, 1854-02-11


as well as on the land, promise to be on
the most extensive scale.
vs. paip and snow had been heavy In parts
-, Wnlachia. 50 that operations were to-a
y, Ut eyteut impracticable. The aim Of the
t,mmondrrs was therefore TO get their men
snJ.r cover. Omcr Pacha, after leaving
,Ls Garrison in the different fortrcSScS on
,So ricbt bank Of the river has marched
,%o % milk Of his troops back to the quarters
wbich they occupied before the passage Of
,be Danube was effected from Widdcn Ca
ioSt GorSchckofr has initiated his exam
Marscilcs paper has the following
r-om Cmstantinople: Admiral Slade, with
tbe ship of the line Medjidik, five frigates
and steamer, has gone to cruise in the
Rlaek Sea. His object is TO force the Rus
sian cruisers from before Anapa, which is
the only port Of the Caucasus in coast of
eighty miles. He is accompanied by Scllir
Rev. the CircaSsian Chief, who was so long
detained at Adranoplc, and he is to supply
ammunition and arms to the LesghianS, the
Laghes, and the TcherkesScS tribes, This
expedition is of the highest Importance. If
the Turks succeed in taking the fOrtrcSseS
that defend the entrance into the Caucasus,
they will put an end to all communication
by land between Russia and the Trans
Caucasian provinces acquired by the treaty
Of Gulistan. Numerous Polish and Rus
sian deserters have reached the TYkiSh adj
Tanced posts in Asia. Two thousand Rus
l., IL % Lax- roarhn1 thn
Turkish camp--a large number, yet per-
haps correctly stated, as the Russian army
in the Caucasus was the receptacle of all
punished and degraded soldiers and officers,
aud consequently contained great many
malcontents. Hungarian officers, who SEW
ed with Bem and Demlhnski, have nnder-
taken to organize these deserters into a
servicable corps.
It is confirmed that Russian ship of
war ran ashore and went to pieces. or
crew and troops it had ], 800 men on board
Of whom | 400 perished, and the remaining
200 were rescued by the Turks, and sent
as prisoners to COnstantinoplc.
The name Of the Russian steam frigate
sunk BY the Turkish forts of Batoum, was
the Foudroyamt; the same which brought
Prince Menchikoif' to Constantinople, and
remained there at his disposal during his
stay.
On the 2Gth of November the Turks
constructed bridge between Rustuck and
the Island Of Moknan. This island re-
mains in the possession Of the Turks, not
withstanding the statement that they had
'been dislodged by the Russian artillery uh-
.drr Gen. FormosoHT. They had also resis-
ited All the attempts Of the Russians to drive
them from their positions below Hirsova, at
tbe confluence of the ,Talonitza and the
.Danube. observation-disclosures
Adyices from Galatz state that the fourth
,andi6fth Russian reserve corps are in move
me6t and are about to enter Wallachia.
iTbe, Whole OF the army now in Poland is to
Be- sept To- tho Principalities; and drafts
from the Russian garrisons, together with
.a'portion of the Imperial Guard, will gar
fison Poland. 'aa
% On the oath ult, Schamyl and Ishmael
an the Russian lines The result has not
ro.chsd ms
{ Tersry prrwEkN FRANCE AND ENGLAND.
y II Il positively reported that France and
Fnolapd have entered into q treaty, by
r5icb fbey agree to sustain the Turks.
=, OTrIcIsI.gAn official Dispatch has been