Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1853-12-15
INCIDENTS or THE WAR BrrwEEs RUSSIA AND

INCIDENTS OF THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND 1
TURKEY.
By way Of Vienna we have several items of IN
ferest The port of Chekwelit, taken by the Turks
October %, contained 9, 600 muskes, cannon, and
1000 men. Numerous Russian prisoners had ar
rived at ConsiantiIope from Batonum but not
many as vet from the Danube
The Russian General Osten Saclen, with aioree
of50000 men, has already crossed the Pruth, ana
is fastening by forced MARCHES to the scene oil war
Although the conflict in the neghborhood OF Ol-
teuitza had been going on without intermisson for
three DAYS no news that effect had been suffer-
ed by Gortschakoff to trauspire in Bucharest To
5th inst, the citizens were quite ignorant that hos
tli.es had commenced, until the wounded began
to arrive.
|, The Turks live on the best terms with the Wal
lachians no excuses have occurred provisions are
more abundant; forage alone is wanting. The Turks
pay for all they consume 1t was Gen. Ismeal
Pacha who crossed the Danube at Kalafat Oct. %,
with "a 600 men and 20 guns. He commenced to
cross under the cover of dense fog and the entire
body had crossed and entrenched themselves with
] in twenty-four hours When discovered the Rus
SLAMS attacked them, but were obliged TO retire,
with the loos Of s guns, as before stated Veiy
| Pacha, the Ottoman Ambassador at Paris has pur-
chased and paid for 10000 additional Vincennes
! rifles. b..
L On the 18th the Russian manifesto read in
/ all the churches of Bucharest Martial law, though
not proclaimed, prevails de tacto in the Prncipai-
! ties The merchants and corporation of Bucharest
have petitioued earnestly against the incorporation
of the Wallachian militia with the Russian troops
= Young Philippesco the Wallachian Minister of
Finance, has been ordered to quit the country
Lieut. Gen. Lazarefl Stainseheff has received or
ders to forward battering trains to the Prncipali
ties for use against the Turkish fortresses The Rus
slams are quite boasu and say they will cross the
4 Balkan before winter sets in. At the same time
they are much afraid that the feeling in the Prin-
cipalities is more favorable to the Turks than to
! themselves.
~ The Paris Universe publishes an incident and
| guarantees its truth. After the publication of the
first manifesto of the Emperor Nicholas concluding
with these words, Eve will march to defend the
orthodox faith, two Poles serving in regiment in
Bessarabia waited on the Colonel and said to him,
we have Just received the Emperor's manifesto and
we desire to act as good soldiers; we request our
discharge, because, Catholics, cannot fight for
the Greek faith" .......--- - .-
The Colonel wrote to st. Petersburg for instruc-
tons, and the reply was, '1et them be shot They
were accordingly executed and four others in Mol
davia met similar fate
II An Arab chief of the Province of AHeppo has Of
| fered to raise and arm 5000 men at his own ex-
pense; the offer is accepted A Russian frigate ran
ashore in the neighborhood of Trehizond and at
the last accounts several IurkSh SHIPS mad gone 10
take her Admiral Slade with Turkish squadron
I was cruising in the Black Sea. The number of
guns, French, English, Turkish and Egyptian, now
/ in the Sultan's service, is 5000
Constantinople letters of the 9TH inst says "a
new project of note arrived yesterday morning,
| with instructions to the ambassadors Of England
and France to recommend it to the Porte but there
appears to be decided objection on the part ofthe
| Porte to its being signed"
The Porte's objection to sign is pretty evident
from the Imperial Hiatt" which we publish above.
/ In this connection may also quote letter
from St. Petersburg, which states that the Gar has
made known TO the European Courts that all fur
Their negotiation meditation is out Of the question
while the Turks on the left side of the Danube,
and while the Sultan's declaration of war is not
Withdrawn. We may, therefore, safely disregard
the rumor of new notes
The general confidence to be placed in Russian
reports one may infer from the following procla-
nation Prince Gortschakof posted up at Bucharest
! on Nov. 81
The Turks had taken advantage Of q very thick
fog to cross the Danube but on the fourth forced
reconnaissance of the advanced guard of the I'm
! perial troops drove them back into the entrench-
IDents which they had thrown up on the border of
! the river
| The truth is that the Russians suffered a signal
! defeat on Nov 4.