, 1875-08-16
Turkey Will Make q Grand Descent
Upon tho Herzegovinian
Insurgents.
Some Of tho Difficulties She viii
Encounter.
9rsat Suffering from Hot Weather in China
AID Japan.
Tho Popa Pleased al lhe Passage Of tho French
University Bill.
THE HERZEGOVINA.

1.oKpoS. Aug. 1G-G \. ma diapatch 10 the
Standard ret1rta Tint all the Turkish regiments
In the Rarrlhona IN l.pntn4nih anfl Hu'gnrviA
have been ordered 10 march to i1eTxrgovina. !.
Tho Insurgents hAro burned some villages Aud
utEsAcsed whole 3tpiatume'lan fansIea.
TIE 1NsuRnEc1iDN ASD tT1 EflBppEs.
Tho Vienna corresponjcnt Of tho London
Standard written to that journal On July 2S: - II
IL impossible to judge Of the encounters in the
Herzegovina u reported BY telegram from ni-
itAry polnt Of view. till it eau ba Asccrta1ncd
whether they hsve any connection NTH eacl, 9TH
al. Bhould this not be tho case. then the skls-
mishes arc ontY encounters between the Turksl.
galr,sous, reinforced by !ho 3lollamnedanA Iiv-
lux IN the little towns. and single lodos ot the
insurgents: bu, sluuld thote hava boeu Any cnr,-
uection between the tb.eo sk:rmIshes. i: Ia u
proof that tie insurgents Asyo been driven to
tho Austrian frontier by the trouEn That nre
hnsteL,ng from I.oumelia. NeyeKinje, wLele
the hlHs snd most serious conict took
place, On the 23d, il village In tho
cenlse OF tho tabe-aud OF the
Eamo namn, about 45 miles fru,n
The Austrian frontier town, MetkoYieh. Dabrs,
whero battle was also fonght on tho 23d. il
l!kewlee small village IN d plateau Tao latter
In stony. IN winter eyHu marshv, very ttlLIlv ik-
habttoj, Au1 is II milca llgsant FROM Seycs!nje,
y from the Iite Tnskinh town ot sto'atZ. nhich
ia provided with citudei, and 81 from Metao-
web. Near Stnlatz. III tlio centre ut tho tfDp
from Dabra to MttsoyiclI, !lca Mc1'ovE:h. From
this place four companies Ut TurkiH!, t,Gopu tut
tho most $50 1neu) ais aaId tn lave troll tu
round the insurgents. GahA Gabella ID situated
Of, tho rtght bank Of the Sarct1ta, ah'ut Miloa
from Aetkuvlch. Tuat tho Turks hsvo lursr4
doSn tior.tza, a village nehr ttrc, ID WAX re-
ported. sho,td doubt. tor tiloie sucl, eieat
scarcity OF Wood tn tnht part Ut the niutEv that
all tbs SIoil~en aud bls uso built Of stunc. ote;'
the roots beng nude VI stone slabs, aud there 'a
| not chip 10 10 fouul in any of thu hunsca.
Var IL carried Oh under far grcnter l,tllcutics
| in the liu!ze.oYina than III auv other country III
| Europe. Although tue mountains, botb Of Eos-
| nih md OF tho Herzegovina. ara sps!rd 1t tie
Dnariau A1rs, yet their character In both prov
inces Is epseut1atly tilferpnt. Tie mountains iu
bosnia arc formed In ridges, those in tie l.crze-
go''na 10 ho lo"r or ~ .kAi-t form: \
| once formed tho bed OF the Boa, mud are cum
| poBed Of petriied marine anIms3s-n tue uxttotna
seepnehs Of ali their ecl,,tt'ts. and tue wHns OF
| woud aud water. Thollvurs hy tneIr poworfHt
| abrasion, have worn for themselves deep beds
in the rocks hnvnv nerron1ic,slar ta:sks of I'M
mcnse height, hotnetllnos ulofo than j,l0o feet.
| whilo many rivers disappear suddenly iu tho
| abysses at the foot Of tue rnoun.
,ains. Most p1atcaus. arc wate.ed
| brooks, aud many Suail rlsere dry up go en-
tirely in suluIner that not drsp OF "ntcr can 10
| Eeen. Tho consequence Ii that lAsBe bouiaH OF
| troops eau bu assembled only Rt certain polts
| and thoas often strategcaiiy nniAyarnple that
| tho direction and axteut Of their marches must
dspend entirely On those places wlere man aud
beast can And water. The latter Ia transported
| IN pack horses in leather bags. and III time Of
war l,loody con1ic let taktB place at every auring.
| 10 this 10 added the Waut Of roads, The no
| caloI brldle-pAlhs arc indescgibabir ,soso;ne !;
down hill LAa rider Munt always dtbtnou0t and
lead his hoese, for tile deAcenta arc almost per
| berrirs,1ar tiba 1Rt1& rim rDuhtfPAa hnIft
turus up and down Slopes fr'm thsty to fulty
! degrccs They do not iolloS tho direction
OF the ground. but tako the sllsEtcss way between
the two places. In the Karat Mountains
are often found round slopes. 5 to inches Deep
which arc iormed by rxel hosse l'iansing h's
foot In the deep dent OF he predecessors hooi.
