Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-12-08

.yj,sbe !. 10 mai, Of far more liberal vicws on the
subject OF education, &c than any at his prrdeces-
sors lie takes great interest IN the intellectual
improvement of his subjects, as well as the internal
/ ,mpt osenient of his empire.
The mssionari"s h, have been obliged 10 lay
aside their translation Of the Scriptures to prepare
| lessons IN geography, astronomy and geometry
and other branches of niatiir natcs for the schools
among the Tuit.. They ifc them gl',be with
only the n,criJianS and outlines of >ountres, &c
and they l,av. filed il up in Turkish They have
Jus, flushed the translation OF geography FROM
Matte Brun. which ,.y are waiting TO present TO
the Sul,an's revision. They have also adopted our
notions of astronomy, and have received three or
rerjcs, from thu mission, for heir schools.
They ara also doing something IN the way oi en-
cheering. Two cniefprSing Young men are ein-
plnycd engineers TO lay ont read from the cap
ital to Aarianorle, lf0 mites distani.-l.ast year
,ley completed a pos, road from Consianlinopt',
s,t, miles, into the INTERIOR on the direct road 10
Orn ish. They frequently come 10 make nqu'-
rie. Of US concerning orr roads in America: Ill
deed they have a very high opinion oil Americans.
The eunmakcr Of the Sultan is au American.
Con,odorc Porter, though only Charge DAT
fares, receives honors from the Porte equal to any
Gor,;pn Ambassador. Indeed Charge was never
before known to have personal interviews it'll the
Sultan.
You know you used to say in sport hat You
would come 10 Persia and lay out roads for us
Who knows but you may have chance before
lone' You might now find full employ in the
Turk ish empire. How would YOU like TO be engi-
necr genera, of the Sublime Por,,i
The Sultan Ina, two steamboats, for his own spc-
c,al accommodation, and that of his Cabinet. Be
longing TO the nissot, he'r are an electric machine,
magic lantern, telescope 81 microscope, which at
and ,ntn
consider all these INSTRUMENTS fexciing the at
rntion of the people In the gospel, and feel that
only physician is necessary, 10 render their APP
paratns complete. The DR.. gors Tomorrow, ID,
special invitation 10 visit another Armenian bah-
krr. said Ia be the gteiirst man IN the Armenian
nation Th" IN ss;on.rrs have ,rich in vain Ia gam
access to him. He has heard Of the d., skill ard
desires To be bcnrftcd by II. We have sometimes
felt hall inclined 10 stop here, as the door ~" ms t"
be wide OPEN But Persia calls louder sill, for
hep. and duty SAYS onward The Shah, an En-
p'i,h vessel, which regularly between 'lhs and
Trrnizonde, is now in port, and We expect To sail
mex, week.
am now writing in room in Commodore PoI-
mr's house, at St. S-phano,a lutte village twelve
miles from Costantinoplc. The mission families
all here, spending the hot season. aud oi the
purpose Of avoiding the plague, which always
RACES, with more or less violence, during the h"'
season. Com. Z. is IA very pleasant nian-sxc'e-
dinghy Kind 10 the Observation-Disclosures ID. house
for public worship on tho Saba III, when the Ame-
ricau flag is generally hois,cj. lie has delight
fnl country seat; re Z oun1s, &c. arrqn''e A"c'
ricansi in appearances We only sleep here, and still
stay in Mr.. GoodcPs family. Mrs. Brown, the
sister of Com. p. is very plcasan, and 'scrllcn,
woman. At present, Mr.. and Mrs. Schar1''r, and
Mr. Merrick are their guests all missionaries.
One fact | wish to INCEPTION. The Mahome tans,
MANY very many Of item, are beginning 10 doub,
the trul, of the Koran, and To inquire about Chris
iianv As the hand Of the Sullau is laid less hra
Willy on the people, so in proportion are they inn
proving intellectually. The system of 'cut1inc of
heads, IS u arv abolished. and the Sultan permit.
u grandson to livc.a thing almost unAnown.
Yankee HgSnuity.-rhe whole world must ere
long acknowledge the superiority of Yankee in
grnui,y, and already many portions of il have Ia
city made the admission, by tho employment ot
4 srrican mechanics in the superintendent OF
various kinds of mechanical business. Gen. Tall
madge, in letter from ST. PETERSBURG, remarks
thar the foreman of The principal machine factor,
Mt Manchester, (Eng.) is an American from Prov
dencc and tina, the principal r'anuacinrrr rn,-
ploycd by the King of Prussia, is native Of Bal
,imorc. Henry E.kford was for n Longtime the
maser ship builder for the Sultan of Turkey, and
CANT bngsirs have been exported per order to Eng
Land from Newark, y. }. Two inventions ~hich
are considered bv the English the greatest i'm
provcmcn' Of the ace, the fruits of lankc
,nucnuity--thc machine for making the weavrr's
reed, invented by J. \. Wilkinson, OF II. l., and
the "s,lf. regulator" To the power-loon', invented
by A. Stone, of the same state. But IN point OF
ingenuity, believe nothi,g can exceed the slock
machine, invented by Gen. Harvey, of this village,
and now in successful operation in the manufacture
of stock frames. Added to this, his machine for
manufacturing screws, his brick machine, conbinr
| apparatus and various others, of minor importance
exhibit mechanical skill of the highest order
Wherever our ingenuity and enterprise extend IN
to foreign countries, evidence and conviction of
greatness goes with them; and the non rec olinu
rifle of Young Cochran, made Mahmoud Of Tur-
key eXclaim, - IL American boys can do this,
! what cannot their men do -
Pomshkeepsie paper.
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The Debt Of Eneiond.-Thc following anu
sing calculation is from late London paper. |,
should cause the bosom Of every American TO swell
with pride, at the contrast between England and
the L nitpd STATES While The former IA burlrn.,