Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-09-05
Sr. PnrERsnuReH, j.

Sr. PErERsEuRaH, July 10.
La:c last night n courier arrived ia this civ from
Ccnsisatinopie, with dispatfLes from III. DE- Roaie-
nef. ] should rathcr say thar the courier, who
travelled with The creates, speed, arrived at lsnr-
koe-Gelo. He had been Dispatched on June 80,
the same day on which ina Sqlian died. and had
accomplished the distance between Constantirople
end ST. Petersburgh in seven days.
The dispatches were Immediately orened by the
Emperor himself, who instantly sat dawn end wrote
summonses TO Count Nesselcode. and 20 OioE Is
cherniehief, and Baron de Rockman. They Ieft
this city AT midAigh,. Nesseltode, ] should have
told you. is Foreigp Minister; De Ruckman is Min.
isler of War. The Csnncil sat until four O'clock
This morning, when Baron de Rnckman was dis.
patched back 10 st. Petersbursh. Immediately be
sent oil several uiicers ofhigi RINK To the Suuth -
In oil the dspartiAsnis. the greatest a~c'isiy Is per.
cep;iblc. Couriers have quilted io-day--all for tie
South. Some If them bear mdcrs touching the
feet in the Black Sea.
A great movement IL evidently In agitation.-
What IL may be we cannot do more than surmi.e @.
Ia truth, nothing can be done until the Emperor
has further news from Constan,inoplc. The city Is
full Of rumors, aud | shall not pretend to deny that
the impression is strongly to HE effect that a war
Is inevitable. All that this sueurs is, tina. fur-
Their taxes shall be required. The report tells ~
that Count Drlof, (who resided in Conssantinopie
for two years al one iime) will Instantly return
there, bearer Of a special mission 20 the new Sui.
tar. Another gives il out that the Baron de Racls
man will also go ihiiher, via Molaavia and Nalia
CHA. If Orloa goes, 1T will be by woy Of Odessa.
The courier who brought the news Of the Snlran's
death, did not leave Consiantinople until after his
successor had been proclaimed. Sultan Mabmoud
died early on the morning If June 30: be was bu-
ried at 5 the same afternoon, and tie funeral pro-
cession is said TO have been a mourniul one. as the
inhabitants sincerely rcgrc, their Sovereign. The
new Sultan has assembled the throne without any
bloodshed. This, for Turkey, is wonderful. What
his character may be, events will show; bot ] be-
iieve IL is known that he is much Influenced BY
Lord Popsonhy, the Engiish Ambassador. OF
course, then, he cannot be very much enamored Of
Russian policy--especialiy il he remember how der
trlmebtal u has been 20 his country since the time
Of dat great, bad woman. the Empiess Catba-
rine.
The death Of the Sultan had been anticipated
here--although not so toon-and therefore the En-
pefor Nicholas cannoi be taken by surprise. Bot
he is puzzled how 10 act. and is said to have ex-
pressed the greatest anger because M. de Bouie-
neif sent him a very brief note about the Sultan's
death. tie says that, the moment il took place, a
courier should have been despatched to him--ano-
Their when the funeral was over, ard one every day
until the necessity for doing so was over. There
ia some truth in this, and | don't wonder that the
Imperial temper is rufled.
l am ashamed TO send you a letter confined, as
this must be, to a fact or two, and a few specula-
tons. 1t goes to England in the Ambassador
bag, and thus will have q safer and swifter trans
NIT than by the post.