Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-09-09
CONsTANrINoPLE. - Bayard Taylor

CoNsTANTINoPLE. = Bayard Taylor
writing from Constantinople, SAYS
Il noticed but three changes in Con-
stantinople since | saw it in 1852-to
wit: Pera is lighted with gas-the ho-
tells have raised their prices five francs a
a day, and the dogs Of STEAMBOAT no Ion
ger bark at Giaours. In all other re-
Spects, it is the same medley of unpara-
lelled external plendor and internal filth,
imperfect Europe and shabby ASIA
1 The last change Of the three is undoubt-
eddy due to the wholesome training civ
en- to the dogs aforesaid by the soldiers
of the allied armies. 1t is an astonish-
ing fact that dogs of the most orthodox
Moslem breed now tolerate the presence
of the Frank without a snarl. Moreov-
er, st. Sophia, then accessible only
through the aI-potent seal of the Grand
NHlcr, now its doors turn on their holy
hinges for an every day bible. Even at
the Mosque Of Eyoub, standard bearer
OF Mahommed IL, was refused admis-
sion only because it was Ramazan.-
There is Turkish theatre in Pera, Tur-
kish plays (adapted from the Italian) are
acted by Turkish actors, and-oh shade
Of the Prophet!-Turkish women appear
unveiled upon the stage. This, howev.
er, does not signify much. Polygamy
and the seclusion of women are a part
of the Moslem religion, and with that
religion dies the prestige of the race.
The differentiation of Turkey with the
Western Powers has forced her to re-
Fnquish few antiquated prejudices-
and that is ALL
| CANAL THROUGH Tue Rocky Noun
TAINs.--During the recent debate In the
recent debate in the British House Of
Commons, on the subject of the reno
val OF the Hudson Bay Companies priv
llege, Lord Bury affirmed that a COM
munication might readily be established
between Lake Superior and the Pacific
Ocean, by means Of q ship canal con-
Meeting the head waters of the Saskat-
chewan and Columbia rivers Both riv
ers take their rise in the Rocky Noun
tains, the Columbia flows west to the
Pacific and the Saskatchewan running
west to Lake Winnipeg, little to the
northwest Of Lake Superior. With the
| exception of single rapid, (Which may
be avoided by a canaD his lordship
stated that the navigation Of the Sas-
katchewan offers no difficulty. With
that one exception, avessel of consider
able size can be taken up to the foot of
the Rocky Mountains, and at this point
there is a gap in the mountains, which
would lnterPose no great obstacle to the
junction to the Columbia and the Sas-
katchewan, whose sources are but lit
tie distance apart. Thus direct water
communication would be established
with the Pacific.
GB" The increase in France of the
production of beet-root sugar is such as
to be likely quite to dispense with the
necessity of reviving the slave-trade for
the sake Of furnishing the French sugar
colonies with labor adequate to the pro,
duction of the sugar needed in France.
The amount produced in 1851 was g.
100000 kilo9rammes; in 1854, 77,00O,-
900; in 1857, S3,000,O0O; and this year
it will not be less than 1O6,O0O,OOO. A
kilogramme, it will be recolected, is
about two and fifth of our pounds. |
The high price of grain has checked the
best cultivation for three or four years
past, but at present prices many adven-
turerS will go into it. In fact the home
made is gaining so fast on the colonial
production of sugar that the Chamber Of
Commerce of Nantez calls loudly for a
protective duty in favor Of the colonies,
whose sugar tits said ought to be encour.
aged on account Of the large quantity of
shipping employed in transportation.
SPELTz AND WEEvIL-PRooF WHEAT |
Last year, says the Ashtabula TOhio1 |
Sentinel, we published notice of the
cultivation Of Speltz, a grain resembling
wheat or barley, in Portage county,
Mr.. Roswell Cook, Of Geneva, with the
enterprise Of a good farmer, immediate
Iy procured some of the Speltz, and this
year sowed it. From a quarter Of an
acre he got twenty bushels of grain,
heavier than oats, which horses eat
with greediness, and will make as good
bread as wheat. He also, after Jour
ney Of 70 miles, procured a variety of
weeyilproof wheat, of which he has
raised a good crop.
LARGE SHIPs.-The Liverpool A5iou
says that two vessels of greater length.
and more remarkable character than |
the Leyiathan, have been advanced to
completion in Liverpool. These vessels
are seven hundred feet long, and are
intended for the navigation of the In
dian rivers. The purpose of their pc
cujiar features Of construction is to ena-
bic great cargo to be carried at good |
rate Of speed, upon light draft of wa
ter. Though the rivers ofIndia extend
far into the interior, and contain large
volumes of water, yet they are very
shallow; therefore the practicability of
such a built craft, as well as It's necessi-
ty, is apparent to all rejecting minds
Scientific american.
LARGE INCOMES IN ENGLAND.-There
are tortysiX persons in England who
have incomes of G45O,0OO year, equal
to two millions and quarter dollars,
while four hundred and forty-fo per-
SONS have incomes ranging from fifty to
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
a year, and eight hundred and eleven
from twenty five to fifty thousand. In
Ireland there is but one person who has
an income Of upwards Of two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars tWenty-one
have incomes from fifty thousand to two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and
thirty from twenty-five two fifty thou
sand dollars.
Col. FREMoNT's CALIFORNIA ESTATE.
There is now prospect that Col l.