Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-05-04
RUSSIA.
RUSSIA.
The Journal DO 81 Petersbursof the 9th contains the

| 10 AippE CAMP CENTRAL PRINCE GoRrscHAEoFf
Prince Michael Dmitrievitch-By the brilliant passag,
OF the Danube, effected the Esd u you have crownet
the Russian arms with new glory Tho troops under you
command In person effected three points the passag,
70 inc right bank OF the river and took by assault
redoaots oil the enemy. Alarmed At bold attack tn,
Turks He'd and abandoned u.s. without striking blow
the iortresses Of Touchs aud Matchn which had beer
defended by garrisous Of fifteen thousand Seeing
TINS exploit pledge Of future against III,
enemies OF the holy religion and of tho country charge
you 10 express my most sincere gratitude our brav,
troops and to their valient che In the Sane tim,
eonerrng on you In testimony Of my cordial gratitude
Tor your distinguished services portrait enriched with
diamonds to DO worn at your button hole remain uu
| ehangeably your sfectionate
81. Petersburg, April s. NICHOLAS
The Russian government having ordered that all sol
ders who had received unlimited fnrloughs should mmc
Warsaw published proclamation on the sth, decarinr
that any tnhsbitant giving refuge soldier Of this elias.
attempting to conceal himself shall DO severely punished
| u ne does not Immediately denounce him.
OPERATIONS on THE DANUBE
Tho Russians entrenchipg themselves at Hirsoya
As omer Pasha has issued orders troops occupying
the second or Balkan line Of defence begin their march
towards the Danube the 10TH supposed that some
positive assurances relative the arrival Of the allies mus,
have reached him. Ten English Merchant vessels laden
WIN provisions aud amunition arrived yarna ON the
LIST OF this mouth. On tho 9th "order of the day
was published at wdden that the Same military bopors
were to DO paid Eugsh and French as to Turkish Off
GERS Up to the 9th nothing had occurred on the
Danube The Turks maintain their various positions be.
| tween Trejan's Wall aud Silistria.
| Two thousand four hundred OF countrymen were
Gapo at the beginning Of this month"; and with them
ne vanguard Of tho French troops under Captain Excel
mans According to the correspondent Of the wande.
rer General CanroNert will remain for time at Gsipo
out General besquet with his STAFF will 90 to the
Danube The hotel OF the Russian Embassy Coustan.
nope Is under the protection Of Austria and
tho reports OF its having been seized by the Turkish
government are incorrect The Prcsse of tb. evening
contains questionable account Of hostile collision be.
tween the allied and the Russian fleets not far from Sc
bsstopol
Extreme activity prevailed among the Turks A. orsova
April eih and it is believed that important events would
DENMARK.
ihk cAssk OF THE RECENT REsIGSATIoS MINISTRY
| INK ACTION OF SIR CHARLES SAPIEB-SEw CLAIMANT
| TO THE cRowS.
There are two versions given OF the cause of the late
ministerial crisis In Copenhagen the first s that the
Danish Minister OF War failing obtain the Kings con-
sent TO the dismissal Of Lieut. Col Auda (who was for
mery President of the "yolkesthing" and is still mem
Der OF the "Landthng, well as of Professor Hall
tue PROVISIONAL Deputy of the Minister CT Justice Au
ditor Of the army himself resigned as did the other min
sers The other Version is, that the resignation was
caused by Sir Charles Napers visit to the King 1, was
reported that the government refused permit Danish
pnots 70 steer hnghsh ships of war. When Sir Charles
Napier threatened to protest against this personally to
the King. the Ministers declared that his Msesty was
ck, aud could not be seen. Napier persisted optained
| lion OF the discontinued Ministry
| Prnce Nasa, son Of King Gustavus ", Of Sweden
VINO aodca:ed In 1909, has representative of the du.
cal line OF hostein ottoop issued protest against the
treaty OF London of May, 1882 which settled The oucs
ton of the Danish succession The Danish government,
preparing memorandum in refuation OF the Princes
pretensons. Prince Vasa is a Lieutenant Field Marshal
IN the Austrian army and Is known never 10 have given
his claims to the Swedish throne which are pepbans
more apparent than those the Danish throne Lon
don paper says:-"In the ycssitudes and new combp.
ohs produced by long war, II is impossible that
theSe Pretensons OF the Prince acquire value and
become useful lever in the hands of tho allies
THE BLACK SEATTLE BLOCKADE OF ODESSA.
