Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-02-27

ing perhaps the politics of the Empire, and
perhaps the best method of sustaining their
high places of influence and power. There
was one incident which wildly illustrated
the mode of Directing an object at the court,
and which brought back those old days
when Kings were literally unapproachabic,
and their will was the law, overriding all
right and justice or promoting arbitrarily
the good of men. As the Sultan was about
to take his carriage, venerable looking
gentleman, dressed in Frank costume with
bare head and PROSTATE on his knees, held
up written petition before him. The
Sultan suddenly stopped, and through his
secretary received the paper very kindly,
leaving the petitioner on the ground as he
rode away to his palace. Ten minutes af-
terwards l approached him, and curious to
know who he was and what was the nature
OF his petition, / learned on inquiry from
him that he was an Italian, from the city
of Rome, and that during the war his prop
erty had been appropriated for public pur-
poses, and that since the peace he had found
it impossible to obtain his rights from infe-
rior officers, and had now laid the whole
question directly before the mind whose
suiple purpose he thought might do him
justice. 1t may succeed-but who could
fail to see the difficulty which must attend
all such administration of justice, and not
appreciate. the superior condition of those
who are secured in their rights by good
laws, a written constitution, the verdict of
jury OF common men, and the RESPONSE
bility of judges amcnable to enlighted pub
licSscntiment
!. The amusemcnts of the day, however,
were more all-engrossing than the worship
in the afternoon, aud following tho impui-
ses of true AHussulmen, we wont up to the
valley of "thc Heavenly Waters of Asia"
This beautiful locality is five or six miles
from Constantinoplc, and, as its name indi-
Gates, is on the Asiatic side of the Bospho-
rus: We weremore than an hour reaching
it, though our boat was manned by ten
lusty rowers, so strong is the current ever
flowing down these shoals from the Black
Sea into the Sea of Marmora. Thc row
was intensely interesting, both shores being
densely covered with the picturesque houses
of the mixed races of Turks and Franks,
intermingled here and there with Palaces
of tho Sultan and the minarets and domcs
of mosques. But the scene which met us
on our arrival was brilliant beyond descrip-
ton. The waters of the Bosphorus here
spread themselves out into a magnificent
bay, living stream, from the distant hills
emptYng. into it just where it sweeps in.
ward toward the land, as if to welcome it's
little brother, who comes laughing and sing
ing to its embrace. just at this point of
Injecting, on a little green knoll, the Sultan
has built stone kiosk, perfect gem of
architectural beauty, and immediately ad-
joining and extending far up the valley
through which the stream winds it's way to
the Rosphorus, are the grounds called fthc
| Heavenly Waters of Asia" There is a
wide open plain with pleasant trees scat
tered over it, and still farther on a valley
bounded by high hills, and filed with the
donsc shade of groves, and with cultivated
| fields. Its distance from the town inparts
to 1t the calm freshncssof the country, but
the picturesque groups assembled here on a
fairy land The thousands we found col
Turkish holiday, give it the appearance OF
lected here were principally Turks, and the
large majority Turkish women and chill.
drcn. There were groups of american
gentlemen and ladies, and scattered here
and there among them were Greek families
AL intent on amusement, and ready to
be pleased. Many had como in the early
part of the day, and spreading out their
lrieh Turkish mats and Luxurious pillows in
the shade, found relief from oheir indoor
life in free gossiping Candies, sweetneats,
sherbet and boiled corn in the ear, were
circulating profusely among them, and the
Echildren were rompmg in high glee on ev-
cry side. Either a great change is coming
over the spirit ofthc Moslen, or the Sepre.
scntations generally givenof the dreartim-
1 prisonn mt OF, the women, do not state the
exact Truth. 4 have met them everywhere
in thestrcets of; ;Constantinople unattended,
| and here their bright eyes pesred upon yCur
curiosity, and yet with feminine modesty.
The lower part of the face is still veiled,
but the covering, is Of so thin cause that
the expression of the mouth is scarcely
concealed, and you are certain. to imagine II
to be a sweet one if the eyes have looked
kindly onyou, and in that par sieular, doubt
less, the "yasllmac9 is Of no small adyanl
tage to some. 4 suppose the women pres
l,ent on this occasion, howevor, were the
best specimensof the richest and most ,Cis
! tinguished families OF the city, ana az "a
Turk buys his wife fol eenuty, it was not
strange that we saw a very large number of
beintiful taces In the latter part Of the
afternoon the ,harem Of the sister of the
Sultan consisting of some thirty ladies, In
/ carriages fiashing withgoid le6f' and bright
| red paint, and dattcndsd by black eunuohs,
| walkipgas side guard, ,inade their appear,