Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-27
AAHCG ARD TRADE.

two classes; the home debt, amounting
to S92, 292, coo, aud the foreigp debt to
S165,7 52O 900. The interest on this
debt absorbs Is per cent. Of the annual
revenue.
The army of the empire is divided in
to the aisnt, OF permanent force, and the
redit. or reserve. The permanent or
effective force is nominally 10000 men,
divided into six army corps, each under
the command of a field-marshal. These
corps are severally composed Of two
divisions, having each three regiments
Of infantry, two of cavalry, and n Of
artillery. The reserve is also divided
into six corps, and has an enrolled num-
Der which IS estimated at from 10000
to 100000. Besides these there are
four detached divisions the army of
Gambia (Crete,) of 10000 men the
army of fripoli, 5000; of Tunis 5000
and the central division of artillery, CON-
prising about 10000. Bornia and
Alvania, in case Of invasion, are bound
to furnish each so, 600 men Seryia, 49,
900 and Egypt, $4,000; making 49,
600 levies from these States. The
Turkish army has been improved and
increased of late years the regiments,
many Of them, having been drilled by
the best French officers, clothed in
European costumes, and equipped with
the best classes Of European and Amer
lean arms. The navy, which has also
been much increased, and which now in
cludes several fine ironelads rated in
1S6O-S ships of the line, II frigates, /
corvettes, s bri@s. Q schooners, and %
steamers. OF these IS steamers, 2 ships
of-the-line, D frigates, 6 eoryettes, and .
brigs, carving in all 1918 cannon, and
having $4,000 marines and sailors, were
1T for effective service.
The recent war movements of Turkey
sum up in the part Turkey took in the
Crimean w8rin 1888, the troubles i'm
mediately Mter with Montenegro, the
war in 1860 between the Druses and the
Maronites in Syria, in which thousands
Of both races were slaughtered, and
which was brought to a close by the in
terposition Of France and Great Britain
and the fighting to subdue the CIetans.
Abdul ASH, who succeeded his brother,
Abdul MeJid, in June, 1861, is the
present ruler of Turkey.
GREECE.
The boundaries of the kingdom Of
Greece as determined by treaty between
the great powers and the Porte in 1882,
run on the northern line from the. Gulf
of Volo 1.-THE Pagasdean), along the
CT IF the 0threys, to the Gulf Of
Alta 1.-THE Ambracian) The eastern
line includes Euboza, the northern Spo-
rades and the Cyclodis-Cre ret the cause
of the present difficulty, was ceded to the
pasha of Egypt, and by him was restored to
Turkey. The King of Greece is George
/ born in 1915, and crowned June 6,
The population Of Greece ini858
Gas 1867, 2l6, of whom 500, 600 were
Gsneks proper, 100000 Allonese, and
the rest Turks, Jews, Armenians, Ital-
ians, Germans, etc. The revenue for
1858 was estimated at 1S,275.307
drachmas, and the expenditure at H.
946, $40, including about FIVE millions
for the army. The public debt in 1859
was one hundred and twelve millions,
five hundred thousand drachmas, a
greater part of which is guaranteed by
Great Britain, France and Russia. The
numbers 1856 men and 6S7 horses |
the navy twenty-seven vessels and l49
guns and the commercial marine 1879
vessels of three hundred and twenty-five
thousand tons, and twenty-six thousand
men.