Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-05-13
u rom a correspondent ofthe y York Daily Adye,,;.s,
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S'ni'cncn:-A walk through the turkish nunr
YER "f our cry, seldom flls to present objects of moro
OF ICES mere ana from such = walk hive lust
returned. ] had not proceeded f.r. wien NV Snrs
were saIutcd " it'll The mingled s.und Of mp.ic aud
h''ifan VOICES. Following in the direction fro,,
"ficn II came, ! soon overlook n Company Of og III,
S,''' Fcrrjl'llQ Z + The Turkish feet NJ Cnnsiauimc-
pie Two Oi tho GusIciIns were jan-,,i, D., d-cg.o5.
one Of thcm i black, VINO heat on n small ,,,,Lo,,in,
hau Il long Ia tnnri on hIs head Tor 4 can. nod ~
Ho'h.f' w" seemed TO he rnusIc muster. hcsit,s ,
CnneI 81 larger rosc, had n Enntcr or;r,rc,s md -,
maj mirror st ached e. IT ~ front.
hoy Succeeded III pcrsIadirg about fifty or si,iy ,o
axe NC Hul'nn's money" two hundred piastors ooci,
aH a niue Greek boy told me, but one of the oeiccr, 80
W nuhorcd' ms ragged regiment exhibited the usual
SuiIcty OF drcss, size, age and features; some smoke Ara
u,c' an" were, l presume, from AlGicrs but moro used
INC 'rcck language, and had come, probable. from, Nc
groPont and the Morca. I was most interested, howe.
FtI' u TWO VINO were Greeks, as IT Indicated a return tn
me CID practice Of employing that class of subjects in
INC marine. Most of the mon had n staff i'm their hands.
ana also thclr officers, several Of whom. az vol as of the
"'H' seemed from their countcnanccs and manners. 20
nu uldcr something moro than MhomcfgU stim,,Irs -
J hoy halted once or twice in making the circuit orTurk.
OWL wh'h ~ cost thor leaders 10 little trouble, by push.
'hg ana beating, to collect the strarrlcrs. Pines and
coffee were brought out for the officers. ,vbiIc the mo-
HHSiencd TO the groceries 20 buy rolls Of bread. and !,
.,wcci cake, composed Of bruised almonds, honey. &c,
some OF them, in the spirit Of the Koran. s,,,J ;y,,J;,,
lhcir morfci with Il hungry dor, tiat"siood cxncc,,u'
~ ~ ono OF the resting places, too, I observed the
'np',criIs and tho musicians,w who cndouvourcd by plav.
- 80 ''"l''illH' 10 ulNcTt the IuCklCas WIphts yViptu
they had c%ntanglod, entering a shop n pnrt nv ,IenscI.on
10 recruit their zeal, il a way, ! presumed, which would
MOI TO thought quito dccorous before n mixed compaa,
of Mussulmans. P'"'
Myoiqcct in going abroad, ag I usually do, on S,tur.
days. being exercise and observation, ! continued f,r
some time to follow IN the train, with a multitude ,r
luf"Ish boys In this way, J had All the oppor'u
MY ono could wish, 90 observe tho fca,urr. a.
thousand OF Turkish females, whose attention ,.,.
wholly absorbed by tho music and company before ,,,
Not uufrcqdcntly there vcro agreeable and snri,Li,,
couhicnnnccs 70 be seen. ! should think round Co..
lures and black eyes were most frequent, but inv dr
pdrincHt % observation, much o. IL may mako aS,i,,,
mo, must Own no; 10 have seen the "lumnn Gi~o III
vin'r Their dr"ss, often much patched aud tnitcy.J
ass vol as tho interior Of their open houses, from which
thcy had poured forth IN crowds 10 Wow fic pgssiry
si"ht, indicated great poverty. Yet into thcec ignorant
and cherries dwellings, Christianity, "purc and undo,
Med" WHOM its influence shall h1vo more thoro1phtv
porvadcd those Of the Greek and Armenian. which
crowd the foot OF the hill hcncath them, m1y vet no,r
solid cdsnforis and onnoblirc iovs, which, rfrirg or
y from our holy yclirior