The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-26

sibie 70 appeal, again retired
APPEALS nERcY.
osman Pacha held to his purpose and the wouudes
were transported was riding down the street when
the nrst convoy OF 900 started IRON the town. and
trust u may never again be my fortune witness
| such miserable crowd as saw there. The wretched
| soldiers stretched out their hands Tor pity aud
assistance as 1 rode BY. aud, though understand
but little Turkish the pitiiuI "Amddnl" shrieked
| or groaned ana the appealing hands aud writing
| faces than eloquenI Osman Pacha viii
nnd his apoiosiss and his judges For myself. have
no business but TO relate facts | have related the
truth aud nothing but the truth. To relate the whole
| truth was beyond my power. DIR. stokes ambu-
| rival II was dismissed, and Or. Stokes was IN.
| formed that he might Oil his arabas with wounded
| II he cared to DO IL and could take them down
and tend them the way, but he was told
| that he need not trouble himself return trav-
clled day company with that ambulance, when,
out OF It's complement OF forty, TWO died the
men who had the good fortune TO be conveyed by It
we're supplied WIN every possible comfort and attcn-
ton. Tue mon who travelled by the commSc bullock
transport had comforts aud attention. bestowed
upon them IL was inevitable that the mortality
should be heavy, out am quite without Lieans Of
VIEW on THE aRsAr REDorBr.
Tho day after arrival IN Pevna the clouds broke
ana tho Gun once more declared himself As tue
weather grew daily more settled and the fields be-
p pecsd A ON the DD part o. the snemy but during
our stay there none OF any Importance oc-
leaves the mind surprise At the bloody
nature OF the which have ragged about Them.
The redoubt on tho eastern SIDE appears 70 DO
absolutely linpregnabic, though knew whie looking
~ u that the Russians had already once wrested u
from the Turks Al what fearful cost they DID
so nas long since been known. and the pro0a'
bites OF second attempt do not seem &c
be great. The height on which u stands Is con
| ironled by another hill Of similar conformation,
and troops advancing upon II must necessarily be
| exposed upon botn slopes and IN The valley. The
superiority Of the Turkish arms respect both Of
range aud accuracy has been often demon-
strated that It IS not worth while to dwell
upon here; but evon were the conditions
In that respect equal the assailants Of tho posi-.
lion would hgnt al extraordinary and ruinous odds.
North and west tho Turks have also great advan-
|
| lcntly constructed. The men have made good nuts
their own winter rtcrs aud bear the hardshps
OF their fortune remarkably we'll Tho troops gu
tered IN the town appear neither 30 cheerful nor SO
weltoondi.loned as inose N the camp During Tho
rainy weather their aspect was dstressngy abJcct ~
they wandered aimessy about the streets
CLOSE QUARTERS.
The look OF tho town, with its closely shu tered
shops and It's streets knec-decp IN mud aud is am
lcss, listiess crowds is for.orn enough. Things
wherc thcre Is danger 10 DO encountered aud
DO done. The Russians have crept IN so close IN
bali from the Turkish works into theirs. The kceuest
watch kept on boln sides, and tho Turkish soldiers
| are accustomed 10 draw the enemy by setting
end OF a stick and raising II little ABOVE
| the parapet Tho exposure OF second draws y
cheerful fellows cnuckio over il as though II wsro
! the richest Joke in tho world shells are pitched
INTO this radoaot with vory great precision from
struction Of tho oarthwork is as nearly perfect II
can bo ana those shells do wonderfully hlslo narm
IL would be difficult TO improve on Turkish eugncer
ing as cxempiihed AZ Pevna. Not only are the post
lions chosen made tho best Of but all the posts
| selected with great judgment There are certain
heights 10 the south OF tho town winch would be
tempting TO man OF less military genius than osman
Pucha. They remain unforlined, aud they are wisely
lett 80, although casual examination would seem 10
indicate their value.
