Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-06-08

was the commencement Of the disastrous war sv,;, Pm
s ; continued by Abiou IIamid and concluded undsr
I III with the Empress Catherine by the tre.tv of
''s2S, signed on the 4th AprL 1901 NV vhich pn..S
gained an important acquisition territory and The po.
,,on OF several valuable fortressrs. In l79s Bona
pHte made his immortsl erpeditiou into Eyvnt IN.
rorc, which had aways been on iris,dIv 80. -.s
rahc' hsstened to make peace ith the ,ouny sns,.I
men ehdeavored to counterbsance the power of the
"'"ssat'es os Organizing he sodiery TO receive IN.
name oi N.sim Dschedid-new orer-but v,s unsnc.s.s
iu' and In 1907 when English fleet apoeareI IN m.
,h aa.mo'. in consequence OF his FreSch sympa-
,he'' was deposed anil killed Mustaphs IH n.msd ru
Ter IN h place, rsgned but few DAYS and IA succeed
sent Sultan <'"' P'e-
Tho reign of Mshrcud IT. was one Of ,hs. Io,A, an,
most influential in Ottoman annals IL began tNsp,s
o on the Danube, by Alexander Russia allied tSkho
hosPHar, tzerny George. OF Servia Thi, war terX
mated With the treaty of Bucharest In 1919 TLa ,..oA
6" Afacha, OF Janina, in Albania was one Of the n,
po'an, events Of Aahmouds reign I, lasted until 1899
III 1870" hahmoud resolved suppress tb. J.niss,,ia.
VINO had long disturbed the peace Of the emnire A.
ordnance Tor their partial distribution in regiments vss
oy revolt OF over So 900 Of these formidable
troops against the government; but MahmouJ M m.
head OF an army OF So 900 men, marched cO,in.t and
them over 10000 Of the Janissaries we're slain
another ordinance abolished the Dervshes The bloody
manner IN which the Greek insrrecton was
~ lssl, will always remain a shameful SPOT upon Nah
,"onus reputation. In 1927, the battle of Navarino
os ~. power OF turkey 10 the Mediterranean. and in
w 'he thlrd year Of Nicholas reign war broke out
WIN Russia Ga the 9th and Ith Of MAY 1928 the Rus
sans passed the Pruh, and Mahmoud who had no army
tlrtrs 0f III
Danube and unite his forces in th. B,Ik an non,,;
finally establishing the head quarter, of hi, srmv a,
SAUNA one OF the strongest positions in Europe The
result oi this war disastrous for Turkey
IN the peace of Adranope concluded ON the I4,h Sn,e
embe' 1929 10y which Russia gained in Asia all the strong
PAGES she had taken on the Of the Black
Sea- part OF the pashac OF Akhatkel and the citadel
OF Akhilkalaki. ln Europe, the Pruh and the D,nuba
became the frontier the side OF Bessaraba and tbs
NOUNS OF the Danube were ceded to Russia, condition
tnat Go fortresses should he erected Moldavii Waa-
chla ahd Servit acquired privileges Turkey CON-
ceded that no Nahtmedan should thenceforth reside in
.ne panno'in prncipalites that the Hospad,rs should
ne appointed for life, and they allowed an armed
iorre Tor the maintenance of ORDER Free commerce was
snianteed IN the Ottoman Empire Russian subjects
VINO moreover became exempted from the jurisdiction OF
he country, and subject, exclusively, their own Am
ba-sidor or Consuls BY secret article of the treaty.
io.oooooo duca- (reduced in 1880, 1000 OOO) was
nAr,i upon as the Indemnity to Russia for the war.
feace concluded, MahmOud continued the work of re-
form; and everything belonging to the army and 10 nd
III hisuauon was Obliged to assume the costume of the
; ne was soon, however again involved in
win hehemit Ali, Pacha OF Egypt OF which he did not
live to see the end. He died on the lst July 1899 ust
as hosties were commencing, and his successor Abdou
Medld the Sultan ascended the thron. win the
eoe e 10 bear OF the death Of his father and the news
OF the defeat OF his by the Pasha of Egypt and of
the rum OF his fleet In this critical position the Eve
great powers OF Europe intervened and after the bonn
oaument by Admiral Napier, Of St Jean dAcre and the
submission of Mehemet ALI new tresty was signed ON
the l3th July ISL according which the Dardapelles
and Boshorus main CLOSED forever to sbips of
war oi all naons excepting when Turkey should be ut
Abdonl Nedjid pursued the of reform pointed
out oy his ither and, the 81 November 1899 SOL
EMMY accorded new constitution to the ttomau En-
pire.
difficulty arose. in 1859. between the Porte and the
powers on the subject of Monteneg gro and the
Holy Places. The government of France claimed the
great Cupoa and Church Of the Holy Sepuchre the little
Cupoa and tomb OF Christ the Chapel of the Holy Virgin
the great Church of Bethlehem Altar OF the NATIVITY
and the Srotto Of the Annunciaon The Porte accesdS
to a these demands and the greatest dissatisfaction was
excited IN consequence at ST. Petersburg In order to
calm !he irritation of the Greek Church. the Sultan con
hrmed anew, by an imperial frman the privileges and
nmnnites which have been granted their sect;
out the consequences OF the RUPTURE occasoned by this
excitement are the laundering of which echo
from the banks OF the Dlnube-N. y Journal of Com
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