Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-09


Of this description and whether the results produced ii
eight hours and half by three 80 FOUNDER guns cou
not be produced in half hour by fire Of greater
pidity and Of twenty times that weight Of metal.
No preaching battery that constructed is
all equal to the fire of lne-of battle ship; but on thu
other hand land battery is far protected from thu
hire OF an enemy; and the question is whether shiI
could float long enough under fire from land
teres to silence and destroy them In the late opera
lions, although the ships several times in very crit
cal positions from running the ground within range
the enemys red hot balls, of them appear have
suffered materially; and though the Admiral was com
PEELED to order the Penelope throw guns overheard
which done with great presence of mind he proba
bly, relied the probability of recovering them when the
Aand Isles were in our possession.
Upon the whole this experiment only highly salts
factory and honorable to all those who engaged in it.
but it leads to anticipate important achieve
ments The is still long enough to admit of fur
Their enterprises upon the Russian the allied forces
are the spot and Within few hours sail Of any
point the Baltic and hope to learn that the allied
commanders taking steps pursue that career of
which has been opened by the fall Of Bomarsund
Many Russians sufocatedin the Bomarsund case
mens by the smoke of their fire. The fortress was
to contain ammunition and provisions for year
THE PERSONALITIES AND THE DANUBE
The most important from this quarter is that the
Austrans have at length crossed the frontier They
tered Walacha the Goth of August and it was ex-
pected that the whole corps of occupation would
the frontier by the 23d Bucharest Kraovia and Lesser
Waacha to be occupied and the advance guard
to reach Bucharest the 9th September. Three bri-
gdes of the army of Count Corenni preparing for
similar into Modavia This intelligence was
communicated to the British and French Governments
by their Ministers at Vienna and was officially announced
in the Paris Moniteur of the 23d The Times observes
that .&.s
"The immediate advantage resulting from this occu-
patton Of the provinces to the of the allies is that
by preventing the possibility of another Russian invasion
Of the Turkish territory, it enables the begerents
whether Turks French English devote the greater
part If not the whole of their forces to those offensive
operations of by which alone they hope wiring
from Russia her assent to the conditions of peace"
THE BLACK SEA.
The latest and most important intelligence from the
Black Sea is that the Anglo French forces have begun
embark for the Crimea According to Austrian advoes
forty thousand had been embarked at Varna up
to the 18th Of August and the Presse has elegraphic
announcement from Constantinople under date Of the
18th, that sixty thousand have embarked for Sc
bastopol" These statements, however need confrma-
ton There can be doubt that the invasion Of the
Crmea is intended but the previous advces gave rea
son to suppose that the main body of the expedition
could not sail from Varna before the GOTH
There had been o destructive confagration at Varna
but oil the military property saved except the hay
wine, and camp utensils The cholera was abating
ASIA. ....
There seems to be no doubt that the Russians have
gained another victory the Turks ASIA although
certain the Russian reports exaggerated They
say that the Turkish army has been completely beaten
and dispersed by Gen. Bebuto near Kars The Russians
took fifteen guns, great quantity of munitions of war;
eightyfour staff and other officers and 49, 900 of the
Turkish troops. Three thousand Turks left dead
on the field of battle; the remainder fed to Kars.
As the Turkish army consisted of 40 900 men, is in
credible that 600 Turks have been taken prison
ers The Turks greatly deficient in cavalry, but
slightly superior in artillery. The battle must have taken
place about the 1st of August. ~
The " Invade Russo" publishes the report sent by
the Russian officer commanding the detachment of Erivan
to the commandant of the active corps the Turkish
frontier Of the Caucasus. The following extracts
. have the honor to inform your exceency that the
enemy completely beaten the 18th (29th) of this
month"; the heights of Tshingy by the troops Of the
Erivan detachment conided to me. ..
The trophies of this victory have been guns, pow
der wagons, with their teams, 10 flags pennons, $40
prisoners, and drums than 2, 900 dead
the field munition, Clothes and accoutrements which
were strewed oil along the way of their ght Two camps
with every thing inside abandoned by the Turks at
and Arzap and taken possession of by the
Cossacks. Ali Pasha, chief Of the bashi-buzuks was
among the slain Selim Pasha the commandment chief,
had fed with the rest ~.
sack regiment, subaltern and Sc privates killed 10
subalterns and 227 privaes wounded superior Of
fcer, eut Col. Sacken subalterns and 35 privates
hurt by contusions The militia had about 70 killed and
wounded but have yet positive report respect
ing these last myself slightly wounded in the leg
with SHOT at the commencement of the action.
In the morning Of July 18th (3Oth) deputation from
Bayasd and the surrounding villages came in to offer the
submission Of the inhabitants announcing that the Turks
had abandoned the town. and indeed the whole district
sent detachment under COL Khrestchattsky occupy
that town, and about to proceed thther in person
band Of Caucasian mountaineers, commanded by
Of Schamyl have made razza into the Province Of
Tiis They sacked several places, put people
death, and carried off generals wife and Princess
Orbean, her sister. The news caused panic at Tfis
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
The news from the United Kingdom presents items
Of remarkable Importance. The cholera is still preva
lent and is believed to be increasing in many parts The
Registrar Generals return for the week ending the 2ls
Of August supplies the following statistics in regard
the health of London:
nearly the that of the previous week. which
1882 In the ten weeks corresponding to last week Of
the years 1S4453 the average number 49, which,
raised in proportion to increase of population becomes
PA The present return exhibits excess of 60S
above the estimated amount
Cholera fatal last week to 100 persons OF whom
214 children under Is years Of age, 426 were Is
years and under co. and SO 60 years old and up
ward. During the cholera epidemic of 1S49 tho total
deaths registered in the week that ended August Is
$3.50, and those from cholera $50. In the six
weeks of its present appearance the deaths from cholera
have been successfully g. &C. 1873, 800, 644 and 729
The deaths from diarrhcea last week were 1872"