The New York herald., 1867-04-03
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
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Con.piracics on Foot in the Heart Of the
Capital Of the Grand SciRnior-Thc "Sck
Maao Approaching His last Gasp-Pro-
psecy About TO be Fulniled-Russinn Inc
trigues-Consistencv of the American Cow
ernment. Nc. = -
CoSsrASTfyoPIs, Feb. -, 1867
The Sultan is about send ten fresh battalons to
CANDIDA He plenty of soldiers OF all the naonalites
OF the Orient around Constantinope. The mammoth
barracks around scutar Sweet Water and the sub.
urbs OF Pera are full them wearing bastard uniform
fez cap red pants and blue Drum and fe resound
daily in tho streets, aye hourly Recruits pouring
In from all parts OF this extensive empircrom Eze
roum, Lake yau, Mosul, Bagdad, Syria and Jerusa-
lem young and old coming in to participate in
the struggle which be They feel that 1t TO
cope with Gambia they called for
war cloud gathering certainly and Il hangs over
Constantinople
The dreaded Muscovite their hereditary enemy gigan.
tic Russia gathering his troops surely but quietly and
IL is TO guard his and pride OF the
Orient that the 0smanlic trod the dusty highways from
his far-on home.
rhe edict OF the Prophets vicegeren has been issued
and every faithful follower Of Mohammed will shed his
hearts best blood before the Russian bear grasps his
And vet a gloom hangs over them all, from the
Sultan down to the rayah peasant prophecy anoa
that the Turks will be and destined before long TO be
driven from the European side 10 the Asiac shores of
the Bosphorus Secret societies are held In Consan-
tinopIe nightly which are significant indications Of
mighty and deadly conspiracy TO deprive the sick man
OF his stronghold Two weeks was travelling through
the interior, and found that the Christian Armepians
of Asia Minor residing at khutaab Sivrihissar Sysga
Tokat and Erzeroum tired OF the iron rule OF the
bgoted Mahometan. Their very faces, in conversing
with me on the subject betrayed their rage and mpa
tience. "MosIem against Christian will be the cry.
and "Alah Ackbarf God wills i'll" will once more re-
sound through the fertile valleys Of Anatoa.
The American people have won the respect Of tne
Turks by the calm gentle but unyieldng manner with
which all questions at issue between the respective gov
ernments were discussed aud settled.
All Asia Minor TO its utmost boundaries the
OF the American has extended. Ernin Bey. Chief Of
Stad OF Omar Pasha during the Crmean war, and
settled al knutaah desires the Americans. after their
late war 70 behave themselves kiss and make friends
or else. Allaha Uuf vii, not be able with my pension
20 buy my sugar and stuns for nv harem you
go 70 var asaln Next 70 the government OF Abdul
Azzz the Padischah, the Americana s the greatest
the globe"
our representative at the Court Of the Grand segnlor
Edward JOY Morris s working hard the cause OF the
Crctans but quietly II you recolec he lately made an
attempt to procure the influence OF the Whole
ing 10 his own version Of the story he snubbed by
them all ~ went according TO instructions received
from Mr. Seward TO the British Embassy, and saw Lord
Lyons 'wen,' hc said Il admire your spirit and my
eympathies az a Christian are with the Cretans; bu,
butt have received such instructions from my gov
ernmcnt and therefore, my dear Mr. Morris do
nothing The polite yet sarcastic French Minister said
sgorrv can't accommodate you Monsieur and so on
with them alin see that La Franc denies the state.
ment but these are the very words NJ Morris told me
Our government has taken the initiative step, she
always does and hear that you sending large
tribu,ions n money from America TO aid them.
took trip TO the island Of Gambia week ago and
saw with my own eyes enough TO convince me Of the
fury OF the Turk In the cemetery OF Canea there arc
foryseven graves ried New decorations OF churches
and cemeteries take place @ a nna repII %
s Is such to induce me 10 believe IT, says tina
in the cemetery OF Pcrvosa two recently buried bodies
were hung by the neck and fred at by the Turks Th
incredible but II s nevertheless reported and be
Iieved
Not long seo.bO American Consul was obliged % pro