New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-19
pTTFRs OFAN EXILE. No. XVIII.

ASIA MINOR, Nov, 1851.
battered myself | had done with Turk
nh high life. but since have spoken OF the
v,eat object Of domestic cares, children, must
s.x something upon the sor. of education they
receive in this country.
II there is in the human world a class OF per
sons wholly and perfectly intolerable, hateful,
disgusting, spiteful they are Turkish children
Of good families. Only imagine lot OF h'tle
savages, dressed up in flowing and loose fooes
Ike 40 many members Of the ancient Roman
Senate, free from all CONTROL giving orders to
theiy mothers, lessons to their grandmothess,
cuff. to their sisters, and kicks to the servants.
They have no masters, because 1t is not deemed
necessary that they should learn anything nor
do they receive instruction oil any sort, since
their father is the only person IN the world enti-
lied to bestow il, and as he inhablts the barem
where the children live only at night, they
take refuge in sleep from all the lessons he
Nigh, wish to give them. But the harem Is OF
itself the dullest of places, and children who
breathe its morbid air would soon be devoured
by the liver complaint. To prevent such mis-
fortune, the afectionate fathers present to their
male offspring some little slaves, girls of course
with whom they are invited to amuse them
eelves I have seen the two boys OF renowned
Pacha, one nine years old and the other five.
followed all over the harem by dozen Of such
unhappy girls. still more unhappy than their
srown up companions, whilst the elder very
intelligent fellow, explained to me, half in speech
and half in pantomime, that they were his and
his brothers, and they could do what they liked
with them During this explanation the younger,
q very pretty and disagreeable monkey, Illus
Tated his brothers saying by kicking and pinch
ing most cruelty two or three OF his miserable
dependents, who were maniiestly afraid to let
their tears run down their cheeks. But do you
think that beng kicked, beaten and pinched is
the worst part of their lot If you think so,
you are quite mistaken, allow me TO tell you
We are SO accustomed to combine In the same
idea childhood and innocence, that We find 1t
rather difficult to divest even the worst of chill
dren of their snowy robe. But in this country
they have changed il all. From the moment
they are born 20 their departure from the harem,
Turkish children are allowed to go everywhere
NJ the harem, and at all hours. For them there
are no secrets Every body speaks and acts as
tAev were not present, and well they may,
since they are never absent
lived some time in the harem OF Cadi that
is to say, was there paying visit of some days
10 his lady and my daughter, who is now
twelve years old, was with me. Our host,
very respectable gentleman, only once married,
had two children of about eleven years-one
very pretty and the other rather quiet. liked
them at first sight, but this prepossession was
coon destroyed. The first evening of my estah-
iishment in the harem, when retired with my
daughter to my room, what did we ind there
but the two boys. They arc come to bid
MS good night, and they are certainly going
said / 20 my daughter; let us wait few mo.
ments' And we stood standing with our can
dle-stick "a very funny one it was) in one hand,
plainly intirnating, " we want 10 be rid of you,
dear little gentlemen" But was speaking an
unknown language, and the more forward OF tho
two sat down deliberately upon the ottoman.
inviting us to follow his example, and sit at lib
eTty without minding them, | was very tired
and sleepy, and so was my daughter, and OF
course became very cross we want to 90 TO
bed" said rather bluntly Really do YOU"
says the little tonmenteT land you too Z" (turn-
ing to my daughter, who answered affrmativey)
"Oh, how tiresome But never mind go, 60
d bed there is your bed, don't wait" Little
impudent thing ~ exclaimed quite aloud, we
want you to go and leave us-do you under
stand now :" He looked as If he understood,
but did not move, so that after having reiterated
my invitation twice or thrice, and always to no
use, not wishing to come TO blows as long as
could help II, went IN search of their mo her
and begged her TO relieve me from the intrusion
Of her brats. But she was very slow in under
standing me. "You don't like the children ?"
she asked, "sre they troublesome, They like
so much to see you" At last the Cadi himself
thought proper to interfere. He had understood
and told his wife that Franks considered chill
dren like grown up persons That is it," |
exclaimed, and the children were hurried away.
There 10 no such thing as lock and key in the
harem, and luckily took the preeautlon of
putting my trunks inside the door in the form of
. >arricade. More than once in the night
hess the door and trunks shaken by a little
arm elonging TO my little amPhy,rion, who
hoped o be able TO ascertain il Franks slept
like Oshanhs.
VIII %, weary you with the relation OF all
my trouoiesiuring my neutrality-suspicious. visit,
ou' snal Communicate to you the end of it.
was onered bath, one of those filthy pro-
ssssss describe, in one of my late letters To
"'ase would have been reckoned uncivil, so
accepted and prepar.l my self for the inevitable
sanocas0n- l had ALREADY been undergoing it
''' son'' minutes perspring from top to toe.
'h'S'eu sD,'' s'Aaaiy OF ceirse. had asked
one Of the ladies to favor me With two pas for
the happy moment when should be allowed to
Isassume my customary habilimen,s An Of .
sudden the door lof the little cell opeAsd ,a,
and wha. did sec ban Tsy two little mon.,sr,