The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-06-22

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half of the Ottoman host had been soundly
beaton, and the other half were running away.
He also found his gallant squadron taking it
for granted that he had gone the path of all
bcys who are too wise for their generation, and
who take coffee with grand viziers. But his
presence restored their discipline at once.
The Muscovites were covering the field with
squadrons of horse and moving down every
thing with their artillery. NIustapha moved
his cavalry to the cover Of a wood, formed them
with admirable skill, and then advancing ON n
division Of Muscovites who were pursuing in
| the heat Of victory, charged through and
through them, and cut them to pieces Moth
ing could be more lucky for the Vizicr for in
two minutes more he must have been prison
err or trampled under the feet of the Musco-
vitc lanccrs. The enemy, at this unexpected
check, drew back, and the night falling, the
Ottomans made their escape, glad to leave their
tents behind them. This affair raised Mus
tapha's name prodigiously, and visions of glory
began to kindle him again. Tic first dis
patches from Constantinoplc displaced the slip
pcr-makcr, and fixed the Bey at the head of
the forces, with orders to beat the enemy and
follow them to Pctcrsburgh. But what was to
be done with an army of banditti? He i'll
stantly drew out code of regulations 1t was
Incompatible, and its announcement was hailed
with universal! JOY. But its first attempt at
practice raised Il mutiny in every corps Of the
army In this emergency, the new Vizcr
knew that his head was on his shoulders only
till the messenger Of the mutinecrs could re-
turn from the capital. He resolved to turn the
tables by victory; marched that night to find
the enemy; found them; cut up their forage
parties; drove i'll their outposts, and fell like Il
thuifdcrbolt upon their main body. The In
fidcls were slaughtered in front of their lines.
through their lines, and out Of their lines
l5nt day-brcak came; and they rallied. The
Turkish cavalry lad by this tims jumped off
their horses, and were packing up the plundcr
of the camp. Must:pha's quick eye saw the
danger But all the kettle drums, and tr,m-
pets of the earth could never draw Turk
from his plumber. The battle turned. The
new Nizicr fought with desperation; he gath
cred some bodies of horse from the skirts of
the field, and bringing up his thousand Ana
tplians, formcdt''c Whole as rcac... .unrc. lint
this was worse and worse. Their discipline
%as new to their countrymon and at the first
movement all was: confusion. With agony of
soul Mustapha saw his last column OF horse
fighting like a rabbc, every man iii his own
style. The encmy's artillery were now playing
OH every battalion of his infantry and his
final look at the field showed them melting
away like masses Of snow on Mount lI;cmus
His next glance was ut. the canvass roof Of Il
Russian tent. His horse had beun Knocked
down by a six-pound shot, and lie had been
stunned by the fall and found among the
wrecks of the field. So much for the new tac-
tics. Was he now to give his next glance at
the roof of Russian dungeon.
But this was a night of carousal in the Inf
del camp. The general sent off dozen cou-
rc.s to St. pctcrsburgh with dispatches, de-
scribing tho battle MS Il series of the most cx-
quisitc man@uvrcs, by which he had drawn the
enemy into a,night attack, anu routcdthcm at
his leisure. He demanded crosses anu rib
bands for himself, and inquired her imperial
majcstys pleasure rs to what chamber Of the
scraglo shc would prefer for her present abode.
But it is as impossible to keep the yellow
bearded Russ from brandy, as the black beard
ed Turk from plundcr. The captive Vizicr
was brought to the generals board; where he
sat- until he saw him and his staff fall under
it. He then threw the generals cloak over his
shoulders, walked quietly to the spot where his
horses were pckctcd, found the scntincls asleep,
each man with bottle beside him. led his
horse through ten drunken regiments, and
flinging the cloak over the eyes Of the only
man whom he had found awake among fifty
thousand, gallopcd off en- the route to the capt.
tai. Indignant at the stupidity which had
sent the army into the field in state which
rendered victory all but impossible, he paused
only to draw up statement of the whole
transaction, present it to the Sultan, and thus
at once yndicatc his own fame, and lay the
foundation Of conqucsts innumcrabc.
The paper was eloquent, admirably argued,
and the most impru,lcnt thing in the world.
| Tho Sultan rooo;vod ~ from, L;e o,x,,e