The New York herald., 1869-12-08

history. Since the founding OF Islam she the only
succssor Of AIS The s' proo Mo Eonasr sns the
hareIns Of C0nstantinople were filled with rnmors
anu strange stories, aud that Inc plains OF becos
and tho shores OIL the BosphoruS were crowded with
eager spectators whenever the Christian woman OF
the West made ner appearance
The visit OF Francis Joseph was unexpected, ana
no doubt took Europe much BY surprise ~ 1t did
the suitan. There was nothing IN the visit Oh the
Austrian Emperor 70 excite the curiosity OF me
ordinary Turks. The more knowing suspected .
political design. the natural result was an ofnciai
reception, watch was almost unheeded ~ the
gaze on the Empress Eugenie l imagine
tat for most OF the Spectators the review gwen
IN honor OF the Austrian Emperor tue KIOSK IN
which sat the sultan anu his guest, with tner at
tendanIs and tue diplomatic corps, was Of such
interest that very little attention was paid 10 tile
troops VINO hurried past, and waO have since Deen
sent 10 bosnia and the Albanian ronler 70 put down
any rising OF slayonian CHRISTIANS IN case tnose ds-
Affected subjects should give AID or comfort W Their
counlrylnen In Daiuata, or show signs OF olscon'
tent with their own condition at nome. II III .
social point Oh view The visit Of the French Empress
Orms an epoch In tne external history, " least OF
C0nstantlnople no less Interesting III hlst0rlcai,
poiltlcal and personal polut of view were tue two
soverelgns ano Ine assembly which hau c0ilected
round them. fhe successor OF the conquer0r WAC
Threatened 10 feed Mis- horse on an altar VI ST. Peters
IN Rome was seated at the slde OF sovereign wn0
bears the ute VI Apostolic majesty, and the boast OF
whose house 1t mas always been tnat lts calng was
TO defend Christianity IN Eastern europe.
kemarkaDie also and OF strange history and origin
were many vi the dig gnltaries And Oiicais Of Count
Beust tne adroIt aud way diplomat WHO leaves
nothing undone to strengthen hls position and
retrieve the fortunes Vi Austra, 1t u not necessary
~ speak; MA career NJ well known and his pans are
more appurent Ihs career OF COung AnurAaSy,
tue hungarian Minister PRESIDENT IL u more
clequered cnaracler. In lo4s he was an agent Of
kOssutn, IN TURKEY, and was an active supporter OF
the revoiut0a wnlch declared the House Of hapsburg
0utiawed lor ever frUm tlo hungarian Kingdom.
now ne ~ ~ the mead of the government at Pestn aud
great lavorlte OF Francs Joseph.
A sketch OF the TurAish ministers and ofncials
would be extremely Interesting, and l trust
70 be able to give IL In future letter..
win mennon here but two. The head OF the
army, Omar Pacha, wno was either an emf
grant or = luatlve IRON the Austrian territory,
and Croat by birth aud descent Hobart Pacna,
commander Ol the naval forces, ls an ex-blockaae
runaer, aud serves turkey because he mas good
perth. SO on " the end OF the list; strange con-
gioinerate OF various nat0nalllies-a lew Of them
ns Sa. review s9 s"a iIan conuosaa the EN-
perOr FRANCIS Joseph 70 nH Carrlaga, TOOK seat by
hls side and drove 70 the kiosk AZ Unkiar Skelessi
where u dinner waS ready, to which only . lew Of
tue Ministers were invited.
One Of the tnlngs which strikes stranger most IN
Oonstantinople - the smaii numoer Of carriages.
This Was the case also at the review, There were
only two or three euuipaSes besides clat III which
the sultan sa Fat Ola ministers and pacn9s trotted
alter tue imperial carriage, And looked very much
Ike . body guard instead VI collection Of Turkish
After darx boln shores Of the Bosphorus were ilu-
minated for q distance OF about twelve mnes, and
presented Blght long to be remembered. Since
lnsre is no tue, and Ihe houses are butt on the
waters sase, tas M saecs o. tne mnameraDie lights -
As the Emperor embarked to return to Dolma
Bagtche the camp reso0nded with the ron Of mus
ketry and the roar OF cannOp The rising plain was bl
lanLly illuminated, aud as the Arinx ceased the ma
tonaA hymn oi Austria was strlsk lp by I've Ql1lers
ent banus. As spectacle this Was tse DesI moment
OF the whole vlslI, 8t
AJas Cue Imperial yacht had disappeared took
passage on q calque, with two stout Oarsinen, and
70 Pera as the European quarter IL caiied
to tell the Lrutn, 1t has very little OF
Elr0p3al In lts appearance ulle5s narrow, hlthy
streets, armies Of nanary barking dogs, donkeys
Carrying wood to market or porlers carrying bur-
dens enough Tor horse 70 pear, may be calied
European. An illumination on the BOsph0rous IL
unique IN its klno. ConslantlnOpe Is indeed the
only city In the world where an illumination pro-
duces an eject which may well be called magical.
For one who mas never seen the city, bullt on the
loity lndened aud sl0ping banks OF the BO5phOrOus
with Its Deep clear blue water, ~ ID ui1lcult To
imagine the INTENSE pleasure winch one ieels giiuing
down the SWilI current between the Black sea
and the MaTmora on night whom both the Aslatic
reelected IN the water. At such u Jlme every dlp o.
the oars brings up waves OF phospnoric lgns,
and the banks at the waters edge being very low 1t
seems though the whole city were rising out OF
The ater A shower OF rockets, the dstaut music,
the sound Of a solitary gun complete scene never
to be forgotten and always to De remembered with
pleasure.
ON sunday the Emperor OF Austria attended the
CatnOiic churcn in state In the evening dinner, ct
winch the whole diplomatic corps IN the persons Of
the chiefs OF embassies and MISSIONS, were present.
In the evening visit and short stay " the theatre
completed The days labors.
Monday visit 10 Belgrade and in the evening his
Majesty TOOK leave OF Tie sultan, and started for
Greece where ne ~ TO spend one day.