New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-28

idea Of fighting against Russia Many oil sneee Pc
litiesl refugees suffer greatly IN Turkey. Even u
the wilde Of Asia arc they hardly safe IRON Aastrah
or Rusian persecution. One day bad the pleasure
of providing a Hungarian Baron with shirt-an
article Of luxury be had not worn for several weeks
and furnishing him with some pocketmoney, The
poor fellow having almost forgotten the color VI
silver and gold. The rank OF kolass correspond
ing 10 our Adjutant-Major, and the promise OF sco
per month, for the pay was seven months oehind'
did rot induce me TO remain long 10 the service,
nor did see fit TO accept the position Of hstm9-
kan under Achmet Pasha stterward. The sur.
eeon 10 provided with half q dozen ratlOns. aud
horses for himself servant and baggage. The
Turkish soldiers are better fed than troops IN any
other part of Europe. Their ratious-consisting
chiefly Of bread and mutton, with rice and lard or
oil for the neyer-failing Suiaf-are both good and
abundant. Their frequent ab!utlons before the
prescribed prayers and the absence TO great e1-
tent of intoxicating drinks, render them cheerful
and healthy. must confess was greatly dlsap-
pointed in the Turkish soldier Instead OF finding
him so terribly fierce vindictiye, and fanatic, as
Represented in books and pictures was surprised
TO I'll even the recruits from the wllds OF Asia TO
be chubby, tim'd good natured fellows. On the
Journey out from Silistria could not prevent one
of my guards from repeatedly throwing bis arms
around my neck and hugging me like bear On
NY telling him that was GaOur, Christian
Good very good What they need are good
officers and the drill. Give the Turkish soldier
tabia or intrenchment TO fight behind, even IT II De
no higher than his knees, or IN empty gaolon
and he will resist 10 the last but IN field
movements and open attacks the Ottoman
troops are not equal 10 the English and the
French. They might be made so, however, 0y
the right kind of officers. The Turkish army IN
Europe can hardly be sad 10 have had an existence
sba all 10
cruiis have been drawn almost entirely from ID
scsnty Turkish population; and so great has been
the loss Of men that The number of females seen
to be greatly out of proportion to that OF the maes
| have often seen the former engaged In held
labor and, in fact, females have gathered the last
two haryests.
With respect to actual medical service in the
Turkish Army bad an excellent opportunity TOR
cholera practice, po less than goo troops having
died of that disease while Omer Pasha was % the
DapubiaB Prncipslities The hospital appliances
were much better than could have been expected
under the circumstances lee, used both exter-
pally and internally, was found to be, IN most
cases, the best remedy for cholera and though 1t
cost 81 per pound, WAS used in great quantities.
The TURKS love the sword, but have the utmost
horror of the scapel. When MahmoDd opened
a Medical College in COnstantinOple he was obliged
for many years TO procure Christian subjects for
dissection through the Austrian Minister. Mus
sumsns are equally ayerse TO surgical operations.
Surgery is in fact rarely called into requislton In
the Turkish camp. During the affair OF kaeht,
in " hich - 600 Turks persisted from cold fatigue
and torties against the Russians, and when patient
Mu.sulmans became furious manacs through ex-
IRENE suffering, but one grave surgical operation
was performed, whereas hundreds OF lives might
have been saved by judciOus management
The regular Turkish troops Of to-day do not ever
remind OF the old Janissaries and sPahis. with
which Kipriali and SOyman the Magnificent
effected their conquests The Bashi- BazOuks,
that Nous eaiyary. drawn by the prospect Of plum
der from the distant regions OF Asia, serve, how
ever to give an idea OF the picturesque costume
and equation peculiar to ancient Islam. WIN
the soldier as In part with the citizen the turpan,
the HAITIAN and the babouche are laid aside for the
fez and clOse-fttrg tunics Of the FRANKS Like
French troops the Nizam always march with tlxed
bayonets They reserve, however the crooked
heavy handled cimetar of the Janissaries. Turkish
soldiers are almost without exception round shout
dered This deformity arises from their squatting
on the ground cross-legged and cross armed, aud
inclibng the head when Oh duty in order to shield
the eyes from the rays Of the sun.
Mshmoud attempted to substitute military hat
for the fez, close.6t,iDg skull-csp, ahOrdng not
the slightest protection TO the face. The entire
corps Of the Ulenas denouncing this az an lnnova-
ton unworthy Of the maJesty OF the calphate
and manifestly opposed to the spirit OF lslam ln
sisted that the ez should be retained for the rea
son that il did not interfere with the prostratlons
of the faithful in the five daily prayers. Tue
Scbeek-ul-Isam was as obstinate as the Ulemae,
and Mabmoud adopted an effective plan to con-
vince him that the proposed change was necessary.
lie invited him to the seragliO on hot Summer
day. The diyan wac 60 placed that the rays OF
the SUD- rendered even more dazzling by the re-
Election from the BOsphorus fell hot and clustering
upon the unprotected face Of the Grand Mutt.
Court etiquette did not permit the latter TO change
his seat in the presence Of the august Padlschah;
and Mahmoud kept his guest two hours 10 the
most uncomfortable position, c01yersing upon
every imaginable topic, and even limiting at the
proposed reform. Bat where 10 the Limit TO the
obsiinscy of the Ulemas and their religious chief
| The man who had extermnated TO- coo Janlssaries
and rid STEAMBOAT Of its % 900 dogs for the space
of FIVE days, found himself unable to exchange the
odOus fez for q suitable headcoyering.
! Comparatively few Turks practice medicine.
The professors Of the healing art in the Orient are
| mostly Greek aud Italian adventures, who make
the simple Moslems the dupes Of Their cnarlatan-
ism. The Imperial license 70 practice anywhere
in the Sulan's dominons can be obtained fer a few
! piasters. Even those who are employed probes
sioDally in the SeragliO and penetrate the myste-
rious harems of the Turkish grandees, do not hesl-
tate to administer preparations followed oy the
most fatal effects They dc, indeed, profess 10
teach medicine in the schools attached to the
mosques after the doctrines Of Ayicenna, Ayerroes
AID other Arab authors bu, the practice 10 founded
upon no definite system. The believer IN fatality
does not fear death; and this is the principal rea-
son why, in times Of the plague aud cholera, the
TURKS suffer less than the twid Greeks and Ar
mepians.
Generally speaking, the simple remed es recon-
mended by the Arab teachers are far moro etiica-
cious than the medical treatment dictated by the
ignorance and superstition Of the Greeks. Ihe