| Show moldavia and Wal Wallac lachia faia these two provinces of turkey now aced pied by the russian troops and in the latter of which the war is now raging have been before the theatre of hostilities between the two nations both provinces were occupied by the Russ tans ians in 1806 and in 1828 when th the peace bace of 1812 was concluded bet between tr T turkey r Y and russia the sultan ceded to the C car that portion of moldavia lying to the east of the pruth no resi resistance stange was made to 0 the russian occupation of the provinces in in Walli kallichis chis ot 06 which bucharest is the ca capital kw 1 tal lies on the northern bank of the danube ube the population is said to be about 8 a million they pall call themselves romans but bat are a mixture of different breeds romans daciano Dac Dae ians goths goehs and a smart sprinkling of gypsies their religion i is greek gree and that language is spoken by the upper classes and a corrupt latin by most of the inhabitants it is a fruitful country but its rich soil and considerable mineral ini treasures res are not possessed by a people capable pa ble of appreciating their advantages the southern Pou thern portion of Wal lachia which is thweat of hostilities at the present is a region of plains and valleys the northern portion is mountainous moldavia lies north of Wal lachia and has on its eastern border the river pruth b by Y which it is separated from russia its ita present population i is s estimated at about half a million nul lion and its superficial extent 12 square miles the inhabitants are attached ao the greek church they speak the same corrupt language with the Wallac hians and like them claim to be romans both are of the same origin under the romans they formed the PrOvI province uce of dacia transalpine Tran Trans sabina alpina they have been often at war with each other and have formed two independent states both provinces have suffered more from the turks than they have from the russians moldavia became tributary to turkey about the close of the fifteenth century an and Wal Walla lachia ohia in one thousand six hundred and fort forty V one but both were allowed to retain their r own princes laws and religion they were often however holeve r plundered by the turks a and h id in 1716 the polte porte assumed the power of app appointing oil abing the princes or hospod ars selling the dignity to mercenary greeks who made the best use of their opportunities to pillage the people i A revolt which occurred in moldavia in 1821 was wag suppressed by the turkish armies WI who 0 committed unparalleled atrocities turkey evacuated the province upon the demand of russia by the treaty of adri anaple in 1829 it was stipulated that the hospod ars should be chosen by the noblemen of the provinces from their own ber subject to the confirmation of the porte that the inhabitant ff should sh euld enjoy the free exercise of their religion freedom of trade 3 arid a separate administration and that the yearly tribute to the porte should be fixed at a certain sum sum beyond which there were to be no io farther |
