Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-27
Interestine Facss AbOur the Turkish Rm-
p1re.

A lecture on the Turkish Empire in an
Eastern city, gives these interesting facts:
The population is nearly 81, coo, 000-nearly
the same as France--of which about "a, 600, :
600 are directly subject 70 the dominion Of
the Sultan, and the remaiflder are tributary.
This number is composed of the Turkish,
| Arab, Armenian, Greek, Roumaninn, Sla-
vonian, Albanian, and Kurdish races, all dis
unetly different in manners and language.
The Turks are the warlike race, nuuber-
ing from 100000 to $4,000, ,00a, of whom
not l,O00000 are in European Turkey, and
smaller number in Africa. They are called
Tartars, whose religion is Islamism, 10 which
1t has adhered with tenacity not distin-
gmshable in any other people. As race,
tney nave hne physique, an intelligence and
power peculiar to them, as also a great re-
gard for hospitality, which they love to have
appreciated. They have, however, that
which greatly disappoints us, O want of en-
teIprise and energy, which allows their nat
ural gifts to run to waste.
The Oriental coAtentedness of their cha--
acter il opposed to craft and subtlety. TheJ
are losing caste, and, in fact, decaying in the
empire, the causes of which are various, the
main one being the heavy CONSUMPTION for
the army, from which the entire Christian
races are exempted. The Arab race occupies
the southern sections of the empire, Syria,
Nubia, and its African possessions, number
ing nearly 100000 Hospitable, faaatical,
cunning and subtle IL will be long before
this race will Ielinquish its natural endow-
ments. 1t has no political power, yeta covert
one. These two, with the Kurdish, are the
three great Mohammedan races.
The ArmP ian is nominally CHRISTIAN
race, numbering from three and half to four
millions. They are of the Hindoo- European
origin. Scattered over the empire, there is
still unity of It's members, maintaining its
individuality in antagonisra,to all opposition,
particularly preserving its ecclesiastical in
dependence. Their martyrs of the fourth
century are their saints of the nineteenth.
lis language and literature are highly cul-
uvated. Their characteristics. are of a highly
commendable ordsr. 90
, The Greek Faee amounts to not over
1000 900, whose ancient glory having de-
darted, still develops its ancient energy and
aptitude to advancement. The Greek Ian
guage is rapidly approaching TO its greatest
sweetness and perfsetion in classical posi-
ton. They are remarkably assiduous in
prosecuting commerce, and the Mediterranean
trade is rapidly failing into their hands.
Fhe Roumanian race belongs to the Greek
Church, which is mere nominal dependence.
eleeting their own bishops and other church
otheeTs. They are descended from the an
clent Roman col9nies.-their language has
much of the pure Latin in it. They are
ever seeking political influence, but ALWAYS
without success. The SlaFonian race of
100000, occupying European Turkey from
the Danube down to Macedonia, and also
part of that, are of Asiatie origin.
Their language has more of Sanscrit than
any other race except the gipsies. Their re-
ligion is ofthe Greek cast. They are social,
religious, frugal, loyal and patriotic race,
awaking from the degradation in which the
Mohammedan rule has plunged them,