Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-02-21
Russia and Turkey.

fantry, commanded by General Paniutin, received
on the 9th orders TO hold itself in readiness to
leave. The army of occupation Of the kingdom of
Poland is at present $4,000 strong; and the garri-
sons are occupied by an additional force Of $4,000
men.
Count Orlofl, the czars envoy, arrived at Berlin
on the 25th and council of ministers was imme-
dateIy held. He subsequently left for Vienna.
where he arrived on the evening Of the 2sth
The latest London despatch states that letters
received from ST Petersburg. of the date of jan
uary 20, are of a warllke tenor. Extreme meas
ures are resolved upon, if the explanations from
the western powers should not be satisfactory.
The answer resolved upon by England and
France 10 the demand ofthe car in relation to the
objects Of the combined feet in the Black sea, has
not transpired. A Paris letter OF the 10Th says:
g No one now entertains doubt that the reply
of the French and English governments to the
communications Of NJ de Brunow and M. de Kis-
seleif will be IDENTICAL and that il will be firm and
decded--so much so, as TO leave no doubt on the
mind even of the Emperor of Russia that the
neutrality they mean to observe in the Black
sea will not be of such kind to establish COM
plete equality between Russia, the strong power,
and Turkey, the weak one seeing that the pres
ence of the combined fleets is for the avowed OBJ
lect of protecting the latter against the former"
Advices from Constantinope state that the re-
representatives. of France, England, and Prussia had
net on the 18th, at the hotel Of the internunco of
Austria to deliberate on the eyentualities which
refusal from the cZar might lead TO. The depar-
lure of the sultan for Adrianople had just been de-
cided on. General paraguay dHilliers was 10 ac-
company him.
| Much activity continues 10 prevail in the prn-
! cipates. The most important news from that
quarter is embraced in the following summary:
| An authentic private letter from Bucharest, OF
the l3th states that the advanced guard of Osten
| Sacken arrived at Bucharest on the 4th, and the
| main body on the 18th. The soldiers were in a
ha. rch
| fifty days over the worst roads, under pelting
rain The mortality was enormous in every regi-
ment. The rear guard is not expected before the
GOTH
The position of the troops rendered worse
by the orders received to continue their route to
Kaafat. after rest Of only three days. General
Gortschakofr having received his final instructions
from ST. Petersburg, and sent forward his heavy
artillery, was preparing to leave Bucharest for
Little Wallachia. The campaign had not assumed
favorable appearance, and it was generally be-
lieyed that Gortschakoff would not have under
taken the proposed operations had-he not had
orders to do so from the highest authority. Nn-
merous wagon-loads OF wounded troops arrived
| at kralova. s8
/ There are fresh instructions amongst the Wal
lachian population. Notwithstanding that the Rus
| sian generals had shot several persons taken with
4 arms lighting for the sultan.
| According 10 the latest information received
! from Kraiova, through Vienna, the Russian corps
| in Little Wallachia is composed of $4,000 men OF
all arms, with sixty guns; $4,000 of these are to
| cooperate in grand attack on kalafat. The
strength of the Turks in kalafat amounts at most
| to 90 900 men, number believed by competent
| men quite sufficient TO defend the place vgor
| ously The Russian party in Bucharest are firmly
persuaded that kaatat will be taken, because the
imperial command is that the Turks must be driven
across the Danube, and in the shortest time, cost
| what il may
There were reports that great battle was
fought near Kalafat on the Goth, but letters from
kraiova, ofthe 2lst, make no mention of such an
| event. The report was probably another version
| of the battle of Citale.
| A Paris letter, of the 10Th, says:
| Letters from the Danubian municipalities would
lead us 10 suppose that serious affair must have
taken place by this time at that place, and that the
general attack contemplated by Prince Gortscha-
kof on the 10Th was postponed to the 23d or oath.
We are informed that the Turks were in the best
possible state of Defence and 10 all appearance able
TO maintain their position but if such immense re-
Inducements as those spoken ofbe brought up, the
result may not be so successful TO the Turks as
hitherto g
The passage of the Danube by the Turks near
Turnui, and the Russians near Galatz, was unm-
portant, and only for the purpose of reconRo-
tering.
The latest accounts from the seat of war in the
municipalities are comprised in the following des-
patches g4t5
kRAJovA January 24.-Skirmishng takes place
daily at Rahowa, Isas, and Turnul
BUCHAREST, January 2i.--Forty-hve thousand
Russians are concentrated around kalafat A
great battle is expected there shortly
On the 18th the Turks got possession of Turnul
and Jannitsa, as also of the village of Sistoban-
ion s s.u9 as8s4Hf
ORsovA. January 2O-An engagement took
place on the 18th, between body of Turks and
the left wing of Aurep's corps, near lslas. The
Turks succeeded in maintaining tho Walachian
bank The Turks have begun 10 throw up re-
doubts between Islas and Turnul.
The Russians suffered severe loss at Matschin
on the 18th, and had steamer disabled
There was great political excitement in Servia,
where the Russian intrigues seem TO have pros
pered A nephew the reigning prince was ex-
pected from ST. Petersburg. The Austrian Lloyd s,
under date of Belgrade, states that General kas.
canin is engaged al Semaadria in organizing a
corps of 900 Servians, F& ,stf.ty#s4 sff#
Teegraphic dispatches from Bucharest and Bel
grade contain rumors OF collision having taken
place in the Black sea, off Batoum, but the des-
patches from Constantinope do not aude TO such
an occurrence, nor was anything known Of il al
the Turkish embassy at Paris al the latest dates
II is certain that the whole Russian fleet was in
Sebasiopo on the llth, but left in the direction Of
Baioum on the following day. g.
The rumor above mentioned spoke of the de-
struction of nine Russian ships. as
The following, from London paper, is impor-
tant, III true ht E2 eyH IE"t..
sit appears that on the l2,h, after the arrival at
Constantnople of the French mail steamer, the
English and French embassies sent important dcs-
patches 10 the combined fleets Those dispatches
ordered the two admirals to announce 10 the Rus
sian naval forces that they were not TO cruise in
the Black sea, and that they must remain in the
Russian ports and the combined fleets would, if
necessary, enforce the intimaion"
The London Shipping Gazette of the 30th states
that the important announcement had been made
by the Russian government that all vessels navi-
eating the Black sea, under neutral flags. were to
be searched for the purpose of ascertaining that
they were not carrying articles which were con-
traband of war for the assistance of the enemy
il So they would be seized and confscated, with.
out regard TO flag, The same paper also pub
fishes The following despatch from Galatz: " Eng
| lish merchantmen have been chartered to convey
| Turkish troops TO Batoum This is authentic
The following intelligence in relation 10 the
| movements Of the combined fleets seems to be
| authentc:
| CoNsTASTlSoPLE, Jan. 15--The combined hssts,