Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-13

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VOLUME XII.
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I ~ t'h- ne - Oh Il NISlt To Ills ma
i've country, on furlough, afterTan
absence at his foreign post for. .abont
lnree ye Irs- | availed myself of a So
cIai eY sn1ng With him at u mutual
frieIid's to make myself I'M, ,f,si Il ye
concerning the Far East, to whis.,
the extreme Western nation2 sends
IN 1fflni dt'-onte her offer of ~af1itvi'
ana an illustrations OF her civilization
BESIDE The enjoyment of extraordina-
~ opportunities for Information, Mr..
Eoodenow has superior endowments
ana culture 10 entitfe his ohServa-
iloffs 10 specfa lreepecr. q
turkish CIVILIZATION. he sdys, IS
doubtless in ferior to that Of Western
Europe and the United States; but
not as low as it suppesetisto to be by
most Americans. There was less
knowledge and 1nore. misappreheIi-
SION in This country regarding tile
Turkish nation than in relation to
other nations of Europe. Among
the higher classes of Turkey there
were to be found respectable, attain
nfents in. knowledge, cultivation and
general intellectual and moral de-
velopment. Neither in numerical
proportion, however, nor in degree
Of eXcellence-in these respects, would
,
| corresponding classes in Western
| Europe and tire United States. The
| greatest distinction he made in our
/ favor was in the departments of ex-
act knowledge-in science, physical
and metaphy ysical, and of human de-
/ Velopment-elexati it's own
sake, OF the differences between
the respective social and political
systems, and the various customs,
coaYentionalIsm and Institutions ex-
isting thereunder-except SO far
as they were affected by the greatly
superior material appliances in This
country. resulting from greater in
l.Ventiyeuess and more prevalent gen
eral skill and thrift he did not make
SO much account.
| Hessnrprised me by the general fa-
vofabie descr ption he gave of the
! Turkish men. One of the fayorite
| arguments used against polygamy is
| that its unnaturaluessa and sinfulness
are proved in its Injurious effect upon
the neiI, that the fnrks are aTweak ).
etfeminate, enIryated, tefietei race :,
not t. be compared, in any respect,
to the Haen of any monoganic nation.
But ii Mr.. GOodenoW's opinion is to
be trusted, this is chiefly a gratuit-
oHs fancy-a thought to which the
wish of otf good people who enter
tain it il the father. Mr.. Goodeno0r
| says that the Weil-o1f- elasses and
| they are the very one W no are most
ihdulgent ia their poly ySanie cnstom
would he remark ed by any Strans
er fraln w efstet n Europe or A Ineriea
"a a hne set nf inen-iarge, we'll
made figures and good looking faccS,
with distinguished dignity at muiI-
ner and appearance.
Moreover, lac says tir omen are
Htt"-lt'eh ifs. Re-Peetia. their faces,
however, lac speaks with less conf
dence, THEN FEAT ares. all .-Ncepting
their eyes, beins -prett { well toiIce:,i-
td heueyer they go abroad ont oi
theft harens, or at ALI liable to dc
seen 10y men. And tsrin9 "A hatc tchelor,
Mr. eu.,d.naW had no Convenient
" liz iik. Lady Mary Wortiey Mon-
tagte, fof example enable him
Ia observe hy proxy, bGi this priva-
tIon, | may venture, has not been
without some compensation. The
alert eyes of :, handsome bachelor
surely has not always, even under
NJ Masselman institutions, had to pen
citrate wells, while their owners had
nimble fingers, prompted by Wo-
mems hearts and vanity, To lift them.
Georgian and Circassian women
Justify in a reasonable degree their
worldwide reputation for beauty; but
he was not at all enthusiastic OH the
subject. He theaght the Hungarian
women the handsomest ofall the ma
tiouaiities of women he had seen.
The National Legislature of Tur-
key is a body CT about one hundred
members, appointed Severally by the
different municipalities of the En-
pire To enact the laws therefor. The
sultan, in his absolutism, can, at
pleasure, reject or remove any legis-
.ator, but he cannot, ip regularity,
appoint any. about one third of the
present Legislature consists of Chris
tans. There are also five Jews in
the body This toleratiOn of foreign
erS IN a branch of the government OF
1 this old, so-eorlsidered semi bar bar
+ ous nation, and certainly despotic,
Mo-. .anmedan monarchy, IL an eN-
1 ceedlngly cheering fact. 1t Is a re-
cent thing, and, | understand Mr..
/ Goodenow To say, the result of the
4 Nultan's late visit to Western Eu
rope.
+ ConStantinople is separated into
/ two quite distinct divisions-the ma
tive and the foreign parts Stam-
3 b0ul l. the place inhabited by the
4 Turks exclusively, and Pera, or the
4 Frank quarter, that occupied bv the
oreigners-principal French, and
4 Greeks, and italian, English and
+ Germans fewer of the two last than
I OF amy of the other three. The Turks
+ speak, n the main only the Turk ish
/ language. French il most used in
4 Pcra; English and German least;
I but English is becoming more com
/ mon. y great number of tongues
} are spoken here. At table of " hich
/ Mr- Goodeuow formed one of party
"f thirteen persons, fourteen languag-
eS were spoken. 1t il Il common thing
there for 4 person Ia. speak several
languages. y lady whom the Consul
marfi<dg 10 isa American citizen spoke
five quite well, The. narrow streets,
dirt and dogs, in Constantinople,
la~tiiS the unenviahle notoriety OF
that city ln those respects.
i.s MI. Goodeuow IL personally ac--
Puainted with the Turkish Minister
here, aud expTesses a favorable opin-
ian 81 him. His Tather was French
ami htS mother Armenian, and
Blacquc hey iS considered an Arnle-
uian himself. tie has had long eN-
I'erience ia diplomatic situations.
His appointment t. this mission as
preceded hY twelve Years a. Serreta-
~ 81 Legation at Paris, aud after
that some time a. Charge If \ flaireS
AT Naples. He i Il large, IiHe-louh-
ing man, ;tnd--w hat viii be read gen
orally with more interest than all
he II "A Christian.
cur hostess Informed her kinsman