Washington sentinel., 1854-05-25
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DETAILS by THE FRANKLIN.

NJ DETAILS BY THE FRANKLIN.
The WAR.-The London Times gives the
following extracts from Constantinople letters
Of the 25th April:
A great concentration of troops continues at
Shumla; otherwise there is nothing very i'm
portant to communicate, beyond the following
details with respect to the corps darmee now
at Shumla. You may consider them, however,
as perfectly correct. That corps amounts to
$4,000 men, viz: 48 battalons of infantry,
battalions Of rifemen, 40 squadrons of cavalry,
5000 i-regulars, Infantry and 5000 cavalry.
These last have committed terrible disorders
lately, and Omar Pasha has been obliged to
arrest more than 400 of them.
The Russians are fortifying themselves in
the Dobrudscha; they are at Kostendje and
karasu. There was very recently slight en-
counter near this last place, in which the Turks
had the advantage. The artillery of the army
OF Shumla amounts to 29l pieces.
We have now from 5000 to 10000 English
troops, and more are arriving every day. They
are in barracks at Scutari, in the magnificent
buildings of Haider Pasha.
believe l can assure you that the Russians
had projected marching directly on CONSTANT
nople, paying no attention to the fortified posi-
tions OF the Turks and passing the Balkan
close to the sea, and at place in which they
nearly disappear. 1t appears that the mud Of
the Dobrudscha has retarded the concentration
OF the Russians, that the troops expected from
the other side OF the Danube came up very
slowly, and that, in fact, we appeared at CALI
poll much sooner than Prince Gortschakoff
expected.
The Bulletin du Paris publishes a despatch
from Belgrade of the 29th, stating that the af.
fair OF Tzernavoda, which has been mentioned
in the London journals, and the truth of which
has been much questioned, really took place
that 10000 men were engaged, and that the
Russians fled from the field of battle in such
haste that they were compelled to abandon
their wounded. There is nothing, however, in
this account to show that it is authentic.
We learn from Constantinople under date Of
the 25th ult, that the Turkish government had
ordered a levy Of 100000 men. The Journal
de Constant',ople publishes report Of VIC
tory near Kalatat on the 18th ult The Rus
slams were defeated with great loss, but that of
Turks was triaing.
INTENDED RUSSIAN MERcIEs TO THEIR PRIs
oNERs.-A letter from st. Petersburg, of the
3Oth ult., appears in the Cologne Gazette, and
shows how the Russians are reckoning their
chickens before they are hatched:
am now looking at a regulation drawn
up, and relating to the treatment of prisoners
OF war. 1t will be published in few days. 1t
comprises AZ paragraphs, and concerns those
who may be taken with arms in their hands on
the field of battle or on board ship, and who
may belong to this or that nation. Thus the
Hungarlans, when made prisoners, are to be
sent to Siberia or else given up to Austria
the Turks will be treated as prisoners of war
generally are; but strangers and Christians,
serving in the Turkish ranks, as also renegades,
will be treated as common felons Medical
men are IN the same category as the Turks,
that IS, simple prisoners of war, and so are ali
that are not virtually active combatants. The
Poles, like the Hungarians and all the prison
ers, indeed, should they be refractory, are to be
transported in chains. Russian Poles are to
be confined in the dungeons of the fortress of
Kiow, and tried by courts-martial.''
UNpREJUDIcED Accounts OF THE BoMBARp.
MEST OF ODEssA.-A letter from Odessa to a
Greek firm, dated April 26, says: people are
hurrying back to town to reopen their houses,
warehouses, shops, and premises and to-mor-
row no vestige of the sad scene witnessed a few
days ago will remain. Trade will be resumed,
confidence restored, and we shall be enabled to
follow diligently our peaceful avocations.n
The Post-Ampt Gazette, of Frankfort has a
letter from Odessa, dated the 25th ult., which
says:
: The greater part of the outer batteries were
considerably damaged, and those at the north
angle of the fort were dismantled. The Rus
SLAMS, who fought with great energy, had 200
men killed and 800 wounded, more than half
OF whom will henceforth be unfit for service.
Six warehouses have become the prey of the
flames.
The town has comparatively but little suf.
tered, but some OF the more exposed buildings,
and especially the palace of Prince Woronzow,
have been burned down. The appearance Of
Odessa is totally changed. The terrible can
nonade has broken all the windows Several
chimneys have fallen down, and some church
towers have been damaged.
THE WAR PREPARATIONS OF THE ALLIED
PoWERs.-The Paris Monteur contains the
following important announcement in reference
to the war, and the intention of the two powers
TO undertake still more extensive operations
against Russia.
The French and English governments have
agreed in the adoption of all the measures Of
precaution which the present war may render
necessary. With this object the Emperor has
just decided on the formation of two camps of
maneuvring. The first consisting Of 100000
men, will be established along the shore of the
Manche, between Montreuil and st. Omer.
The second consisting Of $4,000 men, will be
formed near Marseilles The English govern
ment on its side are preparing troops, and
fleet capable of transporting, in case of neces-
sity, the forces which they may Judge neces.
sary, either in the Baltic or in the Black sea.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Times remarks: at is not difficult to guess for
for what object the camp of 100000 men is
formed, and there is little doubt that the opin-
ion of superior officers of the army with re.
ference to an expedition to the Baltic is well
founded.
1t is said that both Revel and Helsingfors
will be occupied, and the shutting up the Gulf
OF Finland completed. The object of the estab-
lishment of the camp in the south is to have
reinforcements at hand for the army Of the
east and very probably to make descent on
the Crimea while the combined fleets attack
Sebastopol The government naturally keep
their plan of operations enveloped in secrecy,
but any one who is aware of the determination
of both England and France to act with the
utmost vigor, and thereby shorten as much as
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