New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-12

NV ride hither from ISamson (where for time,
parted with the companions OF my journey shower
some OF the grandest scenery nave ever cast eyes
upon. Mountains sometimes rising 5000 feet above
the seas level clothed with countless acres OF unds-
turbed timber; also untitled though fertile, plains
abandoned TO prolific crops of weeds. There are no
roads worthy 0f the name, and scarcely any CULTIVATION
For beauty and picturesqueness this country n as hue
Switzerland Italy; and I'm saedgs to think that
such race possess and neglect il. The plOw and
Ecythe will be known here some day, and speed the
time. must give you a sample or so OF Turkish viii
lagos by the way One the more pretenti0us, is in
woody neighborhoOd the houses rising one or two
stories above the grOundhoOr which they 0vershadOw
The windows have partly colored partly attced-wOrk
Trees are seen eyerywhere-the tall evergreen cy
press, the sycanore-ke plane tree (fayorte OF the
old Romans the cedar and box; while fruit trees,
peepiDg over walls, hint at gardens within. The
streets foul and filthy, sewer IN the center OF
each where halfstaryed, very much ca
dogs dine. Of course there is q Mosque, with It's
graceful minarets from whose top, at the stated times
the muezzin calls the faithful to prayers in musical
sort of chant, which be heard at long distance
Tbrongs Of people picturesquely draped, dirty men
and women with ill-wasbed rags over their aces are
about. The 'front.' shutter Of shop, draws up upon
hinges and On the counter or shopbOard within, sits
the bearded master thereof grayely smoking Every
article for sale save the embrOderes, slippers ana
few native manufactures, is highly suggesuye Vi
civilized marine storeshOP. Then there Is the bazaar
roof with open spaces left for the admission OF light;
sbops On either side in the sreets-0nly each ba
zsar is devoted to distinct trade 1t Is generally
crowdtd d.: laden asses or bullocks Jostle you or
sw8ppering soldier, irregular (aDd should ray very
much so with his big belt stuck full of clumsy I'M
comfortable pistols and yataghans, rolls through
in all the conscious dignity of acknowledged rascallty
But find am describing rather town than village
My other sample is in plain, where there are but
few trees dacent The houses are built OF mud, cube
shaped with spare opening for doorway, and small
Ter one for the admission of light. Within, mud walls
n mud floor and fat roof composed 0frough logs CO.
vered with mixed mud and straw There is also small
recess for fire. People, cows, horses, doDkeys, all
litter Ogeher and - most beautifully btten by
more minute animals At one village passed through
could not find sing lie without having qnadruPai
company and thought myselfwel Otto compromise the
matter in an apartment through which the cattle only
passed, their way to another On the SUBMITS Oh
the bOuses-they but of one story-are the dung
heaps. Sometimes in stony districts that material
used but no mortar, mud being simply piastered In
side Always dirty streets, always many ill-condi-
toned ours about always the same soap
bOrring men and women. But here, l must admit,
that the working classes are only seen abroad Many
curiOusly constructed villages have passed through
during the last three weeks, built on hll-sdes, and
wedge.shaped 80 that from the street above you can
walk on to the roofs of the hOuses-where dogs run
TO and fro and children play the place being in fact
part Of the street. In this mode of building half OF
the house is formed by digging away the path, the
other half of the mud obtained The roof is, as be-
fore of rough logs mud covered. Seen from dist.
snce these villages have the appearance OF stepped
hills with unaccOuntable black holes (the doors stud
ding them. No mosque or minaret is seen, nor can
soul be dscerned but soon as European appears the
house roofs are crowded with men and children Cen
orally they are civil, sometimes, however, black
scOwl from man. or " aiah Djour" from dirty ju-
venile greets YOU. As l have before said, nothing
could be grander than the scenery here;-upward we
rode leaving the dark forests behind us, past noun
taiDfr and dark pine then into regions OF eternal
snow and sky without living things vegetable or ami
NAL must not omit the strange effect of sunset
here-sinkng down in his bed of golden fire, the sun
disappears, but when Immediately below the horizon,
re-appears, as though about to rise agan-whie on
turning to the east you see there the illusion OF
" northern" setting Anon the moon sails into
sky of lovely purpsh grey buesh toward the horizon
1t diuses beauty and glory over the whole earth
which never beheld before, even in Italy. You'll
find it in Homer who had looked upon it on this same
soil.
My daily routine of travel is this: Rising before day
dawn L. after cup of chi (tea) ride for four hours,
till arriving at spring, my servant and one OF tne
kattirgaS (muleteers), pause for meal. feed IN
solitary state (asyOu can't be familiar Jolly with
native and have to play the Lord upon all occasions,
being alluded to- and addressed One) smoke pipe,
and then travel on again. Toward sunset my servant
rides ahead takes possession OF the best room IN
some village for my occupation; spreads carpets,
COOKS QlDWT, dnQ u0ts Ill ucCcsediy, iuV"uhS
frightening the natives. The other day fancied
was in for skrinmage Gathering along after break
fast we met donkey driver and his victim who In
formed that some armed men were fighting with
our katirgns, some three-quarters of an hour of:
Spurs and whips were in instant requiston, up hill
and over stock and stone went, other muleteer
screechng like fend that we were coming to the
freshcapped gun and revolver got upset by the
ricketty.legged blood bestrOde, up again, and
soon we came in sight of the enemy. II was mares
NOS (ur rnule HAVING fslanpp1 another had
received blow in the nose, and that was all. The
party were slave. merchants, and had with them i've
or six ther faces of course covered) and two
boys more beautiful blonde child than one of these
never saw.
On the road hther met with dismissed Pasha,
returning TO ConstantinOple with the harem eunuchs
physician and retnue, and stopping for night at the
same inn, compliments passed He sent us dinner,
and subsequently, present of two talow-candes. In
the course of conversation his Excellency delivered
himself of the following patriotic sentiments Eng
"land and France countries, but this is box"
What "bok" is the deponent sayeth not.
OF Stamboul itself shall say but little, although
passed week there. "EOthen' Kingake, Murray.
Albert Smith and nnumerabe pens have made its de-
tails pretty familiar to all of think Eothen is
the best book about it. The bazaars most defect
able loungng places in bot weather especially the
drug one The sotened shade and sunlight the plash
and ripple of the fountains, are pleasant memories
with me yet, albeit they nought when compared
with the grand, gushing living water-springs Of green
and golden Italy. They picturesque shape
less bundles of clothes and waddle about in big yellow
hats, loll in vehicles resembling immature Lord
Msyor-of. Iondou state carriages When travelling
in the afore mentioned Pasha's harem, they wear
black wells the eyes, every part being therefore
hdden but in Constantnople the eyes, and sometimes
the nose visible and the prettiest women Tor those
who imagine themselves to be so, use the thinnest
muslin the bazaars can furnish to place over their face
and bosoms. Of they as ignorant and stu
pid az can be-yOu can't imagine fine, Laughing