, 1877-11-07
GENERAL NEWS.

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curious manner in advance of the matter
that arrives by the various mails. Thus,
on the receipt of a recent batch Of papers,
from the English mails, we read with a
strange feeling Of the inconsistency of the
thing, of NJ. Theirs having again taken up
the cudgeI in the defence Of Republican
interests, and even Of astute prophets
among the European Journals foretelIing
that he wonld transplant Marshal Macma-
hon IN the confidence of the people, while
we had been in possession of the know
lecge OF his unexpected death for some
days. And again we find that Journals
received last Mail are filled with the
story OF Turkish successes, VILE we
have known for soma time that those
successes have been considerably check
ed, If not rendered altogether USE
less. by the late improvements in the
Russian positions.
Under these circumstances our indul.
gent readers will allow. that some difficulty
arises IN managing this column of our pa.
per. Il was begun with the object of
putting together information received by
kilograms In a narrative form, aud con-
densIng details to thu requirements Of our
space, and the leisure (or shall we say the
patience p Of our readers; the news in
its teIegrapbic form, musr necessarily
prtcede the details, and if on that account
The details are rendered somewhat less
IN c~restlng than they otherwise would b.,
the blame must be thrown upo2 our ad.
vanced STATE OF civilization, when a mail
traveFsing the Atlantic Ocean in twelve or
fourteen days, B ings us news from the
o her side OF the word that has b zen in
IN our possession for Eany days already
Inc Turks seem to nave been fighting
with bravery, energy, and ability, strange
ly Alternating with periods Of the grossest
lnaptltude and neglig nee ever displaved.
This may be accounted for in some mpal
sure by the iuefabIe i duIence and
self concelt which characterize the Turks.
the former leads them to practice
their Well known maxim never 70 rue
when they can walk, never to walk when
they can stand still, and never to stand
when they can lie down -, and the latter
ieadS them premature'y to return thanks to
"AIlah' tor making them so much stronger,
wiser, ana batter, than all the world be-
slide and 1t is during these periods OF
lnactlon and false security, invariably fol.
lowing the smallest success, that they are
most vulnerable i; and had the Russians
continually availed themselves of these op~
portunltles during the present campaign,
we DO not hesitate to believe that it would
nave been completed ERE now, or at least
nave been much more favorable than at
present, 10 the armies of the Car.
L is strange to read ia the various pa.
PRS the difference oil opinion and feeling
regarding the War. The pro-Turkish Jour
nails 90 not disguise heir delight ia the un-
expected ability displayed by their friends
and some OF them even pretend to regard
tne struggle as over, aud decided in favor
OF the Turks, while he Russian sympathi-
zers pretend with equally illogical assur-
ance, 10 believe that the Russian arms are
no worse off than at the commencement
OF the war. this of course is simply alb,
surd, Tor what nation could afford to fight
tor months and lose so many thousands of
her bravest men, and yet consider herself
IN no worse position that at the commences.
ment OF the campaign. These misrepresen-
tations OF facts are not difficult to under
stand when we remember how far parry
factions and disputes are carried, but they
are nevertheless very difficult to sympatbize
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