Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-06-08
pi..inguisaed saeesas Of tne Turks.

Although considerable uncertainty still pre-
~vaiis'as 10 tic nature and exten. OF the last
success of tie Tpfkish armies, dispatches
have been teceiSed6f Vjennp. from The head
quarters Of Omar Pacha, Rising a favorable
account OF the recent operations OF bis forces
on more than one point or his position. The.
Russian Forces whirh WIS known 10 have been
collected btTurdu, near tho mouth Of the Alp.
"a, Is stated 10 have been repulsed on The 2Sth
OF April, with q loss Of fifteen hundred
men, BY. the Turks, quariered at Nicopolis,
under Sail Pacha; and on the End Of May
another Russian detachment was beaten at Ra-
dova, not far from Krajoya. There Is every
reason 10 believe these reports 10 be accurate
and authentic.
II is further reported that the Russians bad
received q severe check at Silistria, but The
news .equires confirmation.
1t is not true that the Russians have invest
ed Silstria on the land side.
Omar Pasha is still employed in concentra-
ting his force at Shumla.
From Kslafat an engagement Is reported
between six squadrons of Cossacks, and
five squadrons OF Turkish Hussars, near
Rsdoan, on May 4th. The Cossacks were
defeated, and lost go horses, 2 guns, and 1888
men killed.
Accounts ffom all paris Of Germany confirm
the impression that the cause of the appar mt
i~naction OF the Russian armies is their ~iGcrea-
sing apprehension that they viii soon have to
meet other adyerSaries than the Turks, and to
tufn The seat Of war from the banks Of the
Danube to those of the Sereth or the Dnies-
ter. Austria had at first assembled its chief
forces, under the command OF the Archduke
Albert, on the frontiers Of Seryia and the line
OF the Save, and the presence Of that army
undoubtedly served to strengthen The Turks
in Their positions OK Kalsfst, and TO { efeat the
scheme of invading Seryia, where the Govern
ment OF Prince Alexander was vigorously sup
ported against the Russian emissaties by the
agents OF all the other powers. But when This
movement had been prevented, and the Rus
SLAMS had retired from Little Wallachis, the
interest Of the campaign passed 10 another
locality. II became known at Vienna tLai the
Russians, instead OF hurrying on oil of their
available troops and endorsements TO the
Danube, we're forming considerable depots
and c%antonments on the line Of the Serelh
from Kammetz Podoisky, on the frontier Of
the Russian Province ofPodolsk to Foxshane,
thus making Moldavia the base Of their opera
tions, and turning their front to the West ra-
the, than 10. the South. These positions are,
in fact, the same which they occupied in the
early part of the year tS49, previous TO the
Russian Intervention in Hungary, and the
passes OF the Carpathian mountains, by which
they communicate with Pennsylvania, were
more than once hotly disputed in the course
Of that war. An army in This province, has
the advantage Of being able 10 advance into
Gallacia, by the North, or into Wallachia by
the South, as the course OF policy or of events
may prescribe; and, in either case, it wonld
turn the flank Of q corps occupying the Buko-
wilma, or the extreme Eastern frontier OF the
Austrian Emnere.
We are left, then, in uncertainty as TO the
next movements which may be contemplated
by Russia, but il is evident, from the last mea-
sures Of the Austrian Cabinet, that they think
IL necessary to prepare in earnest for the de-
fence Of GalIacia, which is, perhaps, more
seriously menaced at this moment than is the
Turkish province of Bulgaria. Accordingly,
the second division Of the army has been or
dered to march with all speed to the North,
and General Schlick, one or the ablest OF the
Austnap officers, is to take command in that
province. 1t is extremely troubleyomc TO OBJ
tain anYinformation as to the real movements
of the Russians, but there is reason to believe
that the corps Of the Imperial Guard is march
Ling from the Baltic province INTO Poland BY
way OF KowBo, and that the strength OF The
LIST and I'd divisions ofthe army Is still con.
centrated ip the Polish proVisces. The great
sirategical difficulty Of the { zaFaih The pres
ent war is, that be Is exposed to an at
tack on six or seven points, wholly distinct
from each other. and requiring an army for lis
defence. n.
The attitude of Ausria IS, therefore, Of
the highest Importance 10 the course Of the
IwaI.1 sfHgs