NARSA, April 1.-The fleets have len in the direction
Of Sebastopol
CoSsrASTISoPLE, April Gth-The whole feet IA ,ovv Z;
the Black Sea. ~ "
The above are the only authentic announcements recei
we'd oil the movements OF the fleets but information is
eked out by private dispatches was rumoreI that the
bulk OF the fleet had gone to Sebastopo but Il was more
likely it had gone to Odessa Correspondence from tho
later port says, of date lst'we are here in state Of
great excitement For several days past we have seen
many French and English sails. They probable Intend
bockadng for they don't leave the spot but keen al
ways IN sight Large masses of troops being concen
rated here Our garlOn here is at this moment 90 O0o
strong, aud fresh men arrive every day.
VICTORY IN THE CAUCASUS
The English steamer Sampson, which had been survey
ing on the coast OF Crcassa, returned Consaptnope
on March 81 bringing udngs Of complete victory gained
by the Ccassans over the Russians Early in March the
Crcasan', provided with and ammunition
the Russians and alter severely contested battle drove
them into their castles the The castles were sur
rounded and repeatedly attacked during ur contnuops
days Finally the Russians fearing TO be cut 10 n;ccos
blew their magazines and sought shelter in their .b;
The Sampson further reports that the Ccassians fell on
the gaIisons who we're retFeaing from two hill forts and
put them TO the sword. The Gircassisn coas, IL -, ~
sent free from the enemy. P
THE WAR IN ASIA.
RAR., FEBRUARY 80, 1854
arrived mere on the 27th inst early in the morning
after very pleasant journey, the season and all hn
being taken into consideration. Twas most kindly re
ceived by General Guyon With military sans f,con
he ask mo to dine with him. Every morning he attends
q ita d.,
iareddin Pacha. Nothing will be done here In nil nrob
ability Tor two months but my trip Kars will be amny
repaid by all the true information gathered on the
lou have no idea how the people at IT,.
bizoned, and Erzeroum are Willingly or unt,;poI 80;
informed At the present moment the troops onartered
here do not ounumber 10000 of these OIL half are laid
up sickness caused by prvatons cold bad and scan.
~ food, &C., and the typbus The average deaths arc
thrtytwo TO thirtyfY a day. General C}uyon has
oeen uohs MS oeS and Is truly greatly loved by the
suoaltern ohcers and the men. lie has established
GORDON oi ouposts and detached sennes all around the
city, at the distance Of fifteen or sixteen miles =
They extend in demiune some hundred miles Of
ground the arthest ones being only feparated by small
river from the advanced sennels of the Russians and
all being relied in good military STYLE with Tho ,n
The Turks had idea any such thing before and prsa.
pains were necessary in order make them
me usefulness OF TINS most important part of military
craft and warfare. The thing was at last accomplished
by the united exertons Of Guyon and the foreign Officers
on his STALL and they all unite in saying that the Turkish
soldiers, when once you have explained to them what
expaate on the worn OUT theme Of the ncapacty ava
ricousnes and peculaye propensities OF the Muchir
and other gros bonnets here Suffice to saw that ali We
have heard about them perfectly true and for once no
exaggeraon smpy because impossbe) has taken place
wish yoa could see General GuyOn. lie Il indeed the
beau ideal OF soldier, IN his looks manners conyersa
ton, and everything should say he Is from SO to 40
years old, middle sized with fine ample brow and snch
clear soul reading blue eyes lie has knack of look
ing at you from time time with quick shsrp penetrn
ing glance, that seems TO go straight through YOU lie
exercises real fascination who approach him: and
all OF US newly arrived generals and ALL are completely
won over to his side. BY advent the foreign officers
here have reached the number of 49, and enclose st
OF their names. BsH tntrnd that We officers compose
all the society here, single civilian from Europe
graces this ungody place. None Of the common
ties life are to be met with herenohing but the neces
sary Is 10 be found and that not always Intrpues
are OF course the order Of the day here we have TWEEN
iy-fve pachas at Kars each working on his own pri
Va,e hook The arrival Of IGarcddn has seized them Aft
with terror and time will show IL he il an honest and
pablo man or no. To day II ia said that the Mustsshor
Ehendi OF Erzeroum, is named Muchir. Everybody Il
waiting Tor the post with the greatest anxiety.
FOREIGN OFFICERS AT KARs
PoLEs-General Branski (schaban Paoha), General
Bestchianovsh (Aslan Pacha) Colonel GostcbimnskI
lRuf,n Bey Colonel Pacheck Ilderim Bey) Mai Jorcan