Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-11-03
TURKEY IN WAR TIMES.


A Picturesque Scene at Coastan The
Turks Becoming Desperate and RessInte
.-Aid for the wOunded-SuleIrnan and His
BrlRadiers.
A Constantinople correspondent of th Q
New York Tribune writes as follows
Sunday, shortly after midnight, 1 was
awakened by a strange noise which was
not quite din and yet which dominated
all other sounds. This was the combined
voice of hundreds of bass drums beaten
with might and main in the streets of
all Copstantinople in honor of the re-
pulse of the Russian army from Plevna.
The myriads of lamps hung on the NINA
rets by reason of Ramazan had been al
lowed to burn out, Int were now re-
stored to their pristine brilliance. The
streets, the squaref the coffee shops,
We're full of people sssssin.s with tho
published by the war office. On every
lip was the word: at is Gods iudg-
ment on the proud !" and in fact the
Turkish public was as near being great
ly excited as possible. The night was
dark, and as looked off from my hill
upon the great city, partly hidden by a
white mist which filled the harbor and
covered the valleys, l could see none of
the deeper shadows, but only the lights
on the minarets, which seemed to float
in mid-air above the sea Of mist. Be-
tween the minarets, lamps were so hung
that they formed words in Arabic. Just
above the horizon, on the left, blazed
the words: Bismillah irrahman ire
him, the invocation of the name of
the Merciful. Over the mosque OF
Noori Osmaniye was "Oh, Gracious
One!" High over the dome of the
mosque of Srlleiman the Magnificent,
you could read in letters of tremuloue
light: Mohomet sent OF God and
far around to the right was written on
the sky, in letters of gold: "Allah Elk
ber," the old war cry of the armies of the
prophet. The whole arch of heaven was
transformed into the dome of vast ca
thedral, to the minds of the great surg
ing crowd of Noslems which filed the
streets its base was inscribed in letters
Of fire, with the praises dear to the hearts
of the faithful. And one could not
doubt that this cathedral magnifcence
thrilled the hearts of the joyous multi
tude below as they gazed upon the evi-
dence Of the glory Of Islam in the le-
| gends written on the sky.
The splendid fighting Of the Turkish
soldiers has astonished every one, be-
cause it is contrasted with the feeble
efforts which they made early in the war.
The change is due to final awakening
to which the entire people have come,
that the question is one of life and death.
This awakening is the work of the
refugees who have really been in contact
with the Russians. Their tales and
proof OF the atrocities committed by the
Bulgarians and Cossacks upon all Mos.
lens, have deeply moved the popular
heart; The other day was crossing the
bosphorns - IN a oasq"" .'''aa p"9aed some
hghters Inli OF refugees VINO looked &c
"fetch,ea nj thaG L sala f9of crea,
lures. Inc IufKsh poatlnan purSt ou'
WIN yeheinence winch astonisheu me-
Yes, they are poor creatures, ana the
0reat goa WIZ never oless 1he hussl@hs lss'rs
VINO nave maze tnem poor creatures
May his curse 1oii0W them' ana may
they get from him their DESERTS
Inc turkish successes are parity due
to the advice OF some OF the best strate,
gtSts IN europe. lt IS reported tha1
Won MoltKe, a!ter giving the russians
plan OF campaign, mas WITH laudapie I'm,
paftlalty accoraed tne TURKS sIihiiai
iaVor, ana "a5cnes Win pecuilar lhUeres'
the oeVelopments Wnlch result. Inc
ieVefish acVlVi1y Vi 1he ProVlllciua au
tllorlGies III forwarding Tue new leVleS
mas also toia IN Tue campaign Inc rail-
way 10 Adrlanople ana Phlllppopolls mas
carried an average OF 2,Ooo men per day
10 the Ifont during the Whole OF august
ana, 1lnally, the arms 1urnlshed bl
American manufacturers nave exercised
potent mnuence IN pfolonglng thls
turkish defense. Iher guns nave ex'
celled European ones.
Inc wounded soldiers now mere are
about o. O0O, distributed III nfteen hospl
tais, Whlcn are kept IN tne pest OF order
Ihere are only ABOUT nifty, severe cases
IN all tnls numoer OF wounded
me severely wounded have dled on the
neld, except lew who are peln9 careo
Tor at the Pnlhppopolls and Adrlanoplt
hospitals. baron Mundy, OF the Rec
GROSS Society, formerly OF the Water
cure at Florence, Massachusetts, II
here, and IS about to go to the front, tt
establish a great hospital OF his own
The amount OF foreign aid now being
afforded Turkish wounded is very great
The Turkish people contribute lint
bandages, clothing, and tobacco, but
money is scarce, and where money II
needeo 1t comes from abroad.
The contempt OF the private soldier
for their officers is often we'll 'unded
have been told that the only reason
why Reouf Pasha, who commanded il
the battle OF Jeni Saghra, now lives, II