The New York herald., 1876-08-14
ARMY OF THE MoRAvA.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY or THE MoRAvl
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HEADQUARTERS ARMY or THE MoRAvA,
PARATCHISE, July 10. 1876
After twenty four hours travelling through tho
valley of tho Morava have last arrived head
quarters Paratchine situated the right bank and
at a short distance from tho Morava, whose two
branches the Servian and Bulgarian Morava, join a
lew miles to the south between Gurgosovaz and
Paratchiue. II Is on the high road from Belgrade 10
Constantinoplc and the road lie Nisch for,i-
fed town. which has always been the Ottoman base Of
military operations in the between Turkey and
Austria and which is at this the principal OBJ
jcct General Tchernaycs Efforts Sophia, The capital
OF Bulgaria; Ph,ppolis the ancient G reck and Byzan-
tine city, and Andrnopolis, tho second city Of Turkey
in Europe.
LnAvING BELGRADE.
left Belgrade tho morning tho l4th. whore,
IN spite my impatience be at the of opera
tions only succeeded in obtaining my safe conduct
tho night before starting; ana safe conduct is ndis
pcnsablc here except you wish to be passed from br
gado brigade" to the press headquarters. l had al
ready obtained well my companion Jeziorski,
the prlvilege-it twenty francsof travelling IN
the carriage OF the courier who st goes beyond Para
chine as far as Alexinatz And l may remark hcre
that tho proof that tho Turks have yet entered
Scrvia this sde is that the postal service
still exists.
On starting wc received tho sbogo farewels) of our
friends and three horses, compa,riots of Ksbcr but
with few marks Of resemblance to that COLE
brated horse, drew out Of the town.
We upon the plateau Of vratchnr. Behind Bel.
grade is fast disappearing. Below an immense lnkc,
where The Save ana Danube meet still sparkles Then
|. VIC reach tho picturesque village OF Gradska where
for almost years. the old Prime Minister OF Prince
Michael, Elias Garachanin has lived This man,
from the simplicity OF his manners and from disin-
tcrcstcdncss altogether unknown among tho lately
elected Senator's has justly earned the honor Of being
called the Cincinnatus Of Servia where he ts his
small estate with aid OF his two sons We changed
horses at semcmuvia whore the old residence OF the
Seryan despots in the fourteenth century was and
| which another time the capital OF Servia To-
day it is a village divided by main street. on either
sido of which plain houses with stores
where they sell merely the noccssaries OF lie. While
the horses being changed took hasiy Wow OF
the Imposing ruins OF high turre,ed fortress at the
mouth Of the Norava
WITHOUT MEN.
Here we left the Danube suddenly and turned TO the
SOUTH order to penetrate the great valley of tho
Morava the most populous and fertile country of all
Scrvia. Villages ana hamlets follow each other in
quick succession. All the country deserted. No
except OF very old age All tho Scrvans go
army either in the towns at tho frontier The
women and children regard US with curiosity as we
pass Upon the road at tho entrances OF tho villages
and even in the villages themselves, our carriage s
obliged to force its way through troops OF SWINE
have never seen SO many pigs before aud
II is most likely shall AGAIN At Belgrade
you them sroing through the streets The
country is inundated with them You meet them on
thu borders of the fields ol maize, aud rolling hcm-
selves the mud on tho roads During the night
while changing some village, chanced be at a
meana--an I'M --tull OF recruits
AN INsuKGEYr RESDEzvous.
