The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-02 00:00:00

DIARBEKIR, Ocr. 25, 1546.
I left Same nu on October 7, the day after the date
of my last dispatch, and arrived here on the 23rd, spending
a day at Amasia and another at Tokat, by the way. For the
first day and abalf, from Samsoun to within a few hours of
Mouth, the country presents a green succession of wooded
bills, turfy downs, and rich meadows. The valleys are well
watered, and abound with crops of intensely-green tobacco,
hemp end millet. Villages are strewed here and thereupon
the hill slopes, and the numeroas paths winding over the
, country indicate an extensive population. This green belt
, extends through the whole of the north of Asia Minor ; and
the province of Djanik, in which Samsoun is situated, is the
most productive part of it. Within a few hours of Amasia
the character of the Country totally changes. You issue from
a flrry mountain-peas, as it were, into a new sone. The
features of the scene are enlarged ; but the pleasant green,
the woods, and the rich cultivation, are gone ; and, in their
place, the eye stretches over vast sallow desert tracts, crossed
from east to wart by lofty mountain ranges. The rocky
avenues of Amasia are tilled with fruit gardens and mul-
berry plantations, to feed the worms that furnish this place
with rte principal article of trade. Innumerable water-
wheel., some of them forty feet in diameter, groaning
and shrieking night and day in a strange con-
cert, which catches afar the ear of the traveller,
and sounds hie the roaring and yelling of ',lid beasts, irri-
gee continually these orchards. The fruit of Amasia is
famous. and the apples that shine in ambassadorial desserts
on the tables of Pere, frequently boast the same birthplace
with Strube and Mithridates. The whole road from Sam-
soma exhibits Wain symptoms of the commercial activity
whisk has bum soiled Jana existence by the establishment of
lailliberi slew the northeast. I passe (frequently caravans
rig into lie interior with British manufactures, and
seder of emeeie bringing down tobacco, gallnuts, and
air berries te the coast. Villages far from the sea are
to nwielelewd and appreciate commerce. They
me to die nearest ports ; and the ports en-
treat the sentelesele te visit them, promising plentiful 'im-
plies. How Welk eseta Man the government might turn
this into a lioundakg and populous region! Gave these
people • few nimbi, sosis, tax them moderately, and you
will anon see dim blip *impel yes into a prosperous condi-
tion. The bides of wearing arms seems universal, and
ovary poimmid, MO No me and faggot carried a rifle, not
Meifiel. Statementsconcerning the danger-
owil=adrilare egad ware not wanting ; but I met with no
wolimuliostiooduilwitowoot robbery. The government of
Amnia leo Maly boom separated from that of Sivas, and is
eseetwllled to a Cabassae, Rabid Bey, late riatib or secre-
tory tit Min Peels. The city is one of the moat flourishing
et Ma empire. It return+ to the Porte a revenue of 25,000
penes (upwards of 100,0001.). The number of families is
klllllo, of which 1,000 are Armenian and 100 Greek. I must
Mew inns you against the stati.ties of Balbi, whose numbers
=tisequire to be reduced by one-hall. He rates the
of Amnia at 50,000. The computation of five
to a family wadi Mb the above statement, 25,000. The
chief trade is la 41W mina and dyeing materials, among which
the yellowbgegyMme the first place. Extensive speculations
take place in the Liam article, whine rapid fluctuations of
price enable Beinied men, well acquainted with the
country. to man in • short tinth considerable sums.
The silk ie gad, though not of the finest qua-
lity. The smaimi exported is worth, generally, from
30,00111. to 40,0001. This trade is said to be stationary. The
=
yollowhirry, trade is increasing. A characteristic
of Turkhh nootrament was told me. About four
core dm people of Angora were suffering from famine
A was mot by the Porte to purchase corn at
Asian. Mb salary was 24,000 piastres, or nearly 2501. a-
tramMlL Is Mold three months at Amasia, and purchased
10,000 phoirmf worth of corn for the people of Angora. who
continued te starve while this gentleman was smoking his
pipe quietly, seed pocketing his enormous salary. The fol-
lowing is soother sample of,the way in which Turkish em-
ployes do their duty. Three engineers were sent not long
ago to survey Ow ground between Amasia and Samsoun for
• new reed. I took two days to ride over it; but the Turk-
ish mighteues mirurgod it in three.
f ant net with the Ma& tents of the Kurds, some thirty
miles math of Amnia, near Tarkhal, in the broad valley
of Canova, which stretches between Zilla and Tokat. The
encampment consisted of about 30 tents, whose wretched
tenants, chiefly did moo and old women, lay on the ground
yellow and haggard with the tertian ague, which prevails
along the low grounds of this district. Throughout the
range of this valley, which is about four or flee males broad,
I saw at leant thirty different groups of tents. There were
no able man in any at Mass which I visited; and the greater
port of the poor people MR, oofforod more es lam from