New-York tribune., 1867-07-17

from Special Correspondent ~ n ,oe-
have obtained from the stall of my Trend
Abjarruslajlem IN the garden of the ExpositoD'
pen made from the tail of the Sultans favonte pea |
cock have lighted my chibouk have asked the
Lights OF my Harem to excuse me for whlle anu
seated on this divan start to tell Occidental readers
the story of the Sultan and the thousand and one
Knights who are around him. My Yankee friend
will. know pardon, this eforeseence. AS the natu'
rasts tell us that a tropc breathing on Boston Com
nOn for month or two would cause apes to chatter
and paroouets to scream there, the Turkish hVa-
sion of Paris makes the coolest OF us DloSSoh WIN
tropics 1--WE are each all Dane in our welcome Oh
thee" sang Tennyson to the Princess Alexandra
And We in Paris each all Turk Just now
There IS 10 doubt that the Emperor laid him.
self ont TO secure for the Sultan reception
which should satisfy the Oriental imagination.
When he came in sight of TOulon, long and
loud reverberatons of cannon came over the
water greeting him. and when he came nearer
the chimes of hundreds of bells were heard; then
cortege of gay barges with music float out He steps
Oh tufted Brussels carpets 1t is fact that his loot
has not vet touched the soil OF France and doubt
il ever will From carpet to cushion he passed until
at last he found the enchanted carpet which bore
him through the air and set him down at the Partisan
terminus of the railway. Again he steps upon rch
crimson carpet.ng frineed with masses of flowers
with velvet draperies fIinged with gold, gath
red here and there with clusters of flags,
and with garlands of flowers putting the cell
ng Ont of the windows forest OF French
and Ottoman flags floating in the bright sunshlhe
from Venetian masts And then soldiers ana SOL
liers and soldiers That outside. inside OF the
waiting room there were hardly any men, Ihe SUI
tans domestic feelings being keeny appreciated Dy
Baron Haussman Prefect of the Seine, who had hIled
Hclf Cf rlOpn xTnT
dressed in Oriental costume, and half IN European
dresses of the most dcolle6 description. Before the
arrival Haussmau, Petr Prefect of Policel, Mar
shals Canrobert and Mel, NM ROuher and Baroche,
were almost the only men present. Then the Empe-
ror came driving in with superb dress and turnout
md afterward Princes Jerome and Murat. Then bark
Far down the railway line trumpet peal is heard.
trumpeters two and three, take up the strain, ana
proclaim that the train is approaching when IL
stops mass of gorgeOusly costumed Turks and Ar
menians stream out and pass down. following Abdul
Aziz who advances and cordially shakes hands with
the Emperor and the two pass together into the
waiting room That short thick man is the Sultan
He is portly but quite beneath the European stature
His forehead is low although shaved at the top and
his face does not indicate much intelligence; he has
however a very frank depression OF face' ana MS
manners are of remarkable simplicity. de very
grave. and looked about him somewhat YEARLY
hair. so much of it as could be seen. is white, his
beard being entirely black. His eye is dark
and pleasant; his nose inclined to be Syrian
or Jewish He had on dark blue cloth
Towsers of French cut and dark blue blouse coat.
belted with GOLD and its sleeves heavily embroidered
with gold. There was some disappointment among
the people that he should have been less Onentaly
dressed than his suite. The only purely Oriental
Thing he wore was the fez, which is simply head
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boys-his son (aged 1O, YousOufIzzedin and his
oephews. Mehemet- -Murad-E Effendi, taged IT, and
heir to the throne), and About Hamid-Efend (aged
IN Just behind him was seen the thlek-set'
handsome, swarthy Viceroy of Egypt, who
had gone down to Diiou to meet him; then
Fuad -Pasha, his Foreign Minister, Djemil-
Pasha Turkish EmbassadOr at Paris; five Beys, his
chamberlains and Gen. Marks-Pasha his physician
Instead of loud plaudits there the silence of IN
tense curiosity in the vast crowd the Sultan the
Emperor, and Prince Napoleon stepped into their
carriage Then one after the other the grand equi-
papes filed on with their distinguished freight and
then the trmpets blared the salvos the bands
struck up and the grand procession led and followed
ty thousands of mounted soldiers in every variety OF
uniform bearing an autumnal forest Of banners
marched on to the Tuilleres.
The scene all along the streets most remarka
ble have ney or seen such crowd before or since
The houses were newly rooted with men and women;
the fences and lamp-posts bore human fruit, all the
way up to the gates of the Tuileries. And
as the Sultan entered them and passed
np to the new palace, the sight must
have been such as weRt beyond any dream of splen-
dor and power he had ever had The whole interior
court of the Tuilleries was lined with mounted SOL
diers, dressed in red, double file, forming vast
hollow square, except for the openings kept for the
entrance and exits of the cOrtege. AS the leading
coach entered each of these soldiers drew his sword
and held it aloft cleaning in the sun. II
was as great auroral flash of in
stantaneous light, circlng area of six or seven
acres At the foot of the great stairway beyond, the
Empress stood waiting, and flushed with her emotion
she gave the Sultan almost an Oriental Salaam then
conducted him up to the drawing-reom. The stair
case was lined with brilliantly dressed Cent-Gardes
Then again the cortege went on it's march amid the
vast throng in the Tuilleries Gardens the Place de
IA Concorde. 10 the Palace in the Champs Ulysses
provided for the Sultan. Then the poor man
enabled TO rest until the evening, when he returned
10 the Tuilleries, where grand State Banquet was
given.
So much for last Sunday in Paris. The next day,
yesterday was the day of the grand fete of the Ex
position the distribution of prizes. The weather
was as crystal clear as on the day before and at
early hour all the avenues leading up to the great
Palace of Industry int Champs Ulysses, were lined
with the millions who now gathered together in
Paris The sights more magnificent, if possible,
than ON Sunday for every fine equpage in Paris, and
some from Belgium, and from England Those of the
Lord Mayor and Of the Sherifs of London among
themj drove past and every distinguished parsonage
in Paris was to be seem Princes and Prncesses were
as plenty as blackberries in Summer. The grand
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