The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-12-01
LATEST MAIL NEWS.
-. ,.rpY -IATEsr FoRElGN NEMS.

VERY IAl ES1 FSAB1tnN tNBN
TIE foilowirq is the very latest in regard to the
-, the East. the substance of which we have
.,-.,sx given The Russian General Parlof,
- forward to olteni;za with $4,000 men, most
,-..,.rv on the llth he met the Turks, and
.;.,h.d hattie ensued when the Russians were
,-,,,,n,i 20 retreat in disorder second time TO.
80. Pnchsrcst, having lost in their four attacks
-. ,be Turks at olteni,za, 3coo in killed and
wounded This is reliable
ontbe oh. the Turks were driven from the Isl.
s-i onnosite Giurgero; bat reiuforceinents coming
~ ,5ov re.ook the Island. and have since held il,
Foil details of previous engagements will be
f,und in another part OF thispaper
The following from India and China will be read
with interest;
The alarming intelligence telegraphed 10 the eff
400, thst Russia had formed an alliance with Dos
Vshoed to stir up tostiiies IN India, rests main
" on authority OF a paragraph IA the Delhi ia
gcttc ui Septemher2c y. How much credence Is to
no sesirnPa to il remains 10 DE seen. The avowed
hse,t Of the Russians Is the conquest of the
try Rumors OF this Russian alliance had reached
The British, both by way CT the 5olan and hbyber
passes and these rumors, together with some APP
rrrhcfgSion Of q movement among the Ahghans,
had lei 10 a reinforcement OF the British carrisons
ef EeSha~ur. The report that Persia Is collecting
an army 20 operate against the Turks, we have al
ready noticed for the purpose 81 olsCredIiinc i.
The British are IN q bad position at Burnah.--
THE troops are every where in state OF siege anc
with the exception Of Basscln the whole oi the
new provinces are il the hands of the enemy, or
10 speak more accurately are held by the forces of
Two powerful chiefs, Each of these chieitains has
about CO1 men under his orders. They have ad-
yauccd their forces within four days march OF
Bangoon where the British have but 800 men,
Famine was raging in Burmah.
From China we have intelligence that thc CITY
OF Shanghai tell into the hands OF the insurgents
On the 9TH September 4 band of the insurgents
surprised the Imperial garrison and gained posses
sion OF the city with little resistance. Some
Of the Mandarins were killed. The Taoutae Sam
qua escaped, and placed himself under the protee
tloa Of the United States authorities There was
report that Pckin had fallen but il wanted coniir
NATION. Canton remained quiet Fighting contin.
0cd az Annoy, the tmpeFialsts making strong efforts
To retahe the place. Recent accounts of the pro-
gress o. the rebellion were rather contradictory
but Il seems certain tina, the insurgents have pos
session Of keang-Ping and other towns 100 miles
North Of the Yellow river
Il : said that the Emperor has accepted the prof
tered aid OF the Tartar Chiefs North OF III wall as
last resource
From +, oChow-foo, advices are to the 10th An
American house had succeeded in loading three
ships with tea,-(the Alma and Olga, Tsar, and
Old Hickory,) destination kept secret
The American steamer Confucius, intended as a
tug on the Woosung river, had arrived
At Canton, United States slOop Saratoga: at
Wnampoa, steamships Susquehanna and Mississip-
pl; at Macoa, Caprice, Macedonia, Vandalia, and
steamer Powhatan.