New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-07
Const OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Release-Great
scarcity of Water-American, i'm the Orient.
2 Of the Boston Traveller.

CoNSTANrINoPLE, May "a, 1851
Ii Is now understood here that kossuth
and his fellow exileS have received positive pro-
mise from the Turkish government that. come what
WILL they shall be at liberty on the FIRST OF september
next asked one of koSsuhs compatrlotS the other
day whether he thought h. would 60 10 America.
Yes" SAID he. "when he has 10 hope OF any thing
better" That l., when he Is satisfied that there Is
no hope of the deverance of his country he viii ac-
cent the offer so generously made 10 HIM by the
American government, and spend the rest OF ms
days III that land which has become - great IN
ASYLUM for the oppressed of all nations.
The subject which most occupies public attention
IN tins city at present is the scarcity of water The
present distress Is very great and The prospects Tor
the long Summer, upon which We have scarcely yet
entered are sadly omlnous. We have no troton
River Cochltuate Lake ito pour their refreshing
and unfahng streams through this metropolis
Aqueducts there are, IT Is true, constructed nun
dreds of years before Turkish feet ever trod upon
this soil and they still answer most useful pur-
pose IN ordinary seasons, though, even under the
most favorable circumstances they never half sup
ply the wants Of the capital. The water i brought
IRON the vicinity Of the little village OF Belgrade.
about fourteen miles distant The face OF the
country around that village Is uneven and broken by
deep rayneS, and covered with forests. Massive
dams of stone have been thrown across several OF
these rsylnes, as To collect the water when the
rains tall, and thus extensive reservoirs are formed
Ia supply the aqutducts II - wei observed TACT,
believe, that IN and around Belgrade rains are or
dmarly much more frequent and abundant than any
where else IN this section OF the country and II Is
still debated question among philosophers, whether
the forests there (Which found no where else IN
this QuarieT the OF the rams, the rams
the cause of the forests. The general elevation OF
the land does not vary much from the general level
Of the country back OF the BosphOrs, and there are
10 mountains near.
To secure full supply of water, large proper
ton of houses especially in the quarter OF Pera are
provided with large underground clsers, built of ma
sOnry and lined with water cement. You WIZ see
frcm these statements how directly dependent We
are spon the rams OF heaven for tins necessary ar'
Gle Our rainy season Is during the Winter months
We have occasional rains through the month OF May,
Tut from June TO near the end OF September our SKY
l. almost uniformly clear.
Now. during the past winter very little ram has
fallen Our clsterns are empty and the great reser-
IOrs of Belgrade are likely soon 10 De dry Already
are poor people beginning 10 suffer great distress and
the prospect that before summer Is ended, II some
unreasonable rains don0t come, (Which VIII then be
quite IN season. the rich viii suffer as vel AS me
moor for money cannot purchase that when Is not
Even now many families are paying large sums dali
ly for the water they use Water carriers are ira
yeTsing the streets continually, with their horses
loaded with small casks OF water, brought from some
distance IN the country. Their cry Of Sakdr Sdkdr
water carrier water carrier y Is heard from morn
ing TO night, and 10 my ears, IL has become most
dismal sound. II God does not send US relef, no
one can predict what nseries VIII come upon thiS
great ana thckly populated capital.
Tie Eastern world Is now thronged with Amerl-
can travellers Visiting England and Western Eu-
roIe from America has become such an every Gay
thing that 1t gives man no noorety al all 70 return
To ms native land aud say that he has seen London
Paris, ard Berlin. lie must also visit Egypt, the
Holy Land, Athens and Constantinople aud such Is
alre adv the number Of American travellers IN these
parts that ere long, Nineyeh Teheran, ana lifnouc,
100 must be explored by those who are ambitious OF
rfnOwn as tourists.
Last week We had party oftDenty or more Anne
rican travellers here, four of whom were clergy
men and parties of SIX, eight and ten nave Deen
quite common of late We have had specimens Oh
all or nearly all the different professions and OF al
most every variety of humanity found IN the father
land We have had men Of emnence at the par
and IN the pulpit. a. well IN the medical PROBES
SION We have had merchants and mechanics, iite-
rary men, naval officers, and heroes IN the Mexican
war wish | could say that all were an honor 70
the country that gave them birth. The exceptions
10 this. however, 1 hope are few. How many .,
them Will write book, | do not know Dli u ~"
no, be strange If American literature sha o. r e
rlched before long with variety OF travels IN vi
kew Palestine and Egypt. can pfedlci, De ,aoao
hand that IN general they Will draw lar more t
~ rom Nurray for their materials than from theH
own personal knowledge and ooservatioh'