, 1875-12-22

A CHIEF for Tho fQerTrEovinlan In-
hairQHtttMs

tETrt;lE. Nov. 1s,-It would Hoe,u 10 ho prob
ablo ti,st Tho Herzegovina instruction has At
cntl' fund ilo llend. and that innn capah!eof
TTis'"g Td y tug In ht,st' ~. 's9 s. If fd;s9s
1azxoro Sncfca,, has shown In various opera
tios,A Nh innln military capacity nnl
vnfiolv Of RESOURCES Which, together with what
wan alioa'ly known sloro ot Ills energy and 1eyo-
certain magnetic enthusiasm which gives him
absolute coDtsnl over hiB fujowotr, IutitIo lin
IL tla tbt place among all tho chiefs. ffo Ia a
Young innn Of considerable tncanA for this conn.,
try. a1n0st tho only Christian landed proprietor
nf ths mountain couRry about Dultnitor, and
for several yoars e1llod and q resident OF Mou-
tencern.
ilc commenced his operations or small scale
try nbpn. I.ya. anl tl,cn n.tueknsl and do
Htroyell tho anlallor bInckonscs IN that section,
tinAllY eaptusiuE all except tho fnrsreHH
Of Nnrn"rko. which las nrtiory THO !aat
mon, atnl whs taken by bit Of nat,vo engineer
tt'S worth recording. secca conHsilctotl block
hnune 1'l wl'colh Que side being loft open, and,
with number nj mon. worked It up-tn aptn
Of tho mln.c.ry tIro, which wps ,1nAilo 10 peno-
trato Tho logs-untlit It wsp II. contact with tho
vail Of tho b0cktioNBe, wlIon he began 1ninug
thn wall. md tho garrison immediately surre,l-
HercI. Ille tro0tM taken wefo sDht tu NpEnnH-
En. alter detot,tiun snflciont TO show tlleM
that tho lnAnigcnty wrre canahlo Of trcatn8
tletr adsnrsarics with humanity,
IN Till. HATrt.E nF nfunAror123A,
Which wo eti! luck complete detniiA Of, ho con-
surreclion. and iiB victory. though not 30 conl-
pluts III it warfd lavo boon had liiH planA boon
carried out, IN Ut sufficient Importance tn Justify
liz IN considering II tho most disastrous to tho
Inrl;ish arms II those Provinces since
Grnhuyo THO object OF tho expedition of
S.lin lasl'a waa 10 roriesual Goransko. which is
reduced nearly to cxtren,itos. all afterwards to
10 10 kfar,rw. Tlln road to utahovo. after PASS
ing that which lrauglcs OF to NlkBlcs, goes
through an eltyated plain, t,Ien through dtill-
cult rasn, AMI tosccn1s slightly to tl'o position
ot ua1nnaka. This pasB was Tho point
clloBon by Soeica to oppoao tho expedition.
mud here, with his own corrs ho began
mad could not he forced. fell bacls tu tho plain.
Which IL sufficiently largo to prevent tho iiro OF
Tho christians doing much harm from tho hits
around. 10 compel thom to cxpoBo themselves
tl,cy attacked. ln this position tho hat
tic wns fought nnl tho tnallrgents (nccortltng
To tho must tntelhgihlo information I can
gut). having rosseeslon OF tho toad behind tho
turks tho Inter intronct.el themselves and
waited fur tin attack Of tho Cilriatians. The
total InsnrKeut force vas about 1.0uU at tho bo-
ginning Ut tho nfrsay, TINT Of thu Turks being
mated Mt a,Ooo ,reeu!ara. with artillery
lnaursent ha'.da having got togother and
}cAtcd ait attack wna lnalo OH Mi sides, vlich
lNatc1 all day. snn faHha, satisfied that 1t
vas ilnpossil''o to force his wnY through either
hold lilo Aurr.cade, and Kept up hot Hm
all night, while io made movement to
attack n ns'ntller direction, md. fnvored
by H. fall of tnow which completely con-
canled lis Inaneuyro Btalo away to Gntachko,
lcnrtug hla rrargnard to thor fato. With tho
light. tho Chrps1ans made another attack and
f"rend Tic bnrricndc. tho greater part OF its do
feitlera boi,g put to tho sword, but some of
4t,n H. Jk,ss.
saved tho !yoa Of nbout l0o mon, who
no lo,Eor made any resistance 'Undcr
cover OF night, soli,n, with tho rornAin-
dor Of tho force, feaehca Getechko, where,
nrmy, eon,pouod VI MI tho available forces in
Dous,ia and Herzegovina, regular md jr1srulRr.
10 rolioyo Gorantku before ii IL reduced BY FAM
iuc. Tho Christian, lossas were ilfty.BevenkIlled,
nix inferior aud niucty-six wounded. That Of
tho Iu,ks IL not yet known with certainty,
NJ tl,ey lad not beon counted when
tic lat messengers left for Grahovo (vlenco
NO layo tho ueWy by tclcgrapli>: but G60 bcads
and noses had alroaiy becu couutoi. mud Tic
tulcgratun from Graloyo stato tho wl,o!o num-
brr of killrd, witt, great nosltiyoneAs at not
te,s linn so1. Tho PRACTICE Of decapitattnE
ncgrin wars Of Ito past IL losiue It's hold on
tho popular ostiulat,ol,, a,ld tuoro arc those
n,nong thu Insurgents who ol,poBo it in eysry
way possible III atato OF socuty whore IL Is of
traditional BanctIty, aud WleEo both RIdeH fol-
low it MI tho ru1o OF warfare,
Tho rifles, ammunition, and provisions taken
will be great assiutnuco to tic Iusi,rronts ia
their preparation for tho dcfonse Of tho
unpsea AcaInBt tho now ntknck for
which thSy aro preparou, tho number
q mon under arms at and near
to q, 900 Oli emergency, Including tho banis a.
ready opEayod, Which, arc nut protty definitely
tu-day Ut about ., Zoo, Of 1, ,0O0 accoriing to IN
other, Tho doiouho viii DO mads on tlo Ba1no
iho groun, that any fauktng movement
on considerable realo ID ip,pos-
sple, tho pass boing ncar tho
Montenegrm frontier, with high mountains
landed at t,utoriha sono trnc sluco, and which 1
nut III former letter ut 200, we're really. learn
frolu uut,,lpBtlonahle authority, 700, and auant-
tog OF ammunition nayo becu landed at lis usn9o