The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-01-04

a very interesting astiels sppsan b he Dss>ra
DAILY Advertiser. on The present esodisiou e ~
Turkish Empire. shoving the amelinations wAi<A
u mas undergone during the reign OF its prsseus
eovereign and that of his immediate psedseessoe.
The article u presumed To b. from the psn ii Mr.
Brown. who accompanied the Twkish Auban>-
der. Amin Fey. to this country: -
He says the standing army Of The Sulta, \
composed Of about 10000 n,en, divided into ,ix
corps. composed and commanded wholly hy Nus.
selinen Another corpsis is now Icing formed near
Danube, on the Hungarian ffo,iier Chriseians
are exempted from military duty BY ths paymsas
of tax The Sultans navy Is composed VI from
90 to 30 vessels-of 2 three deckers, IL sevsnty.
Tours 10 frgatcs corvettes. go briggs and schoss
ners, steamers Of from 400 to $50 horse power,
and a others Of vari"uss powers. Some Of The
best OF these ships were built by An,ericsus of
New York, the late H. Eckford and Y. Rhodes.
Steamers Leou..ing to the Sultan and his ,f6.
GERS ply between C,nstantnoplc and the Soulh.
ern shores Of tie Black Sea, ASA Minor, SyriA
the Islands Of the Archipelago, and Salouica
and through these facilities for travel, new spir.
itfor knowledge and inquiry is springing up among
The most distant parts of the Empire. Ste,M L.
efiecling importah, changes In the East A large
commerce has sprung up within comparatively
recent period between Turkey and Mesopotamia.
II Is wholly under the control of the English
lhs provinces of the Sultan, % the Southern
shores Of the Black Sea, and in fact of all Asia
Minor, are new fields thrown open to the cum.
mercc Of the United Statas; and the writer il
couhdent that in the course Of few wears this
country will do for England. what since 1880 she
las done for us viz; supplant ber cottsu manu-
iactures there by tie introduction Of hose Of our
factories.
The whole revenue Of the Empire Is said 10 bs
!l5,oOOo00; it has no public bebt aud. uotwitL.
standing the urgent ptrsuasions Of sonie VI tha
European Bankers, backed by the influence of al
Interested government, it las constantly refused
to make a loan.
Respecting the slave trade in tho empire. III,
writer remarks as follows:
Black slavery is diminishing in ConstantincDlr
J lie present Sultan abolished, in ls46. the slny.
market of the capitol. aud those slaves vet sold
are disposed OF at private sale Mussulnan
slavery Is the same as that Of the Mosaic period.
ana Is species of bondage for seven years.-
White slaves-Eiostly femaes-are still sold at
private sale, IN COnstan,inople. They are tho
daughters OF Crcassians, who are brought bv their
own parents to--what Is TO thern-a "snd of milk
and honey to becumc the adopted daughter,
and wives OF Pachas, and even of the SultaI, him
self Slaves, both white and black when freed.
possess all the political rights Of every free born
subject Of the Sultan, aud may rise, BY their ner.
u or good fortune, TO the higles, Officers Of The
state. AmnlgamatlUn is not feared, nor is Il Of
frequent occurrence. The free black meets with
no obstacle from his color. md is left To work h;s
way through hie Ike every other a,R1