The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-18

tho I'm povershed state Of his treasury would not permit
monsy-more 80 than the American travellers who
were ia.oy robbed In the interior Of Turkey.
rn a., s,G. man !. really SICK 10 more ways than one
duplicate Of the United States fgate New Ironsides-
the nnsss vessel By far In the turkish navy in size
for % amman sss o %s ss.
complement Of guns was given 70 Sir Wlllian Arm
sssons xhS refused . arm the ship unless their price
Wa paid beforehand; and 90 with the Americas nrm
who va. offered the contract Of supplying tho Turkish
army with repeating rifles but who refused naly
cau.. Of great popular dissatsfscsou has arisen
lately winch may give rise 20 an insurrecton In the
capital isssar The tolls on Karakeni and Mahmoudch
slrsady high and the gross yearly rsceipts from the
former alone amounted to nearly S00oOoO piassres
from both bridges will amount 70 the handsome sum OF
IS, OO0 900. The MAhm0udch bridge which connects
the Franksh quarters Of Pera, Galata, and Tophana
Win lstemoou proper, was built at the private ex
pense Of Sultan Mahmoud who bestowed Il on that part
OF she capital Is free bridge for ever and loft special
endowment 70 meet the expense Of its repairs. This t
Is said has disappeared and excepting foot
70 whom this bridge Continues free) and with il the
boon Intended by the generous M.hmoud for the public
French engineer, a. Tassy, Vice President Of tho
Council Of Public Works Chief Inspector or Forests
70 the Porte has examined above hundred end 6y
cipAily In E0sopean Turkey They vere shipped 70 ths
Paris Exposon specimens Of the principal varieties
q 81, r Ss found I'm, The Ottoman empire Tassy lately
so-called "forostrL commissions examining the
the woods IN Bulgaria, Bosnia, Theesaly, Karamauis
and the cazdsgh NEAR the Dardanees) uuder French
terrestrial eng nees. Tho Porte intends turn these
particular sources Of wealth account but similar
intention has expressed over and over again
during the past hair dozen OF years, without, az
yet the least result. Yet a moderate estimate
Of the yearly value OF the forests throughout the empire
il 600 900 francs So 100000 Turkey Is entirely
berel OF means 10 sustain her millions and under wise
and paternai government might regain in time OF
her lost prestige Valuable mines OF gold silver. coal,
copper, lead and salt and extensive manufactures are
spread throughout the vast empire but as there is no
economy praced and no incentive 10 enterprise, the
empire might Do rs we'll without them. The native
rayahc, who mostly small farmers groan under the
weight OF taxation imposed upon them. they are
obliged 20 pay the tax on The crops before they are
gathered, and az they have capital they Obliged
70 borrow money at runous rate OF interest so that
they forever remain poor We're drought visit the
country they must all inevitably perish from starvation
Russian Opinion oil the .sPoweriesa" and
''ssicis Man''-A Covert Attack on Napoieon's
Sincerity.
from the Invalide Russo Of St Petersburg April a.
The accounts received from Constannople aud Athens
are far from reassuring. Tho Porte, d~pising all the
councils and representations of the European Powers
preparing 10 deal decisive blow at the Crean insurrec
ton. Omer Pacha has arrived in Candida and Ia TO
the sx.ermnation Of the Cretsns Tho turks may pos
sbly notwithstanding the sublime heroism Of the Chris
tans, succeed in their enterprise for they have
course with impunity to every violence. They
may burn towns and villages and murder
she Inhabitants, without hesitation, for they know
despatch from Constantinople that the Euro
pean representatives that city inactive notwsh
standing the refusal Of the Porte They awaiting
the result Of the campaign OF Omer Pscha, and the
French Ambassador Is said to have proposed to the
Porte to place his feet under the command Of English
admiral order 70 render the blockade OF Crete eec-
tive The abovs facts shosc wicA eide s sympd-
Atss OF ~ Wsstnw PMCUa II they really cared for the
CArisans they would no doubt % able @ obtain from
The Porto all the concsestons possible Fever The
powsrsssnen Of the Ottomqn empire evident than
the present moment and there would b absurdy
oppose an Intervention Of tho great Powers aid msf
sssst on az ss54pss~ ssms Of Ae~
Tarkssh Hopes or the Tsrsssnatiou ~ sAs
Cretan nIsvcnens--An American 0md1al bet
Refused ~ . Dragsmnn-Movements Of shs
Inssrsenss-rbs Unised states aud Russias
War Vessels.
