The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-28
Threatened Instruction In Servfa and
Bosn1a

The Vienna correspond, at of The London Times
wiring under cate of Of the 18th ult., saysi
| will give you brief summary of what
have been able to collect from The 5gropi Z,iuHg,
aud ether >lavonic papers, concerning those pro-
Ninccs IN my oJtrtOr, ~ IS not ,1ig@sibte that
STrig. Bosnig, JWktsi Crsaft0, re Ber-sgyursd,
oHd ynhOTs Gf,ers. mov, spOnsr later, Egwe
ne ttut u acfi ~ NJ ne spbr0sirs party. The at
tempt to usmenber Austria having bee n frustrat-
ed sud the east OF Europe beng, tor the moment
the ia,orIte re,ort of the revolutrlisis, should
not be- surprised To- zee the standard Of r. bellion
raised against the lawful authorities in those
Trtkish provinces bounded on the East by Walla-
CHA ard Bulgaria. and on the south by Mace donna
aud Albenia. About a month since, informed
you that ala lnsufRent corps had invested Blhacs,
town with small fortress 90 the Unna. The in
sufgtnis, believing that the VIZer OF TavnIk, who
had threatened TO march against them, would do
no more than menace, blockaded Bhscs So close
" that ~ wac impossible to- convey the least Inte-
IReuce INTO the town. On the 9th Of August,
however. the rebels receivtd information that the
Vzier had left Travnlk ~ the head Of $4,000 men.
The chief II lhe Insurq' nts kedic, therrupon held
y council with the eldsrr ~ some of the Chris-
ten towns ia the neIghbOthuod, and he WAS EN-
powered by them Ia IuiOrm his troops that, case
II conflict wIh the Vlzlers forces, the ray be-
lon cirg 10 The ncn-unted Greek church would rise
and JON them. During the night ~ the 2Sh sklr-
nishes took place between the oupOsts oi the gar
fIson 81 Bihacs eId the insurgents, aud heavy
cannODede vas opened from the fortress. A. ke-
due had returned to the camp the LIT IT Septem-
u wat reported that the Nzier of Travsik was not
Ear off, u was determined to storm Bihacs the sauie
night 1he attempt was made, and tailed. On the II
part OF The insureent corps retired into the moun-
tslns, IN order, as was said 20 throw up entrrnch-
ntrts IN the dehles through which the NZpr
would have to pass. The remainder, about 1000
OI 5000 men, having also Withdrawn in the even
ING at the same day, the siege oi Bhacs was rdsed
although the insurgents fortified themselves on the
banks 1T the Unus, at distance Of about two
English miles from the fortress IN the meantime
The Nizicr's troops arrived, and encamped GA a
hill to the southeast Of Blhecs, and on the 5.h
stttmpt was made to pass the klokot. IN order TO
advance into the Krslna; but the Insurgents offered
such desperate resistance that ine Turks were
obliged 20 retire INTO their camp. The battle was
most sanguInafy, end although the Nizler claims
thc victory ~ the loss of the insurgents was very
serious, the matter appears doubtful, the rebels
TOOK four Of he cannons Before this affair took
place, about 80 Turks, men Of rank. who had &C.
conipanied the VIzitr from Travnik, having de-
csted that they would not fight against the 1@epe
who bad taken up arms IN just cause, Che Pore
has mposed some new tax upon them,) The Vzier,
Tahlr Pasta, dismissed them from hts camp.