Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-06-10

its dictates, the Poles and Hangarians 1
sought their liberty, and in obedience to
the sane law Nicholas crushed The spirit
of democracy.
1t would be impossible FOR the mos
far.seeing politician TO divine the future
of Russia. Her fale must depend upon
her rulers. Iron may be welded to iron,
but when wood and iron are joined, their
connection lasts only with the rivet that
holds them together. No one is mad
enough 10 suppose that all the Russias,
extending from the North Pole TO Persit,
and from the Baltic 10 our own frontier,
comprising one-seventh of the globe,
with population of 100000, could
be blended together iuIo one great repub
lie. Ca,harine once called together
congress of her subjects TO devise general
laws for her people. 1t represented twen-
ty-seven different nations, speaking as
many different languages, md after few
vain attempts at organization broke up
in confusion. Imagine the stolid Esth>
oman fraternizing at the polls with the
fiery Don Cossack, or the rude fsher-
man of Finland, or still ruder KANT
schatkan glorifying the double-headed
eagle in speech to the Moslems of the
Caucasus!
But let us turn from the frozen seas
and dreary steppes of The Cars domain;
let us cross the frontier to the 'Iand Of
the olive and myrtle" the golden East
1t was on Friday, the Mahommedan
Sabbath, that we stepped from the quay
Of Tophana into a light caique and darts
ed across the sparkling waters of the
Golden Horn into the rapid de of the
Bosphorus. [. was day of idIeness
for all good Mussulmen. Thousands
were ,hronging to the mosques the wa>
ter was alive with calques conveying the
inhabitants OF Pera or Stamboul to the
"sweet waters of ASIA" to the heights OF
Burgoloo, or the "sweet waters of Eu-
rope" Suddenly a fash from the \slat'
ic shore. followed by the dull roar of II
cannon, proclaims that the Sublime Porte
has left his palace to visit the mosque
A large caique darts from beneath the
arches of the serai, and cuts the water in
to foam as it heads across the BospLorus
1t is followed by another and anothe r.
The echo of the first cannon has hardl )
/ died away before hundred brazen throat;
reply The huge Turkish men-of>wa
that tower above the water, like castles
) which but an instant since seemed desert
ed and solitary, now swarm with men
o Every spar, from deck to masthead
7 bears living load. he sailors cling Il
he rigging like bees, AMI line the bnl
t warks. The caiques rapidly approach
They are high-prowed boats, pointed il
l white and gold, each propelled at grea
f speed by sixteen stout rowers. Astern
y is crimson canopy, under which recIine
d thd Sultan and the officers Of state. Th
i train sweeps by, and the roar of cannon
r is not silenced till he Sultan has lande
Q and entered the mosque. Thus, on eac
i. Mahommedan Sabbath through he year
n the descendan, of the Caliphs and hea
n of the church, visits different mosq1e
l. The prayer lasted about an hour, and i
O the meantime, we landed and secured
/, good position to see Abdul Megid, on hi
}, departure. There was a crowd assen
o bled, detachment of soldiers was unde
o arms, and five horses saddled and bridlet
:, with housings thickIy studded with die
n monds, were led up and down to ava
h the choice of their Imperial master. Th
troops wore dark blue European lroc
10 coats and trowsers, and red fez caps, an
o had slouching gait, and awkward lool
ID in their i'll, fitting and foreign habiliment!
j. AT last the doors flew open, and crow
Is of the high officers of state, all in tn
10 same dress poured out. When the Su
S, tan came, they surrounded him and gay
IF him the eastern salutation by touchiu
n the hand first 10 the breast, and then
le the cap, and bowing low, a substitute ft
e, the ancient custom of prostraton. Wit
Is assistance, the Commander Of the Fait
a. full mounted white steed, who was le
quietly to the serai or palace, followed b
:. the officers and guards, and band
i, music. The Sultan is man of midd
ID height, dressed something after the E
US ropean fashion, with pale, melanc hol
or but fine face. His head dropped on h
,g breast, and his dark eyes gazing vacant
before him, it not being etiquette for hi
it, to look at, or show the least recognize
tn of those abou him. A man came fc
to ward with paper, some petition, wh
ce was taken by an officer, and the corte
IN passed on. 1t reminded us of one of t
w. ancient Egyptian worship of bulls. T
&C. animals were deifed, their passions gra
90 fed, and the priests governed for the
RI. The Sultan is consigned to the pleasu,
~ of the harem, and is but puppet Il
1t. seems to act and speak what really ems
mt a,es from his ministers behind the seem
le. AS the feeble Abdul Megid, surround
he by pashas and soldiers, attended o. ban
IN. Of music and cringing favorites, riding
ed steed whose trsppings glitter with pl
,at cious stones, too proud to recognize. ev
not by glance, the bowling multitude, pas
r's by, and we remember The vigorous ON
me he second of the Caliphs, who enter
is jerusalem as 2 victor, seated upon
10 camel, laden with bag of fruit a