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CONDITION or AvyAlMs N the ruRKjsA
Observation-Disclosures Or osNAk P4suA.
cor1espondtne- l"ndon 7so,.s,
FLgvsA, Nov. 4.-For the Inst week we have
tc4Iou ria n.,-s ,xt,.,, s..ss .ss. pto'ou"' ao-
'e.t'o'. ino news "h'en reaches Us somehow
through what sources Il altera an, really
pnso'e nIa to 'a1-.li points to tho faet that
enemy: cue .!'..e os@.n , pssa.' who hitherto
.7 @ sonee'sea Mmsef 1nslnc1olc' begins
For hours together be san be seen walking Ia
and fro In front of tfs l,ousr, on,v br.oLf,r tIa
continu.d Silence h. na,s w., ss' 1'saSk nls
IN rfs. ssoHo .n, " 10" anu t"en giving o1efs
stan or other officers, making their reports to
htsn. His stan IL In 4 state Vi greatest inn alet
udc. They nro afraid III, ths C.s.,,..o. ta'.e
Chief. who un to this tt,ns .hs h.. oe. .""r ..ss
nfaso front, should do some rash act
u moment OF despair. The only
tnIasanat tIna',s!nsi, % WAom a., he trusts IL dis
{1a9s 1esF s.s, WHo
french auentiy, and i Il fron, him thut ,,ayo
learned how furious 0sn,an pasha Is Ut Tic uI-
ekti k ttiss Of shsvket Pasha the iamoun ]cro
Wns1r ~ tn4 nadin " sa Of tho
mauds to such men y Hakki Pasla. ''Whila
was dotn: iny bcst," said Osman Pashu, "to
ae,ngf eosInt, tIs !se snpscgnaele and IT, defend Il
cisn.y, niisctahlc drunkard, "a cnnardlY as hu
10 1GhofaHts co1upfuntset aft my pfaus md tu,-
pcstls tlc successes which | have gained UP
u this aay. II may bc fatality, or supply
waut ol Judgment, but # would almost seem Us
Y @ snme malcsulent spirit was pushing On our
slin!stry to conImit blnnder after bluner.'
NY cnlci," odued tlo officer, "has only .no
mush .1 % ,cason ,x tor what hc sa5s, anu onc lit
experienced ls enough to convincn
ne that Ne need not LOOK far to fiAl out wlIcso
Ihe Gvil oi shs sy'te'n IT,. tou will hardly Le-
!isse u. oat u u int. We Mkcd for spn,e
Constaatinonlc 1oF the repair Of arms, etc. A
certain numbsr sfcre accordingly Directed to
proceed 10 ilesfa- ltao n,sn arrived safely
ffuus furash, our r,t o' 0hn si,o 81 '"H ad been
saclt c1a!t; she1 aere consequently useless, au.t
esaa aau 10 70 s'nt oask aIa following cay u Con-
M hip antsn: p e nY tssy have ,em.n.
Sy, i. t ~ fpvns +, ta1 ~ aotns ngo No The
our organization aud IN tho ,impassiycness md
noncnManer .',3 ot our naelunal character.
Ut 5ele!s 10 you:n, sasl osman Pasa'a
5on o.w ~ clsaris @ O,maa . i9Tetas and antset.
patca she eFents Whcl, led to tho investment
o. th1s rlaee. Udnah pa:ha, after having
psasen aa tno Atassahs. ai taken posscsston Ut
1&e''"~' - - eNA%S 40 EAhtEA
tAa memorable defeat OF the enemy IN their
.sst h atiaek On tne place; ~ th's time he heard
taAt salGhnah lasha haa *ucccctictl In oxpvll-
.nG tao Mnssians 1 1I2tn lhraco towards etpka.
coansoleu " sosnc hAfc-btAIned l'olcs, was
about 70 ataft from Conatantinopls for the C,u-
caeas. ~ Without aeIay, hs wrote to the Mn,istcr
oI WAT assuatitlg him against tic expedition.
ano aaSls1nA MN, o1i tha contrary, to establish
large calnp At sot'l, aud 10 cuneeDtlatu Oh
tnat ep"t not only oil tho uyu't-
ao!s fseo!af tfo"ps then Ut ,tea'-
eis siisnt.inopls' who mustered pretty strung, bus
so AZ tals HAall's forming to Earrsons al the
usAeIsnt s!laycta 10 tlc vicinity Of tho capital.
Had this disposition been carried out, Sofia
"aa n.y." ,ssoa,s 'a 1,9s "nls sca.ral depot for
OF from i:poO e lso,0o men. *tlr,. wcll
eoattnahig9t, ~ouiu hate rendered tie lnyest-
!aeht o. Hlevhn 1l4posstblr. os1uah raslla n!a,,
',,ssa,sy W. sttnnsiy asAinst any atsack m.. spkn,
~ men, strongly tntrcnehrd at The cn-
tsance ot that pass. was quits sufficient to
holt ths Ausstats In check, but what
aGtuna!y occurred VA thls: Tho stiuIatur
Of Wy, Instead Of following the saso
ceunse! given him By osman, sacrificed u.uiu
than la.uoo men IN the lnaensato expedition 1t
soukiousn HALE. AhouL A1.tnt OF hts best sud
tsek. on forG!dubla psaittons strongly fortified
6y the HlAttaus a. 6a|pka, ansl liually charged
shefkGt fasha, 1t the hcxd OF al i1Isulllcicnt
1oTec, hatstY 1athercst together at the last n.o.
aA4'HL "4sA *"3 uHty ~ EsIAoiT3ItnK y l3f1e nI
fort!!cd posts along thu ruutc betweuii Urklunia
sud riesta, to keep Opcu tie Communications
With these psaccs. ahd prutruL the cunyuyn
bringing ~ sat1ons aud stofrs, ate. You knuw
yourself how tlls Aystrm Of dividing Aml
separating troops oycr . spars Of about Is u,iIrs
or thescatoutt has ende.!."
You hAyt, no doubt, bsfore this heard bY tel
egFapA that The Hu.sIaus had Il IN tnfud tu &eft
Into Plefna tle 1,0u0 Or G0D prisoners they
n.4dr Vt Duhnlk EuA Teits, but pcrlIabs yut o.,
not awaru Of une tlng aud that 10 l1,at U.tnan
Fasha tiulten opposed thu measure, anu that
10 answered the acarer of thu txg of truce to
the effect that II thesu nen approached pjcsml
he would reecyo them with cannon shot, and
that i ll2kkt PaALa VIA aluoug theu. he woul.l
haxs HIN 4cizcsl aud Ss,o& On tho spot. O.tnsn
Pasha also told the Grana Duke's messenger
tlat tbs ltusalaus bad better prepare Ior \
regular siege during t!,e winter, inattuuelI u hs
bud provisions for mose thau eight nluntlls,
aud th4. Ao MAs retulyrd 10 ,lcienI
hls position to tho last. hear, huweyrr, tllat
hla stall are uOt quits In tue SANE mind, but
thas the majority 81 tbs aeulos o1,!ters who ronl-