New-York daily tribune., 1861-08-11


The procession was not to start from Eyoub until
two O'clock but the anxiety TO good position
kept Thousands waiting in the for hours. As Tor
the natives by earliest dawn they were on the move
and were soon IN the possession OF The staging erected
each tide OF the streets and there the entire ha.em
lax Of each house N the city quickly established,
as q matter of coune, for whole days eneampment
out OF doors, from the aged and white-hesded great
grandmother down to the infant Of few days. old and
young squattng down their into the patient at
iii ldes and nconceivably small compass attanable
only by Orientals, who know neither the valve OF
| time or Of crinolne
themselves in many square feet of standing ground
in the below, for not an inch OF staging was
Permitted them aud amusing il was to see the energy
with which sore old Turkish woman would cane the
ear or the fingers Of an andscous intruder who at
tempted take advantage of the booths TO res his
weary hIbs or to salsty bis curiosity as to the ma
Of the sudden excitement in the crowds that were
too dense for him to penetrate. Turkish women do
indeed rule the day on ali such occasions, and there
were more thsn enough this time 10 do II. TIE cap
tans Of tie Bosphorus steamers declared that thou
de of them came down from the country the eve-
iTg previous, with their large, peculiar looking bum
d,r to spend the night with friends to take posses
sion Of artments that had been hired for the occa
zion. Rooms we're let at fabulous prices to both
foreigners and natives; aid had here been no royal
procession at all it woud have sill been quite worth
ore g while to Lave spent the day in watching the
people.
PIecisely at noon tie firing Of the guns announced
tie approach Of the royal bages and the entrance o.
his majesty into tie sacred mosque; bnt as no nildei
eyes could witness what transliTing within, we
amused ourt Ives with tue arrival OF the foreign a-
bassidors. with their wives and attaches, who were
etoored from the landing Of Eyoub OH horseback or Ia
carriages to tents prepared for them on tie heights Of
the city.
Meanwhile the ceremony Of girjing on the sword
Of Oihman w.s taking place within the tomb OF Eyoub,
or Job-he celebrated warrior and staDdarJO hfer OF
the Prophe'-he oIieiatiBg ulema being Nakonb Esh-
ref who was PROXY for the royal Mcihh OF hpnlah,
ty deceased, in whose faly aloue IL vested the
night OF performing this ceremony. AS soon ar IL was
over biz m8iesty returned 10 the mosque ana recled
his prayes and the procession was immediately AFTER
ward forTei.
AZ the head of il came eight led horses, lehly ca.
paIlonea, oliowed by the Generals and Coionels of
d army aid the civil oficers all proud aud pranc-
np chargeis Next came the chief u.emgs aud IN l.
Lbs in Iobes Of green, violet gtcy chly embrOll-
cred with e,ld aud Wit white or green turbans wlih
broad gold lands encircling them Then tho sons-it-
law of tie late eoverei n, bziug WITH gold end jew
IL. The ninisttrs with large stars on tie iront Of The
ez tie Sheikh-r lsiam, IN robe OF white and gold,
and be Grand Nilier
For u nomeLt there was break in tie procession;
Then cane sx more led homes, With stIrrrps 81 gold
ard sai!le ootfs sparkling with diamonds, followed
Ly a large body of officers on foot, walking N parallel
lines, Ga each fide Of tie ro.d and eaylug IN oDe0
space IN which soon appeared about ioIty or more
pages in crimson velvet and gold, with large lnnee N
Leir caps aud glteing halberds in their bands. In
the met OF this gorgeous pageant rode the Sran him
SELF wearing The rieh and graceful imperinl cloak OF
i- prtdeces orr, with IL diamond caspi the plume aud
diacld Gieite in bis iez, and the jeweled sword by
| III. i'd.
Tie chamlerairs, secretaries, ard other oicer OF
the p4lace, with troop ofoavsy, and mob Of wild
looking individuals, who made rnsn 10 tue new
,ouei money thBt was thrown by handiulis among
them closed The procession.
