The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-18
A Constantinople letter to the New York

Sun says:
ALI business has been suspended at the Porte
for the last week, in consequence OF tn: tn:
been magnificent in every sense OF the word. or
Friday last the diplomatic corps were presented
to her at the palace OF Beglerbey. She was ex
ceedingly cordial and pleasant to the American
Minister Among other things, she said to him
| "I love to travel and the more travel, the more
love 1t. have great desire to visit the United
States, and should rejoice to find preteXt for
that She would meet with cordial reception
from the Government and people OF the United
States, and he hoped she would find an opportu
nifty to honor US with visit.
THOSE WINNING WAYS.
You cannot imagine the grace and charming
manner in which she thanked Mr. Jay MOTIFS iol
this response Her bearing and manners are SO
| fascinating, that unless diplomat Is on his
| guard he may commit breach OF etiquette Id
responding toe freely to her winning frankness
| Sheis amable IL all, and has an apt word Tor all
| She has won all hearts here by her innate good
ness and the graces Of her manner and person.
4 GRAND REVIEW.
On Saturday there was q review Of 80, 900 troops
| at Hunkiar Iskelessi in her hCnor. The Sultan
| conducted her to the review from Begleroey In
his own steam yacht
TooMBs' COUNTERPART.
Abdul-Azis bears striking resemblance to Mr..
| Toombs, Of Georgia, OF Bunker Hill and Con1ede-
comnlexion and tinge OF aboriginal blood-carry-
I ing about him that impregnable and immeasura-
| BILE sense Of power, which marks great slave and
| landowners as well as absolute soverelgns.
| EUGENE PENoTYPED.
Eupenie is the embodiment OF Andalusian grace
| and Partisan stylishness. Seen from distance,
she retains all the beauty which In times OF yore
made her the most courted oeIe at Madrid, Lon
| don and Paris. But on closer proximity to her,
/ and when her face Is not 0athed In that sea OF
smiles which constitutes its most fascinating
charm, the Ominous finger OF age, which settles
on ladies' faces, and especially round their eyes,
after the fOrtieth year has been left behind par
ticuarly when, like Eugenie, they have tasted all
the sweets OF life and love, has left Its impress In
unmstakable swelings OF the skin and frrepressl-
| BILE soupco1,s OF coming wrinkles. But her eyes
retain all their lustre OF younger days, and renect
with bewitching fidelity the thousand emotions
of gushing heart and the mercury-like
fluctuations OF capaclous, sparkling ana pol
ished intellect. Long-headed like Bostonian
beauty, with that wide space between the eye
brows which generally denotes good powers Of
perception and will, and with gentle proturber-
ances on her forehead which bespeak high imagi
native faculties, her face, well formed as 1t Is,
would be still more impressive were she to dis
close her brow in all its fullness. But faithful to
the existing fashion, 80 favorable to ladies with
negative foreheads, the dimensions OF the brow
are crippled by the arrangement OF the hair.dre
Nevertheless, its ample form is to certain degree
revealed by the general confguration OF the pro-
fle; conscious Of which physiological disclosure,
her intellectual coquetry has perhaps something
to do with the mysterious concealment Of
natural advantage which Is well known TO be
hers. The principle charm Of her presence is
that Of harmonious undulation OF manners,
adapted with almost miraculous skill to serve
as an accompaniment to winning smiles, grace
full gestures, brilliant cduSe!fe, and an all per-
vading sweetness OF disposition and goodness
OF heart. The Empress, by the side OF the Sultan,
seemed to the manner born 81 oriental sS NE; aer r
the Ottoman monarch, and he, too, may have
thought OF the time when Granada, the birthplace
Of his guest, still owed allegiance to Eastern
rulers. To illustrate this affinity Of origin the
style Of Moorish architecture was adopted for the
sele9dE @kbfPPch nGa fbeef eG faaersPi
cial use Of the Sultan and the Empress. They oc-
cupied the central pavilion, and the two wings
were appropriated TO the TURKISH omcieis anu raG
dinlomatic CORDS. The day was clear autumnal
day OF October's finest weather. The sight OF the
Kiosk, with the Sultan and Empress, ana
the sloping hills in the rear, covered Win
hundred thousand turkish Persgn, smen An N
their varying dresses Of every hue, ana
their various styles Of beauty-lrom the pale,
delicate, emacieted harem type OF ottoman oenes,
to the Jorttter IN re OF uhrenned Peri0te Monen
of plebeian, French, Italian, or English descent,
and of solid American women-al staring Win
hewildered curiosity at the imperturbable Sultan,
and still more at the ever-smiling Empress, ana
chattering In hundred ldioms WHICH h,c - nehS daci
pher; the picture thus presented, togesner Will a
the fairy-like panorama OF the land ana sea, tne
surface OF the latter dotted by numerous caiques'
row I'd by swarthy Bulgarians dressed IN whlte,
nresented so many beautiful and picturesque as
pects that the pencil OF the artist may dennea'e
them for generations to come
THE GRAND ILLUMINATION ON THE BosPHoRUs.
