The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-06-22

houses. ana street OF quite European appearance
sne @rande KIe; while the embassies ana punno
cases perfect palaces, built without regard to cost.
and proof against anything short Of the sea OF nre
OF mean abodes burning up the side OF the hill
One great aid to such catastrophe IL the dryness
the excessive heat parches everything, and makes
everything like finder. As 70 the sources OF fire,
the pans Of lighted charcoal everywhere burn
troughs" and the pipes forever punlng with q
great lump OF glowing tobacco ana nre-bau
teIiribe enough. Again, as to its water supply,
Constantinople Is most imperrectly provided: The
catch nc s and collect little
from the rains into the old ciserns Dug unaer
the town by the Byzantine Emperors; Dut IN .nS dry
mosques, by special law have the first and best Of
what then drbbles down by the aqueducts. Tne
Wso BRING stns backs
Captain Shaw, II lie were In charge OF inc nre Drt
gade would probably 90 mad from somst a 9, sn 70
the year the Etesian winds are always blowing rom
the Black Sea down the Bosphorus, ready to fan into
thus be SEEM that without attributng any malignant
70 Ds OF al a ss
by nature and man between them.
HOPE And CONSCIOUSNESS.
II great barracks and white marble palaces nave
been reared In excess, instead OF making large
squares and of stone there L. possibly, some
excuse In the fact that ConstantnOple occupies per
maps the uneSt SlC6 III Tic WOIiu wv.
Constantine who founded the city had thought nrst
OF NcOmedia and then OF Milan as the capital OF the
world; but when he saw the superb pr0montory
between the Golden Horn and the Sea OF Marmora,
created by nature TO be the connecting point OF TWO
continents and the metropolis OF an empire. ne very
naturally fixed upon that site at once. Tradiuon
says that an eagle dying before the Emperor let la
large gem upon Seragio Point, and that guide.
invisible to all but himself traced the boundaries Of
the new city. But any surveyors apprentice sail
ing from the Dardanelles into that lovely scene
might come to the same resolve as Constantine,
without eagles or angelic help. Constantnople can
never fail TO be famous and important place; ana
we may hope that beginning will be made az last
with the space now cleared In Pera, TO render tue
city what should be In view OF the traiic which
the Danube ana huphrates railways must by and ~
bring.
AS for the destroyed Embassy, 1t is no doubt very
sad that our diplomatic star should be burnt out oil
house and homes but the British Ambassador has q
splendid new residence at Therapia, and we trust
that no exaggerated notions or the necessity ror
ostentat0n in the eyes Of the Turks Will lead to
renewed tax upon British pockets for another colOs.
sal palace like that which the names have repaired
and "ImprOvedr out OF existence. BY far the sad
dest part OF the occurrence doubtless Is the desoa
ton which will have 0vertaken many thousands Of
very poor Turks and Franks who Will be literally
destitute Yet even here we have some consolation.
The dry and healthy for life under tents
and pOoths and II any people In this world know now
to fall upon their feet those people are certainly the
traders and hucksters OF Pera.