The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-14
WHOLE NO. sos, 49,

'hr"H;'h tIr hcaTi.- lie hillctS whistler
about him; Lock reached the brink of 4
steep hill. an! ihr"nirr Himself upo,>AS
ground 'un;hlrd down~ar,ls, rollins 49,.
mnrtoilv wou'.'ic!. Ia th,,s way he csrapcd
unhnii. 1t Tie close of the war. he removed e
=" New Hampshire. where he resided until
i'is death. some twenty wears after IIclived
m Srrln~i"n, AMI lied in peace. e.
HON. "i".r, MARSH OK T1ERisu AFMrs.
From tie Burlington Free press.I
Notwithstanding. the uniavorablc weather,
\ LARGE a>>cnhase gathered in Rev.
""rr">'rr> Church las: evening 10 hear NIE
Mar>h> discourse upon the .smorican Mis- ?
SONS IN The Turkish En.;irc. Mr.. Marslh
commenced hv some cc, erll statements cos-
rcr1nn@ ''ir geographical cxteut, Surfaco -
climate, ~. of the Turkish Empird4 q
then wen. on TO speak Of the characteristics
"' the different TRIES and races comprised :
within the boundaries of The Emtn;S;;~. andw :.
ar,on" and upon whom the Missions are az =
work
The total population he c>:in,ate,. a. al.ou,
'hiTty-fivc millions. of which number alou,
twenty millions are MuS>rl,nanS The re-
mainaer are nominal Christians. Jews. pru-
zcs. Fire -w"r>lirpcrS. &c. tia. s;ro,ks that
Is those wh" ir"!.-~~ the Gr..ek faith. L.ir..
the most numerous. They numl q, al,ont five
millions. The Turks proper ar. Sound maiu-
" in ;lc cities and towns There are .-rc,t
errors lrr,al,.,t =, Si,c..iinr tlirr character.
errors winch lave arisen from a>cril,inw to
the whole na,.cn he ,irc> of the .,aniza,;,s
and Mamclnle> These have eyer lr.n =
desperate AID bloody set taken from tbcir
parents. -crcrall, Christians. in rEilI,,o,h.
brought M with no horne. no tlnril, ti,s. no
profession Int arms With il.c>c travellers
havc heretofore iccn mostly lrourl, in con-
tat in Ery,t and elsewhere anl have .alcn
them 20 y t:ie representatives OF The Turk
ish nation.
The religion. laws and institutions OF :l,c
Turks ar' .,u;.!rl a i> wcll-known. on the
koran. Nov the lradint doctrine Of .hr
, Koran Is ret Is X ~o commonly supposed. that
.hrrr i IT GA" Cd and lialio,r.t is his
prophet. 'r't il i >"'a,i>>oa 70 II, aiY YoJ r.oI
t. words !>'am and lt.s'. m. hv which they
ID 'atc fh'ir faith. ~ienifv <,,s,i.i><;.,p. ycs-
..'.'..'p. ~ SO then are the cardinal ron,s
Of a.. Taik'~ religion. aEd ,lic Turks revere
their religion. Yor never hear the Turk
speak ''-'tlv cf MS God. his prophet. or his
r"lclan or use prnianc expression. The
Turk never n'rmHr> or is impatient under
any di>pc'>a'inn of Pro,i,lcnce As an in
stance. NJ. Marsh mcn,ioucl that of two
hrrdrcl .rl fit wo l,dr Turks hrourht Ia
C"n~tanino:'lr i!icr 'hc hoplr naval E"i.
At S.nG1r. and placed un,lrr The care of tl.
British ~rr, oii>. n II ono WAS heard 10 uttrr
a rroan. 4 worl of COMPLAINT. or even a mnr
nnr. a!':o1rh thcv underwent the srvcrcst
>nrtce' operations. The Turks are a piors
'ro,lr. ih,, observe fyc hours o. PRAYER,
'anc 70. wI.i.h or,-lrs ii n.ii,;i"llt Al These
hours i'.r Nuczzi;i> Commonly blind m,n.
select q! om ;'a: account As ,lci cc,.icd ,o:
wond oficrw;>c allow them 10 lcoi. into the
surrounding court rari>l snrnd ih, all 10
PRAYER from The rii,.i,rt< a.i al each of ihcs,.
hours the mosques are commonly tiiroiireI.
They observe their ta>;<. some of which are
yer, severe. asa. with rrra. s:ri~ncss. They
are a >o!'cr people. The va>' f,ainri., never
t,>ic Intoxicating liquors. They respect AL
lawful autho!iy. Nowhere" sad Mr.. Il.
"ha,c sea i conimuni:v 50 !rcc from ,o-
In go and CRIME As S,amhnnl.' the Turkish
quarter Of 'Con-taninol'!e-
T:,rc az o,icr circumstances Which d.
I'o>o II" Tr:k> TO IA ,a:clai.c reception Of the
: mi>>i'n1sig> anl oi' their teachings. Atho'
thc, :cicr: Christianity, they receive As true
. tie Bile history. 'lio"cli ilry suppose it TO
have been c.rrnl'cl T., The jews. They lc-
licyc in The Divine n.:>-un Of Christ. but do
. nat lrlic,r that h. Wa truci'ir,i. ,,o1 would
never have allowed tl.at. they say. The.
! have Il strong dislike 70 ;lolatrv 1h;y look
upon :llc iir Rom an C.'l.oli aad Greek is
! ilolatrr~, and thy oi-,:,c the distinction
hc,wcc;i fem and the lro'c>tanf> in t,'is re-
>l,r,t. They are c:sccoiir.l, charitable. ;:
Turkish gentleman mercr passes a hcr-ar
without giving Him something,
Tie Turks are remarkable fer cx'r NE
cleanliness in their persons and dress Good
rec lin. is universal among III classes, and
the lnwc,t yia>>cs are aS polished AMI cere-
;no,liou, - Tie highest. The Turkish IL
ru are inc,:uca:c.i, tut are wei treated
Tie, 10 no; labor anl are allowed every lib
.r;, Is much 50 as The women O. -tic.ica,
and more - than the higher classes in ether
portions o. Europe. Children and servants
are treated with great kinlncSs and indul-
rc,cc. a,... ilic children retu.a The affection
OF tlic.r ;ar,nls with great respect. The IN
t,pc,.r. &. Tie parents on the ,hiit!ren is very
or.at. ..,.rr;ail, that OF the mother. The
mother OF the SULTAN is The second lcrsonarc
in TIE Empire. Slavery Is not considered an
evil. and slaves. when freed, have IT, good
! .b,,,,. 10 ,i,c a. those born free. \ number
q. The Lirl authorities Of the E.nl ire were
born slaves.
The i,;.is are in the above respects sii,i-
lar 20 ih. Turk but are more savage race.
.i..-n who ,,raf-S fl.. (,rnct