The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-02-18
ADDITIONAL BY THE AMERICA


The America brings no regular mails.
The ship Harriet Augusta, 81 days out for City
Point, had put back to Queenstown, leaky. Ar.
rived from Richmond, the Caroline, at Bremen.
The Boston merchants have rendered Captain
Watkins banquet. The America brings 16s
troops and Lieutenants Winder and Chandler All
well on board.
There is no political news os special importance,
If we except the report which is generally credit
ed, that great battle has been fought at Kalafat
the Russians having been repulsed with great lose.
BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH
MONDAY EVENING, 30th.-There is no doubt that
the reply Of the French and English Governments
to the last Russian noteis of firm and decided cha
racter.
An authentic private letter from Bucharest of the
18TH states that the advanced guard of Osten Lack
ems corps arrived at Bucharest on the 14th and
the main body on the llth The soldiers were in
miserable condition. having been forced to march
fifty miles over the worst roads, under pelting
rain. The mortality among them had been enor.
nous. Every regiment had more or less suffered
The rear guard was not expected till the Goth
orders to continue their route to Kalafat after rest
Of only three days.
Gen. Gortschakof having received his final in.
sructons from st Petersburg, had sent forward his
heavy artillery, and was preparing to leave Bucha-
rest for Little Wallachia The campaign had mot
assumed favorable appearance, and it was be.
heved that Gortschakoff would not have undertaken
the proposed operations if he had not received
imperative orders to do so from the highest autho.
rity.
Numerous wagon loads of wounded troops had
arrived at krajova. tf@y
Fresh Instructions had taken place among the
Wallachian population, Notwithstanding the Rus.
sian Generals had shot several peasants, with arms,
fighting for the Turks.
~ by Submarine Telegraph
Qcxxx MI
received from Constantin0ple. dated the 10Th of
Jan, makes no mention OF any collision befween
the combined and Russian fleets
81. PETERSBURG, Jan. 20th.-Letters received of
this date are OF warlke tenor Extreme mea
sures are resolved upon by the Emperor. if the ex
pianarion from the Western powers should not be
satisfactory
KsAaewA, Jan. -skirmishing takes place
daily at Rahova, Isadi, and Turna 80
BucHAREsr, Jan. 24.-Forty five thousand Rus.
slams are concentrated around Kalafat. great
battle is expected there shortly. On the l7t6 the
Turks got possession of Turna and Gannitsia N.
~ also Of the village of Sistova s.
BELGRADE, Jan. T--There are rumors of a col.
hsion in the Black Sea Great political excitement
exists Ia Servia. A nephew of the reigning Sover.
eign was hourly expected from St Petersburg.
oRsov4, Jan ao.-An engagement took place on
Of Aurep's corpsnear Islas.
The Turks succeeded In maintaining the Walla-
chian bank, and they had began to throw up re-
doubts between Islas and Turnou.
CoNsTANTIsoPLE, Jan. l9--Nothing q known
here of the rumored conflict OF Bstoum. The
Russiana are known 70 have suffered o severe loss
at Matchin on the l3sh, and had steamer disabled
II known that the whole Russian dcet returned 70
sebastopol on the 1lth but left inthc direction Of
batoum on the following day.
BxsLIr, Jan. 26th.-In consequences of tho arri-
val o. General Count OFl06 last night from st Pc
terspurg, The Ministers assembled to-day. The dis
Saaslon turned on the eventualites Of the Russo-
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