New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-05
MTEMPERANcE IN EASTERN EUROPE.

that reason msinly has not recovered from the
effects of the Russian siege in 1923 There ara
extensive barracks outside the city wall. The
latter mounted with some two hundred pieces OF
artillery, il much stronger on the sea than on the
land side, and where il practicable is surrounded
BY deep tosse. The city has population Of H.
600 souls. and is the residence Of Greek Metro
politsn few English and French troops are
still posted here to supply the Commssa ia. 10 the
Crimes. Selim rec me down at the Turkish KhSD,
where have been obliged tO remain several days
for wsDt Of better accommodations. On my ar.
rival in Vana c,led upon the English Consul,
who agreed with ne that Americans are great
travellers. The French have done some mag
in the way OF naming the streets and
null herring the houses 4" La Rue Riu0h"
ia Place de Ia COnoOrGe and Nher familiar French
names, reminding one ofmsguifcelt Paris, appear,
however, rather out of place when applied - the
filthy lanes and muody corners of de tesable Varna-
j ind my self among sh>rpers aud Adventures of
evtTyJ.ligOn, language and color.
While wan eriDg one cay over this checksred
Mosaic Of DaiiODalities-this pandomOnum of war
AID crime, Of Glen and wretchedncss-I encOun-
tered u scene of which only Western civilization
can boast, which was Oriental only in the acct
cent of its locality. A lew dssOluto women who
tpOBe the language OF Victoria, but IN whose per-
sons Venus and Btccbus had united their worst
attractions, weie engaged IN drunken br4wl in
the open stTeee wi "a number OF SC 't;1 aud . lsh
Dragons. l be French police were attempting TO
abaie ,be nni,aDcc, and their elegant 6 EcONe=,
Mdd,mOiseHes; renee chez nous, seemed wasted
when ao dressed 70 these abandoned cOurtPsaus fol-
lOwii in the tr,ck glorious 4 crOwi Ofgra7e
Bussululons had collected t, gaze on that strange
opOtheosis Il Western clvizatt IN 10 their midst |
sba bOtsOon forget how tbOseturbaned philosophers
A. ID h Nb..ar DO N1FK. in III
saying, 20 Allah, tie MercifGl, deliver MS from the
faults of these our friends. Bv the beard of the
" Prophet, one Dussulmsn maiden is worth moro
than seven of the most beautiful daughters of
" the U0believers
The Koran fOrbi5s the use Of intoxicating drinks
The ia9 Of Islam is capable, however, OF M elias
tic Interpretation, and there are those among the
faithful who contend that the inter- lotion is for
the sbuie e, father than tbe use of alcohol Not
witbstaJoipg modern innovations, no gever, the
great majority of Mosl ,ms condemn 1t, even in the
form If rem. dies applied internally OF externally,
believing with the Prophet toat " The sin COM
mitted in drinking wine is much greater than
" the advantage reaped from 1T Those who
have made the pilgrimage to Mecca are most scru-
pulous on this point Generally they will neither
make nor drink wine-Deltber buy nor sel it-njr
the implements with which il is made, In order to
live by such traffic. Unfortunately, however,
there have been mauy departures from the early
was conquered by che Grandfather Kissiuli on ac-
count OF the excellence of its wines. Even the
Dtrvishes, those pious shOwmen and cunning
Jesuits of The East, are not proof against the
great temptation" Many of the Sultsns have
been addicted 10 intemperancs, and the last Pad
isbsb, MsbmoDd, died OF delirium trtmeas, &C
tuaIly-tbOpeh Of tubercular cODsum ptiOn, Off |
cialy. One Of the first acts OF Abdul Medit was
to have poured into the BOsphorus several thou |
sand bottles of wine surreptitously introduced
within the Seraeo by the Risar Aga. May Of
the soldiers OF Omer Pasha drink freely Of shnapps
a vile liquid invented, they declare, by the devil,
long after The FORMULATION OF the Koran. This
is the only instance of legal acumen l have ever
discovered smoDg the Turks, but similar cases are
doubtless not wanting ia the longitude of New
York. | DO not remember 10 have seen more than
half dozen MOslems completely overcome by the
influence Of French Hafer
The Koran is judicous code Of health applied
CD a magnificent scale; and while we thank Mo-
BANNED for abolishing idOlatry wherever the faith
of Islam is received for destroy ing caste and COM
binlDg q certain degree of individual freedom
with the traditions d d.spotism OF the Orieut, we
have alsO to thaDk that same sanitary commits
"sioper run mad" for restraining millions from
toe use Of OxicstiDg drinks Ia n climate where
the temptation 10 use them is exceedingly great,
and the consequences more fatal than elsewhere.
Alcohol has decimated again and again the English
the sun than the old adage, de gEstibuS dis
PGi0ndum.
When was votary of the scslpel under Hyrtl
of Vienna, that great naturalist used to bemoan
the loss Of an immense collection of anatomical
specimens worth several thousand dollars, at
the capture Of the city by the Imperalists ia lS49
The Greats drank off the alcohol in which the prep
arutiOps had been preserved, and trampled his
bousehol gods under their feet Those inter-
estipg borbariaDs then made prizes of all the gilt
picture frames in Vienna poo which they could
lay hands, supposiDg them to be solid gold, while
the work. Of the masters were destroyed as
worthless
The anatomical cabinet Of Prof Ruysch aud
daughter, of Amsterdam, was so admired by Peter
the Great that he purchased 1t at the cost of Sc 900
ducsts. The Preparations were shipped to Cron-
stadt but in passing from the latter place to st.
Petersburg the alcohol was spirited away as in
Vienna, and the collection totally ruined
The Russians are in fact enormous consumers
Of alcohol, and send 1t against the Cir ,sssians az
they have sent their Crsbbes and WOr0nZoffs At
the commencement of every term at the Cnver.
sity of ST. Petersburg the servants (Old soldiers
who have Distinguished themselves IN the servce)
are brought forward, and in their presence por-
ton Of arsenic is introduced into every bottle
containing a preparation. Ever then they are
required TO take the oath of total abstinence.
travellers making hasty tour of the Continent
are generally guilty Il egregous errors ID their
estimate OF the extent of intemperance in Europe
and its effect upon social institutions. They see
comparatively few drunkards in the streets, and
without caring TO make closer examination, are
ready to affirm that incompetence scarcely has an
exiswnc1 IN Western Eur0pe-tbat France. Italy
and the States of Germany constitute the Utopia
oil moderate drinking. Foreigners arriving in Oqr