New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-29

Belgrade, - regards its situation, 10 de-
cidedly attractive. On approaching you
! imagine it to be ono of the prettiest ol
towus. II 10 built on the slope of . hill
prominent point 10 the fOrtifcation, famous
historically from it, connection with the
Turkish COnquests, now almost deserte
not sentry visible, not = cannon fr0wnir e
on the river below. A little below is thu
Greek Church, outeide plain, almost home
ly, inslde rather richly decorated. Further
on 10 the English hospital, of which We
ehall have more to say presently, with the
English aud Servian flags floating over it.
All these buildings stand conspicuously
above the town. Below and around them
are the rugged, i'll paved, dirty Oriental
streets, the badly built, yellow looking
houses, the steep alleys connecting with
the street along the river by steps ON
which hslt-naked beggars sit and beg for
ms. At ons end of the town are the rem
DAnts Ut one or two broken down mosques.
The shops are dark, mean and dry, with
signs in The old Russian like letters If the
Se:vian alphabet, in some cases in German
and Hungarian.
The to ~n looks mournful rather than &C.
tive during the hard times of war. The
only lively parts of tho town are the cafes
and the streets along the river The former
are dirty, half Turkish in their arrangement.
but ut this warm season are furnished with
Out-ide tables and chairs, which are f + d
With men and women The men are mos "
Serv'sn soldiers belonging to the town gar
r,sOn. or disabled in the war, and Russians.
The Russian ia the most cosmopolitan Of
men when he wishes to be. He has Ian.
gnAge which combines oil the philolc cal
difficulties Of sll the lang ua9es, and he can
consequently speak almost any foreign
tongue. The Conversation at the cafes is
therefore, not 1t sll r. srricted by the pres
encs of guests from the North.
The Servisn soldiers are . rough but
rather fine looking set Of men, . miugling
Of The French z0uave and the Turk The
Servisn men are in general very good look
hem, in their dark eyes, hair and complex
on; something Teutonic about them in
manner End custom; something Oriental
about them, too. especially 10 their Dress
The street along the quay is just now the
bnsiest: The docks are occupied with pro-
vision barges and cleaners. The whsrvee
sre loaded with supplies of all kinds. Hun.
dreds OF horses are constantly arriving to
mount the Servisn cavalry or the Russian
; Ulcers. Then everybody is talking about
the war The truce is just over. The hos
tiities around Alexinstz are once more fully
under way, and the hopes of the Servisns
rise and fall ut every hour of the dsy,
There is sumething little pathetic in the
contrast Of the deserted streets # the upper
town, where there are five or six women to
every man, and the faces If these women
are almost always preoccupied and anxious.
The h ng that brings the visitor to Bel |
grade m 81 closely to the war lie, perhaps,
The Eagisn hOspital, which occupies v hat |
was formerly . school building 10 the Ser. |
Wan capital. 1t il conducted under tn. |
.nst icrs Of that excellent chsrifsble insti- |
,uti. q OF the English Church, the Red Cross |
society. There are now sixty five wounded |
D-n there. brought in from the front.
The young surgeon in charge and the els
ers. whose services are voluntary, were
7ery polite, and showed me through the
'arions wards. The rooms are light, we'll
r. Inflated and command u charming yiew
ip the Danube. Most of the patients are
'Oing we'll, and there has been as vet but
me deah. Few Of the men have been
everely wounded, but the lack of care on
he nc. ne Of the lighting and the trial of
the m sixty miles and more from
he front produce illness. Most Of the men
eem to with to get on their legs again in
rider to 60 to fighting once more One
oor fellow had one leg I'll shot to pieces BY
be Turkish grapeshOt, and several seemed
D suffer the most intense agony. What re-
eyed them most we're the cigarettes which
he sisteTs distributed generously. The
Dung SUI geOn now in charge has just come
q from tho army, where there ia another
etachment of the Red Cross Society. He
sys that most Of the wounded Russians
refer English care to that Of the Russian
~ ituti"ns Of like character About three
niles from Belgrade IS the Russian hos
'tal, which is more beautiful in it's sur
'undings b N the English, and it's opp0r-
lnl'iss Tor ventilation better, but it is not
we'll filled nor 70 clean "a the other
mat any interest should clus er around |
e'grsde in itself seems Impossible. 1t is
poor, dirty, wr1tched place, with no rail.
"a within q veral hours. Yet, when 1t is |
smembered that it one of the poles of
aiopoan "lplOmstic action At the present
me, every fact in connection with il ia in
,stFd with certain interest. 1t ia not
/" centre OF Setvlan interest alone. any
ore than C"nstan' :nOple i. the centre Of | :
lrki.h iDfuonce alone. Behind the raw
ilita'y Of the one nation can ba slmost
scerned the glitter of the Russian bavo.
re Behind the Ottoman expire ara
owing the din forms Of the other D. w.rs
.iting Tor The solution of toe au-s,ion
hIch sthe Turkiah-S4rviaD war alone can !!
t eettle.-Nesc York World
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NJ wp"rt with a lady. "Wheo look"
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