Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-10-19
France and England Demand an Explana
ton from the United states.

ernment OF the United States, of Russian pos
sessions, situate at the most northern extremity
of America" s
Americans in the Turkish Service.
Correspondence ofthe N. Y Tribune
BUCHAREST, WAL, Friday, Sept. Is, 1854
0mer Pasha left the city yesterday on Jour-
ney of inspection to the different Turkish
camps which will last FIVE or six DAYS. He
will probably go as far as Kalarasch, where is
| stationed strong detachment Of cavalry. Is
kender Bey has returned to Bucharest, and in
fact all the troops who followed the Russians to
the line of the Sereth. A gallant young Amer
| lean officer, Mr.. Porter, Of New Jersey who
enjoys the confidence of Omer Pasha, had the
honor Of giving the Russians the last blow near
Buseo. He brought his squadrons back in
safety, although at the time he was nearly sur
rounded by vastly superior force Of the en-
envy. hear, also, that two American officers
under Guyon, in Asia, distinguished themselves
in the late disastrous engagement near Baes.
Ohler Pasha awaits courier with dispatches
| from Constantinople. An attache of the Aus
TRAN Commission left Bucharest three DAYS
| ago for Vienna. Further instructions are
awaited from the Austrian Government A
council was held before the departure Of Omer
oShoy uut TIC IcSut Vi the DELIBERATIONS mas
not been made public. The movements of the
Austrians are regarded with the greatest sus-
picion. They wish Omer Pasha to leave
Bucharest entirely to their protecting care.
The latter declares that he would sooner aban-
don his army than the Wallachian capital in
the present critical circumstances. The Aus
TRANS have entered Moldayia, the Russians re-
firing before them. An attache Of the English
Consulate informed me that the Austrians
have also crossed the frontier of Bessaraba,
but such is probably not the case. While the
English in London and Vienna appear to be
perfectly satisfied with the course pursued by
the Austrian Government, directly the opposite
is the case at the English Consulate in this
city, where more is known relative to the true
state Of affairs. 1t is believed that Count Buol,
| at Vienna, has outwitted Lord Westmoreland,
the English ambassador. 1t is true that the
Austrians have contributed to the evacuation
of the Principalities, but why send a large
army and cloud Of officials to Bucharest,
which, as its name implies, is "City of Peace"
and place Of no strategic importance what
ever? An army that holds Moldayia has. at
the same time, complete control Of Wallachia
so far as the Russians are concerned.
Omer Pasha gave splendid dinner on Sum
day last, to which many of the Austrian officers
| and officials were invited. After dinner one of
| them remarked, though not so as to be heard
by the Pasha, Much depends upon the expe-
dition against Sebastopol; its success or failure
will determine the actual position of Austria"
The Austrian commissioner insists upon the
return Of Prince Stirbey, to which Omer Pasha
and the English consul with all the Boyards
are opposed. 1t must be said, however, that
he is by far the first man in Wallachia. The
inhabitants of the Principally have apparently
nothing TO do with the government of their uii-
happy country. The Turks pay for everything
IN paper. Gold and silver are remarkably
scarce. The soldiers have received no pay for
the last seven months. need hardly say that
the Austrians and Turks regard each other as
cats and dogs. Most Of the Hungarians and
Italians have been sent across the Danube, but
many still remain as officers attached to the
different stats. An ARRAY occurred day or
two since, in which an Italian sabred an Aus.
trian officer in the open street. learn that
the cholera has entirely disappeared from the
city, and the cases in the Turkish camps are Of
rare occurrence. The epidemic now RACES in
Moldavia and Bessarabia- The Turkish troops
are hardy and, at the same time, moderate to q
remarkable degree; otherwise every fourth
man would have been swept away. II is as
e~Nsohf'H INV iCW CtA1tt VI. ANcu0ofuluhtOU Oc-
cur. The Egyptian camp IL almost surrounded
by corn6elds, but notice that the ears have
not been disturbed. On the contrary, the Rus
slams left nothing but naked fields and burnt
villages and bridges behind them. h !
An evening or two since was walking in
the gardens Of Chismachee In company with
Turkish officer, when fortunately we met Isk.
ender Bey, attended by his two servants and
pipe-bearer. / was introduced TO him, and we
had long conversation relative to the war and
matters Of interest connected with his remarka-
Bile life The Bey, now q colonel Of the Turk
ish cavalry, is, next 10 0mer Pasha, the most
important parsonage who has taken part in fhe
Danubian campaign. The Russians will re-
member him, as he has slain his hecatombs. |
He is SO years Of age, of medium size, but pow
erful organization, and has beard and hair of |
glossy haxness, surpassed, If anything, by
pair Of eyes capable Of sending out lightning
glances from beneath their overhanging brows.
He was splendidly, fnot gaudily, uniformed
and as we walked along among the elite of /
Bucharest, people would turn around, stare at
him as if he had been cathedral, and whisper
to each other, rThere goes Isxender Bey." Heis
Of Tartar origin, and Mussulman by birth.
his father formerly emigrated from Poland TO
the Crimea- where our hero was born, and In
herited the rank Of q Count (ulizny,) as well
as an estate in Besssrabia.
Expelled from the Crimea while a mere 1
youth, forpolitical reasons, he became sworn
enemy OF Russia, and In the character Of q
soldier has IN bis travels personifed The Wan.
dering Jew, and taken part IN almost all the
remarkable wars Of the last twenty years. He
was In Spain during tho Carlist war, in Portu-
gal during the revolutionary struggles, and loft
those countries deckcd with eleven different
orders. In 1886, he was at the seige Of Herat
IN Central Asia the Chinese war called him
70 Canton, and after the Termination Of the
same, he returned to Algicrs, whsfs he took
Kador He then lnfi The French service. and