New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-02-16
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The News by the Arabia

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The News by the Arabia.
The steamship Arabia arrived at Boston on
the Fth. The New York papers Of the Sin con-
tain the news received by this arrival. The
news, apart from that from the seat Of war, is
OF little Importance. The accounts Of the battle
Of Tshetale are extremely vague The London
correspondent of the Tribunas writing the 10th
ult., says
The battle Of Tshetale, which lasted for three
days and ended with the complete victory Of the
Turks over the forces of Gen. Anrep is, in many
respects, Of the utmost Importance From the
time that the diplomatic intrigues Of the EN-
bassadors at Constantinnple succeeded in pre-
valling upon the Porte to order O1ner Pasha to
remain on the defensive, and not only not to
follow up his first success at 0ltenitza but even
to re-cross the Danube, the Russians have CON
stantly prepared themselves for great blow
whleh would afford to the Gar an opportunity
of displaying his magnanimity by accepting
the proposals of the Four Powers" The naval
Victory at Sinope, and the successes in Asia
were to be crowned by great feat Of arms in
Europe. A triumph over the picked troops Of
Omer Pasha would have easily induced the Sui
tan to yield to the Gar, so much the more as
Lord Redcliffe continued to bully the ministers
at Constantinople, while the feet remained for
so long time in most treacherous attitude in
the port Of COnstantinople. The blow was to be
struck on the Russians New Years Day the
Danube was to be crossed at its upper bend
above Widden and Kalefat, and the Turkish
camp attacked on both sides, while the appear
ance of Russian army in Seryia might have
led to an insurrecton, at least of some districts
in the Principslity. But 0mer Pasha has de-
teated all those plans with bold attack The
excitement at Constantinople and the riot of the
Sofras forced the Divan to give orders to carry
on the war with energy. 0msr Pasha being
thus allowed to take the offensive, on the 9th
Of January marched from Kalefat to Tshet4le,
where Gen. Aurep was entrenching himself in
order to get fortified tefe de pont for crossing
the Danube The Turks stormed the entrsnch-
nlents, carried them on the Tth, and on the Sth
srepellsd the furious attacks of the Russians,
| who had get renforcemeuts from Kraioya Ths
Russians themselves confess a loss of 1000 men
| in killed. among them one General and several
| staff officers, and 1000 wounded, among whom
l we see the commander of their trosps in Lesser
Wallaehia, Gen. Anrep himself Tactieally this
| victory is very important The Turkish army
has now proved that even when unprotected by
| trenches it is superior in proves to the Musco-
| yltes, and that 1t can carry trenches with the
| bayonet The loss Of two Russian Generals and
many superior officers is again an evidence that
| the Russian soldiers must have been unwilling
to fight, and that The officers had themselves TO
advance IN order to give courage to the rank
aau ule' rue moral IMPRESSION OF the victory
must have been imnlense both on the Turks and
| Russians. But strategetically, the victory Of
| ymer Pasha is Of little Importance; he has de-
| feated the schemes of the Russians, but he has
not gained ground it is defensive victory
only. The Turks Immediately destroyed the
| works of the Russians, but they did not follow
| them up to Krajoya. The political results of
the battle are much more important. The army
Of the Car, which had occupied the Danubian
PrincipaIities by stealth, while the European
| dlPiomatists succeeded in prevailing unen the
Diyan not to oppose this fragrant breach of trea-
| ties, has until now always been defeated, when
ever the Turks have chosen to attack it, The
| prestige of Russia and her influence on the
| Christian populations of Europe, has severely
| suffered by such d display Of weakness The
| Car cannot consent to negotiate so long as this
stain on the honor Of the Russian arms is not
blotted out by some signal victory. But if the
| settlement does not take place in a few days, ID
| will be altogether impossible. Parliament meets
| on the 31st inst, and the acts of the Ministry
will not bear the light of publicity. Lord Red
| clife had instructions to make peace at any
| price up to the 18th of February and the success
| of these negotiations alone can give Lord Aber-
| deem courage to face Parliament He has nearly
succeeded; his persuasions and his threats had
| baneful effect in Constantinople; but the bat
| tie Of Tshetale has come just in time to make it
impossible for the Czar to give up the war.
The Russian bulletins on this battle are go
| shameless that even the Austrian Government
| has not officially published them. According to
| these reports the Turks were signally defeated
for three days. and as the result of the slaughter
each army remained in its original position
| Prince Gortschakoff is furious at his i'll luck.
and will once more try to dislodge the Turks
! from kalefat and to, cross the Dannbe in order
| to ayenge these defeats and respoAd to the
| threatening attitude of the combined fleet Ac-
| cording to the news from Censtantinople, Ad-
| miral Dundas left the Bosphorus on the 4th,
| together with O Turkish squadron, carrying
10000 men and ammunition to Batun. The
| entrance OF the feet into the Black Sea is,
| therefore, more than a bravado England and
France are actually participating in hostile
measures by protecting the Turkish fleet while
| 1t carries reintercemeDts to Asia. Probably the
| Emperor of Russia will take this protection for
actual war. The withdrawal of the Embas-
sadors from London and Paris is thus almost
certain.
FROM CHINA The New York Times publishes
q letter dated Hong Kong, Nov. q, which
contains the following important intelligence
About ten days since, we received advices from
Annoy, announcing the re-eapture OIL that city
by the imperalsts Shanghai sun remains in
the hands of the insurgents, ana there appears
to he no preparation for inSurreetionist
movement at Canton. There have been a num-
ber of local disturbances in the vicinity of tho
last.named place, but every thing appears to
be quiet again. The forts on Canton river
saluted on the receipt of the news from Annoy.
The speedy recovery of Annoy was predicted
soon after its capture by the rebels, or rather
the mob, and on the 9th inst its evacuation
was commenced. Skirmishing had been going
on as usual, until the leading insurgents began
to remove their families on board their junks.
| During the 9th, and part of the next day, the
| gates of the citadel were kept shut in ezpeeta-
tion of an attack. On the night Of the 10th,
the leader of the insurgents himself embarked,
and there was a general scampering and
breaking up. Before daybreak, on the morn
ing of the l1th, the Imperialist force advanced
against the citadel with scaling ladders, and
the rebels retreated through the southern gates
and pushed towards the wharves, in hopes of
!, finding refuge On board their fleet; but in this,
numbers of them were disappointed in conss-
quenee of the boats which usually ply thers
for hire having all kept out of the way Many
attempted to reach the junks swimming or"
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