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

gar ron and sol both wFDu sht and DnEr1 % TDDens
ma finery Ia.J worb and c9d Daring The as. tire 81
for years however prcduge bes Of eo have been ds
covered on he shore Of he Bill Sea, and consequently
The Porte draws large quanias Of tAis usefa mineral
from he Own donnions Plate VERY and Hs,ehes hard
uare cutlery and ea-heEvsrs
Asastcf scainf thee imports Of which Turkey re-
eeiv,s from Grea, Brian alone tie value Of sonsir
Ike s35ooooe year she eIports rssn' hss' rs" sA
opum rsdder root sheep wool lamb skins cotton wool
and occasionally wbest The quantity Of tobacco saaAiy
exported from Turl ey being IN fat very saI-inaoeo ."
small a. scarcely to be noticeable in the Official r'u
There are three articles popuIary known az Turkey car
res Turkey heather Turkey rhubarb-and 20 m1en are
tbey sok4n Of that the trade IN these three articles acne
would appear to be Of great importance euf the iac'
n,ke, dos not at present supply either Of these three ar
go = ,nv ges. abundance The English looms throw OF
,e c,rnet, and The socaIed Turkey leather is mannfae
,u,.d anywhere but in the snans dominons while the
yeen ybuburb has become an article Of such general and
iver,al communion that the root bOunifuly supplied
by home grovers
Before taking leave Of the commercial par Of this ar
Gle may prove interesting 10 cast glance al the doesc
life Of Consisnnople merchant The respectable pari Of
are dressed and have sad their prayers before
sunrss While the father Of the family il performing MS
sblu,ons which By the way be does not for hs own but
for Habonets sake his wife slave Is filing hs PIPE
Now he bends bis turbaned head to the ground in prayer
End she the prayerles stands neekly and demurey by
Fatigu,d with bis devoons he sinks down legged on
his cusjons ard his last Allah IL replaced By the amber
mouthp piece of bis pipe The shekh las every man Of
condition il called in his own house, raises his eyes
she knows the signal and present his little cup OF thick cot
fee fragrant with smbergrsOne could hope that It would
ad bat Il only seems refresh her spahetc lord As he
repoces again on is little silver receptacle he resigns
hmfef 10 repose, and the docile handmaden disappears
through the carved doorway Soon afterwards the shekh
clors bic hands and the silent girl returns with Little tray
on which are eggs ard bread and butter The sleh takes
his breakfast WASHES and resumes his pipe Its time how
ever now to about his business So he warns bis hands
over chafng dh perfumes his hair and beard with cvet
and then saes forth to his office or the bazaar AT noonhe
dnesusuay be feeds alone but II business has gone well
with him, and be is very afable, be invites his wives.
For an hour or 70 business again attended and then he
TO his haren where his wives rab his feet
and sing b IN to sleep.
The number OF inhabitants contained within the walls Of
Con. tantnope is probably about half lon (5ooOoo
II Is usual in the country to speak of the Million Of STAN
tu" but If TIE population Of Pera Gaata Scutar and
the numerous villages about the city be added to that actu
ally within the was there would not then be much
more than 100000 and th estimate would comprise very
mixed population Of Turks Greeks Aenans, Jews and
Franks The actual Nahommedsn inhabitants do not
Der much more than 100000 while the Mussulman popula
ion Of Turkey in Europe IL quite equal to 100000
Thror ghout the country the Mussuman population
zee, d. one third Of the Christian The following classif
aion Of rae and language perhaps preferable to
territorial sub divisions TO ranging them under the
Ddefnito h, ads Of Christians and Turks
turkish end ell Musumans 7cocoe
olayonc dialects one third Mu.ulmkD and two
ttiIt, Christian go CS
oibtrrsee. Gyge. Je~s Amenan. Franis tc.. go 900
liisHSns who are rTofcediy Mu.qlmans but in fart
Islands and adjoining territory 10000
ro,, .ie7OlOOO
The civil and religious law having only one source the
Koran i nece,sary follows that the highest dignity is the
gu who is tie supreme authority with regard to the le
,sty Of religious civil and political acts We have recent
had occason to notice bis influence in the management Of
he lately intended Turkish loan.
The Sultan neither declares nor concludes peace nor
ioes he undertake any thing Of importance without prev
,uy ssk ng the Mutt and hs Usmas Il is confDrnable
o the law and the Mui decides the matter by fesws
scc es:astiCs al deere.
But there is another point which Ia wei worthy OF OBJ
ery alton in this somewhat singular form Of government
The nation also sometimes apples to the Mufd for similar
,uposes esTecaly in cssts Of rebellion which becomes
optoson M soOn the motive Of II s declared to be
nat and legal by ftwa Thus though the Sultan Of Tur
,ev ia sbtoute inasmuoh there political body in
he Empire which has any recognized power TO check his
viii he Ia obliged to reign confonably TO the religious 20
it al and civil principles contained in the Koran And 50
~ Mt indeed the enthusiasm Of the hussuirnans for the
cords of the Prophet lahome that it would be hope
task 10 endeavor to preserve pence in the Empire Itself
houd spy insult porp iraed against what they consider TO
be DE true faith be passed nnavenged The same To-
,snesm that carried them TO victory under hahonct
N q ,,n th,r,-snd who can undertake TO say what
rould he the result il were called into ston
Ths Grand yzr il the President Of the State Council
' hch oIshts;.
4, OF the Kiaya Bey, or Minister for Home Affair."
Q The Reis Ffend, or Minister Of the Foreign Affairs
The Cbaush Bash or Minister Of the Executive power
Resides this State Council there the Pore OF The Defer
d,r or the Ministry Of Finance All these authorities RESIDE
IN Consantnope and. with the assistance oil INC ""u
gov, m the Affairs Of the Empire
DE Tot nays that eco oOOooO enter the Turkish Treasury
altering a. he does 50 widely from all other authorities
We must believe that the actual revenue OF turkey pr
han, more than double ths 1t has been Get down
"a high n, slOOOO0oOo but from recent research seems
bshiy probable that the true reaching the mir Is &C
,rsry nearly eco The surplus income and with
.,rv every year there has been surplus has regularly
bsp laid aside for war purposesand 80 strictly the sane
,v Of h. reserved fund regarded that when somewhat
more than year ago the Turkish Government were IN
yere financial difficulty, and frudessy endesvored con
10 the dictates Of the Koran to raise money on usuous
,,ms these money chests Of the mir e treasury rmaned
un,ouahed
In the last Russian war proposed TO organize an
army Of sooeoO men daugted from the Mussilman pop1
laton onythat to saw from every fifteen souls
During the last war with Egypt they brought an army Of
10000 into the field The best authorities consider the
present army in Turkey consist Of 9O7too infantry
i r IN Iluft hoaD