New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-13

the above manner, the conversation, II word now
and then etcapiDg amid volumes Of smoke may be
no termed, refers TO all possible subjects except
that uppermost in he minds Of the Psrtes. This
dscurtiye conversation, even when trivial articles
are purchased, tskes the place Of the newspaper
in civilized countries. A1usions are at last u.sde
to the affair in hand. The vender demands at least
100 per cent mere than he expects ~ receive the
other party ofers, perhaps, half the sum that be
is willing 10 give. Then follows long aod earnest
discussion upon the relative value of the article
during which tie Ottoman 10 quite apt 10 lay on his
mantle Of gravity. The yender gradually lowers
bis demsn5 the buyer advances his offer and the
baIl ain is az last struck with the dignity Of poten
taes " 10 traffic in eites, kingdoms and provinces
1t occasionally happens that the Western traveller
is yercsnt enough to pay the price hrst demanded,
and when the innocent one has been thus s0td the
honest Mussulnsn VIII sometimes give him back
part of his money. Iabrim, the Kahn keeper,
could furbifh NE with q Conveyance across to the
Flack Sea, but in confederation vi he length Of
tie route the escort necessary TO Keep oil ysgrant
klepts and bsshi- Bazouks, and perils by the way
iDDum .rabe, be demanded 800 piasters. l at last
brought him down TO 225, about so American
money, but an enormous sum among the Turks.
We weTeto start the next morning, the escort Was
TO be strong, he ARABIA or Turkish carriage the
best of the kind and an extra riding horse was TO
be uDexceptionabe in every respect
That evening diced with two Italian officers,
surgeons 10 the Turkish army, with whom had
spent part of the day in visiting the military hos
pitfalls in the city. The N. al consisted OF dishes
almost innumerabIe, got NJ in genuine Turkish
style, the names Of which / have iorgotten-the
ingredients Of which l never knew, except the
neyer-failiDg rice par, the GROWING glory of ev-
cry Turkish feast They sailed ont at late hour
tO accompany me 10 the lodgings of Terzin Basha.
Gas was never dreamed of in a Tdi kish city, the
streets are nsmeless, the houses unnumbered.
Every person who ventures out after dark must
carry light or be may find bimselfarrested BY the
Police, and kept 10 custody until morning. They
tell good story of an English ambassador at Con-
staDtnople, who occasionally yentured abroad IN
cOgnfO in the dark In one of bis nocturnal sellles
without The customary paper lantern be fell into
the bands of the Police, and they could not dis
tippuisb an English lord from an ordinary Frank
Ia eer, he was in spite of all his protestations,
put into the lookup TO sleep with rogues and vag-
abonds.
The following morning the authorities were
shocked at having Gagged British lion, aud with
the usual tact Of the OttomaDs in getting ont OF
difficulties they hastily called the largest Turkish
band in PeIa formed hollow square for his Ex-
celleDcy, and persisted in marching him down TO
the palace through crowds of wondering Turks
and amid the frenzied dissonance which a Turkish
band can alone produce.
The darkness was Of Bulgaro- Egyptian hue,
and might have been "botiled up and sold for
"Tyrisn dye" Now and tLen a sleepy Waterman,
whose girdle glisteDed with weapons, would stop
US for a moment, and the wolfsh dogs over which
we stun bed in the street followed us with an in
calculable amount of bark, invisible except as to
their eyes flashing in the darkness. We we're soon
lost in the intermnable labyrinth OF Silistria and
wandered about some time without being able to
6, Dac ha he hOugp
we lad started
Some one at last conducted us TO the lodgings
of TerziD, and my friends babe me JHona
motto. The former lived in Jewish family who
with Characteristic hospitality insisted that
should not spend the night under their roof as in
their peculiar sanctiiy they would not eat much
lefs sleep with publican and sinner TeTzin
Basha-nay the blessing of Allah rest upon him
and all honest tolers led me to bis little business
saDctum in another part Of the city On his plat
form as a couch Snd hiS goose for pillow soon
f,ll asleep, dreaming of klepts and ,leas but espe-
cially OF the luxurious ARABIA in which was to be
suspended between heaven and earth on the