Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-01-05


To tile last Osman refused to strike his flag, but
continued 10 blaze away from his shattered ship at
the Russian steamers that were towingit towards
Sebastopol. AT length he was taken, wounded,
on board Nachm2ff's ship, and his frigate sunk,
so that Of all the spells of this "brliant victory''
the Russians took into Sebastopol only few woun-
ded men, but not plank Of a Turkish ship!
The following is copy the bulletin that was
pos,eu on the Bourse at Odessa, December 9Th.
''The Russian fleet, under the command of Adj
mIral NachImoG, has met i'll the Black Sea,
Turkish and Egyptian fleet, composed OF IS ships,
two ecker trgateS, COrvetteS, together with two
steamers of 5000 horse power, and two Others o.
3OO horse power. Af:er q long engagement, the
following Turkish ships have been destroyed OF
captured: One of Cd guns-no name given; do 60
lilo name given; do. 52-Nexrami E1end; do.
5O-Almet ali; do. 46-Nazm FeSSin; do. 22-
FeSSi Mahmoud, steameIs-two of 20 guns each;
transports; British transport. TEe engagement
took place near Sinupe; 5000 Turks have been
killed, and many taken prisoner. Several officers,
both English and French, were on board tue fur-
kish ships"
From this bulletin it would appear that only
eleven Turkish SHIPS were deStroyed-two Of them
transports and defcnceleSS-inStead Of the thirteen
trIgateS previously announced Also, that, II there
were eighteen Turkish ships, seven must have eS-
capel. And further the emo name given OF the
two heaviest ships OF ca and 60 guns, looks Sus-
piciouSly like if there had beeen no such ships
The 5000 Turks reported to be killed would have
been sufficient armament for the eleven ships
without the ''many' taken prisoners. And as lie
Russians lost seven OF their own ships, including
two ships of the line, their victory consists in
surplus Of four ships only, namely three transports
aud 20 gun steamer! Even these they have not
10 show; and il they had. they would not begln to
pay for repai:S to the Russian admlaS ship, which
had 10 be buoyed up before it could reach SeUaS-
topol.
Two French and two English frigates have gone
to Sinope, nominally will medical assistance Tor
the wounded.
Immediately OH the news OF the disaster being
published, the Sd uituuO, at CvnStantlnopie, Il
| Grand Divau was held ut which all the IoreIgn
ministers present. The English and French
Ambassadors strongly called upon 10 order
| the combined fleets INTO The Black Sea; but they
(the eubaSSadoIS) requested all audience OF tile
s.; itam, and PERSIA ded him that II would be better
| not 10 send forward tie whole fleet, but only n
ship O two to acquire mUre definite information
| THIS was asTeGG>U
| The widest excitement prcVaile, nj CONSTANT
nopie and Ii was expected that the wEyle fleet
would be ordered 10 proceed To the Black Sea,
forthwith. Their mission there will be 10 prevent
further conflict between the Russian and TGrkis.
ships.
PERSIA DECLARES WAR AGAINST THE TURKS.
Although official confirmation oil the drClaTa-
ton Of by Persia ag; inst Turkey has been re-
ceived The Intelligence IS considered quite proOa
bic. The English press, although Uniting that
The circumstance complexities the position OF affairs
do net consider it of supreme Importance. Persia,
they say, although small Ill military strength, has,
it is true. tie advantage of geographical position
| which counterGalunceS the Deficiencies.
BY operations within ITS power, it can either
draw Turkish force across the IIgrlS, or attract
an AfFghun force from Cabul to HeraI. But But
ain, it is believed, could send from India ioTce
| up the Persian Gulf aud which, dlSeInLaTked al
Bushiye, on the island Of Karack, would speed
lily reduce the Shah 10 subsection. Or the martial
tribes OF Anghanl$tan, who are ever ready Tor WAT
might easily be induced 10 attack the PerSlanS III
| the rear. However it Cannot bs denied that the
junction OF the Russian and Persian force may be
productive Of mischief /" the Turkish operations
| III Asia.
A considerable Persian force is usually stationed
in the frontier prOvlnc- OF AZvIbtjan, Immediately
continuous 10 tile locality OF the present fighting,
and nothing can be more probable than that this
force will combine with the troops of Prince
| WoronzoH 10 make concerted attack upon Ere
roum.
The loss sustained by the destruction of the
transports at Sinope would make such an attempt
at the present moment the more unlikely 10 be
favorable 10 The Turks.
ConSs quent on this step on the part OF the Shah,
the British Minister at the Court OF TCheIan Gas
we learn from Vienna Of date 18th lnst.) has bro
ken off diplomatic relations with Persia.
PARrs, Dec. l4-6 +. MA French cabinet
courier leaves Paris tonight with dispatches fut
the Ambassador at ConsiantinoPle. lie receives
orders TO proceed by the shortest route, to employ
the most rapid means of conveyance at the diSpO-
sal of the traveller, and to rest neither night nor
day till he arrives his destination. It is scarcely
necessary Ia say hat the dispatches ne beaIS must
be oil the hig est importance and they are believed
t. contain instructions FOR the military Ambassador
at the Sublime Porte suited to the eXigrncy of the
moment. rhei: purport has not tTamSp:red, but II
is very naturally SurrSetl that the HdmrIls Ell
joined 10 carry into execution the orders which
they had previously received to protect the Turk
ISL fleets aud the Asiatic coast from aggression,
and, if aggression be committed, 10 punish the per-
| petTa:or, avenge what they could not prevent.
| A telegraph dispatch from Vienna OF this days
date announces that the LidingS of tie calamity OF
Snope had been received at COnSantinOPe; how
| il was received, and That effect Il must have pro-
duced, it is easy to gneSS; and that two steamers
English and Fremch-weTe instantly sent 10 the
SPOT 10 ascertain the extent of the loss, 10 convey
SucrOr 10 the suffering, and II may be, assurances
| that Sinope will not be unrveuged. or course, a
great deal will depend OIL whether the calamity as
the result of contest in the open sea, encoun-
| ter between two hostile SQuadTonS, or n wantOn
aggression on arsenal of the coast. If the lat
| Ter be the case, thes. would seem, IN the opinion
of the public but course, and that visit o.
| the combined fleets to SrDaSloHol. It iS, TO be
sure, arsenal and fortress of far greater imPor
lance Than Sinope; and the force that protects it is
far more powerful than the rigateS and transports
Of Ttebizond; but this may he the moment TO test
| its boosted strength, and to solve the question
| whether the Russian fleet of the Black Sea be
| really so formidable US we told, and if the
arsenas and forts of the Crimea be unapproaclable
aud imprcgnaGe. The public, indignant at this
new proof of Russian dupIIcIty and violence, be-
ieve That, If the disaster ut Snope be stated we
may witness, before long, another Navarno with
slight change.
| THE DANUBE.
Omer Pacha has taken up his winter quarters.
Letters of the 9th lnst state that al that date on
eratIonS entirely suSpended-even SkirmiSh-
ing had ceased. The Turks have fortified Kalafat
very strongly, and have 200 men at Turna. The
| MoldavIam AMI WaIIIachan militia have been re.
organized under the command OF the Russian Cen
eral Saia. Four thousand OF the corps under Gen.
OSten Sankru rcacI'-d JrSsay on the 9Th, and pro-
CT eGed suuthward by fo.crd marches.
| Latest letters from the seat of war are dated Blu
chareSt, the 5lh inst, aud confirm The de fuct0 sus
! pension Of hoSlueS OH tile banks OF the Danube
Military operations at stand still everywh here,
ev, at Gur;evo, where the Russia as are engaged
IN the construction of a tort. Their hospitals are