New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-04

And ever an hangs the luminous cnopy Of smoke, re
doubling lie Fuster the waters of the Golden Horn
and mnsfng with the phosphorescent CLEANS ha' play
around the cars OF the csiqles.
long barge propelled by sixteen oars, glde- sround
the dark OF Tophsneh and .hoOs into the clear
brilliant space in front Of the mosque II il no; tsa
and PAGES with great swift1ess toward the o1shi
landing place There seyernl persons seated unu
canopy in the stern ard are trying 10 decide WIN
il the Sult,n, when second boa., driven ny t"ehs
four OarsInen comes in sight. The men me- up Al 'A
stroke and the long sharp craft fea over ule
the water rather than forces its way taTOuzn l. d
gilded crown surrnours the long curved Prov, ana
light though superb canopy covers the Stern o'1'
this we cstch glimpse Of the sultan and Grand FH'
a. they supesr for an instant like black silhoue'-'
against the bur,t of light on shore
Alter the Sultan had entered the mosque IN AZ =
diminished and the cannon ceased though TIC 4-u Ii
.tel rnasts rnarets and gs,eways sui tnEe" of'
glesra over the scene. After more than IN hou' sh
r. devo,ior ne again entered his csgue end sped away
10 erect bic new wife, amid fresh discharge rom inc
figa,e. and the batteries on both shores, and new
dawn of aurorsl splendor. We made haste 70 fe ''''
Mace in order 10 avoid the crowd Of cnques
buf although we were among the first, we came near
being precipitated into the water in the struggle TO get
ed that nothing but main force brought through ana
some of our party had their pocket picked nuhoer
Of Tnrksh sodiers and policemen were mixed up IN inc
melee and they were 10. sparng OF blows |hen thcy
c,me In contact with Gnour In making my way
,brouoh found once that collision with soldier wss
inevitable. but managed to plump against MIN win
suc oce az 10 take tue breath Ou of his body and was
mn, Of his reach before he had recovered himself /
sav seyera Turkish women striking right and LETT IN
their endeayors to escape, and placing their hands
agtinst the faces OF those who opposed thcn pushed
them aside Til, crowd contrived by thieves Tor
the purposes of plumber, and from what have since
learned must have been very successful.
visited to-day the College Of the Nevlev Deryishes
At Pera and witnessed their peculiar ceremonies They
assemble in large hail. where they take their seats IN
mcircle, facing the shekh. Alter going through
several times with the usual Mahometan prayer they
move in slow march around the room, while choir IN
the gallery chants Arabic phrases in manner very
similar 10 the mass in Catholic Churches could dis
tinguilh the sentences God is great" Praise be to
Cod and other similar CALCULATIONS. The chant was
ACCOMPANIED with drum and fuie and had not lasted
long before the Dervishes Themselves IN rotary
motion spinning slowly around the shekh, who stood
in the center They stretched both out dropped
their heads on side and gded around with asteady
regular motion their long white gowns spread oui ana
floating on the air. Their steps were very similar 10
those OF the modern waltz which, II Is possible, may
/ have been derived from the dance OF the hevieYH
Baron Won Hammer fnds in this ceremony an inta-
ton of the dance of the spheres in the ancient samo-
thracian Mysteries but see no to go 50 far
back for its origin The dance lasted for about twenty
minutes and the Dervishes appeared very much ex-
hausted at the close they Obliged to obscrve the
fact very strictly, BIT.