The New York herald., 1870-05-02

tanners. Think, then. Of civilized and moral
the yiceroy in % the barbarian auTH Sow se 10
St ony ms the se being
ausc which oi cvzation; 70 M megiecs m neuin oto
as sscs have az ne sS
acna's fert This last enanated solely nom All
sxSmp Essua SuI mors @es o railway
mes ~, than France has. France is eighteen
imeS srger than Egypt yet she has only sxteea zen
900 square miles of territory on the Asiatic con.
nent and 20s.O 900 square miles IN Europe making
railway q all is ner vast etoge tor
mile TO every l.453 square miles OF territory.
.ag3 !, MINISTERIAL DlFFIcuLTlEs.
meaning man, yet ne IS subject to the caprices OF
Abdul Asiz Khan, the Sultan he has to provide vast
'V the well eli being bel Of the empire. While Turkey suffers
from want of communication from her fne harDors 10
her gold and silver mines to ner iron ana cSa neas
Vi2ier lavshes the wealth OF tho country upon
building fine palaces TO please his master, who mas
sterile outlays OF moneys upon varied but all vain
sumptuOsties, upon the females OF the Sultans
upon nodes 0i ~ s a %sers
other contested evils, such as oficlai corrup'
tions frauds NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., purblind policies,
being put to sustain schemes certain OF opulent
returns, might make Turkey most powerful anu
= CASH TRIBUTE AND PRAYER
Take two pictures OF Turkish life, which any ira
weller must have seen often IN this country
calque glldes to his prayer house, indoently incum
bent upon crimson cushions diapered with gold,
by fifty picked oarsmen. the pcmp Of impera al
state was never seen 10 better advantage than at
this with golden
dragon headsl with their mouths wide gaping, al
apeak at the stem, follow, serviley. the imperlal
The air res0unds with sonorous cannon salvoes
fired quickly, and repeated by the war ships,
S1'a one sFsr na yarSs ap s
come peang to the ears, soldiers line
the quays presenting their arms, strains OF stirring
music gush out from behind each oDstructing wall.
Arrived at his mosque, he finds numerous Officers
drawn up In respectful attitude without the door,
displaying such gliscning and varied coors that he
eye fails 10 discern the prominent hue; he teads the
steps leading from the waters edge to the door OF
the mosque carpeted with the finest cloth, and as ne
enters the portals the household officials lit their
voices in q tuned vocal prayer that Allah may be
Inercifu and deign to accept the imperial o1erory
AS the aaow o. MN aes s%a ~ e 10
the stately aulic procession, becomes silent; the
deep toned salute from great guns frettlng the echoes
OF the Bosphoric shores Is hpshed; the muezzln's
chant and the admiring mufmur OF the crowd is
sted, for tho Sultan Is In commune with Cod. the
sublinest conception to give due effect to kingly
splendor has here reached Its perfect realization
the silent, intense. open.mouthed adnlation
OF the people bespeaks IT, Art and nature lend their
happest concomitants towards It, the amphitheatri
cal heights divlney curtained by profoundest azure;
miles OF gardens aslope exhibiting their iowery
treasures which feed the air With vOluptuOuS OdOrs
the leglons OF goldentopped mlnarets spring into
the pure void-mocking mensuraton by their height;
the crowds OF budding domes, so lightly resting on
@ @ a Tns s y 70 ss s 1e@
long frontage OF noble city, rising sheer out OF the
lucent depths of the sea- like an enormous resco,
conspicuous with fresh coorlng, whereirom project
balconies upon balconies with cunning 1iigree OF
iron work, under Outspreading caves famed for
aS & @ ahey
another In fantastic seres up 70 the lordly marble
fabrics which crown the submits OF the hills. Do
these combined not enhance most ntly the SceneY
THE REVERSE.
Look at another picture TO be seen IN the interior
OF Asiatic Turkey. within the limits Of any Turkish
pashalc where the cruel direption Of feudalism IN
Europe during the Iron Ages never exceeded in un.
considerable severity that practiced by the rapacious
This Is Of peasant In an agricultural district
which Pacha rules with as much absolute author
ity as the Sultan rules over the Pacha II IL als-
trict where population vegetables in tranquility,
nOurishing sort OF political ferment situate far
from political turbulence adhering firmly to its re
Mahomet the true prophet and that the Sultan is
the representative Of God earth; where strange
nS
aud loyalty are the characteristics OF the people.
The peasant owns perhaps q few arabic acres Of
half q dozen head OF CATTLE The Pacha is bound to
collect so many purses, which he must remit to
% BY Commission. Ills hutis tf Worth s,ooo piastres
al least 1t cost so much TO build though 1t would be
doubtful whether he could sell u ior SO much the
$1,000 plastIes. He therefore must pay l5a
piastres tax per annam instead Of thirty
piastres year, though goat may be purchased in
the interior for ten piastres. HIS vineyard,
his aeb hutch ms Ge In
cent must be paid altogetherfOr titles and taxes and
backsheesh. His eldest son is at Stamboul help.
ing to sustain the government which oppresseS and
ensaves himself. He is INDECENT, and continues
INDECENT; yet he knows not why neither seeks he to
inquire the cause Of II, ana II ne ala and could
bountilul harvest; the next year, from drought or
locusts, he has barely enough to iive upon Long
before seedtime he finds his grain diminishing.
linen he mas to procure money at twelve per cent
interest to purchase seed for sowing, to Keep his
family from starvatlon which nc WIN have to pay
himself prosper1ng the Pacla hears OF II, and sus
poets that his, properly has not been properly
valued; hence begins q system Of spOlatiOn bd0h-
sheesh demanding, in lieu Of which tho bastlnado
and Imprisonment.
THE SULTAN
This ruler, who receives almost divine hOnOrs
from his subjects, Is man OF forty or thereab0uts,
coarse looking man with surly face, with creases
be straigtens his back pucker and overay the collar
Of his coat and even with the back of his head
He has high stomach, and projecting belly, drops-
phllogenic taste; the shape of his belly tells OF ripe
manhood induging IN generous comestibles. For
himself the Sultan receives One.ifth OF tle entire
revenue 0f the Ottoman empire.
THE WORKER AND PRODUCER.
The peasant Is q stalwart man Of fine, powerful
athletic frame. He has one wife, whom he locks up
In her humble harem, II she Is not occupied doing
chores. He has family of large bOned children,
with large appetites. His income Is what is LEFT
after the tthes, the taxes the onerous backsheesn
OF the Pacha has been paid, which amounts to the
minimum of nothing
Such are two pictures Of life in Turkey. Is II not
All anomaly that such Lycurgan wisdom should be
wasted on lsmall Pasha, that such wisdom as Is
tanned in these words luxury beng not the cause,
but only the effect Of civilization, TO neglect the
cause, which consists OF real reforms, ana to begin
by the effect, can only have the mosS dangerous con-
sequences'-shoud not have been applied TO the
WelLbeng OF the country which most needed 1t?
is IT PRoGREsSf
Turkey is supposed TO be Improving. There never
was suppostion more negatiyed by actual facts.
Foreign consuls resident at the seaports may be for
given for such assertions, but traveller who pene.
trates into the interior and witnesses the woful
waste, hears from all mouths the story OF woful
want, will never return 10 his own country en-
dorslDg the statement that Turkey Is improving.
QUIET BEFORE THE PLAY.
The TurcO-Egyptian difficulty Is disposed OF for the
present and the suen silence Of both parties after
the brief unrest may he called entacte before the