Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-04-13
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fE.om the Times Correspondence :,
March SIN the night between .ne
na5 ID inst. the Russians attacked III consul.
LILA f,ree the battery placed by Omar asila az
al; in order to check the passage "a .no
u ',;nn vessels on the Danube. -Four conPa-
Of Turks were Immediately ordered 70 aa. 5anN
H., hv Ihrahim Pasha, serving uhoei '.io
fNnstapha Pasha, who collinahus ino 5"'
! nr Of the Turkish army IN the Dooruus1n". a.
The object of the Russians was 10 epiNo , 'no
Snnop and destroy the works, ppt III aiis 'n
Ira bndered by the vlvaclty Oh Tue u,
!, 40 that after half an hours engagemeht
NJ 80 al obliged to take to their ships, III Or
o,o;d heinz driven into the Danube. IN
j ~ tho Turkish loss was ten killed ana ID
apa' EIGHTY Russian dead bodies were
,n1 IN tho morning, and as many were drown
Tho Russian loss must have exceeded loo.
4 S;stow an insignificant affair has taken place
Puss;ans having attempted to make them
nos masters of an island were repulsed' the
ILL., having lost one man; the Russian loss was
10 small.
RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
4 co,.s,r ,,.r,uoprr. March 9.-The Austrian
vernment has recalled its military agent who
rs attached TO the staff of Prince Gortschakoff.
4 On the ID an engagement took place opposite
ro;la where the Russians, attempting 10 cross
4 Dapnbe to destroy some works on the rlght
Ink were VIGOROUSLY repelledby the Turks, ana
Sst 120 in killed alone. Combats are OF daily
Scprrance and grow moro serious as well as
n pre- frequent. ofero,,
u etters from Orsova state that smart ARRAY
l out.posts came off in kalefat on the oth INST.
4 The inbecker Zeitung states that at heVel, Oh
ke 9TH inst. ~ 900 men, infantry and cavalry
ere expected every day, and all the 1or's "eio
bit on the completest war footing,, p..a;a
St. Petersburg letters state that III Russia
very one considers the approaching war DIS one
lhich will last for years.
4 The Morning Chronicles Paris correspondent
b received Constantinople letters winch req
1 sent the attitude of the Greek population IN
ke Ottoman dominions as more and more threat
hing as regards the power of the Sultan. IT. Is
tEeyed that the Russians will endeayor to strike
0decisiye blow on the Danube, before the arrival
4 the allied troops.
! Omar Pacha is to have the general direction OF
\ military operations both in Europe and Asa,
! The Sultan intends to place at the dlsposai OF
% English and French armies, on their landing
loco horses and $4,000 mules.
y The Banshee steamer, arrived at Nurseries, Is
4id to be the bearer of dispatches containihS
Il acceptance by the Porte of the Anglo + rehch
lance, and also the propositions tor the re-
inns of the social and political condition OF the
&rlstians.
"A private letter from Beycos, dated March
2th, says, the English sent yesterday, the steam
<gate Retribution with orders toforce the stock
De, which the Russians had established at the
buth the Danube and which completely pre-
pits the merchant ships from descending the
Yer, which, for commercial purposes, they had
scended.
4 If the Russians oppose the destruction of that
Pakade, the Retribution has orders to fire upon
Pm 1t is probable that this act will be the
announcement of hostilities The French
fam-corvette Cation left with that frigate we
aall know in five or six days the result.
Private dispatches from Constantinople state
4lt the object of Gen. Sir. John Burgoyne's re-
Pr visit to Gallipoli was to examine the capa-
ties of the place with view to its fortitica-
e., so as to render it good naval station for
fltlsh vessels of war. For the present, how
IT, Gallipoli is chiefly mentioned as the rem
kzVous of the French troops.
Pr CHARLES NAPIER AT COPENHAGEN.-By
%egraphic dispatches we learn that the Admiral
himself arrived in the Danish capital, in the
eam-ingate Nalorous; the British screwsfrlgate
sranda having made its appearance as dUant-
Ffter; 1t was understood that the squadron
divide at Elsinore the vessels OF mon
puerate draught holding right through the
ftund' and the large ships making their way
4 rough the Great Belt to Kicl Bay.