Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-09-07
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FOREIGN NEWS.

ever -QllU -ldAll1ul - AEa4s anu NttE A~EfF-
tan forces have destroyed he Turkish amy.
The dissolution Of the empire Of the Sublime /
Porte seems inevitable. There have been tern
be ro,s in Birmingham and at Ramsgate. Ad-
miral Sir Isaac Coffin Is dead-he was tourscore
wears Of age. The steamer Liverpool had a
passage Of fourteen days ont and seyeutyiour
passengers, four Of whom we're born on the pas
sage. The Lower Canada Government Bill
passed the House Of Commons on the 18th July.
The n.ne unired Canadians Parker, and OH
ers, have been discharged and released iiom
prison.
The Gazette Of France has been seized for an
article on the reyouuon Of July. During the
first 20 DAYS Of jolly 60 new failures are reported
10 have taken place in Paris, some Of them 10
the amount of hall million. Riots occurred at
Hanover in Germany on the 18th and 10Th Of
Juy-lhey grew out Of an arbitrary proclama-
ton Of the King The Cathedral Of Burgess IN
Belgium has been destroyed by fire. Two i'm
peral Ukases have been issued by the Russian ]
Aulocrat contemplating important changes IN the
currency Of that realm. The Chinese aulhorl-
ties have seized several Of the British merchants
and thrown them into prison. The following is
part Of the placard issued al BOurse on the l5th
July:
DEFEAT OF THE TURKISH ARMY.
The French government has received the fol-
loving telegraphic despatch from ConsIantnoPle,
by the way Of Marsellles:
"THERAPA, July S.--The Porte received
intelligence that battle has been fought in the
neighborhood of Aleppo, and the Turkish army
has been destroyed. The wrecks Of it had eros.
sod ~ l,,t q tnJ ,,h.tkar
not the Egyptian had pursued them"
The following despatch, from the Consul Gen.
eraI Of France at Alexandra, appears to have ar
rived almost simultaneously with the former:
ALEXANDRIA, July 6.--The Egyptians I'M
! der the order OF lbrahlm, having attacked the
! Turkish asmy, commanded by the Seraskier Ha-
hz Pacha, at Nezlb, beyond Aeppo, the latter
abandoned the field Of battle after combat Of
two hours. All the materiel, cannon muskcts,
and ammunition, fell into the hands Of the Egyp
tIans, lbrahlm wrote the above on the 25h of
June, and in the tent Of the Turkish Gencral-ln-
Chief lie had returned to Auab on the 2Slh,
but had ordered three regiments Of infantry aud
three OF cavalry TO advance on OTla aud Darbe
kir."
The wing presses ale now attempting to figure
out majority in the House Of Representatives
One Of these Arithmetic ans in the Baltimore
| Chronicle, who succeeds in giving the Wings / Q
in the House, MS far as the Elections have been
held, and The democrats lll--and IN the three
states which are yet to vote, assigns to parties
the same ratios, which they had at the last ses.
sion, VIZ: 2 wings in r. Island, 2 in Mississip.
p, live in Maryland, and two Repubcans-thu
running up the number to 1913 Wings, and III
Republicans. But in working out this problem,
the Chronicle claims three Wings in Indiana. sly
IN North Gsrol.a.s the whole Q Representatives
IN Georgia the two in Mississippi, and what is
most remarkable, the whole New Jersey Deega.
ton, when II is notorious, that five out Of these 6
are to be palmed upon the House. by one of The
grossest frauds that ever dlsgraced free People,
The wings have not carried three in Indiana, anc
1t is extremely doubtful whether they have SIX il
North Carolina. They will not make the nine
in Georgia available. They will not cany thu
two in MIssssppi-they will be s,ript Of five
members in New Jersey. they will no
command a majority in the next House.
Richmond Enquirer.
CheoIng.-Every thing indicates the CROWN,
strength and ultimate success of Martin Van Bu
: rem. The overwhelming results in Tennessee
: and lndlana--ihe great accessions in North Ca
rona and Kentucky decidedly show, that hi
march is onwards. The Great Western will il
= VAN attempt to arrest il! lie may hnrangue I'll
doomsday. -The fact is, his political principle
are at war with the genus Of the Constitution an
Il the character Of Federal Republic. ] here ar
other and powerful objections to Mr.. Clay's cleo
}, ton. He may read his fate in the election
which havs TRANSFERRED The ball, too, is rollin
+ on-and viii continue to roll, until his preten
y SONS are entirely crushed. As the Charesto
J. Mercury says, "the career OF the Wings is es
81 sentially downward."-
Il Ii is really amusing 10 see the different way
T. in which the late disastrous news Of the Wing de
y fates has been received by the Wing Press. TIL
' Baltlmore Chronicle augers the best succes
: from It's defeat; because il will rouse the wings
= upon the new principle, we suppose, that tw
!, birds in the bush are worth more than one in III
+" hand-Ihe X. Wing is not astonished at the
!! defeat; because an Irish Orator once exclaimed
: "Ihey rose as they rotted"--thnt is 10 say, "
suppose because the people, the source of pow
: er, became corrupt, (they) the Democrats tr
y umphed--The Editor Of the Alexandra CT
zette takes the thing like man, and bears it a
' with great deal Of philosophy He moralises a
. ter this manner
" I'VE observe that some Of the newspapers al
already commencing the game OF "breakng tn
L fall" consequent upon the late disastrous new
y for the Wings, from the Western States. "
% wish to be engaged in no such effort. Let ii
:, whole extent Of the Wig doeat---il there ht
- been deeat--be seen fully, clearly let Il
y Wings come to the ground iumJns, as the DO,
~ say ltmay do some good. They may /,
~ their eyes, get up again--and see clearer al
y better than than they did before.--Whele Il
~ ~ Wings have been defeated or lost ground, it h
:, been owing to the want Of roles, There m,