The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-14

oscsnysn's Lecture-A Night In the Harem.
Distance isnas snchantmsa, 70 ths vie~,"is hack
neyed proverb, having . homo In every language and
holding good In every country The traveller In the East
nnds impossible 70 rcprsss the mingled feelings OF
Atonishmens and admiration 70 which the unfolding
slores Of he Golden Horn gives birth As each bay aud
inlet opens to his gaze, he OF Perls Crcassan
slaves and black eyed Hours for the OF
oriental romance seems nesting midst the hundred nina
rets or Consantne's bright city. few pulls from the
bropzed Of the croumcsed sons Of Asia bring hs
caique the quay and the rags, tassu and nlsh Of
Turksh oaers-the dilspidstcd vermin breeding novels
The fool narrow stree s-the nine and forty ssinks
every OF which separately apprecsble tell him he
Is In ConstaDpople and shat his romantic dreams are
plain English, humbug, and, in Turkish, bosh.
Chechk Oscspyan EneDd, delivered the second OF hts
series Of lectures "rurkey and her Institutions" at
Hope Chapel Broadway, Saturday, 9Th instant. the
chapel very we'll tiled, ana We observed amongs
the audience many leading personages In tho professional
mercantile and fashionable worlds The lecturer, ared
In the court Of the Sultan. necessarily
great attraction then his subject counted
thing, proposing, he did, to euyhten the Oocdentas
on tho "Hsrems asd Women" Of bis country:
Mr. OscaDyan's first lecture on the religious ele
neDt In Turkey and In order to give just Idea OF the
peculiar ceremonies or The mosque sang chsnted and
pray the edncaion OF hts AUD fence He did not
however, follow out this plan In his second lecture.
timing hmsef rather TO simple statement OF fact without
nlupue0Ou.
HMems exist in America says Mr. Oscanyan, precisely
the they do in Turkey that 10 70 say, the
Western idea OF Eastern harems has no foundation
whatever In fact 30 all our notions o. the glorious time
Pscbss and Dabcbs supposed to have upset
In breath. The word "hsremn does not polyga-
N.Y. for the Christian subjects Of the Porte the word
TOO and YET possess but one WIFE, Harem is merely tue
turkish tor home u foyer, suhxnse) and, for all that
can zee 70 the contrary might belong to bscneor were
Il that in Eastern chimes suseless men, do not fou
Yish for Turks agree with Oliver Goldsmith that The
who marries early and brings up large family does
and talks only OF population" the two holy cities Of
Mecca Medina spoken Of harems, Ia tho
would ray sheaven IL harem, without any refereace
70 the seveyal OF black eyed boar which the Pro
phst has promised TO the faithful When the American
min ster arrives q. CcnstantnoPie, should be bring his
family with him, the Hon. Mr. 80 and 80 Ia announced,
with hts baremn
The upper part OF The house. which We Style the ladies
apartments rs kept or the female alone and bears
the sic The iadies' cabin In our Terry boats,
would In Turkey, be digniicd with the titie hsreu
Your Mosem is very fearful OF scandal that he never
permits the female members OF mis- household to bo seen
unveiled would the aides them consent
it, for, according TO the ecurer's account, they
ever move basb'ul and prud,sh than boarding school
Mrs. Turkish woman would be as confounded II
caught without Der veil, ~ an American surprised en-
fie de Ts deAv creatures Walk the streets at)ne
their husbands not recognizing them, they meet,
theve fear Of insult for the passers-by would
render them sutcor u oil times. Woe DO 20 any man
gets into dispute with them, for the tongue
ready (as heel asd the slipper Is sure means OF
attack
The first years OF girls life are passed with men ani
women indiscrimnsely; during that time she attends
publ tchool studies Al home hut arrived at eight
years &c sbe hsrs and longer appears
in pubic unveiled Education Is on very low scale aud
stem a.c, consequsi lily the women NEE over
characierises their sex the wide world over, and
III. isshion ia constantly changing that t,er hus
bsnos no better Oh, nonetarlS, than tue poor follows
in the west
An kuropean or American Is abolished 1t finding
sleeping spsr,men IN the Ia kish houses Bed ling u
pvt OUT OF sight curing the day bot Of rest
byOuFbt the npOr OF the
most convenient Western manners are cvesring
10 however and bringing furniture along; s, that In
come bouses chairs sofas and bedsteads begin
nipg TO appear The tectursv vent on 70 state that
"hsrsm" meant sssemb'age Of semen, but not oy
any neuoe OF euch women generally supoo red.
True poly tspy eass II is fast owing out and very
fev possess than one ~iie Maho met found
sste OF coDcubn age and enoeavored 70 refor tao eg
by directing that should have more than four
wives. except the proph and his successors who might
fsse that and three better Tue present Sultan mas
i've, ruling and Distinct house
hold, Tor .Lousy exists there the sane with US and
prooucss sm,lav resuts Pertcoat government ''Csu.
Gle lectures &c. fourth, Turk SD get their
wsy n they want a. and what woman does nor
Marriage in Turkey Is civil contract. not religious
ceremony sacrament man BUYS pig In poke
he mGrres In the East tor be does not dis va
before narsge but Goes all the courtng 9Th the adys
~ the bride nnds her the sofa veiIsd Tho
following conversation ov acme hing lite H. cnsues:-
yelY sud The maiden OF course :. plies No my will
but thine be done" The ice " oxen, md there - no
neoesr OF our pursuing the subject furher etcept 70
raw that the husband follows the bride her homo,
ard The Yesnl.s obtsin Ia Turkey as eisewhsre
divorce easily obtained and, as u Is fasred, the NO
get all ttey OF the su and lay up 10 store
evil day fpAntc'd- IL very frequent, and
Ieeitmsoy In unknown In cons. qurncs
The lecturer stated toAt women 10 Turkey treated
the Of tot the sGnj cts Of his Will,
,ba' belief exs there 10 rel atom possess
ing souls Al yell might II he argued tnst Ghrtssns
d, ortaiiiy 10 women, because IL heaven there
10 marrying or giving N marriage y
Very great intertst was displayed ~ the audience
through o,t the evening the br riots % the
hc,u, ~ ere well received He 10 srdsniy Rarpr sing
ly well verssd In language Mr. osctnyan cuclutes
pext saturday We giv 70 understand hat
during thv week be Gil lecture before the G-ogrsphi ri
SOC ETY. on "Arueriar or which cnuntry he is native.
of the priucpal scientific and literary associations
Of this and adAcep' States have engaged BIS services dur
In a ecaAfu.