians. The
city of Broussa, on the Asatic shore, about
one hundred miles from Constantinople,
across the Propontis, was therefore the
/ place supposed to have been selected by the
/ Sultan as a retreat in the first instance.
/ Tranquility prevailed in the capital up to
| the departure of the mail, Notwithstanding
! the uneasiness of the inhabitants. As yet
/ the Sultan had not removed his head-quar-
/ tiers from the valley of Bouyouderay.
J Letters of the 3lst have been received
to-day from Odessa. T'sey state that in
consequence of the prompt and energetic
measures adopted by the local authorities
on the manifestation of the first symptoms
Of the plague near that city, the contagon
I had been so completely checked, that no
/ fears were entertained of its making any
progress. The city of Odessa itself had
! escaped all danger of contagion, and its in
habitants had sufficiently recovered from
! their late alarm to resume their habltual
avoeations.
! The Algemeine Zeitung, which arrived
yesterday by the Flanders mail, is full of
interesting intelligence from the theatre of
war. A Russian corps of $4,000 men, it
states, has been landed at Sizeboli, and
united itself to the main army, which
has crossed the Balkan mountains. Eze-
rum, too, has been taken by the Russians,
the whole army of the Seraskier has been
dispersed, and the Armenians, whom the
Sultan, by his ill,judged policy, alienated
from his interests a year or two since,
every where unite themselves to the Rus
slams as they advance. The loss of these
men, whose relations with the Turkish
empire is not very generally understood in
England, is of itself an irreparable disaster.
They are the thews and sinews" of COM
merce throughout the east, are wealthy,
peaceable, and industrious, and until lately
enriched the Sultan's exchequer to an
almost incredible extent. Disguised, how
ever, by the raracity and contempt of Nah
mould, and won over by the subtle policy Of
, the Russians, who prevailed on their High
, Patriarch to put himself and his establish
ment, some three or four years back, under
TneIr protecton, the ArmenIans have now
turned against the strongest Constitutional
bulwaIks. In addition to this disaster, the
Sublime Porte has lost battle at Kirki-
Kilissa, within twenty leagues of CONSTANT.
nople, so that nothing, it seems, can Dow
! stop the progress of the Russians to the
capital. The same journal states, that the
Sultan's troops are losing their confidence
J that spirit of mutiDy is every where
showing ITSELF yet, notwithstanding this
the Divan still persists in its refusal tc
come to any arrangement"
The Prussan State Gazette, gives, al
full length, the bulletin ofthe Russian army
which is dated at Aidos. According IL
this document Messembria was taken with
1000 prisoners and the Grand Vizier, at
Shumla, was not aware of the march of the
Russian detachment at that place till four
days after it had taken place In a word
the denouement of the campaign is now
rapidly approaching.
Accounts from Smyrna state, that $4,000
) troops were expected there, and would
: Immediately proceed to Adrianople. Omer
Pacha was sent with a corps to Scbela. the
mouth of the Bosphoros, where the Rus
slams had made landing.
The Augsburgh Gazette gives the follow
ing intelligence of the Both nit from Con-
stantinople :-Intelligence of the Russians
/ having advanced as far as Aidos, and of
Gen. Paskewitsch having taken Erzerum,
has spread CONSERVATION in this capital.
nassau facha, governor OF Smyrna, has
I just been appointed commander of Adrian
oPle, and the utmost despatch is employed
in putting that city into state of defence.
The works for terrifying Constantinople also
proceed with activity. The Sultan is ex-
I pected to establish himself at the camp of
Ramis-Tchifik, as he did last year. The me-
gotiations between the English and French
ambassadors and the Refs Effendi are de-
cdedly broken off. Many conjectures are
afioat as to whether the two courts will
consider it to comport with their dignity to
leave their representatives in the Turkish
capital under such circumstances General
Guilleminot has written to Paris for instruc-
tons. Mr. Gordon, it is believed, will re-
main at Constantinople, and il is supposed