Litchfield enquirer., 1829-02-05

| ment of Silistrias by sure consequence, rat ses inc siege of Shumla. The whole prov Iince of Bulgaria is thus evacuated, and the Turks are Teinstated i'd their old positions in this exhausted district. The Russians. 1t IS
 said. are not desirOus to carry on winter campaign: but the Turks seem t0 entertain l different sentiments, and smarting under the loss of Varna. are resolve ed tO pursu" their I late successes to the utmost.
 The recapiure Of VarBa is expected with l confidence by the Turkish Government, who l place the greatest reliance upon inc talents
 and viSnr nf the Grand Vizi'r. The torl'ti- 1 ratOus battered ivy the siege cannot nave
 been sufficiently repaired, and the garrison IS said to consist of only 6,OOO men. During l the winter nu tfFectual assistance can be at-
 forded by sea and the garrison is cut otf 1 from all communication with the Russian ar
 my, now in full retreat, not only tO the Dan-
 nbe, but it tx supposed to the Pr.th Some
 accounts describe the retreat from Sllistra,
 as resembling the retreat nf the French from Moscow. Dctachmpnts arrive at Jassy in
 the most fOrloTn condition. without canllnn. 1 without ammunition, and without iaggagc.
 The French papers of Tuesday and Weducs-
 day insist that the Russians not only received
 check under inc walls of Sistria, hut that
 they were attacked on their retreat from
 Shun,Ia to SilistriA by the. Grand VIzier in
 the beginning of November, They rallied on l the camp before Sistria. bat the Gfs,nd Vi- zier prrsistng in hIs attacks. and thc Rus
 sians being in want of the most necessary ar- tlcles, it was determined t0 raise the siege and retreat to Jassy. t.. An article from Constantinople, brought by 1 the German papers of the 5th, would per- suade us that the Sultan is determined upon prosecuting the war. as the orders he has is- sued for increasing his army show but such policy he would pursue, were he disposed to make peace. No power is so likely tO terminate war hOnOrably, as the power that shows itself abIe to prosecute it vigorously.
 The London Times, in speaking of the re- verses of the Russian army, remarks: "What influence this untoward state of the Russian affairs may have on the negotiations between England, with France and Austria at her back, and the Court "f St. Patershnrgh, during the winter, is question of immense Importance and anxiety. In our opinion. the Duke of Wellington has the hall at his fnot--so far as concerns the resolves of the Russian Cabinet. The British minister need only nnv say to Russia. .'Enrope will be your guarantee for the free navigation of the Dard 4nelles; bat the pnhlic interest fprhids that you should take one inch ofgrouad f;om Turkey, or ad- vance single step heyond the Pruih." And ifnM satisfied with this peaceahle assurance. there are other means of enforcing it on the Ministers of his Imperial Majesty. which might be employed. as easily as hinted at by any half dozen men. n.of-war1 in the British nn- w." -.-.
 East of Eairope.--7he accounts insthe German papers of the feyerses sustained by the Russians in their reireat into winter I quarters, have proved gross congregations. They could scarcely hope to deceive sec cond time, and what they have said, both at the commencement of the campaign, and l may serve to correct tlfe public | opinion as to the foreign papers, the Ger man ones especially. Over them the rich capitalist in several cities obtain influence by bribes ,and there is concert among these dealers in stock, from London to every other capital, to pay off their trick upon public creduliiy when the thing can be tur- ned to their advantlgc. The state of af- 1 fairs appears to be. that the Russians were so long detained by the stubborn re- sisiance of Varna and Silistria, iha. the set- ting in of an carly winter has obliged them
 to retire to the left bank of the Danube. Varna only, and the fortress of Kalafat, re- main to them as the fruit of the campaign advantages which have been purchased at very dear rate. Their retreat into winter quarters appears, however,to have been conducted with as little loss as the weath.r IT and roads would admit. After tlle army had withdrawn from Shumla, it was attacked by chosen body of 8 ,OOO Fur kish Horse, who are stated, in the St. Pc-
 tersburg Gazette, to have been defeated 1;
 after which this corps pursued it's march.
 suffering much, however, it is plain from
 the Russian account, from the cold and raj
 ny weather. The troops which had been
 employed before Silistria have withdrawn
 to their quarters in Moldavia and Walla- tchia, aud thaa wishoniaaay attempt of the
 enemy, 1t should seem, to anhoy 'them.--
 By this corps these provinces will be pro-
 tected from attack blythe Turks during
 the winter. That the Turks will be a-
 ble to effect much whilst the severity of
 the weather continues, is not likely but
 when the field is open, all will depend up-
 on the animMs and the preparations of the
 Rus .iaEs. f @ .s -.s.~...s. s3 tss..
 That theirarmy must be greatly shattar-
 cd is ,plains; and there are three things on
 which the Emperor Nicholas will have to
 mcdi,a,e.--,he expense of a new campaign; I t A . n s