, 1866-04-29

4 ~t~N-@SN3 b.
'phjsielaa, or occasldG1ny1 y1pcFFlth,1 nd thu,
the female part Of tht- hou1d galuS1a rrnne
neut something Of which II may lack Il
animation and intelligence The eleeancs
and wpnanls grace which mark the Turkish
womeh Lii The streeta Of Cons,A nsinop1e u dus
toa considerable extent to their living in TIL
retired manner. IF their fnterccts larK III
Development which Ia generally the result o!
socht Intercourse With Intelligent and supe.
nor men, her nAturu Is on tho other band
.fren from the contamination which too frr,
stueutly Ariscs from an ipdhcrimIuaic ac.
quaintaneeahlp with, al sorts and naonczs O,
men. Particularly IN Consisntluople, Where
the TuTkhh ladies Of The higher classes have
their taees covered by 4 veil trsn.nstrnt
enough to reveal their ga1el,e.1lkc eyes,
their regular ands gentle features, asd thear
a'abastcs comple1tonE; and whefe thrr are
not ahroxaed like The women Of The lower
c41t*es, In the Provinces and Iu Ecypt, IL
black Yells, this peculiar rrdncnen. Of thel,s
Alle the atmosrher 70 With an kroma Of rood
.hEcedng wherever ihey 60. The Armenian
ladies, though of y richer, are II the Aa.ne
time OF more eosrseE .natu.c-and a,e ,tss
&srs lady like than their NshomiH1,6hdao .is,erx
Many of ahess Armenian. .lsdles ftve In eor..
ceons palaces on the shores OF tho Bospho-
rus, and tn Pers. and they arc decidedly The
fast and Gay wolntn Of the East
These palaces Of Armenian, TurklAh and
Greek Frsndees. together with tho.e oi the
Rus<ian. Frrnch, Ens!i.h and other
ambassadors, At f,oujoukders and \,
lhetars, form. together. with those Of
the Sultan snd Of his ministers, {pas-
t!ealary that Of Fuad Paahs, uhert bril-.
|iAnt and faiy.l1ke rural balls arc given sanu.
ai'y,l one Of the great features Of Constant
nnplc and its v1clLity. All along the khorca
Of the Bosphotu<, from Peta to Bebek, tthe
scat Of the mh*ionariea,} and thence to Jerl-
kol. stcnia, (the sest Of the Persian arnba4a,
dor,} Therapia, tthat OF Lord Lyons, the
English. and the Marquis de- Mous.icr, the
French anes*eador,> and Rou1ouklerc, (thx,
of Gen, lEnatietf, the Russian, as well as the
country seat Of The. ,Amstican, .Autr,,a
f1usslan. Belgian md Srnish ambassadors,
sud Of Afteon, the Frrnch banker,
botn The European and AsIatic shores arr
ootted With vtllas and villages. Nothing can
bc more delightful than ,sail On board the
BotphoFus steamers, which -ua' 81. tlayl lotu,
and arc crowded With people md costu1nrs
OF every nation, Ahortalpe look out on The
taautons'y beautiful scenery, and the null.
fnde which throue the pier or lounge out
tlde Gales, ak the steamers dispose of their
loads Of passengers and take new human car
goes, and no on ffem village to village, uatil
ukdcsc L reached, (the most tash1onahle
and brilliant Of them all.) from whence short
drive through the forest, {passinc BY the
place Thczr uchard Cour de Lion csmped
On his way 10 'ths Holy Landb leads to Bel
grade, where Lady Moatagne's rustic cottace
Is Sill pointed out, and short xa1l from
the came rfIlsce leads 10 tho month Of the
BLACK Sea The fasclnations Of these VII
laGca clustering round Coastantlunple ase tar
Ertascr than those of1he city useit In tna
Turkish city tstambouI), the street. arc mar:
row and hl-rnved, but uany of the houses
have aEafdea,Uke appearance, and 1t Is alto
cethG The finest part OF Coustantiuopie.
