The Arkansas banner., 1849-09-11
| vINF TO THE MLfis.
sr IIEUT. LYNCH, U. g. V.

(ef the palace CT NheRaKn4n oA The no&pDogusl and agsla throwing oa oar ovsrShees. catered lofty aad spacious hall, matted throughout. with two brosd flights of ataiTs ascending from the f&F ex- ensms to mn elevated platform or aBSing. wksnse, uniting in one, they issued upOn the floor above. ca the right and left of the hal were doors open Ing into various apartments, and there were mum be- ef afkeeFs and attendants en either side, and stationed ua intervals along the stairway all pre- serving . silence the most PrOfoaRd. The SeeFetn- ", who hsd gone before. now approaehed, aad hseksnsd to us to fOlsew. Bat here an aasxPecaed dtGkcslty wss presented. The ChamssFssin in waiting Obieeasd so my sword, and required that should lay II sside replied that the aaalsnca was given te De etiesr of the United States, and that tA~ swnra part Of my unif0fus. and that cpald net dtgpeaee WtfA if. My eefanAf Wan met with the assurance that the sabqaette ef the eean pefempaorily required it. ! asked if the custom had been invariably complied with and inquised of ths dragoman whether Mr. Carr, ear Minister, had in conformity with it, ever attended audience withost his swsrd. bat even as spoke, my miad, withcat rgard to precedent. had come 10 the alter native. no sword, no aadieHes-
 Wheiher the Secretary had during the disc ussien, referred the matter to higher quarter. ceul1 net tel. tes my sttentioA had besn expressed for some miEates. that had not noticed him. He BOW cane forward, however, and decided that should rstsia the swend. At this truly fejoieed, fef 1t weaid have been nnpleamnt 10 retire after having ssae % far. It Is das to Mr Brown, tue drags- man, ts say that hs sastaiued me.
 The disrussfeu st an end. ascen6ed the stair way, which was covered with good and eomforta- bis. bat not costly carpet, and passed iats room more handsomely furnished and more lofty, bat in every other respect of the same dimensions as the one immediately below 1t. A rich carpet was on the fees, magnificent chandelier, ali crystal and geld, was suspended from the eetlisE and costly di vans and tables. with other articles Of isrniture, were iaterspcrsed about inc room: bat had not Sims te note them, Cor on the left hang gorgeous -.. s4-. ~~A2 with gold, and t0wardst the Secretary led the way. His csanienanee and his msaner exhibited more awe than 1 had ever seen depicted in the haman .ceuntenanee. He seemed to hold his breath, and his step soft and sseaithy, that twice stopped, under the impression that had left him behind. bat found him ever beside me
 There were three of in close proximity, and the stairway lined wiah officers and attendants, but sueh was the death-iike stillness that could distinctly hear my own foot fall. which. unaccus- toned to palace regulations feif with antntored pahlican hrmness upon the royal docY. IT it had been wild beast sumbering in his lair that We were about to visit, there could not have been 6 silence more deeply hushed.
 Frettsd ct such abect servility, I quieksned my psee towards the euriain, when Shefie Bey, rather gliding than stepping before me. cautiously and slowly raised corner for me to pass. Wondering at his sabdued and terror stricken attitude stepped across the threshold and felt, without yet perceiv- ing it, that was in the presence of the Sattan.
 The heavy folds of the window curtains so ob- scurcd the light, that it seemed if the day were drawing to csose, instead of beng al its high me- ridian.
 As with the expanding pupil the eye took ia sur noandng objects, the apartment, its furniture. and its royal tenant presented a different seeDee from what, if lcf Ia itself, the imagination would have drawn.
 The room less spacious. bat as lefty as the ad- joining one, WAS furnished ia ihe modern European styie and like familiar thing, stood nearly in the eeatre. On sofa by window, thronga which he might have looked upon crossed the eeart. with erimsen tarboach, its geld button and biue silk tsssel his head, black silk 'ker chief around his neck stIlred in blue military frock and pantaoons, aad polished French boots upea his feet sat the monarch. without any of the attributes of sovereignty about him.
 4 man. young ia years. but evidently of delicate and impaired constitution his wearied and spirit lees air unrelieved by any indication of intel- lectaal energy He eyed me fixediy as advanced. and oa him my attention less HEiied.- As he smiled stopped. expecting that he was about to speak, but he motioned gently with his hand for me to appreach yet nearer. rhrOagh the interpre- ter he thea bade me welcome, for which expressed my acknowledgements.
 The interview not pso.raetsd one Ia the coarse Of it. ns requested by Mir Carr, l presented hisn, in the name of the President of the U nited States. with some biographies aud prnts. iiasira- tive of the character and habits of North Ameri
 
 locked at some of them. which were placed before him by an attendant. and said that he considered them evidences of the advancement of the United States la civilization, and would treasure them souvenir Of the good feeling of it's government to- wards him- At the word cisilix4tioa, pronounced ia French, started for 1t seemed singular. com ing from the lips of a Turk. and applied to oar couairy. have since learned that he Is but stu . dent in French, and presume that by tire word "ei- yilizaiien'' he meaat the arts and sciences.
 WAsa abeat to take my leave, he renewed the welcome, and said thai had hss fall authority to see anything in stsmboul might desire.
 While ia hts presence. coaid not refrain from drswtag comparisons and morsiiEing on fats.- There the SullaR, Eastern despot. the ruler Of mighty kingdoms and the arbiter Of the fate of few feet distant. cue. ia rank and condition, azneag the hamblest servants of fair-disiant re- paelie, and yet iliie fife has to cheer. xeald not change positions with him, Bnless could carry with me my faith, my friendships, and my sspira- tioas.
 My feelings saddsned as looked upon tho m0n- arch, asd thoaghl of Mon,e1ama Evidently like a northern cline, his year Of life had knew n two seasons oEty, and he had ieaped from yeuth to imbeciiisy His smile of ihe sweetest Ices cd upoa; his voice sl,nost the mcaa melo dioas that had ever heard; his manner geatIencss itself. and every thing about him bespoke kind and amfahSe disposition. He s said t0 be very afcc- xaenae, to his mother especially, and s generous to ths extreme of prodgaiity. Bat there Is that jade sctibaey sad expression ia hia coanteaaaer, which is theaght to indicate early death. A present. snsst sf ths kind. mingled perhaps with a bodInC Scar sf she overthrow of has coantry. seems Fer vads sad esPress his spirits. la truth. like Dance Ies, this dssceaGant Of the caphs sits beneath a saspesSed fate. Throagh him tic soas of the mighty msHarchs who have gose beferA. s~eta to brood evsr the impeading fate st an empire whieh enes sxteaded from tas Atlantic iS the Gaages, from tha Czucnsux to inc Indian Oesan
 Ten BsbAia's Pssasag Ton. as one oeeasiss ssiax steward at the Dary LAns Thsslrieal Faad Dinasr arrived very tate oa smissrahle looking nag