The Express.
London, England, 1862-07-15 00:00:00

THE HERZEGOVINA.

EICUTAR4 JOLT 13.
Upon the sth inst. the Muohir Abdi Pacha, the
newly-appointed Caimaoan of Omer Puha, made a
recoenaurance upon his arrival in camp.
On the 6th the Turkish troops carried, with the
aid of the artillery, the position held by the Mon-
tenegrins to the south of the village of Playa.
Towards night 15,000 Montenegrins advanced upon
the same position, in which the Turks bad hastily
entrenched themselves' but the furious attacks of
the assailants were repulsed by the latter.
Upon the 7th the Turks rested, and Abdi Pacha
arrived with the remainder of his army.
On the Bth the army, under orders of Abdi
Pacha, attacked the Montenegrins upon the summit
of the hill of Playa, defended by walls and by three
towers, an important position, being the key to the
route to Cettigne, and covering the communications
of the Turkish army between ,Yenikoi and Oria
Lucca towards Ostrog. The Montenegrins repulsed
the first assault, but were dispersed in all directions
by the second. The Turkish army seized a gun
-
carriage, four cases of artillery ammunition, a Lag'
and the tent of Mirco, with a number of muskets
and yataghans.
The Montenegrins lost the Senator Pedro Phi-
lippow' four captains, three Barraktars, and 600
men. The Turkish loss was 103 killed and 261
wounded, 16 of whom were officers.
Dervish Pacha on his part, after having beaten
the Montenegrins at Kitts and at Gagina Ganula,
advanced upon the Bth through the passes at
Ostrog to the village of Pavia, a quarter of an
aour's journey distant from Ostrog itself.
On the 10th he attacked the Montenegrins in
their positions at Ostrog. The Turks ejected the
Montenegrins from all their works and bivouacked
fur the night near the convent.
Upon the 11th they advanced, but the Montene-
grins, disheartened by their successive defeats, only
skirmished from a distance.

Upon the 12th, Abdi Pacha having in the mean-
time moved along the right bank of the Cetta upon
Oria Lucca, defeating a Montenegrin column upon
his road, the junction of the two armies was effected
amid the joyful shouts of the Turkish troops.

AMERICA.
Dim oua OWN onazarograirr.)
BOSTON, Jun 30.

This has been ono of the most exciting days of
the war. The announcement by telegraph that the
rebels in great force had made an attack on General
lii‘Clellan s right wing tent a thrill through every
heart. The city was all astir. In evaDercio:=eand
town men and women rushed to the as
the newspapers were distributed, were pale
and breathless with suspense as they read the con-
fused and imperfect narrative. There was just
enough to awaken hope of success, and yet an un-
certainty sufficient to cause intense anxiety. Up
to the hour of my writing enough has oome over
the wires to make it certain that there has been
severe fighting—that the rebels rushed with great
force on the right wing of M'Clellan's army but did
not succeed in breaking it ; that subsequently
M'Clellau ordered the falling back of the extreme
right, with the purpose of entrapping his foe,
and enabling bim to get between Rich-
mond and the attacking force; but of the
success of this no positive intelligence has yet
reached us.

The American press still continues to discuss the
debate in the British parliament in which various
members exhibited their antipathies towards the
Federal cause. The feeling here is not surprise
that the leaders of opinion in England should have
put an unfavourable construction on General
Butler's famous order, for the unfortunate lan-
guage he employed was calculated to mislead a
foreigner; but what grieves one class and enrages
another is the evident hostility which is manifested
by British statesmen. The intelligent American
asks, when will English politicians inform
themselves with an accurate and profound know-
ledge of the nature of the present struggle, and
judge with fairness and candour ? Both by
the press and in parliament, the old story is still
repeated, that the United States are running up an
enormous debt, without making any provision for
its payment ; while in the meantime the
Congress for the last two months has given
long and laborious attention to this subject.
Will not every candid and just man, who forms his
opinions on reason, agree that so novel and impair.
tent a measure as inaugurating a system of uni-
versal taxation should be matured with delibera-
tion 4 Various conflicting interests are to be con-
sulted, a correct and comprehensive knowledge of
the resources of the country is to be gained, and
numberless details to be arranged, and all this
the face of the fact that the measure is an experi-
ment. Under these circumstances, the Federal
asks the English journalist and statesman, "is
it not reasonable and right that so compre-
hensive a scheme should be matured with delibe-
ration 1" The captious manner in which this
subject is treated in England is regarded as an in-
dication of unfairness. Every candid Unionist ad-
mits that in such • juncture of affairs mistakes,
both in legislation and in the campaign, are made.
He is well aware that the United States have not
reached perfection, and that there is much in Ame-
rican society and civilisation that can be Unproved.
He does not, therefore, complain of fair and
honest criticism ; but he thinks it no more than
cannon justice that while Englishmen are so
ready to see the faults of Americans, they should
also be willing to see their excellences.