The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-16
Six Months with the Allied Troops In Turkey.
LkcrURE BY DAVID J. PECK.


David J. Peek, ESQ., Of New Haven recently returned
from the East lecturcd last evening the Allied Troops
in Turkey At Clinton Hail. Astor place. The audience
not very large The following ia brief sketch Of
the lecturers remarks He commenced with . review Of
the Turkish iace and the subugation Of Greece. In
Turkey, at the present time the nation is made up Of
different people; and while other nations making
mighty progress, she Is withcrng and eecayng. Til
attention Of the whole civilized world Is drawn
1t great pTobem-thc fate Of the Turkish empire II
is composed Of twenty millions Of Inhabitants Of
whom only twelve millions Turks. Coustantinople
contains mixed population of about TOO 000 STAN.
boul is situated beautiful peninsula five miles in
length. The scene, approaching from the Marmora,
is grand and magnificent. The lecturer here gave an
eoquept description of the surrounding country part
cuarsng scuta where Britt n soldiers first
The streets Of Constantinope and dirty, an
the houses low. destruction and decay visible
every side. The architecture is simple, all III,
Church Of st. Sophia. To the surprise Of the
stranger, he finds the streets throngcd with
tans they manifest the most intense hatred large
proportion Of the women slaves; and though the
Crcasan market has been abolished, brisk trade still
goes Mr. Peck then gave description of the person
and habits of the Sultan, and the ceremony of going to
prayer. He is said to be amabe but has neither the
strength character Of wise sovereign. The agricul
ture o Turkey is y wr~tchcd condition. Around the
capital few old cultivated fields and vineyards but
elsewhere nothing meets the eye of the traveller often
for thousands of acres, but barren waste The
consumed in the capital comes from Odessa and the
(rimea, and the wood comes from Asia Minor, and is
sold by the pound The country vast mines of
copper, coal and silver The Of Turkey is esti
n ated at forty millions Of dollars. With America and
England the duty on all imports Is five per cent, while
exports twelve per cent The lecturer then described
Para where the residences Of Lord Strsfod dc Red
cie the English, and paraguay dHllicrs, the French
Ambassadors He next reviewed. briefly, the causes
that have led to the present He justified Russia
in demanding that the same rights should be
granted to the Greek subjects of the Porte
as hv rOfQ ma Ia md
other Christians though he did not pretend to justify
Russian aggression or deny that her ulteror object
Turkish government about 800 900 men, while what
is called the contingent ferce is 900. The army
is mainly composed Of Mussumen, the Greeks cannot
be trusted with arms. There many Numidians in
the ranks, and some hold oficsrs commissions. They
bave no commissary department but march through
the country like swarm Of locusts taking what they
get. The oastnado is freely used and 1euen
ants logged for the most trining offences. During
the war the Turks have shown that they can
fight better behnd stone walls than in the open field
AT the siege OF sisria they commanded by Euro
pean officers, and especially by English officer named
butler, who killed the last day Of the siege.
Their chief ready 10 surrender at any moment.
In the English camp, when near Consantinopic, the
visiter might have fancied himself among farmers,
every man being dressed in a brown smock frocs.
The Sultan On occasion reviewed them. There was
Lord Raglan, who in personal npp,arance, resembles
that commanded by the Duke Of Cambridge, who Is
like John Van Buren,. The Duke proud Of his di-
vision and he had reason to be for among the 900
men who composed it, every six feet in height
There too the cavalry brigade under the Earl Of
Cardigan, which recently suffered severely before the
walls of sebastopo. The prevailing idea among the
Turks that the Sultan hnd ordered the English and
French 10 and fight his battles. The appearance
Of Marshal de - Arnaud dpcasng in tho extreme,
owing 10 the disease from which he suffered Prince
Napoleon looked very Ike the pictures have of
the old Emperor. Tie in the French army
chitnv small in staturc but they the county
with much greater speed ti,an the English. One
of TIE most formidable Of their regiments tho
Classeurs dAfriq1e mounted on Arab stecds and
armed with mimic rife. The Zouayes similarly
armed, but foot. When tho troops reached
Wanna the cholera appeared with all its virulence.
There was help for the Leaving yarna
was crlv TO go among the pestieutia swsmps During
their stay there 10000 buried. The depsr-
iure for The Crmea ba cd with the greatest JOY IN.
out Of that army which arrived yarna only so 900
could be mustered for the siege of sebastopo To sup
pose that this force could materially srppe Russia Il
absurd. The lecturer concluded by expressing IL hs
opinion that the English and French govefnm
shoud offer further proofs Of their being engaged in the
cause OF liberty than they have done OF present IL they
would enlist the sympathies Of Americans in the
On which they la. embarked.
Domestic Miscellany.
The Cleveland Herald says there is freight
at Toledo than the railroad from thence to Buffalo
transport during The whole wiz ter. Cars west