The weekly Placer herald., 1853-12-24


at least until decisive battle should be
fought.
There was still much sickness in the
Russian army, and its numbers were re-
duced TO $4,000 men. No reinforcerent-
could arrive within shorter period than
six weeks.
On the Cd and 81 Of November Tur-
kish force Of $4,000 men crossed the DAN
ube. On the 9TH the Russians attacked
them with force of about 5000. After
brisk cannonade the armies came to
close quarters and fought with the bay
onet. The contest lasted three hours,
when the Russians retired, leaving the
Turks on the field The loss of tine Rus
SLAMS included several Officers, Ga dispatch
from Vienna says fourteen) and 1856 sol
diers killed; aud ak superior offirerS, ls
suhordinates, and Al soldiers wounded.
A fi'ht had also taken place between
an Egyptian corps and party Of Cos
sacks, in which the latter were defeated.
Sellm Pacha had crossed the Russian
/ frontier in Asia, when battle at once en-
sued with force of 5000 men. Both
parties fell hack rs night drew on. Sub
seqnent'y q party of officers belonging TO
ScIlm Pacha's staff with a small detach-
]
! by body of Russian cavalry. They fell
back, fighting, toward the main body of
the Turkish army, and the battle soon be-
came general. The number of Russians
engaged was about Is 900, and the conflict
was most desperate. At length the Rus
sians gave way, and fed from the field,
pursued with much spirit by the Turks
! Thus the Turks have been victorious in
! a. 4.
has beaten the right wing Of the Russians;
composing the principal force of the lat
| ter. The Turkish center has whipped
5000 Russians ut Turtuka, and the right
was now passing upon Bucharest.
Austria was concentrating her forces on
the fron'iers Of Servia The Servian
Government had ca led the population to
arms, and announced to the Porte that
neither Austria nor Russia would he per
united To occupy Servia. Austria con
sented to remain entirely neutral, in case
that Turkey would engage not to employ
, Austrian refugees in its army.
Fresh Ievies of troops are being made
in Egypt.
There was report in circulation that
The PerSanS were raising an army to As
si-t the Russians against Turkey, hut it
was contradicted at tonstantnopl~.
The latest advires from Constantinople
report the arrival in that city Of FIVE Rus.
slan officers, as prisoners Of war. The
same dispatch states thai the Sultan has
positively refused to listen TO any further
proposals of the diplomatsts.
1t was fully reported that 25 900 French
troops were TO be sent To Turkey as soon
~ dispatch from Gen. D Hiliers, At
Con.tantinople, should be received at
Paria.
AT the latest accounts the allied fleets
were lying in the Bosphorus.
There was Il rumor that the Turks Ind
storned Bucharest, Int no certain infor-
nation on the subject was yet received.
The Overland Mail had arrived, bring
ing important dispatches from India. II
brought intelligence that the Emperor Of
Russia had for ned an alliance with the
celebrated Dost Mnhamed under the CON
ditinns of which, the latter il to proc c'airn
war against the British in India if Great
Britain shou d continue to support Tur-
key against Russia, and large Russian
force would invade Bnkharat (D
The Porte has decided that foreign ref
ugees shn not be e "p Dyed in Europe,
hut they will be admitted to serve in the
army of Asia.
The son of Abbas Pacha has been ap-
pointed Minister of War in the Turkish
! Cabinet
The Sultan has informed the Emperor
of Austria that he expects him to prohibit
the Russians from supplying arms to the
! Moutenegrins through Austrian territory.
The conditions insisted upon by Omar
Pacha, in his note to Prince Gortschakof
were, that all the strongholds in the Prn-
cipa tiles shou d be Immediately surren-
dered and that a guarantee to the four
powers should be given that no similar
invasion should take place in future.
1t is reported that there had been an
important battle near Bucharest, on the
11th of November One account states
] that the Turks were defeated and driven
/ across the river; another, that the Turks
were victorious.
There was nothing reliable in the intel
ligence.
In Paris, nj the trial of the Opera
House conspirators, it was proven that
a scheme was concocted TO murder Louis
Napoleon.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Journal of Commerce writes
on the 3d Nov stating that the treasury
has Just redeemed the Ho land debt, which
was contracted by the cities Of George
town and Washington, in the year 1927,