New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-29
CoNsTANrINOPLE

aEpesbsa a. Everett says for four cencvics IT,
acoufnes Of Europe the Turkish rule in ecn6rmetoa ~
The Old prophecy would about to disappear EsA
mail If do not seem papaby to establish this ccncluxea
OF point 10 TIE time when the Ottoman Empire may fala
the destiny which il thought 10 be preparing foe in the
tine Of tie late sultan shows that some great change so
ing on A. we shall doubtless hear mach Of Turkey.
ard public interest in America Is now particularly
aroused upn the subject OF Cons,aniinope we hsve pre-
pared the following account Of this celebrated city. hsr
raleher people ard the defensss WHICH in the event
% snscovite invasion she rely for pFptection.
S>sGbul the sovereign seat OF Constantine and the
grcst connecting link between Europe and Asia occupies
Triangular peninsula which bounded on the south by The
Sea Of Nanors on the east by the nraeian BcsphosuS
ard on the norsh BY e Golden Horn which separates
from It's suburb Pera The ground On which stands Il
fitted by nature for the ste Of great commercial city
gently soping promonF-ry secured BY narrow SOFA
stretches toward the Asiac Continent from which its
extreme point is divided by 50 strait that in
quarter OF an hour boat from Continent 30 The
other Indeed Scutar tho Asisc side es the Bcsphs
rus Immediately opposite Consannople IS always consid
erod as q suburb of The EurOpesn capital
Just before the Boephorus enters the Of NsrrorA
makes deep elbow inlet the European shove dow
ing between the triangle of Consaniinope proper and 10
European suburbs Of Tophans Gaata and Per aud fora
ing the magnificent port of the Golden Horn This uniqss
water only quarter OF mile wide and runs boreret by
srscnal palaces and storehouses Tor seven niles into
Roumcla AL the fleets of the world might here lie al
Choir among the very Streets like the gondclss the
Canals OF Venice. But commercial port, the Golisa
Horn has one serious drawback. The north wind blovs
unrmttingly during the summer months from the Black
Sea down the Bosphcrus the Of Marncva and the Der
danelles thus rearing the approach of all sailing crs.
from the Mediterranean to the Capital Vessels undertsk
ing the voyage upwards at that are often detained
two or even three months AT Tenedo the coast Of Toy
near the mouth Of the Dardsneles where whole fleets q
windbound lps, laden with goods for Consanineple o.
the Black Sea- frequently at anchor This serious Oh
sace is gradually being by Steamships which Of
late years have been considerably the increase In tho
Sultans dominons.
The town of Pers with its steep and narrow but other
wise in their appearance strictly European streets occupies
the whole face of the shore looking down upon the Goksn
Horn and upon the Bosphorus Tcphana and 0slafs
are involved in its general Here all the Europeans
with their respective Embassies and Consulates have thef
residence
The view from the buryng ground OF Pere Is one OF the
finest in the world Here all the gay people Of the Frank
City assemble in the evening and wander among the omha
with merry chat and laughter sit beneath tho cyprso
rees eating uticss or smoking their chbouquea While
Arab and Frank