, 1866-11-21
CONSTASvINOPLE.
Foolish Expedition OK u 1aFty Of -1uter-
leans.

Coss-AN71xor1E, Oc,otc. Ii, 1866.
I mentioned in i letter, written several
weeks ago, that party Of Americans two
youn. men and boy) had started from
them III Interpreter, not even servant, al
though neither Of them knew word Of the
language. They simply supplied them.
selves with defective maps and small
conversation book. With two horses for
three, and no money except American gold
o,lc expedition. The boy ran away aud
came back to Smyrna the second day,
aeaiu- The company orc now In CONSTANT
nople, having met with just such an .eXpc-
rience as | supposed they would. When
were stopped By party. Of Turks, who de-
manae1 10 know who they were, sc. The
conversation hook had not anticipated any
such experience. The Americans were well
armed. but made no resistance. They only
! what was to turn IN. The Turks wcrc cvi-
! dcntly puzzled by these strange fish, hut
finally concluded that they must be briGauds
| or runaway Cretans, OF something. Of the
sort, so they pitched upon them, took away
their money and their arms, and brought
iage. They exhibited them as 1opbers
turned out to see tho show. The women
| pcltrd them with stones, tue children sNat
on them and the men beat them unn,crciiul,y
With clubs, &c. It was all In vain that the
travellers ilreateued the Turks, in the best
Of English, with the vengeance Of ANDREW
johnson. When it came night they were
bound with cords, and in this wrctched
plight remained twelv': hours. These poor
fellows were really in \ very critical posi-
1fen here. Ta.ir insane expsdition had
| = l., ri. = s3nv
that these la:i-=ayase Turks did not make al
cud of them tor they I'f1:ahly had no ided
that they were res aecial.c people who woult
ever be imputed t.,r.
The ncAi DAY the Turks carried their prls
! oners to the utascst tuv'n. Here the author
lilies attempted 10 examine them, but, .
course, could make nothing Of them. s.
they took otf their ropes anti put on chain
| instead. Tint might Was spent in this miSer
able ce..litieA. Next day they were sent Il
heavy msIacies t.. .1tioH- -kura-hissar, whet
they were fortunate enough to tiud a travel
ling agent Of the Imperial Ottoman bank
who could act Us Interpreter for them. Fh
mon.ent their story was understood the
were set at liberty, and the Governor of III
place caused their captnys to he arrested
turn. Soldiers were sent TO the village
search for their effects, but they only foun
Sc in money and q few articles Of clothin:
| The Americans borrowed money from th
agent Of The bank and came over to Brou=sl
where the Turks wcre-asso sent by the Go,
crnor Of Afiou kara-hissar.
The whole party is now In ConstautinopE
; and they demand the punishment Of the:
4 Turks as well as the restitution Of the
! property, The American gold Is wort
nothing in the interior, because 1t is NJ
known there. It will be easy to recover thi
but they say that the Turks, not apprecia
, ing the yalue of greenbacks, tore MI the
; nj, together with certain bills Of exchanl
on Tilis.
Our Minister has demanded the punfs
i ment Of the Turks and the restitution
:; crerythin. lost, either by thc robbers or
The Inhabitants Of the district where the 70
D | berg was committed.
-. These TURKS will undoubtedly be punish.
~ in some way, and they deserve It.. 7,
= money, 50 far as 1t can be proved that Al
+ money was lost, will be paid By the Guver
i. ment, and twice or three times this anon
). will be ground ont Of tie innocent people
y that vicinity. But really. the Amcric11
u v l,o claim 10 be correspondents of the NJ
. Yulk Herald and Ru'7er's -NontAly, descrv
+ some part Of what they suffered Us . pu
u isl1ncnt for their folly. If they had not N
Il with any such accident rs this, they waul
probably, have died on the ruad this wint
long before they reached Ttflis. Til
| natics arc StanIeY Cook and Noe.