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


The following interesting iettef " from Noh''
| lad, ife Of missionary, recently gone To i''t
a. Ssh. is the dsug ht.r ot Dr. VIM. Campbell
late Of Cherry Valley. and a, prescn, Surveyor
General OF this STATE. The letter WAS addressed
Ia her father, while the writer va, on her way IL
the station ei herself aud husband. VIZ have auo-
or letter, written from Persia, ~hich we shall
publish saan, and trust No may often be favored
frum the SAME source.
CossTAsTiHoPLE.
We lrf, SMYRNA on tie afternoon VI the "a %
July in ilfe Steamer Maria Dorothea, mos
splrndid Austrian boat. quite equal, u not super
or, 10 any steam boat ever saw IN America
We had xel, command of the ladies' cabin, which
f,boueb itself v.r, smalD seemed palace COM
pared witt, our s,ate-roon, on board ship.
Captain Ford an intelliscn, Eng'i,hn'an. treat
cd u, very kindly, and ms there were no other
cabin passengers, we fell more like guests al the
table of friend than passengers m steani-ooa''
or strangers 10 a stranf. land. The views op
the Dardanelles very fine. There are iorlf-
cation. hntl, on the Asatic and European side.
Long range. Q, cannon in the wall, and OCCASION
,lly a pile of balls, reminded US of their strength
and terrible purpose
We reached Constaniinople GU the morning oi
III. 4,h Of Juiv, where We iuuGd man from Mr..
Goodcu waiting 10 conduct TO his house. On
this dsy We felt mora forcibly than before, that we
were absen, from our beloved America. In orr
own country we were accustomed to han tins DAY
with every demonstration Of JOY, as the bn'i DAY
Of our Independence. Here, no one seemed to
know or care any thing about il. Commodore
Porter invited the few Americans, resident at the
Capital, 10 dine with hm-he sent an invitation
for US but we we're not in time TO accept u.
American flag was hoisled and they tried to feel
very patiotic, believe.
We were much delighted to find MI. Merrick
still here waiting our arrival. lie was just on me
eve nf departure whrn b. heard OF oar ARRIVAL ~
Smyrua. and remained 10 accompany us. lie is
a lovely young man, and destined to ihr NJ 1ham-
mrdans Of Persia lls Will accompany usto la
btecz, where he will rem in few weeks, and
then proceed to Tehcran for the purpose OF study
ine the Persian language We consider II a Yer,
great favor to have his company. He has been
here six months, during which he has studied
Turkish and hns become somewhat acquainted
with Oriental manners aud customs. Besides, Mr.
Perkins ha, sent a man from Tabreez, who Is now
nj Trcbzpndc to be our drogoman and servant
so, ~e anticipate ln,lc trouble in travelling. w"
shall probably take horses from lrcblzondc to
Taurcrz. II is perfectly aston'shi < how much
these horses will carry al load-l40 okes--an
oke is about two pounds and three quarters. We
can carry many more articles than We supposed
IN America. We expect viii, ourselves aud our
baggage 10 occupy eight or ten horses-Mr' Mer-
rick about the same numbcr--togethrr with our
servants and the surigees or drivers, will make n
train of twenty horses and upwards. We take a
tenI to serve as house--nlso cooking utensils,
eating implements, &c.
no longer Dire d tins journey, but look forward
to il with pleasure. Intercourse between Con
s,an'inorlc and Tabrerz is very frqnrn'.-Mr.
Goodel saws he In. received letters from Mr.. Per-
kin, once "A month since he has been thrir. lie
saws il is much easier 10 communicate with Amer
lea from Persia than from Beyroot or any part
! of Syria. So, my dear -, l shall not be
quite out of the world, even in Ormiah. Mr..
Perkins is anaiously awaiting our arrival TO pro-
coed TO Ormiah 10 commence operations. lie IN
tends TO do something IN the way OF schools. Lam
castcrian schools are the most approved. TN
that they IRE established at all the stations Here
is an Armenian and Greek BOYS school, to which
! a high school Is attached also IA school Tor Greek
girls, ali ON the Lancnslerian plan.
| BY the efforts of the missionaries, schools have
been opened among the Turkish sold there
are eight schools containing four thousand scholars
Indeed the Turks seem 10 he Ms much affected uy
the mission Ms any other people. They ara con-
sdcrcd by the American residents hero az noble
pcoplc--nccdng only civilization and the Gospc
10 render them ornaments To the world.
The Doctors arrival seem, To excite consdc
rable interest among tho people. Some one
comes for medical advice almost every day. Las
week, on Friday, We went 10 Octarqui, village
up the Bosplorus, to SCI some sick persons. VI
| Armenian banker had been to see the Doctor .
| few DAYS before and had derived benefit from hi
prescriptions His daughter was sick and he wish
ed US to come and her. We also had quite
curiosity to see an Armenian family. thought
had seen near houses he fore, but this the eli
ma, of nca,ness The paror., and family room
in this country are up stairs, two and sometime
three lights No person is allowed 10 60 up STAR
With their shoes on. We took extra pairs am
changed our shoes in the entrance. Sofas cnric
the room on three sides these are most delight
fn articles of iurnilurc--so wide as 10 serve 70
! legged on the sofas.
Sofas, mirrors, aud occasionally n few chairs
and Il small table constitute the furniture Of par
| lor.
The refreshments consisted of sweet meat.
served in glass bowls, which the lady of the house
ar some near female relative, takes ia her hand
and with spoon passes il 10 all the guests, -ac
taking spoon iull-she gives each one a clra
spoon. After this comes cold water in bowls wit
handles, then coffee in cups about the size OF
lhlmblc, holding about gill, coffee grounds and al
with lulc sugar but no milk. The cups ar
placed in metal stands, sin,ilsr in shape to a in
glass; these are n protection 10 the fingers fro,
tho hot coffee.
The mode of salulation seemed very strange ;
frsl---a touch Of the breast and forehead, with
bow; not n syllable uttered. The lndic, alwa,
rise Whenever their husbands or any gen,lcnia
enic, the room, and remain standing until the
are seated. This, 100, seems very strange to a