The troops occupied about three hours In dehl-
ing before the kiosk, each regiment, as II came up
before the Empress and Sultan, renaing .ae aiI
with acclamations. In the evening the Empress
dined with the Sultan en- tnttfne, at the famous
kiosk built by Mahemet Ali on the Bospnorns,
front OF the valley Of Hunkiar lskeless The mis-
around the valley were covered by an immense
camp. which was Lit up by hundreds OF thousands
of lights. and from which at irregular intervals,
and for an hour at times, incessant lusiiaoes
were Kept up. When the Empress lett the KIOSK
to return to Beglerbey, her residence, accom-
panied by the Sultan, the splendors OF lull
moon. paea before the myriads Of fires that burst
into the air from the shores OF Europe and ASIA,
| from the mountain slopes, and the decks OF tne
vessels at anchor in the Bssphorus. Indeed the
passage OF the Empress down the Bospnorus was
lit up BY one continued blaze OF Illuminating nre
from the vessels Of war anchored In the Bos-
phorus along the whole route Inc snSaG
eribably beautiful. The Champs Elysees, the Bois
| de Boulogne, and the Boulevards bowed, as II
were. their heads in shame and confusion at the
confession OF her Majesty that she never before
had witnessed such scene or magic splendor.
AN ORIENTAL BANQUET.
On Sunday evening the corps dlplomatlque
| djned ut the palace Of Dolma- Bagtche, and were
introduced at first to waiting room, whence,
after some delay, they proceeded through grand
haI to the staircase which led to the banquethali
of the palace After few minutes OF atte7,te, the
\ Sultan entered with the Empress on his arm, ana
| bowling low to their guests, they led the way 10
dinner. About eighty persons sat down 10 taole,
including the foreign ministers and oil tne cnlel
| officers OF the empire. The Sultan and Empress
sat together ut the head OF the table on throned
| chairs. The Empress wore green robe, richly
| covered with lace. She wore on her brow crown
of diamonds that outfiashed the blazing gas. Her
necklace was string OF large and elegantly set
diamonds The whole pGTui'e was estimateu at
\ not less than million OF francs. NO t0asts were
| drunk and the Sultan drank no wine. All tne
| guests were In ful-dress uniforms, blazing Win
| gold embroidery, except the American Minister,
| who on this, as on all other occasions since tne
| passage OF Senator Summers resolution proscrio'
| ing uniforms to civilians in the diplomatic SER
vice, appeared in plain suit OF blacE inns sim.
plcity OF costume makes the representative OF tne
| United States recognizable at glance among the
AFTER DINNER TALK.
| After dinner the company retired to one OF the
| reception rooms OF the palace, where the EN-
| nress and the Sultan entered into conversation
| with the members Of the diplomatic corps gen
erally and, after addressing the Ambassadors
| exchanged graceful words with some Oh the MIN
;sters. and were marked In their ailaDlllty 10 tne
| American Envoy, the Sultan chatting WIN niil
| for considerable time, and being evidently very
much pleased with the interview
| MORE LAMENTATIONS.
! Shortly afterward the Sultan ofiered MS arm " "
| the EmDress and retired from the room, which
was signal for general departure. The spectaclt