Litchfield enquirer., 1831-11-24

miles. Why should not rail road construct. ed here prOve alike useful to the country, and profitable for the owners O[ ifs stock J! From the Nssv- York Daily Advsrtiser, Nop. lS'
 cONsrANTINOPLE, Sept. 1884,
 Since my last communication from this quarter. we have experienced vicissitude Of ey ills hardly to be conceived, or even descrIb- ed. On the 2d of August, during violent gale from the N. E. fire commenced m Fe. ra, (the part inhabited by the Franks') and heinz to the westward of the city, its ravages did not cease until the whole place was laid 'n ruins and SO complete has the destruction been, that hardly remnant of wood, foot square, is to be found. in the whole space for merly occupied by the city. All the palaces of the Foreign Ministers, (with the exception of the Austrian,) have been destroyed. 5" rapidly did the cOnfagratiOn extend, that the inhabitants had only time to save themselves in the clothes they had on at the time: mon ey, plate, ieweIs-all were destroyed. The number of people thus depflvr6, ID few hours, of house, home. and all they possess ed. is variOusly estimated at from lOO,VOO t0 lSO.OOO; and the number of buildings rom l5.OOO to 2O,OO0:-nOt vestige remaining but the stone foundations and walls Of those entirely built of stone. The poor sufferers 'n general sought refuge, for the first few n'ghts' under the trees, and among the tnmbs, at me great Turkisl, burying ground. The Sultan W ith great humanity, caused bread to be issu- ed to them: and directed that the soldiers, occupying tte large barracks near the burying ground, which are capable of containing 4,OOO men, to evacuate them, and the buildings 10 be appropriated for the sufferers by fire. Hts Majesty also sent considerable sum after wards, to be divided among them an0 tne Sultana made a handsome donation. At the period when the fire commenced, great unea- siness existed among the Turks. The plague had made its appearance and a new na'a- dv, now discovered to be the Indian cholera rnOrbus, had commenced its ravages; 90 that this devoted country seemed to have at once poured upon it all the wrath Of heaven.
 The evils and sufferings rected are not all. Shortly after the destruction of Pera, hres commenced in the city; and hardly n'ght passed without the destruction Of 200 10 4OO houses, On the 2d inst. fire commenced in very populous part of the city; and' It IS said, from 12,OOO to 10000 houses were de- stroyed. It ragged for 20 hours and upwards In this country, it is we'll known. the d'ssaf's' fled take this means of evincing their feelings 1; and the dread of cOmmotion of some k!nd kGGO8 which cannot be described. learn, hOwev- or. that the government is not idle. The Ministers are in constant attendance; and some very energetic measures will soon be adopted.
 The general belief is, that these disasters are attributable to the Jannissaries; many Of whom are now mingled among the new lev ies but it is said the government has discov- cred their machinatiOns; and daily execu- tons show. that stop will soon be put to these outrageous proceedings. The Sultan continues to improve the country by the in- troduction of European arts and artists. He has established large tannery, under the manag cement of an English gentleman and vessel has just arrived from London: wlth several Steam Engines for the Arsenal Sc: His troops are daily improving in tactics; and he is rapidly adding to her marine.
 formerly intimated. that. in point Of re'l- gious instruction this was indeed barren spot, although one Ofgreat importance. Our Mis- sionary Society. with keen and laudablc zea'' has not allowed it to pass nnnotlced. MT. Goodell, tone of the most indefatigable ncn,) has been sent here, and is now using his ef- forts in this distant quarter; and l sincerely hope they will prove successful.
 Commodore Porter has arrived, and taken a house at Buyukdere, on the BOsphorus.-- MT. GOodelI performs divine service every Sabbath at the Commodore's, where all the Americans now here. and some Eng'shmen. attend. The invitation is general to all who understand the language.
 The following curious article is from the London Morning Herald:
 "The cause of the change of the Cabinet of the United States appears to he little un- derstood in England. It is. in fact, neither more nor less than this--G General Jackson wish es 10 be again elected President, and as he found that one of the members of his ministry was about to he nominated us candidate for that office, he dismissed him, on the ground that he had promised. previous to his appoint. lnent to office, not to oppose the reelection oi the General. The President has dismissed he other Ministers, because, to use his own remarkable language, "he felt it to be indis- pensable to re-organize his Cabinet proper hat it had come in harmoniOus'y, and as init; and as part was about to leave him. was necessary to guard against 
 " If such nohsense as this were to be used by King of England, people would unhesi- 1 tatingly pronounce him mad but we suppose t must be considered as excellent good sense, coming from the pen Of the President Of the merican Republics. twill be observed that the General finds no fault with the members of the Cabinet as public servants; on the con lrary. he has acknowledged that they were all
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