The Litchfield County post., 1828-12-25

followed by six Or eight-iheSc again by n'"rs--and lastly comes the reserve, or main body tn perhaps greater order. Iu thsir regular attacks, they are sometime
 In ono, and sometimes in two ranks, aC cording 10 their strength; they advance Inc form of semicircle, with the centre retired the greater numbers immediately fly oil and seek the Hanks and rear of the enemy, while a small portion. supported frequently by reserve, attack ihe front ; but what makes them the most formidable, Is the extraordinary facility with wIlicl. they djSperSc and collect again in bulk or body upon auy part of the enemy'S linc. However, for tie mos, part, they pay little attention to regularity so that after an att tack, having no tlumpeis or sounds to as- sembse iEem, cad as they do not always take ont their siartiards, their captains are ohiigc: by din; of taIlooing, or in the best manner they can, to collect their troops They do not generally use the pike Ike the lance, bu; couch t, and ride full galIop Ike ihe knights of old, 8; r!e;r antagonists The Turk jus. ly fears ii; as the iusrU- nlcn', should il not kill, inhcts dreadful gaSi; and iile unfortunate sufferer, when wounded and ,ranspicrced, has often been known to say, 'Ah! Cossack ! Cossack 7 and by signs i,uplore hsn to put an end to his n.iseries by an ef1cctual thrust.
 After having overcome his prisoner the frsi t!,ing the CoSssck does is to stize up- ou his arms, which wiil:: the Turks are highly ornan'en'ed and valuable-his tur- h"n and sas.., which arc sometimes cash nsere shawls of great wor!h--nnd his purse; and if he is not killed or badly wounded, the victor thrn places the unfortunate man behind him, upon the very cantle of his saddle, seizes him by his hands and gallops of with him to the rear. In this situation, jolted and galled almost to death, saw Turkish colonel, few days since, who had been taken prisoner by an old ginning of an affair, and was by him bro't before the general for examination.
 The outposts have skirmishes almost daily but lhc Turks and Cossacks seem to have good understanding between them,f they often meet, & !alk to each O. ther in more civilized manner than for mcrly. e
 The Turks, perhaps should say those of Giurgevo and Rudscluk, do not corres- pond with the idea ! had formed of them, from all that had heard or read of that race--indecd, believe we have generally d very imperfect knowledge of that nation, and that most of the accounts we receive of them arc very much misrepresented or exaggerated. There is nobieness of des- potism. an openness and truth,in the Turk individually, that is not to be found in his Christian tributary, who has of late so much occupied the attention of foreign powers the word of Turk is sacred if he pledge it, you arc safe. How very different the latter's! with whom, it is said, you can never be sure of any engagements whose treachery is proverbial, and whose barbari- ties arc more numerous and of deeper dye, than those ofhis governors. But, as l said, the forces of the above garrison do not answer the expectations I had for- med of the Turkish soldier. From the specimen before us, it would induce be- lief that they had either degenerated as warriors or which is the most natural to suppose, that Choumla contains the flower of the Tukish armies; but tho invincible Jan:ssary no longer exists, and the daring .Spahis, with his proud Arab charger does not glitter in the rauks of Kutenuck Pa- cha, whose troops are mounted On small, and sometimes very inferior horses.
 Trowsers, very loose to the calf, thence tight to the ancle-a close wais.coat open at the neck, and covered below by shawl tied around the waist-a jacket with very full and short sleeves, showing the equally loose sleeves of the shirt--a turban on his head-and yellow boots or slippers on his feet, form inc usual and very becoming dress of a Turk the trowsers, waistcoat, and jacket, are of various colours, and or- namented with embroidery; and the tur- ban is white, green, or otherwise. accord ing to the rank or privileges of the wearer. His arms arc, long knife, called a, han.l- jar or yataghan, used for cutting off heads "a brace of pistols, which he carries in a broad leathern girdle--a gun, slung across the shoulders-and a curved sabre, his dex- tcriiy in the use of it Which such, that with one blow, he will sever the head from the bedy.
 The Turks have little or no method in their movements or in their mode of war fare. Sometimes they will sally forth from the fortress in bodies of 100 or 150,