The New York herald., 1877-11-02

and the towns on the lower course OF tho Danube
converged upon Narna as city OF refuge Through
the whole of the scat Of war he long caravans OF
nying Mussnlman peasantry might be seen toiiing
slowly but patiently along the dusty roads, apparently
quite reconciled TO their fate and feeling u no
hardship TO live In the open air for days and weeks
together until they arrived al their destination IN
Deed many thousands have lived all the summer ana
living stl without any other shelter Than that al
rded by their arabas covered carts or by gouroe
OF bourhs and leaves BY night they sleep in tho cars
andoy day squat about on the ground under their
SHADOW.
OPEN AIR LLPE
saw once In lne grove OF trees between Rasgrad
and Eski Djumn a very extensive encampment, PROB
ably that oil the entire population OF one OF tho aoan-
doned villages. The carts were ranged close together
in the form OF a circle, within which were erected
somo Of the primitive bough huts, and at night time
the cattle were taken inside for protection The whole
of the men and women were busily engaged IN thresh
ing wheat, which they had either purchased. or,
as is more prooablo, received as giit
Cioso 10 the cncampmcnt in ravine which separated
Ii from the village. was fountain and stream OF
pure water at winch the refugee women filed their
pitchers ard washed their clothes here was an air
oi completeness and tranquility about tins settlement
of wanderers which was very striking, and as said
maze one realize the nomadic propenstics OF the o.
toman Turk. have had constantly IN my mind, when
came across such scenes. passnge IRON Mr. Free.
mans latest work, "rne Ot0man Power In Europe"
in which he says:-"we cannot constantly re-
member, we cannot TOO often repeat, that The Turks
The land which call Turkey not the people OF
the land but simply an army oil occupation encampod
among them. The words army OF occupation so ex-
acty express the truth OF the case that there are no
words which the friends Of the Turks-that Is the
enemies OF the land and people Of Turkey-so greatly
dislike 10 hear. Those woras exactly set forth The
truth Of the case; they bring out strongly that the
Turk, though ne mas been long in the land, 10 as
much a stranger as he was when no arst came"
LOOKING OVER THE TOWN.
Nodtscha large and once prosperous village lying
on the main road TO Bela, and occupying the side of
hill which rises above the right bank OF the stream
here called the Jordan which flows into the Banschka
LON ut some distance further down tho valley. Tho
population was mixed ono, half Turk, hall Buga-
garian tho latter being the more numerous and, II Is
scarcely n
dusrious The whole bulgarian population Of Vod-
itscha threw itself into the arms tho Russians
when they advanced across tho Jantra The Iertiie
country around s iairy cultivated and the southern
sIo.es Of tho hills are covered with large yineyards
produce has allen into The hands oi the Turks. Sol
diers, Circassians and ashibazouks have gone
through tho Vineyards and wnat they left tho return
ing MussuIman villagers have gathered and
scqucnily there Will DC wine next yonr at VodIscha
with which the Bugarians can celebrate thor
emanc cpation IRON The yoke OF the OsmanlL Ii ever
they come back, which is not likely, they VIII hnd
not only that others have reaped tho harvest which
they s0wed but that their Darns and earners IN
the possession of Mr. Frccman's ''arny OF occupa-
ton, and that the homes they abandoned Tor the
territory occupied by tho invading Russians have been
occupied by tho Mussulman squattcr Unfortunate
race whose destiny 1t is TO be ground between Two
mighty mstones, whose country Is the battle Held
OF hereditary enemies! Little way down tho hill,
the top OF which stands tho house which we oc-
cupy, the runs of the Bulgarian church and
school. which were. completely destroyed by the
bashi ibazouks when they entered tho village on the
heels OF the Russian evacuation, and close by nor
rlblo stencil assailed nosr,ls continued our
walk down The road. l looked over the lencc Of
tho courtyard we were passing and saw
in pit three dead bodies IN dreadful
state OF decomposition. Two Of the corpses werc
half buried under heaps OF straw; but the third,
hcadless skeiet0n lay alone with covering but tho
ragged clothing winch cluug 10 the bones; the bare
skull lay at some distance, with lis hollow eye sockets
turned skyward. turned away sickened and asked
bashibazouk, VINO was looking calmly over the ience,
who the people were 'Giaour," SAID he with
grin OF delight, and the bodies are certainly not
those Of Russian soldiers they must be The remains
OF some wretcned Bulgarian villagers. who were not
renamed behind TO take their chance with the Turks
do know how they came by their deaths, but II
Is not difficult TO imagine.
A DANGEROUS SITUATION.
have Just heard that the Circa assians who acco
pany this division OF the army had been skirmishng
with the Russian Outposts on the extreme lott OF our
line, ard, further inquiry, the affair seemed TO
become Invested with some Importance. II appears
that OF tho C.rcassians had for two nights
watched outpost oi Russian infantry, consisting
OF an entire company, which always came 10 tho
snmc spot He informed his comrades Of the
iac ana last night the band lay in ambush In tho
woods, surrounded tho outpost, tell upon II, killed
hty-savcn men outright and brought into camp
prisoners three sole survivors, all wounded. The
strange rather disquctng part OF the uair Is that
this Russian outpost was Tar N our rear, apparently
at village caled karagasch, more than oight miles
the uthcnst 0f this position. and not hvc miles
from Popkeni, which We passed through and lett be-
nint us long agol lhave neRrd II rumorcd more than
once lately that Mchemet All has been uneasy about
the situation oil his extreme left since he abandoned
all hope of inducing Suleiman to march through the
undeic nded passes OF the Shpka join hands
with him the advancc on Bjea. II seems that the
Turkish force operating from Osman Bazaar tho Tir-
nova road has not been strong enough TO keep tho
Russians back, else how comes II that this Russian
ana penetrate the rears IL Is not pleasant
be confronted with.