The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1853-06-24
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RUssrA.-Dispatches, purporting to be from
Kalish, state that the military camp gener-
ally formed during the spring, near Warsaw,
had been indefinitely postponed, owing to the
state of affairs ut COnstantinople, and the van
of the southern army of 100000 men had
received orders to approach the Turkish from
tiers. Letters from Jassy also state the Rus.
sian military preparations were continued on
an extensive scale. A permanent bridge is
in course of erection over the River Pruth.
A despatch from Odessa, 90, says:-"Prncs
MenscE ikoff arrived this morning from Con-
stantiS9pe. The rest of tho embassy are
expected within three days"
TuRKEY.-It is now officially announced
that all further negotiations between Prince
Menschikof and the Porte had been broken
off. and ON the 22d, the Prince took his depart.
urs from Oonstartinople for Odessa. The
Ambassadors of France and England, and
the Minister'S of Prussia and Austria had pre-
yiously agreed to make n Joint attempt ut
reconciliation between the Divan and Russian
Envoy. This attempt, however, was fruit
less, rs Menschikof' persisted in his demand
for the mmunitics Of the Greek Church..
Notwithstanding this intelligence" says the
Moniteur, ''it seems difficult to believe that
the rupture of diplomatic relations between
Russia and the Ottoman Porte will be fol-
lowed by hostilitics. One guarantee is the
wisdom Of the Court of ST. Petersburg, and
It's assurances of peace given to all the Flu.
ropcan Courts; and another consists in the
fact that, according to the right Of nations,
the refusal to accedc to Il demand OF conrcs-
sion and advantages not previously agreed
to, is not regarded rs sufficient reason for
the commencement of hostlities."
In Syria there had been much talk of the
: new faith which bad been started in Persia
BY the apostate Mahomcdan Sheikh Babee,
who denies the authenticity of the Koran,
and will not recognize any but God, Moses,
David, and himself. lie had made many con.
verts in Persia, and is giving the Schal much
trouble. Babec has promised his followers
that he will bring back to life all who are
killed in defending the faith.
The Supreme Government had ordered the
Pacha of Aleppo to form tribunal of com
mercc. of Musselman and Franks in that
city This order is much approved by the
mercantile community.
From Smyrna, May 18th. The agitation
which was caused by the late fight between
the Greeks and the Jews had entirc sub
sided. Ali Pasha had taken energetic meas
urcs against the banditti who ntcst the en-
virons ofthc city.
CMIxA-Thc news from China is impor-
tant-the rebellion proceeds with undated
fury; the resources of the empire are becom-
ing exhausted, and succOr is being eagerly
sought for from without-The Chinese Min
lister, meanwhile, has minated to his imperi-
al master that opium begins to be extensive
" grown, and that its growth ought to be
encouraged within the empire and so save the
f6,OOO,OOO sterling paid for it to the foreign
producer: and should common sense gain the
ascendency among the Celestials, or pceunla-
nv difficulties compel them grow for themselvs
the drug the people insist on having, away
90 G3.OOO. 900 sterling of our Indian revenue
at once. Meanwhile the Americans have
proclaimed that they are determined to force
Japan to open its ports to foreign trade, and
the inevitable result of this is 4 Yankee set.
Element fleet or fort, troops and territories
on the Chinese border, the germ, in fact OF
another Anglo.Saxon Empire in the East
With these mighty events pressing upon us
on every side, the Parliament of England
seems anxious to preserve the indolent, cx-
travagant, and incompetent form OF govern
ment long ago felt to be nntiquatcd and out
of date, and ludicrously insufficient for the
cxigences of the empire. The opening, on
theIfGth instant, of the Bombay and TaInal'
fragment of the Great Peninsula Railway
the first in operation in Asia, is the great DO.
nestle event of the fortnight.