Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-01-31

Tie Trcnc aud Gcri1n payoIs .lntinuo Ia tub.
lsh details Of tho retreat oil the Russians from Ss-
tria. The journal des Dobats, article from Ka-
arasch of tho 18th ult. sssts upon it. that .lc fine
and brave Russian army. half furnished and in N.
most miserable condition, is quitting Bulgaria in m
directions. Part Of the cannon have been buried
part carried OF by Oxen for all the horses have
ished 30 grent was the misery in tho camp bc!ort,
the raising OF the siege that nearly 500 men diod in
tho ntrenchments the Cd land ith without reckoning
those who were killed in tho continual sor,ics Of Tie
Turks
PoIirIcAL HoRizoS or The EAsr.--Ifthc question.
whether winter would restore peace TO the East were
to be decided by tho mutual interests OF the beper-
ents, We should have peace, for both need repose.
The Turks are brave and have just proved that they
have not dcgcnorated. They yet susceptible of
that religious enthusiasm which works miracles The
nature of the SOIL and the climate, nd the firm chr,
yacter of Mahmoud, have been of.grcat service TO
them, and leave no hope OF forcing him TO make con-
cessions The Resistance of the Aussu mals has hnn
glorious IN the late campaign; it Will be obstinate
should the war be renewed. Turkey. however could
not long Sustain the contest. The clements of her mi
nary power arc yet rude. and requro To be fashioned
Her regular army sprung tom the midst OF cory u
sions which dehgcd the capital Will, blood, and of
which the consequence may yet be felt. Dcspotsm
governs Russia well Turkey, but in the former
Is more tempcrcdby atiirthcr advanced civilization
than in the latter The Cars have long established
regular military force, and sjstcin which brings it
nearer To order and regularity. Its finances are in
bad state. The population of Russia is about IL 0O0
Is want of hornogenity in its languages. manners
and customs. Its force must not be measured by
the number of its inhabitants. Its army of 800 600
is now reduced. and justly to the half OF that num-
Der. Russia, in her present state, does not nes,
conquests, but good domestic adminisi raton,-the
abolition ofsavery, the diffusion Of educa ton and in
provcments in agriculture and other arts Its COIN
plants against the Porto, prctexlstor making
war. Tie delivcruuco of Greece is now Accomplished
and for Russa to prosecute the var, would be to;be
tray her secret ambition. \ second campaign would
dsspate oil the prejudices which yet remain in favor
other moderation and inagnanmity, and would show
that the Emperor Nicholas is proceeding straight for
ward to attain the completion of the gigantic plos
of Peter the Great and Catlarinc. Austria does
not hike the on her itoutiers, and likes the Turks
for neighbors. The Court of Vienna, which loves
rcposo sleep in peace by the side Of Pn chalcks En-
giand is not pleased with the pretensions of Russia
and with her own dloness; and, provoked, may pre-
vent, by force of ams the capture of Constannoplc
France win only ntcrposc to procure peaceher pn-
,icy Is concatory. IL is not supposed that PRUSSIA
wishes to Russin aggrandzcd. On every eide
we think that prudence and good reason advise peace
but only pride aud interest," ed lattereTs, who advise
war, will we aroa afraid, be beard.-- Courier Huneaiy.
Lord Liverpool died early in December. His facul-
ties had never recovered from the paralysis which In
1927 drove HIN from the Ministry