The New York herald., 1869-05-04
TURKEY.
Frontier Tr0ublcs-New Military Rcguln.
tiOns-Appearnnce Of the Cattle Disease
Cretan Prisoners.

Frontier Troublcs-New Military ReguIn-
tions-Appearnnce of the Cattle Disease
Cretan Prisoners.
CoNsTANTINoPLE April 10, 1860.
stated in my last that the misunderstanding ex-
isting between Turkey and Persia regarding the vii
lagos burned on the frontier at Kassghoe Is in fair
way of being settled, and In fact commission OF six
persons has been appointed to 60 to the said place,
investigate the matter ana report on the damages
done The Ottoman government is on the point OF
introducing In the military organization Of the
country an important change which smacks Of Ger
man importation. The Minister Of War Is drawing
up new military code OF laws and regulations by
which the European, or rather German, system of
reserves Is to be introduced, doing away with the
present system OF Redss. The Christian population
Of the empire will come under the action OF this
new law, and be no longer allowed to enjoy their
immunity from conscription. As this cannot be
done, however, without, to o certain extent, arm
ing the Christian population OF the empire it is pro-
posed III order to avoid Jealousies on the part Of
the Turks ana possibly serious conflicts, to oblige
the reserves deposit their arms in depots in the
barracks after every days exercise. Sufficient
do not exist in the government dep0ts to carry out
this plan properly, and 1t has been decided, there
fore, to purchase the old arms known to exist In
the United States. We hear that an American
firm has contracted for some two hundred
thousand stand of arms, at ten shings each,
examined at Liverpool and deliverable there. These
arms WILL by degrees, be converted into breech-
leaders.
l could wish to-day that the foregoing few lines
were the only news Of moment had 10 communi-
Cate you but am sorry to say that we get accounts
from the Province OF Kars which are most alarming
for that neighborho0d, ana possibly for also II
proper measures not taken. 1t appears that the
cattle plague has broken out there, and from the
symptoms the diseased animals the rapdity Of the
contagion and number of deaths 1t seems to be the
same plague as latterly decimated the cattle
in England. How 1t began or where 1t
came from nobody seems TO know as yet
The drst deaths happened at a village called Ourren-
the end OF November, on the return or the herds
from their pasturage on the hills, and since then the
scourge mas spread with alarming rapldity. II, In
fact this murrain proves to be the same as that
which visited Great Britain the Turkish gov
ernment will have the advantage Of being able to
avail and make use OF the dearly bought experience
OF that country but In caamitles OF this nature the
Will and energy OF the inhabitants themselves must
aid the action Of the in order 10 stay the
plaques and In this fear that the uneducated popu
lations OF those districts will be found wanting.
stated In my last that the Cretan chief Hadj
Mihan Is staying AT the Minister oil Wars house, on
the B0sph0rus. Some other nsurgent captains have
been given less comfortable billets In the huks with
sentences Of from ten to fifteen years. They cannot
complain, however, as having Deen taken with arms
in their hands they would, under any less lenient
government, have been hung alter very short
notice.