The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-09

vsrna and other strategicsl points along the
coast are ss completely wrested from the hands
OF the Turks as If they were parts o. the Bril-
tish isles Even Silistria- that memorable
monument of Turkish valor-is without gar
rison. In the East. the Turks have actually
lost territory, nearly as for south az the for
tieth parallel, including the fortress of Kars,
and the country between tbst point and the
DeighborhOod OF Erzeroum. Not the least OF
the many strange CONNIE ataries on the war
that have lately come to light was the joyful
welcome given to Aouravieff by the Christians
Of the provinces Of Erzeroum, Ksrs and Ire
biEonde. Some of them fought under Williams,
it is true; but the greater part, the farmers
and people OF the email villages, always spoke
of Bebutoff and Mouravie4f as deliversrs, sent
by heaven to relieve their dstresses
Bow much OF all this territory will the Sui
tan get back? Common safety wils require for
q time, at ,easts the presence of some slIied
soldiers at CoDstantinopae. at Scutari, and az
one or two other points. There will be invar
lids to look after, property to reclaim, and.
above all, police to enforce. Before these
troops leave, the civil and military service of
Turkey, it may safely oe said. will have broken
down. Probably the public is aware of the
way the Turks manage these matters. Nearly
every great man in Turkey has begun by be-
ing slave, barber's apprentice, light por
ter, or something OF the kind, and dates his
rise from the day when bis good LOOKS attract
ed the attention of some Pacha or other. Ia
rif Pacha, for instance, whose cowardice lost
the battle of Kuvakdere was 8 BARRIERS boy,
and never raw fire till he was appointed to
command the Turkish army on that disastrous
day. All the chief civil officers, provincial
governors and others rise in the same manner;
all steal, all lie, all hate the Christians, and
are only restrained from prosecuting them by
the fear of the consuls From the chief min
lister in the Divan to the captain of a troop OF
Basbi-Bazouks, all are leagued together
in system of peculation. In re-
port recently made to the British govern
ment on the state of the Turkish army in the
East prior to the siege Of Kars, it was stated
that though ample means had been forwarded
from Constantinople Cont of the proceeds of
the British loan,) for forage for the cattle,
there was not troop of cavalry in marching
order. Most of them had died the remainder
were dying--and the Colonel who had bribed
the Musbir, who had bribed the Pacna. who had
bribed the Ulema, we're pocketing weekly, with
the purchased coDnivaDce of all these officials,
the moneys furnished for forage. The report
recommended DO noise or inquiry on the point;
for such things were taking place everywhere,
there was no authority not implicated, and a
disturbance, at present, would only do harm.
Is it not clear as daylight that, after the
shock produced by the war and the occupation
of the country by foreign troops, Turkey will
relapse into sort of ROBBERS den? Kars, as it
stood before 1885, will be a type of the whole
country. During the first quarter Of this CEN
fury. the whole southern ride Of the Circassian
range was tenanted by freebooters Each band
Sultan, the Gear, and each other alike. All
subsisted by plumber, and by the traffic in
young boys and girls whom it was customary
to steal from the villages on the other side the
plain, in Georgia and Doghestan, and sell to
the Constantinople traders. Murder, rapine
and every crime which sensuality could sug-
gest, or impunity foster. were every day mat
tiers; and if the whole country had been sub
merged there would have been little to regret
Turkey bids fair to revive throughout her
domnions the scenes of the old Circassian
range. This will be her guerdon for the war
PoLIrIcAL CHAMELEoNs.-When Mr. Fillmore