, 1877-11-01
TIE RUSSIAN ARMY.
Russian nni Turkish Armament,

yattle. The Line, With the exception Of the
Twenty-sirth Division tone Of those wltrll In
fictett such havoc on the Turks at ClatrkoI on
tho 2tst Of septemlyer), have still only the
Krinka, an old rife converted into brccch-
hatlcr by very clumsy imitation Ut tho Snitler
tHectt block. md only effective at fa,o yards.
The officers complain bitterly Of the dsatsan-
tage. Al which this puts their men against the
erectrnt Peabody .afartIni of the Turks, wNiyii
Is almost prsct.cly si,nilar to our fIenty-Afar-
tint, Is tighiel for 1.a00 varls, nnd wilt
throw lss bullet to l,reak limb
at least 40 yards further. 1t Is
tha. the.e rea'rsiy's 'lo ,sot rorne from En-
frrsrse Of The lux s1a,e, pi ,ho iu.eripti" cfi i,
.,n,n n full: ro,, "Nanaia.ture'l ; BY t'r proy-
& ., eSs"{ sy.e {e rss,t,l Hs's 1i'aH i. E. 4
Che cartridge aini its casc are al,lust exactly
tho salnc IL outs}. the geography uf Amcri.n Ii
not strong t'bEni in tue i:u*e!an ofliecrs' edu-
a:an that these excellent arms form 1mrt of tic
thirteen carghes landed al Cotstantlttuple from
thu Cnitcn States Letwce,l tile middle uf Feb
rnary and Tie ena Of March lust, before you oh
taln any tltt very ha]tng belief lnr the Jeffal
that they cu,Ilc straight from England.
iHPEnIoRITr Or RUSSIAN GENEKALE.
In lacking bark upon the great hupe. with
"!'iel! thc campaign teEan, onr cannot hut he
elENGk viii tDE A1I1a2lIlE tDlIF14E between tho
large. forees supposed 10 be brought Into tue
Held ty Russia, aud tlle very slender results
accomplished. It Is curious tU note tile various
cau.es that have contributed to this. One IL.
unl9ubtcsliys,z that there never hare been
brought into Bulgaria at ull the larxe ni,tnters
with Which Russia waA tre.ltted. Anotl.pr Is,
that u1t of the ntinbera that artualty crossed
the Danube the waste, the aflsolute Intangible
melting nwar, Is sotnetlltng that must bc
actually tce1' to be Understood. \ third, eyen
more serious. ss the. undcn!al'lc fact that
not one lculer of decided and command.
Ing talent has appeared un The kccne, All
Is one dead jcscl u 'ne!los'its, troi positive aud
gross iuron!pctcnry,, ] except tour. skotelef.
Dsagntn[rDn fnow hors as cotnltath Triucea
stlrsky anu MriatInsky, ali young men, pll
energetic, all now Liestenant-ticurrals In the
1Dwer OF their age; but. With these brilliant
exccutnns,-and tllry are nut In q position to
.excrcsc q material ih1uruec on the ca,uiagu.-
wl,at dreary waste uf hfInlcr nuUn tIuuucr
tllc catnpaian has bceu. An arny burning Will,
enthusiasm: soldiers as hardy. as enduring,
a. l,atient, "A devoted rs nny In the wurlI;
really. Inspired with what to them Is, unrlIs-
takIbly, tic ffca HE holy cause. Iscrt1ncntal
officers. II not highly Instructed, at least
Is JEALOUS, M attentive. aud ns ready to lend,
a. ,.s my have ever seGa, An equipment rough
tion plentiful and carefully elaborated In
IT. details, but III results. Worse than ITO re-
tu!t.. repeated future. One rnusp 10 fhc d.
ti'lcd nferiorty vi the Generals. Krudcucr-
an old tnuu, aud evidently dull one-com-
itttcd the grave, the cardinal error Of bnlttttng
10 occupy plerua, wltte,, he led xcu expressly
ordered ty the Grand Duke Ntcl'nlat to do, Ii,
siege If N!korol, fvr which tie lad ,norr than
enough III hand afEcldy. Osfnan paslia has got
grcat credit fur sctxl'lr Pleyna; hut the tart Is
TINT be came on thr place ty accident NOR" tl,an
dcstgn. liz gnt there from WtlIt, on tft I4th Of
july, and q few hours ulttfwurIs tie ica,l-
inr Russian irtop., without advanccl guard,
Without Aankcrs, bsundcrcd on to lIis position,
uud this lei 10 ,he tirrt Gattlc oi fies,,a. Tui
tlTst or not, to OsInan must be- iully cp,.reled
tic merit q? liay,g immediately aitrrwaT,i in.
drE<tood the great part Pieyna had to play il,
the war, anl Of having lost tiu moment and left
strong Us possible. Between liz 1jth and thr h.
11tlt OF July hts eartEwurks grew lin IA il hv
maese. strengthened every wcek, It'll by thc eli.
Of September they had become tic Formidable
met skobeictrs view on the reconnaissance t OF,
which accompanied him On The morning Of ths
7th.
TIE CARDINAL rAuLr,
II we're to sun, up tic carsiual fault OF The
tic total Want u inttutiys" u sotnctitpr su y IN
the lnpyrtal systen erc,ns to stite AMI Iii thr
tower Of individual astlut And yrt in no artl,y
IN thc world are greater I,ains taken to reyog.
O. decorations, swords, anil sashes Of honor nro
distributed with lavish hand. and. hcttrr MI!
they nre given on tue spot. uusl not. rs viii, us'
wl,cn The recollection of The brilllnnt decd I'M
nearly died away, The E,lpcrur Himself ia I'M
Errat aud SOLE fuuntnfn Of military lonnr Iic
watches all teraopnliy, TIu theory !. fhn. m
act escapes his eye, Ccrtaiilly to sce how his
every word and creturr Ia ft,Iiowcll hr thns,.
nroltnl him. be would anncnr fhu cartbIv
incarnation Of supreme power, And Iis
persol4uI Lcarinv cnl,aurrs Tie rrwa,a in evsr, M
casc. i ccnerous word. friendly 1mk. 1y III,
wci!.ehotcn expression OF praIsa to st,jt ihc in,
Jsyhlual, ", intue tn the trnrt ri Tia rn"tn,.nt
rs tnue!. "a tic liyliT r1,cr.shs, rrwsr,s
ittelt. Tw0 hundred otii,rrs ot MI
ranks breakfast mi dine datlr ~ ~. ~
table. Frou. the yoapgcst to }he oldsst
every ere IA fyed nm lin Rafnrc ~
meal. in thc nakemElcd cjrc,c Al III" f,,,- M.
pears. il Ia srcu arr DIV that sn Aiic-d.'Compn
be,ip,l him rarrcs a r;isl,i.,n with crns,cs ~ y
and. pcrhups. hafa.ioze,, awt,r knots n 1,nn"r, ~,
tile riband of 81. urOr1,r. t,ruMrs mi h'nrE0
IN he worn nttart'.s, n 'ti'o .wotd 1 III H.
sta1Itly cxpsctati0,l ia ut its t,rirt't Tia Cv.r.
yoicy golja tic chosen i,ame. alf n,aEc rn,,,n
ior ilc cnyictl man Il, nass. H. snmcs hi,se,tnn
und iusbc,., receives ths nr,ze' hetds '1,,x In,S
to ktss The I,nrcrlal Land. and rs,tre. horinr
At cycrv st,n ,,,aa,, ,,nn tus''1 ~ eontt.s ,it1s
the admired and conrscd '"I ri M a, n,e, he,,