New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-07-01

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these gentry proceeding South, who informed as
that the troops. after ssrmish with the enemy,
we're retiring, and had already marched through
Bairamdere
On reaching this place we hailed two Of these
cavaliers, who corrOborated the previous state
ments, and declared that there was nothing be-
hind them but ginoar pazeUinks tneaning the
Russians). While speaking to them We heard
shouting and yelling to our right, and observed
q few solitary horsemen coming down the hill,
from the opposite side of the town. These, We
were told, were the Russian Cossacks, and while
We were accommodating them through cur tel
escopes, large body Of horsenen emerged from
the glen from which we had heard the yelling
They proved to be corps Of Arab irregular
cavalry, returning from one Of their reconnois-
sances in the direction Of Kara-su a wild
looking set they were, with their swarthy hand
some faces and dark piercing eyes gIaring from
beneath their gaudY head dresses, which with
their striped blankets hanging loose from their.
shoulders, gave a lively and picturesque ap-
pearance to their struggling line. We turned
our horses heads and joined this corps, one of
the officers Of which told us that they had had
brush with the Russians, in which they killed
four of the enemy and took one prisoner
He also stated that they had been ri hours
in the saddle, but in spite Of this, instead of
sparing their horses and outstanding their
come few of them get off at full speed, brandish-
ing their arms and lances, and yelling like
maniacs During the short time we were with
them we had an opportunity Of witnessing the
effects of this on their cattle, by seeing tWo of
their gallant little horses drop down dead from
sheer exhaustion Night was now fast approach
ing, and the whole regiment set off at q ssaart
canter leaving us, who were more careful of
our beasts, seeing they were our own property
Ia circumstance which makes mighty dfffe-
renee in such cases. to get on as best we could
As we followed we saw their camp fires burn
| ing at a considerable distance. but being occa-
sionally obseured by the unevenness Of the inter
vening ground, we began to think that we were
| mistaken, and that the lights we saw were
| will-o the-wisps. Having come to this eonclu-
| sion, we agreed on tugging our jaded horses
| after us for five minutes longer and biyouacing
for the night by the roadside, although driz-
| zlng rain was falling. About the end Of this
| time a messenger from the commanding officer
met us and told US that the Colonel having heard
| Of two travellers being in the rear, had sent his
| compliments and asked US to come up to his hut
| Never was message more welcome to beIated
| wanderers in search of adventure, and our gg1ide
conducting US by short cut into the middle of
the camp, we had an opportunity OF seeing
groups of these wild sons of the desert in all sorts
Of picturesque attitudes, gazing with half in
| dolent, half curious stare on the GiaouP in
with most cordial reception, and we, not with
out reason, thought him the best friend one
could meet with in long days march, for we
certainly met with most generous hospitality
during our sojourn at his station
While treating us to the usual pipes and
coffee he took care to provide for our more sub
stantial comfort by giving directions that one
of the deserted houses in the village close by
should be cleaned out and prepared for our re-
ception, and an ample share of his own rations
sent there After bidding our kind hcst good
night we repaired to our domicile. which far
surpassed our most sanguine expectations We
found clean floor talbeit of mud) and a cheer
ful fire blazing on the earth, by the light of
which we discussed our frugal meal with an
appetite and feeling which only those who have
had a long fast and march (54 miles) can ex-
perienoe.
Next morning we paid him a visit, and found
him seated with his domestic chaplain Ca dane
ing Dervish y at breakfast On our telling him
we wished to get on to Silistria without return
ing to Basardscik, he consulted his ghostly ad-
wiser, who declared with his mouth full of pilaR,
that such thing was impracticable. So, after
taking leave of this good Samaritan, whose
name, Mahommed Bey, will long be remembered
by us, we wended our way back to Basardschik
Next morning we started for Silistria, halting
for the night at Koort-panari, where :. fine
= old Turkish gentleman, one Of the olden time, -
entertained us most Hospitality.
His dinner, in the true Turkish fashion, was
: served up one dish at q time: first, soup, to
which he helped myself by spoonfuls: then,
roast duck; next, roast lamb then, huge fiat
cakes then, kabobs; then, sweet dish; after
/ which we thought our lahors were at an end
but, to oui horror, huge pilaff was placed be-
fore US. The old gentleman's simple, unaffected
+ yet courteous and we'll bred manner. together
a with the style of his whole establishment spoke
of the Turk of the old school. and reminded one