The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-06-22
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IN AND AROUND STEAMBOAT.

IN AND AROUND SIAMBOUL.
MRS. HoRNsBY.
TROUBLES OF A MU,IC MAsrER.-Talking still
quietly of their fallen fortunes as we listened with
interest, poor Dhudu went to relate a new
trouble. 1t seems that her younger brother, who
is remarkably good looking, and showed a great
talent Tor music, was sent to Vienna in their pros
porous days for his education His piano-forte
playing is thought much of here; and being so poor
and the Sultan having set the fashion of Turkish
ladies' learning music, he gives lessons to the
wives and daughters of several Pachas on the Bos-
ph0rus. lie is married, greatly attached to his
wife, and has two pretty children; added to this he
Is a grave shy young man.
Well, Dhudus trouble for her brother is this
lie goes quietly in the morning to give his lesson
Perhaps there are two or three yelled Ladies in tho
room into which he is ushered by the attendants
Sometimes the Pacha himself is there but very sell
dom; there are always two three black attend
ants: ''The lesson begins" says Dhudu, in a me-
anchoIy voice, and they are generally rather stu
pld The men who guard them soon grow tired of
looking on, and stroll away to their pipes They
are hardly outside of the door, when down
goes the yashmak of one of the ladies. She
is very pretty. but very tiresome; my brother is
afraid to look at her What should he do if if
the Pacha were suddenly to return, or one of
the slaves to enter and report this to him. So he
turns his head away, and tries to induce her to go
on with her lesson. ''Would you believe it." saws
Dhudu, still more Indignantly, 'the other dav She
took hold OF his chin, and turned his face to hers
and said laughing, why don't YOU look at me. Won
pig? What can my brother do?''' The Pacha would
never believe that it is not his fault. Sometimes
one of them will creep under the pianoforte, and
putting her finger into his shoe tickle his foot Yes
terdey they slipped two peaches into hispocket tied
up IN muslin with blue ribbons, clapping their hands
ana laughing when he found it out. You know
what those peaches mean? They mean kisses said
Dhudu, colorng; 'and it made nv brother so
nervous, Tor the men were in the outer room and
might have heard all about it. He would be sorry
TO nave them punished; yet they make his life mis-
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so daring. visit at that harem, and went with nv
brother one morning. Knowing them so well, I
took him In at the garden entrance the way ALWAYS
go myself; We heard somebody laugh, loud merry
laugh, and-oh, whats fright wasin-there She was
up IN peach-tree. My brother turned his head
away, and walked on very fast; she pelted peaches
at him, then got out of the tree, and would have
run after him if | had not stopped herr And here
poor Dhuduf fairly cried, 'What can my brother do?'
DINNER PARTY AT THE HAREM.-At the entrance
OF the dining room stoo two Arab slaves, richly
attlred: To each lady, she entered one of these
held beautiful silver bowl, while the other poured
rosewater over her hands from vase of the same
richly chased material. Two little slave girls pre-
sented hne napkins, the ends embroidered in gold
on which we each shook the rosewater from our
myers. The dining room was most luxuri Gus
apartment, closely latticed, for it looked into the
streets of Stamboul, but cheerful and rich and Grim
son divans and carved and painted flowers on walls
and ceiling.
All had been done to make the cage bearable.-
fashionable" which accounted for seeing Euro
pean dlnlng-table adorned with a hadsome centre
piece and four beautiful vases of flowers and fruit
after the French fashion The dinner service was of
rare and beautiful china the silver knives and forks
were extremely handsome; the serveai delicately
line; the flowers eXquisitely arranged, and mingled
with oranges and lemons, in the Eastern fashion;
the slaves were standing round three or four deep
awaiting slightest sign: we felt still moro in tbe
land of dreams.
FIRST OF all they placed to each guest a sparkling
water bottle and glass Then a fine china plate
containing Hat roll of a kind frye bread called
seemel, quite new and warm, and covered with a
small seed which, not being a canary or a linnet
objected to. Then soup was served-a great novelty
IN harem: it was most exceent-chicken and YER
mlceili. Then came dish of pauf, of chicken and
rice, Gone brown. sat next to the chief wife, on
her right hand; as the slave held the dish she point
ed out the incest pieces begging ofme to take them
Inc ialr Circasslan sat opposite to me was curl
Gus TO see II they really seemed to like the modern
innovation OF knives and forks.
