The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-08-02

ures have been adopted since Prince
PAsKtEwiTscH has laid down his com
mand. Possibly the conclusion Of the
treaty of the 4th Of June between Aus
tria and the Porte may have led to
more active measures. Certain it is,
however, that the evacuation of Walla-
CHA has not gone on as was expected,
while the Turks have assumed the often
slvc on the left bank of the river, and it
is even reported that considerable de.
tachment of the Anglo-French army
shares the honors of their victorious ad-
vance. If the telegraphic dispatches
which have been received, stating that
actions were fought by OMAR PAsHA at
Giurgevo and Oltenitza on the sfh Of
July, are correct, and that the Russian
forces only succeeded in cutting their
way, with severe loss through the Turk
ish divisions, it is clear that the war has
assumed an entirely new character. and
that, instead Of defending the right bank
OF the Danube against the Russians,
part of the allied forces have crossed the
river in pursuit Of the enemy. It was
known by our direct accounts from
Narna that the news Of the retreat of
the Russians from before Siistria had
reached the camp Oh the Goth Of June,
and that Lord CARDIGAN was instantly
dispatched with detachment If cavalry
to watch The movements Ut the cnei.-
Ia FIVE days the Light Dlvisinn Of the
army c1u,d reach the Danube, and !; is
not to be supposed that OMAR pAsuA
world 'ake the important rcso,u,ion Of
moving forward with the maia division
nj h. army and of crossing the river
w'tc'l' 'hc ASSET ahd support of the
allied Generals Nothing. however. is
yet known Of these occurrences beyond
the statement that the Russian forces at
Giurgeyo were attacked and defeated bv
an army said to consist Of 30 900 Turks
aud 1900 or $4,000 of the auxiliary
corps. This event would be, however,
OF the highest importance, because it
would show that the Russia are not
retreatlug from Wallachia though they
may he driven from it, and we trust it
viii turn out that our own conntrymen
and our gallant allies have had somo
share IN this achievement. At the same
time, we must add that these details re.
quire confirmation, and that great doubts
OF their accuracy are entertained by per-
sons best able to judge of the probabili-
ty of such an advance. The want Of
beasts of burden to convey the baggage
OF the troops, aud the want of supplies in
a country already exhausted by war and
at all times thinly inhabited, are causes
which retard the movements of the hes.
appointed army and it is scarcely pro.
bable that these difficulties have been so
far surmounted in few days as to ena-
bic the whole of the allies to move to
the front. Their presence at Varna has
been urgently solicited BY OMAR PasuA.
who foresaw the moral effect which their
approach would have both on his own
troops and on those Of the enemy. Ac-
cordingly, we find that the hope Of
being relieved by the allied armies was
powerful incentive to the brave garr-
son Of Sili,tra to prnlong the defence Of
that place and, on the other hand. the
bcsicging army, already dcmoraizcd by
the loss of its commanders and the fail.
ure Of its attacks, fed at last from sheer
dread OF that army which heard the can.
non Of the siege booming at distance
Of 30 miles across the marshes Of the
Dobrudscha.