The New York herald., 1875-11-01


siderable agitation displayed upon his brown features
But no one appeared, the rock remained mute, no
musket barrel appeared at the aperture, no figures
out mysteriousy from the thckets Still we saw
signs that people had been on the road but few
moments before fresh train Of footsteps visible
Ia the soft earth OF little ditch There traces of
IRE which had not long been extinct
The peasants seemed TO march fairly
"a tptoe, filed were they with fore
bodng We felt certain that we were observed, and
noticed that the driver from time time halted as #
expecting some one at given point appear and in
quirs wAo We were. But we went on undisturbed
TRACES
At last came TO the dead Turk who was lying on
his face IN ditch, stripped with the exception q hs
shirt He nowise mutilatedi his brown face
although he had lain his last sleep Ave days was still
disngushable We hastenod BY the horrible spectacle
and came more level ground to dnd on every side
evidences Of a stout combat The ground was covered
with little blackened patches which showed where the
camp fires had BEEN and the blood stains were more
numerous than at the point near Driena
just before passing the point where lay the dead Turk
we inquired OF our peasant companions they had
the insurgents They answered that they had
they were olen on Austrian errtory-as indeed we
knew 10 be the truth-and they were very hume
rous in all the country roundabout. When asked how
looked at Us curously as much 70 indicate that
they considered demands suspicious. Although
they were afraid meet the insurgents they were ey
IDENTIFY very strongly in sympathy with them.
About half hour before reaching the 1rst Turkish
outpost into desolae plain. covered with
low thickets, somewhat resembling the growth Of
chappara On the plains Of the Southwest. Behind US
rose gigantic mountains which cast long shadows over
the valley. There a house nor human being
he The insurgents had their guards carefully
bestowed among the rocks, according 70 peasant
friends and had Turk attempted to ride across the
plain he would probably have been seen BY the next
party Of European travellers lying IN the ditch pos
sbIy minus his head and certainly stripped of al his
garsents.
Finally We came to the Turkish outposts again We
simply found TWO or three fellows armed The teeth
skulking by the wayside They made pretence OF
discipline and allowed to pass without even saying
Good morning. mighE range Of barren noun
tains with mist wreaths lowering around their lofty
tops now came into view These the mountains
IL the back Of the pretty plain in which Trebgne
stands As approached the River Trebnltza, which
nows through the plain to find an outlet ~ some sub
terTanean cavern We found several hundred
Turks busily engaged IN cutting wood and
loading il upon doukeys, and the sturdy
little Turkish horses that work with more energy and
officer with a few men around him, posted IN
little FORT built on high rock and scanned the coun-
try curiousy with his field glass. There need Of
vigilance, because the insurgents sometimes swoop
down and with their knives Kill the mon leading the
beasts OF burden; then, mounting the latter manage
get Of range before the slow Turkish guard
say "Anah T.
shortly after passing the outposts to
burned village and 70 traces OF severe lighting The
50 bad that compelled TO walk around
through the fields and Chamber the ruins Of
cottages We descended into the channel of dried up
river and crossed the piers Of never-tobe com
peted bridge which Is only or many monuments
of Turkish misrue and laxity in the Herzegovina on
the route many Christians nearly al Of
them in rags all stupid servile and evidently
whemed With astonshment at seeing Europeans. The
had long hair, crowned by the rcd cap unlyer
sally in Turkey; their garments Of the
coarsest description and their weapons simple
did not sec half dozen who possessed firearms, but
an had knives. The children, both Turkish and
Christian, engaged IN driving kids aaed. shouted
derIsvely u.s. and the lean sheuherd dogs to whom
a CARRIAGES arrival is a never be forgotten event
barkcd tumutuoasly. The children clad in
single garment no, unlike meal sack general ap-
pearance Around the waist they broad girdle,
NATIVE WOMEN
The women we're nearly All conspicuously ugly OF
type The married women, with their long white wells
streaming their backs from their red caps, with
their ungaceul robes and clumsy eggings looked
very much ike a collection Of average North American
Indian squaws They all speak in loud voices, fairly
crying out the simplest question Tho Sclayic tongue,
which when spoken gently and gracefully Is 50 charm
ing, did not gain when it from their lips From
these people could get information. When
asked il they Moslcns they shook their heads
NH
aghting; dd appear interested in the insur
rection Tie children after the carriage tumblng
and frockng by the waysde; but the
timid and they happened Dc sitting BY the road,
twiring their distaIs or reposing after carrying
their heavy burdens, they and stood, with
their heads huubiy bowed until had passed
AZ for the Turkish women, who looked
like great, animated blue sacks they turned
their backs scoruiaily upon Us, if they Old
and ugly but il Young they peeped from under their
wells and managed % show tser features before We
passed There many Or these The road
a. We approached the walls u Trebrne, Thcy were
doubtless taking Their morning walk Each one was
attended by j mad servant All the women wore tho
costume 81 volummous ana Tie braided Jacket
over which vas thrown a huge cloak WHOM hey drew
this cloak around their orms and kept their faces com
petey covered lhe effect was udcrous 10 tie extreme
When pretty girl douusly showed her face one could
think of nothing but RECORDER HAcKErT SAYS
WHATEVER NAY nAyE BEEN THE POLITICAL sSs oP
poRMER LEADxys IL TA1MASY HALL raEY HAVE
NEVER IxcRgAsED ruEa BY EvES sUGGEsTyELy INTER-.
FKRiyG Win rHE INDEPENDENCE rHE CorRT
wHIcH I HAyR 10 JCDGE'a newly
arrived chicken peepug out II its she'll
rEEmGSE
There Is nothing attractive ia the outskirts Of Ire
btgne There are houses high and houses low, IN
mense stone towcr, bait Tor dessnce ID which the n
habliants could hold out indefinitely against any be-
siegng i1rcs which possessed artillery There are
cabins vler AMI less comfortable than any Ia Ireland
cabins il which the miserable Herzegoynlan Christian
families live With mo beasts and very much ike them
These cab have only ROOM have 20 eli mneys and
no dividing between the resting places 81 the
cattle and goats AMI the children. There are large