The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-11-30
THE TURKS VICTORIOUS.

IihLiFhAs ~ %. NOV. ~, 1000
The Royal mail steamship Canada,
Capt Stone, FROM Liverpool, at A PM,
on Saturday. 18th inst, with 100 through
passengers, arrived here at 10 o'clock
this morning.
The Collins steamship Atlantic, ar.
rived out at Liverpool at 4 o'clock, \.
NJ on Wednesday, the 9th inst.
TURKEY AND RUSSIA.
The following is a private account Of
the battle, received from Vienna
Another engagement has taken place,
in which fourteen superior Russian OFF.
GERS fell. The Turks remained masters
of the field, and the Russians we're re-
treating on Bucharest"
Previous to the battle the Turks had
constructed a building and fcfe de pont
at kalefat, which served as the basis of
their operations. 1t appears that Omcr
Fasha crossed it at three points-with
$4,000 at Oltcnitza, 1000 at Kalyache,
and 1000 at Giurgeyo.
Skirmishcs continually occurred at the
outposts.
Before tire crossing Of the Danube a
Obhl VI NuSSdthS tdilt 10 tue TlNcFS
bank. and made signs eff insult to the
Egyptians, who rushed to their boats,
rowed across the river in the face of the
Cossacks' fire. and having punished them
well, and chased them some distance
inland. returned III triumph to tho
camp.
There are rumors of several other
: movements Of the Turks at different
T points along the Danube. and of the de-
1 struction of a Russian steamer at Horse
a va, but these reports, though probable,
t do not rest on sufficient authority to
state as facts.
= Selim Pasha has crossed the Russian
T. frontier in Asia. aud n battle has taken
. place near Battoum. 5000 men were
engaged, and both armies fell back as
), night came on.
At a second battle in Asia, the Rus.
SLAMS were defeated.
y On the 10Th Of October Masko Bcy.
i, an ,ficcr OF Sclim Pasha's staff. with 4
; small force. was suddenly attacked by
-, n body of ltussim cavalry. lie fell
: back lighting. toward the main body Of
H. the Turkish army. and the battle speed
lily became general. - 900 Russians
ID were engaged init After hard fighting,
the Russians were defeated aud hed.
=. pursued by the Turks. who planted the
Sultan's standard and made their quar-
tors ct the Russian position of Orelle,
- eight hours distance from Ciorockdcrc,
"a where Tie battle began. The Russian
force defeated ard driven back to Buch-
d.. Arrest, was the main body Of the Russians
I'd under General Dancnbcrg, and so 900
in to 40 600 strong
he If this be true the news is summed up
ID. thus The Turks have beaten the
L Russians in Asia. The Turkish left
"a wing in Europe has beaten the Russian
right, comprising their principal force {;
=, while the Turkish center has whipped
d nine thousand Russians at Turtukai,
nk aud is now pressing in upon Bucharest.
ch The Gar has issued the following ar
by rogant manifesto
BY the Grace of God. we. Nicho'a,
no the First. Emperor ana .Autocrat If all
| + the Russia By our manifesto of the
"a 18th of June of the present year. we in
49, lOlIlcu UuI llillllNl diu Will DtlON ti
" subjects of the motives which made it
i. incumbent on us to demand from the
oil Ottoman Porte .inviolahlc guarantees in
IL favor of the sacred rights Of the Ortho-
as dox Church. We at The same time an
&c nounccd to them that all our efforts to
it bring the Porte, by means of amlcablc
- persuasion, to sentiments Of equity, and
= to a faithful observance of treaties, had
vi remained fruitless. and that consequent
he " we deemed it indispensable to order
our troops to the Danube.
bo But adopting that measure, We still
- entertained a hope that the Porte would
I confess its errors, and would resolve &c
W give satisfaction to our just rcclama
,h' tions Our expectations have been de-
by ccivcd. 1t is in vain also, that thc
rot great powers of Europe have endeavor
by ed by their celebrations to shake thu
ich blind obstinacy of the Ottoman Govern
Ir. mcnt. 1t is by u declaration of war, By
al n proclamation replete with fatal accusa
w. tions against Russia. that it replied tt
the pacific efforts of Europe, to our for
un bearance. finally enrolling in the rank
gu of its army the revolutionists of all coun
tries.
The Porte has commenced hostili
IA ties on the Danube Russia is provoke'
to the combat no other means is lef
TO them than a recourse to arms to compc
lry the Ottoman Government to respec
to treaties. and to obtain from it the repa
md ration for the o~ffenses by which it res
re pended to our most moderate demands
nd and to our legitimate solicitude for tn
defense of the orthodox faith in tn
or- East. which is also the religion of tn
Tue Russian people. We are firmly col
vinccd that our faithful subjects wi
ich Join in the fcrvant prayer which VIC ad
ere dressed to the Most High, that he ma
to dcign to bless our arms in the hol
and Just cause which has at all time
ltb found ardent defenders in OIL pious al
'o7 cestors. IN tc domaine YDerarl non cor
oo f0nHd0r actcrHHm.
81 Done at Barskol. the Sd day of Nc
% vember, in the year of grace, 1858, an
80 the twenty-eighth Of our reign.
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