No picture could be more striking than the appear
ancc OF these Inhabitants Of The mountain and plain
with their swarhy color and their clothes tattcred and
soed by the mud OF tho roads lying stretched the
ground benches, either asleep chatting in low
tones. They had brought with them The arms which
had ornanentcd heir cottages aud we could by
the light OF smoky lamp, which scarcely lighted the
meana, their daggers or the butts OF their pistols
which proruded from their belts Had II not been
Tor the heavy reports of cannon, which doubtless
resounds at short distance from here, we might
have ourselves IN the midst OF bandits and not
OF soldiers Al dawn, just as we had crossed the irs
spurs OF Mount Lpar we perceived IN the centre Of
wide valley encirccd with high hills The ruined dome
and ninarcts OF mosque We are at Jagodina
TIN JAGoDINA DISTRICT.
| Upon leaving Jagodina wc met several carts filled
with wounded. We crossed the Morava for the first
time, and an hour after we passed under the tri-
unphal arches raised at either end OF the bridges OF
Tchonpria when Prince sIilan arrived headquarters
certain animation was noticeable In the little town.
The princpai street or rather road cut up by the
wagons carrying munitions oil different kinds We still
met with wounded men stretched upon straw at the
bottom of CARTS who were beng brought slowly to
hospitals established in all the principal places of
tho district During cur short stay at Tchon-
pria had time TO examine parts OF walls,
the ruins of fortress, built by the Romans and do
stroyed IN 1918 by the bravo but unfortunate Kara
george the Scrvian patriot who gave his country her
first laws, and who feared that she fall again
into the power OF the Turks An hour Liter and we
before Paratchinc. Flags floating ut the tops
Of high nagstas first showed its position The three
coors-red blue blackpla horizontally on the
Servian flag seemed TO cover the whole town. We
were
AT HEApouARrERs
What an animated scenci The wny is blocked with
wagons, which come and co. empty laden with pro-
VISIONS stores for the army Many Of these wagons
drawn 10y enormous Wild oxen. All the houses
OF the village deckcd and garlandcd with
foliage The streets are cut up by the soldiers and
cavalry which 59long for tie most part to the
Prnec's Guard. We stopped before the oGicc whsrc
the chief OF police made MS show safe conducts
We sought ~ VAN Tor some lodging: All the inEs
except TWO, which already crammcd to suIocaiIon,
turned into hospitals gwen up the use Of the
army. AZ last thanks TO the kindness OF some officers,
my companion and sncccedcd in fndins lodging with
a druggisi, wto kindly gave room already occn-
pied ny artist OF :ae Monde Hwstre who had ar
rived some twenty hours before
Paralchlnc, although the principal Of the
try. only a village, and poor In appearance
those have already described servia 10 poor; her
INDUSTRY has yet developed Agriculture aud breed
ing OF cattle constitute her principal wealth. Her
Gated population OF great and pow crfu race She
has right independence and poclaly when this
independence torn from her by The Turks May they
conquer and may the civilized world not look on in
silence this shameful srcctacIebarbarty destroying
civilization Tho slavs have right To a place on The
divided by small river, tho Tchcrn,tza which flows
n,o the Norava two miles from hero Two wooden
the road leads day and night crowded with tho
various wagons o the army. At enhcr end Of the
bridge is general rcndcZvOuB Whcr0 people chat.
discuss and communicate the which is all good up
TO today.
have visited abou. ten OF the ambulance stations,
which established everywhere, but principally IN
the inns and schools. Beside tho surgeons the
wounded are cared for By nurses and scrvian ladies,
devotion reminds OF that OF our mothers and
sisters during siege OF Paris There arc about $50
wou ndcd
PRINCE xrrAS's HEADQUARTERS
The Prince s lodged in private house on tho bank
of the river close 10 the press headquartcrs was
ccvcd this morning by Colonel Ivanovisch the chief
of his sian and by Mr.. wasiiiewtch the Minister Of
Public instruction, the only Minister who IL with His
Hirhncss. They personally assured that no milf
tary operation Of Importance had taken place.
Tchernaycn bIockading wcddn at present after hav
ing taken village OF Florcntinc. With the army OF
| Timok Major Horstick has attacked tho Turkish posi-
tions at velik znor, which the enemy forced TO
abandon retire into their camp In this affair tho
ba,taions belonging 20 the brigade from Belgrade had