For the first few minutes thew used them-evi
IDENTIFY to do as we did, but the Circassan beauty
failing to secure the particular piece of chicken she
coveted with troublesome fork and spoon threw
those incompetent auxiliaries down, and grubbed
successfully, and to her entte satisfaction with her
myers. She then looked at me and laughed and
showing me how to take piece of bread between
my ringers, begging us to eat la Targue, which
they were all doing themselves, fast and furious
and, to please them, we ACCORDINGLY nickad a fan
chicken bones with our fingers
49, y" mad all three been enchanted with the fair
Circasslan, as have told you-with her beauty
her winning yet lofty manners, and exquisite GRACE.
we had seen her smoke and admired her still. vo
had even forgiven her for loving the barbarouc
noise In the "concert of musc;" but to see her lick
her myers up to the last joint after each dish-to
see her hck her favorte tortoiseshel spoon brioht
after successive, and never to be believed enormous
plate1uls OF sweet pancakes daubed with honey and
tarts too luscious for the Knave of Hearts-tbis
was too much for Venus herself to have done with
V. fanf1x oh, Al
lore the feast was over.
The rest were not so bad Excepting ssMad. Lis
ton, who might as well have had trough at once)
put we began to feel rather sick after the first few
dishes were dispatched, and the animal passions of
some of the ladies began to be reused by their favor
lite sweets and jellies, which they tore to pieces
with their fingers, and threw down their Threats in
large Jumps.
The jester waited at table, presenting the nrinci-
pal dis hes with jokes which caused bursts of laugh
ter from the ladies and the slaves in attendance.
who seem perfectly at home, and on very free and
easy terms with their mistresses notwitbstand16g
their complete submission to them. The lester was
wild and most extraordinary looking woman with
an immensely of broad humor and drollerv in her
face. We thought it quite as well that we could
not understand the jokes at which the fair Circas
sian, between the intervals of licking her FINGERS
and spoon, and popping tt-bits on our plates
laughed so complacently, and which sometimes
obliged the Arabs and eunuchs at the door to dive
under the arras to conceal their uncomfortable fits
of mirth.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.-Butb by -and-by the draw
ing doors are thrown open, and the ambassadress
enters, smiling kind and gracious welcome. Be
hind her her daughters; by her side fall
Fashionable, naughty beauty l could not help
thinking how beautiful she looked; but the next in
slant my eyes wandered from her cold unamiabe face
to lady modestly standing on the other side of
Lady Stratford. At first | thought she was nun.
from her black dress and close cap She was not
introduced, and yet Edmund and looked at each
other at the same moment to whisper, at is Miss
Nightingale!'
Yes, it was Florence Nightingale, greatest of all
now in name and honour, among women | assure
you that glad not to be obliged to speak lust
then, for felt quite dumb looked at her wasted
figure and the short brown hair combed over her
forehead like childs, cut when her life was des-
paired of from fever but short time ago. Her
dress. as have said, black, made high to the
throat, its only ornament being a large enameed
brooch, which looked to me like the coors of
regiment surmounted with wreath of laurel,
no doubt some grateful offering from our men,
To hide the close white cap little, she had tied
awhte Grape handkerchief over the back of it, only
allowing the border of the lace to be SEEM and this
gave the nun-ke appearance which first struck me
on her entering the room otherwise Miss Night
ingale is by no means striking in appearance Only
herplan black dress, quiet manner and great re
nown, told so powerfully altogether in that assem-
bly, of brilliant dress and uniforms. She is very
slight, rather above the middle height her face is
long and thin but this may be from recent illness
and great fatigue She has very prominent nose
slightly Roman; and small dark eyes, kind vet pene
trating; but her face does not give you at all the
idea of great talent
One Isaac L. Wood was recently convicted al
Geneseo, Livingston county, New York. of murder
ing his sister-in-law, Mrs. Rhoda Wood, by poison.
He had been previously tried for that offence, wher
the jury failed to render verdict.
| Mr.. Sboecraft of White Pigeon, the great rotate