New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-27
SLAVERY IN TURKEY.

Mr. C. N Pischon, I chaplain Of the Prussian En-
bassy at Constantinotle in the last number Of the
Zeifsckrif; der Mo,gtnldadiScher GeselischGt, has
given very complete aceolnt of Slavery in Turkey
ccludipg historical sketch of the attempts to aoosl
the Sl,ye.tIade some considerations on the origin OF
Slavery, the principal provisions OF the Motammsdan
law ia relation to the purcoese use tse aud emancpa
ton Of slaves and the which promise to aid IN
the eprs abolition Of Slavery. We reproduce the io
lowing sxtrscts;
"Tbe omen Slsge.trade was abolished by the reign
inc Soltsp Abdul Medic III 1855 In sccordarcs with
ths Oohitition she public slave msrAets were closed
ia ConssutiropIe and soon after ia Smyrna, Alexau-
dria and Cairo. So Jar as Eoropean observation has
gone this prohibition mas been carried out bot 1t OF
co rec dois not extend to the traffic carried on in the
withiudcors Eog a. eretofcre every free person IN
the realm Of the O,m4DlS mas buy, hire sell or rent
slaves inherit or receive them gift, or dispose OF
em in the same way.
"The slaves nave within the household in which
tbey are right to care clothing and education, as
children of the house. i'll slayos they never nave
any voice and are subject to the will Of their master
in all tl5gs Wfat slaves belongs to the m.sier
Slaves pay no taxes aud are not bounG TO make the phi
grimage 70 Mecca So long Us they are slaves they
can neither inherit anything nor be guardiaps With
out be content of he master they can enter into no
ysld obIca,i,p for debt TIE msster is justified In
correcting biz slaves for dis ,bedsnee; he need only
take care that be do not hue eye other MEMBER
The masters RICH, does not extend TO Life and death.
II master tr, ats his tlsys cruelty, they ean braga
CONF lsnt agsiost hi il they have Witnesses, aud the
Authorities tine OF punish him. possibls in such ca'es
he authorities emsrcipale tie slave if Mohamme'
can by purcr ase out Of raised for general pur-
poses In the courts the testimony Of slaves is not
taken, if unsupported against fres men. II slave Is
charged with crime, tie master must pay the tine fr
him For dIuDkent esq slaves punished twice as se-
verely as free men; for theft but half as severely
The mutilsti, II Of saye is punished but half as &C.
vere'y as the muiilstion Of free men.
HAmopg the Turks wacse character rs a nation Is
marked by great dignity, love Of justice, and much
moro philanthropy than they usually receive credit for,
cases Of cruel treatment of slaves very rare One
never hears Of plan aion labor Of overseers Of hunt
ing whips or bloodho nds for hunting runaway slaves
In Turkey Faithful slaves generally receive the same
treatment ss faithful servants among US, and are very
much a, acbei 10 the house Saye-chdren are usual
" broughtu up with TIE children of the maSter and gen.
orally receive the came education.
"The most brilliant and most influential station
which slaves fill 10 Turkey Of course in the house'
hold of the Sultan IL about thirty years fnce tue
white euuuehs Of thiS household, prepared for ther
office by the Christan monks Of the CoPuc monsste-
ries of the Red Sea, have been dispensed with. vi
this sort Of slaves the number is very small, ana
is constantly dscreasng they serve to guard the OLD
se,aglo which has not Leen occupied by the court Oh
the Solan fuce the revolt Of the JanissaTes ahaer
Mahmoud II. On tho other hand there are stii sever
al hundred black eunuehs in the Imperial houssnoa'
An come from Nuba and Atyssinis. The chief oil the
suaochs, the BgyuA Aga, or tao KLlar AgASy' Is one