The Shasta courier., 1854-01-07
From Eurone.


| The intelligence from the sent of ,,.
highly exciting character. 1t is cou6rms,or,.
the unequivocal defeat of the Russian, b.
Turks at Oterniiza.
1t is considered that the Russian, have
lost thee thousand men in their successive ow
TICKS on Oltenitza. The portion of the 90. a''
under Omer Pacha, which has crossed the nn.y
ube numbers nearly one hundred tbor,
men, and their ardor in the cause is unaba,s5o
while their Asiatic allies are firm and unw.e.
ing in their support. rw
The London Times makes the following com.
men,s upon the battle of Otenitza:
I" This battle must have been ught and wO,
If we are to accept the present accounts strict'
10y some - 600 Turks against 10000 or 40 ooc
Russians Omer Pacha had some 65 900 or 70
900 in Bulgaria. Of these he had already carr;ad
according 10 reports, "a 900 across the river vi,
Is 900 at Oltenitza, 1000 at kalarche and > OoO
at Giurgewo. He was also menaciny o,bar
points of the stream, and 10 900 of his best troon
had been established at Kalatat. This accoup,.
for some 10000 of his army; so that not mora
than 5000. or thereabouts, would remain to be-
brought over. But even supposing that as many
as 20. 900 of these Were taken to reintoic ce the
Il 1000 at kaafat, still the whole Turkish fore.
thus concentrated to Lesser Walachia, would
amount 10 81, 900 men. Indeed, no accounts We,
| received rate at so high stretch, whereas the
Russians are plainly set at between 80 900 and
10000, with strong cavalry and artillery. We
wait with some curiosity for the details of so ve.
markable battle
The Sultan has officially proclaimed the inten.
ton which he had for some time been announ.
ced 10 entertain. of taking the field in person
| against the Russian commanders.
The Turks have captured Chenkerit, (7) con.
| tanning ,000 men and . 900 muskets.
Tba ii Ha.
pie.
Servia is SAID to have refused to permit the
entrance of Turkish troops.
A dispatch from Bucharest, reports that there
was continual cannonade in the direction of
The Danube. and ii was expected that the Turks
would make general attack. 1t was also
expected that they would soon similarly attack
the Russians i'll Asia
There had been no decisive engagement since
| the battle at Olternitza.
By telegraph from Constantnope, Sd instant,
the Turks are reported to have storIned and
| captured the Russian fortress on the Skelkat
(Asia) In addition to this, several of the for
| tresses in Georgia and the Caucasus. have fallen
into the possession OF the Turkish allies. These
| ft rfs Corioer, which taken by the
Koords; Fuller by the troops from Damascus;
and Surmine, lstrat, and kuclat, by the Cachi-
Bozouks.
Disaffeciion has broken out among the Poles.
in the Russian ranks. Four had been summary
shot at Bucharest.
The latest advices from the east state that tho
Turkish army had recrossed the Danube, with
the object of concentrating its forces, retiring
without further fighting. A sufficient force was
left in Kalaht to hold that post until the return
of the main body.
The lateness of the season. is the reason as-
signed for the retirement of the Turkish army
across the Danube.
The Russian fleet has gone into winter quar-
terS
Louis Napoleon especially warns Austria
against giving refuge t" armed Russians Such
an act, he says, he will consider declaration uf
The governments Of Austria and Prussia have
given assurances ot their neutrality III the
dispatch from vienna, dated November292.
states. that the Georsians had defeated the Rus
sian trours.
The very latest accounts from the Danube
port that The Russian troops were marching on
kalatai, and the Turks sending reinforce
mcns TO that place. Frequent skirmith~s wrro
occurring between the outposts ol the two ar
mics.
1t was reported that lha Russian Ambassador
at the Court OF London had been ordered TO de-
mand his passports.
The correspondents Of the London papers
state the French Government gathering
large bodies of troops al Austrian Strasbus and
Marseilrs. aud that it able TO send off one
hundred Thousand men al five days noiicc
The French minister Drouvn diiuys hns
made an energetic reply to Count Ncsstlrodc's
Circular, distinctly notifying The Eussian G,v-
erument that France will aid the Turks III main
tanning their Integrity.
There doubt that some grand move
ment was i'll contemplation by Omer Pacha.
his government. and which the re-pussaSe of the
Danube served 20 mask
Reinforcemenis We're hurryng TO the Russian
armies and additional Ieyies cuntinped to arrive
al the Turk ish camp 1t generally under
stood that ii the season wond permit operations
of magnitude, both parties would be III a position
10 carry them out. A general attack was pect-
ed 10 be ninde Immediately the Russians