Litchfield enquirer., 1829-09-10
NEw-YoRx. September 5.

have been received 10 the 39th July. They
contain very little thai Is interesting.
From tie Seat Of IRar.---Tbe French papers
contain 4 letter from COnstantinople, dated
the aSd Of June, which states that, instead ct
having returned to Shumla with only 500
horses, after the battle Wtthe 18th, the Grand
Vizier had brought back with him 5000 cav
alrv and lQ 900 infantry, in good order. 'rne
same better says the joy Or the Turks At tue
arrival uf the allied ambassadors had caused
lha disaster of their arms 0nthe llth 10 De
sShnlix forgotten. They exrt cted Tue .mme-
diVfe. rpuewal Of the former friendly relations
With England aud France, and the Ne's Encn'
dihinssefis said to have Expressed sentiments
Of u most specific BAture.
2s-(l,I IN. other hand, u Russian Bulletin, da-
tod Camp before ShnnIa, June gath. says.
0The Grand yiSitr, who w" days after this
defeat had returned 10 Shumla with a small
dNiwchment .of cavalry, endeayOring in vain To
organize his army, This fIgitives who sue
ceedea in re.tntcrinE the place by small de-
tichmetts, were NOT sufficient to gather up
the vast vitlnih4r tf dead bodies. Many SOL
flers ,s,Ok tie RttsJslage Of the deFcute 70 re-
rain their pncamphpnl. Thus, OF 10000
men whon, the Grand Xi3ier had 10 his line,
scarcely 4 8. 600 can now be assembled under
? his standard. Feeling yet the effects OF the
late defeat at Kulrcolscha, the enemy remains
within the lines Of Shumla." Report Of skir-
mishes are made, in all ut which the Rus
SLAMS declare themselves victorious.
r.Maury.-At highly respectable meet
ing held BY the merchants Of Liverpool par
tieularly those engaged in the American trade,
for the purpose "f testifying their respect for
James Manry, ESQ. II was voted I" present
him with piece ofplste Ofthe value Of G4OO.
T.. a h0H in fhA
course of two hours on Monday afternOOn.-
II may not be generally known, says the Liv
crpool Courier, that Mr.. Maury came 10 this
port in l7C6, and that for many years after
his appointment as Consul, the em0luments
ofthe Office did not equalits expenses, SO that
Mr.. Maury had at one time actually written
q letter resigning the situation. The great IN
crease in the trade between this port and
America made the Office, Of late years, one Of
respectable emolument.
Turkish Afairs.-Those who anticipate
speedy settlement of affairs in the Fast. will
be disappointed. The Russidns have bought
Tarna and captured Silistria--what then p
"It's a Ear cry to Lochaw !" II is long road
to Byzantium, and the way is beset by diff
cnlties and dangers. Twenty years ago the
MuscOvites were as near the Ottoman capi-
tal as they are now. They occupied BWlga-
ria and beseiged ChoUmla. Did they take It Z
No Late IN the campaign the Vizier AcHarET
descended Rercely from the Balkan. drove
his enemies across the Danube, and pursued
them into Wallachia. But the loss Of Silis-
tria will frightent the Sultan into submission
90 say the prophets. II will do no such thing
--nGr wOhldthe capture Of Choumla,s of Ter
nova, aud Sophia, the three gates Of the Bal
kan, shake his high and naughty 6ercencss.
He IL destined either TO revive the glory Of
the house Of Othman, or to annihate his race
and empire. Why should no purchase a
peace by sacrificing portion of his terrific.
ries? This would only put off the day Of
\ struggle between the rapacious Russian and
the unyielding Turk. He knows that the
long cherished designs Of Russia will never be
given up, until bafled attempts and unsuccess-
fiil efforts. convince the northern savages that
it 10 not Ia their destiny to occupy Byzantum |
that they must content themselves with |
their cold Baltic in lieu Of the pale Pr0pontis,
and their harhor Of Finland instead Of the
Golden Horn. Russia must he beaten out Of
the notion that she 10 invincihle-she has been
intoxicated ever since that memorable year
when her C"ssacks drank all the GgWa-vitG in
Paris-she has forgotten that the mighty
Napolean penetrated her domains to the an
cient capital of the Gears, and that she was
aud valor. Her arrogance merits rebuke--
her vanity needs lesson. Both tho rebnke
and the lesson will come from a source whence
she least expects either-from despised and
contemned Turkey. Last year her armies
crossed the Danube with acclamatiOns-
"They are IN full march to Constantinople |"
exclaimed England, and France, and Austria.
In establishment and dismay. In their fears
they forgot a few triailg circnmstances- they
forgot the high hills OF Hmmus-they forgot
the proud and warlike character OF the Turks
they forgot that Kaminsky crossed the
Danube twenty years ago, in full march TO
Constantinople," and that he did not happen
tcreach the end Of his journey, because the
Turks would not let him. They, as well as
Nicholas, made the most terrible Of all mis-.
takes--that Of under-valuing the resisting
power. The character aud genius of Sultan
MahmOud did net enter into their calculations.
Well-the MuscOvites crossed the Danube
che summer was passed and the autumn came
On-and what did they do? They bought
VaFna, sung te-deum, and went into winter
quarters They repOsed on their laurels-
paid Jassuf Pacha by prOmmissory note. on
which he dare not bring declaration-won-
dered they were not IN COnstantinOple
ed upon the Sultan as very obstinate man
and whiled away the winter in glorious anti
cipations. The summer is nearly over and
they are not yet in Byzantium True they
have acquired some property in Bulgaria. for
which they have paid high price. and which
it will cost them much trouble to keep.