Year: 1877

Our dispatches from the scene of warlike
operations give lively glimpses of important
details. The report of heroic incident in
the operations against Kars- coming from
within the Russian lines and from o point
not far distant from that place-seems nec-
essarily inconsistent with the story that the
siege had been raised, and may be taken as
a satisfactory contradiction of that story.
1t indicates that the siege opera
tions were making promising progress,
and in view of such fact the Russian COM
mander would only abandon his efforts if
forced to such q course by very damaging
collisions with the enemy or the complete
failure of his supply line. Although the
fighting near Zewin was probably severe it's
consequences were not so bad as to make
the Russian positions untenable. and it is
not credible that line of communication
by which an army has been fed for
two months will break down at the
end Of that time without the disturb
ance of hostile operations. From Bulgaria
it appears that there was fighting oil day
Sunday near Bjela. AS We have hitherto
shown, that is the point ut which the BUS
SLAMS moving toward Tirnova at the foot of
the Balkan are accessible to the enemy NOV
ing from Rustchuk, Rasgrad or other points
in the quadrilateral. If the Russians
make their line Of operations by Sistova,
Tirnova and the Graboya pass, they must
protect their flank by holding the Jantra in
great strength, and the Turks will probably
assail it with all the force they can get to-
gether. 1t is probable, therefore, that there
may be hard fighting at Bjela. ..s
Texan Opinion OF the Border Troubles.


HERALD correspondent at San Antonio
reports that lawyers in the border counties
of Texas are taking sworn testimony as to
the losses suffered from the Mexican raids.
He confirms in some detail the statements
Of HERALD correspondent who wrote from
New Orleans on this subject several weeks
ago. 1t is believed ut San Antonio that
these accounts of losses by cattle raids are
taken at the desire of the Washington
authorities.


In the conversations which our corre-
spondent reports one new point crops out.
The demand of Americans on the border
is not only that the robberies shall
be stopped, but that American citizens
engaged in legitimate mining and business
enterprises in the Northern Mexican States
shall be protected in their property rights,
and shall no longer be subject to robbery
under the color Of prestamos or forced loans.
We believe that this is matter on which
Secretary Evarts will peremptorily insist.
1t is notorious that Americans are treated
worse than Englishmen or Germans in
those States but we must be permitted to
hold that an American is at least as good as
an Englishman anywhere ON the soil
of this continent. A good deal
of American capital is now in
vested in mining and business enter
prises Of perfectly legitimate character in
those States and large number of our citi-
zens live there They demand security
from outrages they have too long suffered,
and we advise the Mexican authorities to
grant this at once. Those States would
quickly attract capital and enterprise from
this and other countries if the Mexican gov
ernment would make life and property Sc
cure in them But if that government will
not or cannot do this the time is not far off
when somebody else will be forced to at
tempt it.