a:io~anees &hS mada 4s; Aae
Ea1aaf. which thopgh,rvcaiInx :thk wouiers
Of The Thousand md -Cnel H'gbt2, in 1tE
diamonds. thaw1s, carpets. etnbrodcries, and
other oricnta1 articles Of luxury, Is IN awfully
dirty place snd oiled uit6 dlr1y Lerantlnes
and Jeva, whose very presence Is sufficient to
eontaminatc any place In stamboul, too,
Is The s7bl1ne Porte, q the Government
oniceEs arc called, where for Ign Ministers
drsgonans, lobbyists aud loaiers, thronr the
courts and Offices OF tho ministers Ill dar
long. the great fashas xnd their. CHIEF clerks
f?'EdspE there : fey hours, more 10 ehit-chat
t!.ru IA ~Hkt aals hen' returning 10 thsi:
rortt5y seats or town :eslaenees- cop:,
"a tue Forte tctne rfo~ ded With richly eapar.
troncd horses With trnulc oi servants walt.
hE for :helr masters, and generally with
sdvensurers and hc.ra.5 Of every 2sc aud
aatlvnall'y. c1ccrsiu.; I.s Amc,lc%nt batl;s..
hers md there M enterIrtssnc rsnkeo wun
has t1age!led all the way rrpm Salem to STAN.
bcri to usspose Of sorHe OF III. lnvert!onA,
Tia streets lcattac 10 ths. bridges, aud The
uriaEes tn.-~- s'eta' ~eotarcltnS E.z.nbnuL
lhe Turkish Conrn.:@.,n1,e, with PerA, the
Cafb,|kn West Eud and Galai.. he Cf~,-. -
business city, {she latter the Most Villainoas
ste-zag place in all v.eat{on,) are crowded.
not onfJ with men and women Of all nAtlor,.,
reAsans al Imaginable coss-mt., ,bu, A1ao with
casnelf snd case-1 drivers, With n.is:.: carrying
"uttH seated In ts,irs With dc=. ,.s Of men
carry ing en- thcir shoulders loals n h!eh In New
icsk Or CLseaso Aru csr.tcd On dzays, xnd
presenting altogether mixture II which the
t'l1 oriental heipeatn-ee anh !Enhwc41!tv t!aahe4
ta''rc and mtsr with Tho Increasing activity nf
and Gr~ck and other Western nations;
= bale IS~ Turkish women with shctr teas and
their fsscr, ~. the Turkish mcr wi.h their
fearts sed their inrat:hnry. give, " thnt Ia.
sopEruu1H crowd q Picturesque setting
nhlch has 10 pktaNel outside u tba domain.
II romance.
The taT.el:s Of ceastAntinaplc arc. ~
& f,tcrAtA hA &c ~, At1
Eocd.Eatured and gued looking but weak
minded ruler nudirs his -zl'ecsal delight 10
PesllnE tic A'adten Ia ifse eap pltAl while ne1y-
lecttng those IN tho Provinces. Thu.e har.-
racks. eowevrx, arr u,odrls oi comfort for The
soldier, and eonstItutr tas most rec.n: public
cf fccast.stantlpcple. -u
e:aoablr rot lev nf The Amr1leans WIN
frnpo+e u rt.l, the Fnev exhibition Ut 1s67 !.
viii take The cars, Fh.eh bring the traveller,
for at'out Eve hundred t-nncs md IN ri ;ct
ts1 days time. from Paris 10 Cons.AhtfF,p:p 1
RID Wilma. In = hsss claA carriage, With
Cnly fust! Aours shf1 On The narnsa, ftora
l'axta 10 c,crnavn1A, and twenty hours na
The El4ek ScA, frnm krsssnd,r In sta,a.,oal.
AID III tic rest Of the Journey OF fa,l~AF,
sa.F.cs T..th and trAyetalny Tic mag. fcs,ile
regions uf Hungary. ......
c"o.tsninop1r Il replc:e with relics Of ID:
Eauau nod byzantine period. The Fxnsr,
The Gretk quarters Of slatnbaul, L. about in
the SANE conaiiior now ~ II was IN the tines
# The BJznntiHe Esapert,rs, only ,lst II no~
s1bers the DeTDucsscy and not lAe Greek :.
Htis:ocnry. Not far from tue Dxzdaacllsz is
The battlefield Of Troy, snd there Is hardly
I'll iosh pf ground Ia he vicinity Of CQhaff an.
s:rople Shat h not hs1to~ed by eias8ical and
Historical nssoeaatiocs, and If there Ii aay
e:sJilD THO world worth vi4tlug.N u Certainly
cnasts14slnop'e.
The Cnrpc1hcads denounced the