10 order 10 th1 \ trm footing III tho smooth
stone. Tho wAysldo cislerns ass probab1y dry Ut
present. Ias stan Ut tho third "0rlu" Tor
| Turkish afmv corps}. Batrtsoucl 10 1luHtnolla,
bosnia. and the herxcsaylpa, ja iu SionastlE
Ar tho Turks fear rss!uE IN BosDa. In addition
| to their nlis'rtist Of the Seryian Cabinet. tie
few t, oops Ut their disposal have hco:i collected
ou the Hel viAH frontier. they could therefore.
seol reInforctmeuts to tho rccno ui revolt only
from MonaH1ir. that it. fsotu AT isnfnsilss dir
tanco. Aud as tho ~holo OEdu. according to
teable reporls consiats OF but Il, ,0uU ilrn. onty
| emall detscLmoata coutd he marched to
tho Herzegovina. Ab far ~ aieutca, au
| Nasaia. tho uoops could avail themselves
| Ut the tolernble roAd leading flom Mona.tlr to
| tho sceus Of resurrection. they would DO obliged
to pasa Numerous detlIcs aud |" climb many
"paninas tmountaiu cho1ntl by narrow paths,
In which, At tho must, two tnsa could nareh
abreast, and where some tozsn shArpsloo oEs,
concealed b1h.nd the rocEs, could cut do"n
whole regiments. Within the rash&lik Of Sovi-
bAzAf mauy AynHuts live. among wholn raVolu-
tiouhry aKita,ors havo been busy Of late nor
| are tho ltaiahH thero FREQ from 1osolut.onar,
tcndeuclos tIlajaiI. an Arabic Mord, sgn,dsl
literally "t1ocks," and dchignatoa ihruess hul
| day laborers. Guardians. Jeas or Gyl s!es, fol
tho TURKS, II they are nut large landei pro.
shop-keepoEs than axr:cutuFtsss). Tbs Tnrk1sl
territory tLsre forma narrow
strip between servis aud Montenegro, e<
,hat II his Insurgents had 1eltectel fn the loas
they mf3iIt have cut utr tic Turxiah troops it
the datios. or wlile climbing tho nlountanH, ant
then havs cnl!ad on tlless brethren Of Servla auc
Montenegro for aaslstanco Whole. divisions o.
tho Tn kish army would bave found thels Thes
tnopylA thero. But alter tho troops bad oncs
entesed the Aerzegoviua and reached lho rtatea.
Of Nevasinje, their SUCCESS would 10 al1uost
question Ut weeks only.
Tho PLATEAU Of Novcrtotc Ia the largest 10 thu
nerze2ovlua,--m than 4S nilos 1oux 1nd , II
. btoad,-Anl lies sou teot ab0s1 the sea It u
wAtsl ed by the KAtonsska Rjeeka (rluckA neaus
r,vsr) aud it, RfhoenL, To tne west VI tue PLAIN
the foot ot tho ns.adfal!y,.ooded nsoxs'
On all sides Of the plAtoau rist
steep mountains; Bou,a OF t4eu,, Bituatc<
10 tha weat, prsseut = magnificent aspect
The plateau IL fertile aud p!oEo4tioua'e'y 4onse
families, exclusively Christians aud Agas. til,
lattss inhAbitlng tue parlyrn!ucd citadel ot til,
l!ttlo town, or lts isolated "kulAs "{towers). 4
etope bsioRe crosses the river. Over TUG Haddl'
between tho Dje!astlca ana Dabn Plau!na, ta.
plasoau Gatzko can bo eAsily rcached: Tho lat
er is tue collective appel!Attou Of ail the sssas
villages 10 the pls'n. immediasely W :'alng, !.
tho east. IL smother pls.oau. B.elA DdIina. 2.50
feet Abovo tho sea. This ia watercd by th
MuRica Nsyer, which Ia bfidKed over vt Motosla
tieA Mountaia. This latter il but 4 shosl dir
tance f1om tho valley Of the Czcsnicn thKt tosa
itpels bsuea.i tho l3Aba rlsusns, 10 tho sonth o
theso Two adloiuiNR planluss are two ollieF table
lands, one Ut which IL Dabra, wl.ole tho i'xttl'
took place OIL Friday. The twu tout!.ett
plateAus aro only sparngly wateEea. Iht
| AbuornM w1athar Of tho rrsseut suu,u'el
renders It itntosAlblo 10 Judge Of tas tcn'pcra
tu1o OF SUPPLY Ut ss.ar theru, except IL risH
tienuralls The hoat lu tho valleys IL sui!oestlnB