, 1876-07-23
FIGHTING TIES.

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| FIGHTING LIES.
Tho record of the Turko-Seryian campaign
is record of lies. The Turks lie and tn
Servians lie. Which lies the worst, TIM
only can tell. Yesterday morning the tid'
of battle had turned, and Servian success
Was apparent in three important quarters
which, if true, would have had very i'm
portsnt bearing upon the ultimate issue O
the campaign, since it would have secured
the Seryians strategic advantages for which
they have been working from the very out
set. Il will be remembered that the Seryiar
army, under NAsKo O1n1r1cs, crossed the
Drina nearly three weeks ago. anG
advanced upon Bjeina, strongly y-forE
fed Turkish position, just across the
northwestern frontier. Several engagements
aare taken place around Bjelina, the
most of which were only skirmishes, with
varying successes to either side. On Thurs,
day last, the Turks, evidently alarmed at the
threatening attitude Of the Montenegrins
near Mostar, who, if successful at that point,
would seriously endanger their left, made a
furious assault upon the Servians with the
intention Of driving them over the frontier.
| After furious fight Of six hours, however,
| they were repulsed and driven back to their
intrenchments with heavy loss. Such was
| the report in the morning from Servian
sources. At night comes the news from the
Turkish side 81 that the Servians were defeat
ed near Bjelina on Thursday. MUsTAFHA
PAsHA and SoH11zn PAsHA, with seven bat
talions Of infantry, four companies, and eight
guns, attacked the Servions in their intrench-
ment at Raka before Bjelina. and after four
hours sanguinary combat the Servians fled.
Tho Turks captured four guns. aud four
small forts, and the Servian General O11A-
PICS line Of retreat was cut Off" Here is
one instance of first-class lying
The same kind Of lying seems to be going
on in the East. To appreciate the situation
in the East it is necessary to refer to the
map. This will show that the valleys of tho
Tmok and the Mo7ava run parallel to each
other in the south of Servia, being separated
from each other by u mountain chain which
strikes the Danube above WidIin. The val
ley of the Timok was occupied by one Ser
Wan column under Col. BEs,AS1S, which has
had several contests about Saitschar with the
Turks under OsMAN PAsuA. Yesterday.
morning it was gallantIy holding IFS OWL. At
night it WIGS cut to pieces. Another column,
evidently portion Of TcHERSArEFF's army,
under Col. A1mKoy1c, occupied the valley of
the Moraya, near the junction of the
two branches of that river, threatening
both Aexinatz and Nissa. It is now report
ed that this column was attacked by the
Turks on Wednesday last at Granada,
short distance east Of Alexinatz. The two
armies fought for ten hours on that day
without decisive result, but on the next day
they were repulsed, leaving the Servians in
command Of the. communications between
Kisso and Saitschar. The news has not yet
been contradictcd, but may be in r few
hours. The last news heard from TcHEn-
NAYErr he was threatening Sophia Now it
appears he wEs defeated at Nissa and is in
Alexinatz Thus the lies go and come. 1t
will be next in order to hear q report from
the Turks that they have taken possession Of
St. Petersburg, and an equally vigorous as
sertion from the Servians that they are occu-
pying Constantinople.
The only reports that have not yet been
contradicted come from the operations of
the Montenegins. They seem, considering
the smallness of their force, to hnva met
with remarkable success. They made their
first success on the Sd, Under their Prince,
N1k1rA, north of Scutari; week Inter de- |
feated the Turks at Gatschlo; and, after
skirmishing about Podgoritza for several |
days, at last defeated the Turks at that place |
and have carried the heights that command !
Mostar, the Capital of Herzegovina.
It is evident from, these successes that the
must be stronger than is gen
orally supposed. Tho London Times Of the
eth, in fact, asserts that the Albanian Chris
tians have joined the Montenegrins, and that
the Slayonic tribes of Kucsi and Wasoieyici, !
to the northeast Of Montenegro, and likewise
the Korienici, to the northeast of Trebinje,
who have remained quiet until recently, have
also risen to Join the advance. The impor-
lance of the Montenegrin advance lies in the
fact that it tends to isolate the Turks ut
Nissa and Widdin by cutting the communi~
cations between the Turks in Bosnia and
herzegovina from their friends in the East.
We have already recommended that the |
Cook County Normal School be abandoned,
partly because it is unnecessary, partly on
account of the strife that hes sprung up rela~
i've to the late Principal Of the institution,
md partly because it hns already been proved
more of an expense than benefit. 4 good