(Canea March 81 correspondence OF Lsvant Herald
That the instruction will not last much longer - 70
declared by the government people now tina. fresh
troops begin 70 arrive and nsw and II Is hoped, ablsr
general is very possible but that it ia nearer ~.
preston than q any une during the past four or I'VE
sh0 goil bind Cd the phiio-cstomau tack.
BET ae drugosan 81 Ks.sapAa poands aa. wr arss
months Ae Turkish sWps wsre oil withdrew and
.clsonsd os' from ne Island and Aa s Bot was rssed
do IL 70 impossible % say, but what hs Will succeed II
doing with an army du,inishsd 70 lsss than one half
yidcd Insurgents encouraged with the prospect Of Euro
peau asssance, and al the horrors Of winter paased
Or snssnsia 70 believe In acs de ssndns Of regular
troops against the Cretans h In the main useIs ex-
psndure Of life and though the more vigorous and M.
greater dssrsss md devastation, II b szosssiveH doubt
POI does any moro In the direction or suppssssion
strategy was not the policy was Of the Egyptian variety
and whom the Crctan fortuds counts that their rocks
WI help them against any other.
attack on Ssnos which was repulsed last week. and Il
Is supposed that the troops in the Apokorona will b
- A. F.ws
sne direct attack OF Coronecs Petropouaki and the
other chiefs Of the Cretan dstcts who are concsnra
iasded a ana the xbsnsps formerly IN XposoTOps sss
being mustered for the, 10 10 hoped decisive attack
which sarkosh All Paohs has been on and trying 70
mako since the rspulss o. KaksspsvrsA
I believe that Musiapha With Ill his years. wss the
sbest officer the Sultan had this service NO man
should be expec.sd do imposs biiisses and he was
expected accomplish two-to take Sphakia while the
Cressns cared to defend IT, and 70 psevens Mussuman
troops from committing barbares In Christian country
no failed do purely military point view though
q more resolue and obstinate commander might plunge
CREAMS Of today for shcs. OF ISIS ans isS. b.ina
ignorant that new ideas make men, and that u 10
bard 10 conquer men who have learned 70 contemplate
IL Is believed thai this unnecessary severity
due % much 70 Mastapha Pacha, 70 hts ArmenIan
shaS that Of the old ayasoa and Who's poIc, wss
too Juvenile 20 be permitted by . chief not passing
into second onildhood- For the unnecessary and
ministntion. most people nere hold the Armenian re-
spousibie, ~ we'll Tor the constant differences he
managed TO keep the commissioners In with the
s1s and which have led to several serious difficulties
~ which the chief IL one with the Russian Consulate.
growing Of most illegal and mpoitc Of the
privileges and domciie Of the Wee Consul Gambia.
from which the Porte can only expect smother humis
fiou.
In Kisssmos and along the confines OF selnos thers
have been skimisbes for many days with what result
not, except thst the troops abIs
penetrate into the canton Of seIinos though they
have tired all the passes from 0maos 70 Enmacheria
where they now are As preparations are going on "
reinforce largely the attack in that direction and the
under ZmbrakAk number about three thousand
herc and by the recent Of the Arkad
tveiy we'll prepared, vs may expect unusually hard
fighting.
In saint Baai, Coroneos, Corakss and Potropou,ski
hare held q council Of var. and determined on some
plan Of operations, OF which ] ignorant ~ the
rest Of the Outsiders, but Ia SAID 70 contemplate Of
fensivs operations on larger and more snergsuc plan
than the Crcians have yet tried. and boas IL from
Rethymo to-day report that lighting going about
three hours from that city when they left. Only one
thing IL clear, that the instruction 10 vigorous
ever another probable, VIZ, that We shall sooa have
the desperate and perhaps the decisive battles 81
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