Washington sentinel., 1853-12-08

eral Engelhardt is advancing from Brailow on
Gourna Jalomnitza with brigade ofthe 5th corps.
He has been replaced by part of the reserve Of
the 18th corps, which have latterly entered Moda-
via. The reserves are estimated at twelve thon-
sand men, iu
BucHAREsr Nov. S.--A transport ofsO wounded
Russians have arrived here from Giurgevo The
merchants and the corporation of Bucharest have
pettoned against the incorporation of the Walla-
chian militia with the Russian troops. Martial
law, though not proclaimed, prevails de taeto.
Young Phillipesco, the son OF the Minister of FL
nance, has been ordered 10 leave the country.
Letters from the Russo-Polish frontier Of the l1fh
inst. state that reinforcements have been ordered
to proceed at once, and by forced marches, 10 the
Russian army in the principalties.
Letters from 81. Petersburgh Of the Sd instant
announce that new levy Of troops in the proper
ton of seven men TO every thousand inhabitants,
had been commenced throughout the entire Of the
eastern part of the Russian empire
PARIS, Nop 1.-THE French government has
this day received teegraphic dispatch from its
consul al Bucharest, butthe intelligence which he
transmits is, he states, furnished him by the Rus
sian authorities, and, therefore, may not be alto
gether trustworthy. He states that subsequent 10
the affair Of the 11th Prince Gortschakof attacked
the Turks with 10000 men--he remarks that this
number is certainly great exaggeration--and
succeeded in defeating them, and that the Turks
tation. He further states that series of combats
had taken place at Giurgevo, and that large island
in the Danube, opposite that place, had been the
scene Of sanguinary conflicts, havingb been lost and
won several times. 10000 men Were coming from
Moldavia by forced marches, 10 reinforce Prince
Gortschakof, and intelligence had been received
that corps f had left Ismail, in Bessarabia,
and was on its march via Galatz TO Wallacha.
The consul adds that, as the dispatch left Buch-
Arrest, continuous cannonade was heard from
the direction Of the Danube.
A dispatch from Vienna says
Fifty thousand Russian troops under Gen. Os-
ten Sacken, have crossed the Pruth. The report
of great defeat Of the Russians at Bucharest,
proves to be without foundation. There had only
been some skirmishes."
Accounts from ST. Petersburg of the Sth state
that orders had been given for the commits
sariat department, with provisions for the troops
around that capital TO be ready to march at mo-
ment's notice. The emperor set out after the
view of the 3D..
Letters from Constantinople the 7h, mention
great concentration Of troops on the Asiatic
frontier. The Turkish squadron had sailed for the
Black sea. Servia had been summoned to declare
itself; the Servan fortresses are to receive Turk
ish garrisons.
Intelligence has been received at Constantine
pie. dated Batoum, the 4th that Turkish corps
had taken by assault Fort Krapousgw, (called by
the Turks ChekvetD thousand Russians were
Killed ana elgnt prlSOncTS taken, lnCluulng q gem
eral officer. The 5000 men who defended the
fort, set fire TO the barracks, which were entirely
destroyed. 1000 carbnes were found, similar to
those Of the Chasseurs de Vincennes, OF the man,
ufactory of Liege, and bearing the Prussian eagle.
Three pieces OF cannon were also taken The
storm was very sanguinary, and battalion of the
Turkish guards highly distinguished themselves.
Egypt.--The present condition and prospects
Of Egypt are far from satisfactory. The late cx4
traordinary rise of the Nile had damaged large
portion Oft the Indian corn crops on which the ma
tives depend for their sustenance at this season
of the year prices for all articles were exceed
ingy high, and the constant seizure Of men for the
army depopulates the towns and villages, not only
of those who We're actually taken, but also OF those
who abandoned their homes and concealed them
Selves in order TO escape being made into soldiers
SO that the cultivation of the land not attended
to, and the next years crop will be short.
4 For few days all trade in corn in Cairo and
its vicinity was stopped and no one was allowed
10 make purchases, the government alone taking
possession Of all that came down the river from
the upper country.
1 II appears that the French consul had expressed
his determination TO prevent the prohibition on
the plea that France wants corn, and that she
must have it without reference TO the wants of
Egypt.
IL was by some supposed that there was no fear
of actual scarcity of corn in Egypt, and that the
recent measures had been taken merely to put OBJ
stacles in the way Of free trade in order that the
vccroy might have monopoly; while others be-
lieved that, if the expectation was allowed, there
would not remain suficiency for the mainte-
nance of the population.
The viceroy was preparing about 1000 troops
to send to the sultan, beside the $4,000 sent
time ago to assist in fighting against the Russians,
and he had ordered his steamers down from Con-
stantnople TO convey them, besides inducing the
Bedoums to send some irregular cavalry towards
the Black Sea-
+ Naarlu ffy ron nsecutiye niles of railway from
Alexandra were in working condition
h On the arrival Of the last steamer from Constan
tinope with the confirmation Of the declaration of
war between Turkey and Russia, the Russian
consul general at Alexandra struck his flag, re-
moved the Russian arms from over the entrance
to his residence and placed the archives and Rus
sian subjects in Egypt under the protection Of the
Swedish consul general.
Latest from the Continent.
h VIENNA, Thursday Morning Telegraphic adj
vices from Prince Gortschakof, received last
night state that the Turks have Quilted all their
positions on the left bank Of the Danube, except
Kalafat without battle, simply on account of the
concentration and development Of the Russian
forces.
The Turkish intrenchments have been razed.
i" This is authentic
u VIENNA, Thursday. .Euening.-The report of the
Turks having abandoned their positions on the left
bank, except Kalafat, is officially confirmed from
Hermanstadt.
The Turks quilted Oltenitza on the 18th, de-
stroying their own ntrenchments.
4 The Turks attempted passage near kalarash,
and from an island opposite Gurgevo, but the Rus
slams repulsed them at both places, with consider
able loss a1ls
vienna, Thnrsday.-The Austrian Correpon
ae,as says On the 18th the Turks blew up their
works at Oltentza, and retiredto Bulgaria.
/ II is officially declared that the Corps OF Obser
walton, which is to be concentraten at Temesvar
is for the purpose of securing the Austrian from
tier, as well as to maintain the principle of neu
trality.
Private letters from Vienna, dated the evening
of the l4th mention that it was positively asserted
that Galatz and Braia had been attacked by the
Turks. The former town is in Moldavia, on the
left bank Of the Danube; the latter in Wallochia
on the same side ofthe river.
Private letters from Jassy, Of the 9th, announce
that the Russians were sending their sick and
wounded TO Kircheneau, town IN Bessarabia
The number OF sick was increasing every day, so
much so, that the hospitals OF ofWaachia and Mol
davia were insufficient TO contain them
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