Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-03-31

part OF verybody Nturued 10 DO fass alarm af.
or Ave- and had o. course made their escape the earliest
possible opportunity Instead Of advancing, howeveapd
the order given to halt and to- the surprise Of
rybody, the artillery unmbercd aud commenced firing to.
wards the village which impossible to dstngu
even with the aid Of the moonlight Shot aner shot
lighted up the plain and whirsed hercely through the
night air; but thsre response. Tho Russians
would not como out and chow themselves marched
back camp, very little wiser than when We LEFT It.
eept thstlwe knew that Go'en,ze vas sun In eIis.
with plcquct two regiments, one could TIL got
bed three In the morning. little disappointed
as regarded the object Of tho expedition, but delighted
by tho ride the air balmy and soft iii the
month of juno.
Appearances now seem to indicate intention to re-
tire the part of the enemy. Tho burning Of the hay
their conduct altogether extraordinary that havo
great hesitation 10 offering any opinion upon u whatc,
two or three days that Omar Pachs has crossed tho Dan
ube Mt Sstova with thirty hve battaons OF Infantry and
that tho Russians have consequently abandoned their In
tentiou Of attacking kaafs and concentrating their
forces towards Bucharest In this case, Achmet Pacha
will advance also and effect junction with Omar Pacha
In the latter place. or act separately In the west OF
waachia. In either there Is hardly doubt that no
would have to 6ght battle Kraiova anu inclined
to believe that the COMMANDMENT chief Is still at Shuua
but at the time have very little doub. for various
reasons that tho above report but anticipates what will Ia
reality very shortly take place.
This division OF the army Is about to sustain
loss by the removal Of Isma Paeha, who has been APP
amopgs: the sodery, and aable siranger
and though no reads aud speaks language but his
he possesses a cultivated mind and 10 he live is destined
be Of the foremost In leading his countymen along
the paths Of civilization. His daughters have been well
educated and possess many European accomplishments
His staff contains several Hungarian and Polish officers
We have letters from kasafat 10 tho 2lst ult They
nairate OF tho recent and rather cautious man@u
Of the Russians
The garrison Of Kalaat hal begun TO give up the idea
attack being made on them experiencing any fur
Their annoyance from tho vicinity Of their than
their confinement small semcirce round their iorti-
fcAt ms The Russians uudcccved them in this parc :
arr for about noon the 18th February the garrison
turned having been warned OF the advance Of the Rus
sains by three alarm guns On gaining the high ground
within the cntrenchments, "the foe could be adj
vancug from Goenze bearing the appearance to the naked
eve of black streaks the On referring the mat
the telescope the hiiljck whercon the Cossack vi
dees wont to establish themselves appeared
cred with cavalry. couple OF batteries of artillery ne
pounde) advanced along the road within 800 yards
where OF them took advantage of rise in the
ground to conceal itself; the other being clearly
distinguished by the naked eye. On the left, the
CossaCks, some two hundred in number, threw
themselves out tirallenr. Behind then pos
ted regiment Of cavalry supported by battalion of in
inry In Of the four five battaions
of infantry. One OF the batteries Of twelve FOUNDERS
upened its fire first with Shells but at this ridiculous dis
they OF course, burst in the air. Round shot
then used aud reached we'll into the centre Of the
trerchments distance Of not less than 5000 yards.
This amusement carried for about two hours du
ring which time the second battery having opened It's fire
by alternate guns they threw in about 1000 shot, To
this the Turks replied by firing from two three pieces
only bes, it could be only called waste Of apmu.
milton. The Russians then retired, having effected moth
ing whatever but keeping the Turks under for the
period stated and this DO the only imaginable object
for senseess proceeding. The General probably has
orders haass his enemies, and to keep them the
g.i rire; and this is the method he adops The Turks
suffered in respect from this fire. neither man nor
touched II is doubtful whether the Russians
were fortunate, picket of irregulars discovered
Of blood on the snow where the batteries had
stood.