The Litchfield County post., 1828-05-15
HE ruKKisli REVIEW.

and guards Of tue Sultan ; the day was al- so celebrated for the throwing of the die rid. The field, or extensive area, in which this took place, was beautiful val ley, into which the hills sloped gently down: innumerable spectators were there. The turbaned heads, covered with ShawlS of all colorS, wedged in dense and im- moveable mass. .lOoked as if the assembly of the Faithful were already called before the Prophet for judgment so still was their attitude. The Sultan arrived about midday, mounted on beautiful Arabian charger, and encOmpaSsed by mass of splendidly dressed officers, bashees, capid- gi bashees, eunichs, GCc. Handsome as many of these men were, the Sultan was eminently the handsomest man in the whole group; and, probably, in the. whole assembled multitude, there would scarcely be found another to compare with him i'll personal advantages, notwithstanding the Turks are in general fine looking. His countenance has precisely the character of Grecian, blended with Turkish fea- tsres; the long, straight nose, ,the fuIl large, melancholy eye, the oriental lips and chin. There was much of mind in the face, of reelection as well as decision his hair was not visible beneath the folds ofhs su- perb turban, but his beard was of raven black. Except the turban, in front ot which was magnificent aigrafe of dia- monds, no other part of his dress had any splendor, and yielded in this respect to the habiliments many of his chief "fficers.- He did not keep his look full m front wi,h imper.urbable dignity, as is said to be the practice of the Sutans, but turned it often the right and lefl,a any object or individ- ual in the crowd attracted his curinsity.- We composed pytar of Europeans, all English at one moment we caught his glance, and it was bent with a very pecu- liar expression ofscorn and Turkish pride, without, however, there being any ha,red or malice n it." Had he then foreseen the fatal defeat that has since been given him by these Franks at Navarino, his gaze had perhaps been of a more deadly char acter. He rode with much grace at a slow pace, while number of his inferior off cers ran along on each side of his horse.-| His favorite body guard, that gathered closely around him when he took his sra- tion in the valley,was the celebrated white guard, so called from the entire of their dress, from head to foot, being ofthat col- or. They were remarkably fine men, all of them very tall, and rather slender and elegantly, than robus'ly formed. Their shilouah, or trowsers, the tunic, the robe, the turban, and sandals, were all white as snow, ,and gave to this superb body of men, as they circled round their imperial mas- ter, very peculiar and imposing appear ance.. It was a cloudless and very sultry day, and the splendid arms that glittered in the. sun, contrasted strongly with the aspotless hue of their dresses. Each of these men seemed to have been selected for their beauty, and they were certainly, to the eye, noble fellows, though in close or desperate charge the ruder Delhis would probably have beat them, for they were not muscular or sinewy, but their full and Aeshy figures bore too much the char acter of rhe Orentals. The Sultan Nah moud, on horseback, in the midst of these men, was a striking object; the high pay they receive, and the peculiar marks of favor their master bestows on them, render them peculiarly devoted to his person.-( They, as well as the red guards, have had no part Tn the late revolt, but assisted with zeal in the destruction of their refrac- ] tory comrades. It was singular thing to see on this field so many of these men, the naughty Janissaries, who were not long after doomed to perish. Of the many thousands on the ground, very few proba- bly, escaped. However cruel and despot- ic the measure that was meted them, their cup was full and overfowing. The histo- ry of these lawless troops would present as dark, fierce, and bloody picture, as that of the Pratorian guards of Rome, whom they so closely resemble. Should they meet in the gardens of the Prophet, t,whith- CT they are untimely sent by hetacombs, the many sultans they have dethroned and put to death, ,the many viziers whose heads have been thrown at their feet, merely at their call reminding them of the countless tumults and slaughters they have made in the empire-the eternal groves and rushing river and lovely hours, will hardly avoid
 becoming scene of uproar instead of lux ury.
 Not far from the white guards, stood
 a body of men, little inferior to them in appearance, but less splendidly accoutred --the red guard. The entire of their ha-
 biliments. turban, &c. were of this color.