The Ian was everywhere greeted by the crowd,
with hr audible pray and blessings, and hopes 0r
an energetic reign. Z" May his sword cut sharp =
tad who siood neir us. ANN was ne
hear.y res;onse from ALL The pupils of tie public
schools were out TO give their vel ome military bands
we. ,aoued at in crvals along the principal rtets
ard rlnyed " The Sult,n's MARCH, and saIrhces OF
lambs were made different points s tie proce sion
paced. AT the Bulgarian chapel, which was hand
lonely decorated with flowers and Turkish hss, the
ci idreu dressed in whie with their clergy ~ their
| head, saug hymns in honor of their new sovereign.
| On reaciug the msusoleum OF MoLaned H., The
| Suhan dismouned and prayed at the tomb OF his
fstler; he then rccrned 20 the palace Of Top Capou,
wlere be received the homage aud congatuliio.s Of
lis ofcers ana ut oclo X amid salyOs OF artillery
aud loud hu1rs lie returned by caiqne to TIE palace
! OF Dolna Be2htche.
! So closed the cav happily with all, uuless OK
cert the foreign Embassadors, who, when the Sultan
aIprc aced their tens stood mp TO do INN holor eA'
pscting LIE would least chow them some slght no.
ice but 70 Tar from looking ut them II - 6d he
turned Lis head the other way, ana 80 kept II until be
| had Iassed by them. Whether the action meant EN-
| barfassu.nt or displeasure Is not very clear.
HE Majesty is "A vigorous-iooking young man of
| thirty.two years, cone hat pOrtly, and with the
proud bearing OF Lila father. lie bas already siown
something Of the energy OF Mahmond Ia the sWee lag
work he bas made IN his brott er palace. TLlrty-
five thousand pounds OF silver Ut once sent 10 the
| mint 10 be coined into money four hundred horses
from the royal stables were attached to the cavalry
service ard nyriads Of useless into tue
| army Tie sultanas and other women OF the palace
10 he number Of enc thousand have been shut mp N
N. yeragio They have been Obliged to syreIesr an
ilsir jewels and bsye bee. prohibited fs.s. vi ing
Pera or the dcr suburb. OF the city without special
royal pernits The sOns-in.lsw OF the late monarch
ne been told that they must admit the sultanas who
ie mothers Of their wives into their own harems, SO
tat the roya expenses will be greatly curailed in
this respect. The Vade SultaDa, the mother OF the
two sons Of Abdul Medd, has alone palace assigned
10 her, aud pension OF O,CIO pias'ers a month.
Tie Sultan himself has but wife, and has sigr j.
fed his intention TO have but one. HIS only sou, a
ild OF tour years. who was saved by the fidelity oil
HE nurse The usual fate of royal infants, lie has,
biz accession TO the throne brought from its re-
treat, and acknowledged publicly before hi nObles.
To the sons Of Lis brother he has given the apart
nepis in tie palace which they occupied during taer
hthers lifetime. He has also made them some costly
Jresents and bestowed on them great dc al II good
| idviCe. The Grand Nizier and the other ministers
have been confirmed in their Offices, but Rizs Pasha,
he Sersskier or Commander-in-Chii has uitly been
degraded fr his rank, and is prisoner in his own
palace. The wealthy Armenian bankers, who have
teen reyeng In i'll gotten riches sibce the commence
net Of the lst reign have been ordered TO present
their accounts without delay, and are trembling at
their impending fate:
His Majesty has already made repeated impromptu
Wits to the Admiralty the arsenal and the risons,
where the inmates of tue later all mar he'd before
him for his persoDal inspection and the workmen in
he royal dockyards bad 900 pissers distributed
among Them. The Sultan seems determined to look in
to everything for tiusef II is said that he was al
ways accustomed TO keep his own accounts, and that
whenever he visited the Porte, he took notes Of the
speeches Of each pssha that he II thoroughly ac
qusinei s possible with the political ii res Of each
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