"GRIM visAGED WAR"
People grow very indifferent 10 danger when danger
! becomes common, and tho men ana women oil P!cvna
are accustomed to shells that familiarity has
last bred contempt which 10 not quite consistent win
safety IL is somewhat remarkable in riding tue
Hello to notice the large number OF shells which st nc
there uncxploded. IL IL advisable to give them wide
berth even now, since the tread OF u horses hoof
i might awaken the mischievous propensities which
ness OF these uncxpoded shells is a thing OUTSIDE
Turkish and Bulgarian understanding, and accidcnu
arc continually happening lido where ono may
| about Plcvna the thunderstorm Of war has Scared
| tho earth. Tho turf IL absolutely peck marked
| with shes ana there are places IN which bullets e
so tack that they might almost pass for exaggerated
haistones The neglect OF sanitary precautions ari
OF decen. CONSIDERATION tho lead ut painful
ana shocking The spectacle Of dead bodies stripped
absolutely naked and left 10 rot is creditabie
camp which otherwise VOL ordered Ihavc not
any body in tho neghborhood OF the camp which
could identity as that OF TURK, but tho unburicd
corpscs OF Russian soldiers are by no means uncon.
mon even in places where their burial would Dc Al
once sale and easy. Fever, ague and dyscatory Ars
common diseases not only among the troops but
bers of DR.. stokes ambulance party came back
nvaaea tho nses s,ars Ito We're ,. al
pudding Of bruised maize was our apology Tor Droid
curing the whole OF our stay. No KIND oi table veee
| we succeeded IN getting was as III nourishei as
were When wc lett the town We met vast supplies
OF food coming in Tho troops al that time were 20
closely pressed there In Plevua material Tor
| only lew days. biscuit.
i WAY DEATH
Ihad especial Tor beng loft alone winter
| In Plovna, ana came down with the party had
companied thhcr. The way had tue old spectaclcs
OF sorrow TO show US, IN addition 10 good many
| OF Bulgarans than We had noticed on tho
M nd tpP
opportunities for their examination than had before.
Tnc things we saw differed in no way In kind. but
simply IN number. The skeletons IN ragged Turkish
uniforms which grinncd unburied in tho rain week
| before now grnned unDuried IN the sunshine. But
| before we were many hours route Turk
| sh officer requested our attention TO a spec
taco altogether new TO US lilo stated that ho
had received information that body OF Cossacks
had crossed the road at the point at which no
costcd US, aud that they had assaicd Train OF
wounded and had killed i've. Que OF tho bodies no
| protested himself in position 20 show u. We
| followed him, and be pointed out 10 US the dead
| pool OF blood at u little distance from the road
side. DR.. Mackeiiar has taken great pains every
where TO examine into the truth OF the stories Of
Russana trocitics and Russian mutiaon the OF dead
lie dismounted and made careful examination Of this
body. lie concluded that 1t had been dead rather
more than two days, calculation which destroyed
all possibility OF ITS having been one OF the wounded
despatched from Picyna An examination disclosed
one wound only, and DR.. Mackeiar gave II as his
opinion that the had been shot where hc lay aad
hal there bled death The bullet had passed through
the brachial artery. The fact that the had only
conclusive against tho story SO far AZ
he concerned that the Russians had Ueen massa.
or,ng wounded Turks ana We haa therefore but little
iaith In talo told We heard nothing
lurther OF II, AMI noue OF our inquiries
elected the smallest item OF Information
speeding IT, While | am on this subject OF Russian
atrocity may mention tho fact that DR.. Stokes has
authorized me to contradict the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
in some home lournals-that no mad seen pllo OF
Turkish heads At Shipka He declares that he never
anything OF The kind aud that lie has had proof
Of Russian atrocities at any lime brought before him.
SAD As A FuSKRAL
Tho whole road was made sad from PIcvna to
Tells by such spcctacics belong properly to war
Conducted on tho principles winch have governed
tae strife between Russia and turkey. Tho
pcasantry OF tho country gradually becoming
rcassurod OF safety anu learning to share the comb
dcncc Of tue soidicry In the prowcss and good for
tune Of Osman have been beginning to return TO their
homes. The fatigue aud prvation they endured tell
where u might be expected 70 te-upon their women
anu children, ana NO scarcely passed mile without
| witnessing funeral Whether u were the natural
| modesty oil domestic greet, or whether ~ arose
from desire 10 hold the religious obscrva0cos
above their dead from Christian eyes l eau
not TELL but the ght OF some poor fragment OF cloth
suspended from the lower branches vi trees or held